Thursday, June 26, 2014

Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 2

[Here is a link to Part 1]

Now it gets ugly.



I get a new hand thanks to Time Spiral.


Here is another Mox.


Here is a second play of Timetwister.



And here is Hurky's Recall, the most valuable card from Tenth Edition.


I now have 11 cards in my hand!




Here comes Windfall.


My opponent is down to 1 life, but Tabasco can sacrifice a land to get 2 life using one of his artifacts, and then he can play that land from the graveyard using Crucible of Worlds.



Here is my brand new hand.




[Here is a link to Part 3]

Epic game against a Power Nine deck Part 1

I will give you the punch line: I lost, of course, but I lost to an incredible deck. There are so many classic plays in this game that I took the time to make a gigantic load of screen shots from which I need to learn. My opponent was gracious and willing to play the game out just to teach me a little and I am very thankful. Tabasco is a class act. Thanks, Tabasco!

Here is the part of the game when I think I can win. When your opponent is playing Crucible of Worlds, run for your life.

 
There is already a Mox on the board. Here is another Power Nine: Time Walk.


I merrily play a couple of my creatures and hit hard.




I guess the tutor was for Timetwister.


Here is the new deck I drew thanks to Timetwister.


Tinker gets my opponent to cast a fatty.


And I am lucky to use Cruel Edict against it.


At this point I think I am really slick....

[Here is a link to Part 2]

[Vintage] Blue Black Artifacts

Here is me playing with a play set of Mishra's Workshop and other goodies.





Here is a sample of games. In the first one Dack Fayden took my creature (ouch!).


I lost against an Exalted deck a couple of times.


Here I won against mono-black. Those two Mishra's Workshop enable me to drop one of my fatties.


Here I lorded a couple of cards.


And here I beat a mono-red deck against a somewhat rude player (that felt good, there is no room in Just for Fun for people not to be fun!).


Wednesday, June 25, 2014

[Modern] Nissa Revane Golgari Vraska Deck

Vraska is great for taking out your opponent's planeswalkers. "Permanent" is a great word on any Magc card.




Tuesday, June 24, 2014

[Modern] Nissa Revane Selesnya Deck

This deck is all-right. It can take off if none of the mana dorks get bolted.





And here is a random selection of a few won games.






M15 Prep Online

I could be surprised and get variations of the Planeswalkers, but based on the half decks we are getting the Lorwyn 5 minus Garruk and Nissa Revane. I had already gotten playsets of Ajani Goldmane and Liliana Vess.


We are getting more Slivers. I never did play the M14 slivers. Here they are, complete.I already have one of each for most of M14 just in case I do a redemption.


There is a strong artifact theme to the next block that is getting coverage in M15. I buffed my rare artifacts plus the staffs.


Oh, and don't forget Hive Stirrings (I did!).


And one last card: Nissa's Chosen.


....and one last last thing: Elves!!!



June 26 update: OK, at least Liliana Vess is a reprint. The Chandra is again pyromaster, and Ajani and Nissa Revane are new cards. I am still waiting to find out about Jace.

June 27 update: I got 1 of each for the lands that will be reprinted, and the other 5 I expect will also be reprinted. I am sooooo over-spent because of Vintage Masters! If not, I would have gotten more.


And we are getting a new Jace. That means that I was only able to buy cheap Liliana Vess to play in Standard.

July 4 update: bought some of the most popular yet cheap artifacts from the Scars of Mirrodin block.



July 9 update: I added a few multicolored fun cards from Nyx.


July 10 update: Standard artifacts, including Godsend.