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The Daily Magic Update is a roundup of everything Magic you should know for today, January 13, 2016. Today's Update is brought to you by Intro Packs and sneaky-good Reddit comments.

What People Are Talking About, Like, A Lot

@SvanteLandgraf This is entirely about stores running tournaments for profit (not about playtesting) — Helene Bergeot (@HeleneBergeot) January 13, 2016

If we're being honest, this is pretty much all people have been talking about in Magic's corner of the internet—the store proxy policy that has been inundating the Reddit forums for the past 36 or so hours.

Look for more on this soon on DailyMTG.

Today's Must See

Well if this isn't ridiculously cool, I—I don't even have a way to finish that sentence. It's just ridiculously cool. Visualizing Magic created, well, a visualization of Oath of the Gatewatch. Check it out if you like cool things and Magic. Which is pretty much our demographic here.

After That, Read, Watch, or Listen to These

Oath of the Gatewatch review: Magic has a new colour of mana. Kinda. | Ars Technica UK | Kyle Chapman

Well that headline isn't going to confuse players already unsure about colorless mana. Not at all. At any rate, it's still cool seeing a technology, science, and gaming outlet review Magic's latest set.

If you only listen to one podcast about Commander guest-starring Ethan Fleischer, lead designer of Oath of the Gatewatch, make it this podcast about Commander guest-starring Ethan Fleischer!

Snack Time #23—Resolutions and 2016 | Gathering Magic | Mike Linnemann and Ant Tessitore

Resolutions and snacks are on the menu for Mike and Ant. If you haven't checked out Snack Time with Mike and Ant before, why not Zoid—why not now?

Oath of the Gatewatch Flavor Review | StarCityGames | John Dale Beety

Beety's on top of this flavor thing, talking happy endings, dire consequences, and some kind of multiversal party Ugin might want to skip.

The Top 25

Duke Ascends

It's not terribly shocking that No. 7-ranked Reid Duke is very good at Magic, just like it was fairly easy to guess that The Nicest Man on the Pro Tour would be the biggest gainer in the Top 25 after his win at Grand Prix Oakland. Martin Dang is the lone player to fall out of the Top 25.

Also climbing the right direction this week:

Brad Nelson, fresh off a ninth-place finish in Oakland

Craig Wescoe, who finished 37th

Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa, Eric Froehlich, Jacob Wilson, and Fabrizio Anteri

Rank Name Points Change Previous 1 Owen Turtenwald 76.97 1 2 Seth Manfield 73.70 2 3 Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa 63.79 +1 4 4 Eric Froehlich 63.69 +1 5 5 Paul Rietzl 63.15 -2 3 6 Samuel Black 62.33 6 7 Reid Duke 58.61 +8 15 8 Martin Müller 57.53 -1 7 9 Mike Sigrist 56.78 -1 8 10 Jacob Wilson 56.43 +1 11 11 Alexander Hayne 56.34 -2 9 12 Brad Nelson 55.24 +4 16 13 Ondřej Stráský 54.52 -3 10 14 Yuuya Watanabe 54.15 -2 12 15 Antonio Del Moral León 53.43 -2 13 15 Shahar Shenhar 53.43 -2 13 17 Fabrizio Anteri 51.53 +1 18 18 Lee Shi Tian 51.33 -1 17 19 Steve Rubin 50.97 19 20 Craig Wescoe 50.07 +4 24 21 Thiago Saporito 49.70 21 22 Shaun McLaren 49.61 -2 20 23 Joel Larsson 49.06 -1 22 24 Kazuyuki Takimura 48.71 -1 23 25 Ari Lax 48.70 NR NR

Community Spotlight

Numot Gaming | Kenji Egashira

Kenji Egashira has recently started up his own website, Numot Gaming, with videos and articles from himself and AJ Sacher (check out Sacher's piece from last week on misevaluating cards like Jace, Vryn's Prodigy).

Wedge isn't Keeping Up with Demand

Far from keeping up with my totally reasonable "every three minutes" pace, Wedge is still cranking out set reviews on a pace pretty much unheard of, so that definitely gets a nod this week. Check out his latest on red.

Decks of the Day

Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Packs

Yes, decks. Oath of the Gatewatch is fully ready for your perusal in Gatherer, which means we can show off the list for the five Intro Packs you'll be able to get this weekend during Prereleases or when the full set releases January 22. Gaze in wonder and glory—and introduce a friend (or yourself) to an Intro Pack for an easy on-ramp into Constructed Magic.