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This Week in Magic #5

By Trick Jarrett ⋅ November 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

It’s Thanksgiving week here in the US, for that most English speaking Magic sites are quiet, and to be honest those that aren’t didn’t have a great deal of interesting articles (to me.) So let’s get to it.

Sunday, Nov. 22nd

• ChannelFireball – Tolarian Academy – My Extensive (Dis)qualifications – A good look at the rules, given the DQs at Worlds.

Monday, Nov. 23rd

• ManaNation – Ep. 92 – Drafting with Brian Kibler – Watch a draft by Brian Kibler from Grand Prix Tampa.
• SCG – Legacy Allure – The Case for Land Tax – a very interesting piece making the case for Land Tax.
• ChannelFireball – Silvestri says: Worlds Breakdown – A great analysis of the metagame at Worlds.

Tuesday, Nov. 24th

• ManaNation – Ben McDole’s – pIRATE! deck – Ben took Wizards’ joke product from April fools and turned it into a fun EDH deck.
• ManaNation – Chasing Planes – A great review of Planechase, explaining the decks and their awesome fun.
• Wizards.com – The Stack and Back – A casual format that sounds ridiculously fun.

Wednesday, Nov. 25th

• SCG – Announcing the 2010 Open Series – A sweeping tournament series from StarCityGames was announced.
• ManaNation – Magic the Classroom – Limited Synergy – Dan discusses the tricks and some archetypes for limited decks.
• SCG – Where all Roads Lead – Another great analysis of the decks from Worlds.
• ChannelFireball – Magical Christmas Land – Conley Woods discusses his Worlds standard deck, ‘Magical Christmas Land’

Thursday, Nov. 26th

• Gwafa’s Bazaar – Circle of Life – A great look at the upcoming Extended PTQs and what cards to buy before the price jumps.

Friday, Nov. 27th

• ManaNation – Baneslayer Angel – The Perfect Storm – Kelly Reid determines why Baneslayer is so expensive.

And that’s it. A short week. See you next time!

– Trick

Editor of ManaNation.com, Patrick "Trick" Jarrett loves Magic. He's played it since 1995, he's written about it since 2003, and he's run ManaNation.com since 2007. He writes about and covers Magic: The Gathering for a living.

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