About Author: CyrusBales

Website: http://www.cyrusbalesfilms.co.uk
Description: I've been playing magic since Judgment, but only got involved in organised play when Lorwyn came out. Since then I've developed my game and built up a reputation as a deckbuilder. I spent a decent amount of time on the Wizards Forums spawned several standard archetypes, most famously Twin Sanity, but also the RUG land destruction deck during SOA-ZEN, Tezz-Infect and RWB Reanimator. I made the Pro Tour for the first Modern event in Philadelphia.

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Crucible of Words – BG in Modern, Decklist and Tournament Report by Cyrus Bales

Posted on March 14, 2013 | No Comments
Greetings, last week was PTQ London, the last Modern PTQ I'll be able to attend, since the one in Dundee this weekend is just a little too out of the way for me. The week before I lost in the final playing Jund, this week I expected a metagame shift so built accordingly with a "home brew".
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Crucible of Words – Fanboy3 Manchester 2013 Modern PTQ 2nd Place by Cyrus Bales

Posted on March 6, 2013 | No Comments
This weekend just gone saw PTQ Manchester take place with over 160 players. Being the modern format, but without Bloodbraid Elf and Seething Song, it offered us something a little different, this week I’ll talk about the deck I played, why I played it and give you a tournament report.
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Crucible of Words – Modern Confidant Reckoning by Cyrus Bales

Posted on February 28, 2013 | No Comments
With everyone scrounging for a deck to play in modern, I thought I'd throw out an idea I had the other day, unsurprisingly it's black, red and white.
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Crucible of Words – Dusk ‘Till Dawn: UB Combo by Cyrus Bales

Posted on January 30, 2013 | No Comments
This week I thought I’d share my thoughts on a potential new combo deck for Modern. The most notable thing about the deck, is that it’s UB, the colour of busted combo decks, Thopter-Depths and Mystical Reanimator spring to mind.
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Crucible of Words – Rocky Bilbao: GP Bilbao Report by Cyrus Bales

Posted on January 28, 2013 | No Comments
Recently I went to GP Bilbao, rather than the usual tournament report I would normally do, I’ll instead be recounting several tales of hilarity and bad beats encountered by myself and the other travelling players from the UK. I'll post another article with my decklist later on.
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Crucible of Words – Ban List Speculation by Cyrus Bales

Posted on January 15, 2013 | No Comments
The ban lists for magic were last updated in September, so we are roughly due for one in the next month or so. This week I'll take a quick look over what I think could/should change and why/why not in Standard, Legacy and Modern.
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Chesham Modern PTQ Report: My Junk Is Legendary – Crucible of Words by Cyrus Bales

Posted on December 31, 2012 | No Comments
At GP Lyon(modern) I played a Junk Rock deck, and with Modern PTQ season having rolled around, I sleeved it up again with a few tweaks for the PTQ at Chesham. Today I’ll go over the changes I made and give you a run-down of how it played in the tournament.
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Crucible of Words – That’s ‘Maw Like It by Cyrus Bales

Posted on November 30, 2012 | No Comments
Over the last few weeks, standard has flourished. Thragtusk has found itself playing second fiddle to Thundermaw Hellkite in the form of RB aggro.
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