Today on Deck Builders we take a look at Stan’s Grand Prix Denver deck where he examines Quillspike. Stan overall went 10-3 on the weekend with this deck.

4x Chameleon Colossus
4x Devoted Druid
4x Scarblade Elite
4x Murderous Redcap
3x Quillspike
3x Kitchen Finks
1x Oona, Queen of the Fae

4x Firespout
4x Nameless Inversion
2x Liliana Vess
2x Profane Command
1x Rite of Consumption

4x Gilt Leaf Palace
3x Auntie’s Hovel
3x Mosswort Bridge
3x Twilight Mire
3x Fire-lit Thicket
2x Reflecting Pool
2x Graven Cainrs
2x Vivid Grove
1x Forest
1x Swamp

SB
4x Stillmoon Cavalier
4x Cloudthresher
2x Puppeteer Clique
2x Primal Command
2x Snakeform
1x Kitchen Finks

In Today’s episode we talk with Michael Jacob and he shows us his Block deck that he used for Grand Prix Denver.

Plan on Future updates from Grand Prix denver throught out the next week.

This Week in Magic
Check out the awesomeness that is Ajani Vengeant soon to be appearing as the Shards of Alara pre-release promo! The Orb of Insight for Shards of Alara goes up on Monday and please check out the BRAND NEW M:TG site. Some awesome new features on the site are Booster Draft Simulator and Draft Viewer! We also have images of the Shards of Alara booster box and packs. A spoiler has been released for the upcoming MTGO Masters Edition II set, Imperial Seal anyone? Derek and Gavin also discuss the restructuring at WoTC and the changes to the Pro Tour.

MTGCast News
Make sure to check out the other great shows on the MTGCast network like The Magic School Bus, Road Warrior Otwell, The Magic Sock, Planeswalk with the Proffessors!

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The winner this week of the Doomgape is … Team-Hero!

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This week’s question is: MTGCast t-shirt idea / logo, Ajani thoughts, favorite card in the new Master’s Edition II set?
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Show Notes:

–Support The Magic Sock and make a donation!
–Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock
–Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com.
–Run through two Eventide theme decks.
–Blast from the Past: Review of the Weatherlight set. Check out all the Magic sets on Wikipedia.
–Lots of great feedback.
–Music by David William. His song “Summer Sadness” is available at music.podshow.com.

2008 GRAND PRIX DENVER!
Listing people from Left to Right.
Front: Brian Kibler, Gerry Thompson, Patrick Chapin.
Back: Steve Sadin, Kyle Goodman , Sam Black, and Gaudenis Vidugiris

Sorry for the delay on part 3. This one is the end of GP Denver. Alex Lee joins us for about 25 minutes. The bus gets turbo charged for the next 1 hour 50 mins after that as Chapin, Kibler, Black and the winner of the Grand Prix, Gerry Thompson, take control and talk about everything from the GP to poker to stories of old school magic players. We thank all of our guests for having a good time on the cast with us and all of you for listening. Normal Magic School Bus glory will continue this weekend.

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This Week in Magic
Two more nationals happened last weekend, and congrats to the British national team and the Dutch national team! Several MTGcast podcasters were at Grand prix Denver, including Chris Otwell and the guys from the Magic School Bus, so go check out the several hour long audio from the event with interviews from top pros like Cheon, Chapin, and more on the MTGCast home page. Speaking of Chapin, in the next step of his endeavors he has… launched his own clothing line?! Shards of Alara rumor season kicks off with hints and sneaky previews in the Magicthegathering.com redesign article andFrom the Vault: Dragons! And what exactly is this “Duels of the Planeswalkers” game that’s going to be shown at PAX?

MTGCast News
A Standard mono white control deck is sent in by a listener!

Emails, Comments and COMMENT CONTEST!
The winner this week of the FOIL PROMO Zoetic Cavern is … Lotus with the power of “Gavin Infestation”!

This is a weekly contest where I announce a question on the podcast, you post a response (or story) on the MTGSalvation forum for replies to the episode and you can win a card hand-selected from Tom’s large collection (and winner is announced on the next week’s show).

This week’s question is: Your favorite Magic player and why? (it can be anybody.)
Prize of the week: Doomgape!

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This is my annual Magic Hall of Fame selection show, which if I were given a true vote in the process, I would have definately pushed forward with the following conclusions:

Below is a link to the Spreadsheet and forumula that I discussed in the PodCast, as well as links to the Source Material for the creation of that Spreadsheet.

Feel free to give me feedback, and utilize this data however you see fit.

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My Comprehensive Statistical Breakdown of how to Score the Hall of Fame:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn5rmfrA5MdjxfwifZU_QA&hl=en

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The following lists were consulted as part of the creation of this spreadsheet:

The Entire Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Class of 2008 Listing:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/hof/2008ballot

The Top 8 Breakdown Page for All PTs:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=protour/standings/top8byevent

The # of Pro Tour Top 8s By Player:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=protour/standings/top8byplayer

The Total # of Pro Tour Points By Player:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=protour/standings/lifetime

The Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Main Page:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/hof/welcome

The Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Rules Criteria:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/hof/rules

Part two of the Mythic GP:Denver PodCast. In this segment, Rob actually chimes in and gives his 20 seconds worth of interaction as we get to talk to former pro Brian Kibler. Patrick Chapin and US Nationals team member Sam Black also join us for this hour.

Once Kibler gets the word he needs to leave to play his next round, the School Bus picks up Steve Sadin, Antonino De Rosa, and Paul Cheon.

Part 3 will be up soon. Thank you for listening and to all our guests. Thanks to Road Warrior Chris Otwell for continuing to co-host this hour.

Part 2:

Hello everybody and welcome back to Planeswalkin with the Proffessors. This week as I return to the everyday interwebs we’ll take a look at a Shadowmoor-Eventide draft, and see if I can finally get this drafting thing down right, checking out the picks, assigning a point system for myself and others to follow while considering picks, check out the opinions of other players, plunge into some Shards of Alara expectations and speculations and discuss Ahoy’s state and the Patrick Chapin Show one more time. So let’s draw!

Part 2 includes:
-The extras from episode 40
-The second part of episode 40
-A Long awaited episode of the summer series
-August’s episode of the Omnigame

Part one of the GP denver cast. Audio starts out rough but I got it figured out. Thanks to Paul Bradford, Eric Kirkman, Josh Napper, Sam Black, Patrick Chapin and Chris Otwell for co-hosting.

Part 2 will be finished tomorrow.

Show Notes:

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–Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com.
–Run through a Mercadian Masques and Nemesis sealed deck I played last week.
–Blast from the Past: Review of the Visions set. Check out all the Magic sets on Wikipedia.
–Don’t know what the Magic tournament rules are? Read the official rules on the official site.
–Lots of great feedback.
–Music by Will Kriski. His song “Kerry’s Jig” is available at BT Podshow.

This is the Prelude to the epic cast from Grand Prix Denver. While still editing the cast from the GP, James talks about the winning deck.

DISCLAIMER/EDITOR’S NOTE: I (Anthony) had nothing to do with the production of this episode. Please leave all of your CONSTRUCTIVE criticism for Andrew (I think most of you are doing that already)

The Burnproffessor makes an episode (sort of) and discusses his opinions on non-strategy, non-tournament oriented magic (like flavor or something like that).

NEXT WEEK: THE CARDPROFFESSOR TALKS ABOUT BETTER TOPICS WHEN HE GETS BACK YAY!

Special guest host is Chris Otwell!

This Week in Magic
Congrats to Gerry Thompson for winning GP Denver! Chris Otwell joins us after attending GP Denver and being in the “Featured Match” for the first round (and sporting a MTGCast t-shirt to boot)! Derek and Chris have some good discussion of the top 8 decks and card choices. Derek digs into the meaty Paul Jordan article breaking down the top decks from Nationals. Gavin would be proud of the September FNM promo being Thirst for Knowledge. Tom is excited for more news regarding the Jace novel, titled “Agents of Artifice“. And we have some more info regarding the Wizards Play Network and the Shards of Alara pre-releases (along with the coolest wedding cake ever seen).

MTGCast News
Chris runs us through all of the coverage from GP Denver including a bunch of talk with Patrick Chapin, Paul Cheon and a bunch of other pros. We even have some new news on the Patrick Chapin TV show(s)! We also discuss the existence of mtgcast.com and how to subscribe to both this show and the other shows on the network.

Emails, Comments and COMMENT CONTEST!
The winner this week of the FOIL Rekindled Flame is … Hobo Sapience!

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This week’s question is: What color sweater should Gavin wear to Worlds OR tell us about your first game of magic!
Prize of the week: Foil promo Zoetic Cavern!

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…The Finale of the Saga, or so you might have thought… Day 3 of GP:Denver

Ok, I during this entire series of 7 GP:Denver Podcasts that I posted during the past 36 hours for my show, I left a lot of details to be determined by the website reader on what transpired…

In most of these PodCasts, there were a variety of Magic Professional Players being interviewed between 1 and 15 minutes each, as I walked around the site doing “walk-up with Microphone coverage” efforts, as well as round-by-round coverage of what I did in the Grand Prix itself. These podcasts included people such as Patrick Chapin, Lee Steht, Antonio De Rosa, Sam Black, Conely Woods, and a number of other local players and Magic Professional Players.

Overall, an excellent series of PodCasts for the Masses.

James Cagle and I did another 4-6 hours of recorded Material for The Magic School Bus show as well, including a nearly 2 hour solid section where Patrick Chapin was “Guest-Hosting” the show. That should be up sometime within the week, as James is doing the editing of that material. That portion is absolutely “SOLID GOLD” material, in every facet of the term. The total material may be broken up into several chunks of PodCasts in the near term.

…The Saga Continues… Day 2 Part 5

…The Saga Continues… Day 2 Part 4 — This is Patrick Chapin’s World, and we are all just living in it…

…The Saga Continues… Day 2 Part 3

…The Saga Continues… Day 2 Part 2

The Saga Continues… PRE-EVENT.

GP:Denver — DAY 1 — GRINDERS-A-PLENTY! 14 in all, before the TO decided to pull the plug on them at 8:30 p.m. Just think, at just over 8 hours, we had 14 new people with 3 Byes into the GP… What would WotC do if the LCQs were like that?!?

Show Notes:

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–Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com.
–Discussion of how to run a tournament this summer both online or with physical Magic cards.
–Blast from the Past: Review of the Mirage set. Check out all the Magic sets on Wikipedia.
–Lots of great feedback.
–Music by Howard Jones. Their song “Revolution of the Heart” is available at BT Podshow.

There were so many tournaments over the weekend there is barely enough time to cover everything in one show. On a side not, this is the second shortest school bus aired yet. You can make short bus jokes if you want, but Reynolds did not join us this week, so those jokes would be moot. We cover the top 8 of the United States National Championship, where fellow Coloradoan (not sure that’s a word) almost took it down. Canadian, French and Italian nationals were covered as well as GP Kobe where a new deck emerged called “Faeries” to win the whole thing. There is discussion of the new red heavy archetypes appearing in Standard and Block with some.

The MSB Institute for Advanced Magic Studies has a quick run down on bluffs and examples of how to use your opponents knowledge against him (or the rare occasional her).

Next week, Rob and James, along with Reynolds and Alex Lee will be making a stop on the bus as we do another live cast from the Holiday Inn DIA (or whatever it’s called now) for the second Grand Prix Denver. You never know, maybe some A list celeb players will be getting a ride as well.

This Week in Magic
It was definitely a magical weekend with Nationals all over the globe featuring one of the last looks at Standard before Worlds. WoTC has officially revealed the 2nd set in the Alara block is “Conflux” and features an expansion symbol that looks a bit like a croissant. Check out some Shards of Alara card art with card names. Some “Planeswalker” decks were spotted at the Chicago Comic Con. Gleemax is officially gone and MTGSalvation is hosting its first Legends Tournament sponsored by RancoredElf.com.

And don’t miss Gavin with some tips on sideboarding for the upcoming Block PTQ’s if you are playing faeries (hint, Consign to Dream).

MTGCast News
Jason asks the hosts about how they get their cards when new sets come out and we will be covering a innovative mono-white control deck in the next episode!

Emails, Comments and COMMENT CONTEST!
The winner this week of the 2x SHM packs and 1x EVE pack is … Nis!

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This week’s question is: Magic card art that looks life a friend / celebrity OR what would be some interesting incentives for listeners if they choose to donate?
Prize of the week: FOIL Rekindled Flame!

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Extras:

Well the widescreen is back, but the intro and non-pixelated screen are also back.

In this episode in which Andrew visits Jiffy’s and I visit Jester’s for some great filming, interviews, beats, menger sponges, prerelease and ahoy opinions, and more! So let’s go!

Oh, and–Queen of the Fae!

Show Notes:

–Support The Magic Sock and make a donation!
–Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock
–Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com.
–Discussion of a Helix Pinnacle Extended deck. Read Chris Miller’s article and see the deck.
–Blast from the Past: Review of the Coldsnap set.
–See the visual spoiler for Eventide.
–Music by Beyond the Pale. Their song “Sligo” is available at music.podshow.com.

GP:Denver is coming soon… T-Minus 9 Days and Counting. GP: Kobe is all but on top of us already.

Time to go over some more recent Post-Eventide BLOCK Constructed Topics… Specifically — KELPIE-CONTROL

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This Week in Magic
Grand Prix Madrid 2008 has crowned Lasse Norgaard as the winner of over 1500 players from all over Europe! Faeries continues its dominance of Block Constructed. Talk and rumors continue regarding the Patrick Chapin reality MTG television show with probable filming at Nationals in Chicago next weekend. Blowfly Infestation gets an entire Building on a Budget article on MTG.com, but sadly Tom was not consulted on this king of all cards. Gavin wins his release event and tells us more about the craziness of Eventide limited, including the fun of SHM / SHM / EVE drafts and the non-fun of EVE / EVE / EVE drafts.

MTGCast News
A bunch of new episodes up on the MTGCast network with new videocasts from Deck Builders, Proffessors and audio casts from Road Warrior Otwell and The Magic School Bus! Tom puts us his “Moldy Artifacts” deck for listeners to critique and is his longest running deck after being built just after Legends came out 13 years ago (to abuse the uber-powerful Floral Spuzzem).

Emails, Comments and COMMENT CONTEST!
The winner this week of the AUTOGRAPHED Blowfly Infestation is … spacemarinebob!

This is a new weekly contest where I announce a question on the podcast, you post a response (or story) on the MTGSalvation forum for replies to the episode and you can win a card hand-selected from Tom’s large collection (and winner is announced on the next week’s show).

This week’s question is: The most bad-apples flavor text of all time!
(Check out Extinction for an example)
Prize of the week: Two packs of Shadowmoor and one pack of Eventide!

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This week on The Bus, Matt Reynolds returns to talk a little about type 2 and block and we catch up on all our listener emails.

Today on Deck Builders we take a look at a new concept idea for a deck using Dramatic Entrance and Woodfall Primus

4x Woodfall Primus
4x Chameleon Colossus
4x Doran, the Siege Tower
4x Leaf Crowned Elder
4x CloudThresher
4x Devoted Druid
4x Far haven Elf

Spells:
4x Dramatic Entrance
4x Makeshift Mannequin

Land:
4x Murmuring Bosk
4x Reflecting Poll
4x G/B Filter Land
4x G/W Filter Land
8x Basic Land