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		<title>Heartless Summoning Deck with Havengul Lich Makes Top 8</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/ali-aintrazi-heartless-summoning-havengul-lich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ali Aintrazi, the 2011 US Champion, made top eight in the first big Standard tournament with Dark Ascension (the Starcitygames Standard Open in Richmond last weekend). His deck of choice was Blue/Black (UB) Heartless Summoning Control. 
He went undefeated in the Swiss rounds, starting off with seven straight wins and then intentionally drawing the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Quickly Built a Powerful Naya Pod Deck</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/naya-pod-dark-ascension-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, I predicted the undying mechanic from Dark Ascension would turn Pod into a tier one deck in Standard. I wanted to find out if my prediction was right, so I started testing Pod last week. 
Fortunately, it didn&#8217;t take too long to build a deck that had tier one potential. This made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red/Green Werewolf Deck With Dark Ascension</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/dark-ascension-rg-werewolf-deck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Werewolf tribe got some great cards from Dark Ascension. I wanted to see how much better the deck got so I started testing it as soon as the full spoiler was released.
So far, I&#8217;ve been satisfied with the deck. It can be blazing fast yet it has protection from mass removal with Full Moon&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GW Humans Deck</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/gw-humans-deck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note from Dee: I’m happy to publish Andrew&#8217;s first blog post. Check out his bio page to learn more about him.
I&#8217;ve been playing with my Green/White (GW) Humans deck for awhile now. The deck I run now, as listed below, is vastly different from the deck I started out with a couple months ago. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build a Winning Rogue Deck Like Conley Woods: 5 Lessons From His Grand Prix Win</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/conley-woods-wins-gp-orlando-with-a-jund-ramp-rogue-deck/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/conley-woods-wins-gp-orlando-with-a-jund-ramp-rogue-deck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to see a rogue deck win Grand Prix Orlando last weekend. The Standard format has been explored for three and half months, which makes it harder to brew a rogue deck. Plus, I thought the pros would stick to existing decks.
Many pros did play established archetypes but Conley Woods brewed a Jund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UW Illusions With Geist of Saint Traft</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/uw-illusions-geist-of-saint-traft/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/uw-illusions-geist-of-saint-traft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure most, if not all, of you have heard what happened with Alex Bertoncini and Starcitygames circuit. If not, just Google it, I’m sure you’ll find something. (Don’t anger Drew Levin, whatever you do.) 
Whether he’s a cheater or just sloppy, he still knew that Illusions was the best choice for the Invitational in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play a Game with Me: Value Bant Pod vs UW Humans</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/pagwm-bant-pod-vs-uw-humans/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/pagwm-bant-pod-vs-uw-humans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tight technical play decides more games of Magic than all other factors combined.
- Patrick Chapin
Improving your technical play is one of the best ways to win more at Magic. To help you play better, let&#8217;s do a gameplay exercise. 
Try to make the best plays in this game I played. I chose this game because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Esper Control Deck With a 75% Win Rate in 150 Matches</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/esper-control-scg-invitational/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/esper-control-scg-invitational/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Magic The Gathering is a game of skill and chance so sometimes a player will do well in a tournament even though his deck not very good. The luck factor allows people to get high finishes with a mediocre deck. This doesn&#8217;t happen too often but it&#8217;s still something to keep in mind. Just because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UW Blade (Don&#8217;t Sleep on Sword of Feast and Famine)</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/uw-blade-scg-charlotte-invitational/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/uw-blade-scg-charlotte-invitational/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite strategies is to pick an unpopular deck that is actually pretty good. I like this strategy because people often don&#8217;t know how to play against unpopular decks.
Because these decks are under the radar, players don&#8217;t playtest against them so they&#8217;re likely to make suboptimal plays. On the other hand, they probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Color Control by GerryT</title>
		<link>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/5-color-control-by-gerryt/</link>
		<comments>http://magicgameplan.com/blog/5-color-control-by-gerryt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://magicgameplan.com/blog/?p=2585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gerry Thompson and Michael Jacob took their UWR Control deck from Worlds, made some big changes to the deck, and posted strong finishes at the Starcitygames Standard Open in Saint Louis two weekends ago.
Gerry went 8-2 to earn 19th place while Michael went 7-3, which was good for 42nd place. There were over 550 players [...]]]></description>
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