Bring out your dead!

Apparently deathtouch is getting revamp in the rules. You always only needed to assign one damage per blocker for lethal, but if your dude tramples now you only need to assign one to the blocker and let the rest go over. Just for the example, if you overrun with Vampire Nighthawk and it's blocked by a Wall of Denial, you only need to assign one to the wall and hit the opposing player for the 4 left over. Seems a bit weird to me.

Wrath of the Lich King

Luke will respect that title. Phylactery Lich looks like a fun Black card, with required synergy with artifacts. 5/5 indestructible for bbb is great, even with the state based self-killer. I'm willing to guess he'll get even better with Myrodin, but for now he'll revive zombies for a bit, no pun intended.

Scorced Earth Tactics

As you may all guess by the title I purchased the "Scorch the World with Dragonfire" Archenemy deck today. Which one's are you guys getting if any? If I had to guess it's "Trample Civilization Underfoot" for Alex, "Bring About the Undead Apocalypse" for Luke, and "Assemble the Doomsday Machine" for Collin.

Irony, such a lonely word

Just saw a funny post in the mtg salvation forums; Baneslayer dies to Malfegor, which is true irony. The one Demon-Dragon in the game kills Baneslayer without raising a finger. I myself had a guy Pulse my Broodmate tokens, only to find out that all of his Sarkhan tokens also died, as they had the same name (Dragon). Anyone else seen some extreme card irony recently?

Gaea's Revenge

Too amazed to make a good title here. One of the green Mythics is a 5gg for an 8/5 uncounterable, haste creature that can't be targeted by nongreen spells or abilities... Vengevine wishes he was that. Also, Elvish Archdruid is coming back, plus a second semi-lord in the reprinted Imperious Perfect.

Trial one of expected extended deck

Wilt-Leaf Liege 3

Student of Warfare 4

Knight of the Reliquary 3

Knight Exemplar 4

Ranger Eos 3

Nobel Hierarch 4

Lotus Cobra 3---------

Elspeth, Knight Errant 3

Oblivion Ring 4

Path to Exile 3

Day of Judgement 4 ------

Sunpetal Grove 4

Stirring Wildwood 3

Sejiri Steppe 3

Terramorphic Expanse 3

Plains 5

Forest 4

Mythic and Legend

M10 is the only core set so far with mythic rarity, and with 15 of them hopefully set a precedence for the core sets to come. If so, does this mean that White has already had all of its mythics revealed (Sun Titan, Ajani, & Baneslayer) or we see a return to rare walkers, or a drop in Baneslayer to a rare to drop its price and make it more accessible. Has anyone else thought the same? Also, even though I hate touching white I really like the art of the promo Sun Titan, and I can't wait to see what the other Mythics are.

Jund Friends

My current build seems ok, but seem to be getting a lot of 5 mana hands, which I guess is better than being mana-screwed. Just posting the build for now, will explain reasoning as responses to questions:

17 Creatures
4x Bloodbraid Elf
4x Sprouting Thrinax
4x Putrid Leech
3x Siege-Gang Commander
2x Broodmate Dragon

17 Instants/Sorceries/Planeswalkers
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Blightening
2x Terminate
1x Maelstrom Pulse
2x Bituminous Blast
2x Trace of Abundance
2x Garruk Wildspeaker


26 Lands
4x Raging Ravine
4x Savage Lands
3x Dragonskull Summit
2x Rootbound Crag
1x Lavaclaw Reaches
1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
2x Verdant Catacombs
3x Mountain
3x Swamp
3x Forest

Is this real life?

Gotta love when the world acknowledges our game. While flipping through tv channels I stopped on Cash Cab and was amazed to hear the last question: What collectible card game, with over 6 million players, is subtitled The Gathering? Luckily the players got that one, but I felt the need to post it for the lulz.

Elfdrazi Green

Alex, taking a look at your deck again. I know the build is basically set but you may want to check out mtgsalvation.com. They have a huge list of ideas for your Eldrazi G deck, which they affectionately call Elfdrazi. All of the ideas are pretty solid, but I'll guess you'll have to skim as theirs a bunch of pages. Wolfbriar+Master seems to be popular, even over Ant Queen. Give it a look before FNM if you have the chance.

Polymiss

Thinking about ways to kill Polymorph as it seems to be my least favored matchup at the moment. I'm thinking SBing Executioners capsule to kill Iona or Emrakul or Volcanic Fallout for the tokens. Any other ideas?

Where Have All the Bloggers Gone?

A: Long time passing, song pun. Anyways, seems to be a drop in blogging activity so I thought I'd drop a few things. For those running Jund I'm adding 2 Trace of Abundances for mana fixing and protection from Spreading Seas and Goblin Ruinblaster. For general, what old cards would you like to see come back in M11? I want Thorn Elemental, Hidden Herd, Waiting in the Weeds, Fallen Angel, and a few others back. Finally, are any of you expecting to change from your usual colors once M11 hits?

The Book of Revelations

Just realized something I was overlooking with Plummet... it's great for siding in against Red deck and Polymorph, but mostly Polymorph. Iona always calls black for me, stopping Doom blade. Now I'll be able to just snipe her for 1G and keep on trucking. If they side in Sphinx of the Steel Wind I'll still have the Doom Blades so... : )

Ninja dot deck

Just ordered this

Shuriken 3

Disfigure 4

Sickening Shoal 3

Narcolepsy 4

Distortion Strike 4

Inkfathom Infiltrator 4 (i am going to ink out the Rogue and write ninja, Hellz yeah to cheating)

Mistblade Shinobi 4

Higure, the still wind 2

Ninja of the Deep Hours 4

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 3

Okiba-Gang Shinobi 4

Lands 21

Just discussing some of the spoilers

Question: First of all what do you all think about the ajani, chandra, liliana, and jace themed cards?

Awesome, even if the cards are not. LoL

Question: There are a lot of mill cards coming out that are playable, Mill deck in the top 40?

Cool, and not in M11 but maybe with Scars.

Question:Will the watered down vampires even be worth fielding? The good ones are having trouble still, and the watered down are just not there yet.

Failure...

oh and on a positive side-note all my expensive lands don't go to waste

Clash of the Titans

Check out the first Mythic rare from M11: the Sun Titan. 6/6 for 4WW and vigilance is nice, but the return target 3cmc or less permanent from grave makes this bonkers. Get back any of your destroyed removal enchantments or a weenie. Hoping they don't release 3cmc walkers like old Jace or USA control will be crazier. I sense a possible combo with something like Kor Skyfisher or the such. Any input?

FNM

Couldn't think of a good pun for the title.... so, how is everyone doing at FNM recently? I placed fifth Friday with 4-1 (only 1.3% OGW from 4th...) and Alex went 3-2. How has everyone else been?

Giving thanks

Dear Magic the Gathering R&D,

Thank you for giving me the irrational fear that, even after smashing a bug with my shoe, and removing it's broken body from my home, that it might just be like a vengevine.

"what are these two ants doing"

-Shinobi

"RAWRRRRRRGGGG"

-Deathinsect

In regards to my death, the news paper article will write, "Leave but a shred of leg-goop-residue and it will return, bursting with the power to pwn your entire life."

yours,

O.B. Shinobi

Darksteel Disk

I don't know what keeps drawing me towards artifact decks as of recent, except maybe mental preparation for Mirrodin. To make it worse, I can't stop thinking about U/W, my least favorite colors... Here's the newest one I just thought up. Easy concept here: keep them busy to begin, get the Forge and Lattice out, then wipe the board repeatedly until I can swing with the Colossi and Masters (he'll be huge). Almost want to make this for casual but I bet some of these cards are quite expensive.... : )


Creatures

4 Master of Etherium
4 Darksteel Colossus
3 Magus of the Disk
4 Mycosynth Golem
3 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Etherium Sculptor

Spells

4 Mycosynth Lattice
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
4 Darksteel Forge
4 Counterspell

Lands

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Glacial Fortress
7 Island
7 Plains

104 "the draft cut"

This isn't at all final, but I am working on the last deck I am buying this summer,

Mana Leak 4

Disfigure 4

Daze 4

Damnation 3

Jace Beleren 3

Inkfathom Infultrator 4

Shadowmage Infultrator 4

Glen Elendra Archmage 4

Okiba-Gang Shinobi 3

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 3

I am making this deck for because it makes up all the things i really like about magic...

Counterspells

Blackcontrol

Jacebeleren

Kamigawa

Faries (but not bitterblossom.... okay i love that cards lol)

Damnation Lawl

And on a related side note, once I have completed and bought this deck, I will own, Blueblackcontrol, extended USA YEY deck, Vampire, Blue land control, Vengejund, merfolk, and birdies. Because I have done what I set out to do, getting a deck base so i can casually play at the guild, and competitively at FNM, my deck building will most likely come to an end for the summer on and off the Blog.

So give this one some work if ya could.

Doom for Thought

Sorry for all the puns I try to do with the titles on these posts, I just like play on words. Anyways I realized a huge opening I've been leaving in my sideboard... I disregarded the Doom Blades for Terminate and Bolt. This left me hugely open to Polymorph using Flashfreeze to counter my removal. Anyone else made a huge opening in their deck to exploit?

EDH 001

I tried to separate it so it is easy to understand.
Nath of Gilt-Leaf

Liliana Vess

Savra, Queen of Golgari
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Avatar of Woe
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Mycoloth
Lotus Cobra
Vulturious Zombie
Creakwood Liege
Deity of Scars
Doomgape
Lord of Extiction
Sisters of Stone Death

Noxious Hatchiling
Hag Hedge-Mage
Abyssal Specter
Hypnotic Specter
Bloodhusk Ritualist
Lys Alana Scarblade
Okiba-gang shinobi
Dauthi Mindripper
Order of Yawgmoth
Nezume Bone-Reader
Nezume Shortfang

Silent Specter
Worm Harvest
Hymn to tourach
thoughtseize
Skull Fracture
Mind Ravel
Encroach
Desecrated Earth
Tendrils of Despair
Prowess of the Fair
Funeral Charm
Raven's Crime
Medrim
Honden of the Night's Reach
Ostracize
Mind Shatter
Damnation
Persecute
Stupor
Distress
Cry of Contrition
Wrench Mind
Blackmail
Necrogenesis
Gaea's Anthem
Awakening Zone
No Mercy
Harmonize
Phyrexian Boon
Bad Moon
Demonic Tutor
Sign in Blood


Putrid Leech
Pernicious Deed
Maelstrom Pulse
Putrefy

Jorga Warcaller
Wildlurker Mimic
Llanowar Dead
Elves of the Deep Shadow
Urborg Elf
Elvish Harbinger
Bloom Tender
Joiner Adept
Elvish Campion
Priest of Titania
Lands 31

Trade Technique

Hey guys, I need some input on a trade. Alon at Flights has a Maelstrom Pulse up for trade but wants a lot for it. He wants 2 Verdant Catacombs, 3 Terrastodon, 3 Wolfbriar Elemental, a Mind Spring, 3 Cunning Sparkmage, and a Raging Ravine for it. I know that's a big list but it only values out at $32.12 on Cardshark and all except the Verdants are useless to me right now. Should I do it or see if anyone else will trade a Pulse for just the Verdants or the such? All input is appreciated but it won't be done until Friday so no huge rush.

103

There is something behind mono black control, I am not sure if this is it though.

Gatekeeper of Malakir 4

Vampire Hexmage 4

Abyssal Per 4

Tendrils of Corruption 4

Disfigure 4

Sadistic Sacrament 3

Contaminated Grounds 3

Sign in Blood 3

Consuming Vapors 3

Consume the Meek 2

Liliana Vess 3

Swamps 21

Crypt of Agadeem 1

Extended/Archenemy FUN!

So I decided to make a extended deck that I would also try to use as my Archenemy deck.

Akroma, Angel of Wrath 2

Transcendent Master 1

Lightning Angel 4

Wall of Denial 4

Serra Avenger 3

Knight of the Holy Nimbus 4

Cunning Sparkmage 3

Ajani Vengeant 2

Mana Leak 4

Lightning Helix 4

Oblivion Ring 3

Spreading Seas 4

with a ridiculous land set up(proxi FTW)

Tell me what you think additions subtractions.

Edit 1

Remove

Wall of Omens 3

Add

Cunning Sparkmage 1

Spreading Seas 2

Fund for the win

Pretty happy with FNM tonight. Went 5-0, the only one, then got 3rd in the top 4 after finally losing to Polymorph. The ones I beat, in order: R/B deck, R/G/W Allies, Jund, Grixis, and Exalted Naya. Overall a pretty good run. Considering trading my 2 verdant catacombs and some shitty rares to Alon for a Maelstrom Pulse and taking out my Manlands for more basics and another Dragonskull if I can get one, as I don't get to use them enough. Hope everyone else ran well also : )

Archenemy 14 days woot!

SO who is as excited as I am? I think you are wrong about that if you said yes, because it is almost impossible. There are a whole bunch of reasons behind that that you might not expect.

First, I can't wait to take a bunch of people head on, and win! >,.,>

Second, I am excited for those people who also buy the little extra multi-player things for this game to verse them and punch each other in the face.

Third, I am curious to see how some different casual decks will deal with this new format. There are many casual decks, not to be to blunt, suck, Although I think with this buffer they will find their own little play in the magic community.

I think this will begin to fix the gap between may of the players in our little magic community.

I will def be at the pre-release, how about you? Are you excited? What do you think about it?

If I won in 2001.. attempt 2

Selenia, Dark Angel....

that would be the card i would make. Except with a twist

Blah, Dark Angel

This card counts as black and white

Flying

(b)(w) suspend 2

pay 2 life: exile this card and put 2 time counters on it.

3/3

Epic

New Planeswalker Dual Deck

For those that didn't hear it yet the new Planewalker Deck is Elspeth vs. Tezzeret! This may get interesting. Also, Elspeth may be coming back in M11. Tezzeret will be great with Mirrodin and at worst Elspeth will probably be worth the value of buying the decks. I may just grab one for the resale value. Let's see how it goes : )

Cutthroat Tactics

//Creatures

• 2x Bloodscale Prowler
• 3x Viashino Cutthroat
• 2x Viashino Runner
• 2x Viashino Sandstalker
• 3x Viashino Sandscout
• 3x Viashino Slasher
• 2x Viashino Fangtail
• 2x Viashino Weaponsmith
• 2x Viashino Bladescout
• 3x Simian Spirt Guide

//Spells

• 3x Fireball
• 4x Shock
• 3x Disintegrate
• 2x Words of War
• 2x Pandemonium
• 1x Rivalry
• 1x Pyromancy
• 1x Impatience
• 2x Furnace of Rath

//Lands

• 3x Ghitu Encampment 
• 2x Sandstone Needle
• 12x Mountain

Another Tribal format deck. This time focused around the tribe Viashino. Its kind of not really put together yet, so ignore it so far.

Spoils of War

New spoilers cam out apparently if you guys missed them. http://www.gatheringmagic.com/magic-2011-spoiler-page-0248/ Look ok so far but I can't wait to see the rares. Baneslayer is apparently coming back : ( Plummet looks like a good anti-flier for green. Hope we see some mythics that can compete with Baneslayer, even though they'll cost a lot. Damn viscous cycle there. Like the new claw symbol for the set...wonder what it's a symbol of.