These two new decks were also played against one another
An interesting ability
As I write this column it is Thursday, May 12th
The death trigger for your insects is odd, but if you run mainly creatures and lands like many green decks, Zask makes mill two look a lot like draw two. #20
For the intelligent and creative Sapphire cards in this deck, they're big on supporting one another, card draw, and resource management
While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
