Ravnica unseen heavy weights

well today whilst thinking about two cards a thought crossed my mind. "what wins magic games" and the simple answer is CMC. what is cmc? you might ask well it stands for 'converted mana cost' and what that means is how much Mana does it cost to play a card. How can that be the key to winning magic games?? an excellent question rob!  let me break it down to you how i have come to see it over the last few years. each turn is an opportunity to win, if you have a turn that you cant do anything thats a turn wasted you minds as well given your opponant an extra turn. some games that i have played have lasted just two turns and others more then id like to admit. but the bottom line comes down to cmc.

most creatures have what i call relative cmc. for example..

Centaur healer is a 3/3 for 3. and thats what you would expect as a medium. the creature is a good card it comes out and other creatures that cost about the same have about the same power and toughness. so if each turn you are ahead in your power and toughness but for a lower mana cost your going to win. but doing that is harder then it sounds. you could "ramp" so you would pay for a permanent that gives you an opportunity to increase your mana so your next turn you will be a 'turn ahead' of your opponent or  you play a bigger creature that has what i call defects. like..

this guy on turn three would be scary! a 5/6 with evasion in this case flying. this would mean you have a good chance of winning but doing that would mean pulling off some painful combinations that have an unlikely chance of happening. as a result he isnt played much, which is common. but there are a few cards that i just dont know why they are not played very much.

these two for example. both of them are just really great cards! they are stronger then what they cost and they dont have any drawbacks. why aren't people playing them?? and here it comes..

A CHALLENGE

To build a deck that uses 4 of each of these creatures and to make an opponent realize they are really good cards. 

you all might be looking at me like

  but after you try this and you realize i have that your CMC is the most important thing in the game you will be like

 

and with that i bid you all a good night and a happy deck plotting. :D

How many snipes could a guttersnipe snipe if a guttersnipe could snipe guttersnipes

so today i am looking into mr guttersnipe and how useful he is as a creature and what type of decks he should be played in...

so first things first- incase you have absolutely no idea what i am talking about check this badboy out ... presenting the emo goblin

So the longer you think about it the better he gets. when this guy is out control players playing izzet are smiling because in addition to countering myspell. you also slap me in the face for 2. thats not nice... there are some really nice decklists that he works amazingly with. including that scumbag delver thing. both creatures work in instant sorcery heavy decks and, like burning vengence, make your spells a bit more usefull. legendary rob mentioned him before but i thought i would just add my 2 cents to the emo goblin.

• NO 1: guttersnipe is very squishy. if you cant protect this little guy he will be the next target for the next removal spell your opponent can get his hands on he will almost guaranteed plonk it on your emo goblin.
• NO 2: He requires a deck that has many spells. previous to M13 it wasnt really a good idea to play mono red. since then there is enough awesome stuff to play mono but its still pretty creature based. vexing devil you cant really play this guy in mono because there is no way to protect him. but then again you wouldnt need to
• NO 3: When midrange decks do get a creature onto the field you need to either have 2 or 3 burn spells to have enough to kill it or some other way of removing the creature. but a craterhoof staring at your face is going to lose you the match if you cant get rid of it.
• NO 4: I am going to try build a deathtouch control rakdos deck where i will give the emo goblin deathtouch and regen and see what happens...

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coming soon

what good combos have you found with cards?

some card combos are about half as good(as close as you will ever get) to chuck norris' legs Law and Order...
so we will be chatting about what sweet ass combos u guys are digging and if we get enough response we will put together a badass montagé of the top 10 combos and what they do.
so get your brains warmed up and lets see what you think

GUESS THIS CARD!!!

So next week ill be speaking about the centerpiece of my sweet ass reanimator deck. see if you can guess the piece of card. it comes from the bottom corner if u still cant figure it out. check out the blog for the the badassery and see if you find any tricks you can use in your magic escapades.

rock on people! we love you!!!

Gatecrash Spoilers

If you are a fan of magic the gathering and have played with in the last little while you would know that the last few blocks of magic have been really exciting. the story of Ravnica being no exception. the next set in the block coming the 1st of February is Gatecrash, and the final 5 guilds arriving completing the set. many people find Christmas exciting and for magic players this is only amplified by Spoilers.. so far Magic the Gathering have relieved some interesting things lets start with a exiting one.

Gideon is back and by the looks of the fist symbol on his belt he is riding with Boros(W/R). and who might that be behind him??

Aurelia ,the Warleader, 6cmc a 3/4 with flying haste and vigilance. now that's how we define a Boros creature, a flying powerhouse that comes out swinging and blowing up stuff. with other such creatures including Restoration angel, Sublime Archangel, Thundermaw Helkite, Silverblade Paladin, Vexing Devil spells that have been really prominent like Entreat the Angels, Bonfire of the Dammed. these are all cards that have been game winners you pull them out and your opponent is going to have to start making some tough decisions. Boros is going to be my Guild of choice. coming up and i am excited to see what people are going to do and come up with. so with that i wish you all a merry spoiler and a happy pre-release coming up soon. we will be talking about the cards that will be coming in the next few weeks let us know what your looking forward to playing in Gatecrash!