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Ravagli Control

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Luca Ravagli is the 2009 Italian National Champion! Like American champ Charles Gindy, Luca opted to battle with Cruel Control. Magic 2010 cards like Great Sable Stag have helped push the deck over the top. Want to read more about the event? Just check out the official event coverage! (more)

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tags: Cruel Control, Deck, Nationals, Standard

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U.S. and Japan Nationals Metagame Breakdown

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U.S. and Japan Nationals Metagame Breakdown

Shuhei. Gindy. Gindy won the only Pro Tour Top 8 he played in. Shuhei has five Sunday appearances, but no titles. Now they can both add National Champion to their respective resumes. Both piloted decks featuring Cruel Ultimatum through 17 rounds of Magic (albeit "only" 11 rounds of Constructed) and came out on top. While they chose the same deck, they were choosing a weapon for significantly different battlefields.... (more)

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Charlie Control

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Pro Tour–Hollywood champion Charles Gindy took down the top slot at the 2009 U.S. National Championship. His deck of choice to become champion? Cruel Control! He'll be joined by Adam Yurchick and Todd Anderson to defend the title at Worlds. To read more about U.S. Nationals, visit the official event coverage. (more)

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tags: Cruel Control, Nationals, Standard

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Scoreboard! A U.S. Nationals Report 3rd

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Scoreboard! A U.S. Nationals Report *3rd*

I’ve just finished drinking a beer from a trophy. That's what I did today. And let me just say that beer has never tasted so sweet. The smooth taste topped with the metallic finish....actually, I'm not going to do this. About 20 people or so tried to get me to just say “Scoreboard” as my entire article. I think that would have been a bit foolish, as well as immature, so I think I'll write a little more. My trip to Nationals started a few months ago, with me sitting on my rating until the cutoff. I m... (more)

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tags: Nationals, Tournament Report

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2009 Dutch Nationals Held in Heartbreak City

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2009 Dutch Nationals Held in Heartbreak City

Despite being at the tip-top of the standings throughout the closing rounds of Dutch Nationals, potential Hall of Famer Frank Karsten lost in the quarterfinals of this year’s Dutch Nationals. It was a missed an opportunity for the Netherlands bring the same star power to the Team Championships as the U.S., Brazil, and Japan. Kevin Grove is the Dutch National Champion, playing Cruel Control The team will also include; Niels Noorlander, who wwas playing Faeries; Tom van Lamoen, who was playing an exciting ... (more)

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When They Said "Great" ... They Meant It

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When They Said "Great" ... They Meant It

Three more National Championships have hit the books, and in light of these and other recent tournament events, we can start to make some pretty bold claims. Like: "Five-Color Control is the best deck in the format." (more)

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tags: Nationals, Standard

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Flow of Ideas – How to Win a Nationals Grinder

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Flow of Ideas – How to Win a Nationals Grinder

Elves, eh? It’s Pro Tour: Berlin, and combo Elves has its breakout performance. People not paying attention to the format are completely caught off guard by the deck, and people paying attention to the format are caught off guard by its popularity. The tournament comes and goes, and Elves clearly asserts its dominance as the deck to beat. Pleas for emergency bannings are had, and Elves clearly seems as though it is the only deck to play. So what happened? The format overcorrected itself. Did y... (more)

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tags: Grinder, Nationals

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Top Stuff

featured 1034 days, 11 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

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Normally I would write some kind of an opening paragraph, maybe make some kind of clever comments, but this week we have roughly DI deck lists to look at, including not just some wild new strategies but exciting M10 takes on some established designs ... and DI of them. All of that, plus my Hall of Fame ballot. (more)

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tags: M10, Nationals, Standard

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Singapore Nationals Top 8 Decklists

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If you have not already checked out the coverage of Spanish, Japanese and Australian Nationals for fresh from the oven M10 Standard tech, you should do so right now. The Elvish Archdruid-powered Combo deck took the top spot in Australia and dominated the Japanese event with three Top 8 finishes although Shuhei Nakamura hoisted the trophy with Cruel Control. Cruel Control also won Spanish Nationals with nary an Elf Combo deck to be found in the elimination rounds. Based on a handful of Twitter comments i... (more)

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tags: Deck, Nationals, Standard

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Marti Conquers Spain Nationals

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Enric Martí is Spain's new champion! After fifteen hard rounds resident Catalan in Madrid has made with a thank you victory that has dominated this disputed 8 Top your good game and interesting its five colors control deck design. Champion, Jonathan Cano and Alan Simon will form the national team that will travel to the world of Rome. Saul Aguado, them in addition, will accompany the event to be held in November. (more)

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Coverage of Japan National Championship

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Japan is called “The Land of the Rising Sun,” and for eight lucky Magic players, it rose particularly early this Monday morning. The final day of competition for the 2009 Japan Nationals season is underway, and Kenji Tsumura, Yuuya Watanabe, Ren Ishikawa, Shuhei Nakamura, Naoki Sakaguchi, Tomomi Shiraishi, Taichi Fujimoto, and Yuma Shiota are all playing the finals rounds of Standard to determine which of the... (more)

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Mackintosh Makes It!

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Playing in his first ever National Championships, Jamie Mackintosh stormed the Top 8 with his Green/White Elves Combo deck, and will lead the Australian National Team at the World Championships in Rome later this year. Joining him after a heart-breaking loss in the finals with his 5 Color Blood deck, will be fellow newcomer Ian Wood, and top 8 veteran Hugh Glanville, who played Faeries. Rounding out the team as the alternate is another frequent top 8’er, Jeremy Neeman, who also piloted Green/White Elves ... (more)

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Goblin Chieftain in M10 Standard

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With Nationals fast approaching here in the U.S. as well as plenty of PTQs still on the horizon, standard is hard pressed not to be on everyone's minds. M10 ushers in a new era in core sets and is sure to be the most impactful core set of all time. Between rules changes, policy changes, new cards, and staggering reprints (along with some cards not being reprinted), standard appears to radically change with this set, leaving only a handful of current decks to survive the rotation. Today I would like to go... (more)

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tags: Nationals, Standard

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Zac Hill Steps Down From Column At StarcityGames

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Zac Hill Steps Down From Column At StarcityGames

Zac Hill, Grand Prix Finalist, Pro Tour Top 8er, and fresh from a Nationals Top 4 in Malaysia, announced in his article today that he will be stepping down from his columnist duties at Starcitygames. What could drag the writer away after nearly a half decade of putting pen to digital paper in pursuit of enlightening the Magic playing world? (more)

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tags: Grand Prix, Nationals, Pro Tour

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Chatter of the Squirrel – Peace

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This past weekend I finished fourth at Malaysian Nationals. Our top two finishers, Joe Soh (Terry’s brother) and Weng Sheng, are previous National Champions, and I expect an excellent showing this year at Worlds - potentially even topping last year’s very strong fifth place. They gave us trophies. The trophies were nice but contained Foil Voidslimes… Why did the trophies contain foil Voidslimes? Nevertheless, they were trophies and were therefore awesome. It was nearly impossible to venture into the hote... (more)

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Constructed Criticism - A Look at Standard for Nationals,

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Constructed Criticism - A Look at Standard for Nationals,

I was planning on writing an article about Limited today, but I feel as if Standard post-M10 needs a little bit more attention. It is the Constructed format for Nationals, and thus the most important to me. There are so many cards are leaving the format, destroying "established" decks but spawning very few new ideas. Losing 10 Painlands and gaining 5 other lands that don't tap for mana on turn 1 is going to change the face of the format completely. Hopefully once in the next few weeks I'll use Draft Reco... (more)

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tags: Nationals, Standard

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Magic The Gathering - Malaysia: Malaysian National Championships 2009 after Round 11 update!

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Magic The Gathering - Malaysia: Malaysian National Championships 2009 after Round 11 update!

Reporting live from the Malaysian Nationals 2009 this is QJ Wong! Round 12 is underway and several players have already booked in their slots for the top 8, With Sam Eng standing tall with 28 points after round 11, while Day 1 leader Yin Zhen Yao stands at 26. Wong Weng Sheng and Zac Hill both stands at 25 and are almost-guranteed to be in the top 8 with a intentional draw. That leaves 4 more slots for the top 8 with 5 more on 24 points who are Tan Chuen Hwa, Ong Whey Whey, Bryan Chen, James Lau ... (more)

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Nationals

Ravagli Control

U.S. and Japan Nationals Metagame Breakdown

Charlie Control

Scoreboard! A U.S. Nationals Report 3rd

2009 Dutch Nationals Held in Heartbreak City

When They Said "Great" ... They Meant It

Flow of Ideas – How to Win a Nationals Grinder

Top Stuff

Singapore Nationals Top 8 Decklists

Marti Conquers Spain Nationals

Coverage of Japan National Championship

Mackintosh Makes It!

Goblin Chieftain in M10 Standard

Zac Hill Steps Down From Column At StarcityGames

Chatter of the Squirrel – Peace

Constructed Criticism - A Look at Standard for Nationals,

Magic The Gathering - Malaysia: Malaysian National Championships 2009 after Round 11 update!

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