Magic 2014 [M14] Intro Packs + Garruk's Horde and Chandra's Phoenix + Judge Promos "Show and Tell" and "Overhwhelming Forces"

The mothership has finally shown what the M14 intro packs look like. Here are the ones which show Garruk's Horde and Chandra's Phoenix. I think Timmy players will love this green intro pack simply because M14 would intend to introduce Magic to new players, and the color is famous for big creatures. The red intro pack would also be fun to new players since it would be an aggro deck and I've personally began playing with green/red beasts and eventually into a green elf deck back in Onslaught.

Always a fan of this card. It's good for casual play, especially with mana accelerators to pull down that big beater in a jiffy.

It's like Hell's Thunder, only smaller. But hey, it can come back every time you use Lightning Bolt, Rift Bolt, Shock, Sudden Shock, or even Shrapnel Blast directly to your opponent.

One of the most infamous cards, Show and Tell, is one of the MTG Judge promos! Hurray. Additionally, Damnation-for-your-opponents-only + card advantage Overwhelming Forces is also a promo. Really good art for the both of them. But of course I dig Show and Tell's more. A question I would like to pose though, is whether you would prefer Damnation or the more costly but advantageous Overwhelming Forces/ I suppose it's a situational thing.

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[M14] Spoiler - Intro Pack + Ajani's Chosen, Jace's Mindseeker, and Liliana's Reaver

The mothership has just released all of the intro packs for M14. Here is a decent card for white weenie, or any aggro deck. Would love to use this in casual play. In addition, keep in mind that knights are making a comeback in M14, and it would be nice to see players reminiscing the glory days of White Knight and Silver Knight, though those two are not going to appear in the core set. Moreover, hopefully people would find some decent use for Ajani since Jace seems to getting all the attention, with Garruk and Liliana a distant second and third.

It would be nice to use this with, perhaps, those cards which remove the creature from play and then have it return before the end of the turn. I am reminded of Astral Slide and Lightning Rift decks, but that's not the one. Or is it? Anyway, pretty fun card. Kinda related to this, will we ever see Jace not getting an additional version? He really seems to be getting the love in the serious format, and The Mind Sculptor is matching the price of Tarmogoyf. Well, there should at least be some other planeswalkers that get the same usage in Standard, Modern, or even other older formats.

An okay addition to zombie decks. The token-generating ability along with discard are also bonus points. Moreover, Xathrid Necromancer is also in M14, and it creates additional 2/2 tokens out of humans. Will there be some combination of humans and zombies in a possible Orzhov aggro? Overall, these M14 intro packs are meant for casual play, and the rares in them are not going to see the light of day in Standard. Event decks, on the other hand, provide players with a readily competitive deck in the format.

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