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Friday, March 19th - At Grand Prix: Kuala Lumpur, Brian Kibler ran with an exciting update to the Blue/White Control strategy, eschewing countermagic for a strong mana package and powerful x-spells galore. The strategy bore fruit, and Brian rode it to a Top 32 final placing. Today, he shares his tournament story, and updates the list for tournaments to come…
| About Brian Kibler: Brian Kibler is a one-time Pro Player who is getting back into the game. He has multiple Top 8 finishes at the PT, GP, and Nationals level, including three wins. Recently, he made Top 8 at PT: Honolulu, and he won the latest Extended Pro Tour in Austin, Texas. |
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Friday, March 19th - Earlier this week, Antoine Ruel brought us the lowdown on the Blue/White perspective of the UW versus Naya Standard matchup. Today, Manuel Bucher rounds out the matchup with his thoughts on the match from the Naya side of the table.
| About Manuel Bucher: Manuel Bucher is a Swiss pro with four Grand Prix Top 8s to his name, including a win at Grand Prix: Zurich. He's a member of the 2007 Team World Champions, and his deck designs are respected at the highest level of the game. |
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Friday, March 19th - Cedric Phillips rocked to the StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Open weekend with White Weenie, Charbelcher, and high hopes. While he posted creditable performances across both disciplines, it’s left him hungry for more. Today, he shares his latest White Weenie build.
| About Cedric Phillips: Cedric Phillips is a constant fixture at the highest level of Magic competition. He recently made Top 8 at Pro Tour: Kyoto. |
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Thursday, March 18th - While Jund is the best deck in the format, the metagame has its fair share of pretenders to the throne. The two most popular second-string choices – UW Control and Boss Naya – face a battle to the death today! Antoine Ruel brings us the lowdown from the UW side of the table today, with Manu coming tomorrow to talk all things Naya.
| About Antoine Ruel: Hall of Famer Antoine Ruel has an enviable Pro Magic record, including eighteen Grand Prix Top 8s and victory at Pro Tour: Los Angeles 2005. He was also the 2006 Invitational Champion, and can be seen on the Shards of Alara card Ranger of Eos! |
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Thursday, March 18th - Adrian Sullivan has been a strong supporter of Mono-Red in Standard for many a month. In today’s Sullivan Library, he discusses the latest evolution to the deck, the strategy, and his outlook on the color in general. If you’re looking to set the world alight, let Adrian provide the matches!
| About Adrian Sullivan: Adrian Sullivan's creative and competitive decks have been played in the Top 8s of major Magic events for over ten years. His unique insights into the game have led him to numerous money finishes in his 19 Pro Tour appearances, and his writing has appeared in nearly every major Magic magazine since the Dojo. |
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Thursday, March 18th - Playing to win at PTQ level has a number of unwritten "rules." One such rule is that when you’re mathematically out of Top 8 contention, you drop from the tournament. Craig Wescoe brings us a thoughtful article on why this course of action is not the optimal play.
| About Craig Wescoe: Craig Wescoe has been involved in competitive Magic for over a decade, having competed in more than a dozen Pro Tours and a pair of Grand Prix Top 8s. Since his recent return to competitive Magic he finished 99th at PT Honolulu, 37th at Worlds and 4th at PT San Diego. |
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Feature Article - Bigger and Better: The StarCityGames.com Open Series
Jared Sylva
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Friday, March 19th - If you have been paying attention to the recent StarCityGames.com Open Series events in Richmond and Indianapolis, you know that attendance records are being broken left and right. Jared has some exciting announcements about new policies to deal with the increased attendance and to make the StarCityGames.com Open Weekends even better! |
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The Magic Show #181 – The Reserve List & Scars of Mirrodin
Evan Erwin
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Friday, March 19th - Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we've got some big news: Not only do we know the name of the Fall block, codenamed "Lights," but we've got the most important decision regarding the Wizards of the Coast Reserve List in years. We'll talk about ‘em both, along with a little Rise of the Eldrazi, this week on the Show. Let's go! |
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Feature Article - Drafting: Understanding Signals in Draft.
Patrick Chapin
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Friday, March 19th - As a preview for the upcoming release of his Next Level Magic paperback, Patrick Chapin discusses understanding signals in draft. Enjoy! |
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You Lika The Juice? - From the StarCityGeezer Mailbag
Bennie Smith
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Friday, March 19th - While I guess there are some writers who write simply for their own enjoyment, I suspect most writers are like me—we write to create a shared experience with our readers and hopefully elicit dialogue on topics that interest us. Reader response through the forums and through email let writers know whether our columns are making those connections we’re looking for. |
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At the Gathering - Communities and You
Jeff Phillips
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Friday, March 19th - Today, I want to tackle a subject broader than just Magic: the Gathering. I want to discuss Gamer Communities at large. As such, this article, while useful for Magic players, is also aimed at other genres of gamers. As such, it assumes no prior knowledge of any specific game of the reader. |
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The Justice League – Judging the Biggest Tournament Ever!
David de la Iglesia
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Friday, March 19th - It seems a simple thing to say, but the fact is that 2227 souls gathered to play Grand Prix: Madrid 2010. This was 266 players more (13.6%) than the previous record, Grand Prix: Paris 2009, and this is a record that will surely be hard to beat. |
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Ideas Unbound – Dredging Through Two Legacy Tournaments
Max McCall
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Thursday, March 18th - There were some requests last week for some in-depth walkthroughs of actual games with Legacy Dredge. Instead of scripting game states myself, I have some reports for the last two tournaments I played in. I won the first tournament a few weeks ago, and lost in the semi-finals of the second last weekend. |
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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #317 - Missing the Trigger
Peter Jahn
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Thursday, March 18th - A few weeks ago, some judges on a podcast – JudgeCast - answered an interesting question about triggers. They were not exactly wrong, but they did not look at the question carefully enough. They missed something – something besides the triggers. Other judges have had a variety of responses, and there may be no official right answer, but some answers are better than others. Intrigued? |
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Removed From Game – Pro Tour: San Diego Report Card, Part II
Rich Hagon
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Thursday, March 18th - From 105th all the way up to Simon Goertzen in first, find out who was getting their first shot at fame, who was clinging on to Pro status, who was taking their chances, who had the awesome decks, and who Rich still has no clue about! All the ins and outs of the top tables from the booth and beyond. |
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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open: Indianapolis
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It was a record smashing weekend at the StarCityGames.com Open-Indianapolis! The Legacy event saw the old attendance record smashed by 50+ players! And if you had told the nearly 300 competitors this morning that a Monoblack Control and Goblin deck would make the Top 8, most of them would tell you you were crazy. But you wouldn't have been.
Craig Wostratzky didn't let an odd deck choice slow him down on his way to the Top 8 ranked first out of the Swiss. And Nick Montaquila wasn't afraid to run the red tribe of Goblins on his way to the Top 8. But the two weren't meant to take the title. Instead, it was Chris Woltereck's day to shine. Playing his third Legacy event with 43 Land, Chris made it to a 100% Top 8 ratio with the deck. His latest version gutted the red cards for Intuition and a heavier reliance on Academy Ruins and Tolaria West. That innovation proved to be the key for his success as he Mindslaver locked opponent after opponent.
Chris Woltereck is your 2010 StarCityGames.com Legacy Open-Indianapolis champion! |
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