Comments on: Playing Constructed Magic On a Budget: Tournament Report

By: ggodo

ggodo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:55:40 +0000

I’d take out the Karplusian Forest for the R/G dual from M10. Mogg Fanatic is out. I love Wild Nacatl. I just have this irrational love for the 1cc guy that gets better with land. I love Kird Ape, I love that little kitty, and I would love to see more guys that have that ability at any level that lets them be playable. In plain English, I don’t care if they slap land boosting on a 5+cc guy, but on a 3cc or less I just love it.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:34:58 +0000

I like Soul’s Majesty – possibly I could remove a 1-drop, a 2-drop and a Razerunner to run three of them. They’re cheap rares too, so it fits with the budget theme.

The Wisps…I don’t want to get rid of creatures for something that won’t help me Conspire a Giantbaiting.

Some great ideas, thanks t-rex! Definitely going to hunt down some Twinblades and Majesties for testing.

By: t-rexicon

t-rexicon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:34:06 +0000

Soul’s Majesty from Conflux? Its a green 5 drop that lets you draw x cards equal to target creatures power, might work with CC and perhaps the Razerunners. You could probably drop some dudes to make room for a couple plus some more burn, perhaps the Rip Clan Clashers? Or the red and green wisps from Shadowmoor, red one gives haste, green one pumps, each is a one drop and draws a card to boot.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:14:19 +0000

Nice call on the Twinblade. I’d considered Flamejab but decided against it before I realized how many 1/1s there are in Standard right now. It does work brilliantly with the Crushers, I think I’ll have to test it.

I wonder if I could work in some card drawing ability without altering the deck too much, to counter the mid-to-late game fade.

By: t-rexicon

t-rexicon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:01:09 +0000

you should consider replacing the Nacatl with Twinblade Slashers who are 1 drops and also warriors. Also, what about using Flamejab, it is recurring burn that pumps your Crushers in the process.