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From The Lab – Snapshots From San Diablo

Read Craig Jones every Tuesday... at StarCityGames.com!
After falling at the final Day 1 hurdle in Grand Prix: Montreal, Craig “The Professor” Jones headed for the sunny shores of San Diego, ready to thrash the Two-Headed Giant format into oblivion. As we know, he failed in a spectacular fashion… but that didn’t stop him having a grand old time. Prof shares some snapshots from the city, and brings us an intriguing snippet of Game Theory that could explain why the success of the Sliver Kids was not as random as it might appear…

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Limited Lessons — Drafting G/R in TPF

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Drafting TPF is a peculiar thing… Future Sight, it seems, has definitely thrown the cat amongst the pigeons. One of the classic Limited aggro strategies, Green/Red is proving both popular and powerful, but the marquee cards such as Sprout Swarm appear to be of a controlling bent. So what do we do? Thankfully, Nick Eisel is here today to bring us the lowdown on the archetype. Pack-by-pack pick orders, card analysis, sample decklists… it’s all here!

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Drafting With Rich – TPF #22

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You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TPF Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analyzed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!

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Deconstructing Constructed — Reanimator in Time Spiral Block Constructed

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There are two basic types of Reanimator deck shells that are proven to work in the Block Constructed format. The first is the basic aggro Reanimator shell, which involves Gathan Raiders and Looter Il-Kor backed by Bridge from Below, Body Double, and Dread Return. Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Bogardan Hellkite are the two main reanimation targets in just about every Reanimator build seen thus far.

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Tenth Edition Limited Review – The New Stuff

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This article’s designed for the aid of players with moderate experience and aims to help them do well and enjoy the release tournaments at Magic Game Day. (Or whenever Tenth happens to hit Magic Online.) If you’re an old hand and are bringing a less experienced friend to Magic Game Day, print this out and hand it to them. I know the article’s long, but it’s important for newer players to grasp the idea of evaluating cards.

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Insert Column Name Here – A Birthday Present Of A Deck

Read The Ferrett every Monday... at StarCityGames.com!July 3rd was, as noted previously, The Ferrett’s birthday. And the universe gifted him with a whopping beauty of a card pool to make the day more special! What sort of sweet cards did he get? Tune in to find out!

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Feature Article – The Black Perspective: A Pro Tour and a Grand Prix

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Osyp “Joe Black” Lebedowicz is no stranger to high-level competition. However, he’s not attended many events of late, for a variety of reasons. Nevertheless, the two-week period that held Grand Prix: Montreal and Pro Tour: San Diego proved too much to resist, and today Osyp takes us through each event! He spins his usual tall tales, and brings us the latest build of his innovative G/W Tarmogoyf Block deck…

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Innovations – X Marks the Spot, or Some Other Clever Tenth Edition Pun

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That’s right, folks… Tenth Edition is officially just around the corner. This coming weekend sees Magic Game Day, and everyone is going wild over the hot Core Set action! Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin takes us through the White and Blue cards that take his fancy, before he teases us with more Pro Tour tales HE rounds out with two presents: decklists for both Tenth Edition Standard and Time Spiral Block Constructed.

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Drafting With Rich – TPF #21

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You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TPF Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analyzed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!

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Montreal Revisited – Quagnoth in a Quandary

Read Kyle Sanchez every Monday... at StarCityGames.com!
Kyle continues his epic tale of Grand Prix: Montreal madness. This week he brings us a look at the tournament itself, and runs through his wins and losses in detail. He also brings us the latest build of his U/W Pickles deck, his weapon of choice for the upcoming PTQ season. And, as usual, there’s a sprinkling of the usual Sanchez insanity…

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The Online Outlook #16 — Hot Blockin’

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In a change from our advertized schedule, I’m veering away from the Online world this week, into the murkier, flabbier, and more pungent world of the Real Life PTQ. Join me for this inspiring tale of control mirrors, 13/13 regenerators, and Terry.

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Flores Friday – X, (+), (-)

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Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike take a fine-tooth comb through the gains and losses coming in Tenth Edition. What cards will we miss, and what cards will we banish with a cheery wave? What are the cards that will make the biggest impact on U/S. Nationals Standard, and what cards are the dead ducks? Plus Mike’s take on a popular Time Spiral Block Constructed control strategy… what more could you possible want?

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Drafting With Rich – TPF #20

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You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TPF Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analyzed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!

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Magical Hack – Go Out With A Boom

Read Sean McKeown every Friday... at StarCityGames.com!
Last week, we saw a look at Red through the lens of using Tarmogoyf to improve the aggressive potential of this archetype, in preparation for taking the deck to a PTQ. Having attended the PTQ and dropped out at 2-2, , it was more or less confirmed that being dumb will get you killed. Rather than moan on teh Intarnets about how much more favorable Wild Pair is when your opponent doesn’t win six consecutive coin-flips, we’re going to look at the deck for the PTQ that almost was…

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The Magic Show #51 — Xth Marks The Spot

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Hello everybody and welcome to the Magic Show. I’m your host Evan Erwin. Today we’re going to cover everything from the Sliver Kids to the Tenth Edition. A new Standard environment is coming your way, and it’s time to learn what’s coming and what’s going.

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