Fire Surge Magic 2014 Intro Deck

Ok, Tuesday nights are now becoming a staple night of playing Magic the Gathering with my friends, so I should be updating this blog with Magic info more often now (yay!)

Tonight I played and played my Mono Black Aggro deck (correct me if I am wrong please) which can be found here.  I found I am thinking of adding Read The Bones to it to add a scry 2 feature to add some more control to my draw, especially if I am getting a shitty draw, and possibly add 2 more Pharikas Cure to counteract the 2 life lost using Read The Bones.  Anyways!

I recently bought another Intro Deck, this in particular as the title suggests Fire Surge Magic 2014 Core Set Intro Deck.  Red/Blue being its colours and it really surprised me as it come into its own against a Blue/Black devotion deck.  I won't go into too much detail but if I had played a Chandra's Outrage appropriately I would not lost by one life as that's what it came down too.  I elected to do deal three damage to a two toughness creature, rather than dole out that extra one damage to the player thus losing me the game.

That's all I wanted to say, if you're new to Magic the Gathering, (like me) pickup the Magic 2014 Fire Surge Intro Deck, I picked it up discounted as the new Magic the Gathering stuff is gearing up to be released and I really like it as an intro deck.

Noob MTG Mono Black Deck Build

Here we go at building a limited mono black deck from fifty six black cards from the Theros and Born of the Gods sets.  I am yet to test this out against anyone as I only threw this together not long ago. I will test it out shortly and submit a battle report here to let you all know how it went.

The deck in its current state -

60 Cards Total -

I have one Night Howler (not used currently), used in conjunction with the Forsaken Drifters penchant for expanding your graveyard, it could be potentially be a last ditch game changer, if you're lucky to not throw out Night Howler in the process. To somehow control this, the March of the Returned sorcery card can return up to 2 cards from your graveyard back to your hand. So maybe get some more Night Howlers and March of the Returned sorcery cards to maximise your potential for a game ending Night Howler or two.


Creatures - x19

4x Forsaken Drifters - Zombie - 4 drop(tricky one, when they die they take four cards from the top of your library with them)

4x Servant of Tymaret - Zombie - 3 drop

2x Felhide Brawler - Minotaur - 2 drop

2x Warchanter of Mogis - Minotaur - 5 drop

2x Marshmist Titan - Giant - 7 drop

1x Felhide Minotaur - Minotaur - 3 drop

1x Sengir Vampire - Vampire - 5 drop

1x Eater of Hope - Demon - 7 drop

1x Tormented Hero - Human Warrior - 1 drop

1x Disciple of Phenax - Human Cleric - 4 drop


Enchantment Creature - x4

2x Nyxborn Eidolon - Spirit - 2 drop

1x Spiteful Returned - Zombie - 2 drop

1x Archetype of Finality - Gorgon - 6 drop


Sorcery - x7

4x Asphyxiate - 4 drop

1x Sip of Hemlock - 6 drop

1x Gild - 4 drop

1x March of the Returned - 4 drop


Enchantment - Aura - x3

2x Weight of the Underworld - 4 drop

1x Claim of Erebos - 2 drop


Instant - x4

2x Eye Gouge - 1 drop

1x Wring Flesh - 1 drop

1x Pharikas Curse - 2 drop


Lands - x23

23x Swamp Lands


--Unused Cards--


1x Night Howler

1x Blood Bairn

1x Loathsome Catoblepas

1x Champion of Stray Souls

1x Minotaur Abomination

1x Rescue of the Underworld

1x Keepsake Gorgon

2x Sanguinmancy

3x Returned Centaur

1x Grisly Transformation

1x Necrobite

1x Shrivel

1x Asphyxiate

2x Forsaken Drifters

Link to the original Squidoo lense

This Thursday to purchase more MTG cards?

Greetings All,

I quick update, I am off to my nearest city Wednesday night to visit my lovely girlfriend and also to put my car into the mechanics. It seems to be cheaper to travel 250 kilometers to get my differential rebuilt in the neighbouring city than it is to get it rebuilt locally. A saving of near $600.00 AUD will be made including fuel costs, absolute and utter madness... but enough of that.

This is the real update. I intend on visiting the local game store and getting some more Magic The Gathering cards... or perhaps a box set? will I get skinned alive by significant other, or will I get her to come round and play a round of Magic with me and get her hooked? I've already given her my Nintendo DS to play, downward spiral? or angelic ascension? which reminds me, I haven't played a round of Ascension in ages!

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Regards,
Ausmetal.

Magic 2014 - Sealed Play - Red/Green Test Deck part 2

The card list is as follows.

• Red - Striking Sliver x 2 - Creature
• Green - Predatory Sliver x 2 - Creature
• Red - Blur Sliver x 2 - Creature
• Green - Fog - Instant
• Green - Deadly Recluse - Creature
• Green - Plummet - Instant
• Red - Regathan Fire Cat - Creature
• Green - Advocate of the Beast - Creature
• Green - Oaken Form - Sorcery
• Red - Slaughter Cry - Instant
• Red - Moltern Birth - Sorcery
• Red - Firewing Phoenix - Creature
• Red - Marauding Maulhorn - Creature Beast
• Green - Rumbling Baloth - Creature Beast
• Red - Awaking the Ancient - Enchantment Aura
• Red - Bonebreaker Giant - Creature
• Red - Cleaver Riot - Sorcery
• Red - Turn to Slag - Sorcery
• Green - Enlarge - Sorcery
• Green - Yavimaya Wurm - Creature

Me and Magic: The Gathering (A quick look)

I've recently started playing Magic: The Gathering.  A game I had seen advertised back in the day when I used to play Warhammer 40k, but being young I never really had the funds or was in the right location to check it out.  (The dilemmas of a nerdy kid living in a small country town)

So what got me into MTG, Apart from the general interest gained from when I was a kid?  What pushed me over the edge after literally hand over fist with cash (fist over hand?) on board games? This is what did it

The MTG From The Vault Twenty Boxset
Yes that is me :o)

That bloody MTG box set, I had won it over last Xmas via a competition held by Australian Tabletop Gaming Network.  Thus sparking me to embark on a MTG journey and enjoying every minute of it.
What's in the MTG From The Vault Twenty?  20 rare cards such as Jace, The Mind Sculptor apparently worth $120.00 aud on Ebay (the most expensive in this box set).  However, I won't be opening it anytime soon, lets just say I am hoping it will appreciate in value over time.

I haven't played many games and I ended up buying the Magic 2014 game from Steam which helped me along with the rules and nuances of the different coloured decks White, Blue, Black, Red and Green.  White being protection and order, Blue being manipulation and illusion, Black is death and darkness, Red being freedom and impulse, Green is growth and instinct.  Build your decks up purchasing pre-built decks such as Heroes Vs Monsters which give you two playable decks of 60 cards each to get you going straight away for a minimal cost.

Heroes Vs Monsters Duel Decks

You can scour ebay for singles of rare/mythic rare cards to bolster your ranks but be prepared to pay a small fortune for the rarities (some well into the thousands of dollars).  Or you can literally buy hundreds of common cards of multiple colours to build your decks with.  There are intro decks to get you into the fray immediately with a core set of 60 cards and 2 booster packs, booster packs consist of 15 cards at random which if you're lucky may get a rare or mythic rare card.

It really is an easy game to learn and quite a lot of fun, it isn't really an expensive or time consuming hobby as compared to say Warhammer 40k, no assembly or painting required either and easier to find opponents as you could teach the basics in an afternoon.  You can make it as expensive as you like depending on how serious you take it or even make money off it if you get lucky in a few booster pack openings or make some good trades.  Websites such as MTG Price will help you keep track of how much your collection is worth.

All in all, I don't regret stepping into the realm of Magic: The Gathering with rich art work and lore it'll keep me entertained for years to come and possibly retire on my MTG: From the Vault: Twenty box set... dream on dreamer.