Mtg M10 Magic 2010 Rotation List

The Magic the Gathering cards not in bold will rotate out of Type 2/ Standard on and will no longer be tournament legal. 10th Edition rotates out and M10 Magic 2010 rotates in on July 17th. Please let me know if any corrections are needed.

1. Ancestor's Chosen 5WW (7) Creature — Human Cleric 4/4 Uncommon
2. Angel of Mercy 4W (5) Creature — Angel 3/3 Uncommon
3. Angelic Blessing 2W (3) Sorcery Common
4. Angelic Chorus 3WW (5) Enchantment Rare
5. Angelic Wall 1W (2) Creature — Wall 0/4 Common
6. Aura of Silence 1WW (3) Enchantment Uncommon
7. Aven Cloudchaser 3W (4) Creature — Bird Soldier 2/2 Common
8. Ballista Squad 3W (4) Creature — Human Rebel 2/2 Uncommon
9. Bandage W (1) Instant Common
10. Beacon of Immortality 5W (6) Instant Rare
11. Benalish Knight 2W (3) Creature — Human Knight 2/2 Common
12. Cho-Manno, Revolutionary 2WW (4) Legendary Creature — Human Rebel 2/2 Rare
13. Condemn W (1) Instant Uncommon
14. Demystify W (1) Instant Common
15. Field Marshal 1WW (3) Creature — Human Soldier 2/2 Rare
16. Ghost Warden 1W (2) Creature — Spirit 1/1 Common
17. Glorious Anthem 1WW (3) Enchantment Rare
18. Hail of Arrows XW (1) Instant Uncommon
19. Heart of Light 2W (3) Enchantment — Aura Common
20. High Ground W (1) Enchantment Uncommon
21. Holy Day W (1) Instant Common
22. Holy Strength W (1) Enchantment — Aura Common
23. Honor Guard W (1) Creature — Human Soldier 1/1 Common
24. Icatian Priest W (1) Creature — Human Cleric 1/1 Uncommon
25. Kjeldoran Royal Guard 3WW (5) Creature — Human Soldier 2/5 Rare
26. Loxodon Mystic 3WW (5) Creature — Elephant Cleric 3/3 Common
27. Loyal Sentry W (1) Creature — Human Soldier 1/1 Rare
28. Luminesce W (1) Instant Uncommon
29. Mobilization 2W (3) Enchantment Rare
30. Nomad Mythmaker 2W (3) Creature — Human Nomad Cleric 2/2 Rare
31. Pacifism 1W (2) Enchantment — Aura Common
32. Paladin en-Vec 1WW (3) Creature — Human Knight 2/2 Rare
33. Pariah 2W (3) Enchantment — Aura Rare
34. Reviving Dose 2W (3) Instant Common
35. Reya Dawnbringer 6WWW (9) Legendary Creature — Angel 4/6 Rare
36. Righteousness W (1) Instant Rare
37. Rule of Law 2W (3) Enchantment Uncommon
38. Samite Healer 1W (2) Creature — Human Cleric 1/1 Common
39. Serra Angel 3WW (5) Creature — Angel 4/4 Rare
40. Serra's Embrace 2WW (4) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
41. Skyhunter Patrol 2WW (4) Creature — Cat Knight 2/3 Common
42. Skyhunter Prowler 2W (3) Creature — Cat Knight 1/3 Common
43. Skyhunter Skirmisher 1WW (3) Creature — Cat Knight 1/1 Uncommon
44. Soul Warden W (1) Creature — Human Cleric 1/1 Uncommon
45. Spirit Link W (1) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
46. Spirit Weaver 1W (2) Creature — Human Wizard 2/1 Uncommon
47. Starlight Invoker 1W (2) Creature — Human Cleric Mutant 1/3 Uncommon
48. Steadfast Guard WW (2) Creature — Human Rebel 2/2 Common
49. Story Circle 1WW (3) Enchantment Rare
50. Suntail Hawk W (1) Creature — Bird 1/1 Common
51. Tempest of Light 2W (3) Instant Uncommon
52. Treasure Hunter 2W (3) Creature — Human 2/2 Uncommon
53. True Believer WW (2) Creature — Human Cleric 2/2 Rare
54. Tundra Wolves W (1) Creature — Wolf 1/1 Common
55. Venerable Monk 2W (3) Creature — Human Monk Cleric 2/2 Common
56. Voice of All 2WW (4) Creature — Angel 2/2 Rare
57. Wall of Swords 3W (4) Creature — Wall 3/5 Uncommon
58. Warrior's Honor 2W (3) Instant Common
59. Wild Griffin 2W (3) Creature — Griffin 2/2 Common
60. Windborn Muse 3W (4) Creature — Spirit 2/3 Rare
61. Wrath of God 2WW (4) Sorcery Rare
62. Youthful Knight 1W (2) Creature — Human Knight 2/1 Common
63. Academy Researchers 1UU (3) Creature — Human Wizard 2/2 Uncommon
64. Air Elemental 3UU (5) Creature — Elemental 4/4 Uncommon
65. Ambassador Laquatus 1UU (3) Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard 1/3 Rare
66. Arcanis the Omnipotent 3UUU (6) Legendary Creature — Wizard 3/4 Rare
67. Aura Graft 1U (2) Instant Uncommon
68. Aven Fisher 3U (4) Creature — Bird Soldier 2/2 Common
69. Aven Windreader 3UU (5) Creature — Bird Soldier Wizard 3/3 Common
70. Boomerang UU (2) Instant Common
71. Cancel 1UU (3) Instant Common
72. Cephalid Constable 1UU (3) Creature — Cephalid Wizard 1/1 Rare
73. Clone 3U (4) Creature — Shapeshifter 0/0 Rare
74. Cloud Elemental 2U (3) Creature — Elemental 2/3 Common
75. Cloud Sprite U (1) Creature — Faerie 1/1 Common
76. Counsel of the Soratami 2U (3) Sorcery Common
77. Crafty Pathmage 2U (3) Creature — Human Wizard 1/1 Common
78. Dehydration 3U (4) Enchantment — Aura Common
79. Deluge 2U (3) Instant Uncommon
80. Denizen of the Deep 6UU (8) Creature — Serpent 11/11 Rare
81. Discombobulate 2UU (4) Instant Uncommon
82. Dreamborn Muse 2UU (4) Creature — Spirit 2/2 Rare
83. Evacuation 3UU (5) Instant Rare
84. Flashfreeze 1U (2) Instant Uncommon
85. Fog Elemental 2U (3) Creature — Elemental 4/4 Uncommon
86. Fugitive Wizard U (1) Creature — Human Wizard 1/1 Common
87. Horseshoe Crab 2U (3) Creature — Crab 1/3 Common
88. Hurkyl's Recall 1U (2) Instant Rare
89. Lumengrid Warden 1U (2) Creature — Human Wizard 1/3 Common
90. Mahamoti Djinn 4UU (6) Creature — Djinn 5/6 Rare
91. March of the Machines 3U (4) Enchantment Rare
92. Merfolk Looter 1U (2) Creature — Merfolk Rogue 1/1 Common
93. Mind Bend U (1) Instant Rare
94. Peek U (1) Instant Common
95. Persuasion 3UU (5) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
96. Phantom Warrior 1UU (3) Creature — Illusion Warrior 2/2 Uncommon
97. Plagiarize 3U (4) Instant Rare
98. Puppeteer 2U (3) Creature — Human Wizard 1/2 Uncommon
99. Reminisce 2U (3) Sorcery Uncommon
100. Remove Soul 1U (2) Instant Common
101. Robe of Mirrors U (1) Enchantment — Aura Common
102. Rootwater Commando 2U (3) Creature — Merfolk 2/2 Common
103. Rootwater Matriarch 2UU (4) Creature — Merfolk 2/3 Rare
104. Sage Owl 1U (2) Creature — Bird 1/1 Common
105. Scalpelexis 4U (5) Creature — Beast 1/5 Rare
106. Sea Monster 4UU (6) Creature — Serpent 6/6 Common
107. Shimmering Wings U (1) Enchantment — Aura Common
108. Sift 3U (4) Sorcery Common
109. Sky Weaver 1U (2) Creature — Metathran Wizard 2/1 Uncommon
110. Snapping Drake 3U (4) Creature — Drake 3/2 Common
111. Spiketail Hatchling 1U (2) Creature — Drake 1/1 Uncommon
112. Sunken Hope 3UU (5) Enchantment Rare
113. Telepathy U (1) Enchantment Uncommon
114. Telling Time 1U (2) Instant Uncommon
115. Thieving Magpie 2UU (4) Creature — Bird 1/3 Uncommon
116. Tidings 3UU (5) Sorcery Uncommon
117. Time Stop 4UU (6) Instant Rare
118. Time Stretch 8UU (10) Sorcery Rare
119. Traumatize 3UU (5) Sorcery Rare
120. Twincast UU (2) Instant Rare
121. Twitch 2U (3) Instant Common
122. Unsummon U (1) Instant Common
123. Vedalken Mastermind UU (2) Creature — Vedalken Wizard 1/2 Uncommon
124. Wall of Air 1UU (3) Creature — Wall 1/5 Uncommon
125. Afflict 2B (3) Instant Common
126. Agonizing Memories 2BB (4) Sorcery Uncommon
127. Ascendant Evincar 4BB (6) Legendary Creature — Vampire 3/3 Rare
128. Assassinate 2B (3) Sorcery Common
129. Beacon of Unrest 3BB (5) Sorcery Rare
130. Bog Wraith 3B (4) Creature — Wraith 3/3 Uncommon
131. Consume Spirit X1B (2) Sorcery Uncommon
132. Contaminated Bond 1B (2) Enchantment — Aura Common
133. Cruel Edict 1B (2) Sorcery Uncommon
134. Deathmark B (1) Sorcery Uncommon
135. Diabolic Tutor 2BB (4) Sorcery Uncommon
136. Distress BB (2) Sorcery Common
137. Doomed Necromancer 2B (3) Creature — Human Cleric Mercenary 2/2 Rare
138. Dross Crocodile 3B (4) Creature — Zombie Crocodile 5/1 Common
139. Drudge Skeletons 1B (2) Creature — Skeleton 1/1 Uncommon
140. Dusk Imp 2B (3) Creature — Imp 2/1 Common
141. Essence Drain 4B (5) Sorcery Common
142. Fear BB (2) Enchantment — Aura Common
143. Festering Goblin B (1) Creature — Zombie Goblin 1/1 Common
144. Grave Pact 1BBB (4) Enchantment Rare
145. Graveborn Muse 2BB (4) Creature — Zombie Spirit 3/3 Rare
146. Gravedigger 3B (4) Creature — Zombie 2/2 Common
147. Hate Weaver 1B (2) Creature — Zombie Wizard 2/1 Uncommon
148. Head Games 3BB (5) Sorcery Rare
149. Hidden Horror 1BB (3) Creature — Horror 4/4 Uncommon
150. Highway Robber 2BB (4) Creature — Human Mercenary 2/2 Common
151. Hypnotic Specter 1BB (3) Creature — Specter 2/2 Rare
152. Knight of Dusk 1BB (3) Creature — Human Knight 2/2 Uncommon
153. Looming Shade 2B (3) Creature — Shade 1/1 Common
154. Lord of the Pit 4BBB (7) Creature — Demon 7/7 Rare
155. Lord of the Undead 1BB (3) Creature — Zombie 2/2 Rare
156. Mass of Ghouls 3BB (5) Creature — Zombie Warrior 5/3 Common
157. Megrim 2B (3) Enchantment Uncommon
158. Midnight Ritual X2B (3) Sorcery Rare
159. Mind Rot 2B (3) Sorcery Common
160. Mortal Combat 2BB (4) Enchantment Rare
161. Mortivore 2BB (4) Creature — Lhurgoyf X/X Rare
162. Nantuko Husk 2B (3) Creature — Zombie Insect 2/2 Uncommon
163. Nekrataal 2BB (4) Creature — Human Assassin 2/1 Uncommon
164. Nightmare 5B (6) Creature — Nightmare X/X Rare
165. No Rest for the Wicked 1B (2) Enchantment Uncommon
166. Phage the Untouchable 3BBBB (7) Legendary Creature — Minion 4/4 Rare
167. Phyrexian Rager 2B (3) Creature — Horror 2/2 Common
168. Plague Beetle B (1) Creature — Insect 1/1 Common
169. Plague Wind 7BB (9) Sorcery Rare
170. Rain of Tears 1BB (3) Sorcery Uncommon
171. Ravenous Rats 1B (2) Creature — Rat 1/1 Common
172. Recover 2B (3) Sorcery Common
173. Relentless Rats 1BB (3) Creature — Rat 2/2 Uncommon
174. Royal Assassin 1BB (3) Creature — Human Assassin 1/1 Rare
175. Scathe Zombies 2B (3) Creature — Zombie 2/2 Common
176. Sengir Vampire 3BB (5) Creature — Vampire 4/4 Rare
177. Severed Legion 1BB (3) Creature — Zombie 2/2 Common
178. Sleeper Agent B (1) Creature — Minion 3/3 Rare
179. Soul Feast 3BB (5) Sorcery Uncommon
180. Spineless Thug 1B (2) Creature — Zombie Mercenary 2/2 Common
181. Stronghold Discipline 2BB (4) Sorcery Uncommon
182. Terror 1B (2) Instant Common
183. Thrull Surgeon 1B (2) Creature — Thrull 1/1 Uncommon
184. Underworld Dreams BBB (3) Enchantment Rare
185. Unholy Strength B (1) Enchantment — Aura Common
186. Vampire Bats B (1) Creature — Bat 0/1 Common
187. Anaba Bodyguard 3R (4) Creature — Minotaur 2/3 Common
188. Arcane Teachings 2R (3) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
189. Beacon of Destruction 3RR (5) Instant Rare
190. Blaze XR (1) Sorcery Uncommon
191. Bloodfire Colossus 6RR (8) Creature — Giant 6/6 Rare
192. Bloodrock Cyclops 2R (3) Creature — Cyclops 3/3 Common
193. Bogardan Firefiend 2R (3) Creature — Elemental Spirit 2/1 Common
194. Cone of Flame 3RR (5) Sorcery Uncommon
195. Cryoclasm 2R (3) Sorcery Uncommon
196. Demolish 3R (4) Sorcery Common
197. Dragon Roost 4RR (6) Enchantment Rare
198. Duct Crawler R (1) Creature — Insect 1/1 Common
199. Earth Elemental 3RR (5) Creature — Elemental 4/5 Uncommon
200. Firebreathing R (1) Enchantment — Aura Common
201. Fists of the Anvil 1R (2) Instant Common
202. Flamewave Invoker 2R (3) Creature — Goblin Mutant 2/2 Uncommon
203. Flowstone Slide X2RR (4) Sorcery Rare
204. Furnace of Rath 1RRR (4) Enchantment Rare
205. Furnace Whelp 2RR (4) Creature — Dragon 2/2 Uncommon
206. Goblin Elite Infantry 1R (2) Creature — Goblin Warrior 2/2 Common
207. Goblin King 1RR (3) Creature — Goblin 2/2 Rare
208. Goblin Lore 1R (2) Sorcery Uncommon
209. Goblin Piker 1R (2) Creature — Goblin Warrior 2/1 Common
210. Goblin Sky Raider 2R (3) Creature — Goblin Warrior 1/2 Common
211. Guerrilla Tactics 1R (2) Instant Uncommon
212. Hill Giant 3R (4) Creature — Giant 3/3 Common
213. Incinerate 1R (2) Instant Common
214. Kamahl, Pit Fighter 4RR (6) Legendary Creature — Human Barbarian 6/1 Rare
215. Lava Axe 4R (5) Sorcery Common
216. Lavaborn Muse 3R (4) Creature — Spirit 3/3 Rare
217. Lightning Elemental 3R (4) Creature — Elemental 4/1 Common
218. Manabarbs 3R (4) Enchantment Rare
219. Mogg Fanatic R (1) Creature — Goblin 1/1 Uncommon
220. Orcish Artillery 1RR (3) Creature — Orc Warrior 1/3 Uncommon
221. Prodigal Pyromancer 2R (3) Creature — Human Wizard 1/1 Common
222. Pyroclasm 1R (2) Sorcery Uncommon
223. Rage Weaver 1R (2) Creature — Human Wizard 2/1 Uncommon
224. Raging Goblin R (1) Creature — Goblin Berserker 1/1 Common
225. Relentless Assault 2RR (4) Sorcery Rare
226. Rock Badger 4R (5) Creature — Beast 3/3 Common
227. Scoria Wurm 4R (5) Creature — Wurm 7/7 Rare
228. Seismic Assault RRR (3) Enchantment Rare
229. Shatterstorm 2RR (4) Sorcery Uncommon
230. Shivan Dragon 4RR (6) Creature — Dragon 5/5 Rare
231. Shivan Hellkite 5RR (7) Creature — Dragon 5/5 Rare
232. Shock R (1) Instant Common
233. Shunt 1RR (3) Instant Rare
234. Siege-Gang Commander 3RR (5) Creature — Goblin 2/2 Rare
235. Smash 2R (3) Instant Common
236. Soulblast 3RRR (6) Instant Rare
237. Spark Elemental R (1) Creature — Elemental 3/1 Uncommon
238. Spitting Earth 1R (2) Sorcery Common
239. Squee, Goblin Nabob 2R (3) Legendary Creature — Goblin 1/1 Rare
240. Stun 1R (2) Instant Common
241. Sudden Impact 3R (4) Instant Uncommon
242. Threaten 2R (3) Sorcery Uncommon
243. Thundering Giant 3RR (5) Creature — Giant 4/3 Uncommon
244. Uncontrollable Anger 2RR (4) Enchantment — Aura Common
245. Viashino Runner 3R (4) Creature — Viashino 3/2 Common
246. Viashino Sandscout 1R (2) Creature — Viashino Scout 2/1 Common
247. Wall of Fire 1RR (3) Creature — Wall 0/5 Uncommon
248. Warp World 5RRR (8) Sorcery Rare
249. Abundance 2GG (4) Enchantment Rare
250. Aggressive Urge 1G (2) Instant Common
251. Avatar of Might 6GG (8) Creature — Avatar 8/8 Rare
252. Birds of Paradise G (1) Creature — Bird 0/1 Rare
253. Blanchwood Armor 2G (3) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
254. Canopy Spider 1G (2) Creature — Spider 1/3 Common
255. Civic Wayfinder 2G (3) Creature — Elf Warrior Druid 2/2 Common
256. Commune with Nature G (1) Sorcery Common
257. Craw Wurm 4GG (6) Creature — Wurm 6/4 Common
258. Creeping Mold 2GG (4) Sorcery Uncommon
259. Elven Riders 3GG (5) Creature — Elf 3/3 Uncommon
260. Elvish Berserker G (1) Creature — Elf Berserker 1/1 Common
261. Elvish Champion 1GG (3) Creature — Elf 2/2 Rare
262. Elvish Piper 3G (4) Creature — Elf Shaman 1/1 Rare
263. Enormous Baloth 6G (7) Creature — Beast 7/7 Uncommon
264. Femeref Archers 2G (3) Creature — Human Archer 2/2 Uncommon
265. Gaea's Herald 1G (2) Creature — Elf 1/1 Rare
266. Giant Growth G (1) Instant Common
267. Giant Spider 3G (4) Creature — Spider 2/4 Common
268. Grizzly Bears 1G (2) Creature — Bear 2/2 Common
269. Hunted Wumpus 3G (4) Creature — Beast 6/6 Uncommon
270. Hurricane XG (1) Sorcery Rare
271. Joiner Adept 1G (2) Creature — Elf Druid 2/1 Rare
272. Karplusan Strider 3G (4) Creature — Yeti 3/4 Uncommon
273. Kavu Climber 3GG (5) Creature — Kavu 3/3 Common
274. Llanowar Elves G (1) Creature — Elf Druid 1/1 Common
275. Llanowar Sentinel 2G (3) Creature — Elf 2/3 Common
276. Lure 1GG (3) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
277. Might of Oaks 3G (4) Instant Rare
278. Might Weaver 1G (2) Creature — Human Wizard 2/1 Uncommon
279. Mirri, Cat Warrior 1GG (3) Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior 2/3 Rare
280. Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer 4GGG (7) Legendary Creature — Elemental X/X Rare
281. Natural Spring 3GG (5) Sorcery Common
282. Naturalize 1G (2) Instant Common
283. Overgrowth 2G (3) Enchantment — Aura Common
284. Overrun 2GGG (5) Sorcery Uncommon
285. Pincher Beetles 2G (3) Creature — Insect 3/1 Common
286. Primal Rage 1G (2) Enchantment Uncommon
287. Quirion Dryad 1G (2) Creature — Dryad 1/1 Rare
288. Rampant Growth 1G (2) Sorcery Common
289. Recollect 2G (3) Sorcery Uncommon
290. Regeneration 1G (2) Enchantment — Aura Uncommon
291. Rhox 4GG (6) Creature — Beast 5/5 Rare
292. Root Maze G (1) Enchantment Rare
293. Rootwalla 2G (3) Creature — Lizard 2/2 Common
294. Rushwood Dryad 1G (2) Creature — Dryad 2/1 Common
295. Scion of the Wild 1GG (3) Creature — Avatar X/X Rare
296. Seedborn Muse 3GG (5) Creature — Spirit 2/4 Rare
297. Skyshroud Ranger G (1) Creature — Elf 1/1 Common
298. Spined Wurm 4G (5) Creature — Wurm 5/4 Common
299. Stalking Tiger 3G (4) Creature — Cat 3/3 Common
300. Stampeding Wildebeests 2GG (4) Creature — Beast 5/4 Uncommon
301. Sylvan Basilisk 3GG (5) Creature — Basilisk 2/4 Uncommon
302. Sylvan Scrying 1G (2) Sorcery Uncommon
303. Tangle Spider 4GG (6) Creature — Spider 3/4 Uncommon
304. Treetop Bracers 1G (2) Enchantment — Aura Common
305. Troll Ascetic 1GG (3) Creature — Troll Shaman 3/2 Rare
306. Upwelling 3G (4) Enchantment Rare
307. Verdant Force 5GGG (8) Creature — Elemental 7/7 Rare
308. Viridian Shaman 2G (3) Creature — Elf Shaman 2/2 Uncommon
309. Wall of Wood G (1) Creature — Wall 0/3 Common
310. Yavimaya Enchantress 2G (3) Creature — Human Druid 2/2 Uncommon
311. Angel's Feather 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
312. Bottle Gnomes 3 (3) Artifact Creature — Gnome 1/3 Uncommon
313. Chimeric Staff 4 (4) Artifact Rare
314. Chromatic Star 1 (1) Artifact Uncommon
315. Citanul Flute 5 (5) Artifact Rare
316. Coat of Arms 5 (5) Artifact Rare
317. Colossus of Sardia 9 (9) Artifact Creature — Golem 9/9 Rare
318. Composite Golem 6 (6) Artifact Creature — Golem 4/4 Uncommon
319. Crucible of Worlds 3 (3) Artifact Rare
320. Demon's Horn 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
321. Doubling Cube 2 (2) Artifact Rare
322. Dragon's Claw 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
323. Fountain of Youth 0 (0) Artifact Uncommon
324. The Hive 5 (5) Artifact Rare
325. Howling Mine 2 (2) Artifact Rare
326. Icy Manipulator 4 (4) Artifact Uncommon
327. Jayemdae Tome 4 (4) Artifact Rare
328. Juggernaut 4 (4) Artifact Creature — Juggernaut 5/3 Uncommon
329. Kraken's Eye 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
330. Legacy Weapon 7 (7) Legendary Artifact Rare
331. Leonin Scimitar 1 (1) Artifact — Equipment Uncommon
332. Loxodon Warhammer 3 (3) Artifact — Equipment Rare
333. Mantis Engine 5 (5) Artifact Creature — Insect 3/3 Uncommon
334. Millstone 2 (2) Artifact Rare
335. Mind Stone 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
336. Ornithopter 0 (0) Artifact Creature — Thopter 0/2 Uncommon
337. Phyrexian Vault 3 (3) Artifact Uncommon
338. Pithing Needle 1 (1) Artifact Rare
339. Platinum Angel 7 (7) Artifact Creature — Angel 4/4 Rare
340. Razormane Masticore 5 (5) Artifact Creature — Masticore 5/5 Rare
341. Rod of Ruin 4 (4) Artifact Uncommon
342. Sculpting Steel 3 (3) Artifact Rare
343. Spellbook 0 (0) Artifact Uncommon
344. Steel Golem 3 (3) Artifact Creature — Golem 3/4 Uncommon
345. Whispersilk Cloak 3 (3) Artifact — Equipment Uncommon
346. Wurm's Tooth 2 (2) Artifact Uncommon
347. Adarkar Wastes Land Rare
348. Battlefield Forge Land Rare
349. Brushland Land Rare
350. Caves of Koilos Land Rare
351. Faerie Conclave Land Uncommon
352. Forbidding Watchtower Land Uncommon
353. Ghitu Encampment Land Uncommon
354. Karplusan Forest Land Rare
355. Llanowar Wastes Land Rare
356. Quicksand Land Uncommon
357. Shivan Reef Land Rare
358. Spawning Pool Land Uncommon
359. Sulfurous Springs Land Rare
360. Terramorphic Expanse Land Common
361. Treetop Village Land Uncommon
362. Underground River Land Rare
363. Yavimaya Coast Land Rare

A Remove Soul by any other name...

The M10 Magic:2010 spoiler reveals plenty of renames -- reprints of existing cards, but with new names. My first reaction was that Magic was renaming staples to force players into buying new product in able to be order to play with them. Wizards, I'm sure, would respond by saying it changed the cards for flavor reasons. I'm going to break down a few of the renames here.

Essence Scatter -- 1U -- Instant -- Counter target creature spell
aka Remove Soul -- 1U -- Instant -- counter target creature spell

It seems odd to me that they renamed Remove Soul, especially when they recently made a textless version of it. Textless spells are supposedly so recognizable that we don't need reminder text -- we KNOW what Remove Soul does. And now it's gone.

So why rename it? I admit, on at least a couple of occasions, I've seen new players confused by this card. Unfamiliar with the idea of counterspells, they think Remove Soul ought to be able to Remove the Soul of a creature in play... that's what the picture looks like, that's what the name sounds like. So I can see the argument for a name change. However, might it still seem to a new player like Essence Scatter ought to Scatter the Essence of a creature in play?

Elite Vanguard -- W -- Creature/Human Soldier -- 2/1
aka Savannah Lions -- W -- Creature/Cat -- 2/1

I have no problem with the creature-type change here... now your one-drop has lots more potential synergy with your other cards.

Act of Treason -- 2R -- Sorcery -- Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
aka Threaten -- 2R -- Sorcery -- Untap target creature and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn.

Threaten has/had great flavor. I'm going to BULLY your guy into working for me, see? If he doesn't, I'm going to burn down his mom's hut. Very RED of me. "Act of Treason" has BLUE flavor... I'm going to manipulate your guy's emotions until he commits an act of betrayal? I find this name change unnecessary and strange.

Divination -- 2U -- Sorcery -- Draw two cards.
aka Counsel of the Soratami -- 2U -- Sorcery -- Draw two cards.

Okay, I can see wanting to nix the reference to the Soratami, since they're no where else in Coreland. Maybe someone in R&D wanted to forget Kamigawa block ever happened. They wouldn't be alone.

Doom Blade -- 1B -- Instant -- Destroy target nonblack creature.
not exactly Terror -- 1B -- Instant -- Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Not an exact rename... black gains the ability to destroy artifact creatures, but loses the ability to kill regenerators. Terror is one of those iconic cards, and I'm not sure this change makes sense either. The idea is that black can't kill artifact creatures because they don't have souls, but anything else nonblack that it touches is just hopelessly dead. I suppose creatures with regeneration just got better.

Dread Warlock -- 1BB -- Creature/ Human Wizard -- 2/2 -- Dread Warlock can't be blocked except by black creatures.
strictly better than Severed Legion -- 1BB -- Creature/Zombie -- 2/2 -- Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

I guess artifacts got soul. Is Fear gone?

Civic Wayfinder loses his Elfness and becomes a Human Scout who enters the Battlefield instead of coming into play... Sabretooth Tiger becomes a Viashino... Nessian Courser becomes Centaur Courser... minor alterations. Still, all in all, I'm cynical about these name changes. I still feel like the idea is to nudge sales of the new product, and that we can look forward to more such changes every new Core set. Meaning, one day you may be playing with Huge Growth, Keebler Elf, and Wrath of Dog.

4/10/09 -- Nevermaker Mannequin

I finally get to play at FNM tonight for the first time in months, so I get to run my Nevermaker deck through a gauntlet.



Nevermaker Mannequin

Ponder x4
Unsummon x4
Shriekmaw x4
Ravenous Rats x4
Turn to Mist x4
Mulldrifter x4
Nevermaker x4
Makeshift Mannequin x4
Murderous Redcap x4
Crumbling Necropolis x1
Arcane Sanctum x1
Grixis Panorama x2
Esper Panorama x2
Island x9
Swamp x9

Sideboard
Puppeteer Clique x3
Shadowfeed x4
Flashfreeze x4
Dragon's Claw x4

Originally, I made this deck mono-blue, to abuse the synergy of Vedalken Mastermind and Nevermaker. Unfortunately, trying to keep Vedalken Mastermind alive meant devoting a ton of counterspells to the deck... which is fine, but in today's Standard, Kithkin and red decks are just too fast for no-mass-removal blue to keep up with. I thought about going blue/white for Wrath and Reveillark, but blue/black seemed more fun and more economical. A Nevermaker deck shouldn't have a bunch of rare cards in it!

This version is untuned and untested, but the idea is still to satisfy my love of Time Ebb effects as often as possible with Nevermaker. The deck should take advantage of tempo by getting card advantage with CIP creatures and damage stacking during combat. Unsummon and Turn to Mist are cheap and serve double duty, messing up an opponent's combat or getting Murderous Redcap, Nevermaker, Ravenous Rats, Shriekmaw and Mulldrifter in and out of play. Makeshift Mannequin is backup. Adding Reveillark to this deck should make it silly but I wanted to keep it budget and not add rare lands. The sideboard is mostly red hate because I anticipate still getting rolled by burn decks with Demigod of Revenge. I may add Infest to the board. Tournament report to follow.

1:26 a.m. -- very tired! I made Top 8 with the deck, going 3-1-1 over five rounds of Swiss. I lost in Top 8 2-1 to a black/green deck featuring Bitterblossom, Garruk Wildspeaker, Treetop Village, Mutavault, Chameleon Colossus, Nameless Inversion, Kitchen Finks... who plays good cards like those? Kitchen Finks were a problem all night long because I really didn't want to Shriekmaw them OR Nevermaker them. I replaced Puppeteer Clique with Infest in the sideboard, but it wasn't as good for me as it seemed like it would be. I boarded in Flashfreeze OFTEN and it was very good. Murderous Redcap was hit or miss. I think in the next version of this deck, Redcap will become Obelisk of Esper. This will force the deck to lean very heavily on Mulldrifter for card advantage, but very often I wanted to play Nevermaker and Unsummon it, or play Mulldrifter and Turn to Mist it, but I was a mana short. Also, with no rares in the land-base, I got off to some slow starts... I almost never wanted to take the time to sacrifice a Panorama land. Potentially, the Redcap spot could be Raven's Crime to support Ravenous Rat shenanigans... Overall, I was happy with the way this deck performed -- it's not a dominating deck, but it's fun to play and I think with some tweaking it can be competitive!

Quick rundown -- Round 1) lost 2-1 to a deck with Bloom Tender / Realm Razer / Titanic Ultimatum /Kitchen Finks / Sarkhan Vol / Ajani Vengeant/ Cliffrunner Behemoth / Martial Coup / Woolly Thoctar. Just too many big threats, and hey, if someone gets Titanic Ultimatum to resolve on you twice, they deserve to win (FNM 0-1). Round 2) beat an underpowered Kithkin deck 2-0, basically a tweaked precon run by a guy just getting back into the game. I wasn't particularly confident after this match since he managed to beat me down to 6 life Game 1 with suboptimal creatures (FNM 1-1). Round 3) beat a Red Black Green mana ramp deck featuring Violent Ultimatum, Broodmate Dragon, Sprouting Thrinax (a pain), Profane Command, Kitchen Finks I think, 2-1. This kind of deck is perfect to play against with Nevermaker since it quickly runs itself out of cards and then Nevermaker can control the board. I still lost game two to a topdecked Broodmate Dragon though. Shriekmaw is great half the time, terrible half the time... it doesn't kill Demigod or even block him. And this was another matchup where Murderous Redcap didn't pull his weight (FNM 2-1). Round 4) Beat a very interesting Bant deck 2-1, a deck which featured Rafiq and his exalted friends with Cold-Eye Selkie and Spawnwrithe and again, Kitchen Finks. Cephalid Constable was even in there, though he never hit the board. How good is Rafiq? Plenty good. In this matchup, Shriekmaw was my best friend -- I think he has to be maindeck, even in Alara, where a third of the creatures are black or artifact. I got land-flooded Game 2, then he mulliganed to 5 Game 3 (FNM 3-1). Round 5) I drew into Top 8 against Faeries. Who the heck enjoys playing against Faeries? (FNM 3-1-1). Fun night. I got my $3 worth.

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2/20/09 Conflux

Haven't posted in awhile, but I added Conflux to the store some time back. I have to say that Nicol Bolas Planeswalker is just a beautiful card. The art is wicked, the power level is obscene (though properly costed), and he's oozing with flavor. Path to Exile, Maelstrom Archangel, Banefire and Noble Hierarch are all obviously great... I think Rakka Mar, Scepter of Fugue and Martial Coup are underrated. I've already sold ten or more Font of Mythos. Whether the card is complete jank or not is debatable; clearly, people want eight Howling Mines so they can play Turbo-Fog or Underworld Dreams...

1/22/09 Type 2 Helix Pinnacle

So I dusted off Magic Workstation, figuring that rather than compulsively playing game after game of chess to unwind after my son goes to bed, I could unleash my OCD and insomnia on Magic the Gathering deck building again. And I've wanted to build a deck around Helix Pinnacle since the card came out.



I figured there were two strategies to consider when designing the deck: 1) figure out a way to make a LOT of mana and go counter crazy or 2) stay alive till turn 40 and build the Pinnacle up a little every turn. Since I've always been a fan of win-condition-less Turbo Fog Howling Mine Gaea's Blessing decks, I chose option 2.

100 Pennies Makes a Dollar

2x Empyrial Archangel

4x Idyllic Tutor
2x Story Circle
2x Aura of Silence
4x Runed Halo
1x Helix Pinnacle
1x Mobilization

4x Wrath of God
4x Hallowed Burial

3x Kiss of the Amesha
4x Rampant Growth
4x Telling Time
1x Recollect

3x Seaside Citadel
3x Mystic Gate
4x Wooded Bastion
4x Bant Panorama
3x Island
4x Plains
3x Forest

Sideboard
1x Empyrial Archangel
1x Greater Auramancy
4x Eyes of the Wisent
1x Raking Canopy
1x Rule of Law
3x Declaration of Naught
4x Dragon's Claw

So I ended up with an Idyllic Tutor toolbox. I broke in this first version of the deck with several games on Workstation and went about 50/50, winning a few games by slowly adding counters onto Helix Pinnacle, a couple by attacking with endless Mobilization tokens, and a couple with the ridiculous and fun Empyrial Archangel.

As designed, the deck is intended to stall out creature-based decks like Doran and Elves, and it did well against that style of deck. Against Kithkin and red decks, you have to resolve Story Circle fast, and you have to protect the Circle against Oblivion Ring with Aura of Silence. I tried running Hindering Light as an anti O-Ring measure, but I ended up cutting it -- it might be necessary for the sideboard. When the deck wins, you feel completely in control by turn 9 or 10 -- you just have to live through that first creature rush.

Runed Halo turned out to be amazing, shutting down early threats and buying time for Wrath to come online. Almost every first Idyllic Tutor was used to fetch a Story Circle, which is the deck's all-star. Mobilization is a great alternate win-condition, a perfect late-game Tutor target. I was also very happy with the "glue" elements of the deck: Rampant Growth, Telling Time and Kiss of the Amesha... the deck manipulation and acceleration were useful, and Kiss got me right back into many games I was about to lose. There were a lot of good mtg cards I tried in the deck and eventually cut: Oblivion Ring, Prison Term and Recumbent Bliss among them. It just seemed wasteful to enchant my opponent's creatures and then Wrath them away. Ultimately, though, O-Ring might be too good not to play, due to opposing O-Rings and Planeswalkers.

Counterspell decks like Faeries are just going to be a nightmare to try to beat -- I went with 4x Eyes of the Wisent out of the board to maximize the chance of resolving one turn two game two. The deck also needs some help against Reveillark and Makeshift Mannequin builds which recur Wispmare and eventually run the deck out of removal. Relic of Progenitus maybe? Declaration of Naught is meant to be an answer out of the board to deck-crushing Fracturing Gusts, but I never got to board it in. Also, cruelly, Cruel Ultimatum control wrecked me in the face. I don't expect this deck to dominate tournaments, but it won often enough to keep it fun.

This deck can be very irritating to opponents since it does a whole lot of nothing and takes forever to win. It doesn't have a showy infinite mana combo that lets you win on a single turn. Instead, your opponent sees the loss by Helix Pinnacle coming, fifteen turns away... but what are they going to do about it? That's not nice -- but it's pretty satisfying, when it works. For me, about half the matches I played in. Give it a try. And suggestions to improve my decks are always welcome!

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1/20/09 Magic and Recession

Is Magic the Gathering recession-proof? I'm probably more interested in this question than most since my ability to pay my rent is directly tied to people's hopefully continued interest in turning little colored pieces of waxed paper sideways. As everyone knows, we're staring into the darkness of a massive Recession, potentially a Depression, heck, we may in fact be walking into the gaping black maw of Void Maw. We'll know when the stars go out. Does Void Maw void? Is there ever a coming out of the other end?

And yet... video games keep selling. And so far... Magic the Gathering cards keep selling. In the face of economic uncertainty, people are spending their entertainment budget on reusable sources of amusement rather than blowing it on two-hour movie chunks or Applebees. Magic the Gathering cards are always a great entertainment value. You put your money in, you get your enjoyment out, and at the end, if you want to be done, you sell your cards off on ebay and get a refund on your investment. Or, you hold on to your collection forever, and every batch of new cards you add just increases the possible deck interactions exponentially. To have and to hold, and it's kind of a nest-egg too. Buy a Fat Pack or waste two hours watching Valkyrie? The cards are forever. How long is Tom Cruise? Like 4'10"?

Sometimes the people you meet at tournaments are a little snotty. They forget that they were ever a newb, or hell, maybe it's some weird exhibit of positioning in the nerd social heirarchy. Anyway, sometimes we forget that MOST of the people who play Magic the Gathering never go to a competitive tournament... they play with their friends around a kitchen table and they kick each other's butts with homebrews. These players are and always will be the life-blood of Magic. This is why I always try to be nice to new players at the shops, why everyone should be... because it's they, not the die-hard FNM -ers and even fewer PTQ -ers and Grand Prix -ers and Pro-Tour -ers, it's the millions of casual gamers and kids and collectors and stoners who buy the boxes and build 80 card decks and keep the Magic going year after year. Show some appreciation to the ones who, hopefully for a long time to come, make this game Recession-proof, Depression-proof, and distasteful to Horrors.

1/18/09 Progenitus and auctions

Progenitus wwuubbrrgg
Legendary Creature - Hydra Mythic Rare
Protection from everything (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted or equipped.)
When Progenitus is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library. 10/10 -- Magic the Gathering Conflux set

Pretty cool. Progenitus has protection from your mother, from card sleeves, and from your own fingers. It's going to be difficult to shuffle or tap. Progenitus raises the existential question "What is EVERYTHING?" or, at least, "What is EVERYTHING according to the game of Magic the Gathering?" Protection from everything is a much shorter way of saying Protection from white, red, blue, red, green, artifacts, lands and Protection from potential unprinted colorless creatures, planeswalkers, sorceries, instants and enchantments, and then perhaps Protection from opponents, tribal, undreamed-of R&D card types, graveyards (it kind of does have Protection from Graveyards, like Darksteel Colossus), abilities... probably other stuff I didn't think of. But is that EVERYTHING? Everything in the game of Magic? Does it have Protection from libraries? Protection from land-screw? Protection from bad die-rolls? Protection from trade binders? Protection from Prereleases? Protection from having to sit too close to a stinky person? Protection from discard, Evacuation, Wrath? (Gosh, Wizards, your ten mana Mythic rare isn't even indestructible? call me spoiled...) I think if you get you get working on it now, you can build an Extended turn-two kill with Progenitus, Mass Hysteria and a Hidetsugu's Second Rite, and, you know, fourteen to twenty assorted colored mana.

My ebay auctions start and end every Sunday, and I have a pretty big auction this week... I have been selling off the 5500 count lots I got from the local store's going out of business selloff, starting them at 49.99 -- they've been going higher than that, they're a good deal, and I only have three left now. I'm selling a few filter lands, a Darksteel Colossus, Rafiq of the Many, Birds of Paradise, played playsets of Master of Etherium and Ancestral Vision, some other good rares, all starting at .99 or .01. I'm pushing out extra lots this week... 14.99-19.99 for 72 listed rares is a good deal, plus 300 count uncommon and basic land lots, foil Island and Forest lots. THEN I've got dozens of playsets of playable commons and uncommons starting at .99, including Shriekmaw, Tattermunge Maniac, Dread Return, Slivers, Tribal Flames, Essence Warden, Telling Time, Putrefy, Lightning Helix, Boros Swiftblade, Trygon Predator, Guildmages, Desperate Ritual, Sensei's Divining Top, Seething Song, Affinity commons, artifact lands, Skullclamp, Cranial Plating, Eternal Witness...

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