The vacationing Romeo delivers not just one, but two possible decks for players on a budget. The Genju Control deck is simply an improved version of a deck he’s worked on before, but what is this “Fork You” deck he speaks of?
Dr. Christopher Romeo J.D. turns a scientific eye to his most recent deck idea (G/R Anti-Jitte) and comes up with one of his most witty and entertaining articles of the year.
Sometimes, I just abhor Wizards of the Coast, The DCI, and, of course, penguins. Damn all of their tuxedo-wearing souls. Want to know why I’m ranting this time? Step inside my friends, as I talk about Regionals, metagames, and more Regionals. Oh, and penguins.
Romeo’s back this week with part 2 of his Rat’s Nest Precon deck conversion. How many steps does it take to turn a lowly precon with a broken piece of equipment into a contender?
Due to some timing issues, Chris couldn’t finish the Rat’s Nest evolution article this week, but in its place you get a budget deck that includes some swell things to do with three colors, Lifespark Spellbomb, and Eradicate.
One of (my idol) JMS’s shticks is to take a pre-con deck and modify it so that it’s competitive in the Casual Decks room of Magic Online. Since I want to be so much like Jay (published novelist, work from home, hyphenated last name), I’m going to try the same kind of thing for the next couple of weeks with one twist: I want this deck to be competitive in a tournament. That doesn’t mean that it has to win the thing. I just want it to win more than it loses.
A couple of times a year, I like to publicly answer some e-mail that I’ve received over the past few months. I do this for a couple of reasons. First, a lot of questions are asked over and over. By doing this type of column, I can answer several people at once. Second, I get a quick column full of cheap laughs when I was otherwise stumped for material.
Last week, I wrote about the Blue-Red Isochron Scepter deck that could be a monster of a problem if people lose their maindeck artifact hate. It did quite well, going 3-1 with the one match loss being a tough three-game loss against what I consider the best deck in the format, G/B Control. This week, I tackled Crystal Witness.
Today Chris writes about flying cars, super-duper models, and snakes, snakes, snakes.
Inspired by Adam Grydehrmha’s recent article, Chris decided to give U/R Isochron Scepter a run at a recent Standard tourney and details his results here for all to see. He also includes one of the largest cheesecake sections ever seen on StarCityGames.com.
Instead of choosing just one topic to write about this week, Romeo chose about eight including some rules observations about Type Two, his sweet Aunt Sadie, and – dare we say it? Cogs. In Standard.
Say there was this hot girl in your office that played Magic and you needed to build her a Standard deck that was cool, but still had a chance to win. What deck would you build for her and why? That’s the dilemma Romeo faces this week, but once you’ve finished the article, we’d like to know your deck choice for this particular scenario.
There is nothing like the thrill of discovery. That “a-HA!” moment when you finally understand a concept is the buzz that drives scientists, songwriters, and even Magic deckbuilders. A couple of weeks ago, the Magic community had a collective “a-HA!” moment when it was confirmed that, yes, because of the way that Genju of the Fields’ activated ability is written, a player can gain life multiple times during one combat. The question is… can we build a deck around this?
Imagine it. You sit down across from your opponent. You roll the die and win. You shake hands. You mulligan to six. Your opponent’s feeling good about that. And you win before he even gets a chance to draw the card on his first turn. In Standard. You’re a legend. Not a Legend. You’re awfully close, though. You’d be my hero, anyway. And a lot of other folks’, too. Today I’m going to give you your very own guide to becoming a hero.
Since I won’t know until next week what the bannings are going to look like, I’m going to go a different way this week. I’m going to address some cards from Betrayers of Kamigawa that we fun-loving players might be interested in. Please, don’t think of this as a set review. Think of it more as, um, a review of some cards in the set for uh… Constructed or something.
