Streets of New Capenna Card Spoilers Discussion Batch Two

A variety of websites and social media platforms have been releasing a barrage of spoilers from the upcoming Magic: the Gathering set Streets of New Capenna. While I try to check card-by-card on this downpour, we will also foresee some new Standard deck archetypes derived from this set & if the components are enough to complete it.

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Magic: the Gathering Commander EDH Deck Tech with the Iloilo Community

Hey all, I recently started this mini-series of videos discussing the Magic: the Gathering Commander EDH decks of the local Iloilo Community. They have been having the playtest sessions at a coffee and co-working place named Balay Sigahum every Wednesday and Saturday of the week.

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Streets of New Capenna Card Spoilers Discussion Batch One

Streets of New Capenna

The Streets of New Capenna is coming this April 29th and what I am most excited about aside from the flavor and the mechanics is to try out the new cards in the Stanard format. There are now a few relevant Standard tournaments scheduled in the local setting and also online and we are looking forward to what will be the impact of this upcoming set.

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Streets of New Capenna Card Previews: The Two Charms

Hello again readers, today’s blog post is about the two-card previews from the upcoming Magic: the Gathering set Streets of New Capenna Card and these are the Brokers Charm & Riveteers Charm. We will check its application on the current Standard metagame if it will become a relevant component in the future. This will also be compared with the percentage of usage of the charms back in Shards of Alara Standard. 

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Magic: the Gathering Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Standard Invoker Deck Tech

I was looking at the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Invoke cycle cards and the best color combination I will use for the deck build is Blue-Black or Dimir. Based on the previous deck builds, the best Invoke card in the cycle is Invoke Despair and you can basically win by just repeatedly casting this spell.

With that method, I think Blue is the best color to partner it, along with the card draws, and counterspells. What we are looking for on this deck build is to maximize the use of this powerful spell, either copying it or recasting it again from the graveyard. We can breakdown the deck builds into:

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