Innistrad introduced to us the potential of the Magic: the Gathering Zombie tribe to be a deck archetype in Standard. Dark Ascension enhanced it further with more creature components and the Undying mechanic. In the set’s storyline, Continue reading
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Dark Ascension Complete Card Image Gallery
Just a few hours earlier today, Wizards officially unveiled the complete card set of Dark Ascension. After checking each of the new cards, my general reaction regarding the set is a big “mehh…” Dark Ascension is good flavor-wise but most of the cards are not Standard-worthy. Continue reading
Magic: the Gathering BR Aggro in Dark Ascension Standard *Part 1*
As Team Iloilo prepare for Dark Ascension to come in Standard, we had been brewing deck archetypes for the upcoming and expected changes in the format. The metagame is still (up to now) open for deck tech ideas, as Conley Woods has proved in GP Orlando. That means there are card combinations still waiting to be utilized and formed into a deck archetype.
Continue readingDark Ascension Partial Spoiler
In two weeks, Magic the Gathering will be releasing its latest expansion, Dark Ascension, in the market. So far the preview card count is 78 to the set’s total of 158. As for the revealed spoilers, I just spotted a few that are Standard worthy. Of course, His Highness Lord Sorin is already included in the list. Continue reading
Dark Ascension unveils First Planeswalker
Taken from the mothership’s article earlier, entitled Sorin’s Homecoming from Savor the Flavor by Doug Beyer, the card revealed to be the new planeswalker version of Sorin Markov. The article discussed about his relation to Innistrad’s history aside from the plane’s being his birth place. Continue reading