Hi to all amateur/pro/lone wolf MTG players,

To those who're bored on weekends and looking for a gathering of magic players to hangout, look no further. Drop by Restoran Al-Esfan @ Plaza Berjaya (Mamak stall opposite Berjaya Times Square) on Saturdays 2.00 P.M - 9.00 P.M. Our activities includes drafts (currently Time Spiral, Time Spiral, Planar Chaos), constructed (T2 or TSP Block) and "side events" upon player requests. We have a steady turnout of 8 - 16 players every week therefore you'll be able to find casual as well as competitive players.

To those who might be regular there and was wondering who I am. People call me Apek. Any additional info you want to know kindly PM me. Thanks.

FYI - This coming Saturday format is TSP Block Constructed + Draft

This post has been edited by CHa0sTheory: Feb 22 2007, 10:59 AM

Errr... i don't think I have intentions to go Singapore in the 1st place, pls dun confuse me with another Pek C.W. I'm David the Apek.

Draft is RM 25 4-2-2, means winner takes 4 picks and skip the next pick, 2nd & 3rd placing 2 & 2 picks and the rest like normal.

Come and belanja me yumcha when u free

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Added on February 22, 2007, 6:06 pmOnly some. On top of my head is only Pernicious Deed.

Planeshift seems to hold more value card as it has FTK, Destructive Flow and Meddling Mages.

This post has been edited by CHa0sTheory: Feb 22 2007, 06:06 PM

hello anikin.....

legacy weapon and desolation angel holds no value now as nobody plays it in extended or legacy at all....

and also I like my avatar very much, spankfully

I once drafted a B/R deck with 10 Blightspeaker and 4 Prodigal Pyromancer in a triple PC draft.



Cheap or budget deck means you're stuck playing aggro. In the current T2 i'd recommend playing R/W (Boros) replacing expensive burns with cheaper ones and reduce double color requirements to single color as we can't use shocklands. A decklist on top of my head.

4 Rift Bolt
4 Volcanic Hammer/Sudden Shock
4 Seal of Fire
4 Lightning Helix
1 Disintegrate/Demonfire

3 Scorched Rusalka
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Ronom Unicorn
4 Boros Recruit
4 Griffin Guide
2 Calciderm

3 Boros Garrison
1 Sunhome
10 Plains
8 Mountain

Play around with this and tweak it as u like ....have fun.

i would but in 4 momentary blinks for the following reasons:-

1) safely chumps attackers
2) reuses your creature's CIP abilities e.g dryad/oracle
3) instantly flips a face-down Akroma

Come drop by at Plaza Berjaya, Restoran Al-Esfan (opposite Berjaya Times Square) every Saturday 2.30 PM. We'll help you out on your budget decks. We just need you to pay for the uncommons or rares, commons are just giveaways or worth 50 cents the most. Normally we just gather with our constructed decks and exchange ideas on how to improve it. Look forward to seeing ya.

well 5-6 from our group will be going, i'm not interested in extended though, go there also play side events only, no point.

I think I'll be only active in ext once IPA block rotates out from ext.

We're having a 2 TS + 1 PC Draft session at Restoran Al-Esfan, Plaza Berjaya today 7.30 PM. RM 25. Picks are 4-2-2. Drop by if free.

Last nite, drafted a combo deck roughly few winning cards
1 Draining Whelk
1 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Momentary Blink
2 Sporesower Thalid
1 Thelon of Havenwood (Foil)
Some other Thalids, removals and bounces.
Pure pwnage

not like that, what I meant is blink Draining Whelk, can counter spell again, blink riftwing , can bounce another permanent

shy or not, just come, nothing to be afraid of or lose.
usually we have at least a pool of 8 players, sometimes up to 16 if got big event e.g release party. draft or constructed play are opened upon player's request till you drop, or the organizer drop. see ya there

we'll work something out.....

the deck is called Scryb & Force. Playable as UG or mono-G. Have same problem as any Aggro deck except Boros. Dies to mass-removal.

U/G shockland should hover ard 50-60. The most exp now is U/W and U/B as both are extensively used in T2 and Ext.

I may not do it in split second but just to let you know, I'm doing monitoring job so most of my time are spent on looking at the console or LYN forums. Glad to help.

Yes, the shocklands are outrageously priced, but if you're just a casual player, bouncelands and signets will do. However I don't see it going down anytime soon as you can see Raphael Levy is hiking the price like mad winning 2 Grand Prix back 2 back piloting Domain Zoo which utilize heavily on shocklands. And what's worst most of the core components uses cards from post Invasion Blk, so the deck is good for next 3 years at least.

Overall, my hope on the shocklands actually dropping in price is pretty slim.

I share the card pool among my team members. I'm just saying that the shockland price will not go down anytime soon.

that's why I say even with the rotation, it won't affect domain zoo that much. Fetchlands from Oddysey, Shocklands from Rav.

oooooooooh, enemy fetchlands what are they gonna do next, 6th color?

Dralnu in block is missing the soft counters e.g remand, mana leak. Your only access to hard counters like cancel, dismal failure, draining whelk in block is not enough. Dralnu is already a slow deck and will be even slower in Block.

Damnation is absolutely necessary in Block. That's the ONLY mass removal for black, the cheaper ones are in red e.g. sulfurous blast, rough // tumble. If you don't have/can't afford Damnations, don't play Dralnu.

If you're really into cheap U/B for block I'd suggest Pickles instead of Dralnu. Pickles is slightly cheaper, yet offer the same if not inferior control advantage of Dralnu deck.

Here's what Dralnu look like in Block:-

Main Deck
10 Island
6 Swamp
4 Desert
4 Dreadship Reef
1 Academy Ruins

4 Mystical Teachings
4 Dismal Failure
4 Cancel
4 Think Twice
4 Sudden Death
4 Damnation
3 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Sengir Nosferatu
1 Faceless Butcher
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Draining Whelk
1 Dralnu, Lich Lord
1 Extirpate
1 Wipe Away
1 Spell Burst

Sideboard
4 Serrated Arrows
3 Shadowmage Infiltrator
3 Plague Sliver
2 Extirpate
2 Trickbind
1 Wipe Away