Subject: greetings... Urzaīs Saga Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:49:20 +0200 From: MANUEL FAUSTINO To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com hi... my name is Manuel Faustino iīm a older portuguese player (i started playing Magic about 3 years ago) and since then i learn a lot of things, and i played a lot in tournements... i decided to write to the dojo, and make some comments about the new set:) Yesterday i went to the Urzaīs saga pré-release...(wow new cards hehehe) and at the first sight it seems to me, that some people was a little ceptic about the new cards, and some of them where reclaiming about the classic killer combos, and power cards that will left standard decks (indeed, some new interessant combos, and cards should appear). The tournement was at Clube de Jogos de Santa Justa (one of the biggest magic club in portugal, and with one of the best magic team too), and as the time to open the new decks and booster arrived, i just listen many "WOW, GREAT, Look at this card, look at that card, check this one... etc comments", and after a better look on the cards (the Art is great, congratulations:)), i could say that, there are many power cards... that could make some new killer combos (serras avatar make my prefered one, here comes a oath standard deck:):) some examples of power cards...Gilded Drake- seems to be a good tradewind thieft:), Catastrophe- hehe the name sounds cool ( wow, are these guys nuts... colera and geddon ? 2 in 1:) Stroke of genius- a braingeyser? Instant... i donīt believe it...(er... guess itīs true) Time spiral- AND a time twister? (i start, you start, we shuffle, i buy 7 you discard you hand,you buy 7... I counter:) Morphling- I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT,I LOVE IT:) (no more comments) Dark Hatchling- Look itīs a bird, itīs a plane... no, itīs the flying nekrataal (sounds good, if whe talk in recurring:) ill-gotten gains- itīs seems to be a mass discard card (soundīs good, donīt know why yet... but it sounds:) Persecute- hummm... another massive discard card:) Reprocess- did i hear someone say infenal tribute? no, itīs just recicling:) Brand- donīt ask me why, but i liked this card (maybe because iīm crazy hehe:) Crater Helion- someone asked for a Flame wave? with 6/6 (Good creature in limited tourneyīs) Fault line- hummm an instant heartquake?... Burn MOther#$# Burn (i always liked this song:) Lightning dragon- er... a 4 mana little Shivan... kewl:) Okk- hehe sligh cool card (jackal pup- okk -- maniacal rage on pup... and here we go CHARGEEEEEEE!!!!! i like it, i like it:) Wildfire- is cool:) Argothian enchantress- er... keep drawing:) Child of geia- What? another 7/7 force? Endless wurm- And A 9/9 baby? Auratogīs friend?:) Exploration- a little fastbond... er.. for me? *smile* Greener pastures- yeah, we love tokens:) Copper gnomes- er... "Kill me please" let my brother colossus kill you:) Mishra helix- no mana, no fun :) Phyrexian Processor- wow baby... I pay life... but now you lose life hehe ( great card in limited ) Lands? ARGHHhhhhhhhhh ... where are they? (gemstone?, undiscovered?, quicksand? more comments: about cycling- it seems to be an interesting ability... good in limited tourneys:) Echo- this was a cool idea:) i like it very much... makes the decks more fasters... and powerfull:) sleeping enchantments- Just beutiful... here you play a flyer, i got a 5/5 flying baby:) and much more... enjoy them well in the tournment yesterday... we played 6 rounds... (swiss pairings) i made 5-1 (i loose a game by 2-1 for my oponent leaving him with two points of life when he killed me:( too bad... no dysplay for me hehe:) one of my team menbers win the tournement (Pedro Soares- The Scrubs team member) Now i have been looking at some possible standar decks... and i made one very interesting... and i like it very much... here it itīs itīs called COUNTER_THE_MORPH Blue: 4 dismiss 4 forbid 4 rewind 4 mana leak 4 counterspell 4 power sink 2 capsize 3 intruder alarm 4 morphling artifacts: 4 Mox Diamond Lands: 2 maze of shadows 2 wasteland 1 stalking stones 20 islands iīm still working on the sideboard:) well, as you can see... itīs easy to play Counter counter counter Morphling beatdown and i win:) hope you like it thatīs all for now keep playing... always Magic:) Manuel Faustino 27/9/98 Team scrub member... Portugal Rulez:) we kick your butts heheheheehehe.... p.s: congratulations Bruno Cardoso... for the Lisbon GP