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The Magic Sock: Guildpact/Ravnica/9th Deck Challenge

By Ron Vitale on February 23rd, 2006 · Filed in The Magic Sock · Comments not available just now

The Magic Sock: A Magic: The Gathering video blog

Episode 8: Ravnica/Guildpact/Ninth Edition Deck Challenge

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Show Notes:

--Introduction to episode 8: The Ravinca/Guildpact/Ninth edition deck challenge. Rules to the deck challenge:

Can use up to 2 of the same card from only Ravnica, Guildpact, or Ninth edition sets.
Only commons can be used.
60 card deck with a 15 card sideboard.
Any number of basic land can be used.
Post deck listing in MTGSalvation forums for others to see.

--To help you build the deck, visit: http://gatherer.wizards.com/ or http://www.magiccards.info/
--Discussion of the red/white deck I built and a gold fish run through. Review of the sideboard.

Red/White Deck

Deck
Creatures 2 Aven Flock 2 Boros Recruit 2 Conclave Equenaut 2 Foot Soldiers 2 Hill Giant 2 Master Decoy 2 Nightguard Patrol 2 Pegasus Charger 2 Screeching Griffin 2 Skyknight Legionnaire 2 Thundersong Trumpeter 2 Veteran Armorer Spells 2 Boros Signet 2 Faith's Fetters 2 Pacifism 2 Rally the Righteous 2 Shock 2 Volcanic Hammer	Lands 13 Mountain 11 Plains 2 Aven Cloudchaser 2 Demystify 2 Goblin Spelunkers 2 Holy Day 1 Leave No Trace 2 Pyromatics 2 Rain of Embers 2 Withstand	Sideboard

Total running time: 12 minutes and 14 seconds.

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By Ron Vitale on February 23rd, 2006 · Filed in The Magic Sock · Comments not available just now

About Ron Vitale

Ron has been playing Magic: The Gathering since Unlimited, writing articles over the years for StarCityGames, MTGOntario, the now defunct Grimmoire.com, and most recently MTGSalvation.com. His short fiction has appears on Ultraverse.com and Alienskinmagazine.com. One of Ron's most memorable Magic memories concerns being beaten to a pulp by Richard Garfield.