First Pick - Reuben and AJ’s excellent adventure
1st - Atarka Red - 3x Reckless Bushwacker, splashing Black for Self-Inflicted Wound, Kolaghan
2nd - Mono-Green Eldrazi - New Kozilek, Spatial Contortion, only 1 Worldbreaker in SB; 10th place - Zhendong Shan, Ruin in Their Wake , 4x in 16th place Ali Aintrazi
3rd - Jeskai Black - Kalitas, Chandra, Flamecaller
6th - U/R Prowess - New archetype, Stormchaser Mage
9th - Emma Handy - Rally - 3x Reflector Mage; 11th place - 4x copies; 4x in 30th Place
Sam Black - 1st - MTGSuper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfgCLC_rXE
3x Ayli 3x Reflector Mage, won the tournament
19th - Mardu Green - Goblin Dark-Dweller - 4x in 23rd place
Gather the Townsfolk - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/costs-costs-2016-01-27
Desperate Ravings - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-top-8-best-five-matches-return-2016-01-19
The 0-2 Drop - Esper Dragons
Going Infinite - https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4309x7/wordplay_of_the_day_take_a_50_card_then_change/
Splash Damage - http://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook
The Finisher:
Magic The Gathering Online Digital Objects announced today that the “No Possible Play: Yield All” function, commonly mapped to the F8 keyboard shortcut, no longer works as intended… which is code for it’s broke. It’s a sad day for fans of F8, whose “fates” are sealed (do you see what I did there) but there are lots of potential ideas for future functions on MTGO. So what would you like to see added as a future function to MODO?
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First Pick - Modern Bannings, Prophet of Kruphix banned in EDH, Cloud of Faeries in Pauper
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/proxies-policy-and-communication-2016-01-14
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/the-real-reason-splinter-twin-got-banned
Gather the Townsfolk - https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-women-of-magic-the-gathering
http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/study-the-tape/
Desperate Ravings - http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pat-chapins-100-colorless-deck-2/
Splash Damage - http://espn.go.com/esports/
The Finisher:
As we were just talking about, ESPN launched ESPN eSports this week, and with it there were segments on SportsCenter and other shows focusing on the 2016 League of Legends Championships. And I know we’ve all seen that sweet mid 90’s ESPN2 footage of the Pro Tour, so if and when ESPN and MTG get back together to form, ESPN The Gathering what will be one of the shows they produce?
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Airdate: 1/13/16
First Pick - Proxies in MTG
Previously advocated: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/sunday-1230-pm-%E2%80%93-sights-vintage-2013-11-03
Official response: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/40kdsz/wizards_may_be_cracking_down_on_unsanctioned/cyvzi9d
Gather the Townsfolk - Judge suspensions overturned: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/learning-opportunities-2016-01-13
Desperate Ravings -
https://twitter.com/JeffHoogland/status/686297549507006464 - Jeff Hoogland gets game loss for sleeves.
Followup: http://mtgcardmarket.wpengine.com/a-top-8-gameloss-in-charlotte/
The Red Zone -
Pithing Needle argument:
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/40dskm/spoilers_bradley_carpenter_pithing_needle_issue/
The Finisher:
Last night, President Obama gave his seventh and final State of the Union Address. And as it says in the Constitution, “the hosts of Magic Mics shall, from time to time, give to their viewers information on the state of Magic.” So what is the most pressing thing you have to share with Magic nation?
First Pick
Splash Damage -
Activision / Blizzard buys MLG
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/activision-major-league-gaming/
Rey not in Star Wars
http://nerdist.com/star-wars-force-awakens-monopoly-rey-included-fan-outrage/
First team of Global Poker League announced:
http://calvinayre.com/2016/01/06/poker/chris-moneymaker-will-lead-las-vegas-moneymakers-in-gpl/
The Finisher:
On his twitter page, Luis-Scott Vargas announced that he and his wife Geneva Sarcedo are expecting! Congrats to LSV and Geneva, but this does beg the question: as the master of puns and all things wordplay, what should the newest Scott-Vargas be named?