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In Development - The Many Flavors of Junk

posted by SummonerSummoner 18 hours, 27 minutes ago
Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:56:56 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Junk has, well, a junky name, but Alexander goes through the various builds of the namesake deck, card choices, and how to tailor your build to better fit into the metagame! (more)
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tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Stoneforge Mystic Junk at the 5K *Top 16*

featured 5 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 7 days, 20 hours, 58 minutes ago
Saturday, March 06, 2010 5:32:02 AM GMT Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:25:56 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Alexander top 16ed the Superstars 5K tournament this weekend, but how did he decide what to play? No stone is left unturned, as Alexander walks through his methodical decision-making process as to what to play, and has a tournament report to boot! (more)
category: News | clicked: 9 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Extended Lessons From San Diego: Plan A or Plan B

featured 12 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 14 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes ago
Saturday, February 27, 2010 5:01:13 AM GMT Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:55:19 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Alexander comes back from his hometown Pro Tour and has lessons learned from two PTQs, complete with insights, pictures, and a new Ghost/Gifts decklist! (more)
category: News | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Gifts and Goals at GP: Oakland

featured 17 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 21 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes ago
Monday, February 22, 2010 4:40:25 AM GMT Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:24:48 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Alexander could not resist the allure of playing a Gifts Ungiven deck at Grand Prix: Oakland, and he takes us through his tournament experience, complete with deck analysis! (more)
category: News | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Exploring the Edges and Ravines

featured 30 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 36 days, 58 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:25:59 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:25:16 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer The dual/manlands from bring myriad possibilities, but where do they fit in Jund and its fragile manabase? Alexander sifts through playtest results in his search for the optimal build, doing so in his typical analytical style! (more)
category: News | clicked: 10 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Progenitus is my Co-Pilot

featured 43 days, 48 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 43 days, 8 hours, 13 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:35:06 PM GMT Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:10:20 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Kill with Progenitus? Check. Win with Worship plus Slippery Bogle? Check. Win the PTQ? Okay, that one didn't happen, but Alexander has stories from his PTQ, this weekend, and you don't want to miss this one! (more)
category: News | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - You Should Play in a PTQ

featured 48 days, 1 hour, 13 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 50 days, 10 hours, 12 minutes ago
Friday, January 22, 2010 11:10:22 PM GMT Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:11:30 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Are you staying at home when there's a local Pro Tour Qualifier coming up? You're missing out on a great experience, and Alexander tells you why! (more)
category: News | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Wishing for Gifts

featured 55 days, 1 hour, 43 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 57 days, 11 hours, 18 minutes ago
Friday, January 15, 2010 10:40:37 PM GMT Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:05:46 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Thought you've seen all the possible applications of Gifts Ungiven in Extended? Think again! Alexander's just getting started. And as an added bonus, he adds even more options with the inclusion of Glittering Wish. If you like your decks to have choices, then you're going to love this! (more)
category: News | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Building Your Extended Reference Library

featured 57 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 64 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:30:43 PM GMT Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:35:09 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer When inventing the wheel, you may discover that someone's invented it first. Information is king, and Alexander shows us how to maximize the information we have by looking at previous Extended formats. Just because an old strategy isn't seeing play doesn't mean it can't be good again! (more)
category: News | clicked: 10 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act

featured 69 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 71 days, 12 hours, 28 minutes ago
Friday, January 01, 2010 9:35:23 PM GMT Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:55:32 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer How are you making your in-game decisions? What can we learn from fighter pilots to improve our play? Alexander breaks down the thought process and has a decision-making model that will keep you from making errors! (more)
category: News | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Think Less and Play Better

featured 76 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 78 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes ago
Friday, December 25, 2009 9:07:57 PM GMT Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:38:05 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer is a difficult game in the best of circumstances, so why make it harder on yourself? Alexander's got a litany of ways to ease unnecessary mental burden so you can focus on the stuff that really matters! (more)
category: News | clicked: 9 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Choosing to Fight Fairer

featured 88 days, 4 hours, 7 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 92 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes ago
Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:16:30 PM GMT Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:21:01 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Card advantage is still king, but how is it applied in Standard? Alexander breaks down the format and looks at all possible sources of card advantage in the format that you may not have thought of, complete with a new Planeswalkers list! (more)
category: News | clicked: 8 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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Compiled List of N-for-1s

featured 89 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 92 days, 9 hours, 8 minutes ago
Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:11:33 PM GMT Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:16:02 PM GMT
Straight N-For-1s Armillary SphereBant SojournersBroodmate DragonCharnelhoard WurmAcidic SlimeAnt QueenBituminous BlastBlightningBlister BeetleBloodbraid ElfBogardan HellkiteBorderland RangerBrainbiteBranching BoltCaldera HellionCaptain of the WatchCarrion ThrashCemetery ReaperChild of AlaraClarion UltimatumCobra TrapConfluxConquerors PledgeCouriers CapsuleCovenant of MIndsCruel UltimatumDay of JudgmentDefiler of SoulsDesecrated EarthDevout LightcasterDivinationDjinn of WishesDouble NegativeDragon Broodm... (more)
category: News | clicked: 16 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, In Development, Uncategorized
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In Development - Developing Your Planeswalker Algorithm

featured 96 days, 4 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 99 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:45:22 PM GMT Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:04:52 AM GMT
introduced planeswalkers as a card type, but what is the best application of them in today's Standard environment? Alexander looks at them in detail and tells you how to use each of them properly! (more)
category: News | clicked: 18 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Tangling with the Devil

featured 108 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 112 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes ago
Monday, November 23, 2009 6:52:21 PM GMT Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:01:38 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Alexander deconstructs Standard and tell us why reactive strategies do not work in the current metagame, and provides us with some decklists that effectively attack the strategies employed by the popular decks in the format. (more)
category: News | clicked: 8 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Iona, I Choose You

featured 117 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 119 days, 19 hours, 56 minutes ago
Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:11:50 PM GMT Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:27:26 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer It's a trap! A Summoning Trap? Also in this article Alex defines his pet word, orthogonal. (more)
category: News | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Building the Enemy

featured 119 days, 6 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 125 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes ago
Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:01:57 PM GMT Friday, November 06, 2009 12:46:44 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer The Standard metagame is slowly taking shape, so now it's time to take a look at how to take advantage of your available resources to examine what to prepare against. (more)
category: News | clicked: 10 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Building Up From “Good Enough”

featured 130 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 133 days, 8 hours, 52 minutes ago
Sunday, November 01, 2009 5:11:57 PM GMT Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:31:25 PM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Today's lesson plan includes the ever-continuing need to adjust your deck despite getting good results and a look at why sometimes what's not good enough for the main deck might be good enough for the sideboard. (more)
category: News | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - A Series of Harrowing Decisions

featured 137 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 140 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes ago
Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:43:03 PM GMT Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:47:32 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer Now that the Vivid + Pool combo is gone, how do we build suitable mana bases? Alexander takes his usual thorough approach to solving this puzzle. (more)
category: News | clicked: 9 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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In Development - Tensions in Sideboarding

featured 144 days, 9 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by SummonerSummoner 147 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago
Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:12:44 PM GMT Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:32:12 AM GMT
by Alexander Shearer So you've got a good skeleton of a deck. Now you need a sideboard. Alex explains why you shouldn't just slap 15 cards onto the end and call it a day. (more)
category: News | clicked: 6 | comment | | source: strategy.channelfireball.com
tags: Alexander Shearer, Featured Articles, Front Page, In Development
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