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Airdate - 8/21/19

First Pick

HoF Season:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/call-hall-fame-2019-08-20

https://twitter.com/SaffronOlive/status/1163847184812564481?s=20

https://twitter.com/MagicEsports/status/1163861420078858240

https://twitter.com/bertuuuu/status/1163872526675656704?s=20

https://twitter.com/LuisSalvatto/status/1164053467490635777?s=09

https://twitter.com/raphlevymtg/status/1163877941736038400

https://twitter.com/donaldwsjr/status/1163884099984998400

https://twitter.com/sickofit/status/1164228007948476416?s=19

https://twitter.com/paulrietzl/status/1164317903685951488?s=20

Data Compilation:
https://twitter.com/AdrianLSullivan/status/1164280019440394240

Gather the Townsfolk

MTG Companion:
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/08/interview-with-bill-stark-digital-project-manager-for-mtg-companion/

https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/08/mtg-companion-app-available-today-on-ios-and-android/

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/magic-gathering-companion-open-beta-starts-today-2019-08-19

Is This an App for Ants??:
https://twitter.com/CubeApril/status/1163538928378556417

MTG Arena Coming to More Platforms:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/bringing-mtg-arena-more-players-and-places-winter-2019-08-19

No Content Exclusive to Epic Games Store:
https://twitter.com/MTG_Arena/status/1163535218780672000

MTG Birmingham:

Stag Party:
https://twitter.com/ChannelFireball/status/1162770451849981953?s=19

Decklists:
https://twitter.com/ChannelFireball/status/1162822390461730817

Abdullah al Alwadhi Top 8s GP Birmingham:
https://twitter.com/ChannelFireball/status/1163130241835028483

Rory Kear-Smith Wins GP Birmingham:

https://twitter.com/channelfireball/status/1163137484760465409?s=21

70 Applications for LMS:
https://twitter.com/bazardebagda/status/1162125087161671680 

Kethis Deck Broke Standard:
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/a-new-kethis-combo-deck-broke-standard-at-the-mtg-arena-qualifier

Wild Bangarang’s New Leggings:
https://twitter.com/wildbangarang/status/1163402737062699009?s=19

Dredge Wins EW Asia for the first time since 2011:
https://twitter.com/wdferoma/status/1163050364012077056?s=19

TCC’s 6-Year Anniversary: Magic is Dead!:
https://twitter.com/TolarianCollege/status/1162381509195517952

Stained-Glass Liliana Playmat at PAX West:
https://old.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/cqzjr5/magic_at_pax_west_presented_by_pastimes/

Desperate Ravings

Mishy at MTG Vegas:

https://twitter.com/MishyFishyWhoo/status/1164274621119467520?s=19

https://twitter.com/MishyFishyWhoo/status/1164277115509825536?s=19

Nearly 1000 People Registered for Command Zone at MTG Vegas:
https://twitter.com/ProggyBoog/status/1163850449788657664?s=19

Command Zone Setup is Sick:

https://twitter.com/Aaron_MTG/status/1164313509137543168?s=19

Hasbro Removing Plastic Packaging:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hasbro-removing-plastic-from-toy-and-game-packaging-2019-08-20?mod=newsviewer_click_seemore

MTGO Win Trading Continues:
https://twitter.com/chubby_rain1/status/1163828710073667584?s=21

MTGO Legacy Playoffs Conflicts With Europe’s Only Legacy GP:
https://twitter.com/itsJulian23/status/1163426570008190977

Sam Black’s Reactions to OP:
http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38978_Reactions-To-The-Future-Of-Magic-Esports.html

Challenge Coins at PTs/Events:
https://twitter.com/stainerson/status/1162030806287753219

Splash Damage

Half Truth, From Richard Garfield and Ken Jennings:
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1164235413617201152

The Finisher

Somebody call Frank Karsten! Four-Color Kethis broke Standard at the most recent Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend. Only a few people played the new combo deck, with both Ondrej Strasky and Stanislav Cifka managing 5-1s on Day 2 to qualify for MC5. With those impressive results, it seems the Czech is in the mail! Eh, get it? They’re bringin’ Kethis back. Well regardless, overly complicated graveyard-based iterative combo decks and StanCifka go together like Erin and the “block” button. But it kind of came out of nowhere, so tell me: what’s the next big surprise deck to take the metagame by storm?