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Worldwake Devchat w/ Ken Nagle, Mark Rosewater and Mike Turian

<~Gardevi> Welcome to the Worldwake MTG Dev Chat with Nagle, Rosewater, and Turian! (@wotcs: alphabetically sorted, I swear)
<@MarkRosewater> WE're all here.
<@MarkRosewater> Fact: The three of us are all within a ten foot radius.
<@MikeTurian> alphabetically sorted by first and last name

1.  [c]Eye of Ugin[/c] - what happened to the design philosophy of "Lands should make mana"?
<@MarkRosewater> Magic is agame where we occasional break the rules.
<@MarkRosewater> In order to do that we have to have rules.
<@KenNagle> Eye of Ugin is super weird on purpose
<@KenNagle> It's a Mythic land!!
<@KenNagle> It can't be ordinary.
<@MarkRosewater> It might be the foreshadowing of something...

2. <+mtgradio> were there any cards in Worldwake designed with EDH in mind? If so what is the story behind them? (I'm guessing Terastodon)
<@MikeTurian> I feel like I'm on the radio
<@KenNagle> Yes
<@KenNagle> [c=wrexial, the risen

I must say, this is a hell of a way to introduce myself to the Magic world. 

MTG is quite a game.  I had a brief love affair with the game in the mid 90s, but it ended quite soon after it started.  After starting up again about a year and a half ago, I'm amazed at how much the game has changed.  Well, changed for me.  It doesn't seem like the same game, but that's likely because I didn't know the rules back during my first extended tryst.

But, that's not what this is about.  I was browsing the visual spoiler for Worldwake this morning and saw the Abyssal Persecutor.  What?!  So, while this creature is on the battlefield, I can't win and the guy I'm tryin to pummel to death can't lose.  Buuuuh....  *blink* *blink*

Yeah, like the title says, My Inexperience is Showing.  I cannot

Extended Misses And Standard Thoughts

Pro Tour San Diego is mere days away, and level 4 pro Joel Calafell gives you a Standard decklist for the tournament. He discusses the most important matchups and the defining cards in the format. As a bonus, Joel shows you the deck he played at this weekend's GP Oakland!

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5594

Worldwakewide Evolution

Worldwake has made its full entrance and I've had a week to play and test Worldwake in draft, sealed, and Extended for the upcoming PTQ season. We'll discuss my notable finishes at the prerelease in draft and sealed as well as local deckbuilding genius Nick Des Marais' Extended brew. So let's draw!

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5560

Worldwakewide Evolution

Worldwake has made its full entrance and I've had a week to play and test Worldwake in draft, sealed, and Extended for the upcoming PTQ season. We'll discuss my notable finishes at the prerelease in draft and sealed as well as local deckbuilding genius Nick Des Marais' Extended brew. So let's draw!

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5560

The Three Faces Of Jund

Level 3 pro player Adam Koska has done a lot of playtesting for Pro Tour San Diego, and he presents 3 Jund decklists for the Standard format with Worldwake. He discusses the different options and additions from Worldwake, and goes over the weaknesses and strengths of each build.

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5517

The Three Faces Of Jund

Level 3 pro player Adam Koska has done a lot of playtesting for Pro Tour San Diego, and he presents 3 Jund decklists for the Standard format with Worldwake. He discusses the different options and additions from Worldwake, and goes over the weaknesses and strengths of each build.

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5517

Worldwake In Draft

In his epic debut article, level 5 pro player Matteo Orsini Jones looks at the different archetypes in Zendikar/Worldwake draft. He goes through all the colors, lists the top 3 cards for each archetype and speculates about the changes Worldwake will bring to the format.

Don't miss out on this if you want to win your first Worldwake draft!

www.blackborder.com/q/node/5435