Alara Reborn Launch Party Promo Card

For the Alara Reborn release party which will happen today, this will be the promo card that you can get your hands on.
For more information: Alara Reborn Launch Party Card.

Alara Reborn Complete Visual Spoiler

The pre-release to the latest Magic expansion "Alara Reborn" just ended and the complete visual spoiler is now available on their site. You can check it out here: Alara Reborn Visual Spoiler.

Alara Reborn Into Pack Decklists

The decklists of Alara Reborn Intro packs are already up on the Magic site. Too bad you still have to wait until the official release date for the new cards to appear at the gatherer. Check them out here: Alara Reborn Intro Pack Decklists.

From the Vault: Vaults

I'm not sure if this is true or whack because it's April 1 today but another edition of From the Vaults series was announced at the Magic site. From the Vault: Vaults features 15 premium cards of some the most popular vault cards in Magic history. Anyway, I'm completely positive that this is some kind of a joke.

Source: Announcing From the Vault: Vaults.

Tomoharu Saito wins Grand Prix Singapore

Tomoharu Saito wins the latest extended Grand Prix Singapore. He piloted the Naya Zoo deck to the top spot. Here's the decklist:

Main Deck
60 cards

4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
2 Sacred Foundry
3 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
21 lands

3 Gaddock Teeg
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Woolly Thoctar
24 creatures

2 Incinerate
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
3 Seal of Fire
2 Umezawa's Jitte
15 other spells

Sideboard

1 Ancient Grudge
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
3 Ranger of Eos
1 Rule of Law
3 Volcanic Fallout
15 sideboard cards

For the full report visit: Saito Slaughters Singapore.

Alara Reborn Intro Packs

The upcoming third expansion Alara Reborn has new intro packs now previewed on the Magic Website. Check them out here: Alara Reborn Intro Packs.

Nassif's CounterTop wins!

Just after winning the Pro Tour Kyoto Gabriel Nassif once again proved his greatness at the 2009 Grand Prix Chicago where the format was Legacy and he won with his own version of the CounterTop deck. Here is the decklist:

Main Deck
60 cards

4 Flooded Strand
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
20 lands


4 Dark Confidant
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Trygon Predator
12 creatures

4 Brainstorm
4 Counterbalance
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Krosan Grip
2 Ponder
4 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Vedalken Shackles
28 other spells


Sideboard

1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Darkblast
1 Energy Flux
1 Engineered Plague
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Hydroblast
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Krosan Grip
1 Perish
1 Planar Void
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards

For more information regarding the tournament, look into Magic's own website and read on (Two Victories in a Row for Gabriel Nassif!).

The new rarity in Magic: Mythic

In connection with the previous post, there's also a new card rarity available in Magic: The Gathering.. the Mythic rares. Yes, it's much rarer than rares in like appearing only once in about eight booster packs, but one thing I'm sure of is not every mythic rare is uber powered, it's just that those cards feel well.. mythic. Also because of this harder to get cards now included in sets starting with Shards of Alara block, I think this new rarity is the reason for driving new cards to be high in prices, like above the $20 range. Even the Ravnica block dual lands did'nt top that $20 mark, so I think it really sucks especially for budget gamers, but overall for the community, I think it's doing a great service by keeping the game fresh and healthy. For card odds approximation, check out the official post by Magic: The Gathering (Changes as of Shards of Alara).

The new card type in Magic: Planeswalker

I've been playing Magic: The Gathering on and off for some time now and I think the last set I've played was the Time Spiral Block which was cool because of the reprints but somehow not that much great for me than its previous block Ravnica which has the new revisions of Dual Lands.. so until now I haven't seen or heard anything Magic and to my surprise when I tried to search what's happening now to the community is that I was faced with something amazing and eye candy in the form of a new card type: Planeswalker. The first I've seen it I really felt old school, is this what has become of Magic? I've only left for like 2 years.. well for those interested and don't know yet about this new card type, you can follow this link on the official website of Magic: The Gathering (Planeswalker Rules).