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The upcoming patch is making a lot of exciting and interesting changes to Magic Arena, but the biggest quality of life change has to do with new options for deck sorting. Any deck crafter who has spent time in MTG Arena can attest to how difficult it can be to keep track of which decks are appropriate for which formats and which version is the most up-to-date. RELATED: Magic: The Gathering Retcons Iconic Planeswalker, And Fans Aren’t Happy...

This new Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths artwork, which can be found below, features several creatures fleeing in apparent terror from a ferocious looking beast. What looks like the Magic: The Gathering Planeswalker Vivien Reid stands steadfast in front of the monster, and while this image has not been tied to a specific card from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, it gives fans a nice look at the new Plane that they will be entering when the set finally arrives....

Just like in traditional paper Magic: The Gathering, the main limiting factor in building a competitive standard deck is budget. In order to build many of the most successful standard decks, players need to have access to a lot of Mythic and Rare cards. In Magic Arena, that means winning a lot of drafts, spending a lot of money, or saving up Gold for a long time. Luckily, not every competitive deck relies on 4x rares at nearly every slot....

Davis is poised to join the Lakers after a reported trade with the New Orleans Pelicans, which will see Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round picks in exchange for the NBA All-Star. James swapped the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Lakers in 2018-19 but his blockbuster arrival did not bring playoff basketball back to Staples Center amid fitness and form issues. But with James set to be supported by another genuine star, former president of basketball operations Johnson predicts the Lakers to improve in 2019-20....

Here is how the magic numbers for Major League Baseball’s division titles look on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 19: MORE: Every team’s worst September collapse | Full standings AL East First-place team: Blue Jays Magic number to eliminate: 2. Yankees (12) 3. Rays (3) 4. Orioles (2) 5. Red Sox (1) AL Central First-place team: Royals Magic number to eliminate: 2. Twins (6) 3. Indians (4) 4. White Sox (Eliminated) 5....

Many times, leering crowds can puncture a player’s self-esteem and make life tough for him in testing matches. It makes the battle on court ten times harder and is a litmus test, even for world-class athletes. Local boy, Arjun Kadhe, does not have to worry about the crowd at the Maharashtra Open though. The fans from his home city are cheering for him in full swing and are proving to be the extra spine for the 23-year-old in his first ATP 250 event....

On one hand, when the whole cricketing fraternity is gearing up for ICC World Cup which is only a month away, there is this sense of insecurity and agitation among fans for the event as this might be their last chance to see Dhoni’s magic on the field. When a cricketer approaches the tail end of his career, there is a high possibility of him being criticized if he is not performing well....

The first contest of the two-match Test series will take place from 3 November in Sylhet and the second and final Test will be held in Dhaka from 11 November. “Tests are different from one-dayers. Since we have won the one-day series, all of us are confident to bring those performances in Tests too. As an opponent, we should respect Zimbabwe. They are a pretty good team. They played good cricket although we won the one-dayers,” Mahmudullah said on the day before the Test series begins....

The fourth quarter was crucial on Sunday as several high-profile games gave us nail-biting endings. Gardner Minshew could not quite get the Jacksonville Jaguars past the Houston Texans as he made his first career start in place of injured quarterback Nick Foles, while the Indianapolis Colts’ defense helped Jacoby Brissett claim his first win of the season since Andrew Luck retired. But setbacks were not inescapable after the Pittsburgh Steelers were plagued by injuries in their home opener against the Seattle Seahawks....

The Leicester City winger has cut a frustrated figure after seeing another transfer window close on him still at the King Power Stadium. Mahrez had tabled a transfer request in January, as late interest was shown from Premier League leaders City, but once again the Foxes turned a deaf ears to his demands. The 2016 Premier League title winner and PFA Player of the Year has not been at training since seeing an exit path blocked, and he now faces the threat of Leicester stopping payments of his reported £100,000-a-week salary....

Q: How is it that we got the best of (Bobby) Bowden and the worst with Coach Mark Richt? I feel like every offseason, we go through this with players getting into trouble. When will it stop? — Fran, Atlanta HAYES: There’s really no other way to say it: you can’t fix stupid. How else can you explain four Georgia players taking their stipend checks (see: they’re already paid straight cash, everyone) and depositing them with their phones — and then trying to deposit them again?...

Summer’s Hottest Superhero Adrenaline rushed through my veins as I read your cover article on “Spider-Man 2” (“Along Came Spidey,” June 28). I am ready for a new adventure. I was not very impressed by the first movie, but as I emerged into adolescence I could relate Peter Parker’s story to many of my peers’ tales. The uncertainty, the love that can’t be expressed and the mischief in the eyes of antagonists are what one would see in a middle or high school....

Roughly 12,200 ballots were dropped off in Broward County on Tuesday alone. Through Monday, the county received 198,861 mail-in ballots. “Turnout was high,” Broward Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci said. “Overall this will go down as the highest turnout primary election in history with most of that driven by voting by mail.” While in-person polling places throughout Florida remained mostly empty, voters crowded the parking lots of their county’s supervisor of elections’ offices to ensure that their votes would be submitted by the state’s strict cutoff time of 7 p....

Suddenly, the minor leagues are the only game in town. Farm teams have been doing a swift business lately (merchandise sales have risen from $2.5 million to $40 million since 1991), and the strike may be a boon. TV has not exactly come running: ESPN will air two Double A Birmingham Barons games, starring Michael Jordan, but ABC will pass. “Minor league has never been viable on the network level,” says ABC spokesman Mark Mandel....

Multiple online sources are reporting that a significant update rolled out to over fifteen different Xbox 360 games this weekend. The games include Major Xbox 360 releases like Fable Anniversary, Fallout New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Dead Space, Dragon Age: Origins, and many more. The nature of these updates has yet to be discovered. The existence of these updates is all that anyone knows, as there’s no indication that the updates have activated in-game as of yet....

Axios/Survey Monkey asked 3,561 respondents how much of a part they think Trump will have in the GOP’s leadership going forward after January. They were asked: “Are you more concerned that Donald Trump will play too big or too small a role in the future of the Republican Party?” Too this, 51 percent said too big a role compared to 44 percent who said too small. Most, 34 percent, also said they expect him to have a major role while 32 percent tipped him for a minor role, when asked: “How much of a role do you think Donald Trump will have in leading the Republican Party after his term ends in January 2021?...

The revelation comes as 54 percent of 2,000 adults polled believe video gaming should also be taught in schools, and 3 in 5 think games should be part of the core school curriculum. Meanwhile, 53 percent noted that video games should be considered an academic extracurricular activity, like other sports. Commissioned by Wargaming, a video game company founded in Belarus in 1998 and now headquartered in Cyprus, and conducted by OnePoll, the study found many think it should be taught as early as elementary school (41 percent) or middle school (42 percent)....

But then, looniness is Joyce’s brier patch. Artistically a match for N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle, the 34-year-old author-illustrator has produced a series of 12 books-four of which he wrote himself-including the already classic “Dinosaur Bob” and “A Day With Wilbur Robinson.” Droll and unfailingly good natured, they are as much about childhood as they are for children. Once you enter Joyce’s world, you’ll never want to leave....

In “Woyzeck,” Buchner forged his true revolution, a new type of drama, which had to wait until 1913 for its first production. The play is based on the true case of a soldier who killed his mistress and was publicly beheaded. This was the first time the insanity plea was used. Buchner makes his Woyzeck’s “insanity” a complex state of mind: degraded by his superiors, subjected to crazy medical experiments by the army doctor (an uncanny foreshadowing of Nazi horrors), sexually betrayed by his common-law wife, Woyzeck kills her in a paroxysm of despair....

This condition can be caused by vitamin B12 deficiency, liver disease, alcohol, some types of cancer, and more. It is important for your medical team to identify the cause because macrocytic anemia can improve with the appropriate treatment. Sometimes long-term prevention is necessary with diet or supplements or with other lifestyle modifications, such as avoiding alcohol. Types of Macrocytic Anemia Macrocytic anemia is characterized by macrocytosis, which is large red blood cells....