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Thran Utopia #9: Of ducks and swans
Posted by Stijn Lamers
Hello there! Today I’d like to pay some attention to a few of my decks that underwent a few changes, decks that demand changes, and even some decks that turned out to be pretty awesome. That’s the beauty (or perhaps pitfall) of physical experience with a deck – you never know how your baby will blossom. Today is about a few ugly ducks, and a few decks that turned out to be beautiful swans, and everything in between. Five decks – let’s sort the duck from the swans! Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: acidic slime, ajani, ajani goldmane, black sun’s zenith, blowfly infestation, braid of fire, calciderm, carnifex demon, chandra, comet storm, conjurer’s bauble, control, dispatch, dusk urchins, executioner’s capsule, fauna shaman, gifts ungiven, glissa allround, glistening oil, grim affliction, grim poppet, hammer of bogardan, Jace, jace of fire, leonin abunas, lifespark spellbomb, memnite, midrange, Mono Black, mortarpod, Multiplayer, mystical teachings, obliterate, parallax wave, perilous myr, phyrexian metamorph, porcelain portal, precursor golem, priest of norn, proliferate, prototype portal, pursuit of knowledge, reaper of sheoldred, sanctum gargoyle, sensei’s divining top, solemn simulacrum, tezzeredrum, tumble magnet, voltaic key
Thran Utopia #7: Self-fulfilling prophecy
Posted by Stijn Lamers
“Let my sealed pool just be bomby, that’s all I’m asking.”
These were among my closing words from last week. They did prove to be correct, but that was about as much fun as I had last Saturday. I went to Eindhoven with Robert, to battle with an above-average group of players. For example, renowned pros Frank Karsten and Jeroen Remie visit each prerelease, while there is also a whole slew of up-and-comers and grinders there to slug it out. So while the competition would prove to be fierce as usual, and while my deck seemed above average as well, things all went downhill from here. Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: apostle’s blessing, argentum armor, avenger of zendikar, batterskull, blinding souleater, bogardan hellkite, braid of fire, chandra nalaar, comet storm, contagion clasp, executioner’s capsule, fangren marauder, gemstone array, glissa, horrifying revelation, iceberg, ichor wellspring, Jace, karn, kuldotha flamefiend, leyline of anticipation, life’s finale, magmatic core, master splicer, mental misstep, mutagenic growth, myr matrix, new phyrexia, obliterate, oblivion stone, paradox haze, phyrexian ingester, phyrexian rebirth, prerelease, shrine of piercing vision, solemn simulacrum, soothsaying, sorin, spawning pit, sunblast angel, suture priest, sword of war and peace, tezzeredrum, tezzeret, tezzeret’s gambit, vindicate, volt charge, wing splicer
Thran Utopia #4: A deckbuilder’s diary
Posted by Stijn Lamers
Saturday, April 16th
Today, Thran Utopia #3 went up. I haven’t tested the Glissa-deck yet, so I hope it can hold its own. As always, I’m curious for reader feedback and comments. Luckily, after some goldfishing I got the idea that the deck is much better than the first version. While goldfishing doesn’t give you an idea how interaction with an opponent goes, it does help playing the deck. You get to know some little interactions and just get the general feel of the deck. Plus, you can draw conclusions just by looking at how the deck plays. I came to the conclusion that 4 Golgari Rot Farms was too much, and I removed two of those for a Swamp and a Forest. Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: acidic slime, ancient stirrings, basilisk collar, black sun’s zenith, blue sun’s zenith, braid of fire, braids, cabal coffers, carnifex demon, comet storm, contagion clasp, core prowler, dusk urchins, everflowing chalice, fauna shaman, glissa, golgari thug, grave scrabbler, gravedigger, grim poppet, guillaumegate, harmonize, inkmoth nexus, leyline of anticipation, lifespark spellbomb, magmatic core, mortarpod, new phyrexia, obliterate, painsmith, paradox haze, perilous myr, plaguemaw beast, precursor golem, primal command, profane command, putrefy, solemn simulacrum, soothsaying, spawning pit, spoiler, tainted aether, tectonic edge, terminate, tezzeredrum, vedalken orrery, virulent swipe, viscera seer