Spice Rack Deck Tech

Editor’s Note: Second guest post in a row, Jared Doucette returns with part 2 of his Summer Derby experience, this time a deck tech on the Spice Rack archetype he took all the way to the top. Enjoy! I won’t be able to totally stay away from commentating this time around, though. /Svante   Since …

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Brewing Temple of Power

I've been testing a this list a bit. It's an Atlantic deck, based on Temple of Sped, but with a lower curve, using Icatian Javelineers, to support more card draw in Braingeyser and both draw-7s. To fit these in, I've cut the Power Sinks and any Serra Angels or Control Magics from other versions. The …

Recall Should Stay Unrestricted

First of all: sorry for not updating more. March was insanely busy for me, with a bunch of work-related deadlines on papers and grants applications, along with moving to a new apartment. Back to an at least monthly schedule from now on. On to the content! On the weekend of February 23rd, there was the …

Failing with Fork

I've been playing a bunch of Fork combo lately. Mostly this list, which I played at a small gathering the day before Grand Prix Stockholm this past weekend. I went 1-3 at the tournament, and I don't think I won a single game when we were playtesting at Belgobaren over lunch before, so I won't …

Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of This

Underworld Dreams Combo is an archetype I haven't played much myself, but one I believe to be a bit underplayed and underdeveloped. It's not without its flaws, though. One is a weakness to opposing Lightning Bolts and Chain Lightnings, as you give your opponent cards through Howling Mines and want to strand a bunch of …

Mirrors in Arvika

I've realized I'm not very much into writing tournament reports at the moment. The motivation just isn't there; the narrative gets repeating, and I'm far too bad at remembering interesting board states and play-by-plays, even when aided by short notes on the life pad. I will return there, I'm sure of it, but for now, …

Building Power Monolith

There are numerous flavors of Power Monolith in 93/94, leaning control, pure combo, or even aggro. That's not surprising, considering the combo (Basalt Monolith and Power Artifact giving infinite mana, which you usually use for a Fireball, for those who might be unaware) is compact, deadly, and fast, being simpler than the engine-based combos of …

Brewing 93/94 Team Constructed

When I first saw the announcement of the Old School World Cup in London, I knew I wanted to go. Unfortunately, that didn't work out, but I didn't let that prevent me from brewing. For those of you unaware, the format was Unified 93/94, meaning that you play as a three-people team, and all the …

Catching a BUG

So, how about building a deck based on some color combination? How about BUG? Sure, sounds fun. What's BUG about? What are the first things which come to mind? Juzam, serendib, erhnam. Elves of deep shadow, for some reason. Okay, let's go with that. First shell. What's the mana like? With full power, we can't …