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2-ofs a kind…What Funny Card Counts Have to Do with Winning.

Just had a quick idea, an addendum really to the brewing I’ve been doing lately and the reactions I anticipate from readers bamboozled by the density of singletons and two-ofs in the lists. Now, everything I’m about to say has nothing to do with the fact that I have no compunction about weird numbers in decklists I actually register. I am not about to make the case for this, even though I think there are many compelling psychological, mathematical, and strategic arguments.
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April 8, 2010 Posted by | Magic: The Gathering, Rise of the Eldrazi, Standard | , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

For Brian Kibler: Testing ‘All is Dust’ Tonight

Rough Draft:

UW Eldrazi Control

3 All is Dust
4 Wall of Omens
4 Everflowing Chalice
3 Treasure Hunt
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sphinx of Lost Truths
2 Into the Roil
1 Day of Judgment
2 Wall of Denial
1 Martial Coup
1 Kiss of Amesha
1 Hindering Light
2 Negate
1 Mind Control
3 Flash Freeze
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
2 Path to Exile
4 Eldrazi Temple
1 Eye of Ugin
4 Celestial Colonnade
3 Halimar Depths
2 Sejiri Refuge
2 Marsh Flats
3 Plains
5 Island
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April 7, 2010 Posted by | Magic: The Gathering, Rise of the Eldrazi, Standard | , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

   

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