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I just started getting into Magic and I don’t know what I should play for my first deck.  Is there a deck strategy that is good for new players?

Thanks,

Steve

Dear Steve,

Welcome to Magic.  This is a fun and exciting game to play with your friends around your table or to compete against other Magic players at a FNM.  When I started Magic, my boyfriend built a deck for me.  I wanted it to be easy but still be good.  A good deck strategy to go with when you are a new player is “white weenie”.  Basically you small low casting cost efficient creatures and hopefully kill your opponent in the first few turns.  An important aspect to remember is when you are first investing in cards make sure they are from the current set.  You can get over a thousand cards on ebay for ten dollars but they won’t be legal to play with at a FNM since only the most recent sets will be legal.  Be sure to check the Magic: the Gathering site for the legal sets.

Once you feel comfortable with mono-white you can either move to white and green or just mono-green.  What green has to offer is large creatures and some with efficient casting costs.  If you go white green you can good white creatures early in the game then larger green creatures later in the game.  If you go mono-green there are mana acceleraters that will allow you to play your big creatures in early turns.

If neither of these options seems right for you then there is red.  Red is pretty straight forward and with M10 coming out it gets better.  With red you can play lots of burn and haste creatures which becomes trouble some to deal with for your opponent.  You hope to play haste creatures and burn them for the win.  What is hard with red is when your opponent has some sort of life gain effect because it makes you use more burn which you may run out of.  Also, red can empty it’s hand fairly quickly so you are in top deck  mode early on.

If you like red, you can also add it black to the red for removal and discard.  Black can usually be splashed in a deck for the removal but in my opinion isn’t the best as a monocolor deck.  It can be done if you want to but is best paired with green or red.

Now, you’ve noticed that I haven’t even touched the color blue.  Blue requires a higher level of strategy since it doesn’t want to turn creatures sideways to win.  Blue wants to control your opponents plays by countering spells and disrupting your opponents plans.  But as a new player, it’s hard to know what to counter and when to play your spells.  I would suggest one of the other deck strategies above and let blue be a color that you start playing after you know the cards that are out there, you are comfortable with the rules and tricks that are out there, and you feel you are ready to take on a challenge.

I hope this has helped.  Remember Magic is a game and is very fun.  There are a lot of strategies out there and each should be explored before you decide what deck you want to play consistently.  A good idea for your deck is to build around what you initially like about the game, whethers it’s angels, or big creatures, or burning your opponent.  Play a few games with your deck, see what you like or don’t like and switch it with different cards.  If your deck is losing to big creatures put some black in your deck for removal.  What you can do if you run out of cards quick is splash blue for card draw.  Whatever you want to do with your deck is great.  Just make it fun!

Sincerely,

Blossom

Format Corner:

We had a request to talk a bit about the details of EDH deck construction. First off, pick a method of winning – regular drop ‘em to zero, general damage, milling (which is harder in EDH), or another alternate win condition. Once you know, pick a general in colors you like that will allow you to play your strategy. Some example: General damage: Rafiq. Combo: Rofellos. Mill: Oona. Regular Damage: Progenitus, Child of Alara, this one is pretty open.

With your general in mind find card in its colors that aid in working toward your desired goal. Rafiq: Sovereigns of Lost Alara and Auras, Equipment (whispersilk cloak), Exalted. Rofellos: Umbra Mantle. Oona: Mind sluice, Isochron, Traumatize, Mind funeral, Glimpse. Progenitus, etc: Five color can be the hardest to build since you have so much room to grow because you have every card (pretty much) available. This is why I prefer color specific generals, to the five color variety.

Cards mentioned: Rage Reflection, Memory Plunder, Gauntlet of Power, Dread Return, Swerve, Dawn Charm and Isochron is definitely fun. Dominus of Fealty

Standard and Metagame speculation: Lately G/W tokens has been on top, but the variety of decks is rather stunning. G/W tokens, B/W tokens, Swans Combo, Faries: the field is nice and diverse. Trevor: Naya beats is my deck of choice, mostly a fun deck but it lets me play kird kitty in standard and doesn’t suffer too much post rotation. Tom: RDW – just becomes ridiculous post rotation.

New archtypes post rotation will certainly be something red, for lightning bolt and ball lightning, perhaps green or black splash for blood braid or bituminous blast. But the all star deck seems to be Soldiers. Preeminent Captain, Captain of the Watch, Honor of the Pure, New savannah lions, this deck just oozes beats, especially with the lack of wrath as a board sweeper. Don’t forget about your Deft Duelists! Very Fun Mono Black Rogue deck in the working and testing phase, should be fun, very aggro.

Casual Corner:

Duels of the Planeswalkers: The Jace deck is a little overpowered in my opinion because it has answers to everything in duel. Even Erwin was correct when he stated that duels doesn’t suck though, because it really doesn’t suck. I’ve found it to have a lot of re playability and can’t wait to get my Garruk! But, I have found glitches within the game randomly due to counterspells or tricky situations. Hopefully wizards will put out a patch for ‘Put Away” and allow me to beat up more people on Xbox Live!

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The episode kicks off with a shout-out to the new members on the forums and to the Facebook group. Welcome all. Then, we go into some responses on the forums to our last few episodes. Feedback is always appreciated and actually does help us when we record the shows. Disagree with us about a point we make, think that Dirk is the funniest man alive, or catch us on a blatant error? Head to the forums! We then follow up on some reactions to the Magic 2010 rules changes, including Dirk’s first impressions, and the results of the first games Chewie and I have played under the new rules. Chewie and Dirk have also been playing Duels of the Planeswalkers recently and briefly share their experiences.

After that, it’s on to Magic 2010 previews! Join us as we walk down a sort of memory lane with standbys like Serra Angel (now Uncommon!), Clone, and Birds of Paradise. We’ll also see old faces seeing new life like Black Knight (aww yeah), Ball Lightning, and Lightning Bolt (the one and only). Finally, since Magic 2010 is the first Core Set since Beta with new cards in it, we have new favorites like Child of Night, new duel lands, and Ant Queen. Do your exterminators have captains? They better.

Finally, we’ve got some news. I’d tell you what it is, but you need to listen to find out. No cutting in line! All I’ll say is, oh wait, you have to listen! Ha. Finally finally, we quickly hit the recent Banned/Restricted List announcements and Magic shoes. Not magic shoes (Like Mike), Magic Shoes. They are NOT guaranteed to make you into a basketball legend.

Thanks for listening to The Mana Pool as always, and get ready for some goodness in Magic 2010.

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Rumor talk ends at 27:00, there’s a lot of new goodies.

News:

Player Rewards Program

The biggest news this week is easily the Player Rewards program.  Lots of cards, lots of difficulties getting to the top of the heap.  For all the gritty details: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=magic/online/rewards/welcome And More Details: http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1869.

And the discussion: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1208920

Some quick thoughts (I’ll go more in depth in State of the Program this week): Buying one draft set, playing the draft, + 5 log-ins a month = Tier 3 (aka 1 Alt art land, 1 foil alt art land, 1 level 3 promo). Doing that twice nets you a new tier 4 promo (Kird Ape this time).

Clan chat to be fixed! More information is here: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1210249 And I’m certainly looking forward to this coming back!

Upcoming Release Schedule

Another nice announcement this week was the statement of what to expect from new sets coming up in MTGO.  We appear to have a pretty busy rest of the year ahead, so start saving up now if you’re going to be getting into MED3 and the newest From the Vault set! http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1210330

Events

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/digital/Article.aspx?x=magic/magiconline/eventsmain#070109 MOCS, Mirage Nix Tix Qualifiers, OTJ Qualifiers, SHM Sealed – Nix Tix, and much more!

Card Prices

Maelstrom Pulse continues to decline as tons and tons of Alara singles are still being pumped into the system. Necroskitter is up to $4 on the back of being a crazy card featured in the BoaB Column Regal Force has stayed strong thanks to Green suddenly being good, and has gone up about another quarter of a ticket to 3.75 each.

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Please people, quit flipping out over Lightning Bolt’s return. They (Wizards) want us to focus on Lightning Bolt. Bolt is like that puppy your parents buy you right before they tell you they are getting a divorce. I’ll go ahead and say it: I am disappointed in M10. I don’t think it sucks, or is going to ruin Magic, or even that it has no gems among its cards, but given the hype surrounding it, and the massive potential for something special, I am disappointed.  The set has plenty of perks, but those perks appear to be concentrated in specific spectrums rather than evenly distributed.  Additionally, some “sneaky” tactics were used to market the set which I will discuss briefly. Just be careful to assess the set as a whole and not just “They’re bringing back Bolt!!!”

Quick note: As of writing this, the set still has 40 cards yet to be spoiled. Any and all information (correct or false) is courtesy of MTGSalvation.com’s unofficial spoiler. I will try to place appropriate text for cards where possible, but for the full unofficial spoiler, head there.

WARNING-SPOILERS

I would like to mention that I do not really agree with Wizards marketing in telling us there are half new and half old cards in the set only to have 15 cards spoiled thus far be functional reprints used simply create more flavor in the core set. Even this last point is debatable however. Remove Soul seems just as flavorful as Essence Scatter to me; likewise with Persuasion becoming Mind Control. Plus a card like Runeclaw Bears is being printed to replace the normalcy of Grizzly Bears, which is fine, except that Cylian Elf seems like a better replacement when they clearly are adding a tribal element to the core set. I am fine with cards being reprinted, after all that is what the core set has traditionally been, but I am not ok with marketing the core set as 50% new when that is only a technicality and the set ends up 40% new or whatever. Magic players are not stupid and it just feels wrong to treat them as such. Chevy would not market a “Brand New Car!” for consumers to only find out it is a Monte Carlo through and through just appearing in a new color. It depreciates the credibility that Wizards has established with us over the years. Please, be honest with your consumer base, only good things will come of it. We are already at 138 actual reprints and 15 functional reprints (counting the new lifelink enchantment that I realize has slightly different applications now but only because of the rules change) which is 153 cards that have been seen before in one form or another. Even if literally every other card yet to be spoiled were brand new, we would have only 38% actual brand new cards in the set. I actually like the close to functional reprints like Doom Blade and Disentomb as I feel they add some elements to the game without eating new design space, but the true functional reprints should either count as old cards, or we should have just been told up front that there were 40% new cards. It still would have been exciting, hell it still is exciting, I just feel it was gone about in the wrong way.

Note: When counting the functional reprints, the set is still only 44% new cards. Subtracting the basic lands from the mix if you would like leaves 118 reprints out of 229 which is still 52%. Granted this number is probably about what we would have expected given their announcement, but we had to jump through some hoops to get here.

Before I begin speaking about any specific cards I would like to talk about some interesting trends and developments with M10. Lets discuss the direction of control that M10 seems to be ushering in. Unfortunately, it appears as though the new standard will be dominated by aggro decks at least until Zendikar comes out where we presumably will receive some more help for control.

I say this because aggro decks have already began to take charge in standard, albeit in a somewhat slower form than traditional mono red aggro or whatever. With the loss of 10^th edition, it appears as though we will be losing Wrath of God, Mind Stone, and to lesser extents, Razormane Masticore, Story Circle, Windborn Muse, and Tidings while not getting any legitimate replacements in M10 save Guardian Seraph which can perform a decent Windborn Muse impersonation (minus obvious Reveillark interactions).

Guardian Seraph   2WW
Creature-Angel
Flying
If a source an opponent controls would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage
3/4

In addition, control appears to be gaining little footing as far as counterspells are concerned with Cancel, Negate, and Essence Scatter (Remove Soul) being the returners and its unconditional board sweeper jumping to 6 mana in Planar Cleansing. With only Sign in Blood being gained in the card drawing department, control really gains nothing in the traditional sense that would gravitate players towards it minus some decent, but in my opinion overhyped, finishers that I will touch on later. Earthquake would normally be a welcomed sight, but with so much diversity in Standard between flying and non-flying dorks, I do not know how good it will actually be.

Sign in Blood   BB
Sorcery
Target player draws 2 cards and loses 2 life

Planar Cleansing   3WWW
Sorcery
Destroy all nonland permanents.

Aggro is not helping out any with great new additions including an uncommon Savannah Lions functional reprint in Elite Vanguard, Lightning Bolt, a new cheaper Crusade in Honor the Pure, Silence, a new improved cycle of tribal lords, Duress, Ball Lightning, and Great Stable Stag. The one card people seem to point to as the savior of control is Baneslayer Angel. Sure, this guy is definitely above the curve on power, but I think he is currently being overhyped. With no immediate effect on the board, the cheap and efficient removal in the format makes her a liability. It is generally poor to argue that a creature is bad because it dies, but in this case, I find it appropriate. Basically everything kills this, from Pulse, to Path, to Terminate and there are really no good counterspells to back her up with. In addition, unlike other control finishers, you get no value if she is removed. Keiga, Broodmate Dragon, and Archon of Justice all provided 2 for 1 effects where as this angel just dies. Oona is similar, and look at how much play she has seen lately. I don’t expect her to see much play once the initial hype has dimmed.

Baneslayer Angel  3WW
Creature-Angel
Flying, First Strike, Lifelink
Protection from dragons and demons.
5/5

Great Stable Stag is remarkable in maindecks and sideboards alike. He is akin to the Paladin En-Vec of green in being immune to a lot of commonly played removal like Terror (Doom Blade), Maelstrom Pulse, Terminate, Jund Charm etc. Additionally, he obviously wrecks a faeries player by combining the two weakness of the deck: Uncounterability and cheap evasive creatures. Unlike Chameleon Colossus, this guy can’t even be dealt with by  Cryptic Command and the only real out a Fae player has is Mutavault plus Scion of Oona… not good times for Faeries. Expect this guy to see play in a lot of formats.

Great Stable Stag  1GG
Creature-Elk
Great Stable Stag cannot be countered.
Protection from black and blue.
3/3

The other deck able to suppress some of the aggro uprising, Swans, is leaving the format as there has been no word of Seismic Assault being reprinted.  I presume the lack of cheap counterspells is a nod to the fact that Wizards does not want Fae to be dominant for its final 3 months in the format. Rather, look for a cheap counterspell to be printed in Zendikar if we are to get one at all. Still, the reality is that aggro should see a surge, so with control most likely taking a back seat for a while, what are aggro decks going to be gaining from M10?

Token decks of all varieties appear to be getting a shot in the arm. Captain of the Watch is a nice addition to the Cloudgoat Ranger line of creatures. He provides the same number of bodies as Cloudgoat Ranger, but they are larger and all have vigilance. In addition, he does not just give bonuses to his tokens, Cloudgoat Ranger and its tokens, Dauntless Escort, Goldmeadow Stalwart, and Ranger of Eos are some other notable soldiers that will probably be benefiting from this guy at some point. I expect him to be run as a 1-2 of to start until we really see his potential realized.

Captain of the Watch  4WW
Creature-Human Soldier
Vigilance
Other soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and Vigilance.
When Captain of the Watch enters the battlefield, put three 1/1 white soldier tokens onto the battlefield.

Honor of the Pure gives those same token decks a cheaper Glorious Anthem at the cost of not boosting Bitterblossom Tokens. Still G/W will surely use this, and B/W will probably get over the fact that Fae tokens don’t get the bonus.  This card should also push Kithkin ahead of the pack in combination with other cards. Four soldier lords in the new set benefit Kithkin the most of any existing deck or perhaps a new soldier deck will emerge. The new Savannah Lions seems like it can run side by side with Goldmeadow Stalwart and Figure of Destiny if players see fit as well.

Honor of the Pure   1W
Enchantment
White creatures you control get +1/+1

Goblins get an excellent lord in Goblin Chieftain. This guy combines the most relevant ability on Goblin King with Goblin Warchief which is a scary thing. Goblins have always been just on the edge of playability since Lorwyn and this guy combined with the loss of Wrath may propel the deck into a winning position. Losing Mogg Fanatic hurts the deck’s speed a little, but Tattermunge Maniac still exists. This lord boosts so many cards like Murderous Redcap and Siege Gang Commander and there is still a Banneret for Goblins if the Warchief’s other ability turns out to be missed that dearly. Earwig Squad is such a powerful card that just has not been able to make it into winning lists but I expect goblins, and thus Earwig Squad, to become a real contender with M10.

Goblin Chieftain  1RR
Creature-Goblin
Haste
Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
2/2

In a similar vein is the new Elf Lord. This guy is unbelievably good and should resurrect the position of Profane Command in elves once again while also boosting the stock of Chameleon Colossus even more. Forestwalk was definitely a more relevant ability than Mountainwalk but one has to think that the Priest of Titania ability is just better. Turn 1 Llanowar Elves, turn 2 Elvish Archdruid can and will lead to some truly explosive starts including things like turn 3 Vanquisher, Vanquisher, Chameleon Colossus. That is threatening a turn 4 kill for an already consistent and persistent deck. Civic Wayfinder appears to be leaving as well which makes this guy even better as he fills the Wayfinder’s void nicely. With Lorwyn still lingering in Standard all of these new lords have to be taken seriously. The Merfolk one is the weakest, but still fine with cards like Wakethrasher.

Elvish Archdruid  1GG
Creature-Elf
Other Elf creatures you control

The new lands in the set offer a fresh take on duals. I feel as though they are better for control players than aggro as they can never come into play untapped on turn 1 which is odd considering the push of aggro with this set. Still, pain free lands are nice even if not as good as the soon rotating Filter lands or Ravnica Duals etc. Gargoyle Castle is pretty good as this era’s Stalking Stones. I like that the creature it produces dodges Lightning Bolt and Volcanic Fallout. Unfortunately there are no real decks for this to be incorporated into yet, with the possible exception of a Mono Black control deck that has some potential due to Tendrils of Corruption being reprinted. Without a true sweeper (Infest-bleh) it is hard to tell if that deck can exist but entirely possible. While on the topic of lands, it is important to note that we will be losing all of the man-land reprints from 10^th which is a pretty big blow to a lot of decks and pushes Mutavault’s stock up for the next 3 months.

Gargoyle Castle
Land
T: Add 1 to your mana pool
5, T, Sacrifice Gargoyle Castle: Put a 3/4 colorless gargoyle artifact creature token with flying on to the battlefield.

With the exception of the Merfolk Lord, blue has not really gotten anything worth writing home about as of yet. I know a lot of people are excited about Time Warp but I don’t think it will have the impact that many predict. Five mana is a big investment for a card that could very well just draw you a card and allow an extra land drop. If this is to see play it will most likely be accompanied by an aggressive shell, notably Merfolk. We have had to deal with 4 mana instant speed Time Walks that come on 4/4 flying bodies for the past 2 years though, which makes me think that coping with Time Warp will hardly be difficult.

Time Warp 3UU
Sorcery
Target player takes an extra turn after this one

Now while 5 mana Time Walks won’t be an issue, 1 mana Time Walks most definitely will be. White Weenie has the ability to wield Silence and prevent any effort a Control deck or Combo deck has at rebounding from a quick start. Granted the card is not the greatest in aggressive mirror matches, but it still acts as free turn of sorts which is only bad if your opponent already has his Putrid Leech or whatever in play. The card is really only bad against Fae currently as they can play both on their own turn as well as yours but it can still act as an instant speed Thoughtseize of sorts to draw out a counterspell. Also, if a combo deck can emerge post rotation, Silence can be a useful tool to both buy time against aggro decks and protect their combo from counterspells if any worth playing are printed.

Silence  W
Instant
Your opponents can’t cast spells this turn. (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected.)

Overall I feel as though M10 gives just a tad too much to the aggressive decks while somewhat neglecting control. As for combo, it is a little too hard to foresee what players will come up with as nothing is obvious other than the loss of the only combo deck currently in standard. I do not like the consistent power creep of creatures but at the same time do not have a solution for the issue. R&D has clearly figured out how to slow or even reverse the creep of  certain categories  of spells (Lightning Bolt being the exception as I think that was just a marketing move) as they have convinced us to play with worse draw spells and worse counterspells over time. I am sure they have a plan and are implementing it as we speak. Thus, M10 simply seems out of place because we do not have the full amount of information that they do. Still, it is a little strange at the current time.

Nationals is sure to be a very fast and hostile format chocked full of aggro decks of every variety which should make for a very pronounced debut of the new rules as well.

As for M10 limited which will be showcased at Grand Prix Boston, white seems to stand out as the best color so far. With 2 common soldier lords and another at each uncommon and rare, it seems as though they can easily win most if not all creature on creature fights. In addition, cheap fliers and solid removal like Pacifism, Divine Verdict (Neck Snap), and Blinding Mage (Master Decoy) offer a more traditional white approach that seems better rounded than we are normally accustomed to.  Plus it has some amazing uncommons including the newly renovated Serra Angel. I expect a lot of fighting to occur over who gets the white cards at each table.

I would briefly like to mention the change in Lifelink (previously Spirit Link although slightly different) so as to prevent any “Oops” moments in limited. Spirit Link is subtly different from Lifelink in that it was a triggered ability (just like old Lifelink: the ability) that gave the controller of Spirit Link the life. Lifelink (the aura) gives the creature lifelink (the ability) meaning enchanting an opposing creature with Lifelink will only make your opponent happy and do nothing defensively for you. This kind of sucks as a non-triggered version of Spirit Link would be an excellent defensive card because with a trigger, you could still lose while you were waiting to gain life from your Spirit Link. With new lifelink as a damage ability, the enchanted creature never actually deals damage to you. Just a heads up to anyone who has not noticed yet.

Lifelink   W
Enchantment-Aura
Enchanted creature has lifelink
(Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Black seems to be the second best color with solid removal and pretty quick creatures that sport bonuses as opposed to the customary drawbacks that black has on its cheap guys. Consume Spirit and Tendrils of Corruption imply that mono black may just be the best route as both of those cards are just outstanding in 3 pack drafts as you can end up with multiples of each. In addition, going mono black increases the stock in your Doom Blades as there is a less likely chance that you will face down opposing black creatures.

Doom Blade  1B
Instant
Destroy target nonblack creature.

Red and Green both have their perks but I have a feeling that Red inches Green out for 3^rd among the colors. Red has pretty excellent removal but its common creatures are all paltry. The uncommon creatures  make up for that, but are obviously much harder to acquire. And as is usual with red, some ridiculous bombs will make for blow outs. Shivan Dragon, Earthquake, Fireball, and Bogardan Hellkite are just a few of the notables that you will enjoy windmill slamming. Expect red to be a support color for its removal more often than a stand-alone color as the pull of Seismic Spike alone does not really have the appeal that Tendrils of Corruption does.

Seismic Spike   2R
Instant
Seismic Spike deals damage to target creature equal to the number of mountains you control.

Green can easily shift with red if you happen to acquire any of its amazing rare or uncommon bombs. Ant Queen, Garruk, Kolonian Behemoth, Master of the Wild Hunt, Overrun, and Howl of the Night Pack can all just win games on their own. Even without them however, green has some fight in its versatile creatures. Deadly Recluse and Acidic Slime both offer options which should not be taken for granted. Still, I expect green to be a supplemental color once again, offering fat bodies, mana fixing, and pump spells.

Ant Queen  3GG
Creature-Insect
1G: Put a 1/1 green insect creature token on to the battlefield.
5/5

Last on the list is poor ole blue. Blue has some really solid cards, but they seem to fall in the uncommon slot for the most part. Air Elemental, Mind Control (Persuasion), and Wall of Frost all seem like they can turn a game around in your favor, but picking these up in a draft is hard to do. I guess the likelihood is higher due to blue’s overall weakness in the format, which means some drafters will prefer the color in hopes of being the only blue drafter at the table. Remove Soul and Unsummon are always fine at what they do, although hardly exciting. Snapping Drake and Wind Drake are cards that normally stand out, but with white being so good, and having trumps to these fliers with their own cheaper versions, or first striking versions, or bigger butted versions… well you can see where that leads. Divination (Counsel of the Soratami) and Merfolk Looter are still solid as always, but chances are you will see these cards next to some other color for actual creatures and removal. Also, there is always Jump to push you into blue! Why couldn’t they just reprint Leap, geez?

Wall of Frost  1UU
Creature-Wall
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Whenever Wall of Frost blocks a creature, that creature doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
0/7

There are some solid artifacts to support the other colors mainly found in equipment. Gorgon Flail is pretty awesome especially considering that deathtouch is a very powerful ability under the new rules. Whispersilk Cloak will be as good as always, offering evasion to the big green dorks and what not. And the cycle of Dragon’s Claw artifacts are always surprisingly decent sideboard cards for the appropriate matchup especially as you will be able to pick them up extremely late.

Gorgon Flail  2
Artifact-Equipment
Equip-2
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch.

Overall the format looks better for limited than the core sets of the past were which is nice. With 3 packs of it floating around, I have a feeling that the tribal synergies will be more pronounced than the scarce number of creature type matters cards would lead you to believe.  It will not be of Lorwyn proportions of course, but will have an impact in some form or another at nearly every table. The format should be faster than 10^th edition was, but nothing like Shards block is which should be a nice relief.

With 40, presumably new, cards yet to be spoiled there is still some room for the above to change, although I find it unlikely that anything drastic will change. Hopefully we will get a card or two to push blue at least in range of the other colors both for constructed and limited purposes. Again, while I am disappointed in the balancing of the set and some of the marketing strategies used, I trust Wizards as I am sure they have the bigger picture in mind. I do feel as though the uniqueness of the set was not fully capitalized upon, but with 40 cards still to go, that can change. Like it or not however, M10 will surely turn standard on end.

As always, any questions will be answered in the comments. Thank you to everyone for all of the support I have been receiving both in the forums and via email or facebook. You guys make this a worthy and enjoyable endeavor. Until next time, TRA LA LA, I’m out.

-Conley Woods-

Conley@mtgcast.com

Thanks for tuning in!

Introduction:

Beginning with an introduction from all of us involved.

Trevor: My name is Trevor and starting with the basics, normally I play Green/White, but I play magic more for the rouge deck design and intuition aspects of the game then the philosophy behind any individual color. As for my favorite cards: Brainstorm, Isochron, and Well-wisher.

Tom: Howdy, I’m Tom, favorite color is white by far, but I usually play red in constructed. Favorite card by far is Jareth Leonin Titan!

Format Talk:

Today’s format of choice, Elder Dragon Highlander.

Trevor: I started with a Jhoira Storm type combo deck but I have moved on to a Rafiq Aggro deck (list in the show notes) and it is serious fun. Top interactions: Sovereigns of Lost Alara and Rafiq with any

aura (protective bubble for the win) and Idyllic Tutor for Finest Hour makes any creature a god.

Limited Chatter:

Brief talk about limited archetypes and not being afraid to draft fast aggro decks even sometimes over removal.

Rumor Corner:

m10 edition!

Trevor: Lightning Bolt. Wow, just wow, I can honestly say the power creep in reprinting it and Ball lightning makes me want to play red. The lack of wrath, honestly shocks me, but I do like the new variant, Planar Cleansing. Also, both of these open up room for regeneration to make a comeback. New   uncommon Savannah Lions makes me excited. All in all I am excited for this set. As for the duels, I actually dig them, and value their simplicity.

Tom: Variety of cards talked about such as all of the new lords, the emergence of white’s new power, ball lightning and lightning bolt. Blue getting the shaft, but gets sleep.

Decklists are below

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AKROMA

Creatures

Benalish Commander

Gold Myr

Springjack Shepard

Windbrisk Raptor

Twilight Shepard

Glory

Knight of Meadowgrain

Knight-Captain of Eos

Reya Dawnbringer

Voice of All

Blazing Archon

Karmic Guide

Jareth, Leonin Titan!

Cloudgoat Ranger

Pentarch Paladin

Serra Avenger

Crovax, Ascendant Hero

Mageta, The Lion

Haazda Shield Mage

Darien, King of Kjeldor

Battlegrace Angel

Archon of Justice

Wall of Reverence

Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Purity

Serra Angel

Mother of Runes

Seht’s Tiger

Adarkar Valkyrie

Loxodon Gatekeeper

Insant

Soul nova

Path to Exile

Exile

Crib swap

Endure

Disenchant

Stir the Pride

Altar’s light

Turn the Tables

Enchantments

Oblivion Ring

Sacred Mesa

Endless Horizon

Faith’s Fetters

Mobilization

Light From Within

Story Circle

Sigil of the New Dawn

Sorceries

Saltblast

Mass Calcify

Decree of Justice

Rout

Sunscour

Martial Coup

Breath of Life

Idyllic Tutor

Terashi’s Grasp

Austere Command

Artifacts

Scepter of Dominance

Sword of Kaldera

Gauntlet of Power

Coldsteel Heart

Paradise Plume

Prismatic Lens

Marble Diamond

Sisay’s Ring

Lands

Plainsx37

RAFIQ

Creatures:

Tolsimir Wolfblood

Sakashima the Imposter

Rhox War Monk

Sovereigns of Lost Alara

Reya Dawnbringer

Mulldrifter

Archon of Justice

Saffi Eriksdotter

Eternal Witness

Purity

Stoic Angel

Chameleon Colossus

Battlegrace Angel

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Wall of Reverence

Coiling Oracle

Swans of Bryn Argoll

Qasali Pridemage

Nobel Hierarch

Jenara, Asura of War

Mirror Sigil Sargent

Dauntless Escort

Empyrial Archangel

Lorescale Coatl

Instants:

Bant Charm

Crib Swap

Telling Time

Cryptic Command

Snakeform

Brainstorm

Path to Exile

Sorcerys:

Covenant of Minds

Rampant Growth

Kiss of the Amesha

Primal Command

Austere Command

Supply//Demand

Breath of Life

Idyllic Tutor

Enchantment:

Finest Hour

Oblivion Ring

Teferi’s Moat

Fable of Wolf and Owl

Arrest

Fertile Ground

Steel of the Godhead

Protective Bubble

Shielding Plax

Shield of the Oversoul

Daybreak Coronet

Artifacts:

Loxodon Warhammer

Selesnya Signet

Simic Signet

Pentad Prism

Scepter of Dominance

Gilded Lotus

Wayfarer’s Bauble

Coalition Relic

Behemoth Sledge

Planswalker:

Garruk Wildspeaker

Ajani Goldmane

Lands:

Vivid Grove

Rupture Spire

Simic Growth Chamber

Vivid Meadow

Mystic Gate

Seaside Citadel

Azorius Chancery

Terramorphic Expanse

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Bant Panorama

Ghost Quarter

Flooded Grove

Reflecting Pool

Vivid Creek

Exotic Orchard

8x Forest

9x Island

6x Plains

THRAX-a-MUN-Dar

Creatures

Mortivore (pet card)

Flameblast Dragon

Mulldrifter

Keiga, The Tide Star

Sakashima the Imposter

Clone

Blood Tyrant

Oona, Queen of the Fae

Vendillion Clique

Shriekmaw

Inkwell Leviathon

Spellbound Dragon

Dimir Cutpurse

Nicol Bolas

Sedraxis Specter

Dimir Doppelganger

Surgespanner

Nektraal

Sedris, The Traitor King

Lightning Reaver

Planeswalkers

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Chandra Nalaar

Lilliana Vess

Enchantments

Persuasion

Dire Undercurrents (Combo with Oona, no more hand for you!)

Instants

Desertion

Fact or Fiction

Brainstorm

Soul Manipulation

Terminate

Bituminous Blast

Mana leak

Counter Spell

Grixis Charm

Sudden Spoiling

Telling Time

Makeshift Mannequin

Sorceries

Acquire

Concentrate

Deep Analysis

Damnation

Beacon of Unrest

Dream Cache

Slane of Bolas

Barrin’s Spite

Void

Rise//Fall

Barter in Blood

Telemin Performance

Tidings

Covenant of Minds

Probe

Din of the Fireherd

Energy Tap

Banefire

Cruel Ultimatum

Artifacts

Sword of Kaldra

Drake-Skull Cameo

Unscythe, Killer of Kings

Platinum Angel

Izzet Signet

Armillary Sphere

Lands

Vivid Creek

Vivid Marsh

Rupture Spire

Terramorphic Expanse

ShivanReef

Izzet Boilerworks

Rakdos Carnarium

Dimir Aqueduct

Grixis Panarama

Dust Bowl

Exotic Orchard

Shimmering Grotto

Frost Marsh

Crumbling Necropolis

Reliquary Tower

Caldera Lake

Islandx6

Swampx8

Mountainx7

I’ve gotten into Magic: the Gathering lately and really like the game.  I go to FNM’s and do okay.  My friends and I like to hang out during the week and play at my house.  My girlfriend watches and knows a little bit about the game and the cards but refuses to play with us or go to FNM.  I would like her to at least start playing with us and perhaps go to FNM.  What can I do to convince her the game is fun and she should start playing with us?

Sincerely,

Greg

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Dear Greg,

I can tell you that when my boyfriend first started playing Magic: the Gathering, I thought it was just a game, a phase he was into and it soon was going to pass.  He was only playing with his roommate at their place and I didn’t see any point in joining.  He was becoming increasingly more interested in the game and began going to FNM, which means a lonely Friday night for his lady.  Thus began my interest in joining him in learning about the game!  It took about three months of my boyfriend asking me to play and me refusing.  Since I saw his passion in the game I figure I should at least learn what the game was about since I might be watching it a lot if he continued to play it.

This brings me to point number one: Gently ask your girlfriend to play and don’t pressure her if she doesn’t want to. It takes time and no one likes to feel forced into something.  If she sees you having fun then she will want to know more about it.  Encourage her to watch a game.  Show her some art on the cards and some of the fun creatures[like angels-what she is of course ]  This will score some points and interest in the game.  Now she’s interested, but you have to start everything for her.  You can’t expect her to build her own deck and just play out right with you guys.

So, step two: Find her interests and build her a deck she can call her own. This way, if you want her to play she’ll have her own deck to play with.  Make sure it is creature based with other spells that don’t have very many decisions[i.e. no Cryptic Commands or wordy cards-girls don't want to have to read a lot to try and figure something out they are doing for you].   Be patient when playing with her as she learns the game.  Nothing will turn her away more than a grouchy partner so don’t get mad at her.  Make it light,  fun and uncomplicated.  All the little rules and combat tricks can come later.    Oh, and make a deck that will be fun to play against her.  It won’t be any fun if she’s play mono green big creatures if you are playing Faeries or Five Color Control.  Think about her first.  Also, you should probably let her win a game or two!  She won’t know why she won if she reads the cards in your hand at the end of the game and if she does find out that you let her win she’ll think it was sweet of you.  But make sure you win too.  And tell her the right plays even if it means you may lose a creature or two.

Alright, your girlfriend plays at home with you but she still doesn’t see the point of going to and FNM to play or she doesn’t get why you go or why you go to tournaments.   Step three: Bring her to an FNM. Now, what this means is she should have played her deck and know every card in it.  The deck should have been tweaked to include better spells and hopefully she is legitimately beating you by now at home.  Make sure she knows she may not win that many rounds but winning just one or two games the entire night should be enough to get her interested in building a better deck and wanting to come back and win some more.  Also, make it a date night.  Go out to dinner first, FNM, then ice cream afterwords.  Most females will do what you want if we know you have put time, effort, and thought into it.  My first FNM my record was 1-8.  I beat a 15 year old named Pedro and it was the best feeling in the world.  I was so happy to bring that kid down a notch that I wanted to make my deck better and come back and beat him again.  That night was a little intimidating being in a room full of guys but I’m sure your play group is mostly guys anyways so she probably knows what to expect going into it.  The most important thing to remember on her first FNM night is to NOT LEAVE HER ALONE!! Make sure after every match you go right to her, ask how she did, don’t necessarily brag or be down about how you did[at this point she doesn't care, sorry] and make sure to throw a big celebration party if she wins a game and especially if she wins a match.  Introduce her to some of your friends and make her feel welcome.  After a successful night she should be talking to you about building a deck that she’ll want to take back next week that’s going to beat the 15 year old kid [mental fist pump for you-she's in].  Now, you should help build her a deck that’s going to win because if she keeps playing a deck that sucks, she’s out of there and will go shopping on Friday nights instead of spending it with you.  This should also be something that you tell her at the end of the night, “I loved spending time with you tonight.  It means a lot to me that you share in my interests and seeing you beat that guy was the highlight of my night.  Thanks for coming.  My friends liked meeting you too.  I heard some of the guys say that you looked hot, which you always do.”  She’ll be smitten.

I hope this helps Greg.  Just make the game fun for the both of you and once she sees why you go to the FNM she’ll want to go too.  Be patient and make sure to compliment her all the way, on winning, good playing, and her stellar outfit.

Hope this helped,

Blossom

Don’t forget to view my other articles at themagicarena.com

Before I begin, I was going to report on my first tournament piloting the Jund Cascade Aggro deck discussed last episode, but I was unable to attend that tournament due to a sudden illness (don’t worry, not Swine Flu).

Without further ado, lets delve into the spoilers!

No more real-life names anymore?

Despite our promised 50% new cards in the new core-set, we are finding that most of those cards are just old cards renamed. Such as the card Mind Control which has the exact same cost and effect as Persuasion, or the card Divination which has the exact same cost and effect as Counsel of the Soratami.

Also, it seems they no longer want to use the names of real-life species, as they’ve renamed Grizzly Bear (a real type of bear) “Runeclaw Bear” (seriously?!) and Savannah Lions is renamed “Valiant Guard”. This probably also means real quotes are out aswell. I guess this move adds a bit of flavour to the game in the eyes of new-comers, but anybody who has played the game for more than a year doesn’t care so much about names etc.

I also wonder if we are allowed to use for example Persuasion in T2 tournaments as its effectively still in standard post-M10 due to Mind Control. This is a bit hopeful, and if not I will be fairly annoyed as someone offered to trade for my Persuasion as long as its in M10, but as they’ve changed the name to make it ‘more flavourable’ he won’t want it.

Some really cool new (actually new, not just renamed) cards!

Djinn of Wishes – 3UU
Creature – Djinn
Flying
Djinn of Wishes enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it.
2UU, Remove a wish counter from Djinn of Wishes: Reveal the top card of your library. You may play that card without paying its mana cost. If you don’t, exile it.
4/4

This looks to be a fun card – mainly in the casual domain. It could be more playable if its activation cost was cheaper. Nevertheless, it’s a 4/4 flyer for 5 which is fine and has a nice ability. Overall it’s a pretty useable blue card in what seems to be a set devoid of useable blue cards.

Great Sable Stag 1GG
Creature – Elk (R)
Great Sable Stag can’t be countered.
Protection from blue and from black

3/3

This power-creeped Trained Armodon is one of my favourite cards spoiled so far. Its completely anti-fae, it can’t be countered by them, they can’t remove it, they can’t even block it! Its simply going to keep swinging at them till they’re dead. So nasty.

Harms Way W

Instant

The next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you or a permanent you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.

I like this card a lot. Its white’s answer to Lightning Bolt, Shock etc. I think Wizards of the Coast are going in the right direction by not just printing cards that prevent damage (which are pretty disappointing) but printing cards that re-direct damage which are much more playable, fun and effective. This will see play.

New tribal lords…

In my opinion, these lords are very cool, although I think the elf one stands above the rest.

Elvish Archdruid 1GG

Rare
Creature — Elf Druid
Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1.
Tap: Add G to your mana pool for each Elf you control.
2/2

Cemetery Reaper 1BB
Rare
Creature – Zombie
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
2B, Tap: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.
2/2

Merfolk Sovereign 1UU

Rare

Creature – Merfolk

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1

Tap: Target Merfolk creature is unblockable this turn.

2/2

Goblin Chieftain 1RR

Rare

Creature – Goblin

Haste

Other Goblin creatures you control get +1+1 and have haste.

2/2

I really like this series and they’re all good.

I fear that there’s to be no more Fear:

No, not just the card Fear (which won’t be in M10) but the keyword Fear. Let us take for example the spoiled card:

Dread Warlock 1BB

Common

Creature – Human Wizard

Dread Warlock can’t be blocked except by black creatures.

2/2

Its ability text is effectively fear, except it no longer can be block by artifacts. This is probably because (due to coloured artifacts) Wizards of the Coast no longer want artifacts to have a somewhat indifference to black. This is also probably due to the fact that the keyword “Fear” makes no sense outside of Black and thus can not be applied to cards of other colours. I hope they soon find a new keyword though, I kinda liked Fear.

Replacement Cards:

With all these new cards ahoy, there’s no doubt that some of the old cards were going to be replaced by different cards with similar effects that suit the meta-game more so. Already, some of these cards have been spoiled such as:

Planar Cleansing 3WWW

Sorcery

Destroy all non-land permanents

This card, to replace Wrath of God simply doesn’t cut it. Six converted mana-cost is way too much unless the standard post Zendikar is going to be very slow. Take for example a Jund Deck, by turn five, its swinging for game pretty much – although a fourth turn WoG could take care of that, not a sixth turn Planar Cleansing!

Honor of the Pure 1W

Rare
Enchantment
White creatures you control get +1/+1.

Wowee! Wizards really do want us to buy this core-set don’t they? At last it’s white’s time to shine and this replacement of Glorious Anthem is a prime example. It’s a shame  white has lost its great sweeping ability in terms of Wrath of God, but this is just awesome!

Doom Blade 1B

Common

Instant

Destroy target non-black creature.

This is a new and improved Terror as it can kill artifact creatures. It doesn’t really matter in the current meta that the creature can be regenerated. This is also an example of Wizards distinguishing Artifacts from Black as discussed before.

Cool reprinted cards!

I won’t discuss each of these cards as otherwise this article would become way to long and boring, buts here’s a list of some cards that are being reprinted that really strike my fancy!

All of the Lorwyn Planeswalkers

White:

Celestial Purge

Excommunicate

Righteousness

White Knight

Blue:

Clone

Fabricate

Flashfreeze

Polymorph

Ponder

Telepathy

Twincast

Black:

Assassinate

Black Knight

Diabolic Tutor

Duress

Megrim

Relentless Rats

Underworld Dreams

Red:

Ball Lightning

Bogardan Hellkite

Earthquake

Lava Axe

Lightning Bolt

Pyroclasm

Siege-Gang Commander

Warp World

Green:

Birds of Paradise

Elvish Visionary

Fog

Llanowar Elves

Overrun

Rampant Growth

Colourless:

Coat of Arms

Darksteel Colossus

Howling Mine

Ornithopter

Pithing Needle

Terramorphic Expanse

Did you notice?

Something I’ve noticed is that they’re reprinting cards from Alara Block? Such as from Conflux:

Celestial Purge

Excommunication

and Elvish Visionary from Shards?

The only reason I can see for this is for limited play…

Well, I hope you survived your way through this rather large article. I didn’t discuss every single card that’s being printed, as you can see, only the cards that really interested me. Be sure to check out the MTGsalvation website for the full spoiler list so far!

Exiled from the Battlezone,

Daniel.

Mike Kohler

While I’ve been wanting to really hunker down and write an article for about two weeks now, I decided to wait until all of the M10 rules changes died down as they were the last thing I wanted to discuss.  For this article I’d like to talk about my recent trip to an Indianapolis PTQ and how things could’ve gone better.

Leading up to regionals about 6 weeks ago, I scoured the internet and tried to figure out which decks I could build, and which deck I wanted to play.  I only had Faeries built, so no matter what I chose I was going to be borrowing cards.  I also wanted to play Maelstrom Pulse, which led to either 5cb, Jund, or GB Elves.  Well I’ve always been partial to Elves, and that’s what I would sleeve up that Saturday.  To spoil any suspense…I didn’t get there, and that probably had something to do with the fact that I’d only goldfished the deck maybe 3 times.

This tournament however, Faeries was back in style, and I was only to eager to sleeve up the blue menace.  I was a little rusty as I hadn’t played a great deal since regionals, but felt comfortable with Faeries, and felt like I had a decent shot.  This is the list I put together:

Creatures:                                                        Lands:

4x Mistbind Clique                                         4x Underground River

4x Spellstutter Sprite                                      4x Mutavault

4x Scion of Oona                                            4x Secluded Glen

1x Sower of Temptation                                 4x Sunken Ruins

6x Island

Spells:                                                              2x Swamp

4x Broken Ambtions

4x Cryptic Command                                     Sideboard:

4x Bitterblossom                                             1x Sower of Temptation

4x Agony Warp                                              2x Infest

2x Thoughtseize                                              2x Plumeveil

2x Peppersmoke                                              3x Flashfreeze

2x Jace            Beleren                                               2x Deathmark

1x Terror                                                         3x Razormane Masticore

2x Thoughtseize

Looking back, I feel the maindeck was trying to do much at once, and not necessarily concentrating on what a Faerie deck tries to accomplish game 1.  The Thoughtseizes and the Sower should definitely be in the board, maybe for the Plumeveils, I’m not real sure.  The quad Agony Warps were absolutely amazing, and are much better than terror right now.  While there is certainly nothing revolutionary about my mana base, I did feel that the full set of Underground Rivers were needed because of the pair of maindeck Thoughtseizes.  The only glaring decision about the Sideboard that I simply can’t stand are the Masticores, which should have either been another Infest, Sower, and a Warhammer.

First Round I played against Naya ‘Walkers, which I easily dominated because I guess 5-mana sorcery speed spells aren’t that good against me (Chandra anyone?).

The next round I face a pretty bad matchup in Doran Aggro.  Game 1 goes long when I get stuck on three lands but I draw out of it and Clique him two turns in a row.  Game 2 He has turn 2 Teeg which I agony warp, into turn 3 Doran, which I Deathmark, then another Doran turn 4 which gets there.  Game 3 I have turn 2 Bitterblossom (finally) and never look back.

Round 3 I play one of the best players in the state Jon Agley, who had sleeved up mono-white Kithkin for this event (as he usually does).  This round was really the start of a long day for me.  Game 1 I take a trip to paris, but wind up getting the nuts (2x Secluded Glen, Thoughtseize, Bitterblossom, Spellstutter, Agony Warp) and I’m able to beat his double Procession draw.  Game 2 I mulligan yet again, and this time can’t recover.  Game 3 I draw 0 lands in my first 7 (I was shuffling I swear), and see the following hand of 6:

Thoughtseize

Bitterblossom

Spellstutter

Scion

Mutavault

Island

I keep this and get promptly smashed by turn 5 or so with only the Island and Mutavault as my lands to speak of.  Looking back on this, it is hard to mulligan it but I’m not sure what the right answer is still.  If draw any source of black mana, I have a very reasonable chance to win that game.  On the other hand, if I mull to 5 and see spells that I can cast, am I at a better position?

Round 4 I play a Jund Aggro deck that I beat in 2 games, getting decent draws and not having to mulligan helps I guess.

Round 5 I sat across from UW Reveilark and got to mulligan to 5, keeping:

Agony Warp

Broken Ambitions

3x Lands (Sunken Ruins, Vault, Island)

This didn’t go over well as he drew about 12 cards in the first six turns and killed me.  Game 2 I see all four of his Sower of Temptations and just want to shoot myself.

Round 6 I get to play the very favorable matchup of BW tokens where I finally see my opponent mulligan and stumble on mana to which I promptly crush him.  Game 2 and 3 are very awkard as we both keep very reactive hands and neither of us play a threat till turn 4 or 5.  I’m not quite sure how I could’ve played better in these two games, but they somehow slipped away.

At this point I was more upset with my luck than anything and dropped from the tournament to go update my cube.

The next couple of days I tried to figure out what I did wrong, had I kept the wrong hands? Not shuffled properly? Thoughseized the wrong card? Blocked or attacked incorrectly?  I think it was probably a mixture of these, including others such as not sideboarding correctly and just having a sub-optimal deck in general.  After having evaluated this I started to think of how to rectify this in future events.  This is what I came up with.

Test diversity: Leading up to the tournament I hadn’t played hardly at all for about 3 weeks.  The day before however, I tested for about 7-8 hours, mostly against 5cb.  At the end of this session I felt that I knew that matchup like the back of my hand, which probably isn’t true, but the fact still stands that I knew it better than most of the other matchups, such as BW tokens, Reveilark or the mirror.  If you only have a small amount of time to test, it is much better to test against several of the top decks that will be representing the field rather than just one or two of them.  How many of the Jund/5cb did I face? 1.  The rest of the field? 5.

Clear Sideboard Plan: Throughout the extended season, whether I was playing burn, faeries, or elves I had a pretty clear cut sideboarding plan for them.  However, in my leave of absence from competitive Magic, I had become pretty lazy in this department and it really showed in this PTQ.  Game 2 against the BW tokens deck was very long but ultimately ended with him drawing a Kitchen Finks into Murderous Redcap with me having no answer.  As I look back on this game and try to decipher what I could’ve done differently one thing sticks out in my mind was the fact that I had decided to take my 1 Sower out and leave the one board out as well.  There is really no reason I would never take a Finks, a Redcap, or Cloudgoat, especially if they have an Ajani token on them.  The only way they have to take down a Sower is with a Redcap or a Path, neither of which are very good when I’m playing four Scion of Oona.  Of course, this won’t become near as big a problem July 11th when I can use notes between games.

Shuffle…a lot: this isn’t a preparation before the tournament, but just something that I feel I didn’t do very well at the PTQ.  The first 4 matches I played I shuffled quite a bit, something about having to mull to 5 though right after I had mulliganed down to 6 three games straight really got me out of the mood to shuffle.  Determination, endurance, and stamina are all keys to playing a successful full day of Magic.  This time it just slipped me by, but that won’t be happening again.

Being in the right mental state: I got about 4 hours of sleep before the tournament, which is actually pretty good.  The bad part? I then drove four hours to the event site, and almost had an aneurysm trying to find a parking spot, after a mad dash to sign in, register my deck and go to the bathroom, I was ready to play.  4 hours of sleep is pretty good, I’m not complaining about that, but the frantic mess of trying to do everything in about 10 minutes really tore on my nerves, not to mention the fact that it took me and about 3 of my friends to correctly write down my deck (I’m really bad at counting).  Getting a good night’s sleep, being ready, calm and collected is always a good way to start a tournament while being driven to insanity as you try and figure why you’ve only got 59 cards listed is a pretty poor way to start the day.

Staying fed and hydrated: Brian Kibler and Riki Hayashi have both talked about this in recent articles and after this past Saturday I can say with earnest that they speak the truth.  This was one of the things I actually did correctly at this tournament, I was never fatigued or hungry, always hydrated and ready to go.  This is, however, in deep contrast to my past tournaments where I would go the entire day without so much as a bite, and maybe one bottle of water.  Staying healthy is one of the easiest ways to give yourself an edge against many of the players in any given room.  Some of them haven’t eaten in 8 hours, others are working off a hangover, and others are going on no sleep in 36 hours.

Mulligan Correctly: One of the lost arts of Magic is mulliganing correctly and I have a bad track record when it comes to keeping sketchy hands.  I feel that I mulliganed pretty well this tournament and would like to think that is due to me working on that part of my game so much.  In the 6 matches I played in, the toughest hand to evaluate I felt was the following:

Cryptic Command

Spellstutter Sprite

Island

Mutavault

Mutavault

Secluded Glen

Swamp

This was on the play against an unknown opponent, and I went into the tank, although my initial gut reaction was to mulligan.  I knew that with the Mutavaults my Sprites wouldn’t be dead, and the fact that I was on the play helped in this matter.  Additionally, Cryptic Command is pretty good I hear.  But ultimately I decided that the hand didn’t have enough things to do, and that I’d have to draw pretty incredibly in order to beat any type of aggro deck, namely Kithkin, BW Tokens, and Doran Aggro.  I proceeded to mulligan to 6, draw the nuts and beat my Kithkin opponent.  Throughout the tournament though, if I would ever lose a game, the one thing I kept telling myself was that I should remember to mulligan efficiently and with thought.  Every tournament before this one I can remember multiple instances when I clearly made a wrong mulligan decision.

Standard is a very healthy format right now and I’m enjoying it very much.  As I write this, we have about 174 cards spoiled from M10 and standard will definitely be shaken to its core by the likes of Silence, Captain of the Watch, Duress, and that Lightning Bolt card everyone keeps talking about.

‘Til next time…

Mike Kohler

Kohler06@gmail.com

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MTGO News:
Banned and Restricted Announcement

Effective Date: July 1 (during the regularly-scheduled downtime)

Kaleidoscope:
Anathemancer is banned.

Commander:
Braids, Cabal Minion is banned.
Gifts Ungiven is banned.

Lorwyn tournament packs will go off sale on June 24th. All future LRW-MOR Sealed will be 6 boosters.
Redemption is turned back on.

M10 Previews Courtesy of MTGSalvation:
Siege-Gang Commander
Overrun
Possibly Lightning Bolt?

MTGO Events:
7th Anniversary events
Mirage block product on sale (until July 1st)
Mirage and Shadowmoor tournament packs will be on sale for $9.99
Mirage Block Nix Tix Daily Events are scheduled and Sealed Swiss queues will be available with the top 8 and the queue winners earning invites to the Mirage End of Tournament Packs Nix Tix Sealed Showdown on July 5th
Extended Constructed Daily Events will only cost 4 event tickets
Extended Constructed 8-player queues will award 3 QPs to the winner and 1 QP to 2nd place
Weekend Challenges for all of our unofficial formats (Standard w/VAN, 100-Card Singleton, Kaleidoscope, and Pauper) continue
SHM-EVE Nix Tix Draft queues will be running
Season IV of the Magic Online Championship Series begins after the downtime on June 24. The LCQs for the Season III MOCS Championship are being held this Wednesday and Thursday for all players who have earned at least 10 QPs but have not yet qualified.
The MOCS Season III Championship is Saturday June 27. The format is ALA Block Sealed.
The OLS III Sealed Tournament is on Sunday June 28 (must have qualified to enter). Due to last week’s power loss, we are unable to make the legality changes this week as planned so this event will use the old sealed format for its participants (1 Onslaught tournament pack, 1 Legions booster, and 1 Scourge booster).

Card prices:
Green beef, climbs and climbs and is driven up by increasing demand for Chameleon Colossus and Thornling.  Both of which laugh heartily in the direction of Jund removal.

Classic Duals drop a bit, other Classic cards fall as well.

Favorite Article of the Week:
Erik – One Double O #19 – Needs and Wants

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In other words, in this first segment of the article I will be discussing the Magic 2010 rule changes that have been recently forced against us. After that I will go into depth about my Jund Cascade Aggro deck so be ready for a large and entertaining read.

I remember the morning when I turned on my computer and checked the Daily MTG website for any important Magic news when I saw it. It! The Magic 2010 Rule Changes! Woe is me!

I’m sure you’ve all seen them, and I’m sure you all hate (most) of them. Here are my thoughts on some of the more interesting aspects.

Now we simultaneously mulligan:

This doesn’t very heavily effect me as I play mostly at FNM’s and such but I know how infuriating it is to have to wait for your opponent to mulligan, then mulligan again as you flick your eyes back and forth from the game-timer and his pile shuffling. Its absolutely pointless.

At a casual level, where you will most likely mulligan simultaneously (at the same time as your opponent) you know that its not difficult to keep an eye on your adversary whilst shuffling. Its pretty easy to spot your opponent stacking a deck me thinks, which seems to be the only reason I can see for them not having had concurrent mulligans. If you know otherwise, comment below.

This I think is a prudent and obvious rule change which I’m sure many, many people are relieved and happy about.

Terminology changes:

I personally salute Wizards of the Coast for this. I have taken to the terms as the name of my series shows and think it’s a great idea. The old terms were so stale, so bland.

Just compare the pair:

I play Godsire or Godsire enters the battlefield.

Its sounds so much better and adds so much flavor to the game.  The only thing I would change is I don’t like the word ‘enter’ being in their. I really can’t imagine a soldier simply entering the battlefield, its not like it has a door or certain boundary. I’d change it to something like:

Godsire is summoned to the battlefield.

But, perhaps that’s just me.

I like the ‘Exile’ term even better! ‘Removed From Play’ doesn’t only somewhat confuse new players but it leaves nothing to the imagination. Magic isn’t just a card game; it has whole storylines and flavor behind it and ‘Remove From Play’ makes it seem like just a card game. Actually, more like just a rectangular shaped cardboard game.

Once more, compare the pair:

I remove from play Godsire or I exile Godsire from the battlefield.

I officially can’t wait to abuse these terms at the M10 prerelease!

I won’t go into much detail about the other terminology terms, but to ‘cast’ a spell makes sense and once more defines Magic from just a rectangular shaped cardboard game. To play a spell seems just that – playing around, playing a card. But, to cast a spell seems more real and fun.

It would be awesome if one day we won’t be just playing lands but capturing lands or traversing lands.

It just makes since to ‘activate’ an activated ability and to ‘trigger’ a triggered ability as well.

Mana doesn’t burn you anymore:

I think this is a pointless change. Basically, on their website they state that most new players don’t even know about mana-burn. So? Most new players don’t know that a 1/1 kills a 9/1 when its blocked until they are taught about damage. If that is their only reason, then why not just make sure it is clear that mana-burn exists on those miniature rule sheets you get in tournament boxes and intro-packs?

Many cards either become pointlessly good or bad because of this:

Cards that benefit:

Manamorphose

Heritage Druid

Cloudpost

Urza’s Tower

Braids of Fire

Mana Drain

Dark Ritual

Cabal Coffers

Cards that get worse:

Spectral Searchlight

Upwelling

Now, you might think, why is this bad? There are much more cards that benefit than cards that get worse.

But that is my point exactly. It dumbs the game down. No longer do you have to worry about that Manamorphose mana-burning you, just play it and even if you don’t draw into something you can play with that two mana, it doesn’t matter. Totally unnecessary, we are trying to keep this game more intellectually than Yu-Gi-Oh are we not?

Combat damage got exiled from the stack:

I could rant on this for a very long time, but seeing I still have a lot to about in this article I won’t. This officially marks the end of Mogg Fanatic combat trick joys. The complexity of Magic is what drew me from my old and foolish days of play Yu-Gi-Oh. I used to think that game was the bee’s knees in terms of strategy and that’s why I loved to play it – then I took a look at MTG and saw how much more complex it was, how the intricacies of the rules applied so much to real life.

It wasn’t long before I fell in love. And now what? No more mana-burn, no more damage on the stack? What are they trying to do with this game? There are too many cards to list that get worse from this rule change.

Deathtouch and Lifelink are static:

This is not as major as the previous two changes, and could quite possibly be a smart and more sensible move. Although, the casual side of me can’t help but miss multiple instances of lifelink.

I remember only recently I was running a fun Bant deck with a Lifelink side theme in terms of Rhox War Monk, Battlegrace Angel, Behemoth Sledge and Cradle of Vitality.

It was great to have all four of those cards out (add Rafiq to the lot!), swing with Rhox (equipped with Sledge) for incredible amounts of life-gain, then tons of pumping due to the Cradle. It always brings a smile to my face.

Well, that sums up my sum up of the rule changes. Lets proceed to my Jund Aggro Cascade Deck:

24 Land

4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Putrid Leech
4 Rip-clan Crasher
4 Anathemancer
3 Boggart Ram-Gang
2 Hellspark Elemental
2 Sygg, River Cutthroat

4 Bituminous Blast
4 Terminate
3 Colossal Might
3 Jund Charm

Strategy: The basic strategy of this deck is to beat in hard and early. It can be extremely quick and effective and with Bituminous Blast, Terminate and Jund Charm its easy to clear the board so your Putrid Leeches and Bloodbriad Elves can get through. Which leads me to the Cascade aspect of this deck. Bituminous Blast can save you from many a situation, blasting away their Plumeveil and cascading into that Bloodbraid Elf or Boggart Ram-Gang you need to turn the game around. Bloodbraid Elf is like smashing your foot down on the car accelerator. The game might be off to a relatively slow start but then BANG and Bloodbraid into Boggart Ram-Gang and swing!

Card Choices:

Colossal Might: I swap this card out for Maelstrom Pulse against Tokens and mirror-matches but I like this card so much against non-aggro decks. It ruin Twisanity and combo decks and can really win you the game from turn three! Although, its probably not long until I’ll inevitably have to trade these for Pulses though.

Sygg, River Cutthroat: This has great synergy with the rest of this deck. Almost every turn I’m dealing three damage, even by just dropping down an Anathemancer. It gives a deck like this, which really can run out of gas a cheap Petrol Station.

Rip-clan Crasher: A lot of people would run Jund Hackblade over this but seeing as though I run no one drops, Hackblade will never have haste the turn its played. Rip-Clan Crasher will always have haste turn two. Alternatively, I could run Hackblades and Borderposts but Borderposts are terrible to cascade into. Terrible.

This deck is extremely fun and extremely effective. It can rip to shreds almost any deck and especially slow combo decks and control decks (who hate it when I Bituminous Blast their Plumeveil and cascade into terminate)! I highly recommend it.

Well, this is the end of the second article in “The Exiled Zone”. I really think I need a signing off line. Hmmm……

Exiled from the Battlezone,

Daniel.

This Week in Magic
It’s M10 spoiler season starting on the official WoTC site AND we will be getting our own M10 spoiler to release on Friday, June 26th! Tons of discussion regarding the official and unofficial M10 cards seen so far including the official Siege Gang Commander and the controversial Lightning Bolt. We have the complete deck lists for Duels of the Planeswalkers. Check out the fantastic article by Mark Rosewater about the removal of mana burn. It is time to vote for the Magic shoe competition over at Ryz and you can check out some Monday Night Magic listener entries here and here. Richard Garfield has a great new game design podcast for his design company, Three Donkeys, that you should check out. A new graphic anthology of the planeswalker web-comic titled “Path of the Planeswalker” is now available. Also, we discuss the new Patrick Chapin book, “Next Level Magic“, available as a PDF download. Lastly, we have the June 19th Banned and Restricted list update with some notable changes in Vintage.

What Have We Been Playing?
Jack is trying out some Jund Cascade Aggro and still enjoying Turbo Fog with some innovations of adding Spiteful Visions to make “Turbo Smog”. Tom is mastering the puzzles on Duels of the Planeswalkers and enjoying every minute of it.

Listener Emails
Tons of great questions about M10, morph with the combat damage changes, Foil Garruk redemption troubles and more. We also have a voicemail from Marcel!

MTGCast News
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We open up with the usual formalities, including being Dirkless yet again, and shouting out to new members on the forums and the Facebook page. We are also now on Twitter, so check out the new link at the bottom of these notes and follow us as we go about our (normal?) lives. We’ve got some updates on Chewie’s upcoming match against the Avant-Card Show podcast, which has changed somewhat. You can still find them at http://www.avantcardshow.com

At this point we embark on a long rant regarding pro players, casual players, new players, skill levels, stereotypes, and common misconceptions. This is kind of an offshoot of last week’s thorny topic of the M10 rules changes, more regarding how others have reacted to the changes and what their discussions have said about them as players and theorists. Regardless of whether you’ve been playing for 20 minutes or 20 years (how’d you manage that, anyway?), you’ll hopefully find this rant/discussion/ramble interesting.

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You may know me from the audio podcast series on this very site, “Casual Play”, but as I’ve been extremely busy with school lately I’ve had to decide whether I want to play Magic or make a podcast about playing Magic. An obvious decision.

Fortunately, I’ve decided that I do have the time to write a regular article – for now I won’t put a weekly schedule on it although some weeks I might even get more than one per week in, it really depends on what has happened in the world of Magic: The Gathering.

My name is Daniel Palmer and I’m currently thirteen years old, turning fourteen. I live in Australia – what I consider the most beautiful country in the world – and have been playing Magic since Time Spiral. My podcast (Casual Play) was focused on the Casual side of Magic, but this article series will be a mix between competitive discussion and casual discussion. I will try and find a happy medium.

I have been playing Magic competitively for only half a year now but happily belong to a great playgroup whom are really supportive and help me in my deck-building exploits and play-testing. I’d like to give a big thanks to all of them and especially those who donated cards to me in my earlier times of playing – which really gave me a kick-start.

It was just this weekend, after a standard tournament I attended that, as I was about to leave, a man who used to play Magic in its earlier years announced that he’d no use of his cards and didn’t want to see them goto waste – so he is going to post them to me this week!

I see this as a great opportunity to make myself acquainted with a lot of the older Magic cards and I can’t wait to sieve through them. Currently, I play only standard decks.

The deck I am playing at the moment is the Jund Cascade Aggro deck – which means lots of Bituminous Blast, Bloodbraid Elf joy! The next article I write will go into the depths of the deck and explain the decklist, card choices and strategies. I often make decks so be ready for lots of such articles in the future!

Well, this seems to be the end of this first article. I hope you enjoyed it and be sure to read the next, which will really kick-start “The Exiled Zone”.

Regards,

Daniel.

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Articles regarding shuffling topics:

Bill Stark – http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/3927_A_Tournament_Guide_To_Shuffling_Your_Deck.html
Lee McLain – http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=judge/article/20060707a
Mike Flores – http://fivewithflores.com/2009/05/how-to-cheat/
Laura Mills – http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?id=2563

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