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The Kitchen Table #261 – A Hypothetical Masters Edition 3

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Thursday, November 27th – Wizards of the Coast has been making sets called Masters Edition for online consumption, consisting of cards from before Mirage and the Portal sets. These sets have new commonalities, and give players a chance to open up some of the old classics, but they come with a cost. The older cards do not meet the demands of the modern color pie, so the drafts are a bit wonky. (Which I love!) Also, the sets are very limited in their release, so you have to get the goods while you can.

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One Step Ahead – The Correct Way to Build Faeries

The StarCityGames.com $5,000 Standard open Comes to Philadelphia!
Wednesday, November 26th – Last week, Gerry Thompson told us exactly where we’d been going wrong in our thinking about the modern Faeries archetype in Standard. After many calls for his decklists and sideboard strategies in the forums, Gerry steps to the plate and delivers. If you’re looking for a Fae list for the upcoming StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open, look no further!

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Down And Dirty – Going For The Gold: Elemental Updates

The StarCityGames.com $5,000 Standard open Comes to Philadelphia!
Wednesday, November 26th – The StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open is fast approaching. If you’re looking for something off the beaten path, then Kyle may have the deck for you. He’s updated his popular Elemental build, powering out Horde of Notions on turn 3 for some truly sick starts. Intrigued? Then read on!

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Drafting With Rich – Shards of Alara #11

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Wednesday, November 26th – Canadian Draft maestro Rich Hoaen returns to the pages of StarCityGames.com. Each day, he brings us a triple Shards of Alara draft from Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, sharing his insight on the more difficult picks along the way. For more in-depth analysis, visit the forums!

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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #22

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Wednesday, November 26th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.

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Removed From Game – YOU Name The Baby

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Wednesday, November 26th – At last, the wait is over. An article so original that Rich personally guarantees that this particular contest has never happened before. Probably. Bringing you an insight into the hideous complexity of finding names for Magic cards, Rich invites you to try your hand at Naming The Baby. Yes, the Hagon brand is set to release a new expansion next Summer, and we want you to find the perfect Magic name for Hagonling Number 2. Simply agree with Rich’s choice, and you get to Name The Baby! (Terms and Conditions apply.)

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Unlocking Legacy – Assessing Legacy for Grand Prix: Chicago

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Wednesday, November 26th – Christopher Coppola gives a set of starting decklists for testing, and discusses the format for those beginning their preparation for GP: Chicago.

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MTGCast #131 – Drafts Are Back!

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Wednesday, November 26th – This week on MTGCast: Prepare yourself and your Standard deck for the upcoming Star City Games $5000 tournament in Philadelphia on December 6th. WoTC has listened to your input and announced a slew of changes for Prereleases starting with Conflux, including THE RETURN OF DRAFTS!

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Feature Article – Grand Prix: Atlanta Report *Winner*

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Tuesday, November 25th – When you’re fresh of the back of a Constructed Pro Tour win, what could be better than picking up the winner’s check at a Limited Grand Prix mere days later? Luis Scott-Vargas is undoubtedly one of the guys to beat as Worlds looms on the horizon, and today he shows off his Limited skills as he chronicles his ascent to the finals table at Grand Prix: Atlanta…

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Peebles Primers – Standard Zoo From Scratch

The StarCityGames.com $5,000 Standard open Comes to Philadelphia!
Tuesday, November 25th – Aggressive options in Standard currently involve Kithkin or Demigods, with little in between. Today, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy, fresh from a surprising Constructed performance with a selection of frankly substandard draft cards, takes a look at a possible Standard Zoo strategy. Could Wild Nacatl beatdown be the missing link in the current metagame? Will it make a mark on the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open? Click here to find out!

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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #21

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Tuesday, November 25th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.

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Deconstructing Constructed – Strategic Baselines in Extended

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Tuesday, November 25th – When looking through a format for edges, or outlier decks that have an absurd match against an existing metagame, sometimes it pays to go through each significant strategy and how it’s currently being used. Even if all this does is tell you something you already know, it serves as a reminder of what’s important and what isn’t.

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The Riki Rules – 4 Versus 273 at California States

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Tuesday, November 25th – At Thermopylae, 300 Spartans stood their ground against 200,000 invading Persians. At California States, 4 Judges stood their ground against nearly 300 invading players. It was 273 to be exact, and it blew most estimates by a hundred…

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Tribal Thriftiness #49 – Intro Packs and Upgrades

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Tuesday, November 25th – The Intro Packs are great introductions to the themes and cards of Shards of Alara, but… you can’t do anything with the contents of one, short of figure out how to improve it before you can play it. It’s not even sixty cards front to back! Dave explores the Grixis and Jund Intro Packs, and suggests improvements to bring them up to the full sixty.

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Insert Column Name Here – The Casual Player’s Bargain-Hunting Guide, Part 2

Read The Ferrett every Monday... at StarCityGames.com!Monday, November 24th – I just looked through Magic’s first six expansions, hunting for old bargains – every card in Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Fallen Empires, and Homelands – and all I could wonder is, “HOW THE HECK DID MAGIC SURVIVE?” Still, just as I looked through Alpha last week hunting for cheap cards that will be useful in a variety of multiplayer decks, this week I trawled through a wealth of absolutely terrible cards to pull out the gems. And here they are.

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