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Shadowin

Name:	Shadowin
Score:	1,602.01
Last Seen:	7 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago
Member Since:	23 July, 2009

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Beyond River of Tears

featured 5 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 7 days, 18 hours, 53 minutes ago

Alex Winston won a recent Lincoln, Nebraska PTQ with my favorite Extended deck, Red-Green Valakut! Red-Green Valakut is not 100% as good, maybe, but it is pretty good in terms of an offensive creature deck. Kitchen Finks and Tarmogoyf + Umezawa's Jitte actually make it a favorable midrange vs. beatdown option against Zoo variants, The Rock, and so on. You can just get some Jitte counters and ride them like it's 2006. Or you can draw a Sakura-Tribe Elder into a Kitchen Finks and basically auto-win against... (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Deck List, Extended, PTQ

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Planeswalk This Way, Part 2

featured 5 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 7 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes ago

Hello and welcome back to From the Lab! Today, as I revealed two weeks ago during the first half of this column, is the second part of the results for the Planeswalker Contest. Confused on what I'm talking about? Don't fret; check out Part 1 to get an idea. (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Deck List, Planeswalker

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Kyle Ecks Green-White Aggro

featured 2 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 7 days, 18 hours, 57 minutes ago

The Pro Tour Qualifier season for Pro Tour–San Juan is winding down, but Kyle Eck managed to find a hole in the metagame. Using a Green-White Aggro deck, Kyle took the Top 8 at the Extended Qualifier at Pro Tour–San Diego. Even if you're not qualified for the Pro Tour, its larger-than-life environment is a great place to just show up and play Magic. For the full story of the event, visit the official coverage. (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 12 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Aggro, Deck List, Extended, Green, White

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Worldwake Game Day

featured 5 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 7 days, 18 hours, 58 minutes ago

Worldwake Game Day is this Saturday! That, of course, raises some questions. Like "What's Worldwake Game Day?" and "What's Saturday?" We're going to tackle the first one. If you're in doubt about the meaning of "Saturday," consult your local calendar.Find a Game Day Near You!Find a Game Day Near You! Worldwake Game Day is a Standard Constructed tournament at a store near you. And it's also a worldwide Magic experience! Your first step is to find a Game Day near you, w... (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Game Day, Standard, Tournament, Worldwake

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Protection from Noob #2 – GP, PT, ETC (Fixed)

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lord_lenox 8 days, 16 hours, 27 minutes ago

Protection from Noob #2 – GP, PT, ETC (Fixed)

(The audio levels are now fixed and listenable!) In the wake of Grand Prix – Oakland and Pro Tour – San Diego, Lennox and Josh look at the most interesting decks (and Jund) to arise from the last couple of weekends. From ‘Charmed, I’m Sure’ to ‘Boss Naya’, they breakdown the decklists and consider the reasoning behind cards choices, sideboard plans and any interesting interactions that have arisen. (more)

category: Podcast | clicked: 8 | comment | | source: mtgcast.com

tags: Constructed, Duel Decks, England, GP Oakland, Lennox, mtgcast, podcast, PT San Diego, Tournament Report, UK

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PT San Diego - Animal Coins, Mythic Rares and a Big Orange Jumper

featured 7 days, 18 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 8 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes ago

PT San Diego - Animal Coins, Mythic Rares and a Big Orange Jumper

Even though I didn’t put up an impressive performance in San Diego the trip itself was great fun, and so I decided I would share my experience with the world. This is technically a tournament report, but I’m not a huge fan of monotonous round-by-round write-ups, and so it will focus more on what happened outside of the tournament than what happened in it. (more)

category: Tournament | clicked: 12 | comment | | source: www.blackborder.com

tags: Blackborder, Blackborder.com, Breakfast With OJ, Matteo Orsini Jones, Pro Tour San Diego

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Protection from Noob #2 – GP, PT, ETC

featured 6 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

lord_lenox 9 days, 16 hours, 22 minutes ago

In the wake of Grand Prix – Oakland and Pro Tour – San Diego, Lennox and Josh look at the most interesting decks (and Jund) to arise from the last couple of weekends. From ‘Charmed, I’m Sure’ to ‘Boss Naya’, they breakdown the decklists and consider the reasoning behind cards choices, sideboard plans and any interesting interactions that have arisen. They also talk about Duel Decks: Phyrexia Vs The Coalition, but the less said about that the better. Final Fantasy XIII is on the horizon and to celebrate,... (more)

category: Podcast | clicked: 11 | comment | | source: mtgcast.com

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Reanimating Madrid

featured 6 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 8 days, 23 hours, 22 minutes ago

Level 4 pro Joel Calafell brings you the deck he used to make day 2 in the biggest Magic tournament in the history of the game. If you are looking for the latest Legacy technology make sure to read on. Joel also includes his thoughts on the first card from Rise of the Eldrazi! (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 11 | comment | | source: www.blackborder.com

tags: Blackborder, Blackborder.com, Feature Sight, GP Madrid, Joel Calafell, Legacy

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Shakespeare Quiz Time And Card Of The Month

featured 23 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 26 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes ago

Shakespeare Quiz Time And Card Of The Month

Level 5 judge Riccardo Tessitori brings you crazy rules interactions, interesting tournament situations, helps you spot cheaters and much more. Answer his questions and win Blackborder points! Sharpen your rules knowledge! (more)

category: Strategy | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: www.blackborder.com

tags: Ask the Judge, Blackborder, Blackborder.com, Quiz, Riccardo Tessitori, Rules, Rules Questions

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Goblins

featured 25 days, 20 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes ago

Red decks of all kinds are mainstays in Standard, but DustyStorm has a different take for Magic Online. A return to the days of Goblins was responsible for Dusty's 3-1 performance in a recent daily event. Featuring five representatives from the most chaotic of tribes, DustyStorm takes advantage of Warren Instigator's abilities. The deck also benefits from a healthy smattering of burn and heavy hitters like Ball Lightning and Hellspark Elemental. A great choice for heading off to Friday Night Magic this w... (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Deck List, Goblins, Standard

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Living Land Lubbers

featured 25 days, 20 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 21 hours, 2 minutes ago

Welcome back to the Lab! Today it is my task to deliver some kooky ideas concerning lands that attack. I like this theme week not only because it means I can fully dive into Worldwake, but because it's flexible enough to apply to the attacking lands of sets past. I also want to try to use lands in proactive ways other than attacking. Worldwake itself has shown us that you can not only animate lands (Crusher Zendikon) but make them indestructible (Terra Eternal), play them more quickly (Explore), get a... (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Deck Building, Land, Legacy

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Five by Five

featured 24 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 21 hours, 4 minutes ago

Lands have basically always attacked. (Some of them have, anyway.) It is amazing, therefore, that it has taken us more than fourteen years into the history of serious, Constructed, competitive Magic to honor such attacking with its own theme week. Because ... err ... I thought it would be fun ... I decided to forego the old theme week Top 10 list for five Top 5 lists highlighting the various memorable ways that lands have, you know, attacked over the years. I hope you enjoy them. (more)

category: Strategy | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Land, Strategy

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Looking at Limited Pointing

featured 25 days, 20 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes ago

Hello! I've gotten lots of requests from readers to write an article about Limited pointing, something that this column hasn't talked about in quite a while. Rather than try to do it myself, I asked Erik Lauer, the man who manages the metrics we use while working on Magic sets, to write an article for you. He's our go-to guy when we have questions about how to use math to make Magic development better, and I leave you i... (more)

category: Limited | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Design, Limited

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Twincasting Call in San Diego

featured 24 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 21 hours, 53 minutes ago

Siblings have always been a part of the competitive Magic landscape going back to the very first Pro Tour, when Steven and Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz embarked on their careers in the Junior division on the top floor of the Puck Building 14 years ago. Just a handful of seasons later those brothers were on ESPN2 doing battle with a new set of siblings—Olivier and Antoine Ruel in the team challenge. Along the way there have also been the Zink brothers, a trio of Cornelissens, Matt Place and Dan Burdick, and ... (more)

category: News | clicked: 9 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: bdm

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Wallpaper of the Week: Butcher of Malakir

featured 24 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 26 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes ago

Wallpaper of the Week: Butcher of Malakir

This week's desktop wallpaper features Jason Chan's Butcher of Malakir art from Worldwake. Enjoy. (more)

category: Products | clicked: 6 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Art, Wallpaper

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Worldwakewide Evolution

featured 26 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 27 days, 16 hours, 36 minutes ago

Worldwake has made its full entrance and I've had a week to play and test Worldwake in draft, sealed, and Extended for the upcoming PTQ season. We'll discuss my notable finishes at the prerelease in draft and sealed as well as local deckbuilding genius Nick Des Marais' Extended brew. So let's draw! (more)

category: Screencast | clicked: 20 | comment | | source: www.blackborder.com

tags: Anthony Palmerio, Blackborder, Blackborder.com, Draft, Prerelease, The Proffessors, Video, Worldwake, Worldwake Sealed

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Draw 3 Cards - Magic Q&A

featured 26 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by

http://ripper234.com/ 27 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes ago

A questions & answers site dedicated to Magic: The Gathering. (more)

category: Strategy | clicked: 18 | comment | | source: draw3cards.com

tags: answers, draw3cards, q&a, Questions, wiki

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Extended Excavations

featured 24 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 27 days, 16 minutes ago

With GP Oakland just a day away, level 5 pro Kevin Grove gives you an in-depth look at his deck choice for the current Extended format. He goes over the most important matchups, and includes a detailed sideboarding guide. If you are looking for a deck to play at the PTQs or to win the GP with, don't look further. (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 9 | comment | | source: www.blackborder.com

tags: Blackborder, Blackborder.com, Extended, Kevin Grove, Strategy, Tezzeret

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Pauper Madness

featured 26 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 28 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes ago

Pauper is a fun format for Magic Online that prohibits the use of rares, mythic rares, and uncommon, requiring players to build entire decks using only commons. Baldr7 was up to the task, putting together this black-green madness / graveyard deck. Powerful spells like Wild Mongrel allow madness spells like Grave Scrabbler to hit the battlefield on the cheap. (more)

category: Constructed | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Deck List, Magic Online, Pauper

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Making the Chase

featured 26 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by

Shadowin 28 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes ago

Remember the Worldwake Planeswalker Chase, which gave the world its first look at Jace, the Mind Sculptor? Let's take a look behind the scenes at how it was put together! The first thing we knew we wanted to do was spread out the locations, so the pieces would be found by different people. And we spread them out a lot. These were the five pieces in the US and Canada. The other three went to Europe, Australia, and Asia. The next step was to divide up a card and decide ... (more)

category: Products | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: www.wizards.com

tags: Planeswalker

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Shadowin

Beyond River of Tears

Planeswalk This Way, Part 2

Kyle Ecks Green-White Aggro

Worldwake Game Day

Protection from Noob #2 – GP, PT, ETC (Fixed)

PT San Diego - Animal Coins, Mythic Rares and a Big Orange Jumper

Protection from Noob #2 – GP, PT, ETC

Reanimating Madrid

Shakespeare Quiz Time And Card Of The Month

Goblins

Living Land Lubbers

Five by Five

Looking at Limited Pointing

Twincasting Call in San Diego

Wallpaper of the Week: Butcher of Malakir

Worldwakewide Evolution

Draw 3 Cards - Magic Q&A

Extended Excavations

Pauper Madness

Making the Chase

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