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Hello Magic Community, It's time again now for the Jester's ReCap, your somewhat regular and sometimes even accurate breakdown of the latest Magic happenings from someone who was kinda paying attention. Just... Read More...

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Hello Magic Community, I return in Triumph! Sorta. Kinda. Welcome back to the Jester's ReCap, a fairly infrequent and loosely accurate retelling of all the Magic News you didn't have time to read, but saw a ... Read More...

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