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Between the Numbers – Grand Prix Shanghai 2015

Grand Prix Shanghai 2015 -5/16/2015 (Standard) Top 8 Deck Types 3 Green Devotion 2 Gruul Dragons 1 Abzan Aggro 1 Abzan Control 1 Abzan Midrange I found it interesting that the balance of power has started to shift in Standard. Although Abzan is still the deck to beat, R/G has crept onto the scene taking […]

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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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My Case for Proxies

(Editor’s Note: TLDR: Don’t counterfeit Magic cards, but proxies definitely have a place in the community.) We went to our “usual” place on Saturday for Free Comic Book Day. I put usual in quotes because this has only be a tradition for two years running but we have gone to the same place both times.

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Dudes Playing Magic

(Editor’s Note: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as they say.) I have expressed my admiration for the Star City Games stream on the page more than once. Some of the play leaves a bit to be desired and can be painful to watch, especially in the early rounds. To be honest, all around

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Mini Marvel Masters

(Editor’s Note: ‘Hulk Smash puny….wait, what this? ‘Hulk puny!) Our other major topic of this weekend’s episode of the podcast was Heroclix. ‘Bear in mind that Chris hasn’t played a game and I’ve only (basically solo) played against a very young Aiden. ‘The segment is more about our reasons that the game interests us and

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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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Abzan Cards I Own (Standard, Take 2)

(Editor’s Note: As with many of my decks, you will notice an underlying theme.) This deck is inspired by Gerrard Fabiano and his “Sultai Cards I Own Deck” from the first SCG.com Modern open that I watched. ‘Not being on his level as a player, I don’t have nearly the cards, so it is considerably

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