Recent Extended event at my MTG Stomping Grounds yielded spectacular results utilizing Ranger of Eos.

Now, anybody who cracked a booster of Shards of Alara and saw this guy and Wild Nacatl didn’t need a large neon sign to tell them that he would be fantastic in an Extended format Zoo build; Ranger Zoo is nothing new, as I think the first article I saw on the deck as I was modifying my Zoo deck was on thestarkingtonpost.com by Bill Stark himself. To get an idea of how I looked at the card, lets have a look at my original build and see how I modified it for Ranger of Eos:
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I don’t play in a majorly developed metagame. This is ok with me, as it allows me to play cards that I want to play with for fun without really risking a lot. In my metagame, I usually have to watch out for atypical Bant or Esper varients, with Standard mainstays 5-Color Control and BW Tokens nary making a peep. So it is a real concern for my decks to have answers to some interesting cards.

Now, I don’t allow this to greatly mar my deck design, but it does change my metagame slots. Keep this in mind when I post my decklists; I’m not JUST looking at the top decks when I design my sideboards and maindeck.
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Recently, Sean McKeown wrote about a variety of decks utilizing cards in Alara Reborn. I was most interested in his uses of Bloodbraid Elf in different archtypes. After looking at his Gruul version, a friend of mine and I tweaked around and came up with a more Jund version. Behold!

"Hastey Jund"

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Lands (16) 4 Karplusan Forest 8 Mountain 4 Sulfurous Springs Creatures (24) 4 Bloodbraid Elf 4 Jund Hackblade 4 Boggart Ram-Gang 4 Hells Thunder 4 Hellspark Elemental 4 Tattermunge Maniac Other Spells (20) 2 Firewild Borderpost 2 Veinfire Borderpost 4 Blightning 4 Flame Javelin 4 Incinerate 4 Giantbaiting

First things first; why no Figure of Destiny?
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So I’m debating what to play this weekend. I’m between playing this Bant deck or this update on Jund:

"Junder and Blightning Strikes Twice!"

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Lands (22) 4 Savage Lands 4 Karplusan Forest 4 Llanowar Wastes 4 Treetop Village 3 Forest 2 Mountain 1 Swamp Creatures (16) 4 Goblin Outlander 4 Troll Ascetic 4 Kitchen Finks 4 Broodmate Dragon Planeswalkers (3) 3 Garruk Wildspeaker Other Spells (19) 2 Banefire 2 Violent Ultimatum 4 Fertile Ground 4 Rampant Growth 4 Terminate 3 Lash Out Sideboard (15) 4 Blightning 4 Volcanic Fallout 4 Filigree Fracture 2 Hurricane 1 Banefire

Decisions decisions…

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Bant is an excellent Shard. It has access to the best removal and some of the best card drawing in the current Standard environment. Path to Exile and Oblivion Ring coupled with Noble Hierarch and Mulldrifter felt almost illegal together in the same deck.

I played in another Friday Night Magic even though I had already won the FNM Reward for the month, and won first, playtesting a deck that was inspired and conceptualized built by my wife. I mostly played it to see if I could “get it there”, as she has had some sour luck with it. So, before I discuss my play, lets look at that list!
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Get tired of having to hide and display the pesky number pad on your iPhone in the middle of a call? I have a tip for you!  All you need to do is add commas to your contact number.  In the telephony world, commas are the equivalent of pauses. Therefore you can add commas followed by more numbers to dial the extension.

Example:  417-555-5555,,,,304  This will call the number pause for 4 seconds then dial 304.

This is ideal for business offices and technical support lines.  Now that you know the secret, get to work on your contact list and let us know how it works for you.

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OK Nintendo, what gives? They claim their “next gen” console will play games in HD, but all the games I have played so far look terrible! All the jagged edges makes me wonder why I even still bother turning on the Wii…
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I took a Jund Mana Ramp variant to FNM this past Friday and won first, securing my FNM Merrow Reejerey.

While I had fun playing the deck, I know it needs some fine tuning. I wanted to utilize Jund’s more powerful cards all the while making the deck more post-rotation friendly, so I didn’t rely on a lot of Lorwyn block cards. Let’s have a look at the list:
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I might as well write about it.

I have been a Magic: The Gathering player since Ice Age was released in 1995. While I do not have a huge collection of cards, I’ve maintained enough cards and interest to be able to play competative decks in local tournaments and to casually play with friends. While I don’t consider myself pro-caliber, I like to think I’m pretty good at the game. Before I tackle writing about some of the current decks I’m playing and such, I’d like to introduce myself to the readers as a player.
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There are many ways to get free ring tones on your iPhone.  Mobile 17 offers a user friendly and free solution to filling your ring tone needs!  Just sign up for an account, and upload your sound clip (must be in mp3 format.)

There are two options regarding the speed in which your “order” will be processed.  If you choose the free option it can take a few hours, but with a small monetary donation you can have your new ring tone within minutes.  With either method you will receive an email with your new ring tone attached.  Opening the attachment dumps your new ring tone into iTunes and your are ready to synchronize. I have tried this service with three different brands of phone now and it works great!

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