Urza's Mine

What did I learn from the pro-tour today? Siege rhino is still good Mantis Rider is back Jace, Vryn's Prodigy will be everywhere for the next 12 months. 4-5 colour decks will be dominant. Sligh has an opening to wreck many, many faces. After being involved in 3 days of chat on You-Tube, here's what I designed... Because as we got into the top-8, everything was just Siege Rhino, the card is still silly good! The new set... Siege of the Rhinoceros. 

I'm a brewin'  - Mardu Allies - Okay, so the original deck went through some playtesting against Jeskai Black and Tutelage.. It came out pretty favorably in both games. But more testing against the Jeskai Black deck is needed I think! (22 Allies) 3x Zulaport Cutthroat 4x Kalastria Healer. 4x Lantern Scout. 3x Drana, Liberator of Malakir. 3x Munda, Ambush Leader. 3x Chasm Guide. 1x Resolute Blademaster. (15 Spells) 3x Wild Slash 2x Kolaghan's Command. 3x Crackling Doom. 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar. 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor. 1x Muderous Cut. 4x March from the Tomb. (23 Lands) 4 Ally Encampment 4 Shambling Vents 4 Bloodstained Mire 3 Mardu Outpost 2 Mountain 2 Swamp 2 Battlefield Forge 2 Caves of Koilos On intial thoughts I think I need another land in the deck, was stuck on 3 and 4 lands when I needed to be on 4 or 5 mana for a while in some games.. Could just be variance making things a bit squiffy because it's played 5 games, or I

Here's a cheeky little list I'm thinking about, I love Rakdos, yet I feel like I should champion Khans/Zendikar standard with a Mardu themed Allied deck. The allies won world war 2, not the axis.. Thus allies are powerful. That's my thesis on the matter. Mardu Allies. (22) 3x Zulaport Cutthroat 4x Kalastria Healer. 4x Lantern Scout. 3x Drana, Liberator of Malakir. 3x Munda, Ambush Leader. 3x Chasm Guide. 1x Resolute Blademaster. (15) 3x Wild Slash 2x Kolaghan's Command. 3x Crackling Doom. 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar. 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor. 1x Muderous Cut. 4x March from the Tomb. (23) 4 Ally Encampment 4 Shambling Vents 4 Bloodstained Mire 3 Mardu Outpost 2 Mountain 2 Swamp 2 Battlefield Forge 2 Caves of Koilos Sideboard remains unknown so far with a lack of pro-tour to occupy all the drones and make the meta easy for me. But I think these cards are a good consideration... Mardu Ascendancy : Plays around Radiant Flames, mak

BATTLE FOR ZENDIKAR PRICE STRAT! Makin' money, spendin' cash!  One of my favourite things about a new set is looking at the crazy prices cards spike and plummet with. Don't get me wrong I don't always appreciate spending £25 on a Planeswalker card... But I love buying £2 rares which become chase rares (Pack Rat for example) and this is my time-stamped list of cards I'm going to talk about before the Battle for Zendikar pro-tour. CARDS WHICH ARE UNDERVALUED! 1) Bring to Light - £4.00 - Despite not being a mythic rare, this card is awesome and we have an amazing mana base to use in Battle for Zendikar. Bring to Light screams power and at less than $10 (£6) it seems like a steal. 2) Woodland Wanderer - £2.00 - Potentially a 6/6 for 4 mana seems ridiculous strong and again we're in the period of standard where we can get 4 different colour mana quite easily on turn 4. I like the card, it's effecient and it's only £2.00... I'll pr

Azorius Control - Superfriends Modern!  "no soul, I gotta have more control.." ~ Fear Factory, Soul Hacker. I seem to have found one of the most beautiful modern control decks of the current era. I'm not talking about the one from Worlds. This one is special because I get to play Timmy cards which are super powerful and ruin the board, turn after turn, after turn! Mace Windu : The 'azorius' senate will decide your fate. Supreme Chancellor : [ now speaking as Darth Sidious ] I AM the 'azorius' senate! The Deck!   Spells (25) 4x Path to Exile 3x Supreme Verdict 2x Timely Reinforcements 3x Serum Visions 2x Telling Time 4x Remand 2x Mana Leak 4x Cryptic Command 1x Sphinx's Revelation   Creatures (4) 4x Snapcaster Mage  Planeswalkers (6) 1x Gideon Jura 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion 1x Jace, Architect of Thought 2x Narset, Transcendant 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon   Land (25) 4x Flooded Strand