Too Much Control?: The Beginnings Of A States Deck
When you’re taking a Nether Spirit-based control deck into the new Type II, you need to change it. Where do you start? With Finkula, of course. Is double-guessing Finkel wise?
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Peace of Mind: Freon Tech
Black needs some air conditioning. While I’m at it, I might as well heat things up with a burn deck that makes your opponent ask,”Say – what life am I REALLY at?”
1800 Or Bust!: Small Things And Burn
Jim discusses his builds of Sligh for Type 2, and why a mono-red version just doesn’t cut it anymore….
How White Weenie Made Me A Bitch
An overdose of Rocky quotes, random decklists, humiliating pictures, and a paean to White Weenie.
The Long Road Up: A Sligh Look at Odyssey, Pt. 2
When you get a set with blatantly powerful cards slapped in your face, the only thing you have to worry about is scrounging all the power rares. Odyssey ain’t that.
Genesis Of Odyssey
Control will be everywhere. But there are so many DIFFERENT ways to win with control.
November Standard Decks: Odyssey
Team Binary opens their mailing list to the world for a moment… And reveals some of the decks to beat! Looking for a starting point? It’s the Invitational and here.
Wu Spy: Drivin’ at Midnight in my Chevy
Looking for some good deck to play in November? If you’re a Blue addict, you may find yourself reaching for the and reflexively. Mono-blue’s Draw-Go dreams are dead, right? Maybe. But in the spirit of inquiry, we here at the Shack of Ideas humbly bring you: November Love Revolution Turbo-Chevy * (I’m a sucker for…
Blonde Skies – A Deck For November Type 2
Play with Thought Nibbler and you have no brains – does this make you a blonde?
Bad Deckbuilder’s Corner: Two Post-Odyssey Standard Decks
These two decks are pretty rough but show promise. I won’t go so far to state that I’ll play one of these decks at States, but one never knows.
1800 Or Bust!: Control Is Dead. Long Live Control!
Sure, control will take a hammering thanks to Flashback – but supplement counterspells with discard and a low number of quality Flashback spells, and you might get this.
Set Intersect: Adding Odyssey to the Mix
When looking over a new set, it pays to mine for gold in broad terms. Are there synergies between old cards and new themes?
Where We Came From And Where We’re Going
They say that history repeats itself. This has been proven over and over again in history – but it has yet to be proven in Magic.
Responding To Chad Caudell’s Critique Of Eliot Fertik’s Critique Of His Top 8’ing Deck…
As someone who loves debating the merits of various deck builds, I couldn’t help jumping in to this one. I think both Chad and Elliot make some good points, but there are definitely areas in which I disagree with both of them. First, Chad, it doesn’t take”nerve” to criticize someone’s deck – although I do…