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2 RDW (Red Deck Wins) Decks That Got Top 8 in MTG States
November 12, 2008
Here are two Red Deck Wins decks that did well in last Saturday’s Magic The Gathering States tournaments.
Many people are calling these decks, DDW or Demigod Deck Wins, because it wasn’t until Demigod of Revenge became a staple that Mono Red decks really started winning in the recent but previous Standard format. And Figure of Destiny just made Red even stronger.
5 Badass Dragons in Magic The Gathering’s Standard Format
November 11, 2008
Dragons are definitely one of the iconic creature types in Magic The Gathering.
Mark gives his list of favorite dragons in the current Standard format. Check it out.
Jund Mana Ramp, a Rogue Decklist for Standard
November 9, 2008
I just found an interesting Jund Big Mana decklist on Mike Flores’ blog. He is an excellent Magic The Gathering deck builder. He’s built decks for players like Jon Finkel.
Yesterday, he went 6-2 in the New York States tournament with this deck, which was good enough for top 16. Mike writes that this deck has good matchups against Faeries, Five Color Control, and Red Deck Wins.
Blue Rock Magic The Gathering Deck For Standard
October 3, 2008
Here is a very interesting Bant list by Sean McKeown for the new Standard format.
IHOP Rock (A Blue Rock Deck)
| Maindeck: | |
|---|---|
| 4 Kitchen Finks | 4 Seaside Citadel |
| 4 Rhox War Monk | 4 Reflecting Pool |
| 4 Stoic Angel | 4 Adarkar Wastes |
| 2 Cloudthresher | 4 Yavimaya Coast |
| 3 Island | |
| 4 Ponder | 3 Treetop Village |
| 4 Broken Ambitions | 2 Mystic Gate |
| 4 Bant Charm | 2 Flooded Grove |
| 2 Oona's Grace | |
| 4 Cryptic Command | |
| 2 Austere Command |
MTG Black/White Token Deck For New The Standard Format
September 24, 2008
With Black/Red Tokens losing Greater Gargadon and Mogg War Marshal, you might want to trade the red cards for white cards if you want to play a token deck. White has Cloudgoat Ranger, Spectral Procession, and one of the best lands to use with creature tokens, Windbrisk Heights. You can still splash red for Torrent of Souls.
Here is a deck that placed 8th in a block PTQ. It might be a good deck in Standard when Shards of Alara is released.
Dramatic Entrance, Woodfall Primus, and Mercy Killing?!
September 22, 2008
I love me a good rogue Magic The Gathering deck. I always try to play an under the radar deck in the tournaments I play. There’s nothing like surprising your opponent with unexpected cards.
So, in preparation for the upcoming Standard rotation, I’ve been checking out the PTQ block lists for unique decks. The new Standard format will probably closely mirror the current block format.
Here is a crazy list that got 2nd place using the trio of Dramatic Entrance, Woodfall Primus, and Mercy Killing.
Should Reflecting Pool Be Banned in Post-Rotation Standard?
September 19, 2008
There’s an interesting discussion on StarCityGames.com’s forums. David Sutcliffe wrote a long piece with 7 reasons why Reflecting Pool should be banned once Shards of Alara is released.
I don’t think Pool should be banned. I think there will still be a good number of post-rotation Standard decks that don’t need the Pool. For example, you’ve got:
- mono white Kithkin
- blue/black Faeries
- mono red Demigod of Revenge
- black/red tokens with Torrent of Souls
- black/green Elves
For more discussion, check out the MTG Salvation forum thread.
MTG Mono White Kithkin Deck For The New Standard Format
September 19, 2008
I just came across this mono white kithkin build that won the 2008 Argentina Nationals. This Kithkin list should be a pretty good in the new Standard format, starting October 3, 2008 when Shards of Alara is released.
What You Need to Know About the Future Shards of Alara Standard Metagame
September 16, 2008
parakkum over at Gifts Ungiven found a great quote that can helps us predict the metagame in the new Standard environment.
David Sutcliffe wrote in the coverage of the last big Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block tournament:
Now, if you’re sitting at home reading the coverage and wondering why you would care what decks are being played in the last big tournament of a Block Constructed season I put it to you that what you’re actually looking at are the decklists that will define the Standard metagame in just a few weeks when we wave goodbye to the largest card pool there has ever been in Standard, and usher in the smallest.
In other words, look for a lot of Kithkin, Faeries, and 5-Color Control in the new Standard metagame.
Black/Red/Green Token Deck With Sarkhan Vol and Sprouting Thrinax
September 15, 2008
A forum thread on StarCityGames.com got me thinking about building a Black/Red/Green deck with a lot of token creatures and the new Shards of Alara cards, Sarkhan Vol and Sprouting Thrinax.
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