Pre-M10 Standard Winners and Losers

Michael Pozsgay's Cascade Swans
Pre-M10 Standard - Winner, Columbus OH PTQ

Main Deck

60 cards
2 Battlefield Forge
2 Cascade Bluffs
4 Fire-Lit Thicket
2 Ghitu Encampment
4 Graven Cairns
1 Mountain
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Treetop Village
4 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
4 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
4 Vivid Meadow
37 lands


4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Enlisted Wurm
4 Swans of Bryn Argoll
12 creatures 2 Ad Nauseam
2 Bituminous Blast
2 Captured Sunlight
1 Primal Command
4 Seismic Assault
11 other spells

Sideboard

2 Aura of Silence
4 Countryside Crusher
2 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Primal Command
2 Vexing Shusher
2 Wickerbough Elder
2 Wrath of God
15 sideboard cards
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Scott K. Bielick's Faeries
Pre-M10 Standard - 6th place, Minneapolis MN PTQ

Main Deck

60 cards
1 Faerie Conclave
6 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Secluded Glen
4 Sunken Ruins
3 Swamp
4 Underground River
26 lands


4 Mistbind Clique
4 Scion of Oona
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite
14 creatures 4 Agony Warp
4 Bitterblossom
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Peppersmoke
2 Thoughtseize
20 other spells

Sideboard

4 Deathmark
2 Infest
3 Peppersmoke
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Thoughtseize
2 Vendilion Clique
15 sideboard cards

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Corey Baumeister's Green-White Tokens
Pre-M10 Standard - 2nd place, Minneapolis MN PTQ

Main Deck

60 cards
4 Brushland
4 Forest
4 Plains
4 Treetop Village
4 Windbrisk Heights
4 Wooded Bastion
24 lands


4 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Steward of Valeron
4 Wilt-Leaf Liege
23 creatures 3 Ajani Goldmane
3 Overrun
3 Path to Exile
4 Spectral Procession
13 other spells

Sideboard

3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Cloudthresher
3 Guttural Response
3 Pithing Needle
3 Wrath of God
15 sideboard cards


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Drop and Give Me 2010

Welcome to Magic 2010 Previews, Week Two. Today I'm going to explain how the design process for Magic 2010 differed from every other design I've ever worked on (after almost fourteen years, that's a lot of sets). I'll tell a few stories. And, as always, I have another shiny new preview card to show you. In fact, let's get that out of the way right now.

This card really doesn't need any set-up other than I think it does an excellent job of demonstrating the shift we've made in our approach to the core set (and beyond).

Let me give a few random thoughts on Baneslayer Angel before we get to the meat of today's article.

* The aesthetic in me loves the fact that she's a five mana 5/5 with five abilities.
* We've come a long way since Serra Angel was removed from the core set for being too good.
* If this was an Un card, the creature would clearly have protection from dungeons rather than demons.
* Didn't I once say I wouldn't put "protection from dragons" on a card? Why yes I did in my article Design Language. Here's what I said:

The tricky part of designing for Vorthos is that R&D has shifted over the years away from mechanical aspects that don't have any application. Yes, it's flavorful if a knight has protection from dragons, but if the line never comes up in play, R&D has generally decided not to put it on the card. This is a blow to Vorthos, because to him "protection from dragons" adds value to the card.

Comment:
I think Baneslayer Angel is better than (both) Akroma. It easier to cast and it's not a legendary creature so you can play 4 Baneslayers!

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2010 CORE SET Pre Release Events: July 11-12

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