Mirrodin Besieged: Mirran

In this blog, I will talk about the new set that was recently released on February 5th for Magic: The Gathering. Mirrodin Besieged was the second set in the Scars of Mirrodin block, and the climax of the battle between Mirran and Phyrexian forces. I will talk about the some of the cards from the new set from the Mirran faction.

Mirran is my personal choice of faction, but that is just because I'm not a fan of infect. In this set, Mirran has brought us a new principal. It is called Battle Cry. Battle Cry says, "Whenever a creature with battle cry attacks, all other attacking creatures you control gain +1/+0 until the end of the turn." This mechanic can help out aggro decks greatly. Also, a few other cards seem to revolve around and encourage mass-attacking. Victory's Herald for example, gives all attacking creatures flying and lifelink until the end of the turn. Mirran has also brought us a few cards to counter infect. The first card would be Sword of Feast and Famine. This doesn;t have any effects that target infect persay, but protection from green and black pretty much renders infect useless, since a good 90% of all infect cards are either black or green. Another card would be Mirran Crusader. Again, protection from black and green. Melira's Keepers has an ability which says that it cannot have counters on it, which includes infect's -1/-1 counters. And finally, Burn the Impure, which is truly anti-infect. Although these cards exist, I wish I could have seen more cards that would have downed infect a little bit more.

When I played at a pre-release event, it seemed that the common deck for a Mirran supporter was White/Red. I used this color combination and did very well against infect, because white and red bring a good control aspect to the game. I would suggest to make a White/Red deck orWhite/Green deck to counter infect (given that you are only using Mirrodin Besieged cards). Blue has been weaked a lot for Mirran, so I would not suggest making a blue deck.

Overall: Mirran made a strong attempt to go against Phyrexia, but their cards are a bit weaker compared to Scars of Mirrodin.

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