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My preparations for the Pro Tour started as soon as Zendikar was partially spoiled. Since I didn’t go to any tournaments before that, I had plenty of time to test Extended. My first impression of the format was that it was completely defined by combo decks. There were just so many of them! Most of the combo decks are bad, but people like their combo decks, and if someone wanted to play combo, they would be able to find one that fit their style, since their options included
Of those, Blue did not really appeal to me. it’s late game was not good enough, and it had no use for extra lands, which meant it had so many dead draws later on –
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