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Removed From Game – Rotation Retrospective 3: Timeshifted

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Wednesday, September 17th – Let’s be honest, you only had to be at the Time Spiral Pre-Release without knowing the big surprise to see the Timeshifted set as a home run. Jaws dropped, arms flailed wildly, dealer tables went potty, and one of the hardest demographics on planet Earth to actually flat-out impress were gobsmacked. But what impact did the Timeshifted 121 have over the following two years? Rich is here to tell you, and give you his list of cards that are more keep than keepsake.

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Peebles Primers – Justice and Reveillark

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Tuesday, September 16th – Today’s Peebles Primers tackles two subjects. The first sees Ben rail against a common Magic malady: the misplaced sense of entitlement, or “justice.” The second sees Ben state the respective cases for both combo Reveillark and its non-combo variant. [Editor’s Note: Ben Bleiweiss will be running later in the week!]

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Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #17

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Tuesday, September 16th – 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.

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Drafting With Nick – Shadowmoor / Eventide #12

Tuesday, September 16th – 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!

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Deconstructing Constructed – Tezzeret and You

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Tuesday, September 16th – I think it’s a touch too soon to talk about Extended, so this week we’ll be discussing some Vintage ramifications from the Time Vault errata and the upcoming Blue Planeswalker. Time Vault by itself was already a big deal, but with Tezzeret on the horizon, the win conditions of Vintage may be completely supplanted, much like Tendrils of Agony’s impact on the format over time.

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The Riki Rules – Why I Judge

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Tuesday, September 16th – Today, I’m going to take a little time to tell you a little bit about myself, because one of my messages is that judges are human. Playing in that PTQ three weeks ago got me thinking about my Magic career and the constant seesaw battle for my soul. Play or Judge? Clearly I’ve chosen a path, but it wasn’t always so easy. My story began, like so many others, with a botched Judge call…

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Tribal Thriftiness #40 – Shards of Alara Parsimonious Previews

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Tuesday, September 16th – Dave breaks out the college words this week in the title, but the article is all kindergarten words, as he digs into the first week of Shards of Alara previews to see what’s available for the thrifty player. Except “Thoctar” – that’s another college word, presumably. Warning: Contains Spoilers.

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Insert Column Name Here – The Top Multiplayer Cards In Eventide!

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Monday, September 15th – “What was it like, being locked in with some of the finest writers in science fiction for six weeks?” you may ask. And the answer is, “It was like missing out on Magic for several months.” In fact, it was so like missing out on Magic that by the time I got around to making my Top Five Best Multiplayer Cards From Eventide, several months had passed! You might even think that this list would be slightly antiquated… But no! Now it’s playtested!

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Feature Article – Missing Top 8 at Belgian Nationals *9th*

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Monday, September 15th – With Patrick Chapin nursing his wounds over in Rimini, today we have the exciting conclusion of Marijn Lybaert’s Belgian Nationals report. Last week, we shared the Belgian preparations before the big event. Today, Marijn takes us through his final decklist and shares the pertinent details of his matchups as Top 8 loomed large. Patrick returns later in the week!

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So Many Insane Plays – Tezzeret the Unreal, and Other Vintage Tech

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Monday, September 15th – Shards of Alara is just around the corner, and one officially spoiled card in particular is kicking up a Vintage stink: Tezzeret the Seeker. Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Stephen Menendian shake things up with a plethora of Tezzeret decklists, incorporating the Blue planeswalker in a number of tried and tested Vintage strategies…

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Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #16

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Monday, September 15th – 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.

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Drafting With Nick – Shadowmoor / Eventide #11

Monday, September 15th – 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!

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The Main Phase – Extended Greetings

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Monday, September 15th – School is starting, the leaves are changing colors, and Notre Dame almost loses its home opener to a team that lost to Cal Poly the week before. That can only mean one thing: that it’s fall and the Extended season is on the horizon.

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Insider Trading – Goodbye Extended! (Part 1 of 2)

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Friday, September 12th – Shards of Alara is almost here, and this will herald a two-block and one base set rotation out of Extended. Gone will be seven full sets – 7th Edition, Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse, Odyssey, Torment, and Judgment. Which cards will drop in value from these sets, and which will hold their price? How will the losses of individual cards affect the value of the remaining cards in the Extended card pool? Find out the answers to these questions in this two-part Insider Trading series! Special Bonus: Which cards are rising up in price even as we speak? Ben talks about a few cards that have (or are about to see) significant price jumps! Plus: What is Ben’s pick for the hottest card spoiled out of Shards of Alara so far?

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Feature Article – Blue-White Reveillark in Standard

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Friday, September 12th – In his debut article for StarCityGames.com, Grand Prix: Columbus Top 8 competitor Owen Turtenwald takes us through Blue-White Reveillark in Standard. While a lot of players favor the combo variants offered by multiple colors and Body Double, Owen turns his back on the combo finish for more stability. He shares his sideboarding strategies for the major players in the metagame, and throws in some in-game tips and tricks for good measure.

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