MAGIC RULES CHANGE

It has been announced today by Wizards of the Coast that there will be a few rule changes going into effect on July 22, 2016. If you want to see the full tournament rules, you can click here to see and download them as a pdf file. Be sure to have the proper program to open and view the file.

Some of the rule changes are as follows:

• Grand Prix Trials are now run at Regular REL. They still require a certified (Level 1 or higher) judge, but whether or not decklists are required is at the discretion of the judge and tournament organizer. Since they are now run at Regular REL, they’re run under the Judging at Regular REL document and not the Infraction Procedure Guide, meaning that tracked penalties generally won’t be a thing at GPTs anymore.
• Players are now required to sort cards during pool registration for limited events.
• Players can no longer look at an opponent’s sideboard for any reason if they’re controlling that player.

Hope this will help your future rulings understanding for the future events you may attend to play. 

In other news, as far as the ban and restricted list go, there will be no changes.

How do you feel about the rule change?  Will it affect your gameplay? Does it not bother you so much, because the rule change may have minimum impact?



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Eldritch Moon release date

As we all know, all of the cards for the new set of Eldritch Moon have now been revealed. Pre-release for this set is the weekend of July 16th-17th, 2016, while the Magic online players get theirs at a later date on, the weekend of July 29th - August 1st, 2016. The official launch date for the paper players is on the weekend of July 22nd-24th, 2016. Magic online players will get their official release date of August 1, 2016.

Eldritch Moon is the second set in the Shadows Over Innistrad block. The new set will have 205 cards available for you to play your heart out. The pro-tour, which is in Sydney (Australia) on August 5-7, 2016, will be playing cards from both sets of the Shadows Over Innistrad block, using the draft format.


Good luck to all you players.

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Last hope for survival...

Zombies...

Zombies everywhere…

Running towards Emrakul (who has been causing too much trouble in Innistrad), trying to take the beastly creature down and restore peace among the townspeople. Who is this person that is able to raise an army of the dead and attack Emrakul?

It is the return of Lilliana!

Lilliana, the Last Hope's mana cost is pretty low, at only one colorless and two black to cast. Her loyalty counter is three, which is also pretty low; hopefully the other player doesn't get a chance to kill her too quickly. Lilliana's abilities seem to work great when coupled with a Zombie themed deck.

Her abilities are as follows:

[+1]: Up to one target creature gets -2/-1 until your next turn.

[-2]: Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

[-7]: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is two plus the number of Zombies you control."


As I've asked before, will this be seeing play despite some of the bad comments made about this card so far? It’s possible that we will be seeing a lot of Zombie decks being brewed, maybe even with the Pro-Players.

How do you feel about this new Lilliana?


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Field Researcher from the moon

As the Eldritch Moon spoilers continue, it is revealed that two Planeswalkers will be making their return to the Magic the Gathering world, as they try to take on the mighty Emrakul, the Promised End. The Planeswalker I want to talk about first is originally from the Avacyn Restored: Tamiyo, Field Researcher. (Pictures below).

Tamiyo costs one less mana to cast, though this time it is with three different colors: Green, White, Blue, and one Colorless, instead of three Colorless and two Blue. The new Tamiyo starts with 4 loyalty counters, just like the original Tamiyo did. Additionally, she has some interesting abilities.

Those abilities are as follows:

+1: Choose up to two target creatures. Until your next turn, whenever either of those creatures deals combat damage, you draw a card. -2:Tap up to two target nonland permanents. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. -7: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "You may cast nonland cards from your hand without paying their mana costs."

Will this new Tamiyo get a lot of gameplay in the tournaments in the future? I know if I have Tamiyo in my deck I will definitely use her on the tabletop, but that’s just my opinion. As far as seeing this card being used a good amount by pro players, or used in the Grand Prix, we will have to wait for it to be released officially.

How do you feel about the new Tamiyo? What type of deck would you build around her?

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