Homebrew Pick of the Week: M10 Dual Lands

Once the new Zendikar fetch lands were spoiled at PAX it became abundantly clear why the dual lands in M10 were dependent on having basic lands in play to be efficient. Once you can fetch the land of your choice and then play one of these puppies on T2 untapped you will be in hog heaven. The mana bases post Zendikar will be unlike anything we have seen in type II for quite some time. I just got excited and had to feature the M10 duals in preparation for Zendikar release posts.

Strengths:
- Allied color dual land

- Has the capacity to come into play untapped

- More beginner-friendly drawback when compared to the previous core-set pain lands

Weaknesses:

- Does not jive particularly well with the current standard decks that are heavy in the non-basic land department

- Can come into play tapped and slow your tempo way down if you are stuck without a basic

- There is currently no strong enemy color dual lands that have good synergy with these M10 duals ( even though we all know fetch lands are coming back in Zendikar!!!!!)

Abusability:

- Not abusable compared to the vivid lands but still have immense strength. They were strong enough to alter type II by having more decks play an increased number of basic lands.

- Once Zendikar is released the true power of these lands will be quickly realized and they will become even more useful in type II and beyond


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Poll Results!

With the Limited PTQ season just around the corner along with the new MTGO PTQ's that are on their way qualifier tournaments are a hot topic on the web. This poll asked all you out there what kind of PTQ format would you like to see if you could pick from any existing MTG format available. The voting was completely inconclusive: EDH, Pauper, Standard, and Booster Draft all ended up in a tie for the top spot. I think if I had my choice I would go for an EDH format PTQ. It's extremely fun to play and the multiplayer aspect would be hilarious to try and organize. Honestly, it would almost be as much fun to see how they would set up the eliminations as actually playing in the event. I would play the Sharuum deck that I am currently putting together for some casual play in between classes on campus. Decklist is on the way! On a side note: I will begin back with the weekly posts next week so stay with me!

Please comment, email (homebrew.magic@gmail.com) or tweet (@homebrew_magic) any constructive criticism you have pertaining to this or any of my posts. Your input is both needed and appreciated. Keep on brewing!