Magic: the Gathering Built-Around-Mechanic Decks: Cycling

The deck name is Cyclone Surge, and it is a Magic: the Gathering deck built around the Cycling mechanic. Cycling is a versatile ability that allows you to pay a certain cost to discard a card from your hand and draw a new card. This deck focuses on exploiting the Cycling mechanic to create a fluid and adaptive playstyle, enabling you to dig through your deck quickly, find answers to various situations, and maintain a steady flow of resources.

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Throwback Magic: the Gathering Deck – “Solar Flare”

The deck “Solar Flare” was a popular Magic: the Gathering archetype in the game’s past, particularly during the Innistrad block. It was at first recognized during the first Ravnica Standard days, wherein a new control deck at that time was formulated from the cards of the block set.

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The Better Magic: the Gathering Deck Archetype: Aggro or Control

This question has somewhat lingered on my mind while checking on the new decks for Magic: the Gathering Standard format. Is the better of the two archetypes, aggro or control? I am by nature an aggro player but there are times that the need to be effective on the metagame is to play control or midrange decks.

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MTG Black Red Blightning in Zendikar Standard

Hi all, happy Friday! I hope your weekend will be productive in Mtg tournaments and other stuff. For this post, I’ll analyze the Black Red Blightning deck, one of the top decks in pre-Zendikar Standard. The deck suffered a lot on this rotation with the loss of its important components. We said goodbye to Demigod of Revenge, Figure of Destiny, Boggart Ram-Gang, Flame Javelin, and to the black red lands Auntie’s Hovel and Graven Cairns. The question now is: Is the deck still competitive enough in the new Standard? We’ll soon find out as Zendikar becomes legal on tournaments this weekend.

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