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Magic The Gathering Adventures Blog Posts Volume 3

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Deckbuilding Posts

January 25, 2014 to September 27, 2014 (M15)

2015

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Contents [Modern] Back to basics with Super Green (January 25, 2014).................................................................... 5

Elite Arcanist-Zhur Taa Druid-Triton Tactics Infinite Combo (February 26, 2014) ..................................... 13

WBR Aurelia in RTR to BNG Standard (March 8, 2014) .............................................................................. 14

AVR Casual Modern: Descendant's Path Take 2, now Simic Humans + Wolfir Silverheart (March 16, 2014)

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AVR Modern Casual: Zombies build-around Dread Slaver (March 17, 2014)............................................. 29

Modern Zombies Casual: Philactery Lich build-around (March 17, 2014) ................................................. 32

[Modern] Mono Black Titan (April 28, 2014) .............................................................................................. 35

[Standard] Devotion to White shell ahead of Nyx (May 9, 2014) ............................................................... 37

[Modern] Devotion to Green in Tournament Practice (May 12, 2014) ...................................................... 43

[Modern] Devotion to White with Mesa Enchantress and Mentor of the Meek (June 1, 2014) ............... 56

Wolfir Silverheart meet JTMS in Vintage (June 21, 2014) .......................................................................... 60

[Modern] Nissa Revane Selesnya Deck (June 24, 2014) ............................................................................. 65

[Vintage] Blue Black Artifacts (June 26, 2014) ............................................................................................ 74

Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 1 (June 26, 2014) .................................................................... 82



Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 4 (June 26, 2014) .................................................................. 107

[Modern] Optimized Grave Titan (June 28, 2014) .................................................................................... 116

[Modern] Liliana Vess + Grave Titan (June 28, 2014) ............................................................................... 119

[Standard] URG Slivers (July 9, 2014) ........................................................................................................ 123

[Modern] Tibalt and Baby Jace (August 6, 2014) ...................................................................................... 129

[Legacy] Duel Deck Elves online (August 7, 2014) .................................................................................... 134

[Standard] White Black Enchantment Creatures Optimizaed (August 9, 2014) ....................................... 143

[Vintage] Mega life combo I lost to. (August 17, 2014) ............................................................................ 149

[Standard] Act on Impulse aggro tryout with Black, and then with Green mana (August 17, 2014) ....... 158

[Legacy] A White deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 22, 2014) ............................................. 164

[Legacy] A Blue deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 22, 2014) ............................................... 170

[Legacy] A Black deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23, 2014) .............................................. 178

[Legacy] A Red deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23, 2014) ................................................ 186

[Legacy] A Green deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23, 2014) ............................................. 194

[Standard] Blue Artifacts Post-rotation Prep (August 24, 2014) .............................................................. 201


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[Legacy] White Black deck with mostly Mirage cards (August 29, 2014) ................................................. 209

[Legacy] Pros Bloom adapted to 2014 casual (August 29, 2014) .............................................................. 219

[Legacy] Baby Steps with Pros Bloom (August 29, 2014).......................................................................... 229

[Legacy] Blue Black JTMS Fun Deck (August 30, 2014) ............................................................................. 232

[Legacy] Blue Black JTMS Fun Deck vs Casual 12-Post (August 30, 2014) ................................................ 236

[Modern] Back to Elves (September 1, 2014) ........................................................................................... 252

[Modern] Elves versus White Weenies Fun Game (September 1, 2014) ................................................. 256

[Modern] Elves with Friends Version 2 (September 1, 2014) ................................................................... 267

[Modern] Elves version 2 Fun Game (Elspeth ultimate) (September 1, 2014) ......................................... 275

[Modern] Esper Gifts Basic Deck (September 2, 2014)............................................................................. 283

[Modern] A few Elves with Friends Version 2 games (September 6, 2014) ............................................. 294

[Modern] Elves Version 3 in Tournament Practice (September 7, 2014) ................................................. 301

[Modern] Elves Version 3 in Tournament Practice Super Game (September 7, 2104) ............................ 312

[Standard] Pre-rotation reanimator shell (September 11, 2014) ............................................................. 318

[Vintage] Fun with some awesome cards (September 13, 2014) ............................................................. 322

[Legacy] White Blue Legacy learning deck (September 13, 2014) ............................................................ 328

[Legacy] Learner deck for Mirage and Visions White Blue (September 14, 2014) ................................... 334

[Legacy] Future Sight JTMS Combo Mono Blue (September 16, 2014) .................................................... 342

[Legacy] Black Devotion Fun Deck (September 20, 2014) ........................................................................ 351

[Legacy] Red Devotion Goblin Deck (September 20, 2014) ...................................................................... 360

[Legacy] Another Future Sight JTMS Combo Deck (September 22, 2014) ............................................... 364

[Standard] Green Devotion (September 27, 2014) ................................................................................... 370


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[Modern] Back to basics with Super Green (January 25, 2014) I went back to the basic design I had for this deck. I put the playset of Wurmcoil Engine in the sideboard

(you will think its a waste, but anyways...)

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Against a casual deck, this deck can be a beast. Here is an example.

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Once I have soulbonded the Wolfir Silverheart, the highest power is EIGHT, and I have Nykthos to give

me tons of mana to play all these cards as soon as I draw them.

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Second time around I have 16 mana!

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Elite Arcanist-Zhur Taa Druid-Triton Tactics Infinite Combo (February 26,

2014) Here are two screen shots. It triggers 1 hits from Zhur Taa Druid without the need to tap any lands.

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WBR Aurelia in RTR to BNG Standard (March 8, 2014) This deck idea started as a simple Boros deck showcasing playsets of Legion's Initiative and Aurelia. Only

Aurelia is left, and after a string of embarrassing loses against all those Dimir decks, I decided to add

black.

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Turn 6, Howl of the Nightpack drops a bunch of tokens.

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Turn 10, I play a lone Exava that takes me all the way to the win. I end up with a second Exava in my

hand that I do not need to play. Pacisfiam helped a lot. At this point I have one in the battlefield.

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More turns (here is turn 14), more creature attrition, but Exava stays through.

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Turn 17: Here is my second Pacifism, the play that turned the tide in my favor.

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Turn 20: Once Exava is enchanted with Ethereal Armor, it is a 7/7 and I can grind all of my opponent's

fatties.

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Turn 25: Dreadbore helps with removal of said green fatties.

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Turn 29, For the Win (FTW).

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AVR Casual Modern: Descendant's Path Take 2, now Simic Humans +

Wolfir Silverheart (March 16, 2014) Title says it all. I took a hint from the artwork and exchanged the wolves for humans, but the deck

needed some punch. I added Wolfir Silverheart, which I cannot auto-cast unless I have another one on

the board, but can hard-cast later in the game For The Win (FTW). Ghostly Flicker is awesome: I can

bring back an Omenspeaker for Scry 2 and an additional land from Borderland Ranger.

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Here is the deck. I have been playing it a lot today, and it is a ton of fun.

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Here are three screenshots from fun games. First one is when I overwhelm with all the creatures I got to

free cast or to cast with Prophet of Kruphix.

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Here are double soul-bonded Wingcrafter and Wolfir Silverheart.

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And here I beat an opponent with a 28/28 critter because I can chump block turn after turn with my

free-casted humans.

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AVR Modern Casual: Zombies build-around Dread Slaver (March 17,

2014) This deck is a lot of fun.

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Here is a board state example. I wanted to have some flying zombies in this deck.

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Modern Zombies Casual: Philactery Lich build-around (March 17, 2014) It is a very fickle deck because if you only have one artifact on the board and it gets destroyed or exiled,

so do any Philactery Lich on the board. It is still a fun deck.

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Here is a board state example.

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[Modern] Mono Black Titan (April 28, 2014) This deck is a lot of fun. Grave Titan is the expected finisher, but Essence Scatter has won me a game or

two. I am running a play set of Nykthos (not shown).

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Here is Essence Scatter winning me a game.

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[Standard] Devotion to White shell ahead of Nyx (May 9, 2014) I looked at Enchantment Creatures, and white seems to have the most balanced selection.

Here is the deck, with a sample game I lost valiantly.

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My opponent's deck was very well designed. Use Cyclonic Rift to pull creatures into your opponent's

hand, then exiled them from everywhere using Reap Intellect.

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Here comes an Elixir of Immortality.

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And here I get my remaining creatures exiled... ouch!

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[Modern] Devotion to Green in Tournament Practice (May 12, 2014) I don't know how bad this deck will perform in Tournament Practice. I will be happy winning 50 percent

of the time with it. It costs considerably less to build than the established decks, even though I do not

ever see it becoming established.

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Game 1: Won, against a Pyromancer Blue-Red deck.

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Game 2: Lost, against a Cryptic Command, Snapcaster Mage, Esper Charm, White Sun's Zenith deck.

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Game 3: auto-lose against Tarmogoyf Naya Zoo, Wild Nacatl, Kird Ape, LIghtning Bolt, Lightning Helix,

Path to Exile.....a very quick death 0-2 match! And that is why the Goyf is the most expensive creature in

Modern!

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Game 4: Won 2-1 against a Sakura Tribe Elder, Valakut deck. I lost the first game badly, but I used all of

my land destruction from the side board to win the next two games.

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Game 5: Won 2-1 against a Batterskull, Liliana of the Veil, Damnation, Thoutghtseize, Inquisition of

Kozilek deck. The third game was a 20 turn marathon. I find myself switching in Bramblecrush too often;

it is time to main-deck it.

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I went 3-2 with the first configuration, which is not bad.

In the new configuration I have 3 Bramblecrush main-decked, and this was just what I needed when I

faced a Tron deck in game 6. I won a very decisive 2-0 against this deck.

In game one my opponent was able to triple his Urza lands to drop a Wurmcoil Engine, but Acidic Slime

killed it with deathtouch.

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My opponent played some counter spells, but I have many creatures in my deck. I was able early on to

soulbond a Wolfir Silverheart to activate drawing 8 cards with Garruk.

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Here a Cyclonic Rift sends all of my non-land permanents back to my hand, but Nykthos allows me to

recover only losing one land that I did not need.

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Here is the gg kamikaze with double soulbonded Wolfirs.

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Game 2 was even more decisive. My opponent may have realized that I had enough land destruction to

win against Tron, and it sure looks like I do judging by this one match. Of course, I need to play this deck

many times against Tron. I could have just gotten lucky during this match.

As of May 12

Configuration 1: 3-2

Configuration 2: 1-0

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[Modern] Devotion to White with Mesa Enchantress and Mentor of the

Meek (June 1, 2014) This is a really fun deck. Once it gets going you can draw tons of cards. Not shown: play set of Nykthos.

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Here is a game I just played. I gained a ton of life and had oodles of mana to play the cards I drew, and

because I kept drawing enchantments and weenies, I could draw more!

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Here is a better configuration. There are too many powerful artifacts and enchantments in Modern. I am

also considering main-decking some Path to Exiles.

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Wolfir Silverheart meet JTMS in Vintage (June 21, 2014) I ditched my first build, it was lame. I am back to my favorite combo: Wolfir Silverheart anything. I also

added Null Rod. I really need artifact hate in Vintage.

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Here is a first game (I won).

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Here is another game (I won this one too).

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[Modern] Nissa Revane Selesnya Deck (June 24, 2014) This deck is all-right. It can take off if none of the mana dorks get bolted.

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And here is a random selection of a few won games.

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[Vintage] Blue Black Artifacts (June 26, 2014) Here is me playing with a play set of Mishra's Workshop and other goodies.

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Here is a sample of games. In the first one Dack Fayden took my creature (ouch!).

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I lost against an Exalted deck a couple of times.

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Here I won against mono-black. Those two Mishra's Workshop enable me to drop one of my fatties.

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Here I lorded a couple of cards.

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And here I beat a mono-red deck against a somewhat rude player (that felt good, there is no room in

Just for Fun for people not to be fun!).

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Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 1 (June 26, 2014) I will give you the punch line: I lost, of course, but I lost to an incredible deck. There are so many classic

plays in this game that I took the time to make a gigantic load of screen shots from which I need to

learn. My opponent was gracious and willing to play the game out just to teach me a little and I am very

thankful. Tabasco is a class act. Thanks, Tabasco!

Here is the part of the game when I think I can win. When your opponent is playing Crucible of Worlds,

run for your life.

There is already a Mox on the board. Here is another Power Nine: Time Walk.

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I merrily play a couple of my creatures and hit hard.

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I guess the tutor was for Timetwister.

Here is the new deck I drew thanks to Timetwister.

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Tinker gets my opponent to cast a fatty.

And I am lucky to use Cruel Edict against it.

At this point I think I am really slick....

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Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 2 (June 26, 2014) Now it gets ugly.

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I get a new hand thanks to Time Spiral.

Here is another Mox.

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Here is a second play of Timetwister.

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And here is Hurky's Recall, the most valuable card from Tenth Edition.

I now have 11 cards in my hand!

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Here comes Windfall.

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My opponent is down to 1 life, but Tabasco can sacrifice a land to get 2 life using one of his artifacts, and

then he can play that land from the graveyard using Crucible of Worlds.

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Here is my brand new hand.

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Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 3 (June 26, 2014) I am almost milled out and my opponent is filling the battlefield with all of those sweet cards available in

Vintage. Now follow extra turns and building up mana.

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Here is a much needed life gain using Tendrils of Agony.

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More storm shenanigans.

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This could be a fatty being tutored.

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More hand disruption.....ouch.

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Voltaic Cell is used to activate Mana Vault.

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Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 4 (June 26, 2014) And here is the grand finale! Here I lose all but one of my permanents to Emrakul the Eons Torn.

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I get another hand (again!)

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Another extra turn.

More card draw.

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And here Tabasco is just showing off his sweet new cards, which I sure did not mind. Here is Gifts

Ungiven.

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I picked Lich's Mirror and Black Lotus for the graveyard.

Here begins a sequence to tutor a card from the graveyard.

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And here is that card being played.

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[Modern] Optimized Grave Titan (June 28, 2014) Grave Titan is every Johnny's dream.

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Here is the Titan doing his thing.

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[Modern] Liliana Vess + Grave Titan (June 28, 2014) This deck needs some more optimization. Right now it is just a pre-M15 preparation deck.

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Here is a game that I lost. I need to optimize the deck a little more.

This is not the best deck to build around Liliana Vess. The tutor ability needs to be used for

something big, really big.

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[Standard] URG Slivers (July 9, 2014) Blue-Red-Green Slivers are a lot of fun. I started with Simic Slivers but the deck just wasn't fast

enough. I needed the one-drop red Sliver and it does not hurt to also have some red removal.

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Here are four games, all wins.

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Mirror match against a deck very similar to how I started this deck.

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[Modern] Tibalt and Baby Jace (August 6, 2014) This deck is a ton of fun. In earlier versions I came close or milled myself, and now I have added

Elixir of Immortality.

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Here are a couple of games. I have lost either very close or gallantly or both.

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[Legacy] Duel Deck Elves online (August 7, 2014) Obviously this is a very well-designed deck. Thanks, Wizards! I first played against a white-red

competitive deck in Just for Fun, and that was no fun (opponent blocked for life!). But then I

played two casual players and I had a blast.

Here is the deck ($7 from the bots for everything!!!)

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And here is my third game, in which this deck just went wild. Slate of Ancestry gives me a new

hand.

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Wellwisher lets me gain one life for each elf I control.

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Elvish Promenade gives me an elf token for each elf on the battlefield (sweet!).

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25 tokens.

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It was gg already, and I only attacked with the tokens. That was enough.

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[Standard] White Black Enchantment Creatures Optimizaed (August 9,

2014) Now with Ajani's Pridemate and Bale Blight.

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And here is a game. This deck is so awesome!

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I had enough pairs of white-black mana to activate Underworld Coinsmith FTW (For The Win).

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[Vintage] Mega life combo I lost to. (August 17, 2014) Here is the final screen shot. Those avatars are crazy big!

Here is how this combo works:

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Serra Avatar's power and toughness are equal to your life's total. With Oath of Druids, you fill

your graveyards with cards that give you life to Trostani, and then with Gaea's Blessing you

reshuffle your graveyard into your deck. Rinse, repeat, for some gigantic life gain possibilities.

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[Standard] Act on Impulse aggro tryout with Black, and then with Green

mana (August 17, 2014) This first try is a fail, maybe I need to add white to have access to exiling cards, or blue for more

draw.... I needed only one-drops or two-drops to use it at a reasonable time. Maybe with blue and

wait out to have lots of land..... Anyways, the aggro approach did not work.

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The green mana version works a lot better. It is still one color away from being good.

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Actually, I just won a couple of games... this deck is officially working.

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[Legacy] A White deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 22,

2014) A permanent loser, as all decks of this type tend to be, yet a great way to play test cards I have

not played before and it is a lot cheaper than a limited event! Here is the deck.

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Here are two board states.

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[Legacy] A Blue deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 22, 2014) This deck is living proof that any deck with two 2 copies of Jace the Mind Sculptor (JTMS), only

really need to be able to play JTMS with proper cover, no matter what those cards are. I like

Boomerang!

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Here is a game. Notice my left card has Phased. I still need to understand what the point of

Phasing is, I know I at least got a card out of it with this one card I played. At some point JTMS

took over.

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[Legacy] A Black deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23, 2014) This deck has a lot of cards that are easy and fun to play.

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The Urza lands just aren't fair... Here is a beating.

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[Legacy] A Red deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23, 2014) This deck is really fun to play, and unlike the other mono-colored decks, it has won me games.

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Here are two board states.

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If Dwarven Miner is not immediately answered, you are cleaning out your opponent's dual lands

once a turn... ouch!

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[Legacy] A Green deck only with cards from Mirage set (August 23,

2014) Another fun deck. Maybe not as well tooled as the red one, but still loads of fun.

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Here is a board state. Legacy is a lot of fun!

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[Standard] Blue Artifacts Post-rotation Prep (August 24, 2014) This deck only has cards from the four non-rotating sets (THS+M15). It is a permanent loser, of

course, because even in "Just for fun" people play their 77 planeswalkers tournament deck, or

they play with all of the current sets in Standard (I do that, too, of course!).

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Here is an awesome combo: a 5/5 flyer by turn 2.

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Here are some board states.

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Here is one of those 77 planeswalker tournament decks. I was able to place one of the Vraskas in

the graveyard, but there were a few dozen more in that deck (just kidding, I am sure there were

only four).

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[Legacy] White Black deck with mostly Mirage cards (August 29, 2014) This deck is somewhat weak, but the point is for me to experience as many of these cards as possible.

Here is the first iteration.

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Here is a game.

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I took out the Armageddons and added Murder and planeswalkers.

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Here is a game.

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[Legacy] Pros Bloom adapted to 2014 casual (August 29, 2014) I came across this deck while researching Mirage block in the MTG Salvation Wiki. Here is the

information from a page kept by Wizards on it, the cards laid out, and the planned substitutions.

Vampiric Tutor is the major miss because it is banned in Legacy. Also, I had to use a cheap tutor

because I only wanted to spend $5 in additional cards (and I did!).

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Here are my bot buys.

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And here is my very first take on this deck. This is originally a creature-less deck in the Standard

format of its day. I felt I needed a few walls. Wish me luck!!!

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[Legacy] Baby Steps with Pros Bloom (August 29, 2014) A lot has changed since this deck was a dominant Standard deck.... there are so many ways to

lose with it in the current adaptation, and I just don't know how to pull the combo off correctly.

In the first step to master the deck I was at least able to boost Drain Life by exiling my hand

except for it to Cadaverous Bloom.

My opponent has three Armadillo Cloak on a Crypt Rat.

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I was able to exile enough cards for an X=7 activation of Drain Life.

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Now I need to figure out how to maximize Prosperity and I still don't know what I am supposed

to do with Squandered Resources... time to do some more research.

August 30 update: I annoyed the living daylights out of players in Just for Fun trying to learn to

how to use this deck, and I got stuck with Natural Balance.... I simply do not understand what I

am supposed to do. I will pause on this experiment until I find enough people willing to play

against me with this deck. Upside: I finally know how to insert comments online.

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[Legacy] Blue Black JTMS Fun Deck (August 30, 2014) It still has Boomerang, but Counterspell will be better.

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This deck can have some really fun states, but is a near permanent loser at this point. Legacy is

not a forgiving format to a beautiful card like Underworld Dreams.... I love the card, but a 3-drop

in Legacy needs to be a lot better.

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[Legacy] Blue Black JTMS Fun Deck vs Casual 12-Post (August 30, 2014) I don't stand a chance against the money a.k.a. tournament version of this deck. Casual and

tournament versions use Glimmerpost and Cloudpost as lands of type Locus, hence the name. In

the casual version the other four posts to make twelve come from Thespian's Stage becoming a

post.

The tournament version has Primeval Titan, Emrakul the Aeons Torn, Ulamog the Infinite Gyre,

Kozilek Butcher of Truth. The version in this game transcript uses Colossus of Akros from

Theros, a much more budget-friendly (read, cheaper) option.

The tournament version has a bunch of other cards that would break my budget: Sensei's

Divining Top, Candelabra of Tawnos, Show and Tell Misty Rainforest, Tropical Island, Vesuva,

The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Force of Will (in the sideboard as a playset, which is like

having your other car be a Rolls Royce), Leyline of Sanctity.

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Here I Boomerang one of his artifact lands.

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Here Day of Judgement (casual version of Wrath of God) wipes out my creatures.

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I get to play my first Grave Titan (I love this card!).

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First Colossus comes in.

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I Boomerang it.

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I get to attack for one hit with Grave Titan.

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I get hit with another Day of Judgement.

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Here comes another Colossus.

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I ultimate my baby Jace (Jace Beleren) to mill for 20 cards.

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I drop Jace the Mind Sculptor (JTMS) for his -1 to Boomerang the Colossus. JTMS is

AWESOME!!! Such a broken card!

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I drop my second Grave Titan after a Day of Judgement cleans out my first one.

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One hit from my second Grave Titan.

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Here comes yet another Day of Judgement followed by the heavy tutor from Dark Ascension

(Infinite Ambition). Tutors are very expensive and this is definitely a budget version as a 5 drop

(love the art, by-the-way).

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And here I drop a Consume Spirit for-the-win (FTW).

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[Modern] Back to Elves (September 1, 2014) I consider doing a Naya Elves build, but mono-green Elves is so much better. I learned a lot from

playing the Elves Duel Deck: 1-of's and 2-of's can be really good in a deck, don't over-do lords. I

already knew that having more than one win condition is a good thing, and this deck has them: a

bunch of little creatures lorded, or drop a gigantic game-ending fatty, or combo with a Wolfir, or

draw a ton of cards with Garruk, Primal Hunter.

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Here is Ezuri doing his thing.

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[Modern] Elves versus White Weenies Fun Game (September 1, 2014) I lost valiantly! Day of Judgement is the Most Valuable Card (MVC) of casual Magic. I generate

8 mana with my elves.

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I use my 8 mana to destroy two lands with two Bramblecrush.

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Day of Judgement (need I say more?).

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Wurmcoil Engine fuels my comeback.

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With Ezuri I am gaining life and whiping out Weenies.

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I lose Wurmcoil but the tokens allow me to continue to be in the lead.

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Day of Judgement.

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Emeria, the Sky Ruin allows my opponent to, turn after turn, transfer all of his creatures from the

graveyard to the battlefield.

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Garruk, Primal Hunter comes in two or three turns too late for me to recover.

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Souldbonded Wolfir Silverheart is awesome but here it is too late.

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gg

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[Modern] Elves with Friends Version 2 (September 1, 2014) I took out Worlspine Wurm and Quicksilver Amulet to have more Wurmcoil Engines and more

Wolfir Silverhearts. Now this deck can really rock. In the game I show below I took Nissa to its

ultimate.

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Here is a super fun game with this AWESOME deck.First comes a Massacre Wurm, and I lose a

few of my elves.

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Black Sun's Zenith reduces the power of my soul-bonded Wurmcoil Engine.

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A second Massacre Wurm after my opponent played an Elixir of Immortality.

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Rune-Scarred Demon.

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Nissa ultimate.

This deck needs Joraga Warcaller... lost badly against an Elves deck with this card.

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[Modern] Elves version 2 Fun Game (Elspeth ultimate) (September 1,

2014) What I learned from all those Day of Judgement board wipes was to send my critters in waves. I

now always leave a couple in my hand for the next wave. Here is my first wave. Notice Elspeth

is already at 9.

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I draw a ton with Slate of Ancestry.

Damnation board wipe.

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Elspeth ultimate (notice emblem making all of my opponent's permanents indestructible).

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Oblivion Ring to my Garruk, Primal Hunter.

Pacifism to my Wurmcoil Engine.

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Here I continue to build my army.

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And here is the winning avalanche. I had 15 cards in my deck and did not active my card draw to

make sure I did not mill myself.

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[Modern] Esper Gifts Basic Deck (September 2, 2014) This is no longer a shell, and it works! I would love to add the new fetchlands to it and see it go

off turns 4 and 5 every time.

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Here is a game in which I show how Gifts Ungiven works. I started with a God hand, and this is

very rarely the case.

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