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This Week in Magic 3/18-3/24

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Of tournaments, results, articles and news, these are the best articles across the Magic metaspace. Make sure you didn't miss anything important!

News

Standard and Block

  • BUG—Frank Lepore avoids playing Caw Blade by resurrecting the BUG archetype.
  • A Real Deck—Nick Spagnolo caves in and plays Caw Blade, but he’s bringing some edgy tech to the table. His hawks are ready to take on all comers.
  • Introduction to Scars Block Constructed—Joshua Justice won a Block Premier Event last week and shares his insights into his winning list and the emerging metagame.
  • Do the Wave ($$) - Brad Nelson has a Genesis Wave deck ready to make a splash in Type Two.
  • Nationals Qualifier Begin—Dan Barrett takes his Tezzeret build to a game day and gets ready to tweak it for the big show.
  • Running the Gauntlet, RUG—LSV runs the powerful three-color deck up against Standard’s top-tier.

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Extended

  • Dirty Deeds and Clean Living—Todd Anderson’s latest article stirred up strong reactions on Twitter, but it wasn’t the Extended deck list that got people talking.

Vintage and Legacy

Casual and Variant Formats

Finance

  • Revisiting the New Power 9 in Magic—Corbin Hosler tracks down the Over-Extended gems as picked by Kelly Reid shortly after the rumor first broke.
  • Why Sharks are a Good Thing—Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water Sean Morgan comes to the defense of those guys circling the trade tables.
  • How to Win on a Budget—Gavin Verhey explains why you should be looking for undervalued cards rather than trying to find replacements for pricier strategies.

Theory and Miscellany

  • Card Selection in Deck Building—Chingsung Chang boils card-selection down to one key concept, efficiency.
  • Dark Confidant—Erik Klug juxtaposes some sick Joker artwork with Confidant’s “Greatness, at any cost” flavor text.
  • Until it’s Gone—Jeff Froggatt alters the ever-popular Angel of Despair.
  • Alloy Myr—Mike Linnemann examines both Alloy Myr and Expansion symbols through the lens of the Vorthos.
  • Change the Game—Kyle Boggemes and his roundtable of interviewees weigh in with tweaks they’d like to see made to the game which run the gamut from doing away with foils to instituting a player dress code.
  • Connect-R—Raul Porojan charts his deck-building process and arrives at a three-step process Listen, Understand, Connect.
  • The Most Dominant Deck of All Time ($$) - Zvi Mowshowitz puts the best of the best in historical perspective.

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