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Deep Analysis – Scratching in Standard

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Thursday, September 11th – With a Limited PTQ season looming large, it’s time for those players with a purely Constructed bent to retreat into their shells and cook up some sixty-card excitement. Continuing his promise to pilot the tricky and interactive, Richard dissects the more troublesome strategies in Standard in the first of what should prove to be an entertaining series.

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #14

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Thursday, September 11th – 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 #9

Thursday, September 11th – 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!

You Lika The Juice? – How Magic Got Its States Groove Back

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Thursday, September 11th – States has always been my favorite tournament. It was a “big” tournament that didn’t feed anything else, so it drew many more casual players than the PTQs and Regionals tournaments, and it had a nice, laid-back flavor even as people tried hard to win the bragging rights of State Champion.

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #242 – Trying and Failing to Give Wizards My Money

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Thursday, September 11th – For some time, I have been trying to play in an online Constructed tournament so I can write about the experience. The forums, and other writers, have complained about the state of Constructed online, so I wanted to see for myself. I set aside the time, found a deck and… well, the good news is that I am undefeated. The bad news is that I still haven’t played in a Constructed PE. Therein lies the story.

The Kitchen Table #250 – Semiquincentennial Celebrations

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Thursday, September 11th – I have built hundreds of decks during my time as a writer here at StarCityGames.com. What I intend to do today is very simple. I am going to take some of the cards off my top 10 favorite cards list, and build a deck around them. Do you know that despite my regularly professed love for Scarwood Bandits in this column, that I have never built a deck around them? That ends today.

One Step Ahead – Zur and Red Deck Wins in the MTGO Standard Queues

Wednesday, September 10th – Last week, Constructed master Gerry Thompson walked us through a couple of Constructed 8-man queues on Magic Online. Today he does the same, rocking out the Standard beats with a Zur deck and… Red Deck Wins. That’s right, folks: Gerry T has packed in the Vivid lands and picked up the burn spells! For a play-by-play breakdown, read on!

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #13

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Wednesday, September 10th – 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 #8

Wednesday, September 10th – 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 – How To Win Your Local Drafts

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Wednesday, September 10th – I notice that, in general, not much strategy-article attention is given to local tournaments. We all want the hottest lists for PTQs, sure, but it’s unreal how high your EV is at a local level, even with the smallest edge. If you want to win your local drafts, this is the article for you.

Removed From Game – Rotation Retrospective Part 2

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Wednesday, September 10th – Weighing in at a feed-a-family-of-four-all-you-can-eat 7000 words or so, Rich leaves very few rocks unturned as he examines the legacy of Time Spiral, and marks your card for all the bits you want to stick in the cupboard, and everything that wants a good bonfire. Mmm, the smell of rotting Detainment Spell…

Unlocking Legacy – Going Green: The Evolution of Suicide Black in Legacy Part 2

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Wednesday, September 10th – In Part 1, we left off with the basics of how to play Eva Green. In this part, we begin by applying those basics against the more successful decks in Legacy. We end the article with some changes that we’ve been testing, and discuss if any of these represent the next evolution of the deck. This article was a joint effort by Dan Signorini and Anwar Ahmad.

Peebles Primers – Mono-Red in Shadowmoor / Eventide Draft

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Tuesday, September 9th – With Nick Eisel constantly forcing the archetype over in Drafting With Nick, it seems the Red spells are pretty popular right now. Nick himself brought us a Mono-Red primer pre-Eventide, and now BPM brings his take on the strategy with Eventide in the mix. [Editor’s Note – Ben Bleiweiss, currently in Italy, will be appearing later in the week!]

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #12

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Tuesday, September 9th – 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 #7

Tuesday, September 9th – 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!