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C&C (Cheap and Competitive) Decks for Standard

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*this is a repost from MagicIloilo.com
Playing and competing in Magic has been getting tough, especially on the financial aspect. Most powerful cards nowadays, costs you a minimum of 500 pesos, and you really have to spend thousands to build a “so-called” Tier 1 deck. Most people (including myself) blame the Mythic rarity as the cause of this sudden rise in card prices, though we just have to deal with it. The problem now is for the beginners who wants to play competitive Magic but does not have the financial capacity to do so.

With that, I’ve decided to write this article to cite a few budget decks that can compete with the Standard metagame today. Continue reading →

Jund Domination in SCG $5K Richmond, Virginia

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Jund does it again! Yes folks, the Shards of Alara plane continues to dominate the Standard metagame with the recent top finish at Star City Games $5000 Open event in Richmond, Virginia. The pilot was Alex Bertoncini which had previous top finishes in the previous SCG events. He faced a Jund mirror matchup in the finals against Alessandro Culotti and proved he is the better Jund master. Here’s the list that he used: Continue reading →

Some Interesting Extended Decks in GP Oakland

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The Mtg 2010 Season kicked off with Grand Prix Oakland last weekend and as Day Two getting to a close, we saw pros perform on the last remaining rounds to get to the top 8. Well, the final eight has been decided as of the writing of this post. It features the best players and high level pros of Magic with the names Conley Woods, Tomoharu Saito and Adam Yurchick. The rest had big accomplishments in their playing career too. Continue reading →

Worldwake Spoiler Update

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Here’s the recent update of the upcoming Worldwake, Zendikar’s 2nd set. The spoiler season has been a little slow today as we have only revealed about 46 cards out of 145 cards in the set. Here they are:

White (8)

Name: Admonition Angel
Cost: 3WWW
Type: Creature – Angel
Pow/Tgh: 6/6
Rules Text: Flying
Landfall – Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may exile target nonland permanent other than Admonition Angel.
When Admonition Angel leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners’ control.
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Set Number: #1/145
Name: Hada Freeblade
Cost: W
Type: Creature – Human Soldier Ally
Pow/Tgh: 0/1
Rules Text: Whenever Hada Freeblade or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Hada Freeblade.
Rarity: Uncommon
Set Number: #7/145
Name: Join the Ranks
Cost: 3W
Type: Instant
Rules Text: Put two 1/1 white Soldier Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield.
Rarity: Common
Set Number: #9/145
Name: Kitesail Apprentice
Cost: W
Type: Creature – Kor Soldier
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Rules Text: As long as Kitesail Apprentice is equipped, it gets +1/+1 and has flying.
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Rarity: Common
Set Number: #10/145
Name: Kor Firewalker
Cost: WW
Type: Creature – Kor Soldier
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Protection from red
Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may gain 1 life.
Rarity: Uncommon
Name: Ruin Ghost
Cost: 1W
Type: Creature – Spirit
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Rules Text: {W}, {T}: Exile target land you control, then return it to the battlefield under your control.
Flavor Text: “Haunting us, these different meanings and spectral beings. We’re fighting sleep with broken, rusted weaponry.”
Rarity: Uncommon
Set Number: #19/145
Name: Talus Paladin
Cost: 3W
Type: Creature – Human Knight Ally
Pow/Tgh: 2/3
Rules Text: Whenever Talus Paladin or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may have Allies you control gain lifelink until end of turn and you may put a +1/+1 counter on Talus Paladin.
Rarity: Rare
Set Number: #21/145
Name: Terra Eternal
Cost: 2W
Type: Enchantment
Rules Text: All lands are indestructible.
Rarity: Rare
Set Number: #22/145

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Magic 2011 Announced

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Wizards announced yesterday at Magic Arcana regarding the next upcoming Core set in Magic: The Gathering Trading card game, Magic 2011 which will be released this July 16, 2010. The set is dubbed “A set everyone can sink their teeth into.” which made me think of new interesting cards they’re going to include. Here’s a part of the announcement: Continue reading →

Jamie Mackintosh Wins Australia Nationals

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Jamie Mackintosh is the 2009 Australian Nationals champion piloting a G/W Elf Ball deck and defeating (or rather sweeping) Ian Wood’s 5-color Blood deck in the finals. Here’s the decklist:

Maindeck
8 Forest
1 Plains
4 Wooded Bastion
4 Sunpetal Grove
2 Windbrisk Heights
19 land

1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Mirror Entity
1 Cloudthresher
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Heritage Druid
4 Devoted Druid
4 Regal Force
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Elvish Visionary
35 creatures

2 Manamorphose
4 Primal Command
6 other spells

Sideboard
4 Great Sable Stag
2 Cloudthresher
3 Oversoul of Dusk
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Platinum Angel
2 Qasali Pridemage

Summary of the matchup results on the Top 8:
Quarterfinals vs. Garry Wong (5 Color Blood) Won 3-0
Semifinals vs. Hugh Glanville (UB Faeries) Won 3-2
Finals vs. Ian Wood (5 Color Blood) Won 3-0