Magic 2012 Singles Price Check


With the release of Magic 2012 in the market this weekend, a lot of preordered singles has been quoted with the expected value. Mythics, specifically Planeswalkers, are expected are pricey value, though I think its too overpriced. We can’t blame the popular card stores for giving the high price, but I expect a decline on the value after two weeks or so. Magic 2012 is good coreset, but it can’t surpass what Magic 2011 has brought to Standard. Continue reading

Variations of the Deceiver Twin Combo

With the arrival of New Phyrexia, a new combo emerged in Standard. The phyrexian Deceiver Exarch, along with the aura Splinter Twin completes the combo kill. Before, this was an archetype in Extended, which uses Pestermite as one of the combo piece. The current one is a bit tougher to kill. Out of Lightning bolt range with the 4 toughness, opponents must rely on heavy spot removal to deal with the combo. Continue reading

A Few M11 Card Previews from PT San Juan

As the title says it, here are some card previews of the upcoming M11 set this July. The cards were from the Archenemy decks which was playtested at PT San Juan.

Sorcerer’s Strongbox 4
Artifact
2,T: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, sacrifice ~ and draw three cards.

Plummet 1G
Destroy target creature with flying.

Reassembling Skeleton 1B
Creature – Skeleton Warrior
1B: Return ~ from your Graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
1/1

Chandra’s Outrage 2RR
Instant
~ deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creatures controller.

Kenji Control Deck Tech at Grand Prix Yokohama


At the on-going GP Yokohama 2010, the famous Japanese Pro player Kenji Tsumura created a list to counter the current metagame in Extended. His guess of the top decks that dominates are: Thopter-Depths, Zoo, Faeries, Hypergenesis and dredge. His list composed of goodies in Blue and Black and that focused specifically on each of the top decks. Here’s the list dubbed as “Kenji Control”: Continue reading