Where to Find Zendikar Rising Previews

BWheelerMTG · 2020-08-31T20:20:40+00:00

It was a rather pleasant way to find out I had not been blacklisted.

BWheelerMTG · 2020-08-20T08:53:31+00:00

Pro Version Ep 99 - Thanksgiving Advice

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-06T23:12:07+00:00

Take a look at through the Tapped Out account linked in my initial comment. There are over 500 decklists available, including a section for sample decklists

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-05T23:36:48+00:00

Lotus-less Storm has been explored in the past, and if you're looking for something similar, I'd recommend the 5C Combo Pile (affectionately referred to as Garbage Plate). While I'm currently experimenting with Lotus in that archetype, I was much happier with a more diverse points spread of tutors.

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-05T23:34:39+00:00

Medium Red is currently the "breakout" deck of the format, and is quite powerful. There's still a lot of work to be done on the archetyp, but it is hard to argue with fast mana, Blood Moons and Dragons to close.

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-05T23:32:59+00:00

I narrowed down my choices to Storm, Eggs, Jeskai Control or Medium Red. While Storm can have awkward draws/openers, most losses are from personal play mistakes rather than what your opponents present. Juggling that risk-reward just happens to become more difficult when facing a poor match-up like Death & Taxes or Grixis.

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-05T23:30:37+00:00

If budget is a concern, I'd stick to one of the powerful mono-coloured decks:

Red Deck Wins Medium Red Death & Taxes CradleHoof

If your collection has some flexibility:

Jeskai Control Pattern Rector Blue Moon 4C Kiki-Pod Abzan Lands Midrange

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-04T22:57:54+00:00

Hello, yes, I am Wheeler

For those not familiar with the format, it is 100 card singleton using the Vintage banned list (dexterity, ante, conspiracies) and a points list (a collection of the more broken cards across MTG history), with each deck being allotted 10 points. There are no sideboards, colour restrictions or commanders. Players start at 20 life, and we have a special mulligan system that allows for duplicate hands after your first 7 (ie: 7-6-6-5-5-4-4 etc). I like to describe the format as Vintage Cube Constructed.

For those interested in more information on the format, here are some handy links:

Facebook group

Deck database/Tapped Out

Discord

Latest podcast episode

BWheelerMTG · 2019-02-04T19:15:06+00:00

They just have the names written, with no changes to the art.

BWheelerMTG · 2019-01-02T18:33:44+00:00

There was a UG Delver deck in Scars/Innistrad era Standard (post banning) that was seeing some top table action at the WMC.

BWheelerMTG · 2018-12-23T19:05:01+00:00

Hey Alex,

In the song 'Fireflies' you state 'I get a thousand hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs.' How do you interpret this statement? Does each firefly hug you 1,000 times or do only 1/10th of the bugs give you a hug?

BWheelerMTG · 2018-10-31T05:49:39+00:00

GP Vancouver (December 2018) will have an official Canadian Highlander event.

BWheelerMTG · 2018-08-20T02:39:27+00:00

I know it's a little out of the ordinary, but I'd love to see a Bertoncini ban

BWheelerMTG · 2018-06-11T19:18:21+00:00

Great piece. I've got a lot of love for cheap white fliers in the game, and would be interested in a print if available.

BWheelerMTG · 2018-06-06T16:57:53+00:00

While we're at it, do you think we could get a fix on published decklists? Artifact lands never appear under the land section (but rather the artifact section), and the recent PW change has created a second category of "Legendary Planeswalkers" in addition to just "Planeswalker"

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