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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 9:46AM
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So you beautiful happy shiny people, what decks do you think will be strong at the pre - release. What will you be aiming/hoping to build and why?
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 10:11AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 14, 2009
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I'm going to try and build a lifegain deck and lose horribly... but slowly.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 10:35AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 30, 2009
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Blue/white flyers, hopefully with a titan in either colors, some mana leaks, and a pack of squadron hawks.
Red/black rock, hopefully with a titan in either colors, some doom blades, and a pack of generic burn spells.
Green/black rock, hopefully with a titan in either colors, some doom blades and ramp, and a pack of fatty creatures.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 11:09AM
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I think I like the sound of deck three the most. I've asked you this before razor but you never answered. Is your name anything to do with a certain porcine beast from a certain fantasy game? it must be surely.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 11:11AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 30, 2009
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I think I like the sound of deck three the most. I've asked you this before razor but you never answered. Is your name anything to do with a certain porcine beast from a certain fantasy game? it must be surely.
I actually got the name from a boss in world of warcraft.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 11:29AM
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Ahh....well this is a razorgor 
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 11:37AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 30, 2009
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I like the idea of Black/Blue control.
 STI - Standard Tier 1 Infect  Credit goes to zpikduM for the image.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 1:37PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 29, 2006
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it's like a manticore except with razors and it gores you?
anyway, I'm thinking that you'll surely run into a deck with a bomby mythic/rare creature, so if it's possibly to run good removal that's probably key.
most importantly, though, you should try to figure what the strongest colors you open are, with a good curve. and try to stick to two colors, three colors usually isn't good.
I want everything
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 3:04PM
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Its actually some sort of mutated warthog the size of a Horse and capable of running through a castle wall. Used as beasts of war by th Beastmen.  Heres a link if you're interested. www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=cat340002a&aId=6200005a I've wanted to ask Razor about his name for ages. Back on topic. I think I might try aand go for a black/white deck providing I get the condems and doomblades i'm hoping for. They both seem like strong colours but I am very new to limited play so I could be way off base here. Whatever I end up building i'm sure the event will be loadsa fun. I'm soo excited about this set it looks incredible. 
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2010 - 4:52PM
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I expect to see more green played than any other color. Green is awesome in M11, and with Cultivate, Sylvan Ranger, etc, it enables splashes and 3 color decks. Fauna Shaman and Obstinate Baloth are rares but Garruk's Packleader and Acidic Slime are uncommon, so expect to see those.
White is very strong, even without the mythics. Flyers, creature removal, enchantment/artifact removal, first strike, lifegain, lots of good stuff.
Red has some good stuff, including one powerful combo you're bound to see in almost every red deck- Act of Treason and Fling. Both are commons, so yeah, that will happen. Count on it. Fire Servant is nasty too. I can see people building a deck around direct damage with either Servant or Reverberate, especially since the servants are uncommon. Generally speaking, if a Fire Servant hits the table, you've got to kill it.
Black has creature kill and Diabolic Tutor, as well as a little lifegain. Discard isn't bad in sealed, as long as you don't go up against Sanctity.
Blue can make for a nice control deck, with common counterspells and uncommon Mind Control. Any color can potentially strengthen that control aspect with removal and slightly better (on average) creatures.
I hope I pull good rares of course, but other than that I want green with Cultivates, birds, Sylvan Ranger, Packleader, etc so I can thin out my deck a little and worry less about mana. Then I'll grab a second or even third color for creature kill and the best cards I pull. My dream deck would look something like this:
BSA
Fauna Shaman
Birds
Llanowar Elves
Sylvan Ranger x2
Obstinate Baloth
Garruk's Packleader x2
Cudgel Troll
Serra Angel
Squadron Hawk x3
Sorcerer's Strongbox
Cultivate x3
Condemn x3
Garruk Wildspeaker
Day of Judgement
Naturalize x2
Sunpetal Grove
Forest 9
Plains 6
Let's see if I actually pull any of this stuff.
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