Aggro decks go back to the basics of Magic: the Gathering gameplay: attacking with creatures. The deck archetype’s main aim is to bring down opponents’ life total to zero as fast as possible before they come up with big creatures, Continue reading
The Throne of Eldraine mechanic, Adventure, is still not out of flavor in the Theros Beyond Death Standard metagame. The deck which is composed of 90% cards from the set, is proving to be a top-tier deck in the recent major Magic: the Gathering tournaments. It looks to be built around the card Lucky Clover but that is actually what makes the deck gain additional card value aside from its creatures with the Adventure ability.
Here below is a decklist that finished with 10 wins in the recent Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria Tournament and was piloted by Brian Braun-duin:
Maindeck
4 Breeding Pool
6 Forest
4 Island
2 Mountain
3 Steam Vents
4 Stomping Ground
2 Temple of Abandon
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Temple of Mystery
4 Beanstalk Giant
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Brazen Borrower
4 Edgewall Innkeeper
4 Fae of Wishes
4 Lovestruck Beast
3 Escape to the Wilds
1 Incubation / Incongruity
4 Lucky Clover
1 The Great Henge
Sideboard
3 Aether Gust
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Domri’s Ambush
1 Escape to the Wilds
1 Expansion / Explosion
1 Fling
1 Mystic Repeal
1 Negate
1 Once and Future
1 Return to Nature
1 Shadowspear
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Storm’s Wrath
Source:
https://magic.gg/news/mythic-point-challenge-ikoria-mpl-and-rivals-league-10-win-decklists
The major essence of a control deck is to make sure they do not miss out on their land drops to have enough mana to cast their big spells. One way to do this is to have more lands in the deck such as Continue reading
We were finally able to push it through. It happened. The first Magic: the Gathering Iloilo community Pioneer tournament was held yesterday at Pro Reis Place, Iloilo City. We scheduled it at 1:30 pm and about fourteen players Continue reading
So I just received last week in my mailbag the first batch of Judge promo foils as a reward for joining the Judge Academy program. This is the transition platform wherein the judges are more organized and a system of learning is being implemented. Their goal is to enhance the game knowledge, community engagement, and improved welfare of the judges and their respective communities.
This batch of Judge rewards includes the following cards.
Chalice of the Void
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Reflecting Pool
Monastery Mentor
Gamble
Spellseeker
Demonic Tutor
Enlightened Tutor
Each card is very useful in its respective formats and also in Commander wherein pimping a card in the deck is the aim and looks good for every gameplay.
The total price value of these cards exceeds the registration fee for my Judge Level 1 status which is quite worth it. So far it totaled almost 2.5 times.
Having these kinds of rewards is encouraging for the judges to hold their roles in their community as well as in large tournament scenes.
Wizards of the Coast announced the latest product this year that will surely allow players, old school or novice, to try and participate in the Standard format. These are the Magic: the Gathering Challenger Decks 2020. Quoting from their feature article on the mothership site, “These four individual 75-card decks are geared toward Standard play for the Friday Night Magic player and forged out of some of the most recognizable strategies in Standard.” Each of the four harnesses the gameplay of each of the current tier decks in the format.
Each Challenger Deck comes in a complete ready-to-play package with a 60-card main deck and a 15-card sideboard. This is most suggested to those players who are still building their collection and are eager to join their first ever Magic tournament.
The product release date is on April 3, 2020, so I’d suggest that you place your preorder already at your nearest Magic Gamestore.
As for the decklist, I will share only one that I prefer on my playstyle and card value of the deck components. The deck is Cavalcade Charge simply known as Red Deck Wins. See the list below.
You can check the full announcement and the rest of the decklist of the Four Challenger Decks 2020 here.