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Feature Article – Sealed With Shards

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Thursday, October 2nd – The coming Pro Tour Qualifier season plunges us into the murky depths of Shards of Alara Sealed. The tricolor torment promises to be powerful and fun… Billy Moreno, fresh off his prerelease experience, brings us some excellent advice to help improve our Sealed deckbuilding and Limited play.

Deep Analysis – Two Junderful Standard Decks

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Thursday, October 2nd – The five distinct tri-color pairings in Shards of Alara promise great things for the Standard metagame. Creative deckbuilders across the globe are looking for the perfect way to harness the power and synergy of Jund, Bant, and the rest. Today’s Deep Analysis sees Richard Feldman bring us a pair of interesting Standard decks using the Red, Green, and Black cards of Jund…

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide Head to Head #1

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Thursday, October 2nd – In the first of two head to head drafts, Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes on Nick Eisel in an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online. Read on to discover Rich’s view on the table… Nick’s evaluation is below!

Drafting With Nick – Shadowmoor / Eventide Head to Head #1

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Thursday, October 2nd – In the first of two head to head drafts, Nick Eisel takes on Rich Hoaen in an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online. Read on to discover Nick’s view on the table… Rich’s evaluation is above!

The Kitchen Table #253 – Shards of Alara and Five Color

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Thursday, October 2nd – Good Thursday to you kind folks, and welcome to the column that is dedicated to bringing you weekly information on the world of the casual. Today I am going to focus on writing my normal set review article with an eye to Five Color.

You Lika The Juice? – The Shards Prerelease

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Thursday, October 2nd – Sealed Deck is the format I least enjoy of all Magic formats, you have so little control over what you get to play with, you’re really at the mercy of luck with what card pool you get. However, this was a prerelease, and this would let me play with these new cards before I could buy them… sure, why not?

Insider Trading – Foreign Cards (Part 1 of 2)

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Wednesday, October 1st – Magic is truly a global game! Cards are printed in multiple languages each set release, from English to Russian to Japanese. Ever wondered what your non-English card are worth? Do non-Americans value certain language cards over others? In today’s edition of Insider Trading, Ben takes a look at the history of the foreign card, and gives some advice about their values!

Down And Dirty – Testing New Standard FlameKin Online

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Wednesday, October 1st – With Shards of Alara set to shatter the Standard metagame, and Magic Online not set to bring us the electronic cards for a fair few weeks, Kyle Sanchez turns to alternate online Magical offerings in order to test his confusingly-named White-Red Kithkin deck. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle sharing his varied test results, warts and all…

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #26

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Wednesday, October 1st – Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes us for a stroll through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his special insights after the draft and in the forums.

Drafting With Nick – Shadowmoor / Eventide #23

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Wednesday, October 1st – Nick Eisel goes head-to-head with Canada’s finest drafter in his very own Drafting With Nick series! Like Rich, Nick takes us through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide Draft on Magic Online, and shares his thoughts in the article and the forums!

Chatter of the Squirrel – The Truffle Shuffle

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Wednesday, October 1st – This article would not help you win a single game of Magic if everyone played games exclusively via MTGO. Fortunately, those of us who don’t play World of Warcraft are still relatively familiar with the phenomenon known as “real life,” and thus we sometimes occasionally every once in a while maybe just maybe interface with living, breathing human beings. If this happens in a Magical context, we might even shuffle up a physical deck of brown-backed insignia-inscribed trading cards.

Removed From Game – Rotation Retrospective 5: Future Sight

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Wednesday, October 1st – He’s done it! Rich Hagon mops his fevered brow and promises himself faithfully never to get into such a mighty undertaking as this five-part behemoth unawares ever again. But not before he completes the last lap of the farewell tour, with a ton of expensive goodies from Future Sight. Sanity will return next week.

Unlocking Legacy – Seeking Stax

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Wednesday, October 1st – Tezzeret the Seeker received a lot of hype for being a Blue, Legacy-playable Mythic rare that powers up one of the most controversial Legacy decks. Kevin has a brand new decklist and a new take on some old gems.

One Step Ahead – Thompson Tackles Extended, Part 2

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Tuesday, September 30th – Last week, Gerry Thompson brought us a peek into the New Extended format, sharing a plethora of strong lists that he believes will make up the metagame. Today he continues the series with a look at a collection of decks that are off the radar. Gifts, Tron, Storm, and even Dredge get the Thompson Treatment today… if you’re serious about Extended, you can’t miss this!

Peebles Primers – Drafting With Ben and Nick: Shards of Alara

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Tuesday, September 30th – Shards of Alara is here, and it’s time to crack the fresh Limited format! Today, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy drafts along with Nick Eisel in a triple-Shards draft, notating and commenting on each pick and displaying the draft in the popular “Drafting With” format. If you’re looking for the heads-up before your first sanctioned Shards of Alara draft, look no further!