All Blog Posts Tagged 'constructed' (5)

Hi, for those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Keoni Davey, and I'm currently the #1 Constructed player in Hawaii. I'm going to write a series of articles to help YOU have the best shot at qualifying for this season. I have been playtesting this format for the past 3 months, so I am very experienced in LWR/SHM Block Constructed. If you wish to read my first article on Demigod Red, click here. Latel… Continue

Hi, for those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Keoni Davey, and I'm currently the #1 Constructed player in Hawaii. I'm going to write a series of articles to help YOU have the best shot at qualifying for this season. I have been playtesting this format for the past 3 months, so I am very experienced in LWR/SHM Block Constructed. My main two reasons for writing these series of articles is 1) I've always wanted to write articles, and 2) I want magic to grow in Hawaii. For those of you wh… Continue

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

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

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