The Bulk Box: The rules were simple. I could put in any two of my rares, and get any rare out of his binder. To me, it was a genius plan, and as I rifled through the box and pulled out the stack of rares I wanted...

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Matt Lewis digs deeper into the world of Magic Online as he investigates the differences of value and price.

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Dana Kinsella brings us a hyper-aggressive U/W Legacy Infect deck that proves itself as a quick win covered in fun.

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A Birthing Pod deck? Can it be so? Yes my friends, and it is as glorious and utility-filled as all of your little dreams had hoped! Twice now my Houston playgroup has had somebody run this list in a PTQ to Top 8 contention, to lose in the last round of Swiss. Here's the list, with every card explained, that was used!

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Kyle Kloster offers us a brief report on how he earned 2nd place at the recent StarCityGames Legacy open event, a look at Reanimator's appeal and optimal play, and suggestions for optimizing the deck.

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As a veteran Merfolk player, Scott Muir brings us guidance, strategy, and reasoning to effective sideboarding with the popular tribal Legacy deck.

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Scott Muir gives us an event report on how he earned 3rd place at this past weekend's StarCityGames Legacy open event, including how he sideboarded for each matchup and what he would consider for future changes in the deck.

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With the wildly popular Commander decks preselling out everywhere, Ryan Abcede gives us a quick overview and breakdown of the biggest movers in singles. Looking to step up for the Commander release? Get all the details you need inside!

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Mike Bajorek returns to his illustration of Alloy Myr to finish up his article on full frame alters.

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Mike Bajorek decides to go text-less today with a copy of an Alloy Myr.

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With the release of New Phyrexia this past weekend, I wanted to do something with the new cards. So naturally my attention was grabbed by a card that was printed three blocks ago.

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Neil Pritchard has reason to believe he knows which white bordered Legends will be included in From the Vaults: Legends. Join in on the speculation and voice your opinion.

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Jesse Onland discusses the explosiveness of Mono-Green Infect in Pauper online, a tuned sideboard and its future with New Phyrexia.

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Note: You may notice I am a bit more brief in my description of color and technique in this article. For more advanced readers I hope this will be an improvement. For those of you just beginning in this hobby, or in the reading of this series, please feel free to peruse some of my […]

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We've talked at length about color theory and gone over the practical aspects of painting. By now you should have at least four or five cards that are completed. So now what? Step 1: Paint Cards Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit There are a number of ways to fill in step two. The more […]

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Given the all the talk about legacy prices, I thought I would add my two cents. My opinion is that I have no opinion. The prices are going to do what they do, no matter whose “fault” it is. All I know is that I listened to John Medina and the fine writers here at […]

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Hello, my name is Kyle Kloster, and I'd like to discuss Legacy Reanimator. I'll talk a bit about my experiences working on the deck since the banning of Mystical Tutor and look at some of the problems (and my solutions) with the deck in the current format. The deck's popularity has been declining since the […]

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Welcome to week 5 of our little masterclass in altering cards. If you've been following along since week 1 you should feel fairly comfortable doing basic alterations with your cards. Last week we covered some of the more advanced theory behind painting, and this week we are going to put it all together on our […]

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This week's article will be a break from the practical applications of painting. Instead we will discuss some of the color theory that goes into matching colors and ultimately creating better alters. It would be easy to blow this article off as filler, but any artist of any kind needs to know the theory of […]

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The next few short weeks, this CawBlade deck continued to dominate tournaments from local FNM’s to large Star City Games hosted events everywhere. The young mage, Mike Lanigan, read articles, built decks, and tried his best to build a comparable strategy that could take down this "Jund-like" beast (or "Faerie-like" if you prefer).

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