Archive for August, 2008

Mad Libs: Choosing a New Magic Set!

August 29th, 2008
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by ein

The newest set in the Magic the Gathering Universe is called the [NOUN] of [NOUN]. It will debut in October 2008.

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Sarah Palin

August 29th, 2008
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by Pterrus

Good choice for VP, or greatest choice ever for VP? I predict a landslide Republican victory in November thanks to this pick.

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Dog Eats Magic: The Gathering Deck, Dies

August 28th, 2008
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by alfred

In a stunning development yesterday, Antoine Ruel’s dog “Mountain” ate almost an entire 75 card Quick N’Toast deck and promptly died. The coroner determined that the dog had swallowed the deck, and died as a result of the deck not being food.

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Wizards Cuts Numerous Magic: The Gathering Tournaments

August 26th, 2008
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by slugworm

In what Wizards has deemed “nothing short of the best for the future of Magic,” a plethora of tournaments have been cut. Popular events such as Regionals, Nationals, Grand Prix, and Pro Tours have been discontinued

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GP Denver Report – Kithkin Yu

August 18th, 2008
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by llarack

After doing virtually no playtesting the week before, and playing in 2 GPTs with Faeries going 0-1 and 1-1, I decided it was time to switch decks. Looking at the Kobe coverage, the Kithkin deck seemed to be a very solid beatdown deck with its only fault being a lack of reach.

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Shards Preview Month Contest

August 18th, 2008
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by Good Gamery

Ugh! What can we do in order to fix this trainwreck of nerdiness and transform it into a train-creation of awesomeness? The only sufficient response is an AMAZING HUMOROUS CONTENT SUBMISSION CONTEST.

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Social Empathy and the Magic Condition

August 11th, 2008
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by Marc Calderaro

The problem with this so-called Plutonic ideal of a Magic player is that it’s completely inaccurate. Though this disparaging image of Magic players proves somewhat true at the PTQ level — at large-scale tournaments (like, for example, Nationals) nary a smelly dude can be found. But why is that? Why the stark dichotomy between the top-level players and those below that? How can it be that the better players are consistently better kept?

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Alaran Villain ‘Chops Sworn Enemy

August 11th, 2008
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by paz

Grebredos Cire, archvillain of Alara, modified a digital image of his sworn enemy, the hero Laenaellis, a ranger of Eos. Mr. Cire practiced using Adobe Photoshop for several hours before finally making the modification.

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