First, the champion, playing Mono-Black Necro Control: Creatures (7) Lands (23) Spells (30) 4 Nevinyrral's Disk 1 Hymn to Tourach 4 Necropotence 1 Ivory Tower 4 Dark Ritual 4 Drain Life 3 Stupor 2 Mind Warp 3 Contagion 1 Serrated Arrows 2 Demonic Consultation 1 Zuran Orb Sideboard Then, in third place, representing the aggro decks of the format, Brian Hackers Bad Moon Necro: Creatures (19) Lands (21) Spells (20) And then finally carrying on the fine tradition of B/r Necro-decks, Chris Pikula, who actually increased the red presence in the deck with Incinerates and multiple maindeck Shatters (Winter Orb, Howling Mine, Serrated Arrows, even Black Vise, Ivory Tower, and Zuran Orb were worthy targets)
Although less rare that a copy from MTG's first Alpha set, a Beta Black Lotus typically fetches tens of thousands of dollars at auction
(It's like trample but for blocking.) To be more specific, the controller of a blocking creature with tantrum first assigns combat damage to the creature(s) it's blocking
Its probably more than you own in your collection, and getting your hands on a box early on seems like Christmas morning
That card was Sphinxs Revelation, which went on to largely define Standard for two years, as well as dominate Block Constructed for Return to Ravnica
During one particularly gruelling match using the Theros: Beyond Death set on Magic: The Gathering Arena, I was shocked when my White-based opponent placed the Shatter the Sky spell down
