Comments on: Pro Tour Premonitions http://www.top8magic.com/2009/06/pro-tour-premonitions/ Magic: the Gathering current trends, play tips, gossip Fri, 18 May 2012 00:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alfrebaut http://www.top8magic.com/2009/06/pro-tour-premonitions/#comment-978 Alfrebaut Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:04:52 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1624#comment-978 I've been playing a bunch of Block on MODO myself, though mostly in the tournament practice room. It's funny, I've played against decks like these, but I didn't really peg them to be all that strong. Almost all the decks in that top 8 are either BRG or GWR midrange, whereas I see a bunch more Artifact Aggro, Exalted weenie, Unearth and control decks than are represented by those figures. I've been running UWB control with artifact finishers and I feel like it's pretty strong, even against these. What this result tells me, though, is that it's probably pretty safe to run even 2-3 Celestial Purge MD, and Double Negative seems to be the one of the, if not THE best spell in this format. I'm going to see if I can't "break" this format. I’ve been playing a bunch of Block on MODO myself, though mostly in the tournament practice room. It’s funny, I’ve played against decks like these, but I didn’t really peg them to be all that strong. Almost all the decks in that top 8 are either BRG or GWR midrange, whereas I see a bunch more Artifact Aggro, Exalted weenie, Unearth and control decks than are represented by those figures. I’ve been running UWB control with artifact finishers and I feel like it’s pretty strong, even against these. What this result tells me, though, is that it’s probably pretty safe to run even 2-3 Celestial Purge MD, and Double Negative seems to be the one of the, if not THE best spell in this format. I’m going to see if I can’t “break” this format.

]]> By: Chewy http://www.top8magic.com/2009/06/pro-tour-premonitions/#comment-977 Chewy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:10:43 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1624#comment-977 I expected to see more Ajani in those lists. Jund seems like the obvious choice with Elf and Blast in its colours, followed by Naya I spose. I wonder (with any testing of course) if a Grixis control deck with Double Negative and Cruel Untimatum might find a home in the metagame? I expected to see more Ajani in those lists.

Jund seems like the obvious choice with Elf and Blast in its colours, followed by Naya I spose.

I wonder (with any testing of course) if a Grixis control deck with Double Negative and Cruel Untimatum might find a home in the metagame?

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