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Sometimes I forget that we’ve had two years of Shards of Alara block already. Its time in standard was filled with the success that is indicative of a well-designed block. That being said, I can’t wait for Jund to be gone.
Now that we’re about to lay another set to rest, it’s time to take a look back and give mention to all the fantastic cards that didn’t make the cut in Standard but are still more than effective in casual.
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- Yesterday at 10:05 PM
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- The Artificer
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Welcome to the 669th weekly meeting of the Texas Guildmages. This week, we have nine players. While this is just a nudge more than last week’s six, it’s enough to have a ‘real’ booster draft so everyone is happy. Pretty much, anyway, there were some grumbles when it was decided to draft with all nine players. Even though Hunter is headed to Amsterdam next week to draft for realsies in the Pro Tour, it didn’t make sense to kick anyone out of the draft and everyone wanted to play. When that happens, you just run it!
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- Yesterday at 2:59 PM
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- Zanman
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Welcome back to my continued examination of some of the hit cards that made Shards of Alara block great.
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- 8/31/2010
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- 306
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- Salian
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I had a good night last night in our team’s live M11 booster draft, so I screwed my courage to the sticking place or whatever and jumped into an M11 draft in Magic Online’s “deep end,” the 8-4 draft queue.
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- 8/31/2010
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- 295
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- Zanman
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Almost every week I make the decision to play FNM instead of some other Friday Night Activity. I've found it to be cheaper than going to the bar, though not much less stinky, and easier on my ears. However, the light is better in games shops too, so I'm not nearly as pretty, but I've already got the girl, so that factor is not important.
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- 8/30/2010
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- 410
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- notwolf
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Welcome to the 668th weekly meeting of the Texas Guildmages. We suffer our smallest turnout since June 22, when we had just five players. Including tonight, there have been six or fewer at only three meetings this year so far. Our small group managed to have a little fun with a 3v3 team draft, but the house was empty by 10:30pm, something that just never happens. I’m blaming this one on the ‘Hunter effect.’ Hunter made his one hundredth meeting last week, joking that he might never be back. When Hunter doesn’t show up, it often means that other people won’t show up either. That comet has quite a tail.
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- 8/29/2010
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- 207
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- Zanman
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Everyone loves lists, and the Rise of the Eldrazi version of this article was so popular that I'm making it a regular feature. For Magic 2011, I face the dilemma of whether to discuss reprints or only new cards. I did include some reprints in my RotE list, but core sets have far more reprints. I think we should stick to new material in this case, as I could end up writing a pretty similar list when Magic 2012 comes out. However, I'll have to change some of my pricing criteria, as we're working with fewer possible cards. For Magic 2011, we're looking at cards $3.99 or less. Keeping that in mind, here's my top five new cards of each color, along with artifacts and lands.
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- 8/28/2010
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- DallasM
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Hey, kids, do you like violence? Well check out this draft I did on Magic Online Monday night. I drafted my favorite color combination, black and blue. I’m very happy with the cards I drafted and with the deck I constructed. Some of my play decisions were… suboptimal.
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- 8/26/2010
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- Zanman
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The term ‘broken’ gets thrown around with ease and frequency in the Magic community. Usually as soon as a new set is announced, people will start ranting and raving about how ‘broken’ and ‘zomgwtf’ said set is going to be. Bad grammar will ensue and about three months later all will be disproved when the set hits shelves and everybody realizes that it actually curves in quite nicely with the rest of the game.
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- 8/26/2010
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- The Artificer
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Drafting is one of the most entertaining ways to play Magic. It is both fun and challenging. Fun because you get to explore new combinations every time, challenging because there are so many combinations that being able to predict what’s going to happen is the result of serious training. In order to master draft formats, you have to understand and integrate the basic concepts of drafting.
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- 8/23/2010
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- 496
- Author:
- Raph
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