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R/G Aggro in Standard – Why Jacob Van Lunen is the Man, And Everyone Should Know It

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Wednesday, June 4th – Magic Legend Zvi Mowshowitz brings us the deck that he believes is the current Best Deck in Standard. Designed by Pro Tour winner Jacob Van Lunen, the deck posted fantastic results in Hollywood across the board. This exceptional article reveals the genesis of the deck, and presents us with comprehensive strategic advice and sideboard plans, all in perfect time for Regionals this coming weekend…

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Feature Article – Zur For Regionals

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Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals just around the corner, everyone is looking for that sick new tech that’ll ravage the metagame. Well, how about this for an off-the-radar strategy: Zur The Enchanter! Gerry Thompson takes us through his Pro Tour preparation, a huge chunk of which was taken up with innovative Zur decks. He brings us five fresh lists that could make waves at Regionals… and if that’s not all, he shares his Faeries and Reveillark lists too!

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Peebles Primers – Hollywood Lessons for Regionals

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Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals this weekend, and Pro Tour: Hollywood fresh in the books, it’s safe to say that the metagame come Saturday will be heavily influenced by the successful pro decklists from two weeks ago. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy casts his analytical eye over some of the numbers in the more successful archetypes, and crunches the data to help prepare us for a multitude of differing opposition…

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Chatter of the Squirrel – The Reveillark Fallacy, and the Application of Theory in Standard Pro Tours

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Wednesday, June 4th – I’m not known for my Regionals technology, since I’m notorious for hating Standard. Nevertheless, I can guarantee you that your chances for qualifying for Nats will demonstrably improve as a result of reading this article. Why? Because for the last week, the internet has been awash with a deluge of disinformation, leading to a series of terribly-misinformed but oft-repeated quote enlightened unquote conclusions about the “true” state of Standard in the Pro Tour’s wide-cast wake.

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You Lika The Juice? – Gilt & Consistency

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Wednesday, June 4th – When I was asking various friends what I should play for the Star City $5K, Adrian Sullivan and Ben Bleiweiss both told me I should play Green/Black Elves. Green/Black Elves?! How boring!! That archetype has been out there kicking around since Lorwyn was released, and I’m always drawn to the shiny and new.

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So Few Insane Plays – The Vintage Apocalypse: Demolition Slated For 6/20/08

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Tuesday, June 3rd – Yesterday saw the most sweeping changes to the Vintage Banned and Restricted list for a number of years, with a swathe of Blue tournament staples becoming mere one-ofs in future decklists. Today’s renamed So Many Insane Plays sees Vintage World Champion Stephen Menendian analyze the changes, and evaluate the disappearance of Brainstorm and pals…

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Arcane Teachings – Topic Trio: Standard, Block, Vintage

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Tuesday, June 3rd – We’re in a busy period of Magic right now. We’ve just had a Standard Pro Tour, and Regionals are fast approaching. Last weekend saw a Block Constructed GP, and the upcoming Pro Tour season is the same format. And Vintage… we all know what’s happening there. Today, Tom LaPille looks at all three disciplines, and suggests the deck he’d play at Regionals if he weren’t leaving to work for Wizards of the Coast…

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Deconstructing Constructed – Grand Prix Lessons

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Tuesday, June 3rd – Grand Prix: Birmingham is now done. Shock of shocks, Kithkin and Faeries took the top two slots, and both featured three copies respectively in the Top 8, joined only by Raphael Levy’s Elemental control and Manuel Bucher’s Command control deck. These results are basically in-line with what a number of people thought might happen at this Grand Prix considering the short break from Pro Tour: Hollywood for this new format.

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Removed From Game – There and Back Again

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Tuesday, June 3rd – How dare Rich Hagon not submit an article last week? Who does he think he is? And where does he think he is? Turns out he answers that last one quite extensively, taking us on a guided tour of Seattle en route for the latest Pro Tour. Scatalogical humor abounds in this latest down and dirty piece from the man with more words per minute than anyone on the PT.

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The Riki Rules – Lights, Camera, Judge!

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Tuesday, June 3rd – Statistically speaking, it’s safe to say that most of you have never played in a Pro Tour. Even more likely, very few of you have judged in a PT. I’ve never done the former, but now that I’ve joined the ranks of the latter, boy do I have stories to tell. I’ve been telling people that judging Pro Tour: Hollywood was the best weekend of my life. That’s a tall claim, and for it to be true it either means I’ve led a boring life or the PT was that damn awesome

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Insert Column Name Here – The Memorial Day Mill

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Monday, June 2nd – To celebrate the bold sacrifices our soldiers made for this country, I drafted a cowardly deck that refused to enter the combat phase. That’s right – I tried the triple-Shadowmoor Millstone deck in a team draft. So how’d it do? Well, read on!

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Innovations – Pro Tour: Hollywood Tournament Report (293rd Place)

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Monday, June 2nd – As we’re all aware, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin performed badly at Pro Tour: Hollywood. While he believes he had the correct call on the format in a general sense, it appears he was let down by the specifics. In this entertaining report, he shares a few of his bad beats and spins some excellent tales of fun and frivolity. While it may not help you qualify for Nationals, it may just remind you what you’re battling for…

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Limited Lessons – Green/White in Shadowmoor Draft

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Monday, June 2nd – Nick continues his breakdown of the triple Shadowmooor Draft archetypes. Having covered Blue/White and Red/Green in previous articles, today it’s the turn of the aggressive Green/White strategy. With excellent creatures and a smidgeon of removal, swinging for two has never been so much fun!

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The Main Phase – Everything You Need to Know (Give or Take) About Regionals ’08

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Monday, June 2nd – This article goes up at midnight on Monday. Your registration sheets and deck lists for Regionals are due at 10 a.m. this coming Saturday morning. That give you 130 hours from the time this article is posted to learn everything you possibly can about the current Standard metagame before the player meeting, so we’d better get to steppin’.

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Unlocking Legacy – Emerging Decks

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Monday, June 2nd – Christopher Coppola takes a look at some less-commonly played decks and explores their strengths.

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