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Sorry for the delay folks, I took a personal day on Friday and so this article had to wait. I fully intended to work on it and post on Saturday but then my sister came to town, and, well, family comes first.
So here we are, Monday. With This (Last) Week in Magic.
Standard
- A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That - Mike Flores looks at some of the top finishing decks from the previous week (not Jund!)
- Beating Jund with Blue/White - Max McCall gives an excellent analysis of the matchup.
- Tearing the Aeons in New England - Alexander West shares his interesting PTQ deck, I loved it because I tried a similar concept. See how he did.
- Standard Rising - While I am not normally a fan of Paulo's writings, I did enjoy this article looking at RoE in Standard.
Limited
- Bringing the Blue Beatdown in Rise of the Eldrazi Limited - Gavin Verhey is awesome.
- (Fiendishly) Distorting the Draft Format - LSV speaks and the world quakes. Listen to his words.
- Understanding Superpals - Lee Steht examines the Superpals deck.
Casual
- Basic Instincts - The Stybs aka Adam Stryborski talks about how we play the game affecting the game we play.
- The Best and Worst Colors in Multiplayer - Abe Sargeant knows casual, and in that he knows multiplayer. Here he ranks the colors for multiplayer.
Theory
- Playing Fetchalnds to Thin - You're Doing it Wrong - Some interesting math that explains thinning decks and stuff.
- By the Numbers - Dan Eckstein looks at the math behind how many should be run.
- Taming the Clock - By Sam Stoddard, his introduction to ManaNation.com.
Other
- The Ten Principles of Design, Part 1 - Mark Rosewater knocks it out of the park as he looks at the ten principles outlined Dieter Rams and how it applies to MTG design.
- Kenji's Comeback - Rare is the pro player who becomes a rockstar. Kenji is the ultimate example of this, and he's in the midst of a comeback.
- The Nitty-Gritty of Testing - Josh Silvestri talks about testing decks and improving your performance.
- Magic 2011 Core Set Predictions and Conjectures - GatheringMagic lays down some predictions for 2011. Whether right or wrong, it's an interesting read.
- Why Pimping is a Waste of Money - Kelly Reid looks at the math behind Jon Medina's goal to de-pimp one of his decks.
- U:ncounterable - #24 of T:apped webcomic
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