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Magical Hack – Awaiting Rebirth

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Friday, April 17th – With just over one week left until the Alara Reborn prerelease, we’ve started to see a good chunk of the new cards from MagicTheGathering.com and other official spoiler sources, and what we see so far is cause for excitement. If you are spoiler-averse and have been keeping away from seeing the cards before their release, this is not the article for you. Feel free to check back here at Magical Hack in two weeks’ time, as we’ll be taking advanced looks at Alara Reborn until the prerelease!

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You Lika The Juice? – Feeling Janet Leigh: Standard Ruminations

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Friday, April 17th – StarCityGames.com’s $1K Top 8 decks are posted. I am surprised to see the archetypes listed. Just one Faeries, just one Five-Color Control, and just one Reveillark deck? Blightning wins the whole thing and two Green/White decks round out the top 3? Have all my worries been an overreaction?

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At the Gathering Exclusive Alara Reborn Preview – Giant Ambush Beetle!

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Friday, April 17th – Attention, readers: the following article contains spoiler information, including a new, exclusive card preview. If you do not want to be privy to this information, you will probably want to stop reading. If you do want to see this information, then by all means, read on!

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PV’s Playhouse – Five-Color Control

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Thursday, April 16th – Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, the proud Faeries player we all know and love, has turned to the Dark Side. Today’s PV’s Playhouse sees the Brazilian maestro tackle Five-Color Control in Standard. While Nassif set the Gold Standard in Kyoto with Broodmate Dragons and Walls of Reverence, PV has chosen to ignore both of these powerful cards. Intrigued? Then read on!

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Deep Analysis – Blue/White Tokens in Alara Reborn Standard

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Thursday, April 16th – The three cards that currently define Standard: Bitterblossom, Spectral Procession, and Cryptic Command. A number of decks bring two of the three to the table: Faeries has Blossom and Command, for example. However, none of the main contenders packs both Spectral Procession and Cryptic Command. Today, Richard attempts to fix this…

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Flow of Ideas – A Look at Standard: GPT Seattle Overview

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Thursday, April 16th – The date: April 11th, 2009. The location: First Pick Games in Seattle. The scene: Forty-six of Seattle’s finest, each fighting for three byes to a Grand Prix under an hour away…

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The Justice League – Active versus Passive Judging

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Thursday, April 16th – Judging is at times a careful balancing act. We want the players to have fun, but fun means different things to different people. Spike has fun by winning, and if his opponent plays fast and loose he’ll look for an opportunity for a free game win, no matter what the personal cost. However, forcing the casual player to play a precise, technical game whilst at an FNM held at a pub with alcohol at most games is an exercise in futility.

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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #271 – Hits and Misses

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Thursday, April 16th – It has been an interesting couple of weeks. Magic has had some real ups and positive developments, and a few downers. Let’s review…

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Positive EV – Alara Block Constructed: Inside and Outside the Box

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Wednesday, April 15th – Alara Block Constructed promises to be dynamic, interesting, and wildly colorful. In today’s Positive EV, Manuel Bucher brings us an excellent introduction to the format, outlining the five premier strategies and decklists. He then steps outside the box and brainstorms a four-color base-White control list. Enjoy!

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Down And Dirty – Testing With Tezzeret

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Wednesday, April 15th – In today’s Down And Dirty, Kyle rocks Standard on Magic Online with an innovative deck based around the Tezzeret strategy he unleashed a few weeks ago. With manabases stretched to the limit, is the time right for the glorious return of Land Destruction? Kyle believes that LD Heaven may be just around the corner, and he’s getting in the practice before the playing field shifts beneath him…

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Drafting With Olivier – Shards/Shards/Conflux #18

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Wednesday, April 15th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!

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Chatter of the Squirrel – Got There! (And Other Ruminations)

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Wednesday, April 15th – Round one, Singapore PTQ. Third game, three life, two Mutavaults and four other lands on my side, a grip full of counters. Venser and a Clique, too. In hand. My opponent has himself a Gaddock Teeg, a Mogg Fanatic, and an Isamaru. I am not afraid of whatever he might have in his hand unless I’m out of mana. It’s my end step, he taps three. I ready counter mana and pause. “Volcanic Fallout,” he announces.

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The Starkington Post – Weekly Digest 3

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Wednesday, April 15th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us a Grand Prix Trial report, Turbo Mill in Standard, PT Austin news, and much more!

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MTGCast #150 – Alara Reborn Mythic Madness!

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Wednesday, April 15th – On this week’s milestone edition of MTGCast, there’s talk on Alara Reborn spoilers, Meddling Mage, the Orb of Insight, From the Vaults: Exiled, and much more!

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The Kitchen Table #281 – Blue Shandalar Decks

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Wednesday, April 15th – Hello readers and friends! This is the column with articles regularly for the casual player in all of us. Whether flipping cards at the kitchen table or between rounds at a tournament, whether finding matches online or on an airplane, we all play games casually. This column is dedicated to bringing you articles and formats and variants and decks and insight to that casual side of all of us.

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