In an inside look at Future Future League testing practices, Randy Buehler is soon to reveal that the next 3-set block's Constructed format had already been broken wide open. Randy's MagicTheGathering.com article will go through various FFL deck evolutions, of course using the comical playtest nicknames like "Cap'n Crunch" and "Tea and Crumpets" to avoid spoilers. The article clearly demonstrates a quick convergence to extremely similar decks.

"Yeah, it's pretty stagnant." stated Buehler. "Even though it's our job to test and balance every card in this set, everyone in FFL has been playing the same 2 decks for months on end. It's friggin boring as hell. You either gotta play 'Son of a Preacher Man' or anti-'Preacher Man.' Talk about Wizards building your decks for you...man, I'm going to get canned for this."

Top Pros everywhere are poring over the codenamed decklists looking for an early edge. Fierce debates are already forming on whether to run "Susan B. Anthony Dollars" or "'Roids" in Morph decks.

Most deck-builders, however, are less than pleased. Noted designer Brian Kibler was quoted as saying "Dammit, how am I going to get the other guys to like me now?" Many frustrated players are giving up Block Constructed altogether and have left the game to go draft online.

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In an inside look at Future Future League testing practices, Randy Buehler is soon to reveal that the next 3-set block's Constructed format had already been broken wide open. Randy's MagicTheGathering.com article will go through various FFL deck evolutions, of course using the comical playtest nicknames like "Cap'n Crunch" and "Tea and Crumpets" to avoid spoilers. The article clearly demonstrates a quick convergence to extremely similar decks.

"Yeah, it's pretty stagnant." stated Buehler. "Even though it's our job to test and balance every card in this set, everyone in FFL has been playing the same 2 decks for months on end. It's friggin boring as hell. You either gotta play 'Son of a Preacher Man' or anti-'Preacher Man.' Talk about Wizards building your decks for you...man, I'm going to get canned for this."

Top Pros everywhere are poring over the codenamed decklists looking for an early edge. Fierce debates are already forming on whether to run "Susan B. Anthony Dollars" or "'Roids" in Morph decks.

Most deck-builders, however, are less than pleased. Noted designer Brian Kibler was quoted as saying "Dammit, how am I going to get the other guys to like me now?" Many frustrated players are giving up Block Constructed altogether and have left the game to go draft online.

Discuss this article in the Magic: the Gathering Forums!