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Okay, the first decklist I've posted in a while. This has been inspired by gaining playsets of Balefire Liege and Lightning Helix. This was the first cut:

Searing Balefire v1.0

Creatures - 2 x 4
4 x * Balefire Liege
3 x * Swans of Bryn Argoll
1 x * Razia, Boros Archangel
2 x * Firemane Angel
4 x * Spitemare
4 x * Hobgoblin Dragoon
4 x * Boros Recruit
1 x * Hearthfire Hobgoblin
1 x * Sunhome Enforcer
Spells - 2 x 7
4 x * Swords to Plowshares
4 x * Lightning Helix
4 x * Intimidation Bolt
4 x * Heat Shimmer
1 x * Miraculous Recovery
1 x * Shattering Pulse
1 x * Allay
1 x * Double Cleave
1 x * Scourge of the Nobilis
1 x * Brightflame
2 x * Seismic Assault
3 x * Searing Meditation
Land - 3 x 8
19 x * Plains
18 x * Mountain
1 x * Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

You can follow the deck's progress in this thread. So far, it's had one run in a FFA game, not drawn a single Liege and still done quite well. The mad scientist still has some tinkering to do with this one, though.

The general idea is to get a Swans of Bryn Argoll early, throw your damage at that, draw a pile of cards, and then start dropping Lieges and taking peoples' heads off.

A place I discovered while the forums were off being morphed is Le Bestiaire's free online drafter. I wasted countless hours on this site while waiting for the forums to return.

While I've not done a lot of drafting, this site certainly helps you improve a lot. I would have been owned in a Shards block draft a month ago. Now, I'd at least have a sporting chance. The card ratings seem to be pretty spot on. Go give it a whirl. And if you're bored, try some of the older sets. Man, Antiquities is a dog to draft with!

Because this used to be in my sig, and it needs a home.

The Ferret's How To Survive When You're The Threat.

Is your playgroup smashing your face in before you get a chance to do anything? Read this article. It'll teach you how to react, and more importantly, how to have fun in the process. It's helped a lot of people who have entered the WotC Multiplayer forum complaining about how multiplayer isn't fun anymore.

So, Tazeem.

There's no prerelease for Planechase in my neck of the woods this weekend. Do you think Tazeem is worth getting my hands on? I mean, it's cute and all (oh, the card advantage!), but I'm wondering if I'd be getting it just for the sake of having the shiny Prerelease plane that no-one else has got (or is expecting)?

Because this is probably a better place for ever-evolving decks, here is the first to get thrown in here. I'll put all other relevant ones here as well. Following on from this forum thread, here is the Stupid Kavu Predator Deck^tm. My playgroup has scant regard for lifegain, so this is a deck to abuse it with.

Kavu Kavu Kavu Banana v1.0

Creatures - 16
4 * Kavu Predator
1 * Wall of Shards
2 * Grollub
2 * Wild Cantor
2 * Kavu Monarch
2 * Hunting Kavu
2 * Pygmy Kavu
1 * Rooting Kavu

Spells - 21
1 * Reverent Silence
2 * Shielding Plax
1 * Shield of the Oversoul
4 * Prismatic Omen
1 * Armistice
4 * Swords to Plowshares
2 * Crumble
1 * Seeds of Innocence
1 * Illumination
2 * Collapsing Borders
2 * Reclaim

Land - 23
1 * Savannah
1 * Taiga
8 * Forest
5 * Plains
5 * Mountain
2 * Swamp
1 * Island

This deck had a run in a six-player game a week or two back. It scalped two players and took a chunk out of a third, producing one 38/38 Predator, and another at 20/20. Still a few issues with mana-fixing, but it works, by golly.