SHOCKERS ‘R’ US

I’ve wanted to make a deck full of burn and shock like spells with very little creatures in the deck. Until recently I wasn’t going to make it due to funding and such, well, more like not getting around making the idea happen. I’ve searched around on google (am I allowed to use that name?), and I shockingly find out that there really isn’t an extravagant amount of decks out there that has the same idea as me. I was expecting to find it the top 8 pro-tour or events somewhere but not really finding them. Surely there are people out there that have decks in the deck piles somewhere that are just shock and burn types of deck, right?

I’ve had this idea for quite some time now. Just now I’m getting around to putting it to work. Talk about being lazy right? That’s what happens when you can’t find a job for over 4 years. My deck idea is posted on tappedout.com and I tested it out a few times and kind of liked it, but I feel like something is missing or something needs to be added to the deck. Which in most cases, I feel the same way with all of my decks. Even the ones that are completed, but still have the feeling that it needs to have something else in with it. Strange right?

I have compiled my ideal burn deck on tappedout.com. completed with a huge maybe board, just because the deck in the mainboard needs something. Here’s what I have so far.

Creature (23)
3x Archetype of Aggression
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Ember Swallower
4x Guttersnipe
4x Hellraiser Goblin
4x Satyr Firedancer

Instant (16)
4x Lightning Strike
4x Magma Jet
4x Shock
4x Titan's Strength

Land (25)
25x Mountain

To me it doesn’t look like it could do a whole lot. So I added a maybe board just to make myself feel better. Remember I am aiming for standard. Here’s my maybeboard.

Maybeboard (39)
4x Bolt of Keranos
4x Everflame Eidolon
4x Flame-Wreathed Phoenix
4x Madcap Skills
4x Ordeal of Purphoros
4x Prophetic Flamespeaker
4x Rage of Purphoros
4x Searing Blood
4x Skullcrack
3x Spawn of Thraxes

The basic idea behind the deck is to burn (or shock) the other player’s life total down, quickly. Also I can use the shocks and bolts to burn their creatures off the battlefield, providing that they don’t get countered and or won’t do enough damage to get rid of them. I’m asking for some help with this one because well, I’m not sure which way to go with this type of deck.

What would you do?

What’s your favorite type of deck to play with and why?

Please leave comments of your thoughts.

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TRADING GUIDELINE (ideas to go by)

Trading has been around for a long time. Kind of hard to pin point when it exactly first started, but it’s been going on way beyond our lifetimes.  Trading magic cards is something I’ve started doing recently this past year. Due to the community on google+ and how awesome the people are on in it, I started trading and making my decks better.

As the trading was going on I learned how to do it the right way and make it fair for everyone. I’m not the one who wants to try and rip other people off or base it off of strictly value of the card instead of just wanting the card, there’s only certain people I know that would just trade for the sake of wanting the card, not base on values. So I came up with a guideline to follow (you don’t have to follow the guideline exactly) below.

1. Make sure it’s the right cards you are trading away. Sometimes the other trader wants specific artist or card they’re looking for.

2. There are times where they don’t state exactly what they want but the card name; there are cards that were reprinted from old sets in newer sets. So be sure to have the right card and confirm, confirm 15 times if you have to make sure it’s exactly what they want.

3. Conditions, be sure that you are trading what you stated the card condition is in. if you say your card is near mint, be sure it’s that condition; not damaged, heavily played, or taped back together. Don’t lie about your cards condition.

4. When trading through mail from websites (deckbox.org, pucatrade, etc) send your cards in an envelope with a hard top loader sleeve with the card sleeved in it. Tape the top so the card doesn’t slide out. Also get a piece of cardboard cut out to the size of the card and tape the hard card sleeve with the card in it. If trading from pucatrade be sure to write the pucatrade number on the cardboard and on the outside of the envelope.

5. Be sure the envelope is sealed shut so it doesn’t open during shipment. That would suck if the card got out while being shipped and you get the empty envelope.

        It’s not much of a guideline if you already know how to do trading, and I'm sure there are more to the list but this is all i can think of so far. But it can be helpful for newer people who are just getting into the game of magic the gathering. If you are not sure of what to do ask someone and I’m sure they would be more than gladly to help out a fellow magic player.

What card trading technique do you have?

Please comment your thoughts.

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CONSPIRED TO WRITE

The new booster draft set “conspiracy” is out now for your FNM draft or whenever your LGS does draft. It’s a new multi-player set that has new cards along with lots of reprints from magic history. The new set is designed for 6-8 multi-player draft and separated into groups of three or four player free for all games.

The new cards in the set can have an effect on the draft itself before even playing the game. For example, the card cogwork librarian card if drafted is face up, as you draft you can draft an additional card and if you do put cogwork librarian into that booster pack. Weird abilities like that can happen. Some would help other players in their games as well. You will never know what kind of card you would draw or the player would draw either. When you eliminate the other players and you are the one player left, you win (obviously).

This is short because I don’t know enough about the new set to really write stuff about it. Plus I don’t draft much myself. I’m more of the limited type of player, not taking a card and pass it to someone else to choose cards out of it. I rather have all the cards for myself, sounds selfish right? Not really.

Would you rather draft or do limited?

What are your thoughts of the new booster draft set and how it can be played?

Please comment your thoughts.

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