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Drafting With Nick – Shadowmoor / Eventide #19

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Thursday, September 25th – 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? – Devouring Shards of Alara

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Thursday, September 25th – Since the complete spoiler for Shards of Alara isn’t publicly available as I’m writing this, I’ve decided to forego a set review and instead focus on some of the themes specific Shards bring us with an eye towards Standard. What’s caught my imagination first is the Devour mechanic as offered up by the denizens of Jund, the Black-Red-Green Shard.

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #244 – Masters Edition II

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Thursday, September 25th – This week I’ll look at Masters Edition II, the new set for online Classic and casual players. It has 80 rares, 80 uncommons, and 80 commons. That means that, to collect playsets of all the commons, you will need to bust about 29 boosters (on average and ignoring foils)…

The Kitchen Table #252 – Peasant Magic Decks

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Thursday, September 25th – Hello my friends, and welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual. My name is Abe and I am your DJ, spinning you decks from around the Casualverse. Today I want to hit up one of my favorite formats, Peasant Magic. Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks gave us a lot of fun cards for our decks, and in Peasant Magic, they gave us some great tools…

One Step Ahead – Thompson Tackles Extended, Part 1

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Wednesday, September 24th – With Pro Tour: Berlin just around the corner, and with Shards of Alara heralding a New Age of Extended, Gerry Thompson takes us through a few of the existing archetypes and examines how they’re affected by the rotation. With Zoo looking strong, and Affinity promising much, is there room for control or combo offerings? Gerry T reveals all… Warning: contains spoilers.

Down And Dirty – Standard Implications With Spoiled Shards Cards

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Wednesday, September 24th – Shards of Alara is shaping up to be one of the strongest Constructed sets in recent history. Today’s Down And Dirty has Kyle Sanchez trawling through the spoilers to find a selection of cool cards ready to smash through the Standard metagame. He also looks at those Shards cards he believes to be overrated… including an eleven-for-one sorcery that promises to “change everything.” Warning: contains spoilers.

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #21

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Wednesday, September 24th – 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 #18

Wednesday, September 24th – 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!

Removed From Game – Rotation Retrospective 4: Planar Chaos

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Wednesday, September 24th – If you haven’t worked out by now what this mammoth series has been about, there’s very little hope for you. But if you have correctly surmised the premise of this latest offering from the podcast ponderer, jump right in and rediscover all the hits and misses of Planar Chaos, and what you should be setting aside for your collection.

Chatter of the Squirrel – The Boat, and a New Type of Tournament Structure

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Wednesday, September 24th – There is, and will always be, a market for the possibility of professional – and I mean “pay the bills” professional – Magic-related gaming. It’s what got me started and why I continue to do loony things like ship $1400 for a ticket to Berlin. But honestly, so long as several times a year there exists an opportunity to make an amount comparable to a twentysomething’s annual income, that market is going to be sated to an extent.

Tribal Thriftiness #41 – The Mourning Period: Saying Goodbye to Standard Staples

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Wednesday, September 24th – Big October sets don’t just mean a flurry of new cards and new ideas – it also means we need to say goodbye to the cards that are rotating off to Extendedland.

Feature Article – Testing at David Besso’s House… and 10th at Grand Prix: Rimini

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Tuesday, September 23rd – In this entertaining tournament report, Paul Cheon takes us through his recent jaunt to Italy for Eurovino 3 and Grand Prix: Rimini. He placed well at both events, and brings us a thrilling play-by-play for the GP. There’s also a handful of road-trip stories, tales that draw back the veil to reveal secrets of top-level tournament preparation. [Editor’s Note – Ben Bleiweiss appears on Friday with his customary “Financial Value” article for Shards of Alara… watch this space!]

Peebles Primers – Sifting Through Standard Premier Events

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Tuesday, September 23rd – Shards of Alara promises to have a great impact the Standard metagame. With Magic Online now capable of tracking Premier Event Top 8 information, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy looks at some of the format’s great performers and examines how they will be affected by the coming rotation.

Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #20

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Tuesday, September 23rd – 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 #17

Tuesday, September 23rd – 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!