And I took fourth out of thirty. Huzzah!
So, I’m still not the biggest fan of the new line of Core Sets, but I have to say WotC did an amazing job on the packaging. Not only do the packs look sweet, but they open beautifully. Like they were made for “popping.” <— See 3:44 of this video. Heck, even the new card smell’s better than most recent sets. Methinks I get a bit too much into opening packs. <_<
Opened some good stuff for once. Wanted to go black/white, but ended up full esper for the draw. Blah blah blah details. Here’s what I opened / built, italics indicating rarity and foiliness.
Sealed For My Pleasure [BUW]
—Land (18)—
3 Evolving Wilds
6 Island
5 Plains
4 Swamp
—Creatures (13)—
Ajani’s Sunstriker
Archaeomancer
Arctic Aven
Chronomaton
Duty-Bound Dead
Guardians of Akrasa
Knight of Glory
Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
Sublime Archangel
Warclamp Mastiff
War Priest of Thune
2 Welkin Tern
—Noncreatures (9)—
Divination
Elixir of Immortality
2 Index
Murder
Oblivion Ring
Staff of Nin
2 Talrand’s Invocation
—Sideboard (8)—
Disentomb
Duress
Essence Scatter
Gilded Lotus
Guardian Lions
Healer of the Pride
Plains
Safe Passage
—Other Opens—
Battleflight Eagle
Captain’s Call
Divine Favor
Griffin Protector
Show of Valor
Silvercoat Lion
2 Bloodthrone Vampire
Cower in Fear
2 Walking Corpse
Wit’s End
Downpour
Faerie Invaders
Harbor Serpent
2 Hydrosurge
Jace’s Phantasm
Kraken Hatchling
2 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
2 Negate
Sleep
Vedalken Entrancer
Arbor Elf
Bountiful Harvest
Deadly Recluse
Duskdale Wurm
Elvish Visionary
Primal Huntbeast
Rancor
Ranger’s Path
Spiked Baloth
Timberpack Wolf
Arms Dealer
Bladetusk Boar
Dragon Hatchling
Fervor
Goblin Arsonist
Goblin Battle Jestor
Kindled Fury
Krenko’s Command
Reckless Brute
Rummaging Goblin
Searing Spear
Torch Fiend
Turn to Slag
Volcanic Geyser
Volcanic Strength
Wild Guess
Ring of Kalonia
Round 1 vs Black/Red (2-0) - I faced a highly competitive player known for his ragequit temper when things don’t go his way. Outside of Limited, all he’s capable of is netdecks. Moving on, since I’m not here to bash. Game one I do a little early attacking, and he gets out Vampire Nighthawk. I Talrand’s Invocation into two 2/2 flying blockers, stalling the field until Murder kills the Bloodhawk. He scoops in response, unwilling to lay out an (apparently) cruddy hand. Game two’s not much different, this time him scooping after loudly proclaiming mana screw and something along the lines of a rather snoddy “Nice three color deck.” Probably best that I kept my tongue held. After all, I was only mainboarding Gilded Lotus at the time, alongside my three Evolving Wilds and those Indexes.
Round 2 vs Green/Red and Black/Blue (2-0) - In game one I got out Sublime Angel, but ended up having to trade her with a Dragon Hatchling. Nefarox came out shortly after, but couldn’t attack on account of a Deadly Recluse. After a few turns of stalling, an Index grabbed my O-Ring to get it out of the way for the win. He switched colors for game two, and sadly for him I ended up curving perfectly, too much to stop.
Round 3 vs Monoblack (0-2) - The guy opened up four Murders, need I say more? My stars died easily, and my second game had a rather slow hand. Hey, luck can go both ways.
Round 4 vs Black/Blue/Green (2-0 / 3-1) - Battling a friend, we choose to split the prize packs and play for points. Which was a good thing, since I ended up utterly overpowering him. Sublime Angel + Talrand’s Invocation is really good stuff. Especially when it happens two games in a row. We played two more games after that, and still had a third of the round left when we’d finished.
All in all, an excellant showing.
So, I’m still not the biggest fan of the new line of Core Sets, but I have to say WotC did an amazing job on the packaging. Not only do the packs look sweet, but they open beautifully. Like they were made for “popping.” <— See 3:44 of this video. Heck, even the new card smell’s better than most recent sets. Methinks I get a bit too much into opening packs. <_<
Opened some good stuff for once. Wanted to go black/white, but ended up full esper for the draw. Blah blah blah details. Here’s what I opened / built, italics indicating rarity and foiliness.
Sealed For My Pleasure [BUW]
—Land (18)—
3 Evolving Wilds
6 Island
5 Plains
4 Swamp
—Creatures (13)—
Ajani’s Sunstriker
Archaeomancer
Arctic Aven
Chronomaton
Duty-Bound Dead
Guardians of Akrasa
Knight of Glory
Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
Sublime Archangel
Warclamp Mastiff
War Priest of Thune
2 Welkin Tern
—Noncreatures (9)—
Divination
Elixir of Immortality
2 Index
Murder
Oblivion Ring
Staff of Nin
2 Talrand’s Invocation
—Sideboard (8)—
Disentomb
Duress
Essence Scatter
Gilded Lotus
Guardian Lions
Healer of the Pride
Plains
Safe Passage
—Other Opens—
Battleflight Eagle
Captain’s Call
Divine Favor
Griffin Protector
Show of Valor
Silvercoat Lion
2 Bloodthrone Vampire
Cower in Fear
2 Walking Corpse
Wit’s End
Downpour
Faerie Invaders
Harbor Serpent
2 Hydrosurge
Jace’s Phantasm
Kraken Hatchling
2 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
2 Negate
Sleep
Vedalken Entrancer
Arbor Elf
Bountiful Harvest
Deadly Recluse
Duskdale Wurm
Elvish Visionary
Primal Huntbeast
Rancor
Ranger’s Path
Spiked Baloth
Timberpack Wolf
Arms Dealer
Bladetusk Boar
Dragon Hatchling
Fervor
Goblin Arsonist
Goblin Battle Jestor
Kindled Fury
Krenko’s Command
Reckless Brute
Rummaging Goblin
Searing Spear
Torch Fiend
Turn to Slag
Volcanic Geyser
Volcanic Strength
Wild Guess
Ring of Kalonia
Round 1 vs Black/Red (2-0) - I faced a highly competitive player known for his ragequit temper when things don’t go his way. Outside of Limited, all he’s capable of is netdecks. Moving on, since I’m not here to bash. Game one I do a little early attacking, and he gets out Vampire Nighthawk. I Talrand’s Invocation into two 2/2 flying blockers, stalling the field until Murder kills the Bloodhawk. He scoops in response, unwilling to lay out an (apparently) cruddy hand. Game two’s not much different, this time him scooping after loudly proclaiming mana screw and something along the lines of a rather snoddy “Nice three color deck.” Probably best that I kept my tongue held. After all, I was only mainboarding Gilded Lotus at the time, alongside my three Evolving Wilds and those Indexes.
Round 2 vs Green/Red and Black/Blue (2-0) - In game one I got out Sublime Angel, but ended up having to trade her with a Dragon Hatchling. Nefarox came out shortly after, but couldn’t attack on account of a Deadly Recluse. After a few turns of stalling, an Index grabbed my O-Ring to get it out of the way for the win. He switched colors for game two, and sadly for him I ended up curving perfectly, too much to stop.
Round 3 vs Monoblack (0-2) - The guy opened up four Murders, need I say more? My stars died easily, and my second game had a rather slow hand. Hey, luck can go both ways.
Round 4 vs Black/Blue/Green (2-0 / 3-1) - Battling a friend, we choose to split the prize packs and play for points. Which was a good thing, since I ended up utterly overpowering him. Sublime Angel + Talrand’s Invocation is really good stuff. Especially when it happens two games in a row. We played two more games after that, and still had a third of the round left when we’d finished.
All in all, an excellant showing.
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