Mana Screw and Other Gaming Goodness
Hi! I'm Matt, I'm 15 years old and from Norwich, UK! This is my blog all about Magic: The Gathering, D&D, CCGs, (maybe) a bit of Wargaming stuff, games for plenty of RPG systems (d20, Unisystem etc.), and random posts about random topics! Thanks for reading!
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Magic Decklists: Update
Just an update to the decklists I posted on Friday: here's a link to the thread and current decklist- http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=313105 and my Standard Grixis deck is currently under re-construction, but I will post a new decklist and tournament report when I take the deck to FNM next week.
Thanks.
Matt
Friday, 1 April 2011
Magic Decklists- a new twist on Legacy BUG and a Standard budget brew!
Two new decklists for you today- the first is one of many Legacy decks (R/B Goblins, NO Bant, the 12-Post list I posted yesterday etc.) I have been testing recently, and this morning I have been tweaking and tuning my Blue-Green-Black Control w/Natural Order (aka 'NO BUG') list:
Legacy: NO BUG by Matt Andrews-
4 Dark Confidant
3 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Stifle
1 Vendilion Clique
3 Natural Order
1 Progenitus
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Go for the Throat
3 Wasteland
4 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
4 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
Sideboard
3 Krosan Grip
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Trygon Predator
3 Mindbreak Trap
1 Hymn to Tourach
This next list is a budget Standard deck I have been playing with reasonable results at FNM for the past 3 weeks. This is the current incarnation of a Grixis-coloured control deck (yes I know it only runs 22 lands!) that I am calling 'Immortal Grixis' (due to the ability to use Elixir of Immortalitly multiple times during any given game):
Standard: Immortal Grixis by Matt Andrews-
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Trinket Mage
3 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Liliana Vess
2 Jace Beleren
2 Lightning Bolt
4 Mana Leak
2 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat
4 Preordain
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Tumble Magnet
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Brittle Effigy
2 Basilisk Collar
2 Swamp
3 Jwar Isle Refuge
2 Mountain
2 Island
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Tectonic Edge
2 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
Sideboard
3 Memoricide
1 Consume the Meek
2 Marsh Casualties
2 Negate
1 Spell Pierce
3 Crush
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Magic Decklists- Legacy: 12-Post by Matt Andrews (that's me!)
Been testing and tinkering with a 12-Post list for legacy this week, and it has been going well. This is how the deck looks atm, but I am in the process of adjusting the sideboard as I continue to test:
1 Island
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Cloudpost
2 Flooded Strand
4 Glimmerpost
4 Vesuva
4 Tropical Island
1 Eye of Ugin
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Wasteland
3 Primeval Titan
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 Candelabra of Tawnos
4 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Moment's Peace
3 All Is Dust
4 Crop Rotation
4 Show and Tell
4 Expedition Map
3 Thirst for Knowledge
Sideboard
2 Energy Flux
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Krosan Grip
1 Bojuka Bog
4 Mindbreak Trap
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Trygon Predator
Should have a detailed testing report by the week end!
Matt
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Magic Decklists-Legacy
1 Swamp 1 Plains 1 Forest 2 Qasali Pridemage 1 Umezawa's Jitte 4 Knight of the Reliquary 4 Aether Vial 1 Sword of Fire and Ice 4 Tarmogoyf 3 Karakas 4 Thoughtseize 4 Windswept Heath 4 Dark Confidant 3 Wasteland 4 Mangara of Corondor 2 Bayou 4 Swords to Plowshares 2 Scrubland 3 Savannah 3 Mother of Runes 3 Stoneforge Mystic 2 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard 2 Duress 3 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Path to Exile 1 Sword of Light and Shadow 2 Extirpate 4 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Bojuka Bog
Magic Decklists-Extended:
3 Arc Trail
3 Arid Mesa
3 Burst Lightning
4 Figure of Destiny
3 Flame Javelin
4 Goblin Guide
4 Hellspark Elemental
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Mortarpod
12 Mountain
4 Mutavault
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Searing Blaze
4 Staggershock
4 Tattermunge Maniac
Sideboard
1 Combust
2 Mortarpod
4 Perilous Myr
2 Smash to Smithereens
2 Tunnel Ignus
4 Volcanic Fallout
Magic Decklists-Standard
1 Inferno Titan 4 Squadron Hawk 4 Fauna Shaman 1 Sylvan Ranger 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Mountain 2 Forest 3 Plains 1 Baneslayer Angel 2 Rootbound Crag 2 Acidic Slime 2 Sword of Feast and Famine 1 Hero of Oxid Ridge 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 4 Vengevine 1 Sunblast Angel 4 Razorverge Thicket 1 Precursor Golem 1 Oxidda Scrapmelter 4 Copperline Gorge 2 Cunning Sparkmage 4 Raging Ravine 1 Basilisk Collar 4 Stoneforge Mystic 4 Arid Mesa Sideboard 1 Sun Titan 3 Condemn 2 Acidic Slime 2 Gideon Jura 2 Lightning Bolt 2 Cunning Sparkmage 2 Kor Firewalker 1 Basilisk Collar
Come and play over at HelloWoW Private Server!
Just wanted to let you know about HelloWoW, one of the best WoW private servers out there. Come and take a look. http://www.hellowow.org/
Matt
P.S. Magic decklists coming late afternoon/this evening.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Coming soon: Minecraft Server
Hi guys!
I’m currently working on getting a private server running for the awesome Minecraft! If any of you guys play, please let me know!!! I’ll post some more info as soon as I get things working!
Matt
P.S.- I have some MTG decklists that I’ve been testing to some success on Magic Workstation to post tomorrow, and a couple of articles due -for the latter half of next week- got some exams early part of the week :( and then loads more content in the following weeks and months! Thanks for reading!
keep reading the Twitter for updates http://twitter.com/#!/Matt_AndrewsX
Thursday, 24 March 2011
War of the Elements Previews
Here’s some stuff for all of you WoW TCG fans out there!
This is the some official stuff from Cryptozoic: http://www.wowtcg.com/articles/2011/03/18/war-elements-preamble
RAGNAROS THE FIRELORD!!!! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150168296196133&set=a.10150168296171133.348643.39783531132
WoW TCG: War of the Elements release date
Cryptozoic has announced 24th April has the release date for the next World of Warcraft TCG expansion ‘War of the Elements’. I will upload some preview pictures as soon as possible.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
RPG of the Week: ‘Violence: The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed’ by Greg Costikyan (Designer X)
In the first of what I hope to be regular articles, I’m selecting some of my favourite RPGs and some weird and wonderful games that I think you should hear about. ‘Violence’ was originally written as a gag, but apparently I’m not the only crazy guy to have played it. Check it out here and download the free .pdf from here: http://www.costik.com/Violence%20RPG1.pdf
Thanks for reading!
Matt
I have returned!
Been extremely busy the past few months, and I think I'm ready to tackle the task of maintaining and updating this blog on a regular basis. Going to make a real effort to promote the blog this time around!
Matt