Mox Ruby

Who Wins: Phyrexia, Slivers, Eldrazi?

I got into Magic in the Alpha days (I miss you, Mox Ruby!), and stopped after Homelands. Got back into it during Guilds of Ravnica and got hooked on Commander (hello, Lord Windgrace!). Thank you so much for Core set 2021 and now for my question. Who would win in a fight: Phyrexia, Slivers or Eldrazi?

My best guess is you get Phyrexianized Eldrazzi with a belly full of Slivers. : )

Appreciation Commander Core Set 2021 Eldrazi Fight / Bite Guilds of Ravnica Humor Lord Windgrace Mox Ruby Sliver

Memorable Match Anecdote

Can you tell us the story of Scott Johns/Tom Guevin Type I semi-final game at PT Dallas?

From my column “Loose Ends”: In the early days of the Pro Tour, Wizards would sponsor big money side events. At PT Dallas, the side event was a Type 1 tournament with a $40,000 purse. One of the two semi-finals was between Scott Johns (yes, our illustrious editor) and Tom Guevin. Both had made a name for themselves on the Pro Tour. Scott had three back-to-back top 8’s while Tom had come in second at the very first PT Los Angeles. It was the third game of the semi-final match (in a best two out three match). Tom had won the coin flip and chose to play first. He played a land. Use the land to play a Sol Ring. He then played a Mox and a Black Lotus. Next he played a Zuran Orb. He then sacrificed the Lotus for three white mana. He used two of it to play Balance. In response, he sacrificed his land to his Orb to gain 2 life. With only two cards left in Tom’s hand, Scott was forced to discard five cards. “I’m really sorry,” Tom said to Scott (he didn’t sound very sorry), “Sometimes Type I is really stupid.” Scott stared intently at his cards. Then after a minute of thought, Scott discarded his first card. It was aGuerilla Tactics. As this was a forced discard, Guerilla Tactics dealt 4 damage to Tom. Scott then discarded his second card. Another Guerilla Tactics. Four more damage. Then Scott discarded his third card. Yet another Guerilla Tactics. Another four damage. This left Tom at 10 life. After going down to two cards, Scott takes his turn and plays a Tropical Island and then casts Ancestral Recall. With the Ancestral Recall Scott draws a Mox Ruby and a Gorilla Shaman. He plays the Shaman. Tom draws something irrelevant. On Scott’s next turn, he drops a Strip Mine and uses the Gorilla Shaman to destroy the Mox and Sol Ring. At the end of his turn, Scott looks at Tom and says, “You’re right. It can be pretty stupid.”

Ancestral Recall Black Black Lotus Competitive Play Destroy Discard Gorilla Shaman Lands Mana Mox Ruby Orb Shaman Sol Ring Story / Lore Strip Mine Tropical Island White Your Hand Zuran Orb

Trivia Answers

By the way the answers were badland, dark ritual, island, mountain, mox ruby, plains, scrublands, sol ring, swamp, tundra and volcanic island. sol ring does count as thier was prints without flavor text.

FYI - The answers to yesterday’s trivia question.

Birthday Card Printing Dark Ritual Flavor Mox Ruby Sol Ring Volcanic Island

Power 9 Reprint Possibility

will you ever do a power 9 from the vault

The Power 9 (Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Time Walk and Timetwister) are all on the Reserved List and thus cannot be reprinted (well, at least in paper).

Ancestral Recall Black Black Lotus Card Printing Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Power 9 Reprints The Reserved List Time Walk Timetwister

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