The Journey into Nyx

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

As it is Thursday, some of you may be heading out to your local gaming store to take in a Magic: the Gathering League  event, or as in the case with OMG! Games, here in Barrie, Commander Night.  If you are driving in to Barrie, mind the road conditions due to winter blizzard like conditions - we just had another massive 100-car pile up on Highway 400.

Anywhoos, as today's post title suggests, we want to yatter about 'Journey into Nyx, the last and third set in Theros block.  Here are some tid-bits from the WotC solicitation to WPN stores - 
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Rival The Gods! Journey into Nyx™ is the epic conclusion of the Theros™ block and the final steps in the Hero’s Path entertainment experience. 

Theros has become a battlefield. The gods have sent their forces against the mortals to punish the hubris of a few. But the mortals have risen up in defiance and the time has come when Magic™ players will be tested against a god.

The Prerelease is Quest 7 on the Hero’s Path and the first chance for players to crack open booster packs and enjoy playing with the new cards in Journey into Nyx. At the Prerelease, players will also forge a powerful weapon to help them when they face the final Hero’s Path challenge at Game Day. 

There are five (5) different Prerelease Packs to choose from.

White - Forged in Glory
Blue - Forged in Intellect
Black - Forged in Tyranny
Red - Forged in War
Green - Forged in Pursuit

The final quest on the Hero’s Path happens at your Journey into Nyx™ Game Day, a Standard tournament with full-art promo card prizes for the Top 8 and a unique Champion playmat. 

Game Day also features a new Challenge Deck that tests Magic™ players with the ultimate quest—can they defeat a god? 


Set Name     Journey into Nyx
Block     Set 3 of 3 in the Theros block
Number of Cards     165
Prerelease Events     April 26-27, 2014
Release Date     May 2, 2014
Launch Weekend     May 2-4, 2014
Game Day     May 24-25, 2014
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Innistrad Rogue Challenge

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

We have a challenge for you today - build a Magic the Gathering deck around the three cards we provide. Unfortunately we are unable to provide really cool prizes like some other sites but we will ensure you obtain our admiration and have your name known on MTG Realm as a player who can rise to the challenge.

Anywhoos - we are big fans of casual Magic and more specifically casual standard constructed. We love playing and winning with cards which may have been overlooked by many as not being worthy of being in a 60 card build. We get a certain deep satisifaction of dropping a card on the game table and having an opponent stop to pick it up and read it after which they would claim - wow - what a great card, never really noticed it before, or something along that line. Well, at least that is what we would like to hear. We guess we are something of a Johnny at heart (see our previous post HERE on MTG player types 'n' slang).

So back to our challenge - we need you to build a rogue deck (something which thumbs it's nose at the local metagame and ignores the popular 'net decks). The cards which must be included are the following . . .


Tormented Soul
Magic 2012 (Common)
Creature - Spirit 1/1, B (1)
Tormented Soul can't block and is unblockable.

AND

Invisible Stalker
Innistrad (Uncommon)
Creature - Human Rogue 1/1, 1U (2)
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Invisible Stalker is unblockable.

AND
Blighted Agent
New Phyrexia (Common)
Creature - Human Rogue 1/1, 1U (2)
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Blighted Agent is unblockable.
OR
Neurok Invisimancer
Scars of Mirrodin (Common)
Creature - Human Wizard 2/1, 1UU (3)
Neurok Invisimancer is unblockable.
When Neurok Invisimancer enters the battlefield, target creature is unblockable this turn.
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Where you go from there is completely up to you as long as the build conforms to standard constructed (M12, SoM, MBS, NPH, and Innistrad). To get your creative juices flowing, we will suggest the following aura to enchant a creature with. By no means are you required use this in your build.

Phyresis
Mirrodin Besieged (Common)
Enchantment - Aura, 1B (2)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)


Use the comment thingy below to paste your deck list or use that very handy app at MTG url and share the link to your list. Good luck and may the blessing of Avacyn be with you in your labour.
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Lastly, A public safety message . . .

Students are now all back at school. School is an abbreviation for an old latin term loosely translated as 'petri dish disease' which we think is apropos as this is when traditionally flu season is in full swing. Remember to wash your hands to eliminate germs . . .

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