MTG Salvation

We had a five booster sealed deck, and I was very lucky. I made a black/white deck that looked like:

1x Diabolic Tutor
1x Aven Flock
1x Chastise
1x Angelic Blessing
2x Master Decoy
1x Holy Day
1x Holy Strength
1x Pegasus Charger
1x Skyhunter Prowler
2x Venerable Monk
1x Worship
1x Blackmail
1x Foul Imp
1x Bog Wraith
1x Hollow Dogs
1x Nekrataal
1x Spineless Thug
2x Serpent Warrior
1x Raise Dead
1x Plague Beetle
1x Unholy Strength
8x Swamp
8x Plains

Very balanced and very good (for a 5 booster sealed deck), and I won the prerelease.

I use Ultra Pro and Dragonshields. Ultra Pro sleeves are more durable but Dragonshields are better to shuffle.

Just read the book. My thoughts:

This upsets me. I am at eM over an hour each day, and now it's down! Awwrgh! I miss the forums....

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Umm, my top ten? Well, I don't think I can make a top ten. Let's say top five instead.

1. Storm. A great keyword ability. Mind's Desire, Tendrils of Agony, Wing Shards, Brain Freeze are all good... some of them are even among the most powerful cards in extended. I have a Desire deck I really love, so this will be my #1.

2. Cycling. One of Wizards' best decisions were to re-introduce the Cycling ability in the Onslaught block, more powerful than ever. I like spells with alternate options, and cards such as Decree of Justice, Krosan Tusker and Gempalm Incinerator were just like that. Not to mention the Astral Slide and Lightning Rift decks, which based themselves on cycling cards.

3. Ninjutsu. Not overpowered, not dominating, just flavorful and sneaky. I really like it. My favorite casual deck by far. Messing around with bouncing and replacing with cards like Higure, the Still Wind and Walker of Secret Ways, to plain cruelty with Troat Slitter, Okiba-Gang Shinobi. Combines well with Ravenous Rats and other good creatures with comes-into-play abilities. An improvement over Morph. Sadly, only a small amount of creatures have the Ninjutsu ability.

4. Fading. Blastoderm and Parallax Wave. Another cool keyword ability, which often needs good planning and much thinking. I really like it, and there are many interesting combos and strategies built around Parallax Wave and Tide.

5. Islandhome. I will not say "don't laugh". Come on, do it. I think this ability was made for laughing at. Therefore I do, and I like it more than game-winning abilities like Madness or Affinity.

I would use Krosan Tusker if I were you... but I don't think G/W Slide can survive in extended, only last year's standard. I agree with that. Rift Slide is better, actually.

Pierre Canali didn't play Jittes... unless you are not talking about the Pro Tour Colombus last year, of course. But here's his deck that won him that extended PT.

Lands (19)
4x Seat of the Synod
4x Vault of Whispers
2x Ancient Den
2x Glimmervoid
4x Darksteel Citadel
1x City of Brass
2x Blinkmoth Nexus

Creatures (26)
4x Arcbound Worker
4x Disciple of the Vault
4x Frogmite
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Meddling Mage
3x Myr Enforcer
3x Somber Hoverguard

Artifacts (11)
3x Cranial Plating
4x Aether Vial
4x Chromatic Sphere

Spells (4)
4x Thoughtcast

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Sideboard (15)
3x Kami of Ancient Law
3x Engineered Plague
3x Chill
1x City of Brass
2x Seal of Removal
3x Cabal Therapy



He runs 4 Meddling Mages of course. In my opinion, every affinity deck should use them. I don't understand his Somber Hoverguard over Ornithopter decision, though. But he surely have reasons for that as well.

Looks nice, but I would have run 4 of Deed, and 3 copies of Living Wish, then sideboard for a little more situation-based creatures (like Silklash Spider, Spiritmonger, Viridian Shaman, Necrataal, Molder Slug) and lands (Boseiju, Who Shelters All). And don't even think about using Iwamori the Open Fist instead of the Baloths. Perhaps Infest works as well.

I think there are a bit too many lands in your deck. Take out 3 Mountains. I think you should also remove the Skirk Drill Sergeants and maybe the Cohorts, replace them with 4 Goblin Sharpshooter, 1 or 2 Gempalm Incinerator or 1 or 2 Sparksmith. Clickslither could help, but that one's up to you.

Really cool, I thought they would never reprint Hypnotic Specter. I must get some, they are awesome! Life is full of surprises... maybe they are reprinting Force of Will :tongue2:

I must say I don't like Wizards' dissing of Edward either. He has made many good artworks, like the mentioned Psychatog. That art really rocked. Seriously. It's not just because the card is good, but it fits so well to Psychatog, and it is a cool and awesome artwork as well. By the way my favourite artists must be... Kev Walker, Carl Critchlow, Rebecca Guay... and possibly John Avon.