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Can we, your loyal readers, hear the tale of your greatest Magic-related drinking session and the antics that ensued?

In the past few days, it’s come to my attention that I am a bit more of a jerk than I intend to be. This week, it’s my loss and your gain, as I talk about how to be a jerk for fun and profit.

If you could pick the ultimate Top 8 – what format would it be and who would be there?

I recently got my hands on some Unhinged cards, so I’ve been looking at integrating them into decks. Some are stupidly broken, some are just bleah, but some are actually pretty interesting. Unhinged is also a reasonable set for Limited purposes – something I did not really expect from a silver-bordered set. At the request of our editor, I decided to take a comprehensive look at the Limited, Constructed, and Multiplayer possibilities inherent in this fun new set and report my findings.

I heard you were big into martial arts. Can you teach me to kick ass like Jet Li?

Today Nick throws down his thoughts about Jabberwocky, Mystic Restraints (overplayed), Reverse the Sands (a potential bomb), and a particularly tough pack he faced recently. He also muses about a potential new draft archetype he stumbled upon recently while drafting a bad Dampen.dec.

What was your first album purchase, and what 5 albums would you take with you to a desert island to keep you company for the rest of your days?

Hi! Are you tired of all of these Magic terms and words getting tossed around like lunch in an old sailor’s stomach? Ever wonder if you prefer control, combo, or aggro decks? Do you prefer winning, being clever, or playing big effects? Are you competitive or casual? Are you more inclined to be rogue or run a netdeck? Whew! All of these Magic identities running around! What kind of Magic player are you? Take this simple test and find out!

Kanoot wraps up his travel diary to Japan and Australia with tales of barhopping in Yokohama and pictures of toilets. Seriously.

You can’t have the name “Knuts” and be a quality writer/editor/metagame predictor/website administrator/tournament reporter/deck builder/card evaluator.

Who’s doing your writing? It’s time to come clean!

This week I’d like to talk about a draft archetype that is near and dear to my heart: R/W jank. I was reading an article by Ken Krouner the other week and he said, “I have even heard rumors about Akki Avalanchers and Lava Spike making their way into highly aggressive decks built around Kami of Fire’s Roar,” while talking about red pick orders. Now if you’re anything like I was a few weeks back before Brian-David Marshall ushered in the era of the R/W jank deck here at Neutral Ground, you probably laughed whenever you saw someone play a Lava Spike without shocking something. That said, if you’ll give me a few minutes of your time, I’d like to introduce you to this deck, and maybe you too can whimsically debate around the draft table if there is any deck better than R/W jank.