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Phil Writes About Pokemon: Wonder Trade Wednesday - #02

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I recently found the Wonder Trade function on my Pokemon Y game, and I decided I was going to have a little fun with it. Rules: Roll 2 6-sided dice to determine number of trades. Select a Pokemon in the Wonder Trade box and trade them that many times. Repeat with how many different Pokemon I want. See what happens. I don't know if there is an actual point or not, but I thought it would be fun to see which Pokemon I get through the process. Trade 1:  Dice roll: 10 Start: Vaporeon -> Doduo -> Seedot -> Eevee -> Kecleon -> Purugly -> Gloom -> Ralts -> Luvdisc -> Wurmple -> Charmander Trade 2: Dice roll: 6 Start: Gligar -> Bulbasaur -> Onix -> Wurmple -> Aincada -> Tynamo -> Eevee Trade 3: Dice roll: 3 Start: Wailmer -> Noctowl -> Gulpin -> Elekid Trade 4: Dice roll: 9 Start: Squirtle -> Persian -> Graveler -> Dunsparce -> Spearow -> Kecleon -> Aredactyl -> Torchic -> Me...

Phil Writes the Saturday Morning Brew: Budget Standard Mono Red

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This time for the Saturday Brew I wanted to try my favorite archetype in Standard, mono red. This week, I want to look at the budget version I came up with. This deck is not tested or anything, but I think it should prove some fun games at a reasonable cost. Creatures: 40 4x Bonded Construct 4x Lavastep Raider 4x Kolaghan Stormsinger 4x Bellows Lizard 2x Subterranean Scout 4x Valley Dasher 4x War-Name Aspirant 4x Mardu Scout 4x Ghirapur Gearcrafter 3x Goblin Heelcutter 3x Bloodfire Enforcers Spells: 20 4x Titan's Strength 4x Call of the Full Moon 4x Dragon Fodder 4x Infectious Bloodlust 4x Goblin War Paint Lands: 20 20x Moutain Sideboard: 15 3x Magmatic Chasm 3x Shatter 2x Twin Bolt 2x Act of Treason 2x Arc Lightning 1x Barrage of Boulders 1x Enthralling Victor 1x Arrow Storm The current Standard has a lack of cheap creatures that pack a punch. Bonded Construct is pretty bad, but it has two power for one mana. Lavastep Raider and Bellows ...

Phil Writes the Saturday Morning Brew: Modern Budget GB 2for1

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This week for the Saturday Morning Brew, I wanted to look at the recent Battle for Zendikar's creatures that replace themselves when they die like Blisterpod and Carrier Thrall. Perhaps, a deck full of cards that replace themselves when they die might be hard to handle. Let's see what I came up with. GB 2for1 Creatures: 40 4x Blisterpod 4x Tukatongue Thalid 4x Young Wolf 4x Fume Spitter 4x Carrier Thrall 4x Nest Invader 4x Dripping-Tongue Zubera 2x Reassembling Skeleton 1x Gnawing Zombies 2x Brindle Boar 3x Pawn of Ulamog 2x Penumbra Spider 2x Gurmag Angler Spells: 2 2x Doom Blade Lands: 18 3x Jungle Hollow 8x Forest 7x Swamp Sideboard: 15 2x Knight of Infamy 2x Fleshbag Marauder 2x Brindle Boar 3x Naturalize 2x Nihil Spellbomb 2x Duress 2x Doom Blade Let me explain some of my choices. Blisterpod, Tukatongue Thalid, Young Wolf, Carrier Thrall, Dripping-Tongue Zubera, Pawn of Ulamog, and Penumbra Spider: All these creatures replace thems...