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Down And Dirty – Innovate This! (Five More Decks for Standard)

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Thursday, April 3rd – Earlier this week, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin brought us a fresh set of five decks for Standard. Today it’s the turn of Kyle Sanchez, and he doesn’t disappoint. He trawls through five more innovative decks for Standard, including a Mono-Green combo deck that deserves further investigation. Intrigued? Then read on!

Drafting With Rich – Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide #9

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Thursday, April 3rd – Rich Hoaen is back! The renowned Canadian Limited maestro returns to bring us a Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide draft each day from the 8-4 queues of Magic Online. He takes us through each pick, from 1 to 45, and shares his thoughts on the draft and the games in both the article and the forums.

Tribal Thriftiness #17 – Shadowmoor Steals In

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Thursday, April 3rd – Hybrid mana? Untapping as a cost? Color-dependent creatures? Shadowmoor is kicking off its previews this week, and Dave can’t think of anything else but digging in and seeing what’s already been spoiled.

The Kitchen Table #227 – Abeth Edition, Part One

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Thursday, April 3rd – Hello all, and welcome to the first of a series of five articles that will explore a hypothetical basic set that I created and balanced with some playtesting. This set is designed to do several things. First of all, it’s a lot of fun to put together, but very labor intensive, so it’s not a project I can do very often. Second, it’s tons of fun to actually read.

Peebles Primers – Winning in Standard and Block

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Wednesday, April 2nd – In the current Standard format, it appears that most decks look to start their game before that of their opponent, or they repeatedly throw enough game-winners into the mix that one of them will eventually stick. Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM share his approach tactics for the current Standard format, before asking some pertinent questions on the role of Aggression in Lorwyn Block Constructed…

Drafting With Rich – Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide #8

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Wednesday, April 2nd – Rich Hoaen is back! The renowned Canadian Limited maestro returns to bring us a Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide draft each day from the 8-4 queues of Magic Online. He takes us through each pick, from 1 to 45, and shares his thoughts on the draft and the games in both the article and the forums.

Chatter of the Squirrel – Shift

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Wednesday, April 2nd – It appears that this week has been a week for reflection. We’ve had BDM’s game-store apologia, Noah Weil’s swan song, and enough Creature-Merfolk to make you never want to eat seafood again. For me, that reflection has been poignant, and not merely in a Magic sense…

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #220 – Three Decks

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Wednesday, April 2nd – Over a week ago now, I decided to quit worrying about my online rating and how badly I was doing in PEs and leagues and just play Magic. I had played in a number of Morningtide PEs, a league or two and done some drafting. It was time to build something around those cards. I just didn’t want to build the same thing as everyone else.

You Lika The Juice? – EDH and Commander

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Wednesday, April 2nd – For the last EDH, I played a rather ridiculously tricky and powerful Experiment Kraj deck, so this time around I wanted to be more or less straightforward. Yes, I had some powerful cards, but I didn’t work in any infinite combo engines. The sickest thing I had going was Kiki-Jiki and either Reveillark or Karmic Guide…

Feature Article – Four PTQs Walk Into A Grand Prix Trial… (Part 1)

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Wednesday, April 2nd – One Deck. Five Events. Over Thirty-Three Thousand Words.

John. Friggin. Rizzo.

Feature Article – Four PTQs Walk Into A Grand Prix Trial… (Part 2)

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Wednesday, April 2nd – Part 1 above walked us through seventeen thousand words of JFR’s very own peculiar madness… the exciting conclusion awaits within! (Yes, that’s right… JFR broke the article entry form.)

Limited Lessons – Bluffing in Limited

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Tuesday, April 1st – A few weeks back, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin walked us through some of the Jedi Mind Tricks available to the Constructed Magician looking to gain an edge via the mental game and the bluff. Today, Limited guru Nick Eisel spills the beans on running the bluff in the forty-card formats… Enjoy!

Arcane Teachings – Good Cards, Faeries, and Merfolk in Standard

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Tuesday, April 1st – With Lorwyn tribes apparently ruling the roost in the current Standard metagame, a number of what can only be described as “fringe cards” are finding their way into decks across the globe. Tom LaPille believes that while such choices are good for deck synergy, you can’t beat a pile of high quality cards…

Drafting With Rich – Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide #7

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Tuesday, April 1st – Rich Hoaen is back! The renowned Canadian Limited maestro returns to bring us a Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide draft each day from the 8-4 queues of Magic Online. He takes us through each pick, from 1 to 45, and shares his thoughts on the draft and the games in both the article and the forums.

Removed From Game – A Very Big Secret

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Tuesday, April 1st – It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been playing. It doesn’t matter what Format. Constructed, Limited, Kitchen Table, Pro Tour… This week, Rich Hagon has A Very Big Secret to share. It’s a way of looking at Magic, and the wider world beyond, that absolutely guarantees improved Success, if you have the courage to embrace it.