Thursday, January 27, 2011

How to Defeat Valakut and Other Linear Strategies

Type II and Extended players rejoice!

"In retrospect, I suppose it makes sense that Valakut, and pure RG Valakut specifically, supplanted Jund at GP: Atlanta as the “second” deck to sit aside Faries at the top of the Extended metagame. It has a similar game plan against Faeries (postboard only), using uncounterable spells like Volcanic Fallout and Great Sable Stag, while absolutely crushing Jund with a combo kill that Jund can't interact with. Also, whereas Jund is the prototypical “fair” deck, Valakut decks have the added bonus of getting free wins against the variety of decks people will play on the fringes of Extended..."

Find the rest here http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=9419

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