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[Jon Miller]

but blue is also suppose to do other things

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

BTW

where are you getting these ideas about 8th edition?

Jon miller

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
but blue is also suppose to do other things

Sure, but each colour has something it supposed to do best. For example, white is for protection and weenies (also for hosing black and red). Most people use blue for counter magic.

[Jon Miller]

blue is still best at counter magic

it just use to be that blue was only counter, nothing else

they are jsut trying to broaden what blue is good at

Jon Miller

[SnowFire]

I'm getting the information from

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandnews.php?Article=4860

As for the debate, yes, they have broadened Blue up some, but they've also made it suck. For instance, in Onslaught block where the theme is creature types, Blue has all the fun Mistform stuff that allows it to abuse that... just not enough power to actually back it up. Blue's also done card drawing, flying creatures, and library manipulation.

As a side comment, White also has a long and storied tradition as a good control color too, especially when paired with Blue. Stuff like Wrath of God, Story Circle, & Moat means you can play it slow, as well.

[Ben Kenobi]

White and Blue go well together, see the old archetype Counterpost...

Wipe the board, take control, and then slowly pummel your opponent with 1/1 outpost tokens.

Those were the days!

Can white still destroy artifacts and enchantments? That used to be the reason for all of those white and black decks, to mitigate the only flaw of Black.

[Urban Ranger]

One of my blue-white control deck only has 2 Serra Angels to wack the opponent with. Got lots of counters, and nice cards such as Kismet, Stasis, Winter Orb, etc. Very, very, slow.

[Mr. President]

And very, very annoying.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
One of my blue-white control deck only has 2 Serra Angels to wack the opponent with. Got lots of counters, and nice cards such as Kismet, Stasis, Winter Orb, etc. Very, very, slow.

You need to add Decrees of Silence to the mix and truely hardlock the game.

[Urban Ranger]

Decree of Silence is nice. I have 12 various counters in the deck, plus Mana Short (for tapping opponent's lands when Winter Orb comes out ), plus I got cards such as Karma, Conversion, and Blue Elemental Blast in the sideboard.

[DinoDoc]

I imagine that your opponents hate you after you play that deck. Stifle might also be a good addition to that deck though.

[Immortal Wombat]

And Caltrops is always nice in the early game

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by obiwan18


Can white still destroy artifacts and enchantments? That used to be the reason for all of those white and black decks, to mitigate the only flaw of Black.

Eighth Edition is replacing Disenchant with Naturalize and Demystify. So in that set, white will still have the enchantment destruction but less artifact destruction.

Naturalize and Demystify are cooler names than Disenchant, anyway.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I imagine that your opponents hate you after you play that deck. Stifle might also be a good addition to that deck though.

That's my one of my two good decks. The other is a white weenie. I suck at using other colours, particularly black.

[Mr. President]

I like black because it's an aggressive color - Mindstab Thrulls, Necrites, and Murk Dwellers I'm good with. I've never used most of the new black cards, but I'm not too sure about some of the current "lose life on arrival" creatures.

Take Serpent Warrior, for example. She is a 3/3 creature who costs 2B, and you lose three life when she comes into play. Trained Armodon, however, is also 3/3, costs 1GG, and has no rules text. I suppose theoretically Serpent Warrior is easier to cast because she only has one colored mana in her cost, but still . . .