The Proffessors: Episode 157: Obscurity and the Hive MindBy Anthony Palmerio  //  19 Jul, 2011

The Proffessors: Episode 157: Obscurity and the Hive Mind
Hello everybody and welcome to the first episode of The Proffessors on Channel Fireball. This week we’ll take a look at the obscurities and inner workings of some cards and interactions in the new standard format as well as those out of M12 in the standard format we’ve entered along with the Ultra Friends deck from a few weeks back. You can check out the entirety of the show by watching the upcoming, third video in the menu, or you can check out the individual segments by clicking on the fourth or fifth videos for the first or second segment, respectively. We suggest you watch the videos in full screen to view them at the best quality. Enjoy.​

Mono Black Control (Top 8: Chinese Nationals)

Main Deck:

4 Gatekeeper of Malakir 4 Vampire Nighthawk 4 Vault Skirge 4 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Go for the Throat 3 Lashwrithe 3 Sign in Blood 3 Phyrexian Obliterator 2 Despise 2 Dismember 1 Liliana Vess 1 Grave Titan 1 Wurmcoil Engine Swamp Sideboard 2 Black Sun’s Zenith 2 Duress 2 Memoricide 2 Mimic Vat 2 Skinrender 2 Vampire Hexmage 1 Hex Parasite 1 Spellskite 1 Wurmcoil Engine

Ultra Friends (with M12 update):

4 Venser, the Sojourner 4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas 4 Tezzeret’s Gambit 4 Blade Splicer 4 Wall of Omens 3 Gideon Jura 3 Day of Judgment 3 Everflowing Chalice 3 Oblivion Ring 2 Karn Liberated 1 Sphere of the Suns 1 Go for the Throat 1 Doom Blade 4 Marsh Flats 4 Seachrome Coast 4 Terramorphic Expanse 3 Inkmoth Nexus 3 Plains 2 Island 2 Swamp 1 Evolving Wilds Sideboard 4 Torpor Orb 3 Leyline of Sanctity 3 Memoricide 3 Spellskite 1 Day of Judgment 1 Oblivion Ring

Jon Hamm

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