Mirrodin: Little Bashers Review (Part 2 of 2)
There’s a certain symmetry to today’s clash between Mirrodin decks. While I’m piloting Little Bashers to complete the review, Sam reaches for Wicked Big to act as foil. Not only is a mono-Green beats deck right up her alley, but the flavour contrast between the two makes for a very compelling match on its own. As customary we set in for three games, and here are our notes and final review of the deck.
MBtB: The Precon Buyer’s Guide to the Modern Era
Today on Quiet Spec I’m back with more on the Preconstructed Deck Buyer’s Guide. Covering every single intro/theme deck from Time Spiral through Mirrodin Besieged, I dissect the pricing from a number of the major players in the online retail market. How much is too much for that deck you’ve been looking for, and can you get it somewhere else for less? Which decks are scarce and which ones so common you can snap them up for a pittance? Or just enjoy reading about how decks have been marketed over the years? Come on over and have a look!
Whispers of the Muse: Wolfgang’s Snowscape
Welcome to the next installment of Whispers of the Muse, our occasional series where a reader submits a list they’ve come up with based upon a precon deck, then it is put before the community for suggestions and advice.
New Phyrexia Event Decks Info Released
Today on the mothership, Magic Arcana announces the new Event Decks that will be released on 10 June for New Phyrexia. War of Attrition is a mono-White Equipment list, while Rot from Within looks to be a mono-Green Infect build. But don’t just take our word for it- have a look yourselves!
Mirrodin: Little Bashers Review (Part 1 of 2)
The “little bashers” that comprise this deck have a proud lineage that returned- albeit in a cameo form- for Scars of Mirrodin: creatures that are designed to work hand-in-glove with Equipment. The Sunspear Shikari and Kemba, Kha Regent were the lonely representatives in White for a much broader theme present in the original Mirrodin, and the Goblin Gaveleer flew the standard in Red, but that was about it. It wasn’t that the concept was a bad one, but rather that it was sidelined to make way for a new mechanic: metalcraft. White and Red are filled with instances of this keyword, but the Mirrodin we’re visiting takes us back to a time before metalcraft even existed. Creatures had to interact with artifacts is a much more literal sense, and it is that interaction that is the power behind Little Bashers.
Part 2 of ‘Ertai’s Trickery’ up on Red Site Wins
Coldsnap ‘Beyond the Grave’ Giveaway Winner Announced
The turnout and feedback for our Beyond the Grave giveaway was tremendous, and all signs point towards us doing more of these in the future.
Mirrodin: Wicked Big Review (Part 2 of 2)
It’s a battle of the artifact-centric versus artifact-hate, both in deck composition and theme. Wicked Big plays on Green’s historic antipathy towards artifice, while Bait & Bludgeon (piloted by Jimi) is one of the two artifact-centric decks in the set (the other being Sacrificial Bam). How will these two opposing forces get the measure of the other on the battlefield? We looked to find out, and here are our notes from the engagement.
Mirrodin: Wicked Big Review (Part 1 of 2)
Continuing the lamentable trend of really dumb deck names (the last deck always invoked Emeril Lagasse for us) is Mirrodin’s Wicked Big, a relative rarity amongst preconstructed decks: mono-Green! Although at the time mono-Green beats decks were relatively common (see: Judgment’s Painflow, Legions’ Elvish Rage), the next block’s Snake’s Path from Champions of Kamigawa would be the last non-Core Set deck of this type. The premise behind Wicked Big is about as straightforward as it gets: cast huge creatures and beat on your opponent with them. This being Mirrodin, of course, there’s a subtheme of artifact hate as well.
Ertai's Lament 