He's yapping about "Magic" again...

When mono-black Duel Deck "Phyrexia" smashed its rainbow counterpart "The Coalition" twice in a row - first with a Dark Ritual-ed Negator, then with a creature swarm - I thought it had the best-of-10 tourney in the bag. Maybe those were so-called God draws or perhaps I improved at piloting the latter pile, but "T/C" went on to win six of the following seven games with ease. The card advantage of the Battlemages, fortune reversal of attacking with an Armadillo Cloak-ed critter, stoutness of Gerrard Capashen, and aerial dominance of the three "Invasion" dragons (not forgetting the versatility of their respective Charms) was too much for the extra-planar marauders. "P."'s only other victories came as a result of an exceptionally well-timed Living Death and a protracted battle in which almost every neat black/artifact combo - eg. Phyrexian Broodlings/Hornet Cannon - was firing at once. You might retort that six games to four is closer than I'm representing...save that "The Coalition" averaged 30+ life when it won, while "Phyrexia" was usually on single figures. Nevertheless, of the five Duel Deck sets available to date, these are the most entertaining and include the juiciest selection of cards (always wanted an "Urza's Rage").


Typed to the mad strains of "Professor Bernice Summerfield And The Greatest Shop In The Galaxy" (2002).