Why you should buy DD Izzet vs Golgari

As the title says, here is why:

 

 

I'm in!

Waiting for Spring

I've been quite down for awhile. Didn't manage to get the job I wanted (and quit mu current job), messed up somewhere in the sudoku thing I was doing (one mistake somewhere = big GG), there's trouble at work and finally my CQ league.

This week I'm paired yet again with a "non classic" deck, belcher. I regret not running incredibly explosive engines to just destroy my opponents. Instead, I meta-ed against Classic decks but the Classic environment is not meeting my expectations at all.

It was like when I tried to get my family to play saboteur. There were 3 miners vs 1 sabotuer but the miners simply self destructed by the virtue that they did not understand the consequences of their actions and trying to analyze such players is just counterproductive because they are not able to or are not at the level of understanding to make the more optimal plays.

Sigh.

Sudoku Challenge~

So I ended up entering this Sudoku challenge at my workplace. The thing is, I haven't been doing it much since about 4 years back so I'm pretty rusty.
I will be practicing for it casually as I do with Magic and trying to sort out some ideas.
I shall aim to win it :)
Hopefully the rest of the people aren't sudoku addicts cos I know one of my friends is and he did one at type writer speed...
I'm far from that.

The Legacy Legacy

This morning, I loaned out my Dreadstill deck to my friend who is one of the best players in my country. I played round 1 for him to a clean 2-0 sweep against mono red as he was on his way back at 2am.

Unfortunately he did not manage to score wins after that. I watched the replays and I realized how Legacy required a level of appreciation before one would be able to play a deck, even more so for an interactive deck.

There is a large number of factors to take into account that cannot be grasped overnight. A good legacy player plays around everything in the format and can prioritize their spell usage to the most relevant threat rather than just the usual skills that are utilized in standard that focus more on efficiency.

For example, good players would actively play around wasteland, daze, B discard spells and bait Force of Wills (which is overcasted in the sense that the spell it is countering does not need to be countered).
Learning how to play Legacy would take a really long length of time.

A high level legacy game is such a fun game.
Perhaps I could write something about that next time.

Week 1

This is the first week of the Classic league and I am paired with an odd high tide deck that is neither legacy nor classic in its entirety but is closer to the former.
I have been thinking every now and then about how to beat him and how to react properly to his threats. A lot more details would be in my article I guess.

It is good to see some people with updated tech but the overall field is underwhelming at that aspect. My foresight blew when no one else picked up a similar deck as I had implemented good anti mirror tech. Meh!!!

I'll be lending my dreadstill deck to my friend to play in the MOCS... I've been reaching home at 10pm the past few days so I'm too beat to even get into a release event.

Classic League

Hmm.. I think I should help to flame the fires for Classic with a short recap series plus insight..

Anyway my decklist has been submitted but my tech may be slightly premature because I don't have a full grasp on how teched up the community is. i look forward to having another article up soon with my secret tech

6 Days

Nothing is more of a motivation than interest. I was informed by Cronin of a Classic tournament series. Obviously, I'm going to get into it in a serious mode. Mtgo has been uninteresting to me for the past few days and this has gotten me excited to test a new card in Classic which seems to be under the radar so I hope to kickstart the reawakening of the format with new tech.

6 days to the official final submission date. :)