Gemstone Mine

Kangee Pronunciation

Is Kangee pronounced with a hard G (as in "Glasses of Urza") or a soft G (as in "Gemstone Mine")?

I say it with a hard G, but I have no proof that’s correct.

Gemstone Mine Glasses of Urza Urza

Notable Tournament Appearance

FYI: Maro's most notable tournament appearance was in Five-Color Green, a precursor to Zoo that used the most efficient creatures and removal spells of every color, supported by Gemstone Mine and Reflecting Pool. Maro was the top of the curve due to its synergy with Quirion Ranger. It also saw some play in G/W Armageddon decks after Ernham Djinn rotated.

FYI

Colors Creatures Djinns Gemstone Mine Green Mark Rosewater Quirion Ranger Ranger Reflecting Pool Selesnya (G/W) Spells

Tempest Set Insights

Please say something about Tempest. It is my favorite set but isn't talked about that much.

Go listen to my very first “Drive to Work” podcast. I talk about it for thirty minutes. Okay, here’s a piece of trivia. What was the first card designed in Tempest design to be printed? The answer is Gemstone Mine (printed in Weatherlight). They needed a card in development so they followed a long R&D tradition, they stole it from a future set which would have more time to find a replacement. The playtest name for the card was Three Shot City of Brass.

Birthday Card Printing City of Brass Drive to Work Gemstone Mine Playtesting Tempest Weatherlight

Dredge Deck Contribution

It's hard to send you a Dredge list since Tumblr doesn't allow links and also doesn't give enough room to copypaste the decklist into the question field, but Ando Ferguson made top 8 at GP Indianapolis with a Dredge deck and you can see his list if you look up the coverage.

Cards from that deck that I had a hand in creating: Cephalid Colisseum, Gemstone Mine, Tarnished Citadel, Flayer of the Hatebound, Golgari Grave-Troll, Golgari Thug, Ichorid, Narcomeba, Stinkweed Imp, Breakthrough, Bridge from Below, Cabal Therapy, Dread Return, Faithless Looting, Lion’s Eye Diamond, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Iona, Shield of Emeria. You’ll also notice that about 90+% of the cards come from sets I lead.

Blogatog / Tumblr Bridge from Below Cabal Therapy Cephalid Conventions Dread Return Dredge Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Eye Faithless Looting Flayer of the Hatebound Gemstone Mine Golgari (B/G) Golgari Grave-Troll Golgari Thug Ichorid Imp Iona, Shield of Emeria Stinkweed Imp Tarnished Citadel Troll Your Hand

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