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Rant of Valakut Holiday Special: Christmas in Five Cards

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December 24, 2017
Rants of Valakut
Season's Greetings! Growing up, we always had advent calendars in my home. Each day before Christmas we'd open up a little box to discover a treat, or a chocolate, or a little picture. It was a fine traditio... Read More...

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It's Christmas on Zendikar! Settle down with all of your allies as they rest up after defetating the evil Eldrazi!   Christmas Allies by Austen Hoey Creatures (24)4 x Akoum Battlesingers4 x Za... Read More...

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  Lately we've been talking a lot about trade-offs and opportunity cost—the idea that doing one thing means you're acting at the expense of doing something else. If you have a budget of $20 to spend on cards and you want to buy both a fetch land and a ... Read More...

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*whew* Now that's a mouthful. Here are the top eight from the Modern Tournament this past Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came out! 1st Place Jonathan Zazcek   Lands4 x Mutavault3 x Cavern ... Read More...

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Hello Magic Community, Welcome back to Jester's ReCap, the mythic foil of Magic...ehh. OK, the playable uncommon of Magic news. No? OK, a place to hear about all the latest Magic news that I write up with th... Read More...

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Sometimes you have a terrible opening hand and have to mulligan, shuffling it away and drawing a new hand. Your new hand has fewer cards in it, but it's hopefully better than what you had. Unfortunately, regardless of how good a hand you end up with, you've pu... Read More...

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This week on Pauper Ponderings, we're trying to create our very own Viscera, the Dreadful. Yes that's right, everyones favourite forgotten Onslaught Gorgon, she was cool before Vraska. So how do we do this? ... Read More...

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Spencer Howland
December 13, 2017
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December 12, 2017
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