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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As we talk about the new and upcoming Magic: The Gathering mechanic called “toxic” and is introduced in Phyrexia: All will be one, we could not way out not to compare it with the root word in terms of deck archetype and gameplay.
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Here are the top 8 decklists of the currently running Standard event of the Starcitygames.com Open Series in Charlotte. The meta, defined by the recent PT Dark Ascension in Honolulu, has featured improvements to the Tier 1 decks specifically Delver and Wolf Run Ramp. Continue reading
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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