Play Twin and Win- A story from Theo Manley

Play Twin and Win! GP Worcester

with Theo Manley

featuring Patrick Dickman

OK guys here it goes again. I've said it before and I'll say it again I'm not a writer. I'm typing this on my tablet, and I'm not the greatest with grammar, but I know Twin like the back of my hand, and my experience in Worcester is full of info. So please just try to get past my writing skills and take the info for what it is. With that said here it is:

Hi everyone, my name is Theo Manley and I've been playing magic since the beginning of Time . It's the one thing in my life I've always had the most passion for and modern is my favorite format. I've been on Twin since day one, and have played every iteration of the deck. This is my story of GP Worcester and the months leading into it.

My journey starts in Richmond where I had the worst showing with the deck ever in my life. I went 2-4 drop with one bye. So I only won one match with the deck. The funny thing is, that's the best thing that could have happened to me. See after dropping from the main event I was outside collecting my thoughts, when I hear someone asking for a light. I look up, and see Patrick Dickmann standing in front of me. I give him a light, and say hey your name is Patrick right? He says, "Yes it is." I respond with " dude you are hands down the best twin player in the world ". That's when his friend Valentin mackl says " ha ! He is how you say scrub" and they laugh. That's when it happens, the moment that I become friends with 2 of the best in the world. I say " now he is no Valentin Mackl but he is alright. They laugh and we hang out after every round day one and two.

Now I know you are thinking, what's this have to do with Worcester? Well everything. They asked me which version I was playing and I tell them American. The frown a little and ask my recor . I say dead, and they laugh and say it's because America wins only in war and Olympics! I laugh. Dickman asks how long I been on twin in general, and why I chose this version. He asks to see it. He tells me,

"It's too cute and all over the place need to tune it to do one thing or the other."

Metagame Check- The Pillars of Standard

Metagame Check

Hello all!

Samuel Wells again, bringing you another metagame check.

Last week I primed a GW aggro list that focused on a low curve and high consistency draws. And if you check the most recent SCG open, you will see that a GW aggro list took the tournament down. Congratulations to Scott Lipp for showing the power of the deck and playing incredibly this weekend. Here is his decklist for reference:

http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=70464

Moving forward, I think GW aggro lists will continue to make top 8 and be a major presence this summer. I am happy to see the deck that I called nearly a year ago to finally be relevant.

This week I will be doing something a little bit different. Instead of priming a new deck that I think is well set up for the current meta, I will be give you a look behind the scenes of how I build my decks and what I look at when I am trying to size up the meta.

BSB Podcast-Decktech and M15 Standard

BSB Podcast!: Episode 4- Decktech and M15 Standard

Sorry about the delay everyone, there were some serious thunder-storms here in NY yesterday. 

But fear not! Your BSB Podcast fix is here! We have some great content with:

- M15 Standard talk. 
- Star City Games Baltimore recap.  
- Great Deck-tech talk. 

There has been a boom here at the Blog and Facebook group and all these deck-lists can be found here, or at the group, so come join us! BoltSnapBolt group on FB. It's awesome, and everyone has been really involved. So enjoy another great week with Pete, myself, and our new comer Adriel! 

Big thanks to Adriel, a new member to the group and such short turn around is was great to have him on the cast. You can follow him on Twitter @Dr_Perceptron. It's such an awesome time having BSB members jump on the cast and be a part of it, we will continue to keep up that trend! It was good stuff.

Enjoy everyone! See you for our next episode.

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The Metagame Check- GW "Zoo"

The Metagame Check


with Samuel Wells



Hello all! I am Samuel Wells bringing you another metagame check.


The first weekend of M15 in standard has come and gone. SCG Baltimore did not see much of
new decks. Mono-Black and Mono-Blue decks ruled the day taking 6 of 8 top slots. More has been said about these decks since the Theros release than any other deck in the format. Beyond this, no major innovations were made to existing decks. Mainly for comfort with the existing archetypes in a new M15 changing meta.


One deck did catch my eye in the top 8 though. That was Andrew Boswell’s GW aggro list.


http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=70271


For anyone who knows me, this should come as no surprise to why I am excited to see a GW
aggro list making waves. What struck me about this list was the lower curve of the deck.

No Magic Mondays this week 7/21/2014

Yeah guys, in lieu of Magic Mondays this week I have reflected what I would have said in this weeks BSB Podcast, sometimes it just works out that way and MM may not fire for the time I invest in the Podcast.


That being said, enjoy the content this week.

See you all next week for MM! (7/28/2014)

Decktech/Primer-Rakdos Aggro THS/RTR/M15

--------------- Rakdos Aggro-----------

Welcome!

I'm Adriel Colon and I have been playing MTG since Zendikar Block. My favorite format is limited with constructed as a close second. My favorite kind of decks make use of-off-axis cards like Warp world or Havoc Festival. Currently in rural Tennessee I am an FNM grinder with a Rakdos Aggro deck for the last few weeks that has made it worth my time in prize support.

Version notes and updates:

Version 1

Main Deck: Creatures[28] Rakdos Cackler-4 Tormented Hero-4 Gnarled Scarhide-4 Rakdos Shred-Freak-4 Spike Jester-4 Spiteful Returned-2 Mogis's Marauder-4 Master of the Feast-2 Spells[12] Madcap Skills-4 Lightning Strike-4 Hero's Downfall-2 Dreadbore-2

Lands[20] Swamp-9 Mountain-6 Temple of Malice-2 Mana Confluence-3 Sideboard: Spells[13] Feast of Dreams-4 Dark Betrayal-3 Doom Blade-3 Ulcerate-3 Artifacts [2] Armory of Iroas-2

Decktech/Primer: RU Devotion THS/RTR/M15

---------------------[R/U Devotion]----------------------

Hello, my name is Will, and I run a blog over at redhawkswins.wordpress.com. You can also find me on Twitter @RedhawkWill.

I have been playing Magic for a little over a year. I just wanted to start a discussion on my R/U Devotion Deck that I have been playing lately with some success. I made the finals of my local game store's FNM this week and have made the top 8 of it at the last 3 FNM's overall. Here is my decklist:

Version and update history:
Version 1

Creatures (28) 4x Eidolon of the Great Revel 4x Burning Tree Emissary 4x Frostburn Weird 4x Boros Reckoner 4x Fanatic of Mogis 4x Stormbreath Dragon 4x Soul of Shandalar Spells (7) 2x Hammer of Purphoros 3x Turn\\Burn 2x Cyclonic Rift

Lands (25) 4x Temple of Epiphany 4x Steam Vents 4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1x Shivan Reefs 12x Mountain Sideboard (15) 1x Turn\\Burn 2x Negate 2x Skullcrack 1x Chandra, Pyromancer 2x Harness By Force 2x Mizzium Mortars 2x Aetherize 2x Cyclonic Rift t1x Scuttling Doom Engine

Updating the blog with a new section: Decktech/Primer

These Deck-tech and Primer posts will be treated as "living documents", like they are on the FB page. I think it's also great to have them consolidated and updated here on our blog as well.

We also will be having BSB members on our Podcast randomly going forward to discuss these lists and engage in dialogue about them as well, when appropriate.

For all you readers out there who choose not to join the FB group are still welcome to see this information and contribute via commenting.

Hope you enjoy these, keep the discussions coming!

Friday Twitch Streaming Sessions-Seton321

I will now have streaming sessions on Fridays. I will update the blog when I do so.

http://www.twitch.tv/seton321


Ideally i would like to maintain this schedule.

As follows:
8AM-10:30AM EST

or

9AM-11:30AM EST


Thanks everyone!

FNMFun-Thoughts on a Modern deck?

FNMFun-Thoughts on a Modern Deck?

with Robert Blum

Happy Weekend Everyone! With Friday quickly approaching we are all preparing for our first M15 legal FNM. Since last week was pre-release weekend and M15 will go live tomorrow I didn't want to give you a standard deck that may not be good in the new meta. So, with that being said I know a lot of stores are starting to run Modern events on Fridays as well. This week I decided to give you a new list that I found while scouring the internet and magic decks this week.

The Deck name is G/R Devotion and it was designed by MTGO user ‘Yamada’. The deck, finished 10th online for a MTGO premier event in modern.

Let's take a look at the featured list....

BSB Podcast- Pre-Standard Ramblings

BSB Podcast!- Pre-Standard Ramblings


Third Podcast in our series. Basically Pete and myself rambling about....stuff! Standard, pre-M15.

We go over a few things:

Trading Post.dec
Blog and Facebook group (go join!)
Random things....like me getting whooped on stream by BG dredge!

Either way it's always a good listen, keep tuning in. Thank you all for continuing to listen, and for all you new-comers, hope you enjoy.

For reference, here's Pete's list:

Rakdos Trading Post:

3 Trading Post 3 Meteorite 2 Ratchet Bomb 2 Hammer of Purphoros 4 Mizzium Mortars 4 Dreadbore 3 Phyrexian Revoker 3 Scuttling Doom Engine 3 Prophetic Prism 4 Shrapnel Blast 2 Haunted Plate Mail 4 Rakdos Keyrune

4 Darksteel Citadel 4 Blood Crypt 4 Temple of Malice 4 Mutavault 7 Mountain Sideboard: 4 Toil / Trouble 4 Searing Blood 2 Rakdos Charm 1 Pithing Needle 3 Wear / Tear 1 Shattering Blow

The Metagame Check

The Metagame Check

with Samuel Wells

Hello once again everyone! I am Samuel Wells, bringing you your weekly metagame check. With the format winding down, you would think that the format has been solved. Or that anyone could predict the decks that are going to top 8 on any given weekend.

SCG Worcester broke this mold in a major way. When we saw 6 mono­blue devotion decks make the top 16, including a one making it all the way to the finals piloted by Reid Duke. We haven’t seen success like this for mono­blue since early in its existence. So that leads to the question, what has changed to make mono­blue the deck to beat once again? Let’s check out Duke’s list...

The Magic Mondays- Pre-releasing and Deck-building

The Magic Mondays- Pre-releasing and Deckbuilding

with Chaz Volpe

Hey all! It’s that time for my Magic Mondays! I know it has been a week but sometimes I may have to forego Magic Mondays in lieu of making the Podcast (if you haven’t listened to the latest one go tune in!). That being said, the M15 pre-release weekend is in the books and there has been buzz abound the social-media networks that BSB is a part of. This week I wanted to share with you some pre-release stories, impressions, and deckbuilding for new Standard. A lot of talking sharing and discussing has been going on and I urge all of you to become a part of the community, we’re growing and seemingly gaining popularity.

I also wanted to re-iterate again, thank you all for the continued support and following along with us. We are now over 2,000 views on the blog and we are so very appreciative to you all! Without you readers and followers it wouldn't create a drive to do what we do. Again, thank you so much.

So let’s get to it yeah?

I first want to share some social media stuff with you all showcasing some pre-release stories, we would also love to hear yours! I always enjoy including the community into my articles.

Best pulls for my pre-release so far! #MTGM15 #mtg pic.twitter.com/xVdyNHjHKN
— Redhawk Will (@RedhawkWill) July 13, 2014

FNMFun- Updating from Florida!

FNM Fun

with Robert Blum

Hey everyone, so it's been a crazy couple of weeks for me I have been working, traveling for work and working some more. I did however get to have an awesome experience last week for FNM.

I was traveling for business in the Ft. Lauderdale, FL area and had my Friday night free. I decided to stuff a deck in my suitcase since I was going to be all alone and free Friday night. I did some research and found that cool stuff inc. Had a huge store about 15 minutes from where I was staying.

I swing in and found the store absolutely packed at 5pm. After talking to the employees I found out the store drafts all day long on Fridays from open till close as many pods of 8 as they can fill.

I asked about FNM and was told it started at 7 and that it was $5 to enter. I also asked about prize support and was told top four split the promos and first gets a box, 2nd-4th split a second box 18, 9 & 9. I was also told everyone else from 9th-16th gets 5 packs.

The Metagame Check

Meta Game Check

with Samuel Wells



Hello! once again to this special spoiler season metagame check. As I teased last week, the
card that I see as poised to takeover in m15 is Chord of Calling. 
This should come to no surprise to people who have seen this card in action. Unlike eternal
formats, Chord will not be used to find the missing combo pieces in the deck. What Chord does provide is the ability to reliably set up some very powerful engines. I will discuss two current Tier 1.5 standard decks that have the potential to blow up with the new tools coming out in the core set.