bruised not beat

by abcdefu96 on 24 March 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (5)


Instants (6)

Planeswalkers (2)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

Thanks to knightofthehokeypokey, Kazzong and magicmaster13 this deck went from good to awesome!

Not your typical zombie deck.....
Turn one gravecrawler and opponents think it's another run of the mill zombie deck... Not so fast! Go ahead and put half your library in your graveyard, give me countless tokens and surrender or my undead army will eat you and your babies!!

Deck Tags

  • Zombie
  • Mill
  • Modern
  • Dimir

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for bruised not beat

This deck is awesome. Add in gravecrawler or tenacious dead for diregraf ghoul, and watch your opponent tremble.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 05:26

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Good call! I need to order one more.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 05:33

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This deserves hot page status, if only for Undead Alchemist shenanagins. I'll make some calls. Oh, and you might want several ways to sac Undead Alchemist when you no longer need him.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 05:39

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Yeah all I got right now is bone splinters. I usually win by decking or lich lords second ability. Definitely definitely open for suggestions on ways to sac him. Right now I side in suffer the past to help with finishing off the opponent.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 05:44

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Well ... Grave pact is epic in a zombie deck. Altar's Reap might serve to sac him.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 05:51

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Got it in the sideboard for now. In sure I'll use it now than not though. Thanks

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:12

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*use it more than not

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:20

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=) I'm happy for you.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:22

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personally, my favorite sac engine is viscera seer. even though it isn't a zombie, it might do well here. :)

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:57

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Definitely could work here.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:04

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The funny thing is that the first time I saw it my reaction was "that is such an awful card. who on earth would use such a piece of junk." turns out that I would :) and I will keep looking for more zombie oriented sac cards as well. :)

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:11

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Thanks! Never thought of it for zombies. I've only really seen it used with blood artist.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:16

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great deck, possibly go for the throat instead of doom blade?

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:08

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Yep go for the throat is better. Thanks

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:15

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have you also thought about adding a sac engine? since you'll be getting so many 2/2's you may as well sacrifice them for a greater cause.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:24

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I've thought about it but I haven't found anything that's better than lich lords second ability. Right now other than decking someone lich lord is the main win con. His ability held get even more tokens from undead too.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:28

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*helps -held

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:29

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some possible ideas: Corpse Traders; Disciple of Griselbrand; Eater of Hope; Gnawing Zombie; Grimgrin, Corpse-Born; Gutless Ghoul; Mind Slash; Nantuko Husk; Nezumi Bone-Reader; Phyrexian Plaguelord; Plagued Rusalka; Thoughtpicker Witch; Undercity Informer.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 06:47

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I like undercity informer but I don't think he fits in very well. I'll look into the others though. Thanks for the suggestions.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:02

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Mainly because I'm trying to get away from having too many 3 drops. I seem to have too many when I play, it doesn't matter if I get rooftop storm out but that's not until turn six

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:06

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I'm torn between viscera seer and disciple of griselbrand at the moment.... Might require a few games to test it out.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:17

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ok, rooftop storm is an amazing card. amazingly deceptive at how poorly it actually works. :( I had it in my zombie deck for a while, but I could never seem to get it out fast enough to really be of any use. it is too expensive at 6 mana to be really powerful. if it reduced cost by 1-3 and was only 3-4 mana it would be a much better card I think.

in short, I would say to drop it because of its CMC. just too high to be useful in this deck.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:21

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Yeah I've noticed that too, it's main use became pulling my zombies out of the graveyard with havengul lich using just one mana instead of paying the one for the ability then the cmc of whichever zombie I'm pulling out. I've thought about just running ghoulcallers chant instead

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:30

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you should still probably remove one, so that there is very little chance of drawing into more than one per game.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:41

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I put it in the sideboard for now until I can play without it and see how much changes.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:45

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Thoughts on liliana's reaver over havengul lich or siren of the silent song anyone???

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:50

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i would say remove siren for reaver

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:54

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That's kind of what I was thinking. It'll help with the curve making sure I have something for every turn.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 07:56

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just wondering, is this deck following any budget?

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:02

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Ok, so I'm thinking side havengul add grave pact for more board control with disciple of griselbrand.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:03

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No budget, I have all the cards that are listed now that I removed one gravecrawler..... Well I only have 2 viscera seers unless I have more that I haven't put in my uncommon/rare binder yet.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:08

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The only restriction is keeping it modern. We have a couple shops here that have weekly modern games and this is the deck I use.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:12

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wow so you sure do have an abundant collection of mtg cards.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:14

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another idea: -1 memory sluice, +1 disciple or go for the throat

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:15

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Yeah I've played for 14 years now and collected a LOT of cards in that time frame. My brother played even longer then when he passed away I inherited even more cards. It never fails though it's the card I really need that I have only one of usually. That's where trading comes in handy.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:19

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I only have 3 disciples but I could get one more. I think they're only like 25ยข.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:25

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yeah they're not expensive

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:41

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What do you think about -1 negate instead of memory sluice? Memory Sluice usually gives me a good amount of token zombies for 1mana.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:45

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how would that give you tokens?

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:12

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Undead alchemist's second ability works anytime a creature is put into opponents graveyard from the library. I usually get at least two when I play memory sluice.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:26

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Unless I have multiple undead out..... Then I get lots of tokens.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:37

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oh right... i don't know why but i was thinking that the ability was targeting your own library..

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 10:06

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That would be awesome! It would have to be a G/B card though. Come on wizards! Make a golgari version! Please!!!

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 10:11

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you can target your own library with memory sluice...

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 11:44

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My vote is Glimpse the Unthinkable. However, that cost so much that you might want to use tomb scour.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 13:59

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I meant a Golgari version of undead alchemist. I just like memory sluice because it's conspire cost is easy to pay in this deck and it's top 8. I could run a couple of both though.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 17:33

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Oh right yeah that'd be awesome

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:27

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Ok, found a better sacrifice engine. Altar of dementia. :). I will keep looking though, and see if I can find anything else.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 08:51

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Ohhh man! You got me all excited then I saw its from tempest and isn't legal in modern. Such a good card though, wish they would've reprinted it.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:03

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Oh... I didn't know you wanted modern legal... :(. My bad. I shall try again.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:08

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wow that card would have been perfect

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:13

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Good suggestion, I might try to trade for one or two to use in casual play.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 09:15

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Alright, 2 suggestions:
Lake of the Dead
Endless Ranks of the Dead

I don't know about sac outlets, but I'll keep looking.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 14:02

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Sadly there are not too many good zombie sac engines. :(. Plenty for vampires, but zombies are woefully lacking.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 14:31

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Lake of the dead isn't modern legal but I will try to find a spot for endless ranks, it makes more sense with the changes that have been made.

Yeah I think I like disciple of griselbrand and viscera seer as the sac engine. I'll have to play a few games with each and maybe even try running both to compare effectiveness.

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 17:29

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Well, this deck is definitely worth playtesting. Good luck!

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 18:07

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yeah this deck is awesome now

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 20:44

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I know! In excited to play it now. Thanks to you guys with all the good input!

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Posted 13 May 2014 at 20:49

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zombie mill deck? whats not to love? Its not a zombie but a jace, memory adept could help finish off the mill

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 05:55

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Thanks, I got him in the SB until I can test it out.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:01

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Well, Jace could finish off any mill =).

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:02

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Um ... just a side note, but that mana curve looks awfully high. Liliana's Reaver and Grave Pact are good, but they aren't the mill focus of this deck so...

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:03

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Yeah I figured the reaver gave me a second option for tokens in case I can't draw undead alchemist and grave pact helps clear the board if I need to start sacing zombies. I wish there was a zombie version of goblin matron or goblin recruiter.....

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:14

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Lifebane Zombie?

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:15

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corpse harvester would be perfect
its not modern tho

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:15

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Yeah, I play this at modern events or I'd add it for sure.

Lifebane at worst is excellent SB material!!!

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:21

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Random thought. Cauldron Haze.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:25

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Swapped one grave pact for a fourth gravecrawler... I'm sure I can trade someone a shock land or something for it.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:28

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34 memory sluice, lol.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:31

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Haha! I'll mill someone one way or another with 34 memory sluice!!!

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:35

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Good one KJSJ3.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 16:42

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Cauldron haze would be good if I was using a board wipe..... Maybe with plague wind in a pinch?

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:39

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It's good with Captain and etb effects and good against board wipe.

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 06:50

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