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Feature Article – Woltereck on Five-Color Control

States is coming!
Tuesday, November 4th – The State Championships are fast approaching, and our metagame options are shaping up nicely. Chris Woltereck, one of the stronger proponents of Five-Color Control and the winner of the recent StarCityGames.com $5K Standard Open, shares his latest thoughts on the archetype, and brings us a comprehensive primer on how to defeat the deck he feels will be most popular come States – White Weenie. He also recounts a round-by-round report from the SCG $5K…

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Insert Column Name Here – The Second Most Fundamental Skill In Multiplayer

Read The Ferrett every Monday... at StarCityGames.com!Monday, November 3rd – Dear Adam:

You’re smart. I know this because you can play chess blindfolded. With three people. Simultaneously. And win. While drunk. But you still have some issues with common multiplayer strategies – I see you trying to use them, but failing, and sometimes you seem frustrated as to why everyone is picking on you for no good reason. So let me reveal to you the second most fundamental skill anyone can learn in multiplayer….

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Peebles Primers – Extended Elves, And How To Beat It

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Monday, November 3rd – Pro Tour: Berlin has come and gone, and the breakout story of the tournament is undoubtedly Combo Elves. With six copies making the Top 8, and the entire Top 4 packed with little Green men, it’s safe to say that Combo Elves is the strongest deck in the format. BPM looks at the core of the strategy, and shares some ideas on how to bring the monster down.

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So Many Insane Plays – Unrestricted Vintage: A Magical Experiment

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Monday, November 3rd – As a strategic exercise, and as a response to an enquiring reader, Stephen Menendian has turned his eye to a theoretical Vintage format in which no card is restricted! He examines the decks he feels would be the most broken in this most broken of formats, and investigates the lessons they teach the regular Vintage format…

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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #6

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Monday, November 3rd – That’s right, folks… it’s back! While Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen battles it out at Pro Tour: Berlin, we have Nick Eisel bringing us a Shards of Alara 8-4 draft walkthrough each day, from pick 1 to pick 45. Nick supplies draft analysis in the forums! Rich Hoaen returns soon, to battle Nick head to head… watch this space!

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The Magic Sock – Episode 142: Jund and Blast from the Past: Planeshift

Monday, November 3rd – In today’s episode of The Magic Sock Podcast, there’s talk on the Jund cards from Shards of Alara, a look back at the pleasures of Planeshift, and much much more!

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The Main Phase – Ich Bin Elves Berliner

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Monday, November 3rd – Reuben brings us another fun video that looks at the ups and downs of the past Magic week!

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Feature Article – Underrated Cards in Triple Shards Draft

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Friday, October 31st – Shards of Alara Draft is proving to be a fabulous format. The various shards offer the discerning drafter with a myriad of options, with both Control and Aggro strategies represented in the metagame. Today, Nick Eisel shows us some of the current under-appreciated gems that you can pick up late in your drafts to great effect.

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Sullivan Library – Taste the Rainbow: The Evolution of Five-Color Blue

States is coming!
Friday, October 31st – With Faeries and Five-Color Control ruling the roost, it’s time for Adrian to spring into action! States is fast approaching, and Today’s Sullivan Library sees Adrian share the genesis and development of an intriguing Five-Color deck designed to prey on the ferocious Fae. Could this be the deck to bring you your State Championship crown? Read on to find out!

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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #5

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Friday, October 31st – That’s right, folks… it’s back! While Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen battles it out at Pro Tour: Berlin, we have Nick Eisel bringing us a Shards of Alara 8-4 draft walkthrough each day, from pick 1 to pick 45. Nick supplies draft analysis in the forums! Rich Hoaen returns soon, to battle Nick head to head… watch this space!

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Magical Hack – States, Interrupted

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Friday, October 31st – While we are clearly motoring on ahead to the State Championships, I felt I should take a moment veering off the Road to States in order to look at the variety of things going on in Magic this weekend and in the past few leading up to it.

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The Magic Show #120 – Halloween Special

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Friday, October 31st – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week is Halloween and we’ve got a ghastly and ghoul-y show for you this week. We’re going to take a look at the frightening Standard environment as we approach States in just two weeks, take a look at the Wizards Play Network, Mike Flores’ latest video venture, and check out the Magic Halloween Top 5 Countdown. Let’s go!

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Insider Trading – What’s Hot and What’s Not in Standard

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Thursday, October 30th – This past weekend, the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open set the metagame for the current Standard format leading into States! Which cards are going to rise in demand and value based on the tournament results, and which are going to start dropping? Find out in today’s edition of Insider Trading!

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Feature Article – Analyzing the StarCityGames.com $5K Standard Open Top 16

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Thursday, October 30th – The Top 16 decks from the recent SCG $5K Standard Open make interesting reading. While some things stay the same (congratulations Chris!), some things are wildly different. The target for States may firmly be fixed on the Big 3 decks in the metagame, but there are many other options available for the fearless spellslinger. Let Billy lead the way!

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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #4

Draft with Nick every day... at StarCityGames.com!
Thursday, October 30th – That’s right, folks… it’s back! While Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen battles it out at Pro Tour: Berlin, we have Nick Eisel bringing us a Shards of Alara 8-4 draft walkthrough each day, from pick 1 to pick 45. Nick supplies draft analysis in the forums! Rich Hoaen returns soon, to battle Nick head to head… watch this space!

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