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You Lika The Juice? – Persistence

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Wednesday, April 23rd – I hope you were able to attend the Shadowmoor prerelease this past weekend; here in Richmond, quite a crowd mustered out to get their first taste of the new cards, and first impressions seemed to be that Shadowmoor Limited is chock-full of fast beatdown, along with synergies and combos that are often hard to handle.

Limited Lessons – First Pass at Shadowmoor Limited

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Tuesday, April 22nd – It seems that the Shadowmoor prerelease was a great success across the globe, with eager players casting a myriad of hybrid monsters with glee. Nick Eisel, originally skeptical about Shadowmoor Limited, has changed his mind after a weekend of intense play. Today, he shares his preliminary thoughts on some of the more overlooked synergies in the card pool…

Arcane Teachings – Early Shadowmoor Limited Impressions

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Tuesday, April 22nd – Tom rocked up to the Shadowmoor prerelease looking to relive the halcyon days of powerful multicolored Limited formats such as Invasion and Ravnica. He soon discovered that while the fun was still there in spades, the power of the Hybrid strategies wasn’t the gleeful joyride he expected. In today’s Arcane Teachings, he investigates why…

Deconstructing Constructed – Examining Shadowmoor

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Tuesday, April 22nd – Sealed with Shadowmoor ranges from the ‘worst ever’ when playing against creatures like the Lieges, Rhys the Redeemed, or Godhead of Awe, to pretty fun when you get to play the traditional G/R Aggro against slower control. The traditional baits and trickery occurs, and hybrid allows you to play more good cards then you usually could while presenting interesting mana exercises.

Removed From Game – ShadowFUN

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Tuesday, April 22nd – With only a month until Standard and Block formats come to dominate the world of Pro Magic, it’s easy to lose sight of the reason Magic gets made – it’s FUN. Join Rich Hagon for an interactive journey through Prerelease weekend, where your tales of woe and wickedness will help spread the word – Magic is some of the best times ever.

Craptacular!

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Tuesday, April 22rd – Over two hundred of you submitted terrible, terrible cards that Wizards might print. But today? Today we choose and sort, finding the truly bad cards and choosing… The worst card of all of them. Watch in horror as we sift through the unplayables, then the unprintables, to show you a card that one day Wizards might print!

Innovations – Ten Shadowmoor Cards

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Monday, April 21st – Shadowmoor is here, in spirit if not yet in body. Today, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin takes us through his personal viewpoints on ten of the more exciting cardboard rectangles available in the new set. Do you agree with his assessment?

So Many Insane Plays – Shadowmoor or Less? A Vintage Set Review

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Monday, April 21st – The Shadowmoor prerelease is now in the books, and Constructed minds now turn to the strengths and weaknesses of the fresh meat on offer. Stephen Menendian looks at the new set from a Vintage perspective, and analyses the cards with an eye on slotting them into Magic’s most broken format…

There And Back Again – The Correct RDW List

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Monday, April 21st – We’re kicking things off a little cheekily this week, but that shouldn’t be misconstrued as a bash on any of the other great articles on Red decks since Tattermunge Maniac was previewed (check out Ben Peebles Mundy, Patrick Chapin, et al). Rather it’s a tongue-in-cheek means of warning the audience: successful Red decks often run “bad” cards in order to succeed.

Unlocking Legacy – Swan Song

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Monday, April 21st – If you’re looking for some insight on what Shadowmoor brings to the Legacy scene, then look no further. This week, Adam takes a look at the newest combo to hit Legacy, and how the functional changes to Mox Diamond could affect the metagame.

Flores Friday – Snap Judgments Continued… Now with Free Deck Lists!

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Friday, April 18th – Earlier this week, Mike Flores took us through some of his initial thoughts on the exciting Constructed cards on offer in Shadowmoor. Today, he continues where he left off, and spices things up with a few preliminary deck lists and ideas. If you’re looking for an edge in Shadowmoor Standard, here’s the perfect place to start!

Sullivan Library – Shadowmoor’s Shusher: Wakefield’s New Favorite Card

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Friday, April 18th – Tomorrow morning, Magic players worldwide finally get their hands on the new cards from Shadowmoor… and one card in particular is causing waves in the anti-Blue rank and file. Today, Adrian Sullivan investigates the little Grizzly Bear that may just turn this game on its head…

The Magic Show #92 – May I Have Some Shadowmoor?

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Friday, April 18th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be talking about the new nicknames bestowed on a few special cards in Shadowmoor, a few tips and tricks that will hopefully help you in your sealed flights and drafts this weekend, and finally run down my favorite spoiled cards so far. Let’s go!

Magical Hack – Revealing Shadowmoor

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Friday, April 18th – As with last week’s article, if you are avoiding Shadowmoor spoilers until after the pre-release, my article today is not going to make you happy. I will be more than happy to see you on Monday, however, instead of making you unhappy today, so if you are keeping yourself virginal and pure for the Shadowmoor pre-release tomorrow, please direct yourself to the leftward-pointing arrow above rather than spoiling yourself.

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #222 – Oh Gawd, Not Again

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Friday, April 18th – MTGO is dark. Work has gone so late I couldn’t make drafts on Wednesday or Friday. I haven’t brewed up any decks at all this week – and formats are on hold pending the arrival of Shadowmoor in any case. That means it’s time to reopen my current favorite topics: Green sux, casual versus competitive, and the goodies from Shadowmoor…