For the next week, you’ll be able to win a bunch of new card styles in the Unbroken Blade Event! This event is Alchemy Singleton, but with a twist! You have a Studying the Blade emblem that every time you attack with one creature, you can pay 1 life to give it a +1/+1 counter or it gains +1/+1This will allow decks to hit their curve faster and reward those builders who have a well balanced curve!
Event Details
A samurai may be only one person, but when attacking alone, they are at their most dangerous. Underestimate them at your own risk. Or better yet, strike first with your own solitary Samurai, and push your opponent onto the back foot. Mastery of the blade may not be the only thing to decide the game, but it sure won’t hurt.
Duration: March 18, 2022 @ 8:00 AM PST to March 25, 2022 @ 8:00 AM PST
Ends After: 4 wins or 2 losses, whichever comes first
Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)
Studying the Blade Emblem
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, you may pay 1 life. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. Otherwise, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Event Rewards
Wins
Rewards
4 wins
2,500 gold + 3 Showcase Soft Glow Card Styles
3 wins
1,500 gold + 3 Showcase Soft Glow Card Styles
2 wins
1,000 gold + 2 Showcase Soft Glow Card Styles
1 win
500 gold + 2 Showcase Soft Glow Card Styles
0 win
1 Showcase Soft Glow Card Style
Showcase Soft Glow Card Style Rewards
The following soft glow card styles can be earned in this event. Each is equally likely, and you will always receive styles you don’t own until you collect them all:
You can view even more Alchemy Singleton decklists in our previous guide for the Neon Arcade event. Difference is the Emblem that was used and the new Alchemy: Kamigawa cards have been released since then.
Feel free to replace any cards you don’t have with something that serves a similar function; the beauty of Singleton is that you don’t need all the powerful cards for the deck to play optimally!
While this event incentivizes creature decks, why not play an anti-creature deck? Mono Black Midrange has plenty of blockers and interaction to stop aggressive decks in their tracks.
While Mono Green may not be as fast as Mono Red or Mono White, the card quality is higher so it can grind better against the slow decks and have better bodies against the fast decks!
The emblem was made for Samurai so may as well play them! The Samurai are twice as effective when they get their normal trigger on top of the Studying the Blade trigger!
Gruul Werewolves is already one of the best decks in Alchemy so why not play it here? Great curve, powerful threats, and strong synergies are always a strong choice for any event.
On the other side of the Orzhov spectrum we have an aggro deck as well! With great creatures and interaction, you can play both short and long games with this build.
For the final list of the article, we have one more anti-creature deck! Azorius has loads of creature removal, all the wraths in the world, and card draw to help find them!
End Step
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