| LATEST FEATURE ARTICLES |
| Block on the Cheap |  Playing competitively in Standard and block can be quite expensive, and we all need to find a way to catch a break somewhere. I'm going to try to help all of you come in under budget during the LBC season. |
| Shadowmoor Standard Primer, PT 3 |  We last left off with part two of this series, GB Elves. You can find that article [ here] and part one on Faeries, which is located [ here].
Today is the final part of the primer, which will ouline RG Big Mana, Reveillark, and Mono Red. |
| Blocketology II - Adding Shadowmoor |  Each of these sections will lead off with the list that Tom settled on and then a discussion of the deck and changes that Shadowmoor has brought to the Archtype. |
| Affinity Reborn |  Before the arrival of Shadowmoor, Faeries dominated City Champs, but no one ever really accused Faeries of Affinity-level brokenness. They are now dominating in a way unseen in years. |
| Breaking (or Making!) the LBC Metagame |  It's that time of year again, a new PTQ season coming in a little over a month with a new, untried format waiting to be delved for powerful combos, decks and archetypes. |
| Standard Analysis: Faeries |  When deciding on where I would start my more in-depth break down, Faeries seemed like the obvious choice. Everywhere you go you'll find someone going on about how it's the best deck hands down and it's getting hard to argue. |
| Fighting the Status Quo |  I love to to build amazing decks out of almost no rares and kick some real teeth in with them. Many times it's against netdeckers who dropped far, far too much money on their decks. |
| Shadowmoor Draft Numbers |  Our Draft Simulator results are in, and the first numbers for Shadowmoor are here! Here's the way the picks and colors all break down.... |
| Shadowmoor Release Report pt 1 |  It's been a busy weekend. Shadowmoor officially released Friday which means a lot of Shadowmoor limited. So much so that I'm pretty certain that I'm going to want to split it into two blogs. |
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| LATEST NEWS |
| Cornelissen Wins GP Brussels |  From Wizards.com: Kamiel Cornelissen fought his way through a Top 8 full of Magic celebrities, first beating Alexandre Peset in the quarterfinals, then Raphael Levy in the semis, and finally besting Gabriel Nassif in an epic three-game match.
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| Wizards Expands Play Network |  At GTS in Vegas earlier this week, Wizards discussed with retailers their new Organized Play initiative, the Wizards Play Network, focusing on flexability and a larger store reach. |
| Magic Online III Released |  With MOL III, the updated features are designed to introduce beginners to the game in an
approachable manner, while fulfilling the competitive appetites of core enthusiasts. |
| MOL 2.5 Goes Dark Today |  MOL 2.5 will be turned off (for good) sometime Wednesday morning. At this point we will begin the process of data migration to the new system, and we hope to be back online with MOL III by mid-late next week. |
| Shadowmoor Orb of Insight |  From Wizards.com: It doesn't count flavor text but you can enter numbers and mana abbreviations to try and figure out mana costs and activation costs, including hybrid mana. |
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