Magic 2013 Event Deck Decklists

Well with the spoiled M13 event deck decklists, it's time to see exactly what's in these two event decks starting with the Repeat Performance deck

Repeat Performance - Black/Green/White


Creatures


1 Acidic Slime
2 Arbor Elf
3 Attended Knight
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Blade Splicer
3 Borderland Ranger
1 Brutalizer Exarch
2 Elvish Visionary
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Geist-Honored Monk
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Mwonvuil Beast Tracker
4 Roaring Primadox
1 Stingerfling Spider
1 Stonehorn Dignitary
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Thragtusk

Spells


1 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Lead the Stampede

Lands


12 Forest
8 Plains
2 Razorverge Thicket

Sideboard


3 Cloudshift
2 Dismember
4 Oblivion Ring
3 Kemba's Skyguard
3 War Priest of Thune

Sweet Revenge - Blue/Red/Black


Creatures

2 Armored Skaab
1 Firewing Phoenix
4 Fettergeist

Spells


4 Burning Vengeance
4 Desperate Ravings
4 Faithless Looting
3 Forbidden Alchemy
2 Geistflame
3 Pillar of Flame
1 Red Sun's Zenith
1 Rolling Temblor
1 Silent Departure
2 Slagstorm
4 Think Twice

Lands


1 Darkslick Shores
1 Desolate Lighthouse
4 Evolving Wilds
7 Island
9 Mountain
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Swamp

Sideboard


2 Arc Trail
4 Bloodcrazed Neonate
2 Dismember
4 Screeching Skaab
3 Secrets of the Dead

And that's the decklists in full, both of these bad boys go on sale as of this weekend i do believe, with that Magic 2013 is officially done in terms of spoilers, finally, till next time this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013 Spoilers: 3rd Time's a Charm

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another spoiler filled edition of the emporium, in today's edition i'll be talking about some of the interesting stuff to come along in terms of new spoilers, so let's get straight into the spoiled cards.

So who called for the Akroma's Memorial reprint hmm, certainly not me but it is nice to have it back once again in the current enviroment, we know the whole deal with this being uber expensive, it's sure to drop in price, hopefully.

Master of the Pearl Trident is essentially the new Lord of Atlantis but with none of the downsides Lord offers of course, a 2/2 with a 2 blue mana cost, rare other fish get +1/+1 and have islandwalk that you control, this is important as Lord's effect was global, makes modern and legacy scream in joy.

So does everyone remember that saproling token i showed off yesterday, well here's what makes it, Fungal Sprouting, where you get to put 1/1 green saprolings onto the field equal to the highest power creature you control, which is nice in EDH, but that's about it.

The translation for this bad boy is Trading Post and it does 4 things, Pay 1, tap it discard a card and gain 4 life, pay 1, tap it, pay 1 life and put a 0/1 goat token onto the battlefield, so we know what the goats are made from. Pay 1, tap it, sacrifice a creature, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand, pay 1, sacrifice a artifact and tap it to draw a card. A very interesting choice of artifact but cool none the less.

Introducing yet more new cards, Spelltwine, 6 mana for a sorcery that exiles target instant or sorcery from your graveyard and from a opponent's graveyard, copy those cards, cast the costs if able without paying their mana costs, Exile this card, Now i am a big fan of the copy spells in this game, this just makes me excited for sure, EDH material for certain, Limited bomb, neat stuff wizards.

Is that what i think it is, Mutilate's back, wow they'd actually reprint Mutilate in the core set of all things, well for those not familar with this, 4 mana for a sorcery speed that gives all creatures -1/-1 for each swamp you control, it's essentially a indestrucible dodger card, so Avacyn eat your heart out, thank you for reprinting this wizards i loved this card back in the day.

All in all this set is shaping up to be quite a spectacle this year, we can expect to see the remaining cards in the set over the next week and a half roughly, so until next time this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013 Tokens

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the emporium, today it's all about the M13 tokens that will be in the for the yearly core set, so without further ado let's look.

Hey we've seen this token before it's the cat that the new Ajani generates on his ultimate, good times, good times.

Goats, lots of god damn goats bro, well honestly we don't know what will generate it yet, you'll have to wait and see tommorow of course, when i do more spoiler updates.

That neat soldier token is so generated off that spell Captain's Call, which i gotta admit is a decent spell but may not see more then a few plays limited wise.

Well with Drakes, we can expect two different things to generate these, Talrand, Sky Summoner and of course Talrand's Invocation which i gotta admit are decent spells to generate these, plus these two cards combined generate a lot of em.

More zombies huh, must mean a zombie generator is in the set, either Cemetery Reaper or that stupid Zombie Infestation enchantment, I'd much prefer Reaper in the set over the enchantment, but wouldn't put it past wizards to put the stupid enchantment in.

Ah goblins, Krenko, Mob Boss and Krenko's Command generate these lovely things, red players love these and the fact that goblins are a iconic token for the set.

Hmm, Hellion tokens that must mean Hellion Eruption is being reprinted, wizards why reprint that card, we don't need more overpowered tokens in the set.

Both the Beast and the Wurms are generated by Garruk, Primal Hunter of course,  plus the fact he's proven he can do the business for green compared to his 1.0 counterpart.

We got Saprolings this time around, 1/1's that are generated by something in the set, wonder what it is of course, i'll show that off tommorow.

Finally the new emblem for Lillana is revealed at long last, much like Sorin, Lord of Innistrad has one, Tamiyo has 1 and now her, 3 emblems in 3 sets. Well that is it for this edition this is vergil signing off

Magic 2013 Spoilers: More Spoilers Part Deux

Well it's almost the end of the Magic 2013 spoiler season, with very little left to actually spoil and me not doing the set spoilers for the core set, let's take a look at the latest revealed cards, let's take a look at what was missed.

Mythic #14, Thundermaw Hellkite is a pretty good red mythic this time around, it kills most tokens and plus  it's a 5/5 with flying and haste for 5, balanced much.

Omniscience, mythic #15 of the set is the 10 mana bomb, much similar to that other green one we got in Avacyn Restored, but blue gets it this time, it basically allows you to combo out in EDH, that's all i see it being used for i am afraid, since of course it costs way too much to be effective and by the time you reach 10 mana usually in EDH already can play your win cons.

Augur of Bolas is a neat little 2 drop i find, since it allows you to basically make Delver more effective as a whole, plus the whole 1/3 body blocker for 2 mana is kinda neat, setting up for potential late game delver shenanigans.

Gem of Becoming is going to basically be the Grixis EDH search of choice here, but it is also going to make a nice impact in Limited as well, since search artifacts are few and far bewteen in sets these days.

Yeah, Mono red has a new reason to basically be more impressive each set, i feel Mindclaw Shaman is a perfect fit, in not only EDH, but limited as well, since the limited format is going to be pure M13 this time around, decent set so far.

And for those curious as to what type of land is coming back, it's the original m10 duals this time around yes, Sunpetal Grove, Drowned Catacomb, Rootbound Crag, Glacial Fortress and Dragonskull Summit which will be returning as confirmed by wizards of the coast this morning, welcome back you effective duals, it's nice to see em back in M13 for yet another year.

Well that's it this time around for this edition, stay tuned tommorow for a new edition most likely, until next time this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013 Promotion Cards

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the emporium, today it's all about the Magic 2013 Core set promotion cards, so let's dive head long into these and see what they are.

So everyone and their grandmother knows that this is the Buy-A-Box promo for the set, i've talked about this at least twice, we all know what it does, though i imagine stores are going to have limited copies of these say 20 tops, so it's more of a first come, first serve basis with this promo.

For you folks who love to compete in magic game day's here's a brand new card, Magmaquake, this is to be given out to the top 8 at each game day, costs X, Red, Red and is a instant, a rare of course and it deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker, so it replaces Earthquake this year, this is actually better then that.

For the particpation card this time around, you will be getting Mwonvuli Beast Tracker, which is a uncommon in the green category, it is a 2/1 that costs 1, green, green and allows you to seach for a creature with deathtouch, hexproof, reach or trample and reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top of it, a interesting tutor variant honestly.

Now this particular promo will be given out at the FNM on launch day, since of course they got rid of the Launch Parties, Staff of Nin, it's pretty much what i talked about in a previous edition, but this is the promo version of the card, nice to finally have the full translation.

Last but not certainly least is the prerelease card, Xathrid Gorgon, we all remember this one, but this one has neat alternate art, it's going to be given out at the prerelease for this set this time around, so remember you'll get this, plus 6 boosters of M13 to work with for the entire set, other then that it seems like it's a good idea to have fun, but that's all for this edition, till next time this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013 Spoilers: June 18th, 2012

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the emporium, believe it or not this will be a short edition just due to all the fact we got all the big spoilers as of friday, so let's review for those who don't know what the hell's going on anymore.

Ajani 3.0 was spoiled on friday by Evan Rrwin of the magic show, can i just say right now, best walker in M13 period, he's got 3 neat abilites, his +1 grants a +1/+1 counter to a creature, -3 grants a creature Flying and Double strike until end of turn, while his ultimate is literally a White Sun's Zenith in disguise putting X 2/2 white cat tokens onto the battlefield where X is the life total, he costs 3 mana and starts with a whopping 4 loyalty for that 3 mana, which is balls busted honestly, amazing stuff here wizards.

It seems the old doll has returned, Stuffy Doll is back for another year, last we saw this guy was a long time ago, 5 mana for a 0/1 that's indestrucible, you get to choose a player and whenever it is dealt damage it deals that much damage to chosen player, plus it can ping itself for a point of damage, glad to see this bad boy back and hard at work.

Finally a new tutor spell which seems to be all the rage, Diabolic Revelations, which costs X, 3 and 2 black mana to cast at sorcery speed, it's a rare that allows you to search for up to X cards and put em into your hand, then shuffle your library, a very mana intensive version of Diabolic Tutor honestly, not bad, but not good either.

Well that's it this time around, with 2 days left to the quarterly bannings i cannot wait till we find out what is getting banned and what isn't, until next time this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013: Daily MTG Spoilers June 15th, 2012

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another edition of the emporium, we got three cards for you today, so without further ado, let's get straight to business as per usual.

So this is Lill 3.0 huh, Lillana of the Dark Realms, Mythic rare, costs 2, Black, Black, +1 you search for a swamp and put it in your hand, of course revealing it, -3 Target creature gets either +X/+X or -X/-X where X is the number of swamps you control, a very interesting secondary ability. Finally her ultimate is very fun, You get a emblem where Swamps you control have tap to add BBBB, to your mana pool, yes, so they quaduruple in production i'm afraid, she starts with a meager 3 like Jace Beleren, a very interesting black walker none the less.

So guess what you doubters, Rancor is indeed being reprinted for Magic 2013, yes, but as a uncommon this time around, instead of a common, costs 1 green mana to play, the enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and trample and whenever this aura is put into a graveyard it goes back to your hand instead, making it one of the most annoying auras in the game to deal with, i am surprised wizards would even bother to reprint this stupid thing with Infect still around for 3 solid months more before the rotation kicks in.

So finally we come down to yet another card revealed via the wallpaper of the week, this time it's Captain's Call, a 4 mana token generator card that generates 3 1/1 white soldiers on your side of  the field, great with a certain tactician one would say don't you think, it's at sorcery speed, is a common but it is still not Spectral Procession aka Three Dudes, still a good token generator considering what Avacyn Restored gave us in terms of those.

Anyways, that is it for this edition of the emporium, hope you enjoyed the last edition for this week, see you next week with even more spoilers to talk about, this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013: Daily MTG Spoilers June 14th, 2012

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another edition of the emporium, in today's edition it's all about the current spoilers of course from the various sources on the internet as per usual, we have a Channel Fireball spoiler as well and a confirmed reprint via a specific photo, so without further ado let's go.

Introducing our Buy-a-Box promotion card for the set, Cathedral of War, it adds one mana to your mana pool, it enters the battlefield tapped, it gives Exalted, hooray for it giving it exalted and has some good kick butt regular art, it's a rare land at that so expect it to be a neat thing when the set drops in July and you get a chance to get the Buy-A-Box promo version of this card.

Now wizards i know loves pushing specific archetypes when the core set comes out every year, this is of course no different, oh how about some juicy mill cards for you folks, introducing Sands of Delirium, 3 mana for a rare artifact that you can pay X and tap it to have target player put the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, which is also known as milling, it seems to me wizards is indeed pushing this archetype so much, that with Innistrad Block there are more then enough Mill cards to do the job alongside the Core Set's offering this year we might see a standard mill deck rise out of the core set.

Oh how about a nice green beater, introducing Thragtusk, the Channel Fireball preview for this set, 5 mana for a 5/3 that when it enters the battlefield you gain 5 life, excellent hmm, but when it leaves the battlefield you get a 3/3 beast in it's place, meaning that you can abuse the tricks of the last set Avacyn Restored to blink this out of existence and return it to activate it's abilities yet again, netting not only a 3/3 but returning the base creature and gaining 5 more life.

It appears that we are getting a old red enchantment for this set, known as Fervor, yes that neat 7th edition enchantment that grants all creatures haste is indeed getting reprinted for this set, alongside of course Kitesail and Elixir of Immortality which are pretty much also confirmed at this point in time, but that black  enchantment is known as Crippling Blight and was spoiled quite some time ago when there was a massive common/uncommon spoiling, but yeah it is nice to see a few old reprints every core set as per usual.

With that it's time to end this edition of the emporium, but stay tuned, there's more news where this came from, expect yet another edition later today, with a bit of news on Duels of the Planeswalkers, till then this is vergil signing off.

Magic 2013: The Lord of the Rings and the Final Legendary

Hello and welcome to this edition of the emporium, today it's all about the recent cycle of artifacts that have been spoiled officially by wizards of the coast as well as the final mono colored legendary to be revealed as well, so without further ado let's begin.

Introducing legendary #5 Odric, Master Tactician, he's from innistrad as well, due to the sword he holds, he's a legendary creature, human soldier 3/4 with first strike, costs 4 mana like all the others, whenever Odric and three other creatures attacks at the least, you get to choose who blocks, how they block and he's big enough to survive any three damage spell, making him perhaps the best of the 5 legendaries, moving on though.

Now continuing the cycle of new rings, introducing the Ring of Xathrid, 2 mana for a 1 to equip gives a creature +1/+1 if it is black when equipped at the beginning of your upkeep, you can pay 2 to regenerate that equipped creature, plus it's a uncommon, so yeah, sounds like it's real fun times

Ring #3 is called the Ring of Kalonia, 2 mana for a equipped creature has trample, if the equipped is green it gets a +1/+1 counter and it costs 1 mana to equip as a uncommon, a nice choice since it's more green flavor then anything else.

Ring #4 is the Ring of Valkas, 2 mana of course for a Equipped creature has haste, equip cost is 1, if the creature is red, it gets +1/+1 at the beginning of your upkeep, uncommon as always with this cycle, making it seem cooler then it already is.

And the final ring is known as the Ring of Thune, 2 mana for a equipped creature has vigilance, at the beginning of your upkeep if the equipped creature is white it gets a +1/+1 counter on it and it costs of course 1 mana to equip, overall the cycle of the rings this set is interesting for limited and may see some play in EDH somehow, but that's all she wrote for today, this is vergil signing off

Magic 2013 Spoilers: The Mythic Edition

Hello everyone and welcome back to yet another edition of the emporium, with any set of course we know there are always a specific amount of mythic rares in each set, depending on set size it could be anywhere from 10-15 mythics, sometimes even 16, but today with this first mythic it confirms the titans are out of standard.

Introducing Elderscale Wurm, aka the new 2 dollar mythic rare, yes, 7 mana for a 7/7 with trample, when enters the battlefield it sets your life total at 7, if it is less then 7, as long as your life total is 7 or more, damage would be reduced till you hit 7 life, anything that reduces it further does nothing while this is on the battlefield, interesting that this gets a mythic slot, this also pretty much confirms that the titans are gone, so expect to see a brand new red mythic unless red gets the shaft this year, blue mythic and of course whatever other Black mythics there are.

So in a earlier edition i talked about Serra Avatar, well she's fully confirmed with art to go along with it for this set in question, let's take a look.

Yes here she is, fully confirmed and waiting for Magic 2013, we all know what she does, of course and we remember the last time she was in any set period which was Urza's Saga, a long time ago, so it's nice to know she is finally confirmed for M13 as a whole, can't wait to crack her for pretty much anything.

That's all for this edition though, tommorow should hopefully bring more neat spoilers for Magic 2013, we are knee deep into the spoiler season and it's not even officially begun, with that this is vergil signing off.

More Magic 2013 Duels of the Planeswalker Previews

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the emporium, today it's about the 3 previews that wizards of the coast decided to give us for Magic 2013, be prepared for a little shock and awe with some of them, so without further ado let's begin.

Introducing our Red Legendary, Krenko, Mob Boss if you've had a inkling to run a goblin based EDH deck this is the guy to do it with, considering how powerful his ability is, 4 mana for a 3/3 rare of course, when he taps for his ability you put X 1/1 red goblins where X is the number of goblins on the field, so he's basically a goblin version of Doubling Season somewhat, except he is basically a Siege-Gang Commander enabler if that even gets reprinted in this set of course.

Yeah, wizards is continuing the trend of printing broken mythic rares, when it comes to set abilites of course, introducing Sublime Archangel 4/3 flier, exalted, gives all other creatures you control exalted, costs 4 mana and she is of course a Mythic Rare, are you freaking kidding me wizards of the coast, you do realize this basically makes any aggro deck 3 times as difficult to defeat now, even her alone if you have 5 creatures on the board, she's gonna be swinging for 10, that's half a opponent's life total.

Last but certainly not least is a neat little spell to go along side Krenko, Krenko's Command which is basically a new version of Dragon Fodder from Shards of Alara, so we remember Dragon Fodder right, it dropped 2 1/1 red goblins onto the battlefield for a mere 2 mana, was a common like this and of course it was a sorcery, way to be original wizards, honestly.

Well i'm afraid that's it for this edition, stay tuned tommorow when more wizards of the coast previews come your way, of course as always this is vergil signing off.