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Flores Friday - Revisiting The Schools of Magic, by Mike Flores

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Friday, May 9th - Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike hop into his Wayback Machine to revisit some of the classic strategic modeling from some of the top players and thinkers in the game. He casts his modernist eye over the various Schools of Magic, and updates them with a nod toward their importance in the current metagames. What can the strategies of the past teach us about the formats of the future?

Sullivan Library - It’s Elemental! Elementals in the New Block, by Adrian Sullivan

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Friday, May 9th - Block Constructed is coming, and now Shadowmoor is in the mix all bets are currently off. Yeah, we know that U/B Faeries is probably the deck to beat… but what other sweetmeats are on offer at the Lorwyn Block Constructed table? Adrian brings us three different takes on the Elemental tribe, including a funky deck that abuses the five-color Horde of Notions…

Ask the Judge, 5/9/2008: Feature Friday, by Nick Fang

Attentive players know that the most recent iteration of the Penalty Guide has sweeping changes for how penalties are handled at casual events. Nick Fang gets the rest of you up to speed with the whys and wherefores of Friday Night Magic and Prerelease penalties.

The Magic Show #95 – The $13,000 Weekend And You, by Evan Erwin

Friday, May 9th - Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be delving into the wide-open world of Standard. What archetypes are expected to take the cash this weekend? What tech is the hottest, what creatures are making the most impact, and how will this all affect Hollywood?

Magical Hack - Introspection, Faeries, and the SCG $13k Mega-Weekend, by Sean McKeown

Friday, May 9th - I have spent the past few weeks rambling around the new possibilities with Shadowmoor in Standard, poking around from good idea (Merfolk love Cursecatcher!) to bad idea (Mono-Green 36 creature deck!) as we wandered around the format.