Tournament Report: The Summer Cruise

April 8, 2009 by Mark Ian  
Filed under Magic The Gathering

Hi guys, I hope you had a fun weekend. I am writing this short report of my performance on last weekend’s back to back tournament. The first was on Saturday and the second was last Monday, both in Standard format. I joined the tournament piloting R/W Lark which I was trying to master/get familiar with since February.

There are actually a few different builds I’ve found on the net and the main argument is whether to use Mindstones or not. I’ve tried Saito’s build (4 Mindstones, 4 Knight of the White Orchid, 22 Lands) but I didn’t like the deck that much. Its main problem is mana screw. The other builds are basically metagame based so I used that as a reference to come up with my list. Here’s the decklist I’ve piloted: Read more