Pointed Discussion

Keino:
Wall deck?
Wow...either it is junk or it is suprisingly good...I'm guessing the first one

Wall decks are surprisingly difficult to deal with. Equivically paying half cost for all your creatures.

I don't see a problem with a wall deck... there are many ways to win the game, not just kill your opponent by attacking creatures... best example could be milling, and walls are perfect for milling decks. Felidar Sovereign, Helix Pinnacle and many more... also not to mention that there are means to let your defenders attack.

All you need to know is just what cards you should take.

The strictly better Cloak of Mists was available to the Eighth Edition team, but they chose this instead.

One reason is that Eighth Edition included new reprints from every set.

Another is to support the Wall subtheme for Limited play: There were 8 walls (2 common, 5 uncommon, 1 rare), and 3 cards that cared about them (this, Dwarven Demolition Team, and Rolling Stones).

Aside: The number of cards that are Walls or care about Walls from Alpha through Magic 2011:
20, 19, 24, 22, 12, 10, 11, 0, 7, 4, 3 (plus M11 has 2 non-Wall defenders)

Flavor text is fantastic.

"Oh, hey there." - Juggernaut

For your wall deck Keino, may I suggest wakestone gargoyle?

Once again my wall deck triumphs!

I like "can't be blocked except by walls" more than "unblockable" when it comes to the flavor of cards that make things invisible. Normal creatures can't block because they can't see, but a wall doesn't have to see- it's a wall. The guy just can't pass it.