Bestial Strength

This intro deck is like no other. The non-foil rare is new and the foil rare, Garruk's Horde, is a reprint. It is a 7/7 with Trample, but you have to play with the top card of your library revealed. The good part is that you can cast the revealed card if it a creature. This is powerful if you have a lot of low-cost creatures. The second rare is Into the Wilds, which allows you to look at the top card of your library during your upkeep and play it if it is a land. This is awesome in the late game as it makes land drops improbable. Here is the final intro deck, Bestial Strength.

Lands (26) 17 Forest 9 Swamp Creatures (22) 2 Accursed Spirit 1 Advocate of the Beast 2 Briarpack Alpha 2 Brindle Boar 1 Corpse Hauler 2 Deadly Recluse 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Garruk’s Horde 2 Giant Spider 2 Kalonian Tusker 2 Rootwalla 2 Rumbling Baloth 2 Woodborn Behemoth

Other Spells (12) 2 Doom Blade 1 Enlarge 1 Fog 2 Giant Growth 1 Into the WIlds 1 Mind Rot 1 Plummet 1 Staff of the Wild Magus 2 Vial of Poison

Firesurge

The rares for Firesurge might not be as fun as the rares for Death Reaper, but they still are good. The first rare is a reprint of Chandra's Phoenix. This fun-to-play Phoenix will rise out of the ashes every time you are dealt damage by a red instant or sorcery. Also, it has haste and flying so it might be able to deal 2 damage on the third turn. The second rare is also a good reprint in Shivan Dragon. Although it is pretty basic, this dragon is pretty good. It is a 5/5 firebreather for only 6 mana. I think that this intro deck wins the M14 Best for a Beginner award.

Lands (26) 10 Island 16 Mountain Creatures (18) 1 Chandra’s Phoenix 2 Dragon Hatchling 2 Fleshpulper Giant 3 Goblin Shortcutter 2 Nephalia Seakite 2 Phantom Warrior 3 Regathan Firecat 1 Shivan Dragon 2 Trained Condor

Other Spells (16) 1 Chandra’s Outrage 2 Disperse 1 Essence Scatter 2 Flames of the Firebrand 3 Lava Axe 1 Negate 2 Opportunity 2 Shiv’s Embrace 1 Staff of the Flame Magus 1 Volcanic Geyser

Death Reaper

The third M14 intro deck is Black/Red. The 2 rares are Liliana's Reaver and Bogbrew Witch. Liliana's Reaver is slightly like Ajani's Chosen because it can put creature tokens out. For 4 mana you get a 4/3 with Deathtouch. I like Deathtouch because it makes your opponents slightly less likely to attack. Also the Reaver puts a 2/2 black Zombie onto the battlefield whenever it deals combat damage to a player. So when it attacks, you are faced with a tough decision, have one of your creatures die or have your opponent get a 2/2 and you lose 4 life. The. second rare is Bogbrew Witch. This card is part of a three card cycle, including Bubbling Cauldron and Festering Newt. If you pay 2 mana and tap Bogbrew Witch, you search your library for Bubbling Cauldron or Festering Newt. These cards interact more though because if you pay 1 mana and tap Bubbling Cauldron you sacrifice Festering Newt (when you sacrifice Festering Newt target creature gets -4/-4 if you control Bubbling Cauldron) and each opponent loses 4 life and you gain however much life was lost that way. Death Reaper is a fun deck and I hope you enjoy it.

Lands (25) 8 Mountain 17 Swamp Creatures (22) 2 Academy Raider 2 Blood Bairn 1 Bogbrew Witch 2 Child of Night 1 Deathgaze Cockatrice 3 Festering Newt 2 Gnawing Zombie 1 Liliana’s Reaver 1 Minotaur Abomination 2 Sengir Vampire 2 Tenacious Dead 2 Undead Minotaur 1 Vampire Warlord

Other Spells (13) 1 Act of Treason 1 Barrage of Expendables 1 Bubbling Cauldron 2 Corrupt 1 Smelt 1 Staff of the Death Magus 3 Thunder Strike 3 Wring Flesh

Magic 2014 Promos

There are fewer promos in M14 than Gatecrash or Return to Ravnica. This is to be expected as there is only 1 pre-release promo. The M14 pre-release promo is Megantic Sliver. It depicts a sliver standing next to a tall tree. The launch promo is the best, in my opinion. It is Colossal Whale and shows a huge whale jumping out of a wave and over a ship. The game day promo that everyone gets is Hive Stirrings. The art is of some slivers hatching out of heir eggs. The top 8 promo is Goblin Diplomats and its art is some creepy goblins. If you buy a box, the promo you get is Ratchet Bomb made out of gears. If you participate in the league, you get a 1/1 sliver token with some other things. Here are the neat M14 promos:

Magic 2014 Tokens

In M14, there are quite a few tokens. Some of them are reprints and some of them are new. There is one promo token that I will post tomorrow.