Actually, not maybe quite as much Madness as simply just discarding stuff. And a red aggro deck, with a side of green.
Amonkhet Brews, pt. 2 – GR Madness
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Amonkhet Brews, pt. 1 – BR Madness
I’m back having completely missed Aether Revolt. Just couldn’t bring myself to brew than. However, now I do have some ideas. During Kaladesh I did less than usual. The whole block just didn’t feel fun for me. I guess I could sort of see where Standard was going or something.
Let’s start with two cards I’ve already found very interesting.
Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might Review
It’s been a while since I did one of these. Last time was Elspeth vs. Kiora. We did play Blessed vs. Cursed, but never got around to writing about it. Anyhow, Lauri and I got together and played some games with the newest Duel Decks, Mind vs. Might.
EDH Deck Time: Olivia Voldaren
Although I’ve chosen not to play red (and white) in EDH, of the limited number of legendary creatures in Modern Masters 2017, Olivia is clearly the one for me.
(Of course, I’d choose the demon, if I could. Although, unlike Olivia, who’s just faring better after the fall of Sorin, Griselbrand is dead, in case someone wants to go that far into Vorthos territory.)
My Take on Current Standard
Using MtG in Teaching
Last year I wrote about Magic as a teaching tool in a trade online publication. Its in Finnish, but you’re interested, you can find it here. This year, an opportunity presented itself, so I chose to use MtG as part of a course.
EDH Deck Time: Zegana v. 2
This was one of my earliest decks, and hasn’t really been updated in a couple of years, so I guess its about time (especially as the earlier version included two cards that are currently banned). This is a continuation of yesterday’s article, where I took a look at Zegana as a commander in a blue-green deck with an ETB-theme. This time we are going to be more controlling, with one goal: making huge creatures and then protecting them.
EDH Deck Time: Zegana v. 1
I haven’t played EDH in a very long time. I don’t even remember when was the last time I played, although I do have some idea. If I remember correctly, at least I went out on a high note by kicking ass with [scryfall]Liliana, Heretical Healer[/scryfall], a card I had sort of waited on for a while before playing her. I even have the SDCC version of her (actually, I have all the SDCC versions of her).
That was maybe six months ago, but, even if I don’t play much these days (although I do play other formats some), Magic is much more than the actual act of playing. Simply planning and designing decks, thinking about interactions and so forth has its own merit and rewards as a creative outlet. So, I was going through my favorite decks from years past and decided to update them a bit. First one being Zegana. I have two versions of the deck, so I’ll write about each of them, especially since the approach seems to be different from what I’ve seen from other people.
This first one goes all in on flickering and bouncing.
EDH Deck Time: Yahenni
This is possibly so simple that it would border on boring, but what the heck, [scryfall]Terminus[/scryfall] isn’t as popular as it used to be due to the new tucking rules, maybe this could do something.
EDH Deck Time: Baral, Chief of Compliance
A word of caution here: This guy is going to be hated. He’s not actually that powerful in EDH, because countering isn’t that fruitful, but both of his abilities are still good.
Just understand that even though this might not work out very well, blue is often a feel-bad color for others and others will see you as the big target in the game just because they dislike being countered, even though many other spells are much more effective answers in this particular format.