02/07/10 Changes

Goblin Guide in for Ghost-Lit Raider

Ravenous Baboons in for Hearth Kami

Trying some stuff out. We really want to get Bloodghast in too, but don't know how.

Tie-in!

Ross Campbell posted this a few days ago- I'm so charmed.

1/30/10 Changes

Worldwake and miscellaneous other stuff.

Comet Storm in for Forked Lightning

Giant Solifuge in for Deus of Calamity

Too many occasions where we could have played the solifuge but not the deus. Oh well.

Gaea's Anthem in for Evolution Charm

River Boa in for Loaming Shaman

Vithian Renegades in for Apocalypse Hydra

Jace, the Mind Sculptor in for Jace Beleren

Kor Aeronaut in for Sigiled Paladin

Pilgrim's Eye in for Darksteel Ingot

Basilisk Collar in for Empyrial Plate

Anger in for Pain Kami

Stroke of Genius in for Opportunity

Abyssal Persecutor in for Phyrexian Plaguelord

Dark Hatchling in for Rise from the Grave

Rhox in for Birds of Paradise

More 1/16/10 Changes

Malakir Bloodwitch in for Sengir Nosferatu

We wanted white to have a few more problems

Equilibrium in for Into the Roil

Trying it out for the most underpowered blue card.

01/16/10 Changes

Deus of Calamity in for Giant Solifuge

All the other spirit avatars have been all-stars; but we're just trying it out. Don't trade away your solifuges yet, in other words.

Things are getting fancy around here, though:

01/08/2010 Changes

Thirst for Knowledge in for Dream Cache

Wydwen, the Biting Gale in for Moroii

... the never played.

Also, the "Canon" pages should all be accurate now, and I copied Joe and marked foils.

12/4/09 Changes

Memory Jar in for Sigil of Distinction

Dream Cache in for Word of Undoing

The whole effect is kind of bland.

Hearthfire Hobgoblin in for Fire at Will

Hunting Pack (back!) in for Summoning Trap

Rampant Growth in for Explosive Vegetation

Late November Changes

Grim Monolith in for Akroma's Memorial

That was quick.

Borderland Ranger in for Lotus Cobra

11/6/09 Changes

Akroma's Memorial in for Puppet Strings

According to Justin, at some mythical time someone played puppet strings. I don't believe it.

Zendikar Inclusions

Alright, this is what we did:

White

Day of Judgement for Martial Coup

Emeria Angel for Elspeth



Blue

Into the Roil for Repeal

Rite of Replication for Dominate

Sphinx of Lost Truths in for Fatestitcher

Sphinx of Jwar Isle in for Errant Ephemeron

That's what you get for being boring.



Black

Ob Nixilis in for Plague Sliver

Trying it out.


Sorin Markov for Liliana Vess

Trying it.


Vampire Nighthawk in for Simian Specter

What are you doing here?!


Red

Burst Lightning in for Firebolt

Goblin Ruinblaster in for Wheel of Fortune

Hellkite Charger in for Ball Lightning



Green


Mold Shambler for Viridian Zealot?

Less green and hey planeswalkers, fuck you.

Summoning Trap in for Hunting Pack

This is a little sad, but here we are.

Lotus Cobra in for Joiner

Fairly straightforward.


Lands.

Enemy fetches in for Vivids

2/5 done!

Powerful packs!

These are the type of nuts packs that our cube can produce:

Pack two, first pick, playing white, what do you think the right pick is?

PSH Proxies

For me:

Tarmagoyf
Baneslayer
Rav. enemy duals.
ZEN enemy fetches, hey-oh.

For Justin (what I can assume, anyway):

Baneslayer
Keiga
Yosei
Solemn
Pristine
Seige-Gang
Ink-Eyes
Tarmagoyf

let's call it Rav allied duals for justin.

PSH Comparisons!

PSH Comparisons!


White:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
Path to Exile	Path to Exile	Rebuff the Wicked
Harm's Way	Harm's Way	Condemn
Akrasan Squire	Condemn	Path to Exile
Weathered Wayfarer	Sunlance	Weathered Wayfarer
Ritual of Restoration	Genju of the Fields	Blessed Breath

White:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
Disenchant	Disenchant	Whitemane Lion
Otherworldly Journey	Otherworldly Journey	Jotun Grunt
Momentary Blink	Momentary Blink	Kor Skyfisher
Jotun Grunt	Hoofprints of the Stag	Momentary Blink
Ronom Unicorn	Kami of Ancient Law	Kami of Ancient Law

White:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
Crib Swap	Crib Swap	Stonecloaker
Oblivion Ring	Oblivion Ring	Paragon of the Amesha
Paragon of the Amesha	Paragon of the Amesha	Kor Sanctifiers
Sacred Mesa	Sacred Mesa	Shrieking Grotesque
Terashi's Grasp	Aven Trailblazer	Azorius Herald

White:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
Wrath of God	Wrath of God	Emeria Angel
Guardian Seraph	Guardian Seraph	Sanctum Gargoyle
Return to Dust	Return to Dust	Guardian of the Guildpact
Resounding Silence	Resounding Silence	Resurrection
Seed Spark	Guardian of the Guildpact	Seedspark

White:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
Baneslayer Angel	Baneslayer Angel	Cloudgoat Ranger
Battlegrace Angel	Battlegrace Angel	Baneslayer Angel
Aerie Mystics	Cloudgoat Ranger	Reveillark
Saltblast	Saltblast	World Queller
Evangelize	Serra Angel	Archon of Justice

White:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
Austere Command	Austere Command	Yosei, the Morning Star
Final Judgement	Final Judgement	Feudkiller's Verdict
Pristine Angel	Yosei, the Morning Star	Captain of the Watch
Adarkar Valkyrie	Twilight Shepherd	Adarkar Valkyrie
Yosei, the Morning Star	Mirror Sigil Sergeant	Pristine Angel

Blue:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Ponder	Ponder
	Sleight of Hand	Unsummon
	Unsummon	Serum Visions
	Mystic Speculation	Drowned Rusulka
	Serum Visions	Sage of Epityr

Blue:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Essence Scatter	Dreamscape Artist
	Sejiri Merfolk	Willbender
	Telling Time	Peel from Reality
	Willbender	Trade Routes
	Trade Routes	Jushi Apprentice

Blue:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Pulse of the Grid	Wake Thrasher
	Thoughtbind	Court Hussar
	Kathari Screecher	Compulsive Research
	Kira, the Great Glass Spinner	Silkwing Scout
	Compulsive Research	Kira

Blue:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Concentrate	Aeon Chronicler
	Clone	Sakashima
	Plagiarize	Thieving Magpie
	Careful Consideration	Clone
	Theiving Magpie	Ninja of the Deep Hours

Blue:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Ethersworn Adjudicator	Body Double
	Fathom Trawl	Vesuvan Shapeshifter
	Mulldrifter	Sphinx of Lost Truths
	Meloku the Clouded Mirror	Ethersworn Adjudicator
	Tidings	Mulldrifter

Blue:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Keiga, the Tide Star	Jetting Glasskite
	Draining Whelk	Sharding Sphinx
	Govern the Guildless	Keiga, the Tide Star
	Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar	Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
	Brine Elemental	Sphinx of Jwar Isle

Black:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Raise Dead	Raise Dead
	Executioner's Capsule	Cremate
	Ghost-Lit Stalker	Rag Dealer
	Cremate	Soul Stair Expedition
	Wretched Banquet	Ghost-Lit Stalker

Black:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Doom Blade	Pit Keeper
	Terror	Undertaker
	Grim Harvest	Macabre Waltz
	Night's Whisper	Nezumi Graverobber
	Nezumi Graverobber	Grim Harvest

Black:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Dark Banishing	Phrexian Rager
	Rend Flesh	Recover
	Drag Down	Fleshbag Marauder
	Sudden Death	Vampire Nighthawk
	Phrexian Arena	Cemetary Reaper

Black:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Damnation	Heartstabber Mosquito
	Gravedigger	Vigor Mortis
	Zombify	Nekrataal
	Ambition's Cost	Gravedigger
	Barter in Blood	Zombify

Black:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Shriekmaw	Shriekmaw
	Rise from the Grave	Okiba Gang Shinobi
	Incremental Blight	Woebearer
	Puppeteer Clique	Kagemaro
	Kagemaro, First to Suffer	Rise from the Grave

Black:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Enslave	Skeletal Vampire
	Skeletal Vampire	Exhumer Thrull
	Vein Drinker	Phrexian Gargantua
	Betrayal of Flesh	Ink-Eyes, Servant of the Oni
	Ink-Eyes, Servant of the Oni	Grixis Slavedriver

Red:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Kird Ape	Kird Ape
	Lightning Bolt	Lightning Bolt
	Bloodhall Ooze	Burst Lightning
	Shock	Lightning Axe
	Lightning Axe	Shattering Spree

Red:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Slavering Nulls	Punishing Fire
	Tin Street Hooligan	Squeeling Devil
	Ancient Grudge	Tin Street Hooligan
	Magma Jet	Hearth Kami
	Ashling, the Pilgrim	Ancient Grudge

Red:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Jund Battlemage	Torch Slinger
	Dark Temper	Jund Battlemage
	Smash	Dragonsoul Knight
	Sedge Sliver	Pain Kami
	Dragonsoul Knight	Goblin Assault

Red:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Stalking Yeti	Yuki-Onna
	Yuki-Onna	Worldheart Phoenix
	Worldheart Phoenix	Stalking Yeti
	Rakka Mar	Desolation Giant
	Grab the Reins	Henchfiend of Ukor

Red:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Magma Phoenix	Caldera Hellion
	Skeletonize	Anarchist
	Caldera Hellion	Siege-Gang Commander
	Seige-Gang Commander	In the Web of War
	Arc-Slogger	Kumana, Master Yamabushi

Red:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Flameblast Dragon	Flameblast Dragon
	Capricious Efreet	Hellkite Charger
	Ryusei, the Falling Star	Skarrgan Firebird
	Godo, Bandit Warlord	Oni of Wild Places
	Patron of the Akki	Iron Barbed Hellion

Green:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Llanowar Elves	Wild Nacatl
	Reclaim	Reclaim
	Birds of Paradise	Scute Mob
	Oxidize	Commune with Nature
	Wild Nacatl	Greenseeker

Green:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Tel-Jilad Justice
	Into the North	Joiner Adept
	Farseek	Sakura-Tribe Elder
	Naturalize	Naturalize
	Elvish Visionary	Tarmogoyf

Green:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Eternal Witness	Imperious Perfect
	Krosan Grip	Civic Wayfinder
	Troll Ascetic	Ohran Viper
	Kodama's Reach	Thornscape Battlemage
	Thornscape Battlemage	Eternal Witness

Green:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Harmonize	Mold Shambler
	Mystic Melting	Patagia Viper
	Glissa Sunseeker	Master of the Wild Hunt
	Seek the Horizon	Oracle of Mul Daya
	Shard Convergence	Llanowar Empath

Green:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Ant Queen	Thornling
	Acidic Slime	Golgari Grave-Troll
	Golgari Grave-Troll	Indrik Stomphowler
	Indrik Stomphowler	Ant Queen
	Jolrael, Empress of Beasts	Acidic Slime

Green:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Primordial Sage	Deadwood Treefolk
	Tromp the Domains	Lurking Predators
	Deadwood Treefolk	Wild Pair
	Wild Pair	Verdoloth the Ancient
	Lurking Predators	Primordial Sage

Artifacts:1

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Scrabbling Claws	Scrabbling Claws
	Wanderer's Twig	Voyager Staff
	Moratorium Stone	Synod Sanctum
	Sensei's Divining Top	Sensei's Divining Top
	Wayfarer's Bauble	Expedition Map

Artifacts:2

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Armillary Sphere	Candles of Leng
	Lightning Greaves	Armillary Sphere
	Empyrial Plate	Darksteel Pendant
	Journeyer's Kite	Lightning Greaves
	Darksteel Pendant	Mask of Memory

Artifacts:3

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Sculpting Steel	Oblivion Stone
	Darksteel Ingot	Crystal Shard
	Loxodon Warhammer	Staff of Domination
	Crystal Shard	Loxodon Warhammer
	Pilgrim's Eye	Proteus Staff

Artifacts:4

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Vedalken Orrery	Etched Oracle
	Solemn Simulacrum	Vedalken Orrery
	Manaforce Mace	Icy Manipulator
	Icy Manipulator	Solemn Simulacrum
	Etched Oracle	Shield of Kaldra

Artifacts:5

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Mind's Eye	Skyreach Manta
	Pewter Golem	Gilded Lotus
	Gilded Lotus	Mind's Eye
	Stuffy Doll	Stuffy Doll
	Skyreach Manta	Pewter Golem

Artifacts:6

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Mirror Golem	Duplicant
	Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang	Obelisk of Alara
	Triskelion	Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
	Obelisk of Alara	Triskelion
	Duplicant	Mirror Golem

Lands

Joe	Thea	Justin
	Enemy Ravnica Duals
	Alara Fetch lands
	Karoos
	Snow Taplands
	Taplands
	Shard lands

8/7/09 Changes

M10 duals in for allied karoos

These have been great. The end. Also the art is pretty.

Deck update

Alright, so from now on when I update my psh deck I am just going to edit the list.

So now what you read down below is my current deck list.

One more thing. Thea, I was able to find a Pristine Angle but no Arena.

Yet another psh update

Woo, got another two cards to go in!

Crib Swap in for Ghostway

Puppeteer Clique in for Sengir Nosferatu

less than 15 left to go, to bad that includes a Damnation and a Tarmogoyf and a Baneslayer Angel... thats like $60 worth of cards...

Another point that we have finally decided on is that just having no planeswalkers is the easiest and best way to solve that issue so that is what we are going with.

And Thea, when you get a chance, do you want to post the differences between our two psh decks? Would you also want to post all the proxies that are needed in both the cube and your psh deck?

New additions to my psh deck

Alright, its time to add some more new cards to my psh deck:

Siege-Gang in for Word of Seizing

Austere Command in for Solar Tide

Caldera Hellion in for Anarchist

Ethersworn Adjudication in for Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Flameblast Dragon in for Oni of Wild Places

Ant Queen in for Seedborn Muse

Harms Way in for Condemn

Lurking Predators in for Primordial Sage

Some of these might be a little iffy, but I want to at least give these guys a try. It was also nice to finally have something to trade for again, boy its been a while.

So how about that Prismatic Stairwell Highlander?

Alright, so Thea and I have decided that we want to bring back psh. The reason for this is we have grown tired of standing around waiting for drafts to start, and this seams like a good answer. Revamping psh is going to be no small task as our group has not played in over two blocks. Seeing as how I am just updating mine deck, if you could call it that (adding about 60 cards) I am going to post my deck list mostly for Thea's benefit, but others are welcome to see what psh is all about.

For those who are new to psh, I will give a short breakdown of what makes up a psh deck, at least in our play group.

1. 5 cards for each casting cost from 1 through 6 in each color + artifacts

2. No gold/hybrid

3. No X spells

4. The sets that are available to use are Mirrodin block forward

5. Banned cards are as follows

Kokusho

Sword of fire and ice

Sword of light and shadow

Skullclamp

Overwhelming Intellect

Jitte

Mindslaver

All Suns Dawn

(could be more, but I think this is all of them)

6. Currently only one set of rare nonbasic lands is aloud. We are thinking about changing this.

7. Any amount of nonrare nonbasic lands can be run as long as they are in a set of 5 and have no nonmana abilities.

8. Thea and I are still trying to figure out what we want to do about Planeswalkers. We started out thinking that 5, one in each color, would be good, but than we agreed that would be to many. One per deck also didn't seam good, one player would get one and own with it. Right now it looks like we might go with 3 per deck but we might wait for Zendikar to give us more Planeswalkers to work with.

Here is my deck list:

---White---

1) Akrasan Squire

Path to Exile

Ritual of Restoration

Condemn

Weathered Wayfarer

2) Disenchant

Momentary Blink

Ronom Unicorn

Jotun Grunt

Otherworldly Journey

3) Paragon of the Amesha

Crib Swap

Oblivion Ring

Terashi's Grasp

Sacred Mesa

4) Resounding Silence

Guardian Seraph

Return to Dust

Seed Spark

Wrath of God

5) Aerie Mystics

Battlegrace Angel

Baneslayer Angel

Salt blast

Evangelize

6) Austere Command

Yosei, The morning star

Adarkar Valerie

Final Judgement

Pristine Angel

---Green---

1) Reclaim

Might of Alara

Avoid Fate

Oxidize

Wild Nacatl

2) Cylian Sunsinger

Tarmogoyf

Naturalize

Tel-Jilad Justice

Farseek

3) Matca Rioters

Recollect

Kodama's Reach

Krosan Grip

Eternal Witness

4) Chameleon Colossus

Shard Convergence

Creeping Mold

Thelonite Hermit

Greater Mossdog

5) Acidic Slime

Thornling

Ant Queen

Indrik Stomphowler

Spike Tiller

6) Paleoloth

Lurking Predators

Phantom Wurm

One Dozen Eyes

Verdeloth the Ancient

---Red---

1) Lighting Bolt

Shock

Electrostatic Bolt

Lighting Axe

Shattering Spree

2) Ashling the Pilgrim

Pyroclasm

Ancient Grudge

Magma Jet

Tin Street Hooligan

3) Dragonsoul Knight

Resounding Thunder

Viashino Sandstalker

Sedge Sliver

Yamabushi's Flame

4) Magnivore

Rakka Mar

Changeling Berserker

Grab the Reins

Desolation Giant

5) Caldera Hellion

Siege-Gang

Magma Phoenix

Kumano, Master Yamabushi

Arc-Slogger

6) Godo, Bandit Warlord

Flash Conscription

Shivan Dragon

Flameblast Dragon

Fiery Fall

---Black---

1) Wretched Banquet

Bone Splinters

Cremate

Ghost-Lit Stalker

Rag Dealer

2) Terror

Cruel Edict

Macabre Waltz

Nights Whisper

Shred Memory

3) Drag Down

Eyeblight's Ending

Rend Flesh

Phyrexian Arena

Sudden Death

4) Damnation

Zombify

Nekrataal

Barter in Blood

Ambition's Cost

5) Incremental Blight

Puppeteer Clique

Rise from the Grave

Kagemaro, First to Suffer

Beacon of Unrest

6) Vein Drinker

Phyrexian Gargantua

Ink Eyes, Servant of the Oni

Betrayal of Flesh

Skeletal Vampire

---Blue---

1) Ponder

Sleight of Hand

Telepathy

Serum Visions

Annul

2) Telling Time

Trickbind

Muddle the Mixture

Willbender

Trade Routes

3) Kire, Great Glass-Spinner

Trinket Mage

Silkwing Scout

Compulsive Research

Drift of Phantasms

4) Sift

Plagiarize

Careful Consideration

Shifting Borders

Thieving Magpie

5) Covenant of Minds

Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Aeon Chronicler

Body Double

Ethersworn Adjudicator

6) Brine Elemental

Govern the Guildless

Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar

Confiscate

Draining Whelk

---Artifacts---

1) Wayfarer's Bauble

Moratorium Stone

Scrabbling Claws

Sensei's Divining Top

Wanderer's Twig

2) Journeyer's Kite

Darksteel Pendant

Mask of Memory

Lightling Greaves

Armillary Sphere

3) Crystal Shard

Darksteel Ingot

Staff of Domination

Spectral Searchlight

Oblivion Stone

4) Etched Oracle

Vedalken Orrery

Icy Manipulation

Solemn Simulacrum

Manaforce Mace

5) Mirari

Mind's Eye

Clockwork Hydra

Skyreach Manta

Cauldron of Souls

6) Obelisk of Alara

Duplicant

Phyrexian Snowcrusher

Triskelion

Mirror Golem

---Lands---

Allied Ravnica Duels

Invasion Duels

Ravnica karoos

Snow Duels

Alara Tri-lands

Alara Fetch lands

This is still changing as I get more cards to add, Im trying to keep as few proxies in my deck as possible, hence why some of these cards might be dated.

Moratorium

So, Treads and I were thinking that we should just not make any changes until Zendikar is out. Just kind of let stuff ferment for a bit. That seems to be good to me.

That said- I think there are a few cards that at least to me, are on some kind of short list:

The Karoos: I've defended the crap out of these guys, but I think that the M10 lands are great (often better than Ravnica duals == great) and fit better in an aggro or aggro-ish strategy.

Unsummon: I cut this a lot. I want it to hit permanents. I want blue to have another planeswalker answer. I want to whine about this card.

Glasskite: you know what you did.

And of course, the planewalker question. Namely, the how-many-planewalker question. Thoughts?

8/1/09 Changes

Shimmering Glasskite in for Condescend

We decided that it was a mistake to put in Force of Will without taking out a counter- this might just be a placeholder, but we'll see.