I’m not great at kitchen-soup decks. I don’t draft them well, I’m paranoid about my manabase, I want to curve out and beat down like a proper Boros player. Yet I have to say, I think this is what the Good Doctor intended for magic.
Not pictured: at one point oppo had 33 life and I had 4. It’s hard to read, as I had so many cards in play they had to shrink, but here’s a taste:
Read moreFor the past few weeks, Lil Chandra has wandered the house singing under her breath, “We don’t talk about Bruno, no no.” This in and of itself is not that interesting, since at any given time ~35% children aged eight and under are singing songs from Encanto.
What is mildly interesting is that she hasn’t seen Encanto yet.
Read moreIt is not a huge shock that the art in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is stunning. It would be hard to screw up Magic + cyberpunk. What’s striking isn’t just how good it is, but also how *varied*. At the prerelease, an art discussion broke out and someone commented how they liked how Magic was veering away from the “Marvel house style.” I loved that framing. Compare:
No shade thrown to M. Villeneuve. Serra is a great illustration (related to one of my most beloved cards, Serra Angel) that would have absolutely blown my mind not long ago. But it’s not flavorful: it has the CGI-ish sheen that the 20-minutes-too-long climax of Black Widow also suffered from. Where as the art to Inkrise Infiltrator is just… gorgeous. Anime-influenced without being overt, great color balance. And even though it’s almost certainly digitally drawn as well, it doesn’t have that same-ness feel. And the rest of the art in this set delivers as well.
Read moreWell I did it. I attended a pre-release. I ate ramen before the pre-release. I went to a gaming store (all hail Mox) and went in person and everything was as delightful as could be. I opened packs. I day-drank. I met up with friends. I made new friends. Oh and most importantly: I opened bomb mythics in the same color
Let’s zoom in a little tighter on those mythics, shall we?
Read moreThe spoiler is complete! FF7 Remake Intrograde (or whatever) hasn’t arrived yet! This new monitor is almost more than I can handle! I definitely feel overstimulated.
Read moreA lot of sagas were spoiled today (well, yesterday). That bodes deliciously for enchantment synergies I daresay.
Read moreOkay, back to it and doing some homework. What looks good (and let’s be clear: the art in this set is absolutely stunning) and what will have questions when we get to cracking packs.
Read moreWhoa, spoiler season seriously snuck up on me! I suppose the silver lining of ‘already falling behind’ is that I don’t have to try and kill myself perusing the list of daily drops and make a post. Then again, this blog hasn’t exactly been suffering from excessive effort.
Read moreWhich is worse: thinking you have a great deck that gets crushed or thinking your 40 cards are terrible and you… end… up… undefeated? Just what exactly is going on here?
Had a very messy draft where I did the opposite of “try to lock in one color to maximize flexibility in subsequent packs” and had a bit of an Abzan stew. Got passed Toren in pack 2 and then forced GW despite a hilariously open UW spirits deck being opened at the table.
Benalish Dad 