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Are you a beginner or intermediate Magic: The Gathering player looking to hone your competitive constructed skills? Whether you're playing on MtG Arena, MtG Online, or paper Magic, this self-help tutoring manual will provide invaluable tools to take your Standard game play to the next level. All at the cost of less than a single booster pack!<br/><br/>Todd writes in a meticulous and engaging manner about his own personal experiences playing standard, as well as passing on concise tips from pros all around the world. He provides systematic, step-by-step strategies with recent, concrete examples that will guarantee to improve all aspects of your game, for all Standard archetypes.<br/><br/>In under a year, Todd taught himself the rules of the game, then the high level tactics contained within these pages that elevated him from FNM chump to genuine GP contender.<br/><br/>How did he do it?<br/><br/>By learning from the best. Hour upon hour spent watching Twitch streams of pros playing all different formats, including sealed, draft, standard and modern. Yet more hours spent practising against friends and foes at his local game store, and later on, further afield at PPTQ and GP level competitions. And let's just say a few more hours on MTGO, grinding leagues against other players from all over the world.<br/><br/>If you follow the advice in this book, you will improve at the game you love. That is a guarantee. All it takes is hard work, concentration, and adaptation. Be prepared to rethink some of the seemingly obvious decisions you make while playing Standard. Be prepared to still lose along the way. It's a long road to the top, and even the best players lose to variance; it's tough at the top playing against Tier 1 deck after Tier 1 deck. It's survival of the fittest! That's what makes Magic: The Gathering such a fascinating strategy game that we all love to play and watch.<br/><br/>Enjoy the book, enjoy Magic, and enjoy the rest of the Crystal Ball Magic series, suitabl