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Venser Caw Blade deck post M12 / bannings

Venser, the Sojourner x2 Gideon Jura x2 Sun Titan x1 Consecrated Sphinx x1 Emeria Angel x1 Squadron Hawk x4 Sword of Feast and Famine x2 Blade Splicer x3 Oblivion Ring x2 Day of Judgement x3 Dismember x2 Into the Roil … Continue reading

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Venser Caw Blade Deck Post New Phyrexia

Adding Venser to Caw-Blade makes almost every permanent here better. Particularly mortarpod, batterskull and tumble magnet. Plenty of answers to mono black’s Phyrexian Obliterator with Condemn, Tumble Magnet, Day of Judgement. I have played a weaker version of this list … Continue reading

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8 Cards I’d like to open in the New Phyrexia prerelease

Who wouldn’t want to open Karn Liberated? Such a powerful game changing card in limited, as long as you can survive long enough to get to 7 mana! Better open some myr, viridian emissarys and maybe a mycosynth wellspring too! … Continue reading

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Venser Deck pre New Phyrexia

This is the last Venser list I’ll be posting before New Phyrexia is released. Its the current list I’m using and its doing pretty well, went 3-1 at the last FNM. Venser, the Sojourner x3 Gideon Jura x2 Sun Titan … Continue reading

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New Phyrexia and Venser

So New Phyrexia is out there for all to see and I’ve had some time to look at it. This post will cover the newest cards that I think could fit well in a Venser blink deck. First up is … Continue reading

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EDH / Commander: My journey

As a new player to EDH I’m going to share my experiences and any advice I can pass along. I do not have a massive wealth of cards to choose from and I’m not going to buy any cards for … Continue reading

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5 reasons why you should play casual EDH / Commander

The rules for EDH can be found here 1. You can use fun cards that are not usually good enough With much slower games some cards are just better. Some examples from my current sacrifice/graveyard deck: 2. You can use … Continue reading

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Myr Welder Combo deck

5 Mountain 15 Island 4 Halimar Depths Creatures 2 Consecrated Sphinx 2 Spikeshot Elder 4 Soliton 4 Myr Welder 4 Enclave Cryptologist 2 Psychosis Crawler 2 Reckless Scholar Spells 2 Temple Bell 3 Jace Beleren 4 Khalni Gem 3 Blue … Continue reading

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Venser Blink vs Caw-Go part 2

I managed to get round to writing up game 2, here it is, starting with sideboard changes: +2 Divine Offering (for swords) +3 Spell Pierce -3 Wall of Omens -1 Into the Roil -1 Stoic Rebuttal Game 2:I play second … Continue reading

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Budget Kuldotha deck

So Juza did pretty well in Paris with his take on the forgemaster deck, but using 3 Jace the Mind Sculptors and 3 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas alone puts the price way over £200 (>$320). I’ve come up with a budget … Continue reading

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