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Down And Dirty – Elementals Gone Wild! by Kyle Sanchez

Wednesday, November 5th – It’s the fifth of November, and Kyle has brought the fireworks! With States mere days away, Mr. Sanchez brings us the latest version of his funky Elemental Control deck, a sixty-card force that powers out Horde of Notions and Mulldrifters galore! If you’re looking for a fun deck that’ll have the rogue factor, Kyle has the tech for you… [Editor’s Note – Due to Pro Tour: Berlin, the schedule is a little out of sync. Patrick Chapin and others will be appearing later in the week!]

…to turn Mannequins into a 7/7 plus Wrath of God for my opponent is too good not to play…

Thirst for Knowledge – Feeling Green by Chris Jobin

Wednesday, October 20th – Elves won the StarCityGames.com Standard Open. Again. When everyone and his brother are playing Jace, ramp, or burn spells, what hope do little green men have?

…Day if Judgment instead of Wrath of God, it doesn’t take a whole lot of imagination to figure out…

Martyr’s Fancy New Toys by Larry Swasey

Larry Swasey tunes up the White/Black Martyr deck that made a splash at Grand Prix Lincoln. He also includes an updated U/R Twin list. Try one of these decks out at your next Modern PTQ!

…The last one-of? How about Wrath of God?! Having an out to a creature swarm in the deck is…

Eight Predictions For The Innistrad Championship by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

As the Innistrad Championship approaches, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa reveals the eight key predictions for Innistrad: Crimson Vow Standard and Historic that shaped his deck choices.

…When I started playing Magic, we had the classic “Icy Manipulator + Wrath of God ” combination, which meant that the opponent…

From Right Field: Regionals Tech? I Got Your Regionals Tech Right Here! by Chris Romeo

“But, Romeo,” you say, since no one but my Momma calls me Chris,”I’m not gonna have any fun if I don’t win a few matches.” So, build a deck that has a great record against what you think the most prominent decks will be. In other words, as our Esteemed Editor wrote about in his last piece, create a metagame deck. “What’s a possible metagame deck look like,” you ask? Oh, I have theories, yes indeed…

…You want some mass removal, too, a la Wrath of God, Starstorm, or even Slice and Dice. Given how many…

Hot Momma by DragonsDen

…This forces them to play Wrath of God and Akroma's Vengeance when YOU want them to. Sulfuric Vortex, Shatter…

How To Dodge Bullets In Six Easy Lessons by The Ferrett

So I had created a really crappy deck and I was dying.* In a burst of enthusiasm (while slapping a deck together during the last fifteen minutes of Farscape, as usual), I decided to create an all-blue deck to show off my four shiny new . I created my "Dagobah deck", as I called it,…

…cast it yet because they’ll immediately bring the wrath of the entire table down upon them, and frankly they…

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #75: The 101 Best Mechanics In Multiplayer by Peter Jahn

Recently, several writers have been debating the best cards for multiplayer. Any best card list like that is going to be difficult, and will be missing a bunch of cards due to brain farts, but those lists do stimulate discussion. Now me, I’ve written mine already, but I want to weigh in on the debate, so I’ll take a different approach. I want to talk about the best mechanics and effects for multiplayer – with a few cards thrown in for good measure.

…Wrath of God, Armageddon, Akroma’s Vengeance, Pernicious Deed, Nevinyrral’s Disk and so forth are all solid cards. I…

Masters (And Commander) 25 by Sheldon Menery

Masters 25 might not be adding any new cards to Commander, but between the new art, first-time foils, and the possibilities for discovery, Sheldon Menery sees a lot to celebrate!

…White Darien, King of Kjeldor Decree of Justice Rest in Peace Akroma, Angel of Wrath: One of the great creatures…

Mining the Crystal Quarry: Examining Old Combos with Champions and the New Legend Rule by John Liu

Humility + Walls — Because “Defender” is an ability, Walls under Humility can now attack. It’s not earth shattering, but this is a new thing. Note that Humble works similarly, except that it drops your wall to 0/1. Like I said, it’s not much of a combo, but because Humility has more uses than Rolling Stones, a deck built around this combo might use walls to set up, and then once Humility is down, use a global sweeper of some sort to clear out opposing creatures. Yes, yes, it’s a pathetic deck, but hey, there’s nothing quite like saying”I won by swinging with walls under Humility.”

…This is a repeatable, mana free targeter, and can easily result in a one sided Wrath of God. Yosei, the…

As They Were by Aaron Forsythe

…With these, Wrath of God, and Decree of Justice, it felt that you could never ever hope to beat a…

You Lika The Juice? – Mmmmm, Tasty Hobbits! by Bennie Smith

I had a sense of pride and accomplishment walking into Virginia State Champs this past Saturday with a deck in which I had total confidence. I rarely have that feeling anymore because playtest time is so hard to come by, but this time around I had a great idea, some great playtest partners, and the time to tighten it up. If you regularly check in with You Lika The Juice you know I was working on a Saffi/Blink deck with Galepowder Mage technology…

…Ascetics with Saffi and Masked Admirers, with a Wrath of God in my hand and he slaps down Manabarbs. I…

Modern’s New Hybrids by Shaun McLaren

Shaun McLaren highlights the most interesting Modern decks from this past weekend, including hybrid lists incorporating Devoted Druid and Vizier of Remedies into new decks! Be prepared going for SCG Charlotte!

…There are plenty of matchups where your Wrath of God effects would otherwise do nothing, so being able to simply…

Lazy Losheel by Stephen Johnson

…I'm running Fumigate, Rout, Day of Judgement, Austere Command, and Wrath of God, so there will likely be boardwipes…

From Right Field: Bring the Steel! by Chris Romeo

The first time I played against a Suicide Black deck, I figured the guy was an idiot. Sure, Carnophage was a 2/2 for one mana. If he wanted to attack with it, though, he’d have to lose a life every turn. Being new to the game, I figured I was golden. I dropped my Shadow creature on my second turn and passed. He paid his life, dropped Unholy Strength on the Carnophage, and put me at sixteen. Then, he dropped his second Carnophage. Gulp. When the game ended, he was at two life, and I was dead. In the past few years, Suicide Black has fallen out of favor. Luckily, we got a few creatures in Darksteel that scream to be used in Suicide Black decks.

…The bad news is that Wrath of God and Akroma’s Vengeance kill it deader than Ben Affleck’s career…

Commander Top 10: Xyris, The Writhing Storm by Bennie Smith

Why did it have to be Snakes? Because Xyris, the Writhing Storm is fun in Commander! Bennie Smith shares his latest 100-card build.

…re going to feel especially good countering a Wrath of God or some other battlefield sweeper with Mystic Snake. Orochi…

The Philosophy of Fire by Mike Flores

So why, you may ask, in an article called The Philosophy of Fire, are we talking about archaic deck archetypes and focusing on a card that is restricted in every conceivable format? The reason is that Necropotece gives the average player the most concrete understanding of the interaction between cards and life of any archetype or mechanism. The Philosophy of Fire will do the exact same thing, but instead of trading life for cards from your own deck, it speaks about the relationship of trading cards for your opponent’s life. Specifically, the goal will be to translate a hand into a dead man.

…We know about trading cards for cards (Hymn to Tourach, Wrath of God), our own life for cards (Necropotence and…

The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Brainstorming the New Extended by Brian Kibler

Friday, June 25th – Wizards of the Coast has recently changed Extended with some sweeping changes of late, and everyone is ready to cram their old Standard strategies into the format. Of course, there’s more to “Double Standard” than Faeries, and Brian Kibler is here to remind us that there are a few approaches we can take when examining a Brand New Format.

…access to Damnation instead of Wrath of God now if they want it. One of the little things that stood…

Bad Reflexes by Steve Sadin

…A Day of Judgment / Wrath of God card can be pretty devastating, and they tend to be rare so they…

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #166 – Houston, We Have a Metagame! by Peter Jahn

With the Extended PTQ season grinding towards completion, Peter breaks down the January and February PTQ results, identifying the Tier 1 and Tier 2 strategies that feed into the post-Planar Chaos metagame. He also tackles the myth of the “Local Metagame,” and presents a G/W/r Beatdown deck for folks looking for something a little different.

…and the Tron player died to beats with Wrath of God in hand. I don’t think Grunt is better…

Dear Azami – A Golgari Rhapsody by Sean McKeown

So you say we should take the kid gloves off and game hard with Savra, Queen of the Golgari? You had me at €“hello.€

…a ton of colored mana when you do that. - Decree of Pain — Awesome card-drawing Wrath of God effect is…

Geist Of Saint Traft by Sheldon Menery

For his thirteenth deck in his ongoing project to create a Commander deck of each of the 27 possible color combinations, Sheldon builds a W/U deck with Geist of Saint Traft as its general.

…of promo or foily Day of Judgment that I’ll run despite not being as good as Wrath of God…

Untapped: Commander For Coppers by Matt Higgs

Matt announces the Top 3 decks submitted in his Commander for Coppers challenge along with a few honorable mentions and the deck that inspired the challenge.

…Naturally, staple utility spells are acceptable (i.e., Rhystic Study, Sensei’s Divining Top, Wrath of God); just make sure…

Mirrodin Cards That Will Wash The Flames Away by Craig Stevenson

I was planning to play a variant of Red Deck Wins for the upcoming Extended extravaganza. Then I saw the Chalice of the Void… First-turn Ancient Tomb, Chalice set on one? Cheers for playing. Red Deck Wins has almost thirty one-drops, and the Chalice shuts them all down. Yes, there’s Shatter, or Pillage, or Mogg Salvage in the board, but even so… The loss of the important early two or three turns is crippling. A second Chalice and it’s clobberin’ time.

…God Bless Johnny Cash. “I fell into a burning ring of fire….”

The Magic Show #134 – All That Glitters (VIDEO ADDED!) by Evan Erwin

Friday, March 13th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be taking a look at the upcoming Alara Reborn and how its groundbreaking design could mean Legions 2.0 or a whole new world of fun. We also cover more Magic 2010 rumors, including the removal of mana burn and what it may mean for the game. Let’s go!

…Besides Akroma, Angel of Wrath, Phage the Untouchable, and some Slivers are there any real “successes” from Legions reaching beyond…

SCG Daily: Big League Chew by Pugg Fuggly

Those of you who have followed my work over the past few years will likely have noticed that I try to push the envelope in my writing, to stretch outside the boundaries of the standard Magic article, to innovate. Nothing evokes this sense of adventure and discovery like a bajillion draft walkthroughs. Sure, the Eisels and Willses of the world might give you umpteen or even eleventy walkthroughs, but I’m the first and last to break the bajillion walkthrough barrier – and they said it couldn’t be done. Still, I’m not sure that’s enough, so this week I’m going to blow your mind. This means I’m going to do the same old thing, but also do some slightly different things. Shazam!

…Examples of such cards in past sets include: Pristine Angel<br> <br> Wrath of God<br> <br> Kagemaro, First to…

Understanding Reach by Mike Flores

…What does this mean? When you are playing a deck with strong creature sanction such as Wrath of God, Akroma…