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Between the Numbers – Grand Prix Toronto 2015

Grand Prix Toronto 2015 – 5/3/15 (Standard) Top 8 Deck Types 4 Abzan Midrange 2 Bant Aggro 1 Mardu Aggro 1 Selesnya Aggro 1st Place Deck (Abzan Midrange) 26 LANDS 4 Temple of Silence 4 Temple of Malady 4 Windswept Heath 3 Sandsteppe Citadel 3 Llanowar Wastes 3 Forest 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Plains […]

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Between the Numbers – Grand Prix Paris 2015

Welcome to the newest addition to our article family! Between the Numbers is exactly that: numbers. Hey! I hear you yawning from here. This isn’t Trigonometry kind of numbers..this is MTG numbers. These articles will be focused on breaking down the Top 8 decks from major MTG tournaments card by card so we can see

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Currently Playing…Vol.12

  Thor: God of Thunder (DS) Good lord it’s a game based on a movie and it’s actually really, really fun!’ At first glance it looks like your normal run of the mill beatemup, but there are some neat elements in this game that make it stand out. You collect runes that upgrade Mjolnir (that’sThor’s

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Booster Break! Vol.2

It’s been a few months since we’ve done one of these booster break articles, partially due to the fact that I’ve pulled nothing noteworthy out of the boosters I have bought since the last one back in January.’ Also, we really want to start recording our booster breaks. Unfortunately,’ that didn’t happen today, but I

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Currently Playing…Vol.11

Fighter’s History (SNES): Commonly referred to as Karnov’s Revenge, this game is actually nothing like the first Karnov, which was a platformer/shooter for the NES. Fighter’s History is actually a fighter (re: Street Fighter clone) that was released on the SNES and the Neo Geo. This game is probably the closest thing to Street Fighter

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Monored Blitz

In order to counter Shawn’s RDW, which can be seen here, I thought it would be in my best interest to create my own version of RDW (fight fire with fire you might say…get it? Because it’s red deck vs re…<clears throat>…). Having played against another one of Shawn’s aggro decks in the past, I

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Jeskai Heroic on a Budget

  Here is another standard deck (well, Standard as of 4/15) that I’ve been fine-tuning over the last few days. The title says it all..it’s a R/W/U heroic deck..no insanely valuable cards, no smothering control, no crazy life-gain, just pump your creatures up and go to town. Note: I’m going back to my original deck

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  Lego Marvel Superheroes (360): Yup. A Lego game. After our last podcast, we decided to do a comic book theme for our next show which will be recorded on April 11th. To stick to the theme Shawn thought it would be a good idea to do a segment on the Lego superhero titles. I

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Life-Gain Beatdown (Legacy)

  I know what you are saying right now: “C’mon, a cheesy life-gain deck?!” Well don’t pass judgement..I haven’t steered you wrong yet have I? This isn’t just any life-gain deck my friends. No, this deck isn’t about building up a mountain of life points that you sit on and giggle as your opponent struggles

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