Jackson, MS — Eight local Magic players gathered this past Friday at The Dragon’s Den, a store specializing in miniatures and Magic: The Gathering cards, for a sanctioned Mirrodin-Mirrodin-Darksteel draft. By the middle of pack 2, local Jake Stoward had drafted a red-black deck featuring Grab the Reins, while to his right Michael Jones had picked a Chrome Mox. Across the table, Lucas Moore had the framework for a powerful blue/white deck with Arrest, Blinding Beam, and Skyhunter Patrol, and Jason Zahn to his left had amassed three rares, among them Glimmervoid and Pentavus. However, all this drafting was for naught, as the entire store crashed after the 19th pick of the draft, and all cards drafted to that point instantly vanished.

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The Complete Fifth Dawn Spoiler. - Part II

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The Complete Fifth Dawn Spoiler. . . Part 1.

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Anytown, USA -- Baby Jesus began to cry and the Grinch's heart shrank two and a half sizes yesterday as a n00b obtained a copy of Adobe Photoshop and announced, "this is my first card." The n00b went on to admit that the card, which sources indicate was a graphical representation of a Homestar Runner joke combined with a line from Chapelle's Show taken out of context, sucks.

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Thehubby, whose Banned and Restricted List has revolutionized the 1/1/1 Emperor format in ways never thought possible, was last week put in charge of DCI floor rules. Already T1 players across the world are enjoying a radically different metagame as a result of the new sweeping bans across each set. However, some players are confused by these changes and why they are necessary. In this article, Thehubby explains the need for the new Banned and Restricted List.

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For years, the developers of Magic: The Gathering have had fun with the titles of the cards. Anagrams of names, hidden words, and real-life references have all found their way onto cards throughout the years. The Invasion artifact card “Tek,” named by former Pro Tour player Worth Wollpert, was one of the first cards to overtly use Magic slang. Darksteel, the newest expansion released by Wizards of the Coast, features a card called “Savage Beating” which uses a phrase common in slang vocabulary. However, the card’s printing has had the unintended consequence of effectively removing the phrase from use worldwide.

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Jackson, MS — Eight local Magic players gathered this past Friday at The Dragon’s Den, a store specializing in miniatures and Magic: The Gathering cards, for a sanctioned Mirrodin-Mirrodin-Darksteel draft. By the middle of pack 2, local Jake Stoward had drafted a red-black deck featuring Grab the Reins, while to his right Michael Jones had picked a Chrome Mox. Across the table, Lucas Moore had the framework for a powerful blue/white deck with Arrest, Blinding Beam, and Skyhunter Patrol, and Jason Zahn to his left had amassed three rares, among them Glimmervoid and Pentavus. However, all this drafting was for naught, as the entire store crashed after the 19th pick of the draft, and all cards drafted to that point instantly vanished.

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The Complete Fifth Dawn Spoiler. - Part II

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The Complete Fifth Dawn Spoiler. . . Part 1.

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Anytown, USA -- Baby Jesus began to cry and the Grinch's heart shrank two and a half sizes yesterday as a n00b obtained a copy of Adobe Photoshop and announced, "this is my first card." The n00b went on to admit that the card, which sources indicate was a graphical representation of a Homestar Runner joke combined with a line from Chapelle's Show taken out of context, sucks.

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Thehubby, whose Banned and Restricted List has revolutionized the 1/1/1 Emperor format in ways never thought possible, was last week put in charge of DCI floor rules. Already T1 players across the world are enjoying a radically different metagame as a result of the new sweeping bans across each set. However, some players are confused by these changes and why they are necessary. In this article, Thehubby explains the need for the new Banned and Restricted List.

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For years, the developers of Magic: The Gathering have had fun with the titles of the cards. Anagrams of names, hidden words, and real-life references have all found their way onto cards throughout the years. The Invasion artifact card “Tek,” named by former Pro Tour player Worth Wollpert, was one of the first cards to overtly use Magic slang. Darksteel, the newest expansion released by Wizards of the Coast, features a card called “Savage Beating” which uses a phrase common in slang vocabulary. However, the card’s printing has had the unintended consequence of effectively removing the phrase from use worldwide.

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