I don’t love that Arena automatically gives tells when oppo has an something they can do at instant speed. But it’s available and I’d be a fool not to use it. Oppo has something at instant speed and this is the second round of attacking into my 4/4 (my 2/2 traded with their 2/2 last turn). What’s the play?
Okay, at last a welcome change from being cornered in a bad situation. I’ve finally stabilized versus a pretty good UW deck. I just countered their 7-mana shattered Seraph, some good card advantage in Evelyn’s exile pile and a big-honking flier. Of note, we are both in some danger of decking (I have 9 cards, oppo has 5) What’s the play
What’s the play?
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Deck and details found here
This turn found here
I’ve fallen behind and oppo has a pretty threatening flier. That said, I’ve stabilized and have a great steal n sack in my hand. There are really only two choices
Which do you choose and why?
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Sometimes you face a bunch of bad choices. Had a fun deck with five Body Droppers and only 15 lands. Good times! But sometimes you end up cornered.
I have drawn my sacrifice fodder but not my sacrifice eaters. Oppo took the play, pulled, and ate a discard but has a board with 5 power to my 2. Here are the lines as I saw it:
What’s the play?
Read moreAnother pretty good one. It’s hard going deep into the tank and then, after fifteen+ seconds of grinding, remembering to capture the screenshot.
This was a pretty decent, aggressive BW brokers deck. And I have some interesting options! Some context: I attacked with both Lackeys last turn and they didn’t block (rightfully sniffing out the combat trick). The race isn’t going great in my favor.
And which do I target with which? What’s the play?!
Read moreI’ve fallen again into the pit of “Blog about magic… or just play more magic.” It’s a literal Sophie’s Choice over here! The new set, Streets of New Capenna, has definitely felt rough. I always feel like my drafting skills are better than my playing skills and that leak has really revealed itself because it’s so fast and there’s so few edges to glean in draft. As such, I’m going to try and review moments of the game where I go into the tank and then see how it turns out.
Read moreA little busy there for a bit… but also a little too busy playing Magic to talk about Magic. Not the worst problem to have but it is a little ironic sitting there thinking of fun posts to make… then just hitting “Join Draft” instead.
But I come not to bury Caesar. There are new magic cards to stare at and figure out what will be good. Often this gets immediately trumped by… actually… playing with the cards. Regardless, it’s still a good exercise to familiarize with the cards.
Read moreThe knock against the way I play magic is that I seem to reliably win ~60% of games on Arena while not snagging as many trophies as that sort of win-rate would suggest. I don’t know if this is due to hitting singles instead of swinging for the fences or just variance or maybe it’s not a problem and I’m on rate. Regardless, it’s a pretty good feeling when I land two trophies in one day.
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