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Geek of all trades, master of none.

Join the 2025 BCW Supplies College Brackets!

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Join the 2025 BCW Supplies group in the CBS Sports Bracket Games! You need to create a CBSSports.com account in order to participate.

We will be running brackets for both the Men’s and Women’s tournaments. After brackets are posted, make your predictions before the tournaments start, and enjoy the games. Each participant may enter one bracket for the women’s tournament, and one bracket for the men’s tournament. After the tournaments end, the four participants with the most points in each bracket will win the prizes listed below. Click here to join the Women’s Bracket pool, and click here to join the Men’s Bracket pool on CBS Sports.

Signed basketballs and Showcase Holders for the first place winners
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MTG Jumpstart Cube: Basics and White Spotlight

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By Serena L

Hey guys! It’s Serena, back with something a bit different!

Today, we’re going to dive into the concept of Jumpstart. But more specifically, a Jumpstart Cube! I created a total of 20 different 20-card decks with the intent that, just like regular Jumpstart, each player will shuffle two of these decks together. My current Jumpstart cube is made with four decks of each color, each with a different theme. Some of the themes are based on creature type, some on a given keyword, and some on other factors. Now, on to the general construction of my cube.

BCW Prime X4 XL holding the full Jumpstart cube
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A Yu-Gi-Oh! Traptrix Deck Tech

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By Serena L.

Hey guys!
It’s Serena, back again! This time we’re doing something a little different, going with a Yu-Gi-Oh! deck profile. Specifically, we’re talking about a fun budget deck that’s been showing up a lot in the rogue category of the current meta: Traptrix. Most of the contents of this deck will be available in the Traptrix structure deck, but even if you don’t have those or can’t find them, that shouldn’t be a huge issue. The deck revolves around plant and insect type monsters to make rank 4 and link plays to set up interaction and trap cards, specifically ‘Hole’ trap cards. Now, it’s time to duel!

Traptrix Sera card
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Infinite Power! A Trazyn the Infinite EDH Deck Tech

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By Serena

Hey guys! Serena, back at it again with another commander deck tech! This time we’re talking about Trazyn the Infinite from the Warhammer 40k Necron precon. While I fully admit I know little of 40k lore, Trazyn himself is an interesting commander who gains all activated abilities of artifacts in your graveyard. This ability really lets him live up to his epithet, which can lead to several variations of combo-killing the table, either through damage or through mill.

Trazyn the Infinite card from Magic: the Gathering
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Cardfight Vanguard Deck Tech: Felty 3.0!

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By Serena L.

Stand up! Vanguard!

Hey guys! It’s Serena and I thought it was a good time to give you guys an updated deck profile for my girl, Feltyrosa! We’ve covered her a couple times now. If you need a refresher, Feltyrosa is a Lyrical Monastario deck built around swarming with Ghosts units from the deck via Felty’s drive checks, and including some new, very powerful support from the first Lyrical set in the Divinez era! If you want a refresher, you can find my last update article on the deck here.

Admired Dear Sister, Feltyrosa from Cardfight Vanguard
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Cardfight Vanguard Deck Tech: BanG Dream MyGo!!!

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By Serena L.

Stand Up! Vanguard!

Hey guys, girls, and gamers! It’s Serena back again, this time bringing you a whole new tune! We’re gonna be going over the popular Cardfight Vanguard BanG Dream collab deck, MyGO!!!!!, which had strong performances in both the English and Japanese metagames. MyGO!!!!! is a deck that can easily swarm with 4-5 attacks by using the Music orders that our main vanguard can search from the deck or drop with units that bind themselves at the end of turn and can be recalled by that same Vanguard! The best part? Each of the proper MyGO!!!!! Rearguards and our grade 3 vanguard all have 2 separate effects each!

Innocent Cry, Tomori Takamatsu card for Cardfight Vanguard
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Six Great Features of the 6 Drawer Card Catalog

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By Sal Barry

BCW Card Catalog with hockey cards

Many of you have collected long enough to have some great cards in your collection. These “Very Important Cards” are worth an extra level of protection and are probably too valuable to keep in standard cardboard boxes. So, perhaps it’s time to consider upping your game when it comes to the way you store your cards.  As versatile as the standard card storage boxes are, stacks of cardboard boxes sitting out in your living room, bedroom, or fan cave to not look that appealing, nor do they do justice for your best cards. That’s why the 6 Drawer Card Catalog is the storage upgrade your collection needs. It’s a stylish and sophisticated way to keep your prized sports or gaming cards safe, especially when you want them easily accessible, and not buried in the back of your closet.

I got my hands on a 6 Drawer Card Catalog recently, and wow, I am impressed. Here are six reasons why any serious card collector should use these to store their best cards.

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