A Few M11 Card Previews from PT San Juan

As the title says it, here are some card previews of the upcoming M11 set this July. The cards were from the Archenemy decks which was playtested at PT San Juan.

Sorcerer’s Strongbox 4
Artifact
2,T: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, sacrifice ~ and draw three cards.

Plummet 1G
Destroy target creature with flying.

Reassembling Skeleton 1B
Creature – Skeleton Warrior
1B: Return ~ from your Graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
1/1

Chandra’s Outrage 2RR
Instant
~ deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creatures controller.

MBC in Rise of the Eldrazi


Hi all. What I’ve noticed since I’ve started playing Mtg is that thinking of deck ideas come at unusual and inappropriate times. I remembered back in college days when we were studying for the Thermodynamics exam when my friend came up with a CoP control deck with Alter Reality and Mind Bend. That one time breakthrough then got him on the top 8 of that weekend’s tournament. Its pretty odd but we were happy about it. Continue reading

Handling your Inner “Demons”


You might be curious what this article brings about in relation to Magic: The Gathering. Well, the title is just a little spice and is somehow related to the idea we’re going to discuss today. So which demon am I referring to? Yep, its the (ex)favorite Abyssal Persecutor of Worldwake. As its title says it, it seems that he is doing the opposite in the current Standard. Players tried him in Jund but failed miserably despite alot of removals the deck have. Continue reading

Rise of Eldrazi Prerelease Card

For the recent rumor news for [ROE] or Rise of Eldrazi, strangeuniverse revealed today in the Rumor Mill a scanned pic of the Prerelease card for the set. Check it out below.

The scan reveals a titanic Eldrazi, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 15
(Mythic rare)
Legendary Creature – Eldrazi
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn can’t be countered.
When you cast Emrakul, take an extra turn after this one.
Flying, protection from colored spells, annihilator 6
When Emrakul is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.
15/15

It looks too over costly at 15 mana but the benefits are just plain awesome. Now cards like Show and Tell and Elvish Piper has a new toy to play with.

Also, the Release card was spoiled which features the new mechanic Level up.

Lord of Shatterskull Pass3R (Rare)
Creature – Minotaur Shaman
Level up 1R (Play only as sorcery)
3/3 Level 1-5: 6/6
Level 6+: 6/6, Whenever Lord of Shatterskull Pass attacks, it deals 6 damage to each creature defending player controls.

This mechanic reminds me of the Eventide card Figure of Destiny and I hope they would create a similar version in ROE.

Well, that’s about it with the latest ROE spoilers. Until the next post. 🙂

Kenji Control Deck Tech at Grand Prix Yokohama


At the on-going GP Yokohama 2010, the famous Japanese Pro player Kenji Tsumura created a list to counter the current metagame in Extended. His guess of the top decks that dominates are: Thopter-Depths, Zoo, Faeries, Hypergenesis and dredge. His list composed of goodies in Blue and Black and that focused specifically on each of the top decks. Here’s the list dubbed as “Kenji Control”: Continue reading