Outland
Comics – 2095 E. 17th Street – Idaho Falls, ID – 83404 –
208-529-5717
Outland Comics Newsletter: Outcries!
No.
65, Week of December 4, 2006
Welcome
to another issue of Outcries! – Get ready for
another great week – we’ve got the latest 52, Justice Society Of
America #1, Ultimate Vision #1, Meltdown #1, Batman
Confidential #1, Spider-Man Reign #1, Tranquility #1– and the
Latest Battle Pope #12 (MR) – plus plenty of Trade
Paperbacks and Variant Covers
– and Garrett Brinker’s latest Reviews and Insights
on Magic the Gathering!
There are three important things I
need to point out this week – the
first is the Feature of the Month for
December – what else
could it be but great Holiday Gift Ideas!
What do the people on your Christmas list want? Why Comics of
course! Or Statues, Action Figures, Posters, T-Shirts, Trade Paperbacks,
Hardcover and Graphic Novels, and more! Get in early for the best selection!
Second – the Giant
Outland Comics Back Issue Blowout sale is on! 100’s
of BACK ISSUES at 60% OFF! 1,000 of BACK ISSUES at 75% OFF!! You
won’t want to miss it!!!
Third – the Outland
Comics Calendar of Holiday Specials! Available now
- Specially Selected ways to save throughout December! It’s attached here
– or better yet – pick one up at the Store!
Magic the Gathering -
Reviews and Insights! With Garrett Brinker – Welcome! This week we will continue with the color
breakdowns. Blue is the “wizards” color. Counterspells, Air and Water
elementals, card drawing, and manipulation are the traditional blue realms. The
blue based decks usually seek absolute control, whether it’s what a player has
on the board or what you allow your opponent to play, control is king.
Popular deck types for blue
are “permission” decks and “lockdown” decks. A permission deck is loaded with
counterspell cards and creatures. This prevents an opponent from playing any
spell you don’t want them to. By only allowing certain spells to resolve it
keeps you in complete control of the board and allows you to finish your
opponent off with either creatures or making them draw their last card. A
second element with control is deck or library manipulation. It is so important
to keep your hand loaded with counterspells that almost always there is a way
to draw additional cards each turn in this deck type.
The “lockdown” deck either
keeps your opponent from un-tapping lands or creatures or continually returns
them to their hand and allows board control. If cards are continually in a
non-usable state it makes it easy to frustrate your opponent in to conceding
the match or making them draw their final card. Another frequent addition is to
control what cards your opponent draws. Deck manipulation can work very well in
this style.
Popular cards from blue
include classics like “Counterspell” “Boomerang” “Stasis” and, “Mana Drain.”
Newer cards that make my favorite list are “Teferi” the legendary creature that
prevents your opponent from playing almost anything. “Twincast” the rare from
Kamigawa block that copies a spell and lets you choose new targets for the
copy. And, the “Rimefeather Owl” from Coldsnap which makes permanents snow and
gets bigger for each snow permanent in play. Until next time, Good Luck!
Happy Reading! Don’t
forget to visit us at
Outlandcomics.com
Attention:
SPORTS FANS! - “Turn back the Clock Card of the Week” promotion! Stop in each week throughout the NFL
season for an exclusive Topps rookie card of a different NFL player. These are
all limited edition cards and only available in Southeastern Idaho and
the surrounding area through Outland Comics with any store
purchase [limits apply!]. We also still have the first
five card “Topps Turn Back the Clock” packs available! – for just
5 cents!
Also
arriving this Week:
Trade Paperbacks
& Hard Covers!
Cowboys & Aliens
TP $4.99
Berserk Vol 14 TP
(MR) $13.95
Decimation Son of M
TP
King Kong TP $12.95
New X-Men Childhoods
End Vol 3 TP $10.99
Old Boy Vol 3 TP
$12.95
Red Sonja Vol 1
Signed HC $24.99
Showcase Presents
Shazam Vol 1 TP $16.99
Variant Covers!
Justice Society of
America Variant Edition #1
Midnighter Variant
Edition #2
Night of the Living
Dead Beginning Gore Cover #1 $3.99
Night of the Living
Dead Beginning Painted Cover #1 $3.99
Magazines!
Heavy Metal January
2007 (MR) $5.99
Beckett Football Dec
2006 #201 $4.99
Toyfare Hasbro Marvel
Legends Series 2 Cover #114 $ 4.99
Wizard Magazine 2007
Movie Spectacular
Books
Arriving Wednesday, December 6, 2006
52 WEEK #31 $2.50 [Outland customers need to note that DC has indicated
there’ll be NO REORDERS and NO PLANS for a TRADE PAPERBACK with any of the 52
titles! Check with us now if you want to make sure to get future issues!]
AGENTS OF ATLAS #5 (OF 6)
$2.99
ALL NEW ATOM #6 $2.99
ANGEL AULD LANG SYNE #2
$3.99
AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST
HEROES II #3 (OF 8) $3.99
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1
$2.99
BATTLE POPE #12 (MR)
$3.50
BEYOND #6 (OF 6) $2.99
CROSS BRONX #4 (OF 4)
(MR) $2.99
DARKNESS PITT FIRST LOOK
$2.99
DESOLATION JONES #8 (MR)
$2.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #826
$2.99
DOCTOR STRANGE OATH #3
(OF 5) $2.99
EMO BOY #10 $2.95
ESCAPE O/T LIVING DEAD
AIRBORNE #3 (OF 3) (MR) $3.99
EXTERMINATORS #12 (MR)
$2.99
FEAR AGENT #9 $2.99
FRIDAY THE 13TH #1 (MR)
$2.99
GARGOYLES #2 $3.50
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #18
$2.95
INCREDIBLE HULK #101
$2.99
INVINCIBLE #37 $2.99
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #3
$2.99
JONAH HEX #14 $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED
#28 $2.25
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF
AMERICA #1 $3.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF
AMERICA VARIANT EDITION #1 $3.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER
TABLE #121 $4.99
LOONEY TUNES #145 $2.25
MANHUNTER #26 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES
SPIDER-MAN #22 $2.99
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL
$3.99
MELTDOWN #1 (OF 2) $5.99
MIDNIGHTER #2 $2.99
MIDNIGHTER VARIANT EDITION
#2 $2.99
MYSTERY IN SPACE #4 (OF
8) $3.99
MOUSE GUARD 3RD PTG #3
(OF 6) $3.50
NEW EXCALIBUR #14 $2.99
NEWUNIVERSAL #1 $2.99
NEXT #6 (OF 6) $2.99
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD
BEGINNING GORE CVR #1 $3.99
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD
BEGINNING PAINTED CVR #1 $3.99
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
#3 (MR) $ 2.99
NIGHTWING #127 $2.99
NINJA SCROLL #3 $2.99
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK O/T
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #1 (OF 2) $4.99
OTHER SIDE #3 (OF 5) (MR)
$2.99
OUTSIDERS #43 $2.99
RED PROPHET TALES OF
ALVIN MAKER #4 (OF 12) $2.99
RED SONJA VOL 1 HC SIGNED
HC $24.99
SPIDER-MAN REIGN #1 (OF
4) $3.99
STAN LEE MEETS SILVER
SURFER $3.99
STAR WARS REBELLION #5
$2.99
STRANGE GIRL #12 $2.99
SUPERGIRL #12 $2.99
TOYFARE HASBRO MARVEL
LEGENDS SERIES 2 CVR #114 $ 4.99
TRANQUILITY #1 $2.99
TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS
#10 $2.49
ULTIMATE VISION #1 (OF 5)
$2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #481 $2.99
WALKING DEAD #33 (MR)
$2.99
WHITE TIGER #2 (OF 6)
$2.99
WITCHBLADE #102 $2.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE 2007
MOVIE SPECTACULAR
__________________________________________
The Outland Comics Staff
___________________________________________
We want to hear from you!
– Have a comment or suggestion you’d like to share with the Outland Comics
staff? Do our hours suit your schedule? Want to submit your own
“Recommended Read”? What would you like more of? Let us know! Just e-mail us
at: outland@netscape.com”
Don't keep Outcries! all to
yourself! Let your friends and colleagues know they can sign up by
sending a note to: outland@netscape.com
Outland Comics - Where the Adventure Begins!