Hello everyone! My name is Will Pagani and I placed first at the first ever Lock and Load Masters event. I’m going to discuss in this article what lists I brought, why I brought them and go through each match I played, and why I picked that list for the match. I will try to recall as much of my opponents list as I can and give an accurate retelling of my games. So, without any further introduction, here are the lists I brought to Masters: ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Article by Chris Zhou
History and Motivation
The first deck that I built for Legacy was Armageddon Stax. The archetype of prison decks was an entirely fresh one for me back then. During old extended season (circa 2001), I was a fourteen year old playing Urza Saga/Onslaught Goblins, Red Sligh, and Aluren packing 4 Vampiric Tutors, against a metagame of Monoblack Reanimator running 4 Vampiric Tutor and 4 Entombs powering Akroma out on turn two every game. I took a six year break from the game, and stumbled back to MTG in 2007 relooking into the Extended format. That’s when I found an awesome deck called Tron. It was a deck focused on establishing a Mindslaver lock, and that began my interest in prison decks. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Article by Loran Kaufmann
Hordes of Combos
Magic players favor different strategies and decks. Some enjoy control decks with big finishers backed with counters and removal. Others like aggressive creature filled decks featuring quick, low cost creatures to battle a fast victory. Even the spikiest of players will have personal play preferences when it comes to similar decks. No two players are exactly alike.
Personally, I like a deck that is flexible. Something that can meet and address threats while responding with threats of my own. I like to use cards that have multiple functions and synergies. I know there is no such thing as a perfect magic deck. However there are decks which cater to our individual style better than others. And even then I won’t pick up a deck as is with out tweaking it. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mirrodin Beseiged
Scars of Mirrodin
2011 Core Set
Rise of the Eldrazi
Worldwake
Zendikar
2010 Core Set
Alara Reborn
Conflux
Shards of Alara
