It's not the same thing. Shroud means no-one can target it, not even it's owner / controller. Hex-proof means opponents spells/effects can't target it. Hex-proof is thus a lot better.

But Shroud sounds cooler, you can't explain that.

Didn't do prerelease, bur my booster box was full of awesome. Got a Huntmaster of the Fells, but more importantly I got 3 increasing confusion from pulls or from trading that day. Also got 2 Hellrider's, I'm wondering if they can outperform Hero of Oxid Ridge in my red deck wins.

The PC in my sig came from selling about 50 cards over last summer.

(I'd already sold many of the "biggies", back in the 90's. Like my Time Walk and Black Lotus.)

Black Lotus? Well, that should earn you a pretty penny.

I've got 4 snapcasters. I think my most valuable cards right now at least.

I don't know what mine is, Akroma angel of wrath maybe.

I got a Huntmaster in one of my boosters and traded it for a Stromkirk Noble. Didn't know how much it was worth, it's not like mythics are always big money. Fortunately though, the value of the Geist of Saint Traft has risen by about 10 dollars since UW Spirit Tribal became good with Drogskol Captain and I got one of him in a booster.

I also have drogskol reavers, they look like a long term investment. Depending on if Titans rotate out in Core 2013, and nothing happens to replace those. It would also mean dismember rotates out as well which helps them out since they are a 6/5. I'm hoping they'l be useful in that environment. Because right now Consecrated Sphynx performs better, not that blu/whi control has had any particularlly good success. Too much cheap tokens.

I got 2 hunt master of the fells, one foiled one non foiled. I also got a sorin lord of innistrad.

There are http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TRIo4br3I/AAAAAAAACv4/Zh7_GcMlRKo/s400/ALOT.png themed magic cards now?

I used to play casually with friends, ran black/blue combo decks exclusively. Then everybody just stopped playing, it was like Yu-Gi-Oh! all over again.

So I have a deck with mana-ramp, some Spirit Mantles and then I have this here in my hand after buying some boosters.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=244740

What do I do now ?

It would be crazy if he could be a commander, but as I understand it. He can't be, because he starts as an artifact. Would make a good fun deck to build around. Like Ludivic's test subject.

I'm thinking a Blue/Black/Green Laboratory Genius Ramp Deck with the key combo card being increasing insanity.

I played in both the Prerelease (Went 3/3) and then the release (1/4) I really had a good deck at the release I just think I was playing to conservatively.
No spectacular pulls from them. I got a a few stuff I needed for a Garuk Relentless deck I managed to get from the pack in a Innistrad intro pack.

Im thinking it will run like Garuk Parallel Lives and Essence Of Wild on the field. Start spitting token and who become 6/6s and run things over. Theres also that one green enchant that gives all green creatures hexproof so that will be fun. I may drop the Essences and just run wolf tokens. Hell if I get my hands on a Sorin Lord of innistrad Im gonna make a Tricolor deck.

Withengar is my co-pilot. I have a need for that card. What kind of ramp are you running to put him out? Sol Ring would be gold for that.


No he can't be, which is unfortunate.

Say, can anyone suggest any reasonably costed (by that I mean CMC 3 or less) White or Green Human flyers? Only W/G flying Humans coming to mind are Auriok Windwalker and Cloud Crusader, both are above the 3 CMC budget of the deck I'm building. As much as I'd like to splash some blue for Flying Men, it's just not possible. I've been scouring the Gatherer and I'm just not coming across anything of the sort.

There arent any Human Flyers but there are plent of new White and Blue spirt flyers in innistrad and Dark Ascension

My day 1 for Prerelease was okay (the only major thing I pulled was a http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=249896 and that was iffy, and got a http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227676 in the prerelease raffle my store always holds). Day 2 though I was in full "What. The. [censored]." mode. I managed to get http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=244740, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=262875, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=245250, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222118, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227091, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=278452, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=262857, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=246954, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=230620, and http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=233239 as part of my sealed pool. Got to Top 8, lost and got 8 packs as a prize. In the first one I opened, the double-faced card was a second Huntmaster of the Fells and http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=249985 as the regular rare . Yeah, it was one of those days.

Edit: a couple of links were somehow cut.


Edit2:
Here's what you do: get some http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=207884s, http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220041s and some other blue creatures (snapcaster mage spring to mind), use the Architects and other blue creatures to cast and equip the Elbrus to the stalkers, attack, and voila, an instant 13/13 flying, intimidate, trample guy that beats your opponents faces .

Edit3: Gahh! Really! why did it cut two of the more important cards that I had tried to mention

Unfortunately that won't do, the deck relies on Human tribal mechanics for the most part.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=234446 / http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222189
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=262861


Are big parts of the deck.

I play a pretty good bit. Me and my friends attend a local tournament every Saturday night. We just did a Modern tournament this past Saturday and we're getting ready for a draft this upcoming Saturday. :3

This is worth a share: http://magiccardswithgooglyeyes.tumblr.com/.

Bull Rush just makes me lol

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