"The Gamer's Emporium" - December 26, 2015

Welcome friends,

this week we have a very special guest, and boy does he deliver. Our local store owner joined us this week, and while we had to teach him how to draft Khans, he taught us a thing or two about how to play Magic. Together, the three of us craft a fantastic deck, which does about as well as you might expect. Take a look.



I'd say the main flaw with Mardu is the lack of a late game, but the removal can more than make up for it. It's not that you can't have a late game in Mardu, it's just that everything you add to make sure you can go long takes away from your early agression.

We never played a true control deck, and I don't know what we would have done against a deck full of counters and bounce, but as it stands, we had a pretty good thing going on. Trumpet blast can truely be a blowout with a field full of weenies, and the combo with Act of Treason is absolutely insane.

It was really fun having Shawn there with us, because we all had very different play styles, and often we would have different opinions about what was the best play. At any given time there may or may not have been a right answer, and depending on your top deck, that can change in an instant.

While aggressive decks are known for their lack of options as compared to control decks, the mechanics of Khans of Tarkir (the morph in particular) allows you to keep your options open much longer than it otherwise might.

I thoroughly enjoyed having Shawn on our channel, and if we get a positive response, he may end up coming back.

Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time,


-Step.