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6,959In a departure from the norm, this week gwyned examines the Standard Pauper format as a whole. In this article, I am driven by a single question: is the Standard Pauper format good? Come explore with me who benefits from this unique format, why I believe its worth greater support for Wizards of the Coast, and what you can do about it.
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6,943Over the past few months, White Weenie strategies have dominated the metagame of Standard Pauper. In this article, gwyned examines why this strategy is so powerful in the format and offers some initial tips and strategies to help you increase your odds against this powerful archetype.
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6,935Happy Halloween, everyone. Welcome to your Spooky roundup of news, prices, tech and things you need to know.
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6,935Today we'll be going over Extended's "Best Deck," and just how you can prepare to beat it.
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6,932Notice this isn't an article I would categorize as Budget Builds or Deckbox of Tricks; this is an entirely new entity. Do you love combos and/or reading my wacky articles? Do you struggle with finding starting points when deck building? Do you like lists of sheer awesome? Join me for an entirely new type of article, my first where I chronicle combos that make my inner Johnny smile! 68 Combos explored! 7 Decks inside!
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6,930Another free preview card from Wizards of the Coast is here. This time it is a reprint. Let's talk about it, its ability and its history, and where the card can find home.
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6,917In 50th Becoming A Modern Man article, I take a look at a sickening combo that goes on...and on...and on...and on! Hold on to your stomachs!
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6,897In this weeks installment, Fatman takes you on a journey a decade in the making as he examines Oath of Druids! Join him in the 2.5 part installment of his Exodus Primer, as he shows you 3 classic Oath lists, and the entire history of Oath, as well as what's currently going on in Vintage in terms of Oath.
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6,897Andrea Fonseca analyzes the Grand Prix Barcelona from this weekend with decklists,decktechs and predictions for the changes in the upcoming Magic Online Metagame.
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6,894This article is all about my love of blue. For the second part of CtRT I evaluate a large chunk of the counters in pauper, including a new Worldwake inclusion that seems to have slipped under people's radars. To continue the blue trend I'll show another creation of mine, UWsteel. To wrap things up I briefly discuss the current metagame, update my Dead Dog list, and give the answer to the latest "You Make the Play."
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6,876Last week I spent all my time playing ZEN Block and gathered a lot of information about the format. Is it really a Vampires-only format? Are there other possibilities? Could my non-vampire decks do any good in the format? Inside you will find all the answers and more.
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6,866The DCI announced their new Banned & Restricted Lists on the 28th January, revealing that Bloodbraid Elf and Seething Song would be banned in Modern. I take a look at the justification of the new bans and the potential implications for the format.
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6,864It's Friday. Paper prereleases will be starting soon, while Wizards brings us some online Football. we have new, tech, decklists and the complete Born of the Gods spoiler. All that, and Pete muses about the downside of functional reprints. It's all just a click away.
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6,855WOTC Sponsored PureMTGO Exodus Pauper Deck Building Challenge. Huge prizes!
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6,849In this article, I look at the other major Birthing Pod deck, Kiki-Pod. I will be copying, untapping, blinking, comboing and sometimes attacking my way to a win. Come and check it out!
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6,809Magic 2011 adds quite a few new cards to the Pauper environment. Talk a gander at the new options and how these cards will impact the Pauper format.
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6,785A new Classic event... with a special artsy twist!
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6,771After the release of Zendikar, I reviewed the whole set in one single article. Worldwake, even though half the size, is double the fun and therefore I divided my review article into two parts. This week I'm going over White, Blue and Black.
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6,765Recently I sat down with Mr. Vampire Nocturnus and talked about many things including his thoughts about the new Core Set M10, the new generation of Vampires coming with M10 and his thoughts about the post M10 Standard meta and some casual deck ideas. He was even generous enough to give me a competitive decklist build around himself. Inside you will find all of this and much more!
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6,736While waiting another week for replays to return, Godot recaps his M10 prerelease experience and shares his super-secret deckbuilding tech for online sealed events. Come on, Baneslayer Angel! One time, dealer!
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6,709Join me on my journey playing with a Possibility Storm deck in the Modern games.
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6,709Check out today's article if you're interested in learning some tactics to fight storm combo in Classic. This one starts off with a brief history lesson focusing on four different storm decks, and then discusses around seventy or so different cards that you can utilize to battle this powerful strategy.
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6,703It's Friday. MTGO crashed, then got a huge update. New bugs were discovered and revealed. Treasure Cruise is sailing everywhere in Eternal formats, and we have a "spooky" new format. All that, plus prices, deck tech, more news and then Pete rants about gamergate, cheaters and MTGO bugs. It's worth the read (even the rants.)
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6,684In this article, gwyned updates his New Player Primer from 2010, designed to give new players all the information they need to participate in Monday Pauper Deck Challenge, and by extension, most other Player Run Events on Magic Online. With the upcoming new client and updates to software and procedures, there's a lot of new information to cover!
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6,676Join me in the continuation the Budget and Semi-budget Standard deck reviews for Izzet and Azorius guilds.
