New Posts For Thread: 11/2/2009 MM: "True Allies"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_AlliesThis thread is for discussion of this week's Making Magic, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.I presume the only reason Beast Hunt got played is because of synergy with Reckless Scholar (and Allies).  These sorts of combos always trump individual card weakness.  Another article had a guy using Nissa Revane in combo with Oracle of Myl Dayahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_Allies?post_id=377181121#377181121I presume the only reason Beast Hunt got played is because of synergy with Reckless Scholar (and Allies).  These sorts of combos always trump individual card weakness.  Another article had a guy using Nissa Revane in combo with Oracle of Myl DayaSat, 07 Nov 2009 07:56:39 -0600I like the effects linear mechanics is having on Zendikar limited.A Sealed ally deck in Grand Prix Kitakyushu chose to run 2 Reckless Scholars and a Beast Hunt(!) while cutting cards like Bladetusk Boar and Kor Skyfisher, and it went 8-0. That pool hhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_Allies?post_id=377168273#377168273I like the effects linear mechanics is having on Zendikar limited.A Sealed ally deck in Grand Prix Kitakyushu chose to run 2 Reckless Scholars and a Beast Hunt(!) while cutting cards like Bladetusk Boar and Kor Skyfisher, and it went 8-0. That pool hSat, 07 Nov 2009 02:05:48 -0600The problem with making a fast aggro sliver deck is that you don't have a snowball's chance in hell at keeping up with real aggro decks such as goblins. (Somebody will point out that slivers is a casual deck whereas goblins is arguably a competitivehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_Allies?post_id=377110205#377110205The problem with making a fast aggro sliver deck is that you don't have a snowball's chance in hell at keeping up with real aggro decks such as goblins. (Somebody will point out that slivers is a casual deck whereas goblins is arguably a competitiveFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:39 -0600Regarding slivers, I find that the Tempest slivers are more aggro friendly.  The low mana costs of slivers allowed me to make a fast R/G deck without much difficulty.  When TS came out, I did add a few of these new slivers in my deck.  I found thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_Allies?post_id=376923825#376923825Regarding slivers, I find that the Tempest slivers are more aggro friendly.  The low mana costs of slivers allowed me to make a fast R/G deck without much difficulty.  When TS came out, I did add a few of these new slivers in my deck.  I found thThu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:47 -0600Okay, I'll give you that.The neat thing about Tempest-era slivers is that, apart from the Queen, none of them were more than three mana.  While being individually weak, they begin to matter earlier.  When I've drawn my seven cards, I'd much ratherhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21122489/1122009_MM:_True_Allies?post_id=376892877#376892877Okay, I'll give you that.The neat thing about Tempest-era slivers is that, apart from the Queen, none of them were more than three mana.  While being individually weak, they begin to matter earlier.  When I've drawn my seven cards, I'd much ratherThu, 05 Nov 2009 09:55:53 -0600