MTG Salvation

A friend and I collectively got four of them, and we pulled 1 foil Ravnica Island and 3 Brion Stoutarm promos. The packs were mediocre pulls though. And strangely a few repeats in rares.

I purchased two 100 sleeve packs of black Dragon Shields from coolstuffinc the other day, and they came in today. The thing that bugs me is that all of the sleeves in both packs has stuff all over the edges that I'm unable to scratch off. I'm assuming that it's just extra plastic that they missing during the cutting of the sleeves, but it's extremely aggravating because of how dominant the "dirt" is in contrast to the black sleeves. For example, if I tried to enter a professional tournament, they would call me out as my sleeves being marked.

I've never had this issue with any of the many Dragon Shields I've purchased in the past, including online with coolstuff. Has anyone else had this problem?

Yeah, as they said, he says other planeswalkers. But let's say he didn't?

If he could legally target himself, you could do that as long as you have more than six loyalty counters. If he's at 6 and you use his -6, he'd go to the graveyard before the ability actually resolved.

Rare, Mythic, Foil, Foil Mythic

Left Column:
Vault of the Archangel // Afflicted Deserter
Lost in the Woods // Mondronen Shaman
Zombie Apocalypse // Chalice of Life // Wakedancer
Jar of Eyeballs // Lambholt Elder
Deranged Outcast // Hinterland Hermit // Burden of Guilt
Markov Blademaster // Chosen of Markov
Feed the Pack // Chosen of Markov // Chosen of Markov
Sudden Disappearance // Scorned Villager
Ghoultree // Afflicted Deserter
Havengul Runebinder // Afflicted Deserter
Moonveil Dragon // Hinterland Hermit // Young Wolf
Geralf's Mindcrusher // Scorned Villager

Middle Column:
Flayer of the Hatebound // Loyal Cathar
Falkenrath Aristocrat // Chosen of Markov // Russet Wolves
Seance // Afflicted Deserter
Geralf's Mindcrusher // Hinterland Hermit // Increasing Savagery
Increasing Savagery // Scorned Villager
Gravecrawler // Chalice of Life
Grafdigger's Cage // Scorned Villager // Gravetiller Wurm
Geralf's Messenger // Wolfbitten Captive
Feed the Pack // Chosen of Markov
Geralf's Messenger // Chosen of Markov // Favor of the Woods
Curse of Misfortunes // Hinterland Hermit
Increasing Savagery // Loyal Cathar

Right Column:
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben // Soul Seizer
Hellvault // Scorned Villager
Requiem Angel // Hinterland Hermit
Curse of Bloodletting // Chosen of Markov
Archangel's Light // Loyal Cathar
Zombie Apocalypse // Soul Seizer
Ghoultree // Scorned Villager // Strangleroot Geist
Drogskol Reaver // Chalice of Life
Lost in the Woods // Loyal Cathar
Markov Blademaster // Wolfbitten Captive
Vorapede // Loyal Cathar
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben // Ravenous Demon

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The U/W illusions lists aren't thatttt expensive. You have Snapcaster Mage x4, Phantasmal Image x4, and the Moorland Haunts, but besides that everything is a common or uncommon.

But I guess even that is way past budget. I'd definitely look into RDW, depending on how much you would like to spend.

No, you could not cast it. You may only cast the spell if you have a legal target, and the target is the artifact. It would then deal 3 damage to the controller of the artifact.

So yeah. No artifact, no casting.

From the Vaults: Mistakes.

Wizards will not only own up to their mistakes in the near twenty years of Magic, but is also giving players special foil editions of cards that they have sworn to never reprint again. What cards can we expect to see, you ask?

The Power Nine will all make their way in this set.
Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic will make an appearance.
Famous counter magic Force of Will and Mana Drain will be made available.
Umezawa's Jitte for reasons that I'll never know.
And finally, Wizard's owns up to their biggest mistake of all... Island!

Yes, even the infamous Island that has haunted all formats of Magic is admitted as a mistake.

Best of all? This can be all yours for only $4999.99 Pre-order yours today!

I have a more classic take on Solar Flare that is tuned to my local meta very well. At my last FNM I lost only to Dungrove Green (2-1) as I scooped three turns into the first game after a mulligan to five and mana screw.





I have a lot of editing I'd like to do. The mana base has been fairly consistent for me, but I do think that more core set lands and basics are needed, and less Scars of Mirrodin lands.

I want to fit more Dissipate in the mainboard, at least one. I want to try another Phantasmal Image and one less Unburial Rights, as well as an Elesh Norn in the sideboard.

Mental Misstep was a fluke for me, and I never fond myself boarding them in. I will admit that I just threw my sideboard together, so I'm looking for a lot of criticism there. I want more Oblivion Rings too, at least three in my full seventy-five.

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My contibution:

LEFT

Nephalia Drownyard/ Ulvenwald Mystics
Hinterland Harbor/ Civilized Scholar
Evil Twin/ Grizzled Outcast
Kessig Wolf Run/Gatstaf Sheperd
Reaper from the Abyss/Reckless Waif/(Plains)
Geist honored Monk/Grizzled Outcast
Elite Inquisitor/Village Ironsmith
Moldgraf Monstrosity/Instigator Gang
Unbreathing Horde/Tormented Pariah
Sulfur Falls/Screeching Bat
Mentor of the meek/Cloistered Youth
Clifftop Retreat/Reckless Waif

MIDDLE

Sturmgeist/(Grizzled Outcast)
Blasphemous Act/HanweirWatchkeep
Isolated Chapel/(Cloistered Youth)
Manor Gargoyle/Villagers of Estwald
Gavony Township/Thraben Sentry
Snapcaster Mage/Cloistered Youth/(Spectral Rider)
Cursed of Stalked Prey/Gatstaf Shepherd
Endless Rank of the Dead/Daybreak Ranger
Essence of the Wild/Hanweir Watchkeep
Liliana of the Veil/Thrabhen Sentry/(Stony Silence)
Woodland Cemetery/Delver of secrets
Curse of Death's Hold/Tormented Pariah

RIGHT

Charmbreaker Devils/Village Ironsmith
Rooftop Storm/Thrabhen Sentry
Geist of St Traft/Delver of Secrets
Evil Twin/Garruk Relentless/(Markov Patrician)
Stony Silence/Tormented Pariah
Laboratory Maniac/ Delver of Secrets
Heretic's Punishment/Villagers of Estwald/(Night Revelers)
Divine Reckoning/Villagers of Estwald
Witchbane Orb/Village Ironsmith
Crackling Counterpart/Civilized Scholar
Moorland Haunt/Grizzled Outcast
Gutter Grime/Ulvenwald Mystics

Pulled both Liliana of the Veil and Garruk Relentess in one box!

You pulled all the money cards, and so many lands. I'm so jealous.

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Yes, I noticed as well that Liliana and Snap often appear in the same box - notably alongside Mirror Mad.

This is what happened with my box. Here it is (note: I put every double faced card after the rare, and not just the rare ones. Sorry about that.):

Left Column -

Stromkirk Noble / Thraben Sentry / Spider Spawning
Dearly Departed / Screeching Bat
Curse of Stalked Prey / Delver of Secrets
Liliana of the Veil / Cloistered Youth
Witchbane Orb / Ulvenwald Mystics
Woodland Cemetery / Grizzled Outcasts
Moorland Haunt / Screeching Bat
Back from the Brink / Villagers of Estwald / Brimstone Volley
Heretic's Punishment / Thraben Sentry
Bloodgift Demon / Civilized Scholar
Elder of Laurels / Villagers of Estwald
Hinterland Harbor / Gatstaf Shepherd

Middle Column -

Mindshrieker / Hanweir Watchkeep
Blasphemous Act / Civilized Scholar
Guttergrime / Ludevic's Test Subject / Gutter Grime
Rooftop Storm / Village Ironsmith / Invisible Stalker
Sturmgeist / Kruin Outlaw
Parallel Lives / Gastaf Shepherd
Nevermore / Village Ironsmith
Laboratory Maniac / Delver of Secrets
Past in Flames / Tormented Soul
Mirror-Mad Phantasm / Hanweir Watchkeep
Charmbreaker Devils / Delver of Secrets
Creeping Renaissance / Village Ironsmith

Right Column -

Bloodgift Demon / Reckless Waif
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born / Tormented Pariah
Elder of Laurels / Grizzled Outcasts
Endless Ranks of the Dead / Villagers of Estwald / Stuffy Doll
Stensia Bloodhall / Thraben Sentry
Splinterfright / Tormented Pariah
Cackling Counterpart / (Foil) Trhaben Sentry
Runechanter's Pike / Mayor of Avabruck
Heartless Summoning / Reckless Waif
Skirsdag High Priest / Hanweir Watchkeep
Snapcaster Mage / Grizzled Outcasts / Curse of Nightly Hunt
Sever the Bloodline / Garruk Relentless

So my friend was playing Splinter Twin at FNM last night, and he showed someone the combo and asked them if they had a response to it. The opponent asked him how the combo worked, and my friend explained to him "basically the exarch comes into play and untaps the splintertwin enchanted exarch, which begins the process again and starts an infinite combo of hastey dudes."

The opponent called a judge because my friend used the word "infinite" explaining to him how it works, and the judge ruled it as a draw for both players.

I don't believe that saying the word "infinite" to describe a combo is against the rules, but the player claims it is and the judge sided with him. Can I get any clarification here? I'm assuming the judge just has no idea what she was talking about.

There is definitely not active threads for them based on the search function. If anyone CAN find one, please, redirect me.

I played my Venser Control at mine, placing 2nd, losing to Valakut.
I don't have many aligned cards in my deck. 2 Ratchet Bombs, 4 Seachrome Coasts, 2 Revoke Existence, and 1 Venser's Journal. I also had a 2 Wurmcoil Engines, breaking the allignment. But due to no one else having as many aligned cars for Mirrodin as me, I did win the Peace Strider,

Hey guys. I know this isn't so much a decklist as it is a question, but I definitely intend to turn it into one once we can get some discussion going.

I just got my play set of Goblin Guides finished, as well as my play set of Warren Instigators. This made me wonder if it was possible to make a successful mono red Goblins in type two. With the loss of Siege Gang Commander, it looks kinda bland, but with Spikeshot Elder kinda filling in for his big brother, I'm trying to make it work.

Does anyone have any ideas? Would you abuse the artifacts and Kuldotha Rebirth, or go the route of straight Warren Instigator abuse?

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DeckMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
Land 22 02 Mystifying Maze 15 Mountain 02 Terramorphic Expanse 02 Evolving Wilds 01 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle	04 Oxidda Scrapmelter 04 Manic Vandal 04 Goblin Gaveleer 02 Kuldotha Phoenix 04 Liquimetal Coating 03 Panic Spellbomb 04 Lightning Bolt 04 Galvanic Blast 03 Shatter 02 Elixir of Immortality 03 Sylvok Lifestaff 01 Temple Bell

This is my version, I tried doing LD but in testing I would lose to the aggro so instead the combo is used to deal with threats, I usually start with
T1:Mountain, Gob Gave
T2:Mountain, staff, equipe, swing
T3:Mountain, Bolt and so-on
Or it would go like
T1:Mountain, Bomb or bottle
T2:Mountain, Coating
T3:Mountain, Vandal or Shatter + (bolt or blast)
I LOVE the Phoenix, late game recursion is a pain to deal with, basically Its built to go without the combo and its fun as heck smashing BSangels and JTMS with 'Grey Orges' and 'Hill Giants', had a great time and got me first place.

(Point of note:Anyone got a better idea for a draw-engine?)

How did you ever win with this... I can't see this ever taking out U/W or Valakut. And Gaveleer? I'm just guessing Goblin Guides aren't budget friendly right now...