Recently I sold some underutilized and expensive cards and decided to use the proceeds to buy into MTGO (username: s3raphix). It will be a nice option to have when I can't play paper Magic, and will help me improve my understanding of certain rules/interactions and become a faster player.
A competitive version of Punishing Maverick can be built relatively inexpensively at about 250 tix. This version omits Noble Hierarchs and Surgical Extractions, as those cards are a bit pricey online. More Birds of Paradise and Faerie Macabre/Tormod's Crypt are fine substitutes however. Here is the list:
To compensate for the lower threat density that comes with playing Birds, Sword of Fire and Ice is in the maindeck and I cut a land for an Elspeth, Knight-Errant (recently I've mana flooded a bit too often and was looking to cut a land anyway). This isn't to say Birds is a bad card; tapping for Red and flying are often relevant.
I've been jamming games in the "Just for Fun" lobby to familiarize myself with the MTGO interface in preparation for more competitive play. For this purpose I crafted a less-competitive deck than Maverick which can only be described as "GW Cards I Like". Here is the latest version:
So far I've played against a mix of powerful and not-so powerful decks with very positive results. The deck has been a ton of fun. Winning with Birds carrying Swords and Hero of Bladehold is my kind of Magic.
A competitive version of Punishing Maverick can be built relatively inexpensively at about 250 tix. This version omits Noble Hierarchs and Surgical Extractions, as those cards are a bit pricey online. More Birds of Paradise and Faerie Macabre/Tormod's Crypt are fine substitutes however. Here is the list:
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To compensate for the lower threat density that comes with playing Birds, Sword of Fire and Ice is in the maindeck and I cut a land for an Elspeth, Knight-Errant (recently I've mana flooded a bit too often and was looking to cut a land anyway). This isn't to say Birds is a bad card; tapping for Red and flying are often relevant.
I've been jamming games in the "Just for Fun" lobby to familiarize myself with the MTGO interface in preparation for more competitive play. For this purpose I crafted a less-competitive deck than Maverick which can only be described as "GW Cards I Like". Here is the latest version:
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So far I've played against a mix of powerful and not-so powerful decks with very positive results. The deck has been a ton of fun. Winning with Birds carrying Swords and Hero of Bladehold is my kind of Magic.
