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.
PTQ Kyoto Tournament Report in Fort Worth, TX
November 8, 2008
Last Saturday, I played at a Pro Tour Qualifier (PTQ) in my area. There were 83 players so the tournament was seven rounds.
Here is the sealed card pool I opened from my one tournament pack and two boosters.
Shards of Alara Draft Critique #1
November 4, 2008
I found this draft at draftbetter.com. Definitely bookmark that site. It’s got great 8-player draft tournament reports.
For this particular draft, I would’ve drafted this way.
Practice Session #2: Building a Shards of Alara Sealed Deck
October 28, 2008
Welcome to another practice session in building a Shards of Alara sealed deck.
I’ve got a PTQ to go to this weekend so I opened five Shards of Alara booster packs, set the timer for 30 minutes, and tried to build a good sealed decklist.
Here was my card pool.
Magic-League Mini Tournament Report #1: Shards of Alara Sealed Deck
October 27, 2008
Magic-League is a great place to play Magic The Gathering competitively for free. They run a couple “minis” a day. Minis are single elimination tournaments of usually 8 or 16 players.
I recently played in an eight player Shards of Alara sealed mini. Here’s the sealed card pool I opened:
No MTG States for Me
October 24, 2008
Sadly, I won’t be going to States this year. I think I’ll be too unprepared.
I haven’t had time to test the Standard format and I don’t have the cards for a good deck. I could try to get caught up with the format by doing a lot of testing in the next two weeks. However, my time is limited because of work. I think my time would be better spent testing Shards of Alara sealed and draft. There is a PTQ in eight days and I can do a lot of testing on Magic Online now that Shards of Alara has been released online.
The Perfect Shards of Alara Sealed Card Pool
October 23, 2008
Rich Hagon asked a bunch of Magic The Gathering pros what the perfect Shards of Alara sealed pool would look like. Here’s what he found:
Asked what the notional ‘perfect Sealed Pool’ would be, I received near-identical answers from every Pro. Nobody, but nobody, mentioned Predator Dragon or Hellkite Overlord or Empyrial Archangel or Planeswalkers or Spearbreaker Behemoth et al. Without exception, what the Pros wanted for Christmas was a fast fast fast deck, using tempo spells and removal to get the hell out of Dodge before all the afore-mentioned expensive spells could come online. Their overwhelming advice to you at your next PTQ would be to build an Aggro deck if it’s there for the taking, and pray for good draws if it isn’t.
Source: Shards Sealed With The Pros
Olivier Ruel on Shards of Alara Sealed
October 22, 2008
Olivier Ruel was recently inducted into the Magic The Gathering Hall of Fame. Also, he’s been one of the top pro players this year.
He talked about building a deck for the Shards of Alara sealed format:
I think in this format, you really want to play five colours if the fixing is there. You can’t make a very efficient aggro deck in this format because you must use three colours so the mana won’t work. It may work one round, two rounds… but for nine rounds? No, it will let you down. So you play five colours and powerful cards – all the fixing, all the flyers, all the removal.
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