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It’s been a year since Jim started on his quest to hit an 1800 rating. So did he make it?

How do Pernicious Deed and Call Of The Herd change the metagame for the worse?

Thanks for taking the time to read this tournament report. As always, the obligatory deck list is first: “The Goods” 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 Void Sideboard: 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 I’m not going to bore everyone…

Maybe I’ve lost it. I’ve come here on three hours sleep and prove what a scrub I am, and I’m finally going to have to write my”dropping out” article….

Sadly, I couldn’t pull off a third top 8 in a row this year at States; in the end, my record was 3-2-2. But the deck did well in other hands, and I thought I’d show you how we made it.

Arziona State Championship Top 8 Decklists Provided to by Ray Powers Mitchell Tamblyn – Winner 9 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 Sideboard: 4 3 4 1 2 1 Jonathan Rapisarda – Top 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 Spite/Malice 3 4 3 3…

With Entomb in mind, I thought about the best way to use it in Standard – which, of course, was beatdown.

Q: What’s the difference between me and Gary Wise?
A: One of them sucks at Magic, while the other is a booger head.

Unfortunately, this one missed the deadline for pre-States, but Dave still takes a look at White Weenie. Y’all know how it did by now.

StarCity’s newest Featured Writer goes nuts yet again, putting on his History Pants to discuss his beatdown build. Oh, and Digby. (beep)

I needed to stuff my deck as full of gamebreaking cards as I possibly could. My deck needed to be a bomb-playing machine. And why shouldn’t yours?

Looking for a last-minute States deck? Jim discusses his R/G beats deck and tells you how it fared at a fifty-person tourney… And what he would have changed.

Black is kinda hosed, and I’m afraid the fix for that as such will be some time coming. So let’s talk about everything else.

First off, I’d like to inform you that Tsuyoshi Fujita’s deck has improperly been monikered. Just as we don’t call a mocha latte a”Mawcha LAAT”, we shouldn’t call his deck”Rice Snack.” It should properly be monikered”Onigiri.” Onigiri are cheap, filling, and yummy. But anyway, enough about harping about Japanese food! Let’s get all patriotic and…

I’d call Opposition decks”this year’s Fires,” as they’re insanely consistent and have no glaring weaknesses. Either play it or be ready for it.