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Variations of the Deceiver Twin Combo
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With the arrival of New Phyrexia, a new combo emerged in Standard. The phyrexian Deceiver Exarch, along with the aura Splinter Twin completes the combo kill. Before, this was an archetype in Extended, which uses Pestermite as one of the combo piece. The current one is a bit tougher to kill. Out of Lightning bolt range with the 4 toughness, opponents must rely on heavy spot removal to deal with the combo. Read More→
A Few M11 Card Previews from PT San Juan
Posted by: | CommentsAs the title says it, here are some card previews of the upcoming M11 set this July. The cards were from the Archenemy decks which was playtested at PT San Juan.
Sorcerer’s Strongbox 4
Artifact
2,T: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, sacrifice ~ and draw three cards.
Plummet 1G
Destroy target creature with flying.
Reassembling Skeleton 1B
Creature – Skeleton Warrior
1B: Return ~ from your Graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
1/1
Chandra’s Outrage 2RR
Instant
~ deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creatures controller.
Rise of the Eldrazi Complete Spoiler
Posted by: | CommentsKenji Control Deck Tech at Grand Prix Yokohama
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At the on-going GP Yokohama 2010, the famous Japanese Pro player Kenji Tsumura created a list to counter the current metagame in Extended. His guess of the top decks that dominates are: Thopter-Depths, Zoo, Faeries, Hypergenesis and dredge. His list composed of goodies in Blue and Black and that focused specifically on each of the top decks. Here’s the list dubbed as “Kenji Control”: Read More→
Scars of Mirrodin Announced
Posted by: | CommentsJust yesterday, Wizards of the Coast revealed the next upcoming big set after Zendikar. It is called Scars of Mirrodin which was previously codenamed as “Lights” (no, not the beer). The release date is October 1, 2010 and the Prerelease events will be on September 25-26, 2010. Here’s more info of the set: Read More→
My Notable Worldwake Cards
Posted by: | CommentsThe previous weekend was the worldwide release party of the recent Magic: The Gathering expansion, Worldwake, which was also the expansion set of Zendikar. As players talk about the powerful cards of the set (I’m referring to the new Jace and the demon Abyssal Persecutor) which can be a possible inclusion in the current Standard, I think I can say that Worldwake isn’t that impressive like Zendikar. There are a number of playable cards though, waiting to be discovered and abused. Let’s take a look at the candidates. Read More→
What We Did on a Heroes Holiday
Posted by: | CommentsLast Monday was a National Heroes holiday and I was happy to have my weekend extend to a three day rest. Read More→
