New interesting article on the WOTC site today, with details about the upcoming Archenemy multiplayer variant: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/91&dcmp=ilc-mtgrss#68753

All in all, it looks pretty nice. What I'm curious about is how the combat balance scales with a varying number of players. The scheme cards revealed have the same efficiency when played against 2 players, as when played against 4 players. So... how does it scale?

Maybe someone who has played with WoW raid decks can chime in?

I'm not sure about this new Archenemy variant. It seems to me that it's all part of the big money making scheme from Wizards, the same scheme that included mythic rares, Planechase, Duel of the Planeswalkers. The concept is interesting, but that's all I can say about it. I think I will rather play EDH than this, but that's me :)

I have a planechase deck that we ocassionally use to mix-up our EDH games. I could see also having and Archenemy deck for the same purpose. Possibly even playing both at the same time??? This is madness!

TheShaman: that's an intriguing idea, haha. That would create a totally wacky game of weekend Magic. :D

In our shop, the wackier games usually are the ones we have the most fun with. Most of the time we are tired/bored of FNM, Type 2 in general and plain old drafting. We have been known to just put random packs from 8 different sets in a bag and draft that way. Ever tried Coldsnap with Saviours of Kamigawa and UnHinged?

Archenemy sounds like a great game to play with two arch-decks and six players in a Emperor style match. It at least sounds like a really fun/broken time.

I'm pretty much a kitchen-table casual player, so I don't go to stores to play. And with my friends quitting Magic a decade ago, I haven't played much as a result so I just collect legends. Archenemy just might convince them to return. :)

First Archenemy deck - the artifact one - was spoiled, and it looks pretty great for multiplayer, lots of EDH goodies, and 7 rares!

Now... I'm not a great fan of these colors, but I can hardly wait to see the zombie decklist :)

Originally spoiled here: http://www.mananation.com/archenemy-assemble-doomsday-machine/

1 Metallurgeon 1 Ethersworn Shieldmage 1 Juggernaut 1 Lodestone Golem 1 Synod Centurion 1 Leonin Abunas 2 Sanctum Gargoyle 1 Master Transmuter 1 Architects of Will 1 Duplicant 1 Magister Sphinx 1 Memnarch 1 Sundering Titan 1 Everflowing Chalice 2 AEther Spellbomb 1 Synod Sanctum 1 Azorius Signet 1 Dimir Signet 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Sun Droplet 1 Batwing Brume 2 Agony Warp 1 Obelisk of Esper 1 Thunderstaff 1 Fieldmist Borderpost 1 Mistvein Borderpost 1 Unmake 1 Skullcage 1 Sorcerer's Strongbox 1 March of the Machine 1 Unbender Tine 1 Spin into Myth 1 Dreamstone Hedron 7 Plains 10 Island 5 Swamp 2 Terramorphic Expanse

Scorch the world with Dragonfire

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=246592

1 Skirk Marauder 1 Taurean Mauler 1 Fierce Empath 2 Dragonspeaker Shaman 1 Skirk Commando 1 Battering Craghorn 2 Dragon Whelp 2 Furnace Whelp 1 Chameleon Colossus 1 Gathan Raiders 1 Ryusei, the Falling Star 1 Flameblast Dragon 1 Hellkite Charger 1 Two-Headed Dragon 1 Imperial Hellkite 1 Kilnmouth Dragon

2 Gruul Signet 1 Breath of Darigaaz 1 Dragon Breath 2 Dragon Fodder 1 Colossal Might 2 Seething Song 1 Volcanic Fallout 2 Branching Bolt 1 Fires of Yavimaya 1 Thran Dynamo 1 Chandra’s Outrage 1 Fireball 1 Savage Twister LANDS (24) 17 Mountain 5 Forest 2 Kazandu Refuge


The Rares are :
Taurean Mauler Chameleon Colossus Ryusei, the Falling Star Flameblast Dragon Hellkite Charger Two-Headed Dragon Imperial Hellkite Kilnmouth Dragon

Bring About the Undead Apocalypse

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=246562

1 Festering Goblin 1 Dregscape Zombie 1 Reassembling Skeleton 1 Rakdos Guildmage 1 Bog Witch 1 Urborg Syphon-Mage 1 Cemetery Reaper 1 Avatar of Discord 2 Infectious Horror 1 Corpse Connoisseur 1 Shriekmaw 2 Twisted Abomination 1 Extractor Demon 1 Kaervek the Merciless 1 Avatar of Woe 1 Vampiric Dragon 1 Scion of Darkness 1 Artisan of Kozilek


1 Reanimate 2 Rakdos Signet 1 Zombie Infestation 2 Sign in Blood 2 Terminate 1 Infest 1 Makeshift Mannequin 1 Zombify 1 Inferno Trap 1 Torrent of Souls 1 Beacon of Unrest 1 Incremental Blight 1 Bituminous Blast


13 Swamp 7 Mountain 2 Barren Moor 2 Rakdos Carnarium

sebi wrote: 1 Avatar of Woe 1 Vampiric Dragon 1 Scion of Darkness 1 Reanimate

:D :cool:

And last but not least:

From http://www.planetmtg.de/infos/index.html

Trample Civilization Underfoot

2 Every Last Vestige Shall Rot
1 Evil Comes to Fruition
1 I Call on the Ancient Magics
1 I Delight in Your Convulsions
1 Into the Earthen Maw
1 Introductions Are in Order
1 May Civilization Collapse
2 Nature Demands an Offering
2 Nature Shields Its Own
1 Realms Befitting My Majesty
2 Roots of All Evil
1 The Very Soil Shall Shake
1 Your Fate is Thrice Sealed
1 Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom
2 Your Will is Not Your Own

1 Leaf Gilder 2 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Shinen of Life's Roar 2 Wall of Roots 1 Watchwolf 1 Selesnya Guildmage 2 Fertilid 1 Hunting Moa 2 Yavimaya Dryad 1 Forgotten Ancient 1 Thelonite Hermit 2 Wickerbough Elder 1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa 1 Verdeloth the Ancient 1 Pale Recluse 1 Krosan Tusker 1 Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer 1 Feral Hydra

1 Fog 1 Rancor 1 Spider Umbra 1 Path to Exile 1 Gleeful Sabotage 1 Plummet 1 Heroes' Reunion 2 Oblivion Ring 1 Armadillo Cloak 1 Harmonize 1 Primal Command 1 Wax // Wane

10 Forest 5 Plains 1 Graypelt Refuge 1 Khalni Garden 1 Krosan Verge 1 Llanowar Reborn 1 Mosswort Bridge 1 Nantuko Monastery 1 Secluded Steppe 1 Tranquil Thicket 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree

Hmm.. Path to Exile, and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa (I've been meaning to build a new EDH around this guy)... not bad, I might actually consider buying this one :D (Yeah, I know, I'm a sucker for green)