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Markus Leben

Markus Leben

Markus is an L1 Judge, a programmer, a game modder, and a Spike. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, and plays primarily Modern and Pauper. If you want to tilt him, ask about the mechanic Cipher.

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Deadly Designs: Put a Ring On It
Design

Deadly Designs: Put a Ring On It

Markus Leben applies bottom-up design against the Oblivion Ring bug, and comes up with some interesting new cards along the way.

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    Markus Leben
7 min read
The Four Fundamental Prices on Cardsphere
Finance

The Four Fundamental Prices on Cardsphere

Taking a break from design, this month Markus Leben talks about the various prices that people should watch.

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    Markus Leben
9 min read
Deadly Designs: Guessing at Ravnica Allegiance Mechanics
Design

Deadly Designs: Guessing at Ravnica Allegiance Mechanics

Markus Leben takes a look at potentially returning mechanics in Ravnica Allegiance, and dreams up some new mechanics for each of the five guilds.

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    Markus Leben
13 min read
Is Ultimate Masters Good?
Modern

Is Ultimate Masters Good?

As of today, we have a Masters set with the highest MSRP, craziest reprints, and its own special sort of promo. With all these changes, how can we know if Ultimate Masters is worth it? Markus Leben is here to set the record straight.

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    Markus Leben
6 min read
Deadly Designs: Mean, Median, and Modal
Design

Deadly Designs: Mean, Median, and Modal

Markus Leben returns with a thorough examination of modal spells, even though ones you normally would not consider to be modal.

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    Markus Leben
11 min read
Deadly Designs: Modern
Modern

Deadly Designs: Modern

Introducing Markus Leben as our monthly columnist looking at card design and Magic theory.

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    Markus Leben
8 min read
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