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This week's April Fools' Challenge started slow, but brought in some great combos near the end of the week. Matthew Lubich's Leery Fogbeast + Flaring Pain combo was good for a laugh, as was Arjan van Houwelingen's clever use of Magical Hacker. And then on Friday, we had Andrew Lubich's amusing Nono-Green Deck, as well as Jon Maske's attempt to bring cards to life.

But I'm a sucker for Magic history — and not only did Luis Almeida walk us through R&D's greatest mistakes, but he managed to meld non-erratated cards into a darned fine deck. Thus, Luis wins the $20 prize!

So what's next week's Casual Challenge?

Crap Rare Craziness.

If you've been paying attention, Abe Sargent's been picking five crap rares at random and building creative decks around them. We want you to take the most pathetic cards in Magic and turn them into killing machines... or at least funny decks. Remember, as it says in our article guidelines, "I don't want just decklists." You have to provide an explanation of how you built the deck and how it plays. Send your crap rare challenge into theferrett@starcitygames.com and try for your chance at the $20 prize!