Article -- Head to Head: "Modern" Suicide Black

[Rakso]

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandnews.php?Article=6349

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandnews.php?Article=6350

Quote In our second game, he opens with Forest, Skyshroud Elite, and Ghazban Ogre (via Elvish Spirit Guide).
I open with a pathetic Underground Sea.

He Rancors up the Elite, serves for six, then plays a second Forest and Rogue Elephant.

I Vampiric Tutor for Chalice of the Void at the end of his turn, untap, and play Mox Ruby, Mox Pearl, and Tolarian Academy. Then I play Chalice for one followed by Balance.

An agonized howl filled my house after he read the card text - thrice.

All these stories aside, however, it's time for control decks to stop maindecking Chalice. I hinted at this last October. I wrote in "Maximizing Mirrodin, Part V":

"Chalice just adds more randomness in the sense that it makes too big a difference who's going first, who knows what the other guy is playing, and who has a particular card in the opening hand. Hell, if Chalice remains unrestricted and combo is shut out, the next step is for smart players to drop Chalice and get an advantage over the surviving decks by having less dead cards."

[Matt The Great]

Quote 02:16:07 - -- Rakso says: ''Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war || http://groups.yahoo.com/group....9;'

Ladies and gentlemen, he's finally done it. Rakso's signature has grown so large that it's spilled over to his Apprentice greeting.

[Dr. Sylvan]

Quote Oscar Tan (e-mail: Rakso at StarCityGames.com)
rakso on #BDChat on EFNet
Team Paragons of Vintage
University of the Philippines, College of Law
Forum Administrator, Star City Games
Featured Writer, Star City Games
Author of the Control Player's Bible
Maintainer, Beyond Dominia (R.I.P.)
Proud member of the Casual Player's Alliance

Here's the key to making the articles small enough to fit in one page:

Oscar Tan (e-mail: Rakso at StarCityGames.com)
University of the Philippines, College of Law
Featured Writer and Forum Administrator, Star City Games
Maintainer, Beyond Dominia (R.I.P.)
Proud member - Casual Player's Alliance, Team Paragons of Vintage

(OMG, half as long! Seriously, an IRC nick?)

I was pleased to see the B&R announcement mentioned without the words "Back to Basics" in the same article.