mabberman

Zombies 1st, FNM, x3, 2nd, FNM, x3
Land 4 Dragonskull Summit 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 14 Swamp Creatures 4 Diregraf Ghoul 4 Gravecrawler 2 Fume Spitter 2 Highborn Ghoul 4 Blood Artist 4 Geralf's Messenger 3 Falkenrath Aristocrat 2 Phyrexian Metamorph	Spells 2 Mortarpod 2 Tragic Slip 2 Go for the Throat 2 Flames of the Firebrand 3 Brimstone Volley 2 Sign in Blood	Sideboard

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I've seen many people want and try to evolve an intro pack, the most basic deck a set has to offer. But evolving an intro pack takes time, effort and lots and lots of testing. So I'm going to walk through the one month testing and evolving of the Bound by Strength Intro pack from Avacyn restored, from unboxing to its first trial run at FNM tonight.

Phase 1: Unboxing

This is what we started with

Bound by Strength
Lands 13 Forest 12 Island

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With the advent of Modern becoming a legitimate format, its prices have also increased. So, this is a budget look at modern so you won't have to break the bank on your manabase alone.

The fantastic thing about modern is the format could be the best-of standard decks, however, with the banned and restricted list, many decks would have to be excluded. In order to make a deck in modern which can compete, it first has to be able to go toe to toe with the top decks, the main one which...

I don't know if this classifies as "budget" or "competitive" so I'll take the safe road and post it here.

Titan Control
Lands 4 Celestial Colonnade 4 Sejiri Refuge 3 Glacial Fortress 4 Tectonic Edge 7 Plains 3 Island Creatures 3 Sun Titan 4 Wall of Omens 2 Sunblast Angel 2 Aether Adept 3 Sea Gate Oracle	Spells 4 Mana Leak 4 Day of Judgment 3

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