New Posts For Thread: 4/23/2010 TWTW: "Rise and Rise Again"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_AgainThis thread is for discussion of this week's The Week That Was, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.My first thought was to build the first deck black and GREEN. Gideon Jura is an instant win, but the black and green looks powerful, reliable and consistent to me. You have 5 Eldrazi Spawn generators and lots of uses for them: three Eldrazi and a [cahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_Again?post_id=411962437#411962437My first thought was to build the first deck black and GREEN. Gideon Jura is an instant win, but the black and green looks powerful, reliable and consistent to me. You have 5 Eldrazi Spawn generators and lots of uses for them: three Eldrazi and a [caFri, 30 Apr 2010 17:02:50 -0500I went 3-2 at the prerelease, but I wasn't to happy with my deck.Yesterday I won a draft with a deck packed with R/G Spawn token generation and efficient green creatures. Bramblesnap as well as Lavafume/Wildheart-Invokers made the tokens deadly, Pelahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_Again?post_id=411187625#411187625I went 3-2 at the prerelease, but I wasn't to happy with my deck.Yesterday I won a draft with a deck packed with R/G Spawn token generation and efficient green creatures. Bramblesnap as well as Lavafume/Wildheart-Invokers made the tokens deadly, PelaSat, 24 Apr 2010 03:34:26 -0500It's not something to write a check on, but I really felt that it was possible to come back from almost anything. I snatched more than one game from the jaws of defeat, playing past the point where some would have shuffled up for game two; once by fihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_Again?post_id=411100429#411100429It's not something to write a check on, but I really felt that it was possible to come back from almost anything. I snatched more than one game from the jaws of defeat, playing past the point where some would have shuffled up for game two; once by fiFri, 23 Apr 2010 09:28:49 -0500Hey, I was at that Brooklyn Gamers pre-release too! Nice event, seemed to run with a minimum of fuss. And home-baked treats for sale! I went 2-1-1 with a Sarkhan the Mad/Tiktuk the Explorer deck with lots of removal and counterspells.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_Again?post_id=411094397#411094397Hey, I was at that Brooklyn Gamers pre-release too! Nice event, seemed to run with a minimum of fuss. And home-baked treats for sale! I went 2-1-1 with a Sarkhan the Mad/Tiktuk the Explorer deck with lots of removal and counterspells.Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:00:23 -0500BDM seems to really undervalue his equipment. Here're my tries:First pool:0: 10x island, 7x swamp1: enclave cryptologist, guul daaz assassin2: champion's drake, deprive, eel umbra, hada spy patrol, 3x halimar wavewatch, narcolepsy, see beyond, last khttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/23207001/4232010_TWTW:_Rise_and_Rise_Again?post_id=411088701#411088701BDM seems to really undervalue his equipment. Here're my tries:First pool:0: 10x island, 7x swamp1: enclave cryptologist, guul daaz assassin2: champion's drake, deprive, eel umbra, hada spy patrol, 3x halimar wavewatch, narcolepsy, see beyond, last kFri, 23 Apr 2010 05:58:16 -0500