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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

Trick Jarrett is the host and founder of ManaNation.com, he writes, edits, covers, and spoils Magic for a living. Playing it whenever he can manage to find the time. He is engaged to a lovely woman who refuses to learn Magic, and they have a cute cocker-spaniel puppy who is all too eager to play Magic.

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