Here is the playlist on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4fjHQoGTndXbPM15ru6VQXDEt1fbwoa5
The bundle has been more popular then the three videos for the booster box, I guess because of the foil lands it came with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcZYluZNgg
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Guilds of Ravnica Overview
Here is the playlist on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4fjHQoGTndUHXyYSfJTCXkV0_N2gpwyW
There are seven videos in this playlist (close to three hours of going over every card in the set).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4fjHQoGTndUHXyYSfJTCXkV0_N2gpwyW
There are seven videos in this playlist (close to three hours of going over every card in the set).
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Selesnya Learner Solitarie Deck for Guilds of Ravnica
This deck has cards I want to learn to play with for this guild. I went for an enchantments theme. I added a little life gain for Ajani's Pridemate.
This deck has several ways to draw extra cards.
Rosemane Centaur is all-right, but I could think of better creatures for that slot.
As a learner deck, I am not 'all in' on enchantments or life gain.
Mentor of the Meek can come in too late to yield extra card draw.
As long as creatures don't get removed, Shanna gets huge.
Wordsoul Colossus is too expensive. I took it out.
I made a few changes to the deck, and then called it a day.
This deck has several ways to draw extra cards.
Rosemane Centaur is all-right, but I could think of better creatures for that slot.
As a learner deck, I am not 'all in' on enchantments or life gain.
Mentor of the Meek can come in too late to yield extra card draw.
As long as creatures don't get removed, Shanna gets huge.
Wordsoul Colossus is too expensive. I took it out.
I made a few changes to the deck, and then called it a day.
Izzet Learner Solitarie Deck for Guilds of Ravnica
This deck has cards I want to learn to play with for this guild. There are so many interactions between many of the cards of this deck. It's a ton of fun.
This deck has solid creatures even if it's an 'instants and sorceries' deck.
I was able to make lots and lots of tokens off Murmuring Mystic. I did not expect that from my first reading of the card.
Tons of tokens... so unexpected.
Here is the final state before I would have won (in Solitaire, of course!).
Storm the Vault does not fit this deck. I took it out.
Omnispell Adept is such a Johnny card! Here I play Apex of Power.
I picked 'Blue' for my ten mana.
And off I went casting good stuff.
Erratic Cyclops can turn into a huge beater in this deck.
I can tutor for a wide variety of instants and sorceries.
I went for card draw in this instance to close out the game.
Here is Erratic Cyclops as a 6/8.
I was able to do it again next turn.
And here is the result: 7/8.
It's a slow deck.
This deck has solid creatures even if it's an 'instants and sorceries' deck.
I was able to make lots and lots of tokens off Murmuring Mystic. I did not expect that from my first reading of the card.
Tons of tokens... so unexpected.
Here is the final state before I would have won (in Solitaire, of course!).
Storm the Vault does not fit this deck. I took it out.
Omnispell Adept is such a Johnny card! Here I play Apex of Power.
I picked 'Blue' for my ten mana.
And off I went casting good stuff.
Erratic Cyclops can turn into a huge beater in this deck.
I can tutor for a wide variety of instants and sorceries.
I went for card draw in this instance to close out the game.
Here is Erratic Cyclops as a 6/8.
I was able to do it again next turn.
And here is the result: 7/8.
It's a slow deck.
Golgari Learner Solitarie Deck for Guilds of Ravnica
This deck has cards I want to learn to play with for this guild. I started with a minor self-mill theme until I realized that I didn't have enough cards with Undergrowth for the number of creature cards in my graveyard to matter that much.
Glowspore Shaman is great to drop creatures in the graveyard, I am just not doing it enough for it to matter in this specific learner deck.
Glowspore Shaman drops cards in the graveyard, and Golgari Findbroker gets them back to your hand.
Here is another sample play state.
I can self mill for overgrowth in this board state. I took the self-mill theme out.
With a few 'draw extra cards' creatures, and Dryad Greenseeker letting me filter out lands, it's a slow deck, yet it can be as effective as a boa constrictor.
Self-mill out, some good critters in, also more 'fetch for basics' effects.
The deck is more fluid with the self-mill theme out.
Now, when I draw extra cards, I draw some good critters that were not in the first version of the deck.
Glowspore Shaman is great to drop creatures in the graveyard, I am just not doing it enough for it to matter in this specific learner deck.
Glowspore Shaman drops cards in the graveyard, and Golgari Findbroker gets them back to your hand.
Here is another sample play state.
I can self mill for overgrowth in this board state. I took the self-mill theme out.
With a few 'draw extra cards' creatures, and Dryad Greenseeker letting me filter out lands, it's a slow deck, yet it can be as effective as a boa constrictor.
Self-mill out, some good critters in, also more 'fetch for basics' effects.
The deck is more fluid with the self-mill theme out.
Now, when I draw extra cards, I draw some good critters that were not in the first version of the deck.
Dimir Learner Solitarie Deck for Guilds of Ravnica
This deck has cards I want to learn to play with for this guild. Control decks are difficult to model in solitarie. I judge how well the deck is playing not just by how much I am hitting for, but also by how many counterspells I have in my hand as I click through the games.
The Jump-Start cards are awesome, even if they were designed for Izzet. I did not get much out of Etrata because I need more tutoring.
Once Etrata hits, it goes back in your library. Now you have to figure a way to tutor for it... that's hard.
Dimir Spybug and Nightveil Predator are awesome.
Mystic Archeologist can draw cards... I like that!
It costs 2U to draw two cards with Divination at Sorcery speed, one more mana is well worth it to do it again.
Final Parting is here for Etrata, but if the game is about to end, it's just better to draw more cards.
The solitaire games play out long. I am just checking the cards out.
The Jump-Start cards are awesome, even if they were designed for Izzet. I did not get much out of Etrata because I need more tutoring.
Once Etrata hits, it goes back in your library. Now you have to figure a way to tutor for it... that's hard.
Dimir Spybug and Nightveil Predator are awesome.
Mystic Archeologist can draw cards... I like that!
It costs 2U to draw two cards with Divination at Sorcery speed, one more mana is well worth it to do it again.
Final Parting is here for Etrata, but if the game is about to end, it's just better to draw more cards.
The solitaire games play out long. I am just checking the cards out.