The New Esper

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Hey there MTG Fans!! We here at MTG The Journey want to wish you a Happy New Year! And we want to give you some presents! A new decklist we've brewed up over the holidays!! It started off as our standard Orzhov deck, but we realized we needed to deviate just a little bit from the norm and try something that didn't revolve around devotion. We still wanted to use some of Chuck's favorite cards, Obzedat, Ghost Council and Blood Baron of Vizkopa.

It's an Esper deck, but not the Esper control list you've come to know and love, it revolves heavily around Humans and Xathrid Necromancer, and has a ton of interaction with lots of decks!

We call it, The New Esper

Here is the deck list for you to check out!

Creature: (24)
1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa


1x Cartel Aristocrat


3x Desecration Demon


1x Erebos, God of the Dead


3x Frontline Medic


2x Imposing Sovereign


3x Lyev Skyknight


2x Obzedat, Ghost Council


4x Soldier of the Pantheon


4x Xathrid Necromancer



Enchantment: (7)
4x Detention Sphere


3x Whip of Erebos



Instant: (4)
1x Doom Blade

2x Far / Away


1x Hero's Downfall


Sorcery: (2)
2x Supreme Verdict



Land: (24)
4x Godless Shrine


4x Hallowed Fountain


2x Mutavault


2x Plains


1x Swamp


3x Temple of Silence


4x Temple of Deceit


4x Watery Grave



Sideboard: (15)
1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa


2x Council of the Absolute


3x Underworld Connections


1x Far / Away

2x Hero's Downfall

2x Glare of Heresy

1x Supreme Verdict


3x Thoughtseize




Let us know what you think, or what you might change! We will have some videos up over the weekend to see how it does!! Until then, keep brewing and we look forward to hearing from you!

Spoiler Season

 Hey there MTG Fans! So we have our next official spoiler out now in addition to the previous 3, which are:

• Temple of Enlightenment - the W/U Scryland 
• Temple of Malice - the B/R Scryland
• Temple of Plenty - the G/W Scryland

  Now what we don't know yet, is whether or not these will be the only Scrylands in this set. I personally am sad that we don't have the G/B one right off the bat, but we will see what the future holds.
   UPDATE: There is speculation that this will be like ISD and we will get a 5-3-2 release on the Scry Lands, which makes me sad, but apparently WOTC is more keen to use those Rare slots for other cards.

    We have had a big development since Christmas though! A New Planeswalker!!


                                     


   I personally think this card could be broken pretty easily. All you need is the mana to keep open to counter a kill spell, and a Prophet of Kruphix on the table and you have everything you need to keep this baby ramping for you. It does fall prey if your opponent has a very heavy creature deck, with the 2 starting CMC, which is why I see this being in a lot of turbo fog decks, especially the Maze's End turbo fog decks. We will see more what she is capable of as more of the set spoils.
   Here are a couple of other links for you to check out regarding this.

WOTC Official Announcement
MTG Realm Kiora Article

   So now we have Springleaf Drum, a reprint from Lorwyn

 Personally, I think this is a fun card. Lots people saying that it will never see Standard Constructed. I don't tend to disagree with them. It's a decent fixer, and allows any creature to become a mana dork. I can see how it wouldn't be ideal for most decks because you'd rather actually have the mana dork than this, but not bad as a limited card when your fixing options aren't there. It would be way better to have this be a 3 CMC mythic that loses the tap function and keeps the text.

 Feel free to check them out yourself at http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=566945#7982

  Until next time, keep brewing and we look forward to giving you more spoiler info as the season continues!!

More Orzhov Slow Death

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Happy Thanksgiving!! And more stuff for you!!

So this deck I have been spending lots of time on, trying it out against various other matchups, and most of the time it does very well. Here and there we have a really bad matchup, but overall it performs pretty well. The one thing I need to see out of it is more Life Gain (LG) consistently. Which can come through the whip, but I am thinking about adding things like Fiendslayer Paladin to get more consistency with it.

   Here are some videos for you to check out!

                  And finally, here's the wrap up Deck Tech for you guys as to what I am going to be moving to with the deck

   Let us know what you think! As always, keep brewing and we hope you have a fantastic week! Until next time . . .

Orzhov Debt Videos

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   Hey there again MTG Fans, I promised an update and some vids on the Orzhov Debt deck, and I live up to my word at last! Here are some videos of the deck, and you can find even more on our YouTube channel, enjoy!

    Feel free to let us know what you see and what you'd change! As always, keep brewing, and feel free to take this deck and use it as you will!

   

 There are a couple more videos for you guys! Enjoy! 

FNM for the week

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   So we at MTG The Journey played FNM this last week and it was a blast as always! David played in the free event going 1-4, and got a promo Sin Collector

for the evening. He ran a haste-ily thrown together RDW deck, and lost to a bunch of aggro decks.

   Chuck played an Orzhov Debt to the Deathless

deck, but unfortunately without the Debt to the Deathless

, we didn't have any, so we expected to just pick some up at the LGS when we arrived. But alas, they didn't have any either. Fortunately for us, someone there had them for trade, but unfortunately, not in time to get them in the deck before the tournament started. Chuck went 1-1-3 and won against a mono-white enchantment deck, had a draw against mono-blue devotion, lost to mono-white battalion, mono-black devotion, and W/B stompy devotion. However, we learned a lot about the deck and how it functions this week, and will have some videos up soon of the deck and how it plays.

    We have been doing some Christmas shopping and picked up a couple Holiday Gift boxes for our MTG playing friends, and hope you are doing the same! Also, don't forget to check out our sponsor MTG Madness and check out their deals for the month of December!

     As always, stay tuned for future spoilers and decklists! Keep the brewing strong!

MTG Madness GP Vienna Coverage

Here are some videos of MTG Madness' Team that is playing GP Vienna, check it out!

 

Spoiler Season has officially begun!!

  So today on MTG salvation we have our first glimpse of spoilers for BNG, or Born of the Gods. Three of the Allied Scry Lands

• Temple of Enlightenment - the W/U Scryland 
• Temple of Malice - the B/R Scryland
• Temple of Plenty - the G/W Scryland

  Now what we don't know yet, is if these are actually confirmed, or whether or not these will be the only Scrylands in this set. I personally am sad that we don't have the G/B one right off the bat, but we will see what the future holds. Feel free to check them out yourself at http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=566945#7982

  Until next time, keep brewing and we look forward to giving you more spoiler info as the season continues!!