Peace of Mind: Elegance

Back when I was a regular on the tournament scene, you’d see people show up with decks like that one that they peeled off a Pro Tour deck listing, and yet didn’t put in the requisite test drives. Believe it or not, no deck really drives itself, no matter how good the engine is. It may seem like it, but it just can’t, and people who say it does are really underestimating player ability as a deciding factor in deck creation and performance.

“Ok, take a point of manaburn.” “What’s that?” “You didn’t spend all your mana. You lose life. Manaburn.” “You never told me…

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