I have tried going through the Vintage Burning Long deck, modified to its previous iteration with 4x LEDs with 2x Mind's Desire over the md and sb and also a Legacy heavy ritual list that also runs Burning Wish.
Storm is a very odd deck to run because it collapses very easily to misplay more often than to inferior strategy, especially under a given amount of stress and uncertainty.
I think I will be dabbling with the Legacy iteration more so that I can get a better feel for what I would need in order to make the Classic version more powerful than it is now.
The Vintage version is more focused on the raw power of draw 7s while the Legacy version draws its strength from the breadth of the format that is less able to react to the way the deck plays out. The Classic version should sit somewhere closer to the Legacy version but I need more feel of the deck before I can maximize the deck at the deck level and the play level. I hope to make a real life version soon. :)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Guess what
I was designing a legacy deck yesterday and today, as I made one of my rare trips to the shop where I bought my mtg comic of Dack Faydon I noticed that one of the promos was this card I wanted to use：
See the right card. When I saw it, I immediately asked if they had more but they were sold out. Weren't Standstills worth quite a fair bit? I was definitely elated to see the promo there but I felt like I was too far behind on irl news.
Anyway, here's the card
See the right card. When I saw it, I immediately asked if they had more but they were sold out. Weren't Standstills worth quite a fair bit? I was definitely elated to see the promo there but I felt like I was too far behind on irl news.
Anyway, here's the card
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Oh! I did not go for the guild meeting...
I went to one of my local shops 15 mins before the last prerelease flight but they no longer had any products left.
After arranging with a friend, we managed to go for another prerelease elsewhere else via cab.
Here, they had all the guilds left except for Golgari since everyone wanted Abrupt Decay. I heard that Selesnya and Azorious were good but I took Izzet instead (obviously my choice since they don't have Dimir).
At the table, I was told from the people sitting and playing the same guild that Izzet was a rather weak guild and had very bad chances although it could have very powerful pools.
My eventual pool was not fantastic but I tried to make the best of it.
I beat an Izzet deck (who took the Rakdos box) which had my guildmaster in it by playing draw-go in a full Izzet mage style. I next faced my friend who was playing a defender tribal deck with 3x the mill defender. With my burn spells not capable of clearing the 0/4 guys with any consistency, I easily lose in an inevitable way. I scoop to save time and information and side in black for the dumb rare enchantment that halves the player's life but I don't draw it and get double milled with ease again.
Third match was against Azorious who I dispatch easily on the back of my Izzet playstyle that attacks the larger bombs with countermagic while sneaking in small threats.
It was late and I split the last round with my opponent to go back.
We didn't have any incentives to fill the achievement card up. Hey! There was supposed to be a guild meeting held...
After arranging with a friend, we managed to go for another prerelease elsewhere else via cab.
Here, they had all the guilds left except for Golgari since everyone wanted Abrupt Decay. I heard that Selesnya and Azorious were good but I took Izzet instead (obviously my choice since they don't have Dimir).
At the table, I was told from the people sitting and playing the same guild that Izzet was a rather weak guild and had very bad chances although it could have very powerful pools.
My eventual pool was not fantastic but I tried to make the best of it.
I beat an Izzet deck (who took the Rakdos box) which had my guildmaster in it by playing draw-go in a full Izzet mage style. I next faced my friend who was playing a defender tribal deck with 3x the mill defender. With my burn spells not capable of clearing the 0/4 guys with any consistency, I easily lose in an inevitable way. I scoop to save time and information and side in black for the dumb rare enchantment that halves the player's life but I don't draw it and get double milled with ease again.
Third match was against Azorious who I dispatch easily on the back of my Izzet playstyle that attacks the larger bombs with countermagic while sneaking in small threats.
It was late and I split the last round with my opponent to go back.
We didn't have any incentives to fill the achievement card up. Hey! There was supposed to be a guild meeting held...
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Church Camp
(Not at all mtg related but I don't have anywhere I can put this down)
For once in my life, I have come to appreciate the fact that people are far from what we see them to be. For that, I am comforted that I am rightfully human when I am not optimal with my decisions.
I am thankful to be blessed to have been given a sound mind that creates its own train of thoughts since the hive mind doesn't need to be correct and I am more than glad to know that I have someone of a great mind on my side by my side to let me see that I don't have to be confused when I am unable to comprehend the state of the situations I get into because what I think is not always wrong.
God always never fails to do things in His way that people cannot fathom and I aspire to draw this from Him. I do, however, really want to have a more forgiving heart for my own sake because I want to not let my grudges become ancient ones that hold me down.
Random: I want to play in a prerelease pod!
For once in my life, I have come to appreciate the fact that people are far from what we see them to be. For that, I am comforted that I am rightfully human when I am not optimal with my decisions.
I am thankful to be blessed to have been given a sound mind that creates its own train of thoughts since the hive mind doesn't need to be correct and I am more than glad to know that I have someone of a great mind on my side by my side to let me see that I don't have to be confused when I am unable to comprehend the state of the situations I get into because what I think is not always wrong.
God always never fails to do things in His way that people cannot fathom and I aspire to draw this from Him. I do, however, really want to have a more forgiving heart for my own sake because I want to not let my grudges become ancient ones that hold me down.
Random: I want to play in a prerelease pod!
Standstill standstill
My reanimator / flash deck was a flop. It's quite difficult to make it work through crossover hate.
Now, I am back to the other end of the spectrum, standstill.
Last year, I had managed to post decent results with the UR standstill.
Now I am testing a UW version with moderate results as I am still trying out various technologies that would be useful in the format.
I wanted to play it in the DE this morning but I was too tired so I left the queue at 245am. Apparently the queue was at 14 people so it might have fired. Ack.
Now, I am back to the other end of the spectrum, standstill.
Last year, I had managed to post decent results with the UR standstill.
Now I am testing a UW version with moderate results as I am still trying out various technologies that would be useful in the format.
I wanted to play it in the DE this morning but I was too tired so I left the queue at 245am. Apparently the queue was at 14 people so it might have fired. Ack.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Classic Reanimator?
Hmm.. I wonder if this would work out...
This is a mesh of Flash and Reanimator.. I wonder why people don't really play reanimator in Classic other than splash over dredge hate. I would try and see how this goes. Would be cool if I can make some cool powerful hybrid decks that would be capable of taking down the Classic DE.. :)
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