Friday MTG Roundup

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

We're very much looking forward to heading down to OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario later this evening to try out the ever-changing and evolving standard metagame against our most recent version of Blue / Red (Izzet) artifacts (RU-Bots) featuring Hangarback Walker and friends.  Earlier this week, WotC staffer Melissa DeTora had posted a very interesting Standard Hardened Scales decklist that Ken Yukuhiro had used.  We're thinking of having some fun with this list in the next few weeks.

Speaking of Magic: the Gathering FUN(!), you have got to check out this article over at MTG Goldfish, titled  Playtest: Magic Origins Clash Pack + $10 Upgrades by 'SaffronOlive'.  

As you may have read our post earlier when the 'Armed' and 'Dangerous' decklists were revealed, we were all goo-goo and over-the-top happy about the value that was packed in here.  Anywhoos, with just a small budget of ten bucks and some creativity, Richard and Seth pack in a whole lotta bang for the buck and now have a decent weapon suitable to take to your local Friday Night Magic event.  

Make sure to scroll down and watch the video to see how these new 'n' improved lists battle it out.  Spoiler alert - the game is fairly evening matched for a while but Seth rolls out a victory which I'll put it down to Richards list being a turn or two slower than required going up against Seth's build.
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Magic Origins Clash Packs

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps, 

As expected this week, Magic: the Gathering fans were treated to the decklists for all the Magic Origins Intro Packs as well as the Clash Packs.  After reading through the decklist for the Clash Packs, we are going to need a breather - the decklists are perhaps one of the best ones since Wizards of the Coast started producing Clash Packs.  We will get into the nitty gritty, but for now, here is the 4.1.1. on this particular product if you are a newer player -

Magic Origins - Clash Packs
Release Date: July 17, 2015
MRSP $30

The Clash Pack comes with instructions that show how to combine cards from each of its decks to create a new deck designed to be equal in power to what is expected from an Event Deck.  This particular product is designed to prepare players for Friday Night Magic and Standard format tournaments.

Players can enjoy battling with a friend using the two ready-to-play decks, then combine them together into a single, powerful deck to play at your next Friday Night Magic event!

Contains:
• 2 ready-to-play 60-card decks (with 10 rare cards!)
• 6 alternate-art, premium cards
• Strategy insert
• Magic rules reference card
• Deck box

ARMED - and - DANGEROUS

Armed (green / white) - 6 rares, 3 alternate art cards - Honored Hierarch, Valorous Stance and Seeker of the Way

Creature (19) : 1 Honored Hierarch, 1 Dragon Hunter, 1 Anointer of Champions, 1 Seeker of the Way, 1 Dromoka Warrior, 2 Topan Freeblade, 2 Undercity Troll, 1 Consul's Lieutenant, 1 Dragon Bell Monk, 2 Valeron Wardens, 2 Citadel Castellan, 2 War Oracle, 1 Outland Colossus, 1 Kytheon's Irregulars
Sorcery (2) : 2 Epic Confrontation
Instant (11) : 2 Enshrouding Mist, 1 Feat of Resistance, 2 Mighty Leap, 1 Pressure Point, 1 Valorous Stance, 2 Titanic Growth, 1 Dromoka's Command, 1 Collected Company
Enchantment (2) : 2 Pacifism
Land (26) : 2 Blossoming Sands, 2 Evolving Wilds, 1 Windswept Heath, 11 Plains, 10 Forest 

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Dangerous (white / black / green) - 6 rare, 3 alternate art cards - Siege Rhino, Dromoka, the Eternal,  Sandsteppe Citadel

Creature (18) : 1 Dromoka, the Eternal, 2 Ainok Bond-Kin, 2 Disowned Ancestor, 3 Lightwalker, 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit, 1 Avatar of the Resolute, 2 Abzan Falconer, 1 Tuskguard Captain, 1 Abzan Battle Priest, 1 Mer-Ek Nightblade, 1 Longshot Squad, 1 Siege Rhino, 1 Elite Scaleguard
Sorcery (6) : 2 Cached Defenses, 2 Map the Wastes, 2 Incremental Growth
Instant (5) : 2 Ultimate Price, 1 Scale Blessing, 2 Dromoka's Gift
Enchantment (5) : 1 Suspension Field, 1 Debilitating Injury, 1 Ancestral Vengeance, 1 Abzan Ascendancy, 1 Citadel Siege
Land (26) : 2 Blossoming Sands, 2 Jungle Hollow, 1 Sandsteppe Citadel, 2 Scoured Barrens, 7 Plains, 6 Swamp, 6 Forest

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We love the excellent alternate art cards WotC had commissioned.  Having an alternate art for Siege Rhino which is seeing popular play currently in standard format has our attention.  Having a valuable rare like Collected Company has now made it a no-brain decision to pick up this Clash Pack.  We can't wait to have these two lists battle eachother, and will likely swap the alternate arts with regular in order to pimp out our various Commander and Tiny Leader builds.
 
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Magic 2015 CLASH PACKS

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Happy Monday (again) MTG peeps,

This is our second post for today - to see our previous post on the Magic 2015 core set release notes pop back on over here.  For this post, we wanted to take another look at the M15 Clash Packs again - we originally spoiled the decklists last month but did want to revisit this again as we wanted to focus on the six alternate at foil cards that come this very lovely product.  The Clash Pack might not be for everyone but we think that most Magic: the Gathering collectors will want to pick this up with those premium foil cards.  Anywhoos - let's run through it -
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Magic 2015 CLASH PACKS

A two-player product, the Clash Pack contains two sixty-card decks designed to be played against each other. It's a great way to introduce new players to Magic. And it also comes with six premium foil cards with alternative art.

Contents:
• Two ready-to-play sixty-card decks
•  Six premium cards with alternative art
•  Deck box
•  Strategy insert
•  Magic rules reference card
MSRP: $29.99


Fate - Blue / Green
Creature (20) : 1 Hypnotic Siren, 2 Leafcrown Dryad, 2 Omenspeaker, 3 Vaporkin3 Kiora's Follower, 2 Nimbus Naiad, 2 Thassa's Emissary, 3 Horizon Chimera, 1 Prognostic Sphinx, 1 Prophet of Kruphix
Sorcery (3) : 2 Divination, 1 Curse of the Swine
Instant (7 ): 2 Negate1 Voyage's End, 2 Griptide, 2 Jace's Ingenuity
Enchantment (2) : 2 Pin to the Earth
New M15 Cards (3) : 2 Frost Lynx, 1 Ætherspouts
Land (25) : 7 Forest, 17 Island, 1 Temple of Mystery

Fury - Green / Red
Creature (23) : 4 Elvish Mystic, 2 Voyaging Satyr, 1 Nessian Courser, 1 Courser of Kruphix, 2 Ill-Tempered Cyclops, 3 Karametra's Acolyte, 3 Nylea's Disciple, 3 Nessian Game Warden, 1 Arbor Colossus, 2 Nemesis of Mortals, 1 Hydra Broodmaster
Instant (6) : 2 Lightning Strike, 2 Plummet, 1 Boulderfall, 1 Fated Intervention
Enchantment (1) : 1 Font of Fertility
Land (25) : 8 Mountain, 16 Forest, 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
New M15 Cards (5) : 2 Generator Servant, 2 Reclamation Sage, 1 Genesis Hydra 

aaannnd finally - let's have a looky-loo at those six alternate art foil cards that come in the Clash Pack - we've also provided the 'normal' printing below for comparison -

Fated Intervention, Font of Fertility, Hydra Brookmaster, Prognostic Sphinx, Temple of Mystery and Prophet of Kruphix.  We are most definitely not going to knock any of the original illustrations - we love those artists - but dang - those new arts are pretty - dang - sweet !
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Magic 2015 Intro and Clash Packs

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

If you popped over to the mothersite in the last 18 hours or so, you may notice a change - a new fresh look.  Similar to the facelift provided to the Magic: the Gathering Gatherer card database, Wizards of the Coast updated the look and maintained (or improved) the functionality.  We will suggest that you give TJ's article a read about the changes.

Oddly enough, during the website changes, there was content which perhaps may have been inadvertently revealed - the Magic 2015 core set Intro Pack and Clash Pack decklists!  We're not sure if we can really call this official as the content was removed - fortunately we did get screen captures of the material.  We again urge everyone to refer only to official previews posted to Daily MTG.
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Price of Glory – Magic 2015 Intro Pack

Creatures - 3 Soulmender, 1 Kinsbaile Skirmisher, 1 Wall of Essence, 2 Child of Night, 1 Accursed Spirit, 1 Tireless Missionaries
Spells - 3 Sign in Blood, 1 Solemn Offering, 1 Mass Calcify, 1 Staff of the Death Magus, 1 Staff of the Sun Magus, 1 Crippling Blight, 1 Divine Favor
Lands - 12 Plains, 13 Swamp
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Hit the Ground Running – Magic 2015 Intro Pack

Creatures -  2 Runeclaw Bear, 1 Illusory Angel, 2 Roaring Primadox, 1 Stormtide Leviathan
Spells - 1 Negate, 2 Peel from Reality, Turn to Frog, 1 Plummet, 1 Encrust, 2 Into the Void, 1 Restock
Lands - 13 Island, 12 Forest
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Infernal Intervention – Magic 2015 Intro Pack

Creatures - 3 Typhoid Rats, 2 Torch Fiend, 2 Gargoyle Sentinel, 2 Goblin Roughrider, 1 Wall of Fire, 1 Gravedigger, 1 Zof Shade, 1 Thundering Giant
Spells - 1 Clear a Path, 2 Lightning Strike, 1 Stab Wound, 1 Cone of Flame, 1 Caustic Tar, 2 Heat Ray
Lands - 13 Swamp, 13 Mountain 
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Dragon’s Hoard – Magic 2015 Intro Pack

Creatures - 2 Ornithopter, 3 Bronze Sable, 2 Welkin Tern, 1 Rummaging Goblin, 1 Wall of Frost, 2 Juggernaut, 1 Hoarding Dragon
Spells - 1 Shrapnel Blast, 1 Staff of the Flame Magus, 1 Staff of the Mind Magus, 2 Lava Axe
Lands - 1 Darksteel Citadel, 12 Mountain, 12 Island
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Will of the Masses – Magic 2015 Intro Pack
 
Creatures - 2 Selfless Cathar, 1 Wall of Mulch, 2 Midnight Guard, 2 Siege Wurm, 1 Hornet Queen, 1 Gather Courage
Spells - 1 Naturalize, 1 Titanic Growth, 3 Raise the Alarm, 2 Devouring Light, 1 Overwhelm
Lands - 13 Forest, 12 Plains
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Magic 2015 Clash Pack - Fate

Creatures - 2 Leafcrown Dryad, 2 Omenspeaker, 3 Vaporkin, 2 Nimbus Naiad, 2 Horizon Chimera, 1 Prognostic Sphinx, 1 Prophet of Kruphix, 1 Horizon Scholar
Spells - 2 Divination, 1 Curse of the Swine, 2 Negate, 2 Griptide
Lands - 1 Temple of Mystery, 7 Forest, 17 Island
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Magic 2015 Clash Pack - Fate

Creatures - 4 Elvish Mystic, 2 Voyaging Satyr, 1 Nessian Courser, 2 Ill-Tempered Cyclops, 1 Arbor Colossus, 2 Nemesis of Mortals
Spells - 2 Lightning Strike, 2 Plummet, 1 Boulderfall
Lands - 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, 9 Mountain, 15 Forest 

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Clash Packs and Intro Packs are great products for new / learning players as well as good dueling fun for all others.  To improve any of the lists is as simple as dropping by MTG Mint Card and picking up some extra card singles.  Here's the 4.1.1. on each of the products -

Magic 2015 Core Set Intro Pack (5 different decks) MSRP ~ $15
• 1 premium card,
• 1 60-card deck,
• 2 boosters,
• 1 learn-to-play insert,
• 1 strategy insert

Magic 2015 Core Set Two-Player Clash Pack - MSRP ~ $30
• 2 60-card decks
• 1 deck box
• 1 strategy insert
• 1 rules reference card
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