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Ben’s Corner: A Ton of StarCityGames.com News!

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve filled you all in on the latest StarCityGames.com news! What’s been going on lately? We’ve redone our entire pricing structure on singles (did you know that Standard commons now start at $.10 each?), and our new E-bay division has put hundreds of Foreign cards up for auction! Read all the details, our $6 buy price on Troll Ascetic, plus an exciting announcement about next week’s Deal of the Day, only at Ben’s Corner!

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One Man’s Ballot

Mike takes a break from high strategy to discuss the intricacies of the Hall of Fame. He shares his voting thoughts for this year’s ballot, drawing comparisons from a number of surprising places. The writing is evocative, giving us a fine example of the thrill and excitement that dwells within our hobby of choice…

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The Ravitz PTQ

Today, Josh takes us through a mock PTQ for Pro Tour: Kobe. He shares an RGD Sealed cardpool, explaining his personal methods of card choice and deck construction. Then he moves onto a triple-Coldsnap draft, and shares his picks from one to forty-five. Indeed, the draft he presents is an alternate look at today’s Drafting With Rich! This is an excellent article with some interesting Limited tips…

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Drafting With Rich – Coldsnap #5

Rich moves from the mean streets of Ravnica to the icy tundra of Coldsnap! Today’s installment of Drafting With Rich sees the Canadian maestro share a full triple-Coldsnap draft, from pick one to pick forty-five, with brief commentary on strong cards and deck performance. For a more detailed analysis, come join the forums! And, for another take on this draft, check out Josh Ravitz above!

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Magical Hack: Ich Bin Ein Ninja!

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After a week’s quick foray into the world of “issues and opinions,” exploring the nebulous “right and wrong” behind voting for Mike Long for the Hall of Fame, we’re back to the grindstone of tournament Magic just in time for the addition of Coldsnap to Standard.

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The Problem With MTGO…

There’s a pervading sense of ennui on Magic Online when it comes to problems. Adepts range from nice, well-mannered types with senses of humor and an ability to enforce rules and inform people politely, to hair-trigger pissants to whom a typo’d f in a word is clearly an attempt to mask profanity, and will merit the full punishment that they can deal.

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SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Mail Carrier

Welcome to the final installment of the random creature challenge, the game where I choose a random creature type and then have to build a deck around it. From Carriages to Crocodiles, I’ve had to build some wild decks. I use the Mistform Ultimus Watch on the Wizards homepage to randomly choose this creature type. Carriages, Volvers, Nomads, and Crocodiles have all been chosen. What will be next?

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Heartbeat Updated

Today, Rogier brings us a comprehensive article describing the thought-process behind Heartbeat in Coldsnap Standard. This combo deck is one of the trickier weapons in the current metagame, but Rogier peels away the layers of mystery surrounding the shaping of the perfect combo kill. His new build is surprising, but the advice he offers is unmissable. Still blinded by combo madness? Rogier is here to help.

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Playing For The Honor – A Portuguese Nationals Report

Tiago headed into his Nationals adventure with a clear goal in mind – to become the first ever two-time Portuguese National Champion. While his efforts proved ultimately fruitless, his take on the metagame was perfect. This report describes the ups and downs Tiago faced in the tournament, and provides some advice for those players yet to make their own Nationals journey.

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Drafting With Rich – Coldsnap #4

Rich moves from the mean streets of Ravnica to the icy tundra of Coldsnap! Today’s installment of Drafting With Rich sees the Canadian maestro share a full triple-Coldsnap draft, from pick one to pick forty-five, with brief commentary on strong cards and deck performance. For a more detailed analysis, come join the forums!

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Battle Royale Round Six — Bloom in the Room

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In the last round of the Battle Royale, I beat Talen Lee and his mana-heavy Rome deck. My cheap Glare deck drew everything it needed, while Talen drew land after land, game after game. For this round, against Evan Erwin, I wanted to play the same deck… but I couldn’t.

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Battle Royale Round Six – The Second Coming

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Battle Royale! When this series was announced I was quick to jump onboard. As the fateful email finally arrived, I was extremely excited and thrilled to take part. But I had a problem: I had never played Constructed MTGO. What’s a guy to do?

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The Kitchen Table #146: The Casual Metagame #3

Hello and welcome again to the newest installment of our weekly trek through the five corners of casual Magic. I am examining each Archetype in an article, and then looking more closely at the Subtypes within that Archetype. I’ll also build a quick deck for each Subtype in order to demonstrate what I am discussing with a solid example.

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SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Afterwhile, Crocodile

As you may know, I’ve been taking a random creature type and then forcing myself to create a deck around said type. On Monday, I pulled everybody’s favorite creature type — the carriage! On Tuesday, it was the Volvers’ turn. On Wednesday, nomads were in the spotlight. Who will get picked on today?

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Tribal Bible #3 – Your Halo Slipping Down to Your Clown Shoes? Then You’re Not Quite Yeti Yet

Welcome to Tribal Bible #3 of the Impossibly Long Title. I’m going to hope the trend of these article names doesn’t continue, or by the time we get to #7 or so, the title will be longer than the actual article itself. That aside, we’ve got three Coldsnap-enabled tribes to do this week, so let’s get busy.

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