Mike continues his in-depth Guildpact set review. Today, he focuses on the Blue cards. What are the stronger Blue cards in the set? Which will see Constructed play in the coming months? Mike reveals all… [Guildpact Constructed Set Review Part I: White]
…It seems better, at least conditionally, to play this card like a Wrath of God (same cost) that kills every…
> *A bar in Dominaria, somewhere in the vastness of an unknown Swamp* Cosmic Horror I didn’t mean to stay…
Adrian Sullivan, one of the game’s most inventive deckbuilders, takes us through his own personal Top 5 Future Sight cards for Constructed, color by color. Today’s article looks at the Top 5 Black, Blue, and Green cards, with the series rounding out next week. Some of the cards here are obvious calls, but others are much more surprising. Looking for those cards that may power out the Next Big Thing? Look no further!
…That said, he’s incredibly vulnerable to control strategies employing Wrath of God and Damnation. The trick is to make…
Wednesday, February 9 – Ten rules that will help you generate more effective sideboards and develop more focused decks. Ten rules well worth your time.
…Wrath of God and its many descendants are the perhaps even more iconic. Over the history of Standard, there has…
Today Carl continues his introduction to Type 4 by covering removal spells, creatures, bombs, and general stack composition as well as giving some guidance on Type 4 draft archetypes.
…everything up! The Ones That Hit Creatures<br> Wrath of God is the quintessential global removal spell. I use it…
…If I want to drop a Wrath of God, barring a Mystic Snake, you aren't likely to say no…
…Combo decks are rather obvious and Living End combines that with the equivalent of multiple Wrath of God effects and…
As a special thanks to Jay on the last day of this tremendous experiment, we are running Blog Elemental in the Strategy section. For those of you just catching up with Jay’s deckbuilding, we encourage you to relive the excitement by checking out the Blog Elemental archives . Here’s a snippet from today’s article:”It’s also interesting to note that since version 2.0 of the deck, I’ve had a very respectable 64-11 record in the Casual Constructed room of MTGO. That’s probably a higher winning percentage than I would expect from an evolved preconstructed deck built for casual play.”
…with my little guys first, maybe with a Wrath of God or something. All he finds is Dawn Elemental, which…
Tuesday, November 23rd – Tech is the salt and the pepper of Magic: it spices things up and makes you want more with each bite. So how do we find the tech? Valeriy shows us the way.
…I expected to play lots of mirrors at each tournament, and I wanted to feel comfortable. Wrath of God didn…
Monday, August 31st – This is a really exciting time to be playing Magic. M10 has been a huge success, the Standard format is relatively healthy (despite some degree of dominance by Vivid Land / Reflecting Pool decks), interest in Legacy and demand for Legacy events is higher than it has ever been, and the Vintage metagame is going through a state of flux.
…The elimination of some staples, like Wrath of God, has led to a fresh and rapidly changing metagame for the…
…play with Oblivion Ring and Wrath of God because we expected a bunch of aggro.” Paul Cheon December: Bright Lights…
Wednesday, August 18th – It’s full throttle time, as the man voted Most Eligible Ginger Brit Magic Non-Bachelor Commentator returns to our SCG screens. Join Rich for the utter gaming insanity that is GenCon Indianapolis. The Best Four Days In Gaming? It’s no idle boast.
…Clayorama, The Wrath of Can — Just couldn’t resist the title. 11am: Belly Dancing is for Every Body — Not mine…
Read about the changes Cassidy suggests a reader make to his Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deck to make it fall within what he believes is the Commander sweet spot: competitive-casual.
…or responded to a lethal army of tokens attack with Wrath of God. The Karn slot gets O-Stone, plain…
…Being able to play cards your opponents discard is huge, one of the reasons why Tergrid, God of Fright is…
Zvi asked for questions… and man, did you flood him! Zvi answers questions on just about every topic around, from “How do you become a better player?” to “How far should R&D push the design envelope?” to “Why did Netrunner fail?” to “How dangerous is Blue, anyway?”
…control, especially when Wrath of God would be counterproductive. To me, WW is a group of good fast creatures with…
Abe Sargent returns to StarCityGames.com after his hiatus! Check out his extensive archives . Today, he covers Type Four, a fun, infinite-mana format. Try it out at your kitchen table.
…That<br> gives you the ability to drop two creatures or play something post Wrath of God. The green Bringer…
…wall of blossoms<br> 3 gaea's blessing<br> 2 uktabi orangutang<br> =9 green 4 wrath of god<br…
Q: What’s the difference between me and Gary Wise? A: One of them sucks at Magic, while the other is a booger head.
…And that was a lot of decks. While the rest of the team was getting fried on assorted snifters of…
Mike Flores changes the equation with his U/B Control deck designed with a single purpose in mind: kill all the things! Try it this weekend at the Invitational.
…When you Wrath a [whatever] and *also* get rid of ~3 Primeval Titans / Thruns / maybe an Inferno Titan or Wurmcoil…
If this were one of my typical articles, this whole discussion would simply have been an elaborate bridge into a Haakon, Stromgald Scourge/Ashes of the Fallen/Hounds deck. As it is, however, the bridge is lacking, and we’re left with something merely elaborate. But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
…Wrath of God plus Haakon may be every astronaut’s wet dream, but you’re still playing imperfect beaters *in…
In Part I, we recapped card advantage and summed up that drawing extra cards is like taking extra turns. However, this is put in context when you consider that an extra turn has other components aside from an extra card draw. In Part II, we went further and showed that you also maximize your mana in a particular turn by paying the lowest mana cost for a given effect. In 2003, however, I feel that even the concept”mana” as broadly discussed doesn’t cover everything about tempo; today, we’ll track tempo in the way that Rob Hahn did – attack phases.
…Thus, 5CB is weak against creatureless decks, particularly ones featuring mass removal (Nevinyrral’s Disk, Earthquakes, Wrath of God). ” Quoting…
Chas Andres loves looking deep into the finance of mostly-forgotten Modern-legal Magic sets, and you love reading them! So he’s providing more of the excellent same here, along with some very strange trends in the post-Christmas card market!
…The marquee spell was Damnation, a planeshifted Wrath of God, which was previewed on DailyMTG over the winter holidays in…
…Blinkmoth Nexus also makes the deck a little more resilient to board-sweepers like Wrath of God. If you go…
Sean gets in on the Gatecrash Commander fun by building a deck with Prime Speaker Zegana at the helm.
…itself (most of the time). One Wrath will do it, so I guess you should have that Wrath then, eh…
Brian Braun-Duin has been playing a lot of Innistrad Block Constructed on Magic Online with W/B/g Tokens. Learn all about the best deck in Block Constructed and try playing the format on Magic Online.
…of Death’s Hold as a Wrath effect. I fully expect them to blow it up with a Ray of…
…And Tsabo's Decree is as close to Wrath of God as you can expect from this deck without playing…
Tuesday, September 7th – Our Casual Magic historian introduces you to ten fantastic cards you may have forgotten!
…play an off-color spell like Damnation or Wrath of God (even for seven mana), seems really amazing. There is…
…secondary color – this gives you cards like Elspeth, Wrath of God or Humility. Personally, I would go this way, since…
…The world was one of Nevinyrral's Disks, of Wrath of God, the most fearsome and feared offensive creature in…
Tuesday, June 22nd – After the experimentation with Isperia deck, which I intend to go back to at some point, I just wanted to play “my way.” This, of course, involved getting into the Red Zone with Karrthus.
…Ultimatum until Torin reminds us he has Wrath of God on top of his library. I try to hide the…
Leading up to Grand Prix Washington DC this weekend, Drew Levin will be providing in-depth Legacy content every day! Today’s article is all about creature decks.
…Figuratively speaking, I want to cast Wrath of God on Saturday. I’ll see you tomorrow for a full explanation…
…The last several turns Alex could have sequenced differently and played Wrath of God into Day of Judgment without worrying…
…Camouflage, Cyclopean Tomb, Dwarven Demolition Team! Balance is Wrath of God, Mind Twist and Armageddon all wrapped into one package…
…On one side, the control player would be scrapping out of every situation, but a timely Wrath of God would…
Last article, I wrote about the cost of Magic, specifically Standard. In the forums, the debate developed two sidetracks; the “you just hate dual lands” and “play Vintage, it’s cheaper in the long run.” The first sidetrack is just stupid — read the fu- err, fine article, I don’t hate the duals. As for the second sidetrack, well, let’s do the math…
…He has the Jittes, the one Birds of Paradise, the Elves, one Arashi and the Wrath of God, but needs…
…that Sudden Spoiling & Pyroclasm is a one-sided Wrath of God. The reason I never mentioned Clockspinning as a reliable…
…Wrath of God is a very good card in limited because<br> it is easy to break the symmetry by…
Thursday, February 4th – There are many factors that separate the weak player from the strong in our glorious game. One particular factor is the strength of our decision-making process. Today, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa takes a look at this process, and highlights some interesting examples that should help improve our base levels of play.
…Need to recover from a Wrath of God? They are going to take five. Need to topdeck that burn spell…
Really, I think the title says it all. Except for the fact that, if you didn’t already know, this deck really does win and win and win…
…Possibly Pat’s third in the sideboard (see below) is right, just because decks with Wrath of God have a…
Tuesday, March 16th – This week we are going to be doing something a bit different. Most of time, this column is dedicated to bringing you insight into Constructed Magic (hence the title), but I do love Limited as well, and I’m occasionally forced to play such formats. Today we’ll be going over Zendikar Block Sealed with Worldwake in the second MTGO Champs of the 2010 season.
…foil Full Art Wrath of God, as well as some hard earned packs. Unfortunately, the amount of packs I can…
Ryan Overturf debuts his most ambitious MTG Cube project yet. Meet the Time Capsule Cube and see how its first module captures the early years of Magic: The Gathering card design
…I also couldn’t talk myself out of including classics like Wrath of God and Armageddon, as they’re far…
…The tokens it creates work well in mono-red decks and synergize with cards like Purphoros, God of the Forge…
…being able to wrath at a moment's notice is a strength of those types of cards, it's not…
Ben is back again with the lowdown for Future Sight, based on information gathered from the MTGSalvation.com spoiler. Do you want to know which cards will be hottest at your prerelease? Want to know which you should trade away, and which you should hoard like no tomorrow? Let the General Manager of StarCityGames.com fill you in on the key cards to keep, and those you can do without!
…Wrath of God? I’ll draw a card. This is a card-drawing machine for Green decks and one that…
Friday, September 4th – Craig “Lightning Helix” Jones, currently exiled on Knutson Island, returns to a weekly column with fun stories and casual decklists galore! Today he talks about the ups and downs of Magic change, and shares a fun-looking Green deck. Welcome back, Prof!
…I had a couple of Treetop Village in there before the rotation to steal games off Wrath decks. Without them…
Championship deckbuilder Mike Flores goes back to one of his old articles that newer players may not have seen yet: “The Breakdown of Theory.” He explains what Stage Theory is and applies it to Magic as we know it today.
…to put a stamp on the game with Wrath of God. The most powerful deck in those days, Necropotence, needed…
Two weeks ago, as a way to focus my time and attention, I asked you kind and thoughtful readers to vote on which of five cards I should feature in this week’s article. You voted for Ana Battlemage. Let me deconstruct this card and see what I’ve gotten myself into…
…collect a set of four, such as Sulfurous Springs, Birds of Paradise, or Wrath of God. The decks are also…
After asking readers for their feedback on how he should build a new beatdown deck, Sean returns with a focused Skullbriar brew that isn’t your typical all-in Voltron deck dual-wielding Swords as fast as Zombily possible.
…Fangren Firstborn Cytoplast Root-Kin Nylea, God of the Hunt We’re green-heavy enough that Nylea should turn on…
Thursday, April 8th – Craig Wescoe picked up a fresh decklist the day before Grand Prix: Houston, and ran with it to a respectable Day 2 finish. In fact, he believes the deck is so strong that any other choice for the remainder of the PTQ season would be ridiculous. Today, he shares his play-by-play tournament walkthrough, with sideboarding and strategy tips!
…I quickly realize Chalice is better since it stops his Living End from being a Wrath of God, and I…
Sam Stoddard puts out a comprehensive article on the Twelve Post archetype and engine in Modern. Casting Eldrazi has never been to easy and fun!
…A Wrath of God that misses most of your stuff, but also deals with problematic cards like Blood Moon. Very…