For me I think it's important to understand why the best deck is the best deck and what could be done to possibly make it better, for the mirror or to cover its weaknesses. Very little has actually been written about the deck.
We can be sure to see a diverse Standard if for no other reason than the fact that people don't want to play Jund, but narrowing down the exact decks is a bit of a pain. How does a player go about building a proper sideboard?
In my opinion Esper has some of the best tools for card advantage in the format. Between Esper Charm and Baneslayer Angel, I thought that it could compete with Jund. This was the list I began with...
My topic of discussion today, the value of play testing, talks about the simple things you can learn, and the value of your time spent on improving and honing your ideas to push rogue decks into the limelight.
I have continued to work on 'Miss Puerto Rico' and made some drastic improvements. While the core of the deck is the same, part of its engine and removal have changed a little bit. Here is what I played at Game Day...
Bloodbraid Elf is dominating Standard, but I have a deck that wants to play against it every round. With all of the best decks being aggro decks (at the moment) you can build to beat them.
We are looking to hire up to two local player/writers to provide coverage at the TCGplayer.com $5k in Philadelphia. If you are attending the event, please review our criteria for coverage selection...
The new breeds of Bant need to be midrange-based and have many more self-contained threats to help offset the power of Jund's removal suite. Of course half the fun is debating about what creature suite you want to run...
Join Tom, Conley and Gavin for this week's episode! Couple of new hot news items includes the announcement of the upcoming M:TG PC game, Tactics. Conley and Gavin then talk about GP Tampa.
Today on the Show Bryan is joined by Pedro and Stan as they disucss Stan's Pro Tour Austin experience. We wrap the show up with a small discussion on Standard with our personal opinions.
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My topic of discussion today, the value of play testing, talks about the simple things you can learn, and the value of your time spent on improving and honing your ideas to push rogue decks into the limelight.
I have continued to work on 'Miss Puerto Rico' and made some drastic improvements. While the core of the deck is the same, part of its engine and removal have changed a little bit. Here is what I played at Game Day...
Bloodbraid Elf is dominating Standard, but I have a deck that wants to play against it every round. With all of the best decks being aggro decks (at the moment) you can build to beat them.
We are looking to hire up to two local player/writers to provide coverage at the TCGplayer.com $5k in Philadelphia. If you are attending the event, please review our criteria for coverage selection...
The new breeds of Bant need to be midrange-based and have many more self-contained threats to help offset the power of Jund's removal suite. Of course half the fun is debating about what creature suite you want to run...
Join Tom, Conley and Gavin for this week's episode! Couple of new hot news items includes the announcement of the upcoming M:TG PC game, Tactics. Conley and Gavin then talk about GP Tampa.
Today on the Show Bryan is joined by Pedro and Stan as they disucss Stan's Pro Tour Austin experience. We wrap the show up with a small discussion on Standard with our personal opinions.
Vampires by Michael Rottlae
Jund by Dragos Patlagea
Mono White Cont by Brian Smith
