Brewing 101, I think is in the minds of the players all over the world as the Magic2012 spoiler has just been completed today. The last card was Time Reversal, Mythic sorcery, and a reprint from M11. Most expected it to be Time Warp but that would be insane in the current build of the Pyromancer Ascension. I think Wizards made a good decision of not reprinting the blue card.
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The hitting of the ban hammer on the two powerful cards in Cawblade has left the Standard format open to new brew and build of decks. Though previous tier 1 decks like Valakut Ramp is seen to rise back in popularity, we can’t deny that there are other decks waiting to be discovered and polished to fit in the new metagame. Continue reading
I had been pondering a build for the big Red Metalcraft-based deck for Standard. We were able to purchase a set of Kuldotha Phoenix in Singapore, so my intentions on brainstorming the list arisen again. The deck’s basic strategy is to ramp up with “stones” (chalices and sun spheres) to cast the big spells while building up Metalcraft. Continue reading