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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.

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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.

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Arcane Teachings – Mono-Black Control in Shadowmoor Standard

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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!

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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…?

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Removed from Game – It’s All Good

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Monday, April 14th – With only 13 fewer endings than ‘Return of the King,’ Rich Hagon’s trilogy on mental techniques designed to up your winning percentage comes to a conclusion with an in-depth look at Steve Sadin, and takes in techniques employed by Cheon, LSV, van Lunen, the Belgians and more that can give you the edge the next time you sit down to cardboard conflict.

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Unlocking Legacy – Death Cloud

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Monday, April14th – Pernicious Deed. Damnation. Garruk Wildspeaker. Death Cloud. While writers argue about whether to run powerful cards or cards that synergize, Kevin Binswanger invites you to do both.

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Break This Crappy Card And Win Some Crap!

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Monday, April 14th – A lot of people submitted cards that, thanks to careful tweaking, would almost be useful in certain circumstances. I couldn’t quite rule these out as crap rares because, well, it seemed like there might be some way to make a good deck out of them. So I’m now chaining one contest into another, and asking you to break the “terrible” cards that others have sent me!

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Innovations – Moving from Good to Great with Zvi Mowshowitz

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Friday, April 11th – Of late, there has been an influx of psychology-themed articles, each offering tangible reasons to explain why we lose. Today’s Innovations sees Patrick Chapin and Zvi Mowshowitz, two of the game’s undeniable greats, chewing the fat on the topic in an illuminating interview… [Editor’s Note – Mike Flores will be running on Monday!]

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Magical Hack – She Wants (Shadow) More For Her Money

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Friday, April 11th – With Shadowmoor right around the corner, it’s the hottest thing to talk about and we’re seeing an awful lot of preview cards to help push the new-card buzz. Of course, I’ve finally got a clue how to draft Lorwyn-Lorwyn-Morningtide (… or not, depending on the forum posters’ opinions after last week’s article…), and all too quickly we shall find that I must leave it behind to try something new instead.

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The Magic Show #91 – Give Me Some Shadowmoor!

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Friday, April 11th – In this episode we dive headfirst into new Shadowmoor spoilers, take a look back at Morningtide and what new additions it brought to the Cube, and more. Let’s go!

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Deep Analysis – The Evolution of Spectral Visions

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Thursday, April 10th – In this week’s illuminating Deep Analysis, Richard Feldman continues his exploration of deck design. He finally takes mammoth strides toward improving the tricky Red matchup, and his changes to both the board and maindeck are backed with comprehensive testing results. He’s even settled on a name for his creation…

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Sullivan Library – Ponza in the Post-Shadowmoor Standard

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Thursday, April 10th – Land Destruction… insidious resource denial that’s alienated players since the initial printing of Stone Rain. Today’s Sullivan Library looks at the classic Ponza-style LD route, and brings it up to date with an all-new sheen and polish! Including some of the funkier Shadowmoor cards, does LD finally have a chance to shine again?

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