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URG Prowess (Post SOI)

G(R) Ramp will probably dominate for a while in the meta post rotation. I will write about it later. This deck is about something I personally like - I have been playing UR decks since almost 20 years ago. I think the early stage of standard will be full of Vampire/ Zombie aggro decks. Maybe we need the World Breaker + Kozilek's Return package in this aggro deck. The goal of the deck is getting card drawing advantage through Abbot of Keral Keep and Sin Prodder, then recast the burn spells with Jace, Goblin Dark-Dwellers and World Breakers. 18 Creatures: Stormchaser Mage 4 Thing in the Ice 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 4 / Abbot of Keral Keep 4 Sin Prodder 4 World Breaker 2 /  Goblin Dark-Dwellers 2 12 Burn Spells: Fiery Impulse  3 Exquisite Firecraft 2 Fiery Temper  3 / Geistblast 3 Kozilek's Return 4 6 Other Spells: The selection of these 6 cards distinguishes top players from the crowd. What's your options? I have thought about: 1. Pia and Kiran Nal

Shadows over Innistrad: What are the best cards?

In a storm of bustle work, I still squeeze out time to write this review. This is just one of the proves of how much I love this game. 1. Consisting the world of competitive MTG decks: I never overlook the potential of cards that search for something. This one is great because Delirium in GR ramp is not really hard to achieve: we have nearly all card types - Evolving Wilds(land), Hangarback Walker(artifact and creature), Chandra, Flamecaller(Planeswalker), Ramp spells(Sorcery), Kozilek's Return(Instant).  It's good but limited to decks with a significant number of creatures. That means UW control won't use it.  If you have 4 mana, you may like a Utter End rather than this. But the cost of 3 life will be trivial if the meta speeds up so much that you aren't given the time to gather 4 mana and make a timely response to opponent's cards. In some extreme cases, a player never get 4 mana during the whole game.  Green and Red are strong colors in the new