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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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Sullivan Library – The Strategic Moment

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Friday, September 12th – Mike Flores, in his famous “Who’s The Beatdown?” article, told us that “Misassignment of Role = Game Loss.” However, words such as “Role” can be notoriously nebulous… Role is not Archetype. Today, Adrian Sullivan talks us through the principle of the Strategic Moment, and shows us that even the most counter-heavy decks can have their day in the aggro sun…

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Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #15

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Friday, September 12th – 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 #10

Friday, September 12th – 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 Magic Show #113 – Sizing Up Shards

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Friday, September 12th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re featuring the Magic Show exclusive new Magic Player Rewards card, talk about the return of States with the man responsible for doing so, discuss the recent Banned & Restricted Announcement, and go over a raft of spoilers from Shards of Alara. Let’s go!

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Magical Hack – Forecasting Extended

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Friday, September 12th – With most of Extended a ‘known quantity,’ the potential impact of Shards of Alara remains generally small. We have been told already that all of the creatures from the shard of Esper will be artifact creatures, regardless of colored mana cost, and thus we can expect that there will be a reasonable number of cards that deserve consideration for the ‘best deck in Extended’ (so-called), Affinity.

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Feature Article – Preparing For Belgian Nationals

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Thursday, September 11th – In the first part of a two-part feature, Marijn Lybaert shares his in-depth preparation for the recent Belgian National Championships. Written before the tournament by some of Belgium’s biggest names, it brings us invaluable insight into play-testing, preparation, and fun at the highest level. Next week, Marijn takes us through the Nationals tournament itself…

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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