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Blackborder

Name:	Blackborder
Score:	24,760.26
Last Seen:	79 days, 20 hours, 25 minutes ago
Member Since:	3 September, 2009

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Enjoying the Competition - GP Prague Top 8

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Blackborder 356 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes ago

Enjoying the Competition - GP Prague *Top 8*

Petr Brozek made top 8 at GP Prague and instead of doing a traditional round by round report, he focuses on the most interesting situations that came up and tells you what was going on in his mind during the tournament. (more)

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Snapshots of Prague

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Blackborder 357 days, 10 hours, 56 minutes ago

Richard is back from GP Prague, where he posted a top 32 finish. Our level 5 pro discusses his sealed and draft decks and tops off his impression of the New Phyrexia Limited format with some funny stories from Prague. (more)

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Beating CawBlade

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Blackborder 359 days, 7 hours, 23 minutes ago

This week I thought I'd discuss the state of post-New Phyrexia Standard. To everyone's disappointment and (mostly) lack of surprise, CawBlade has remained dominant in the initial stages of the metagame. So how do you cope with the Rock of the format when Paper seems nonexistent? (more)

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Open-Closed-Mindedness

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Blackborder 359 days, 22 hours, 27 minutes ago

We'll take a look at how little New Phyrexia has affected the top tables, and how every prediction we made two weeks ago was unfortunately, entirely correct. We'll also take a look at the incoming Event Decks and what you can play on an FNM level that doesn't cost $800. We'll also tell Wizards straight up what needs to be on the ban list tomorrow and why, and what's coming in M12 that won't answer Caw Blade. (more)

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A Look At the Vintage Restricted List

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Blackborder 360 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes ago

In this episode, I am going to share some theoretical thoughts on the current condition of the restricted list in Vintage. In my opinion, there are some cards on the list that don’t belong anymore and I want to share some thoughts about what would happen if some MUD cards were to be added to the list. (more)

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What's New in Limited

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Blackborder 361 days, 21 hours, 30 minutes ago

I’m going to talk about some general changes that happened to the Limited format after the addition of New Phyrexia and also discuss the most underrated and overrated cards from NPH. (more)

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Virtual Pauper

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Blackborder 363 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes ago

The constructed Pauper format is in full bloom on Magic Online. I'll take you through a rundown of the most popular decks at the moment, be they aggro, control or combo complete with a live 2 man event. For those who haven't tried slinging commons yet, this is a recipe that should get your juices flowing. (more)

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A GP Providence Primer - 20 Legacy Decks And How To Beat Them With Merfolk

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Blackborder 363 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes ago

A GP Providence Primer - 20 Legacy Decks And How To Beat Them With Merfolk

This weekend GP Providence is happening, and it is going to be huge. I expect Merfolk to be a strong choice for the event. Its financial accessibility and straightforward game plan make it an attractive Legacy option for a lot of players. But what exactly does a post-NPH Merfolk deck look like, and what is its plan against the field? (more)

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10 Most Impressive Players

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Blackborder 364 days, 17 hours, 4 minutes ago

I'm going to talk about the 10 players that I’ve played in my Magic career who have impressed me the most. It would be virtually impossible to say that these are the ten best players I’ve played, or that the order of them would be entirely accurate, but I know that after playing each of these matches I was left with a strong impression of how skillful they are. (more)

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Life Got You Tapping Out?

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Blackborder 365 days, 8 hours, 57 minutes ago

A close friend of mine brought up the subject of quitting Magic entirely. This got me to thinking, is there any circumstance in life that could ever get me to stop playing Magic? I thought about this question for weeks and after playing out all the scenarios in my head and listening carefully to what everyone else had to say, I came to my conclusion. (more)

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CawBlade vs. PyroTwin - The CawBlade Perspective

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Blackborder 366 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes ago

CawBlade vs. PyroTwin - The CawBlade Perspective

In this installment of Battle School, Richard Bland battles against level 7 mage Jeremy Neeman. The two pros cover one of the most important matchups of the current Standard format and play 20 games against each other. They identify key plays, share their sideboarding strategies, update the decklists, and tell you how to win the matchup. If you're looking to master the Standard format, this is the article series for you! (more)

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Standard Twins

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Blackborder 366 days, 7 hours, 29 minutes ago

New Phyrexia, and the printing of Deceiver Exarch, has created a new archetype based around the Exarch-Splinter Twin interaction. Today, I want to cover 3 interesting takes on this combo, and how each of them can be evaluated before you decide whether it is the type of Exarch deck for you. (more)

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Standard Evolutions

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Blackborder 366 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes ago

This past weekend the first major tournaments with New Phyrexia have taken place. While in Legacy, Mental Misstep lived up to the expectations, Standard didn’t see such a clear superstar rise to the top. So what new cards found their way into the top Standard decks? What new strategies succeeded? How will Standard adapt to the new threats? (more)

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GP London Judge Report and SoFaF

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Blackborder 366 days, 13 hours, 17 minutes ago

Level 5 judge Riccardo Tessitori brings you crazy rules interactions, interesting tournament situations, a GP London judge report and much more. Sharpen your rules knowledge! (more)

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PyroTwin vs. UW CawBlade - The PyroTwin Perspective

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Blackborder 370 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes ago

PyroTwin vs. UW CawBlade - The PyroTwin Perspective

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Finding Answers to Batterskull

featured 364 days, 16 hours, 1 minute ago posted by

Blackborder 371 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes ago

New Phyrexia gives us several powerful cards that have the potential to shake up Standard and I think that there is one particular card in NPH which changes the way how certain decks have to play their games. Upon its spoiling, the card stirred debates about the end of aggro in Standard but today I’m going to show you how to fight the Batterskull menace. (more)

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Organizing Your Collection

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Blackborder 372 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

Pretty early on in the card-collecting careers of most magicians we each encounter the need to organize our growing collections and we realize that having a system of organizing cards is probably going to save us more time than it’s going to cost us. But exactly how do you get your cards from the booster boxes of draft-chaff into some sort of storage in an efficient way? (more)

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Drafting with Jeremy - MBS/SoM/SoM #1

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Blackborder 372 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes ago

Jeremy Neeman takes us through a Mirrodin Besieged/Scars of Mirrodin 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you're looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you! (more)

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CawBlade vs. RB Vampires - The CawBlade Perspective

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Blackborder 373 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes ago

CawBlade vs. RB Vampires - The CawBlade Perspective

In this installment of Battle School, Adam Koska battles against level 4 mage Petr Brozek. The two pros cover one of the most important matchups of the current Standard format and play 20 games against each other. They identify key plays, share their sideboarding strategies, update the decklists, and tell you how to win the matchup. If you're looking to master the Standard format, this is the article series for you! (more)

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#FormatBlade

featured 373 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by

Blackborder 377 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes ago

This week, as the New Phyrexia metagame becomes more and more established and the good decks more and more apparent as our team of Proffessors grinds out... literally thousands of games of the future Standard format, we'll show you guys the decks that we don't just think will be good, but, are indefinitely good. We'll go over all our attempts at innovation and the resulting instability of most decks we tried to engineer. (more)

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Welcome!

Blackborder

Enjoying the Competition - GP Prague Top 8

Snapshots of Prague

Beating CawBlade

Open-Closed-Mindedness

A Look At the Vintage Restricted List

What's New in Limited

Virtual Pauper

A GP Providence Primer - 20 Legacy Decks And How To Beat Them With Merfolk

10 Most Impressive Players

Life Got You Tapping Out?

CawBlade vs. PyroTwin - The CawBlade Perspective

Standard Twins

Standard Evolutions

GP London Judge Report and SoFaF

PyroTwin vs. UW CawBlade - The PyroTwin Perspective

Finding Answers to Batterskull

Organizing Your Collection

Drafting with Jeremy - MBS/SoM/SoM #1

CawBlade vs. RB Vampires - The CawBlade Perspective

#FormatBlade

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