Something Something Dark Side...

It's pre release tomorrow and I know which team I'm batting for...

I thought we'd take a moment to look at the optons...

Well the good guys might always win in the movies, but I got a sneaking suspicion that Phyrexia are gonna sweep game day.

So what side should you play?

Well depends on a few things....

First money... If you were trying to make the most out of your buck then the Mirran prerelease card is worth pretty much half the entry price, whereas the Phyrexian one is worth a quarter...

Cards and their approx values...

Cards to look out for

Tez (£25?)

Blightsteel Colossus/ Thrun (£15?)

Massacre Worm / Sword of Feast and Famine, and Inkmoth Nexus ( £9.... although the land may go up yet...)

Of all the zeniths the green and black are worth the most....

Both the crussaders are worth a bit,  with the black slightly ahead...

Cards that I think will go up in value?

Phyrexian Revoker is a must have, I can’t believe it’s only £2... This card is Jack the Jace killer and it will see main deck play...Contested warzone looks terrible (and it does ) ...but there’s something about it that’s screaming at me... A good aggro deck could use this as another 4 bushwhackers...  

Uncommon? Well clearly go for the throat is the new doom blade and they are already pre-selling for £2 (that’s as much a s a revoker?) Unfortunately, I don’t suspect they will be much help tomorrow  and you may want to keep them in the sideboard..

So what do I recommend playing tomorrow? Just have fun that’s what I say... but on a competitive level, two words will dominate tomorrow and you can bet the winning players will be from one of these two camps... Infect or Battlecry... Personally I reckon Infect will be stronger (it’s like playing an opponent who has 10 life, rather than 20) So if you don’t get a big load of these in your pool or you just plain don’t want to play infect or battlecry, then I got two words for you... FIRST STRIKE... get as many first striking critters in your deck as you can...

Here’s some Gordon Vader tips for winning on game day...

  

      Research... If you are reading this then you already have a head-start, but maintain that lead and go to the wizards site and look at the spoilers... 

         Removal Removal Removal, don’t make it clunky and specific – the ability to destroy a flying non green non artifact creature during the declare attackers phase is pointless.. 

      Watch out for the bombs... A bomb will win you games, a 7 card combo in 3 colours won’t. 

      Never let an infect creature through if your opponent has a lot of green mana untapped. 

      Try to stick to a colour scheme you can live with... (even if it means leaving out that Mythic rare)

      Ideally you should try to play one colour, unless you have a strategy that looks consistent...

Ok some specifics...

Good cards to play... 

I’m not going to speculate on bomb cards because you’re going to get what you get... 

Commons and uncommons though... here’s my pick...

Top of my list would be...

Corrupted conscience ( I haven’t seen a lot of Enchantment hate and this would be horrible at the right moment...)

Steel sabotage could also be good..  

Virrulent wound is awesome and I think we’re going to see more of this card...

      

       Red got some great burn... Slagstorm, Concussive bolt and Burn the Impure

       will all save the day for someone tomorrow.

       Anway these are just some ideas... So go have fun and I hope you get all the

       Mythic rares you want...   

      

       What Side am i taking?

        

        Well Mirran Of Course... Someone’s got to keep these Phyrexians at bay and

        didn’t you know the good guy always gets the girl?           

        Here's the link to the entire Spoiler.. 

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