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Sam Black

Sam Black's Archives
Sam Black was a member of Team USA 2008, taking home the Team World Championship crown in Memphis. He also placed in the Top 8 of GP Barcelona and GP Singapore 2009, GP Gothenburg 2010, GP Atlanta 2012, and GP Yokohama in 2013 and made Top 4 of PT Phildalphia 2011.

Melira Pod In Modern At #GPPort - (2013-05-15)

A Couple Standard Ideas - (2013-05-09)

Video: Naya Miracles In Standard - (2013-05-03)

Ranking Dragon's Maze - (2013-05-01)

Video: The Walking Loam In Legacy - (2013-04-25)

Shaping Dragon's Maze Standard: Existing Decks - (2013-04-24)

Video: Jund Tokens In Legacy - (2013-04-18)

W/B Humans In Legacy - (2013-04-17)

Video: BUG Aggro In Standard - (2013-04-11)

New Standard Decks - (2013-04-10)

Exclusive Dragon's Maze Preview: Sin Collector - (2013-04-09)

Video: Sorin Esper In Standard - (2013-04-04)

The Big Weekend - (2013-04-03)

Video: Bant Aggro In Standard - (2013-03-28)

Beating Reanimator - (2013-03-27)

Video: G/B/W Reanimator In Standard - (2013-03-22)

Standard Primer - (2013-03-20)

Evaluating Gatecrash Sealed - (2013-03-18)

Grand Prix Verona And Beyond - (2013-03-13)

Grand Prix Yokohama *3rd* - (2013-03-07)

Keeping Up With Standard & The Role Of Pros - (2013-02-28)

Video: Boros Aristocrats In Standard - (2013-02-27)

Video: The Aristocrats In Standard - (2013-02-21)

Building The Aristocrats - (2013-02-20)

How To Become A Deckbuilder - (2013-02-13)

Atlanta And The Beginning Of The New Standard - (2013-02-06)

Video: U/W/R Control In Modern - (2013-01-31)

My Gatecrash Prerelease Experience - (2013-01-30)

Video: R/B Burn In Modern - (2013-01-24)

Gatecrash Commons Of Note - (2013-01-23)

Video: B/R Zombies In Standard - (2013-01-17)

#GPAtCity - (2013-01-16)

Video: Naya Humans In Standard - (2013-01-10)

Zombies In Denver - (2013-01-09)

Video: Infect In Legacy - (2013-01-03)

Gatecrash Mechanics - (2013-01-02)

Video: Vengevine Zombies In Legacy - (2012-12-27)

Reflecting On 2012 - (2012-12-26)

Video: R/B Aggro In Standard - (2012-12-20)

Triple Tournament Weekend *Legacy 2nd* - (2012-12-19)

Video: Reanimator In Standard - (2012-12-14)

Attacking A Stable Standard - (2012-12-12)

Be Careful What You Wish For: A Brutal Lesson From Professor Deathrite - (2012-12-06)

Video: Different Faces Of Turbo Fog - (2012-12-04)

Building Turbo Fog - (2012-12-03)

GP San Antonio And The Progression Of Standard - (2012-11-28)

Video: W/G Humans In Standard - (2012-11-22)

Grand Prix Charleston *9th* - (2012-11-21)

Video: U/W Flash In Standard - (2012-11-16)

Planning To Win In Standard And Attacking U/W Flash - (2012-11-15)

Video: Bant Control In Standard - (2012-11-08)

The Best Card In Standard - (2012-11-07)

Going Bigger In Standard - (2012-11-01)

Video: Dredge Zombies In Standard - (2012-10-31)

Preparing For Pro Tour Return To Ravnica - (2012-10-25)

Video: Zombies In Legacy - (2012-10-18)

Single-Card Matchups In Return To Ravnica Limited - (2012-10-17)

Video: U/B Tezzeret In Legacy - (2012-10-11)

Nuggets Of Wisdom - (2012-10-10)

Drafting Selesnya In Return To Ravnica - (2012-10-04)

Izzet: Not Just For Delver Anymore - (2012-10-03)

Drafting The New Magic Online Cube - (2012-10-01)

Updating Legacy Zombies - (2012-09-26)

Video: U/B Death's Shadow In Legacy - (2012-09-20)

Brewing Golgari - (2012-09-20)

Mana In the Future - (2012-09-12)

Video: Four-Color Revelations In Standard - (2012-09-11)

Video: B/G Control In Standard - (2012-09-06)

Interactions To Keep An Eye On - (2012-09-05)

Video: U/B Tapout Control In Standard - (2012-08-31)

GP Boston-Worcester And Looking Forward - (2012-08-30)

Video: U/G Delver In Standard - (2012-08-23)

Draft The Good Cards - (2012-08-22)

Video: Mono-Red Post In Standard - (2012-08-16)

Draft The Cards You Want To Play - (2012-08-15)

Video: Mono-Green Infect In Standard - (2012-08-09)

Drafting M13 - (2012-08-08)

Video: U/W Midrange In Standard - (2012-08-02)

Gut Shot - (2012-08-01)

Battle Pods - (2012-07-30)

Weekend Roundup - (2012-07-25)

Video: Drafting With Sam! Cube #2 - (2012-07-24)

Video: Zombies In Modern - (2012-07-19)

The Face Of Standard After M13 - (2012-07-18)

Video: Drafting With Sam! Cube #1 - (2012-07-17)

Video: U/B Delver In Legacy - (2012-07-12)

Getting Aggressive With M13 - (2012-07-11)

GP Atlanta Top 8 With Zombies - (2012-07-04)

GP Vancouver And Avacyn Restored Limited - (2012-06-28)

Modern At GP Yokohama And Why I'm Voting For Oiso - (2012-06-27)

Video: Avacyn Restored Sealed - (2012-06-22)

Video: Bant Blink In Standard - (2012-06-21)

Revisiting Zombies In Legacy - (2012-06-20)

Video: R/B Aggro In Standard - (2012-06-14)

Building Standard Decks - (2012-06-13)

Video: Bant Ramp In Standard - (2012-06-13)

Video: U/W Midrange In Standard - (2012-06-08)

U/W Midrange Or OKCupid.dec - (2012-06-06)

Video: Esper Tezzeret In Standard - (2012-06-01)

Was SCG Open Series: Nashville A Fluke Or Is Delver That Good? - (2012-05-30)

Video: Bant Spirit Pod In Standard - (2012-05-24)

GP Minneapolis: Before And After - (2012-05-23)

Video: U/W Delver Humans in Standard - (2012-05-23)

Preparing For Pro Tour Avacyn Restored - (2012-05-16)

Video: Heartless Pod In Standard - (2012-05-10)

Play New Cards In Standard! - (2012-05-09)

Video: RUG Control In Standard - (2012-05-08)

Midrange RUG Update With AVR - (2012-05-02)

Video: Esper Control In Standard - (2012-05-01)

Video: Midrange RUG In Standard - (2012-04-30)

Video: U/W Delver In Standard - (2012-04-26)

I'm Afraid Of The Monsters - (2012-04-25)

Video: Zombies In Standard - (2012-04-23)

Video: U/W Control In Standard - (2012-04-20)

Video: Lingering Tezzeret In Standard - (2012-04-19)

Keeping Tabs On Standard And Looking Ahead - (2012-04-18)

Magic Online Cube, Spoilers, And A Little Bit Of Standard - (2012-04-11)

Delver: A Case Study In Deckbuilding With A Game Plan - (2012-04-04)

Zombies In Legacy - (2012-03-29)

Preparing For Standard At The Invitational - (2012-03-22)

Grand Prix Baltimore And Its Aftermath - (2012-03-07)

Drafting With Sam Black! DKA #1 - (2012-02-28)

Spirits In Hawaii - (2012-02-21)

Black Magic - Graveyards In Standard: What Does Dark Ascension Have To Offer? - (2012-01-26)

12th At GP Orlando With Champion Of The Parish And Delver Of Secrets - (2012-01-20)

Black Magic - Modern Proliferation - (2012-01-04)

Black Magic - Examining The IPG Changes And Predicting Their Future - (2011-12-23)

Black Magic - Brewing - (2011-12-07)

Black Magic - Innistrad Limited - (2011-11-07)

Black Magic - States And A PTQ - (2011-10-28)

Black Magic - Dredging In Standard At SCG Indianapolis - (2011-10-06)

Black Magic - Pro Tour Philadelphia *3rd* Place - (2011-09-09)

Black Magic - Drafting M12 - (2011-08-10)

Black Magic - Reexamining Throne Of Geth And Other Engines - (2011-07-26)

Black Magic - Reflections From Asia - (2011-06-17)

Black Magic - Proliferating Tezzeret - (2011-05-25)

Black Magic - A Little Of Everything - (2011-05-10)

Black Magic - The Future Of Proliferate In Standard - (2011-04-26)

Black Magic - Venser - (2011-04-19)

Black Magic - Studying The Blade - (2011-04-08)

Black Magic - It Was Just A Matter Of Time: Legacy Caw-Blade - (2011-03-18)

Black Magic - Drafting Besieged - (2011-03-04)

Black Magic - Predicting Standard In The Wake Of Pro Tour Paris - (2011-02-16)

Black Magic - The Faeries Conversation - (2011-02-04)

Black Magic - GP Atlanta and Looking Forward - (2011-01-26)

Black Magic - Faeries and MTGO - (2011-01-03)

Black Magic - One Goal: Worlds Report - (2010-12-16)

Black Magic - Snippets from the Grind - (2010-12-01)

Black Magic - Breaking Azami in EDH - (2010-11-11)

Black Magic - This and That - (2010-10-29)

Black Magic - Understanding a Battlecruiser: When Control Decks Become the Beatdown - (2010-10-13)

Black Magic - Mono-Blue Eldrazi for States - (2010-10-06)

Black Magic - My Take on EDH - (2010-10-05)

Black Magic - Travels With Jasper - (2010-09-28)

Black Magic - A Return to Standard and a Call to Sideboard Differently - (2010-09-22)

Black Magic - Primeval Titan and Windbrisk Heights at Amsterdam - (2010-09-15)

Black Magic - No Sleep 'Til 7th Place: Grand Prix Gothenburg! - (2010-09-03)

Black Magic - The Design and Development of Fauna Mythic - (2010-08-26)

Black Magic - Deck Selection - (2010-08-18)

Black Magic - How to Beat a Standard Deck - (2010-08-13)

Black Magic - GenCon Preparation and the 2010 Hall of Fame Ballot - (2010-08-06)

Black Magic - The Rise of Combo in Standard - (2010-07-29)

Black Magic - Primeval Titan in Standard - (2010-07-22)

Black Magic - The Ins and Out of M11 (Part 2) - (2010-07-15)

Black Magic - The Ins and Outs of M11 (Part 1) - (2010-07-09)

Black Magic - Discussing M11 - (2010-07-01)

Black Magic - The Future of Faeries - (2010-06-23)

Black Magic - Making Mistakes in Manila - (2010-06-17)

Black Magic - Understanding Standard and the Power of Fours - (2010-06-09)

Black Magic - Preparation and Pro Tour: San Juan - (2010-06-03)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Washington D.C. - (2010-05-26)

Black Magic - Processing U.S. Nationals Qualifiers Results - (2010-05-19)

Black Magic - Understanding Card Choices for U/W in Standard - (2010-05-11)

Black Magic - Stepping Into Standard and Processing Results - (2010-05-05)

Black Magic - Drafting Rise of the Eldrazi - (2010-04-28)

Black Magic - Blogging the Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease - (2010-04-20)

Black Magic - Discussing Rise of the Eldrazi - (2010-04-13)

Black Magic - Faeries in Extended - (2010-04-06)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Brussels and the Evolution of Standard - (2010-03-30)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Yokohama - (2010-03-24)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Kuala Lumpur *Top 16* - (2010-03-16)

Black Magic - Building a Control Counterbalance Deck in Legacy - (2010-03-10)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Madrid - (2010-03-02)

Black Magic - Pro Tour: San Diego *24th* - (2010-02-23)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Oakland - (2010-02-16)

Black Magic - Preparing for Pro Tour: San Diego - (2010-02-09)

Black Magic - Drafting Zendikar with Worldwake - (2010-02-02)

Black Magic - Understanding Worldwake Through Deckbuilding - (2010-01-26)

Black Magic - Sideboarding in Zendikar Limited and the Importance of Situational Cards - (2010-01-19)

Black Magic - Legacy Merfolk - (2010-01-12)

Black Magic - Analyzing the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Open Standard Results - (2010-01-05)

Black Magic - Looking Forward: Setting Priorities and Preparing for Extended - (2009-12-29)

Black Magic - A 2009 Magic Retrospective - (2009-12-22)

Black Magic - The SCG $10k Open Weekend - (2009-12-15)

Black Magic - States, Eldrazi Jund, and GW - (2009-12-08)

Black Magic - Standard After Worlds: Predicting the States Metagame - (2009-12-01)

Black Magic - Junktrolling at Worlds - (2009-11-24)

Black Magic - Building GW Baneslayer in Standard - (2009-11-18)

Black Magic - Exploring Standard - (2009-11-11)

Black Magic - What Are You Thinking? - (2009-11-03)

Black Magic - Catching Up On Standard - (2009-10-29)

Black Magic - Reflections on Austin - (2009-10-20)

Black Magic - The First Days of Zendikar Standard - (2009-10-13)

Black Magic - Landfall in Standard - (2009-10-06)

Black Magic - Zendikar Limited - (2009-09-29)

Black Magic - Zendikar Highlights - (2009-09-22)

Black Magic - Zendikar Highlights - (2009-09-15)

Black Magic - Extended: False Alarm - (2009-09-08)

Black Magic - Looking Ahead: An Extended Preview - (2009-09-01)

Black Magic - Grand Prix: Bangkok - (2009-08-25)

Black Magic - GenCon and Standard - (2009-08-18)

Black Magic - M10 Sealed and a PTQ - (2009-08-11)

Black Magic- Grand Prix: Boston - (2009-08-06)

Black Magic - Nationals, and Brad Nelson - (2009-07-29)

Black Magic - Setting The Stage For Nationals - (2009-07-21)

Black Magic - Early Analysis of M10 Limited - (2009-07-14)

Black Magic - One Game With Cedric Phillips - (2009-07-07)

Black Magic - M10 Overview - (2009-06-30)

Black Magic - Processing Draft Results - (2009-06-23)

Black Magic - Looking at the M10 Changes, and Cascade - (2009-06-16)

Black Magic - Lessons From Hawaii - (2009-06-12)

Black Magic - Understanding Grand Prix: Seattle - (2009-06-04)

Black Magic - Understanding Grand Prix: Barcelona - (2009-05-28)

Black Magic - Regionals and Cascade Assault - (2009-05-19)

Black Magic - The Importance of Planning Ahead - (2009-05-12)

Black Magic - Something Old and Something New in Standard - (2009-05-05)

Black Magic - Standard Reborn: Investigating New Decks with Alara Reborn - (2009-04-28)

Black Magic - Anticipating Alara Reborn - (2009-04-21)

Black Magic - Late Picks in Limited - (2009-04-14)

Black Magic - Sideboarding - (2009-04-07)

Black Magic - A Response to Triggers for Success - (2009-03-31)

Black Magic - Extended Musings: Faeries and Astral Slide - (2009-03-27)

Black Magic - Halfway Around the World: Reflections on Extended - (2009-03-17)

Black Magic - 27th at Pro Tour: Kyoto, Part 2 - (2009-03-10)

Black Magic - 27th at PT: Kyoto, Part 1 - (2009-03-04)

Black Magic - Kyoto Predictions - (2009-02-24)

Black Magic - Three-Color Control in Standard - (2009-02-19)

How I Won $20,000 and a Trip to Kuala Lumpur - (2007-12-26)


 

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