Acquire Chandra's Outrage

Haricu on 2013-04-01 update of Phoenix Arise

1 month ago

I think you might want to take out one of the Chandra's, which ever one you prefer. They kind of slow down the whole "Beat you down with undying birds" thing, and dont really provide a good use until they ult or use their -X's, in which case they probably wont survive or you wont have the mana after casting them to make them useful. You might actually want to take both out. I would also take out the Chandra's Fury s, because it seems that you want to kill the opponent's creatures to pave a way for your phoenixes, and Chandra's Outrage does that much more effectively.

Basically, i would do this:-3 Chandra's Fury -2 Chandra Nalaar -2 Chandra, the Firebrand

+4 Goblin Arsonist +3 Infernal Plunge

I also really like the idea of Warstorm Surge , but it might be too slow. Playtest it, see how it works out, but you might just want to put in some good old-fashioned Pillar of Flame s in there. Hope this all helped!

zandl on New Player

1 month ago

At least in the general sense, the five colors of Magic: the Gathering each have an equal power level (that's how they're designed to be).

Just choose the color that you think best reflects how you'd want to play the game:

White is all about focusing your resources on amassing an army of smaller creatures and embracing the mentality of "many hands make light work," so to speak. It also lends itself to pooling everything into a single champion to get the job done. The themes that revolve around White are life-gain (Angel's Mercy ), creature lock-down (Pacifism ), purification (Rest in Peace , Wrath of God , Devout Lightcaster ), and reinforcing your army of little creatures (Honor of the Pure , Glorious Charge ). The most common types of creatures in White are Humans (Champion of the Parish ) and Angels (Avacyn, Angel of Hope ). The original White Planeswalker is Ajani Goldmane .

Blue is completely obsessed with controlling your opponents to benefit yourself. The themes that revolve around Blue are card-drawing (Divination , Blue Sun's Zenith ), countering spells (Counterspell , Negate ), creature control (Mind Control ), permanent "bouncing" (Unsummon , Cyclonic Rift ), and "mill" (which is making your opponent lose by draining the cards in their library, with things like Increasing Confusion and Mind Sculpt ). The most common types of creatures in Blue are Wizards (Azami, Lady of Scrolls ) and air-bound creatures (Storm Crow , Chasm Drake ). The original Blue Planeswalker is Jace Beleren .

Black loves to increase your power beyond that of your opponent through greed and crime. The themes that resolve around Black are creature removal (Murder , Doom Blade ), greedy tactics (Sign in Blood , Bone Splinters ), reanimation (Reanimate , Rise from the Grave ), and hand-disruption (Mind Rot , Duress ). The most common types of creatures in Black are Demons (Griselbrand , Desecration Demon ) and Zombies (Gravecrawler , Cemetery Reaper ). The original Black Planeswalker is Liliana Vess .

Red just wants to kill your opponent, no matter how reckless or spontaneous it may be. The themes that revolve around Red are direct damage (Lightning Bolt , Chandra's Outrage ), temporary creature theft (Act of Treason , Zealous Conscripts ), and quick & dirty creatures (Raging Goblin , Ash Zealot ). The most common creature types in Red are Goblins (Goblin Chieftain , Goblin Arsonist ) and Dragons (Ancient Hellkite , Flameblast Dragon ). The original Red Planeswalker is Chandra Nalaar .

Green is most concerned with growth, nature, and big 'ole fat creatures. The themes that revolve around Green are mana acceleration (Rampant Growth , Llanowar Elves ), naturalization (Back to Nature , Creeping Corrosion ), creature growth (Giant Growth , Forced Adaptation ), and big creatures (aka, "fatties") (Terra Stomper , Worldspine Wurm ). The most common creature types in Green are Elves (Elvish Archdruid , Arbor Elf ), Beasts (Obstinate Baloth , Garruk's Companion ) and Wurms (Craw Wurm , Pelakka Wurm ). The original Green Planeswalker is Garruk Wildspeaker .

The five colors do other things, of course, but what's most interesting is that they find ways of hating on each other. Green loves growth but Black loves death, so you get cards like Autumn's Veil and Deathmark . Blue loves controlling creatures but Red hates control and order, so you get cards like Flashfreeze and Guttural Response .

What's more, Red and Blue share certain traits, like a passion for spellcraft, so we wing up with things like Twincast and Reverberate , which are identical in function. White and Black both tend to favor the single championed creature, so we have the mechanic "Exalted" in both colors (Knight of Glory , Knight of Infamy ).

Once you build yourself a one-color deck and get a feel for Magic and deck-building, you can move on to building decks with multiple colors. In Standard right now, nearly every top-tier deck has three or more colors in it (due to the current sets being mostly multicolored cards).

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