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Gregoire Thibault - January 30, 2015

Crack a pack MTG Fate Reforged with Bruce 20

Crack a pack MTG Fate Reforged with Bruce 20 By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well, welcome back to our continuing Crack a pack MTG Series here at Casual Encounters and Three Kings Loot. I’m very happy to say that... Read More

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Roy Anderson - January 28, 2015

How I Broke Into Magic Online

How I Broke Into Magic Online By Roy Anderson Magic Online (MTGO) is Wizards of the Coast’s digital version of Magic: the Gathering, for anyone who is unfamiliar. It is host to every format and card you can think... Read More

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Bruce Gray - January 27, 2015

Brewing a budget modern deck

Casual Encounters: Brewing a Budget Modern deck By Bruce Gray With the banning of Cruise and Dig Through Time I thought I might take a bit of a stab at Modern. The format seems SOOO intimidating because it is... Read More

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Gregoire Thibault - January 24, 2015

Suspension Field FNM April 2015

Suspension Field FNM April 2015 Suspension Field FNM is a little underwhelming with Journey to Nowhere being the original and much better. Of course journey is not in Standard, but it certainly is available in all the other formats. Some Standard... Read More

Hordeling Outburst FNM March artwork - Copy

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Gregoire Thibault - January 24, 2015

Hordeling Outburst FNM promo March 2015

Hordeling Outburst FNM promo March 2015 Hordeling outburst FNM promo looks great. This is the version you want to get, the original artwork were scarcer from Ugin’s Fate promo packs and weren’t foils. This is a goblin card i’d like to... Read More

Pilgrim of the Fires - Fate Reforged sealed

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Bruce Gray - January 21, 2015

Fate Reforged Prerelease – Casual Encounters

Fate Reforged Prerelease By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well, I hope everyone’s had a blast at their prerelease events over the weekend. I have to admit, it was kind of weird format because we all opened so many... Read More

Abzan Beastmaster - Fate Reforged sealed

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Roy Anderson - January 20, 2015

Tales From the Prerelease: Fate Reforged sealed

Tales From the Prerelease: Fate Reforged sealed By Roy Anderson Hello, fellow looters and welcome to my first ever article written for The Bag of Loot and hopefully there will be many more to follow. I had a hard... Read More

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Bruce Gray - January 19, 2015

Sultai Deck – Budget Brewing with Bruce

Sultai Deck – Budget Brewing with Bruce By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Being a budget brewer is usually a tough proposition. The mana base for most decks is usually so prohibitively expensive that it is very difficult to make... Read More

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Daniel Clayton - January 17, 2015

Top Cards from Commander 2014

Tip of the Spuzzem – Top Cards from Commander 2014 By Daniel Clayton – the Will of the Floral Spuzzem Rating Commander and other pre-built products is a little bit different than rating other Magic sets, to do one of... Read More

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Bruce Gray - January 16, 2015

Fate Reforged Reviews: Top 10 cards for Standard

Fate Reforged Previews: Top 10 cards for Standard By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters So, I’ve already gone and taken a look at Fate Reforged for Casual play…how about we explore a little Constructed play…namely Standard? Let’s get right... Read More

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Daniel Clayton - January 15, 2015

To Ban or Not to Ban that is the Question

To Ban or Not to Ban that is the Question By Daniel Clayton – the Will of the Floral Spuzzem Shuffling Up If you look at most of the formats that are currently (except draft, but draft’s special), one thing you... Read More

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Bruce Gray - January 14, 2015

Fate Reforged Reviews: Top 10 cards for Casual Magic

Fate Reforged Previews: Top 10 cards for Casual Magic by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Fate Reforged is right around the corner and the anticipation in the Magic Community is mounting. So many SWEET treats! But with any... Read More