Not Another Irrelevant Format…
Being unable to attend States because of travel plans was also a good reason to stay out of Magic — not to mention that the new Standard was going to be just like the Mirrodin Block. Or so I thought. At the behest and nagging of Cedric Phillips, who boldly proclaimed that the new Standard format was not only passable, but fun, I decided to look into playing Magic again. I hardly knew what I was getting into, especially when I figured out that decks that look so bad on paper actually turn out to be quite good.
After countless X -2 and X -1-1 (and it not being good enough for Top 8) performances in the Mirrodin Block PTQs, I decided that it was time for a…
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