That was a fun time! The set broke the pattern of each set comming out being better than the last. It has alot of “Good” cards in it but most of them don’t work 100% with each other. There is a giant gap inbetween the Mythics/Rares and the commons and uncommons.

Well I got 2/3 with a Green Blue deck because I got an Avenger of Zendikar, Sphinx of Jwae Isle and Goliath Sphinx. I then played a booster draft where I lost on the 1st game because I’m bad at booster drafts but the others helped me (After I lost of course) to show me why they choose there cards and why. I incorporated them into a list with others on the bottom.

Calvin got 1/4 and I don’t know what he oppened I do know the only mythic he opened was Eldrazi Monument which is terrible in standard and this set. You want to know why?????

CREATURES ARE EVERYTHING in this set. There is not enough good removal you must protect your creatures at all costs. Its a giant creature show off. You must also make your deck off your rares then through uncommons and commons in that are good for that color. I played every game that I won with a giant creature and Lost to a giant creature (or mana screw which is really hard to get I drew 13 out of 15 lands in one game!).

Heres a list of good uncommons and Commons that are nice to have in a deck (All WorldWake):

Guardian Zendikon (W)

Iona’s Judgement (W)

Apex Hawks (W)

Dispel (U)

Mysteries of the Deep (U)

AEther Tadewins (U)

Horizon Drake (U)

Corrupted Zendikon (B)

Smother (B)

Pulse Traker (B)

Gnarlid Pack (G)

LeatherBack Baloth (G)

Bestial Menace (G)
Vastwood Zendikon (G)

Everflowing Chalice (A)

Pilgrim’s Eye (A)

Razor Boomerang (A) -Good for Sideboarding if the opponent has alot of small creatures

Quicksand (L) – Great with a Zendikon

Thies are all cards I found helpful or Hurtful (agianst me). There are others some Red but I didn’t play anyone that used Red correctly so I cannot tell.

If you have any other cards Comment or Email czmtgblog@gmail.com

Sorry about not posting more, Calvin seems to not want to post? Well where going to the prerelease tommorow and I hope to see a few of you there. It seems to be a nice new set comming around….(which you wouldn’t know because calvin hasn’t posted the spoilers….)

Thanks to Lydios for the two new formats!

1: First is something we call Cross-Fire (two-headed giant variant)

-Two persons per team sitting diagonal from one another: Team A(2) Team B(2)
Team B(1) Team A(1)

– The players turns are taken individually in clockwise rotation.

– There is an attack direction stipulation also. The direction is determined by the player who deals combat damage to a player or when lethal combat damage is dealt to a creature and it is sent to the graveyard (regeneration counts as going to graveyard).

-As for direction all players must follow the attack direction set by the player who deals combat damage first (*Burn spells can not set direction*). If a player A(1) attacks B(2) and damage is dealt of something goes to the graveyard, then the attack direction is counter-clock wise. If A(1) had attacked and done damage to B(1) then the attack direction is set to be clockwise. Once the direction is set, it can not be change.

– Players on the same team can not see the other team member’s hand. If one member wishes to show a card, he/she must reveal the card to all players in the game. So, A(1) can not show A(2) a card in his/her hand without revealing it to both members of Team B as well.

– Like two-headed giant, the players on the same team share life (30). We have tried playing with each player starts at 20 life, but then it becomes more of a free-for-all than team play. However, in the 20 life games the individual members can be eliminated making it a 2-on-1 game. So if A(1) is eliminated, it is left to A(2) to try and win, however, both players from B can attack A(2) on their individual turns. We called the 20 life games “Knock-Out”.

– To win, one team’s life total must become zero or both team member’s life totals must become zero, depending on the format.

2: The next format is Called Peasant EDH:

-Player’s decks are constructed using the 100 card rule from normal EDH

-No multiple cards, only one of each in a single deck.

-The restrictions are based on the rarity of the cards themselves. In the Deck there can only be, at most, 5 rare/mythic rare cards, 10 uncommon, and the rest are common cards. Rares can be downgraded to become uncommon cards but not the other way around, and similarly, uncommon can become commons, etc. (i.e. you can make a deck with 3 rare/mythic, 12 uncommon, and 85 commons…. NOT 8 rare/mythic, 7 uncommon and 85 common)

– There is also no general in this format. Which means there are no color restrictions in the deck’s colors. There can be a Figure of Destiny in a mono-red deck, and it would be fine, etc.

-The win condition is the same, except for the general damage rule. Players start with 30-40 life,depending on preference, and play as normal.

If anyone else has any more costom formats please send them to czmtgblog@gmail.com!

Thats it NEW YEAR! I hope you all have a happy new year and I left this poll open because of last months messup. I though it deserves 3 weeks insted of 2.

Now for the card we had a verry close game. So close actually:

By one vote!

This card wasn’t celebrated for being good until just recently when poeple started figuring out how to use it in some decks.

Eldrazi Monument was about $5

Now it is $7.75

It is obviously great in a token deck but some poeple don’t look to deep into it. If your playing standard you could use Bloodghast in a landfall deck with this.

Eldrazi won over Emeris because the monument  won a couple of tornements increasing its popularity just enough to have in win over shields.

And in my opinion Eldrazi Monument is better than Akroma’s memorial:

Mainly for the fact that Eldrazi makes all your creatures indestructable and costs 2 less. Even though Eldrazi has its obviously bad effect if the deck is built around it or thrown into a good token deck its effect can be negated.

Also if you dont already know Eldrazi is in the name of the Zendikar block’s 3rd set. Rise of Eldrazi and the possible return of merit lage. Look here to read more.

Thanks for ready and remember to vote for this months CoM

Happy New Year! It is now 2010. I have 3 more holiday-themed cards to show now: