Saturday, January 26, 2008

What Is An Engine?

The original two cylinder: Dark Ritual - Hypnotic Specter
Simple, tried, and true. One of the first "two-card combos" you could grasp way-back-when. I began my Magic playing in Ice Age, and still had access to this highly unfair combo. Even small engines can produce incredible results when paired up with more powerful components, such as Necropotence.
Dark Ritual is the gold standard in mana acceleration (second only to power) and gave players their first taste of how the pieces fit. But I'm not here to go over old decks; I'm here for the new stuff.
Today's engines are much more complex than their older counterparts. Let's look at both kinds of Engines: Tempo and Combo.

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