A couple months back, I had built a deck known as SuperShock, my adaptation of the original post-rotation vampires list as was introduced to me by Bryan Haak during the last States. I apologize, for some reason I can't find the exact list, but a similar build by Caleb Durward can be found here, only with three Doom Blades over Vendettas and Dark Tutelage and Captivating Vampire beating out two Pawn of Ulamogs and the equipment.
A small Magic column from the view of the guy who did your mom.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Mistah Boweh's Horrible Deck Challenge!
Now, if you've ever been here before, you'd know that I have a passion for taking rogue deck concepts and trying to get them to fit in the current meta. It's very rare for me to ever play a deck that will result in more than ten percent of my matches being mirrors. It's just how I roll.
Anyways, the point is that sometimes, it's hard to tool a deck to make it possible to win games, even for someone piloting it at FNM. There's no way I'd be caught dead trying to build any of these decks, because I simply won't endorse something that's guaranteed to fail, no matter who's the pilot or the opponent. At least, not unless I had an excuse.
That being said, it's time for the Horrible Deck Challenge! The idea is simple- send me an email over at dndfreak@gmail.com with 'HDC' in the subject line, containing a concept for any standard-legal deck. You can be as specific or vague as you want, such as 'build a deck that uses two Myr Galvanizers to win the game' or 'build a deck with blue in it that costs under $20'. Whatever it is. Approximately whenever I feel like it, I'll go through the submissions and pull out the first comprehensible idea that I see, and try to construct it to the best of my ability. If you want, let me know in the email, and I'll include whatever personal information (name, location, etc.), and I'll also reply with a link to the article if I use your suggestion, so you don't have to worry about checking back all the time (although your mom would appreciate you more if you did!).
Without further ado, let the Horrible Deck Challenge begin, and may it give me many restless nights.
Anyways, the point is that sometimes, it's hard to tool a deck to make it possible to win games, even for someone piloting it at FNM. There's no way I'd be caught dead trying to build any of these decks, because I simply won't endorse something that's guaranteed to fail, no matter who's the pilot or the opponent. At least, not unless I had an excuse.
That being said, it's time for the Horrible Deck Challenge! The idea is simple- send me an email over at dndfreak@gmail.com with 'HDC' in the subject line, containing a concept for any standard-legal deck. You can be as specific or vague as you want, such as 'build a deck that uses two Myr Galvanizers to win the game' or 'build a deck with blue in it that costs under $20'. Whatever it is. Approximately whenever I feel like it, I'll go through the submissions and pull out the first comprehensible idea that I see, and try to construct it to the best of my ability. If you want, let me know in the email, and I'll include whatever personal information (name, location, etc.), and I'll also reply with a link to the article if I use your suggestion, so you don't have to worry about checking back all the time (although your mom would appreciate you more if you did!).
Without further ado, let the Horrible Deck Challenge begin, and may it give me many restless nights.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Tournament Report: TCGPlayer 1K Qualifier
This weekend, I was at a 1k qualifier (for the TCGPlayer.com invitational in Chicago) over at Level Up Gaming, in Manchester, New Hampshire. There was a pool of 63 people at the event, not that big but larger than some. Honestly, space was a bit tight, so I'm happy there weren't any more contenders.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
I'm now on Manaleak!
Manaleak.com is a Magic site/store based in the UK, with a huge selection of singles and all that jazz.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Thinking about: Level Up
Now, I'll admit, I doubt that this mechanic will ever become mainstream. As an aggro deck, it's just too slow, but as a control deck it involves way too much tapping out and leaving yourself vulnerable. However, I feel like there's definitely some potential for the mechanic, and it comes from an enchantment I had completely forgotten about, stumbling across it when shifting through a binder of uncommons.
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