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I'm looking for a ride from Dortmund or close to motorway junction 'Westhofener Kreuz' (A1 / A45).

Quite sad it took the host around two weeks and several requests to upload the decklists. Of course they have to organize other activities but to gain more players for the pretty new tournament more effort would be nice.

As for the WW list the Dryad Arbor is a Dryad Militant. Maybe i should post it in the mtg-forum as well although it's kinda obvious.

Did anyone took notice of the paper with tournament dates for 2013 which hang out last saturday?
Would be nice to share them.

Even if i'm pretty confidant to know the answer i got confused when i saw the decklists from the october event.
In a thread ( http://www.mtg-forum.de/topic/98370-dortmunder-magictreff-6102012/ ) the decklist of Benjamin K. (1st) got an unspecified sideboard of 15 cards. I guess it's just an error made by the editor? Everything else would be very strange.

btw:
Next tournament will be this saturday (01-12-2012)

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[Gather the Townsfolk]

Maybe we can consider and discuss new cards regarding WW which were released since the last post ~20 month ago. I just had a look over the recently released editions:

Token:
Gather the Townsfolk - I didn't saw Raise the Alarm for years; maybe better in Tokenmania.dec
Midnight Haunting - worse Spectral Procession; instant speed is not relevant;
Lingering Souls - maybe in a slower WWbx build, but i can't imagine the card in a straight WW
Mausoleum Guard - 2/2 body for cmc 4 is bad and there are easier ways to get 2 flying tokens; maybe god in boardsweeperheavy meta; but if i consider bounce and exile effects i would definetly avoid this guy
Doomed Traveler - fits better in the ww concept than Mausoleum Guard; still don't convince me

2-Drops
Elite Inquisitor - instead of a Kazandu Blademaster. But in general vigilance is on of the less important keywords a WW creature should have. I'm not used to all creature types of highlander creatures but i would guess Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies are quite rare.
Spectral Rider - since most creature heavy decks play white (WW, Boros, Naya, xcolorZoo), intimidate (white) there are safer evasions
Silverchase Fox - since WW doesn't care about lategame definetly worse than Ancient Kami and Ronom Unicorn
Porcelain Legionnaire - even if he's weak against decks with Mountains he's is a solid beater; lifeloss usually doesn't matter
Selfless Cathar / Armored Warhorse - no comment; maybe in a budget version
Loyal Cathar / Unhallowed Cathar - 1st creature is quite bad in comparison to possibilities white offers. a free second creature which is even worse; maybe I underestimate this guy?
Niblis of the Urn - tap a blocker for free sounds very nice; in the lategame a "{W}{T}:Tap"-guy is probably better
Cloistered Youth / Unholy Fiend - i would prefer the Armored Warhorse Oó
Puresteel Paladin - usually the equipments (=swords) win the game if unhandled. can't imagine a deck with the paladin and how he should constantly improve these situations.

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben - I would not automatically suggest her for all WW lists. If you run many creatures and your opponent shouldn't play too many spells she supports the strategy
Grand Abolisher - I tried him in a couple of non-competitive matches with a disappointing result. Depending on the meta he can shine.
Mentor of the Meek - I didn't played him yet so i can only imagine how strong he would be (without Anthem-effects). in fact around 95% of the creatures would trigger him.

unsorted:
Gideon's Lawkeeper - Human Goldmeadow Harrier; but if you play cmc1 tapper one is probably enough
Mikaeus, the Lunarch - every Anthem-effect is faster and therefore better
Vault Skirge - all in all worse than Suntail Hawk etc.
Guardians' Pledge - can't imagine this over random anthem effect
Blade Splicer - 4 power for cmc 3 is quite rare in White. If you think of recurring cipEnter the Battlefield-Triggers someone already mentioned before (Kor Skyfisher, Flickerwisp, Stonecloaker, Parallax Wave...), she gets pretty annoying.

Lands:
Inkmoth Nexus - Without any secret infect tech I prefer Blinkmoth Nexus if at all
Contested War Zone - No idea yet, but i guess it' all about the meta again

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I hope that there are more/other opinions about these cards and everything is understandable.

Auf Wiedersehen

p.s. I just realized that the previous post was in 2010 instead of 2011. Therefore, another year of yet 'unrecognized' cards for this WW-Thread had just appeared.

I just installed the latest version and had a look in the mtg-room. Only found EDH games.

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What's the opinion about 'Goblin Bushwhacker' - playable?

[Kor Aeronaut]

I think especially for WW there are some more mentionable cards:

Kor Aeronaut - 2/2 Flying for WW is already better than Mistral Charger or Stormfront Pegasus. In addition the type 'Soldier' got some more synergies than Pegasus The possibility to pay the kicker (When Kor Aeronaut enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, target creature gains flying until end of turn.) makes him even better.

Kor Sanctifiers - There are worse creatures for 2W than this one, but with the possibility to kick it it gets much better. Kicker {W} When Kor Sanctifiers enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Kazandu Blademaster - In fact it's a 2/2 Body for WW with First Strike and Vigilance.

Kor Skyfisher - Soldier, flying, 2/3 Body for 1W. Drawback (bounce a permanent you control) which may can be abused with other cards. For Example Calciderm or Knight of the White Orchid.

Depending on the number of Equipments a deck contains Kor Duelist and Kor Outfitter may fit into some decks.

Steppe Lynx - Depends on your topdeckskills
Creature - Cat 0/1, W (1)
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Steppe Lynx gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

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Welkin Tern Ux-Skies
Creature - Bird 2/1, 1U (2)
Flying
Welkin Tern can block only creatures with flying.

Mold Shambler - Probably better than Acidic Slime cause he can also destroy Planeswalker.
Kicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} as you cast this spell.)
When Mold Shambler enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target noncreature permanent.

Khalni Gem - Artifact - Playable in any version of Stax?
When Khalni Gem enters the battlefield, return two lands you control to their owner's hand.
{T}: Add two mana of any one color to your mana pool.

[Ravenous Rats]

Hi,
I also got a Bw-Control Deck which I will post here within the next days.
At the moment I just want to give you some suggestions which may help. In my opinion the Deck got too much removal and discard right now. As a result there are too few creatures to threat the opponent. As Fish mentioned before you should look for some guys who support the Ninjutsu theme (Ink-Eyes and Okiba-Gang Shinobi). The only creature you maybe want to bounce is Bane of the Living. For example Ravenous Rats, Shrieking Grotesque, Chittering Rats in order to discard or Bone Shredder, Shriekmaw, Nekrataal, Murderous Redcap or Fleshbag Marauder in order to remove creatures would do a better job.

Where are Cabal Coffers? They are awesome unless you got them at 1st turn. Especially together with Urborg they make tons of Mana. Maybe you can also add Magus of the Coffers who got a 4/4 body in addition. I try to use the amount of mana to cast spells like Drain Life, Consume Spirit, Profane Command or Death Grasp to 'burn' the opponent. In addition the lifegain helps to support cards like Night's Whisper, Sign in blood, Phyrexian Arena and Graveborn Muse who guarantee more cards.

For now I am happy to see that most of your Deck is similar to mine which is a confirmatory sign.

p.s. I hope my english skills are not to rusty