One way of encouraging new players to play Magic: the Gathering is to build them budget versions of deck archetypes in the Standard format. Why Standard? Because it is the most feasible format to cater to budget or starter decks that can still give the players a competitive experience in the tournament setting.
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As the magical realms of Magic: The Gathering continually expand, each new set release becomes a captivating chapter in the ever-evolving saga of deck building. With every fresh addition to the vast multiverse, players find themselves presented with a wealth of new cards, mechanics, and synergies that challenge and inspire their strategic prowess.
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“Solar Flare” was a control deck in Magic: the Gathering that was prominent during the Innistrad block (2011-2012 Standard format). The deck utilized a combination of powerful control elements, creature removal, and graveyard recursion and revolved around Blue, Black, and White colors.. The deck’s name is derived from the card “Sun Titan,” which could bring back other creatures from the graveyard when it entered the battlefield.
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Back in my days of competitive Magic: the Gathering, we set up our playtest sessions almost every day after work or school. The venue is either at our group apartment or at a friend’s house, and we spend almost four to five hours on strategy discussion, sideboard card potentials, and playtesting.
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Here in the MTG Iloilo Community’s current and only local game store, the big challenge is to ensure that the sealed products of each Magic: the Gathering set are sold to the local players. At times, we can’t expect these players to have the finances and budget to buy booster packs as they might prefer to buy the card singles for their deck components rather than take the risk of pulling these cards from the packs.
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The sideboard is an essential part of competitive Magic: the Gathering decks, allowing you to adjust your deck to better handle specific matchups, whether Standard, Pioneer, Modern, etc. In any specific deck archetype in the format, I’ll give you some general advice on sideboarding in Pioneer. I would love to have all kinds of good cards for all the matchups, but the 13-card slot would not suffice.
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