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The Financial Value of Shadowmoor

A StarCityGames.com Premium Exclusive! The Financial Value of Shadowmoor - by Ben Bleiweiss
Friday, April 18th – Want to know which cards will be hot at your prerelease this weekend? Which cards should you pick up now while they are undervalued, and which should you trade away while they are overhyped? Which older card is already skyrocketing in value due to Shadowmoor? If you want to be informed at your prerelease, you must read Ben’s analysis of the Financial Value of Shadowmoor!

Deep Analysis – Taking on the Best Deck

Read Richard Feldman every Thursday... at StarCityGames.com!
Thursday, April 17th – Last week, Richard tuned his innovative Spectral Visions deck in order to gain ground in the awful Red matchup. Today, he throws the deck against the toughest deck in the metagame: U/B Faeries. Will the tempo beats from Bitterblossom and Scion of Oona bring down Spectral Force and friends? Read on to find out!

Down And Dirty – Winning With Wizards: City Champion!

Read Kyle Sanchez every Thursday... at StarCityGames.com!
Thursday, April 17th – Kyle Sanchez, armed with his funky and fresh Wizard deck, rocked up to his City Championship tournament… and walked away the victor! Today, he takes us through the intricacies behind his deck, and shows us how he made it to the top. Arbiter of Knollridge… who knew?

Tribal Thriftiness #19 – Shadowmoor Goodies

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Thursday, April 17th – It’s nearly D-Day. Every time a new set starts to approach, my toes get all tingly with anticipation. Pre-Releases are great chances to get out, interact with new people, get your muddy hands on new cards, and have a good day of fun with a chance of profit. And that applies to everyone, not just the guys who spend fifty-three hours a week playtesting.

The Kitchen Table #229: Abeth Edition, Part Three

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Thursday, April 17th – Hello folks, and welcome to the magnum opus of projects here at the Kitchen Table. For the last two weeks I have discussed one of my recent projects – the creation of a (hopefully) balanced Core Set. I think projects like this are a blast. Sure, there is a ton of work involved if you want to do a good job, but it is still a lot of fun.

Feature Article – LSV on Shadowmoor

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Wednesday, April 16th – It seems that the current Standard metagame is caught in a rut. Faeries, Elves, Red Green Big Mana… as usual, we’re in the need of some fresh meat. Luis Scott-Vargas is here to help! He looks at some of the more exciting cards available from Shadowmoor, and considers how the major players may adapt come the new release.

Peebles Primers – Red Deck Wins and Shadowmoor

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Wednesday, April 16th – Shadowmoor is coming, and Standard decks across the globe are waiting for a huge injection of Cool New Toys. Today, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy takes a look at some of the previewed and spoiled cards thus far, and works them into a new take on Red Deck Wins. If you’re a fan of swinging for two, you can’t afford to miss this.

Chatter of the Squirrel – The Trouble with Faeries

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Wednesday, April 16th – Lately, control decks have been subscribing to a tried-and-true Flores theory of “only really control the game until I can tap out for a Dragon and then kill you.” This has proven extremely effective, as per the success of Osyp’s Honolulu Top 8 deck, Wafo-Tapa’s Guile deck, and others. The beauty of Faeries is that you can circumvent even that crucial one-turn window of threat deployment.

You Lika The Juice? – Shadows of Standard, Part II

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Wednesday, April 16th – Last week I talked about how I’m totally bored of current Standard, and I’m wanting to make decks for future Standard, the Standard of the upcoming $5K Mega-Magic Weekend tournament that Star City’s holding on May 10th right here in Richmond. To facilitate that, I began going over the cards officially spoiled as chronicled on the Shadowmoor minisite, and I appreciate all the great comments and feedback from you all in the forums.

Limited Lessons – So Long to Lorwyn-Lorwyn-Morningtide

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Tuesday, April 15th – With Shadowmoor just around the corner, and the prerelease mere days away, Nick Eisel says farewell to the Lorwyn/Lorwyn/Morningtide draft experience. Today’s Limited Lessons takes us through an LLM draft online, using DraftCap and the now-defunct MTGO Version 2.5… Nick brings us each pack and pick, and walks us through the draft process step by step.

Arcane Teachings – Mono-Black Control in Shadowmoor Standard

Read Tom LaPille every Tuesday... at StarCityGames.com!
Tuesday, April 15th – With the re-emergence of a certain Black sorcery into the Standard arena, a far few players are hoping that hardy perennial Mono-Black Control will return to the metagame as a timely response to the tribal creature builds that plague Constructed. Today, Tom LaPille talks with Grand Prix: Vancouver Top 4 competitor Zack Hall, and together they flesh out the Mono-Black idea…

There And Back Again – The Standard Gauntlet

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Tuesday, April 15th – For many of us the next big tournament will be a combination of City Champs and/or Regionals, and while it’s true that Shadowmoor’s imminent release will no doubt shake up Standard as we know it, today we’re going to look at a few of the top decks in Standard as they are right now, where they win, where they lose, and what they might benefit from in Shadowmoor. Buckle in…

Deconstructing Constructed – On Flash and Winning

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Tuesday, April 15th – At the moment, things are a little weird for writing, Standard is waiting for the Shadowmoor release, and with Magic Online down, there’s nothing to talk about in the short term about any interesting designs. Meanwhile, in Vintage there’s the age-old debate about some card that should or shouldn’t be restricted. This time Flash is the card on which everyone has their sights.

Michaelj Monday – Shadowmoor Snap Judgments

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Monday, April 14th – Shadowmoor is coming, and the world is readying itself for the New Cards. Over on

MagictheGathering.com, official previews have littered the sight for a number of days. Today, Mike looks at each of them and

examines how they might fit into Constructed. If you’re looking for those sleeper hits before they come alive, look no further!

So Many Insane Plays – Windows of Opportunity

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Monday, April 14th – Last week’s excellent So Many Insane Plays saw Vintage master Stephen Menendian break down an exciting Tyrant Oath versus Flash matchup. Oath triumphed 2-0 that day, mainly on the back of excellent draws. Will the Tyrant’s luck hold out this week…?