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As many of you know, Mirrodin Release Events are now occuring in the form of leagues - they're one week long, five matches. Going 5-0 gets you a Platinum Angel avatar. So come with me as I try to get my Angel on!
So here's what I managed to pull.
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WHITE:
Blinding Beam
Raise the Alarm
Razor Barrier
Tempest of Light
Arrest
Leonin Elder
Taj-Nar Swordsmith
Verdict: Not bad - I'd especially like to splash Arrest and Razor Barrier - but just not good enough to play.
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BLUE:
Fabricate
Disarm
Override
Neurok Familiar
Neurok Spy
Veldaken Spy
Somber Hoverguard
Regress
Verdict: Not bad at all. The last two cards convinced me to splash blue as my third color - evasion is good, bounce is better.
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BLACK:
Irradiate
Wail of the Nim
Terror
Betrayal of Flesh
Slith Bloodletter
Nim Shrieker
Chimney Imp
Disciple of the Vault
Verdict: VERY nice. I like this a lot. Good removal, some evasion, and a regenerator. The only cards I'm *not* playing are Irradiate and Wail of the Nim, and that's because the others are better.
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RED:
Molten Rain (foil)
Incite War
Seething Song
Shatter
Krark-Clan Shaman
Megatog
Slith Firewalker
Vulshok Berserker
Verdict: I am *sorely* tempted to make this my second principal color. Megatog and Slith Firewalker are total beatsticks, and Vulshok Berserker isn't half-bad. But the Shaman is mediocre, and the only good spell I have is Shatter.
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GREEN:
Fangren Hunter
Tel-Jilad Archers
Tel-Jilad Exile
Trolls of Tel-Jilad
Viridian Shaman
Wurmskin Forger
One Dozen Eyes
Predator's Strike
Tooth and Nail
Turn to Dust
Groffskithur
Verdict: Now, that's what I'm talking about!! Everything but the last three made it into the deck, and I would've played Groff if I'd pulled a second one. I hear fat beatsticks are good, as are Uktabi Shamans.
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ARTIFACT:
Aether Spellbomb
Alpha Myr
Bottle Gnomes
Chromatic Sphere
Dragon Blood
Farsight Mask
Frogmite
Galvanic Key
Golem-Skin Gauntlets
Granite Shard
2x Goblin War Wagon
Iron Myr
Loxodon Warhammer
Lifespark Spellbomb
Lightning Coils
Malachite Golem
Myr Adapter
Neurok Hoversail
Omega Myr
Pewter Golem
Pyrite Spellbomb
Soldier Replica
Steel Wall
Thought Prison
Tower of Eons (foil)
Vorrac Battlehorns
Welding Jar
Wizard Replica
Yotian Soldier
Verdict: Well...yeah. Too much to list.
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LAND:
Ancient Den
Cloudpost
Tree of Tales
Verdict: No-brainer.
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So, here's my final deck, as it stands.
GREEN:
Fangren Hunter
Tel-Jilad Archers
Tel-Jilad Exile
Trolls of Tel-Jilad
Viridian Shaman
Wurmskin Forger
One Dozen Eyes
Predator's Strike
BLACK:
Slith Bloodletter
Chimney Imp
Disciple of the Vault
Terror
Betrayal of Flesh
BLUE:
Regress
Somber Hoverguard
ARTIFACT:
Bottle Gnomes
Frogmite
Malachite Golem
Pewter Golem
Wizard Replica
Dragon Blood
Loxodon Warhammer
LAND:
Tree of Tales
8 Forest
7 Swamp
2 Island
Wish me luck!
So here's what I managed to pull.
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WHITE:
Blinding Beam
Raise the Alarm
Razor Barrier
Tempest of Light
Arrest
Leonin Elder
Taj-Nar Swordsmith
Verdict: Not bad - I'd especially like to splash Arrest and Razor Barrier - but just not good enough to play.
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BLUE:
Fabricate
Disarm
Override
Neurok Familiar
Neurok Spy
Veldaken Spy
Somber Hoverguard
Regress
Verdict: Not bad at all. The last two cards convinced me to splash blue as my third color - evasion is good, bounce is better.
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BLACK:
Irradiate
Wail of the Nim
Terror
Betrayal of Flesh
Slith Bloodletter
Nim Shrieker
Chimney Imp
Disciple of the Vault
Verdict: VERY nice. I like this a lot. Good removal, some evasion, and a regenerator. The only cards I'm *not* playing are Irradiate and Wail of the Nim, and that's because the others are better.
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RED:
Molten Rain (foil)
Incite War
Seething Song
Shatter
Krark-Clan Shaman
Megatog
Slith Firewalker
Vulshok Berserker
Verdict: I am *sorely* tempted to make this my second principal color. Megatog and Slith Firewalker are total beatsticks, and Vulshok Berserker isn't half-bad. But the Shaman is mediocre, and the only good spell I have is Shatter.
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GREEN:
Fangren Hunter
Tel-Jilad Archers
Tel-Jilad Exile
Trolls of Tel-Jilad
Viridian Shaman
Wurmskin Forger
One Dozen Eyes
Predator's Strike
Tooth and Nail
Turn to Dust
Groffskithur
Verdict: Now, that's what I'm talking about!! Everything but the last three made it into the deck, and I would've played Groff if I'd pulled a second one. I hear fat beatsticks are good, as are Uktabi Shamans.
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ARTIFACT:
Aether Spellbomb
Alpha Myr
Bottle Gnomes
Chromatic Sphere
Dragon Blood
Farsight Mask
Frogmite
Galvanic Key
Golem-Skin Gauntlets
Granite Shard
2x Goblin War Wagon
Iron Myr
Loxodon Warhammer
Lifespark Spellbomb
Lightning Coils
Malachite Golem
Myr Adapter
Neurok Hoversail
Omega Myr
Pewter Golem
Pyrite Spellbomb
Soldier Replica
Steel Wall
Thought Prison
Tower of Eons (foil)
Vorrac Battlehorns
Welding Jar
Wizard Replica
Yotian Soldier
Verdict: Well...yeah. Too much to list.
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LAND:
Ancient Den
Cloudpost
Tree of Tales
Verdict: No-brainer.
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So, here's my final deck, as it stands.
GREEN:
Fangren Hunter
Tel-Jilad Archers
Tel-Jilad Exile
Trolls of Tel-Jilad
Viridian Shaman
Wurmskin Forger
One Dozen Eyes
Predator's Strike
BLACK:
Slith Bloodletter
Chimney Imp
Disciple of the Vault
Terror
Betrayal of Flesh
BLUE:
Regress
Somber Hoverguard
ARTIFACT:
Bottle Gnomes
Frogmite
Malachite Golem
Pewter Golem
Wizard Replica
Dragon Blood
Loxodon Warhammer
LAND:
Tree of Tales
8 Forest
7 Swamp
2 Island
Wish me luck!
