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Magical Hack – Advancing Shadowmoor Standard

Read Sean McKeown every Friday... at StarCityGames.com!
Friday, May 2nd – With a lot of puttering around with Standard already under our belts, just blindly theorizing stuff and seeing what works, it’s time for some more deck designing to see what sticks. Our Red and Red-Black decks last week didn’t really do anything interesting, and we have seen quite a few aggressive strategies so far, so this week I wanted to try looking at a variety of strategies rather than ‘just’ aggro- or aggro-tempo decks.

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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy # 224 – More on MTGO

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Friday, May 2nd – I love Magic. I love building decks, and banging strange combos and theme decks against other players doing the same thing. I love doing that online, when I have a hour here and there. I just don’t love doing it on MTGO 3.0 at the moment.

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Deep Analysis – How to Think

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Thursday, May 1st – Advice in Magic can come from the most unexpected of places. We all read articles, and we all listen to folk we perceive to be better than us… but how can we truly judge the quality and usefulness of such information? Richard Feldman is here to help us remove the cloud of woolly thinking and arm us with laser-guided clarity. Intrigued? Then read on!

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Down And Dirty – New Shadowmoor Archetypes, and Moor Wizards

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Thursday, May 1st – With Pro Tour: Hollywood looming large on the tournament calendar, Kyle Sanchez kicks off his preparations with a look at a cavalcade of exciting Shadowmoor-powered Standard options. There’s the ubiquitous Red/Green, Mono-Black Control, the much-discussed Enchanted Evening Combo deck, and an update on his popular Wizards deck!

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Tribal Thriftiness #21 – I Fight For You, Little Warriors

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Thursday, May 1st – Whenever a new set hits the scenes, Dave likes to revisit his previous decks and see what new and great cards will fit into them. This week, he starts back with the Obsidian Battle-Axe-fueled Warriors deck.

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The Kitchen Table #231 – Abeth Edition, Part Five

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Thursday, May 1st – Hello, and welcome to the final installment of Ye Olde Core Set. Today I’m serving the final meal, featuring a cavalcade of decks that we used to playtest the format.

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Feature Article – Guild Wars, Insanity, And A Sixty Dollar Playmat: Shadowmoor Prerelease

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Wednesday, April 30th – Shadowmoor is here, and the world has gone Hybrid Crazy! Of course, the descent into craziness isn’t so far for some… and for John Friggin’ Rizzo, it’s not even a spin around the block! Today, he shares his prerelease experience in his own unique and opinionated fashion. As usual with JFR… buyer beware!

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Peebles Primers – Investigating Standard and Discarding Red Aggro

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Wednesday, April 30th – Whenever new cards are added to the Constructed mix, the first port of call is often the Red Aggressive deck. With Shadowmoor packing a number of fantastic additions to the archetype, all should be good… right? Today, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy puts Red Aggro to the test, and explains why the deck may not be the strongest choice for your next Standard soiree. And of course, he offers an exciting alternative…

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Chatter of the Squirrel – Shadowmoor Signals

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Wednesday, April 30th – I’ve always hated “pick orders,” because they’re often very arbitrary and many cards relate to one another in a tier-system, anyway. How do you qualify how much better (or worse) Oblivion Ring is to Eyeblight’s Ending in a manner that outweighs the simple factor of color preference?

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You Lika The Juice? – Cauldron (Persistence, Part 2)

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Wednesday, April 30th – Last week I wrote about the Persistence mechanic, touching on some ideas and concepts that I hope inspired some of you to give the Persistence cards a try. In the deckbuilding forums I’ve seen a lot of folks adopting my Juniper Order Ranger idea into Persistence engines.

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Limited Lessons – Blue/White in Shadowmoor Draft

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Tuesday, April 29th – Triple Shadowmoor is, or soon will be, the draft beverage of choice across the globe… yet even before the set sees its official release, Nick Eisel believes he’s found the Best Draft Archetype. Backed with numerous drafts and the opinions of some of the best drafters alive, Nick presents a comprehensive examination of Blue/White. Is it all that Nick claims it to be?

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Arcane Teachings – Tackling Triple Shadowmoor: Blue/White Aggression

Read Tom LaPille every Tuesday... at StarCityGames.com!
Tuesday, April 29th – Today’s Nick Eisel article saw Nick sharing his thoughts on the powerful U/W decks available when drafting triple Shadowmoor. Not to be outdone, Tom wades into the fray and brings us his own thoughts on the newly proclaimed Best Archetype In The Format. Where do you agree with Tom, and where does Tom disagree with Nick? Read on to find out!

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Deconstructing Constructed – Red Deck Wins, Maybe

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Tuesday, April 29th – With the release of Shadowmoor, the Red deck has once again come to the forefront of many designers’ and players’ minds. Today, I’d like to go over some of the more debatable inclusions and possible design choices the deck will likely face in the future, all of which spring from player preference and metagame consideration.

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Removed From Game – The Judge Sideboard

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Tuesday, April 29th – Fresh out of a two day conference on Continuous Effects, Building a Local Community, hyper-linked Comp Rules, Professional Conduct as a Player, and a dozen more seminars and lectures covering the full range of global issues affecting the men and women who keep the game fair, Rich Hagon shares his own lecture with us, showcasing the skills and attitudes that go into making the best judges. If you think you have nothing to learn from how a judge goes about their business, this could change your mind.

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Very Good Decks From Very Crappy Cards – The Last of a Long Contest

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Monday, April 28th – Some of the “crap” cards suggested for my “Crap Rare Contest” turned out not to be crap, but actually format-defining. And you broke them in half! Tune in to see how one man’s terrible card is the bane of Vintage… And it’s not just Deathly Gamble!

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