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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #255 – MTGO Constructed Formats and Inbreeding

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Thursday, December 25th – I play (and follow) five Constructed formats on MTGO: Standard, Extended, Classic, Singleton, and Pauper. I have been toying with the idea of paying to play – in other words, entering tournaments in the formats. That got me wondering whether my decks were competitive, and whether – even if my deck was competitive – whether I could play with the masters of these formats. Are there really Masters of the formats? Time to do some digging.

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The Kitchen Table #265 – Finding Cho-Mannos

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Thursday, December 25th – I like theory as much as the next person. I think there’s a lot of important theory, especially in casual land. Where most players and writers investigate the theory of duels and metagames and sideboarding and tournaments, very few explore the theory of multiplayer. That’s a shame, because casual and multiplayer is more complex than duels so, frankly, it needs even more theorists.

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You Lika The Juice? – Fight the Power

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Thursday, December 25th – I know some of my readers get amused at how often I get up on my soapbox about various issues I have with the current state of Magic. A lot of it seems to boil down to 1) Blue is too powerful and 2) Green gets the shaft. Yeah, yeah, we’ve certainly heard that before, ho-hum, next please…

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Luck Skill Victory – Mono Blue Faeries in Extended

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Wednesday, December 24th – Luis Scott-Vargas has a well-documented love of the tricky Blue deck archetype. With Sensei’s Divining Top banned from Extended, and Next Level Blue neutered, LSV has turned to the next best thing: Gabriel Nassif’s Mono Blue Faeries deck. He brings us his take on the archetype and sideboarding, in prime time for the approaching PTQ season…

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One Step Ahead – Attacking With Kird Apes in Extended

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Wednesday, December 24th – When Gerry Thompson decides to attack for two at a Pro Tour event, it’s a sure sign of the coming Apocalypse. Nevertheless, in the Extended portion of Worlds 2008, GerryT sleeved up the Zoo deck in order to take him to Level 6 status. Today, he shares his decklist and sideboarding strategies for the coming PTQ season…

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Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #3

Wednesday, December 24th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?

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Chatter of the Squirrel – They Were Right And I Was Wrong: An Exploration of Five-Color Control

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Wednesday, December 24th – The Patrick Chapin/Manuel Bucher Standard list that several people ran to several solid finishes at Worlds is one of the most perfectly-tuned decks in history, one of the single most unfair-feeling and is-everyone-else-really-playing-the-same-format-as-me-seeming machines I have ever touched…

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Removed From Game – Worlds Week With Rich, Part 2

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Wednesday, December 24th – Tales from both sides of the curtain abound as Rich continues his inside look at Worlds 2008. Players, pizza, press, Draft weirdness and more, all in a festive bundle of joy… enjoy!

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MTGCast #135 – Conflux Card Rumors Cleared for Take-Off!

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Wednesday, December 24th – In today’s MTGCast, there’s news on updates regarding 11th Edition, and other tidbits from the Magic round-table held at Worlds 2008. There’s also talk of rumored Conflux cards…

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Feature Article – Three Versions of Tron in Extended

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Tuesday, December 23rd – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, newly crowned Rookie of the Year Aaron Nicastri takes us through Blue/Black Tron for the upcoming Extended PTQ season. On top of that, he brings powerful Blue/White and Blue/Red versions to the table. Could these decks be the breakout builds that send you to Hawaii?

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Down And Dirty – The Top 10 Decks of 2008

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Tuesday, December 23rd – Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle looking back over the stronger decks designed throughout 2008. With eyes mainly on Standard and Extended, he brings us his personal contenders for the Top 8 decks of the year. Do you agree with his assessments?

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Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #2

Tuesday, December 23rd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?

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Deconstructing Constructed – Extended: The New Metagame

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Tuesday, December 23rd – Now that Worlds has ended we have a solid grasp of what the new Extended format is shaping up to be. Let’s start by looking at the breakdown of decks that went 4-2 or better on Day 3… and heck, let’s add in the top eight of the Worlds PTQ.

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Tribal Thriftiness #52 – Shards Has A Lot of Dollar Rares

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Tuesday, December 23rd – While doing the research for last week’s article, Dave was stunned (stunned!) by the number of Shards rares that were just lingering around in the dollar bin. This week, he picks up a couple to run with.

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Insert Column Name Here – The Casual Player’s Bargain-Hunting Guide, Part 6

Read The Ferrett every Monday... at StarCityGames.com!Monday, December 22nd – Urza and Invasion Block have so many casual gems that it’s going to take three articles to find all of the cheap, effective cards you can use to devastate your local multiplayer group! Here’s the middle installment, just in time for Christmas – and a poll to see how much further we should go!

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