Apr 29, 2012

I return from SCG Birmingham Triumphant a complete failure. That is right. The title of the series is appropriate. I scrubbed out big time. 0-3 drop. Here is my list as a reference Burning the CandleCreatures (6)P3 Stonehorn Dignitary1 Consecrated Sphinx1 Drogskol ReaverSpells (22)P3 Timely Reinforcements4 Desperate Ravings3 Faithless Looting2 Red Sun’s...

Apr 18, 2012

Greetings! After a brief hiatus I have returned! Back to business. Here is the latest iteration of the BG build I had been brewing. BG BrewCreatures (24)P4 Phyrexian Metamorph4 Birds of Paradise4 Strangleroot Geist1 Wurmcoil Engine1 Grave Titan1 Glissa, the Traitor4 Gravecrawler4 Diregraf GhoulSpells (18)P2 Sword of Feast and Famine2 Sword of War and Peace3...

Apr 11, 2012

This post will be a dumping spot for all the new ideas based on AVR spoilers. Here’s some things I have in mind so far and I can’t wait to try out. Some of these will definitely need to be tested and tuned. That said I’ve put a lot of thought into these the last day or so. "RDW"Creatures (17)P4 Stromkirk Noble4 Vexing Devil4...

Mar 26, 2012

A few nights ago on one of my streams the viewers and I decided to do some stream and brew. I’ve always wanted to break Faithless Looting in a different fashion than abusing the graveyard so heavily. This got me thinking about one of the most underused strategies – tokens. The biggest issue with tokens that a wise gentleman named Mike Flores once...

Mar 23, 2012

As we inch towards May, we get closer to the two year anniversary of Mana Deprived. Has it really been that long? The Eh Team is also nearing its 80th episode. Damn! I guess it also means that it has been a long time since I lost that bet to Jesse. To summarize, Jay and I were pit against Jesse and Scott in a GP battle with the winning team being the one that...

Mar 12, 2012

What if I were to tell you that I hate this meta game? In a world filled with options as it exists today, the meta game offers a wide array of decks to players and any number of those decks are perfectly capable of taking down an event. We have an even playing field which is refreshing after the Caw-Blade era. But what exactly are we losing to help cater to this...