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Stifling fetchlands

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Stifle, Azorius Guildmage

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Scepter-Chant, Trinket-Angel, Angelfire, Faeries, Teachings

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Control, Aggro-Control

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Tournament Report - PTQ Berlin

This is a bit late in coming, and will probably be a bit shorter than I would like, given that I was only able to record the major events of each game and my sideboarding decisions without getting distracted, and was unable to take detailed notes for each turn of every game. Please bear with me.

I decided at the beginning of August, specifically after reading the coverage of GP Kobe, that I should play the best deck, and at that time the best deck looked to be Faeries. It also helped that I alr… Continue

Posted on September 18, 2008 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Aggro decks with 25 lands - a look at Kithkin in Block Constructed

Everyone remembers when White Weenie had a 2/2 for W, albeit a Legendary one. Flash forward to today, when that 2/2 for W is no longer legendary and in the blink of an eye there might be three or four Kithkin lords attacking you, it is no surprise that White Weenie is as strong as it has ever been. But unlike aggressive builds of yore that ran low land counts and fetched them with Tithe, contemporary White "Weenie" decks run upwards of 24 lands with mana curves topping out with the 5-mana Cloudg… Continue

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

Buttering up the Toast - a look at the new 4C

So I have to write something about the new build of 5c control that came out of GP Denver. Here goes.

Runed Halo is an interesting addition to the deck because it does so many things than it appears to at first glance. Its main purpose is to staunch the bleeding early, but unlike most cards which have served this function in the past, its value does not decrease much, if at all, the longer the game goes. Even in the late game, it can protect you from otherwise backbreaking threats such as Oona… Continue

Posted on August 14, 2008 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Block Constructed - Take 1

Another set, another block constructed, another format to break. Here, I will be looking at a few of the more prominent decks, what they look like without Time Spiral, and what they have going for them. I have less hard data than I would like, so bear with me.

Faeries. The best deck in Standard appears to remain the best deck in Block Constructed. Broken Ambitions can be a passable substitute for Rune Snag, and despite the loss of Flashfreeze, Razormane Masticore and Damnation, to name a… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2008 at 4:28pm — 4 Comments

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Sounds great, can't wait to be back for the holidays.

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What Dane said.

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Sounds great; wish I were there to see it. Greetings from Oklahoma.

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At 1:28am on March 14, 2009, l\l l l/l said…: sry, no xtra archmages. hope u get urs!

At 11:01am on March 13, 2009, l\l l l/l said…: got 3. will show up early.

At 10:25am on March 13, 2009, l\l l l/l said…: yah, how many do u need?

At 8:40am on December 21, 2008, HelloClarice said…: FLAKE!

At 9:15am on November 25, 2008, HelloClarice said…: ill trade you on friday

At 5:42pm on November 23, 2008, Derek said…: i dont have a tezzeret but i have tons of other great cards. is that the only card you're looking for? if you want we can meet or something and you can go through my binder because i have too much stuff to list. i think i'm going to be down there on friday to meet up with jason for some trades. lmk your thoughts. thanks.

At 7:20pm on November 20, 2008, Derek said…: what kind of cards are you interested in? i have tons of old stuff and a decent amount of new stuff as well. I started in mercadian stopped at fifth dawn then started at morningtide and i've continued on to shards. but yeah let me know what you're interested in for the mutavaults. oh and do you happen to have any chameleon colossuses?

At 9:09pm on November 18, 2008, Derek said…: So what about the Thoughtseize and the Mutavault? How come you dont reply back?

At 12:11pm on November 9, 2008, Derek said…: i forgot that i'd also like your thoughtseize. let me know what you want and ill see if i can get them to you if you're interested in trading. thanks.

At 8:44pm on November 7, 2008, Derek said…: so yeah i left a reply about mutavaults. i need 1 more and i'd like to trade you for 1 if possible. i know you were looking for bastions and i have 2. anything else you need that you would consider trading for a mutavault?