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The DCI vs Sportsmanship
November 28, 2014
6 min to read
What do the morph rule and the intentional draw rule have in common? GCB builds on LSV’s case against the morph rule.
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Let It Go
November 21, 2014
4 min to read
GCB confronts tournament politics, bad beats, and taking responsibility at a PTQ.
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My Vintage Deck
November 14, 2014
4 min to read
GCB describes his first real tournament, his first real competitive deck, and how he finally figured out that it wasn’t as good as he thought.
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Suspicious Khans Sealed Advice
November 7, 2014
8 min to read
@uncle_gcb challenges @ReidDuke to a grudge-match sealed-deck build-off on this week’s Counting to 20
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Beating the Cheats
October 31, 2014
5 min to read
What the rest of us can do about cheating in competitive Magic.
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The Art of the Assist
October 24, 2014
5 min to read
Is Magic really a team game? GCB explains what an ‘assist’ means in the competitive Magic world.
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Discipline Your Mana
October 17, 2014
6 min to read
GCB takes you through his formula for choosing lands in Limited, using the decks that took him to a 5-1 draft record at Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir.
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An Ode to Singletons
October 3, 2014
5 min to read
A story about how a young man fell in love… with playing one-ofs in his constructed decks.
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The Beauty of Bad Cards
September 26, 2014
6 min to read
We all have pet cards: GCB tells the story of one of his pets coming to the rescue, never mind the laws about amphibious rodents.
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Coping Mechanisms
September 19, 2014
4 min to read
GCB shares his survival guide for new constructed formats in anticipation of Khans of Tarkir Standard.
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Community Stein
September 12, 2014
6 min to read
GCB nominates his own Community Cup competitors, and he has good goddamn reasons.