The arrival of the Magic 2010 core set and the rotation of Tenth Edition in Standard shaped up the current metagame and introduced us to new strategies in deck building. This also meant the return of Lorwyn favorite tribal decks and one of which is the goblins or boggarts in the Lorwyn world. M10 introduced new cards to tune up the deck. Here are some of the choices.
Lightning Bolt – everybody’s favorite burn spell is back. I’m sure this one will get a spot in the deck.
Last Friday, I decided to tweak my Mono White Kithkins deck by splashing blue for Negate. The mono-white list was based on Daniel de Almeida Alves’ Kithkins list that got first place in GP Sao Paulo. Here’s my mono-white Kithkins list.
Continue readingHi guys. Its been a really long while since my last update. I just couldn’t get my mindset back on writing again. Maybe its because of the many tasks at work I’ve been getting lately. Oh well, I’d apologize for that. I’ll try to get it back and share to you the happenings here on the previous weeks and possibly a recap of my Regionals this year.
For the meantime, enjoy these cool artwork for the upcoming M10 this July. Guess what, Lightning Bolt is back baby!
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Hey guys. Just to keep back on track with updates, I decided to share with you my experience on our local Alara Reborn Prerelease last Saturday. You might be asking why it’s a prerelease since the scheduled date was April 25. It’s because the product shipment was held by the Bureau of Customs. I didn’t know the real reason (and was too pissed to find out) why they did that but that really forced the local retailers to change the schedule a week later. Of course, a lot of players were disappointed with that delay but government crap can’t stop Magic players who enjoyed last weekend. I’m sure most of you too as this was also the schedule for the Release events.
Continue readingHi 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 the 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:
Continue readingIt has been awhile since we had our deck for the week so I decided to bring it back, this time during Fridays. Hopefully, I can sneak a post for it in my sked. For this week, I’ll feature the deck that got 1st place in the Cruise Qualifier in Indianapolis, Indiana last March 29. It is a control deck based on the color of the Grixis shard (Blue-Black-Red) with the almost forgotten Demigod of Revenge as the bad a$$ beater and win condition. Here’s the decklist piloted by Matt Owens. Continue reading