The 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 moreRolling Ratings, 2-1-22
A lot of sagas were spoiled today (well, yesterday). That bodes deliciously for enchantment synergies I daresay.
Read moreRolling Ratings, 1-31-22
Okay, 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 moreRolling Ratings, 1-30-22
Whoa, 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 moreMisjudgment
Which 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?
Pockets of Synergy
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.
Personal HoF: Mono-servos
The “on this day _ years ago” does more than make you feel real old, occasionally it coughs up a deck that time had left behind! Kaladesh, a more innocent time before widespread Arena, pandemics, and such. Also contained the one and only time that I’ve ever drafted a mono-colored deck in a full pod.
Getting the salt out of the system
Take a look at this beauty
I don’t think you can draw it up any cleaner than this. Two brine combers, a stack of Nurturing Presence, removal, a sweet rare. You cannot ask for more than this.
Except, maybe, winning a game.
Read moreA Very Me Deck
Been a little quiet on updates, as once again the juggling act of “holidays, Benalish Momma’s new job, drafting Magic, writing about Magic” meant one ball got dropped. But I drafted a fun one that, while isn’t quite a personal HoF, certainly came close.
Reassessing blue’s signals
After taking my first stab at card reviews, I then started listening to the experts. And they have a great deal of expertise. I think some of my biggest misses were in blue. Let’s take a look. Here were my top three:
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