Tag Archives: Magic

Decorating the Christmas tree

To celebrate the holiday season, I’m decorating trees and stomp face with big beatsticks. Might contain Teeth and/or Nails…

Blaming the Nectarpot he’s black

Why would anyone do that? Kazandu Nectarpot is obviously green! There is no reason why one could ever call it black. Unless… Kazandu Nectarpot was one of the cards that interested me a lot when opening my Zendikar Rising Bundle. The card itself is not that special – gaining a life when a land comesContinue reading “Blaming the Nectarpot he’s black”

Break the cycle

The card selected for this week’s entry seems pretty innocuous. Maybe even… bad. Sure, it returns a creature or a land from graveyard to your hand for a colourless and a black. It’s even a sorcery. Kind of “Mweh”. Why bother playing this card? But wait? It doesn’t say “Choose one”, but “Choose one orContinue reading “Break the cycle”

All good things come in swarms

Zendikar Rising is upon us and I’m stoked for the new set and what it offers casual players. I think there are a lot of cool cards to brew around and it seems that landfall based decks are getting quite some fuel. I loved landfall as a mechanic from the first time I saw it,Continue reading “All good things come in swarms”

Turning metal into gold

Let me tell you a little secret about Magic: drawing cards is good. Every new card you draw presents you with new options. You might draw an answer for that annoying fattie of one of your opponents. Maybe you draw a threat yourself, maybe you draw that land you didn’t draw earlier. Most deck areContinue reading “Turning metal into gold”

Hell’s Legion

Remember that time I wanted to build a deck around Assemble the Legion? And that I was thinking about building it around Hellrider and spells that made you attack multiple times a turn? And that it was only last time I posted a deck? I still wanted to write about it, because it is quiteContinue reading “Hell’s Legion”

Soldiers assemble!

Some cards demand certain cards to be played with. Fetchlands with shock duals in Modern for example. It’s not really a combo, but they work very well together. Or the classic Survival of the Fittest/Recurring Nightmare combo. Once you’ve seen the synergy of those cards, you cannot unsee it. Not all cards have that. InContinue reading “Soldiers assemble!”

Passive Aggressive

The white-blue color combination is not really known for its aggressive capabilities, as aptly embodied by the Azorius guild. White and blue in combination are very good at controlling the game, to react to threats played by the opponent or opponents and they have done so with great success during the existence of the game.Continue reading “Passive Aggressive”