“Deck construction” deconstructed – Part 1
Our guest author, Manni aka ‘Counterspell’ puts up the first half of his series about the deck construction process.
Magic The Classroom : A Hot Debate
The Professor breaks down a combo deck archetype for the Extended metagame as seen from his students.
Next block: New Phyrexia, Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Pure?
This is an old post concerning the discovery of these Trademarks. Scroll down for the latest information. Today ManaNation uncovered a new trio of Trademarks filed by Wizards of the Coast with the US Patent and Trademark Office, and they sound like possibly the names of the block to follow Zendikar. They thematically make sense [...]
GenCon Block Championship – Top 8
As part of our coverage of GenCon we are posting the top eight lists for all of their major Magic the Gathering tournaments. Please see below for the top 8 deck lists from the the Block Championships at GenCon. Our thanks to the tournament organizers, Pastimes, for their cooperation in bringing you these decks.
Kazuya Mitamura wins Pro Tour Honolulu
Mitamura overcame Christoph Gregoir, Paul Rietzl and Michael Hebky to win Pro Tour Honolulu. The Top 8 was an 8-man draft but below is Mitamura’s Shards of Alara Block deck. Mitamura’s Block Constructed deck 1 Arcane Sanctum 4 Exotic Orchard 2 Forest 4 Jungle Shrine 4 Mountain 2 Rupture Spire 4 Savage Lands 5 Swamp [...]
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