Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Saturday, December 19, 2015
[Legacy] Invasion UW
Just trying out some of these cards to learn how they work. Legacy online is close to dead, and the few players I come across have very good decks. Playing one of my decks just to try out cards means I play until its obvious I am about to lose, and then I concede. Here is a learning deck for White Blue Invasion.
The stand-out card so far is Wash Out. I did not draw it in the following game and my flyers were a lot weaker than my opponent's. Usually Legacy creatures cost one to two mana more for the same power level than Modern creatures.
There was nothing I could do with my deck against this 12 Post deck except chump block and concede. Again, my flyers cost a lot to cast and are really weak.
I got to use Wash Out here, and that was a cool effect to see in play.
The stand-out card so far is Wash Out. I did not draw it in the following game and my flyers were a lot weaker than my opponent's. Usually Legacy creatures cost one to two mana more for the same power level than Modern creatures.
There was nothing I could do with my deck against this 12 Post deck except chump block and concede. Again, my flyers cost a lot to cast and are really weak.
I got to use Wash Out here, and that was a cool effect to see in play.
Invasion Selection Online
I am close to a complete set and this is a good enough selection to start making decks. I opened four packs. I may open more in the future, but I am done for the current exercise.
These are the cards I am missing.
These are the cards I am missing.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Why unathorized leaks suck
They don't suck 100 percent because as a player I do want to know more about new product, but, without sounding like a Wizards parrot, they suck pretty close to 100 percent. Here is why:
1. I know I am being sold an entertainment product. Wizards is not selling me stocks or bonds, or any other financial instrument. I crack their packs, I play the cards, repeat. Its OK if Wizards hypes their product. Dragon's Maze and Battle for Zendikar are powered down sets, and I enjoyed getting hyped about both sets just as much as I enjoyed getting hyped about Origins, which is a more powerful set. What's more, for both sets I ordered release booster boxes. Magic is not an investment, its OK if I buy a bunch of jank, it just better be very entertaining jank, and it is.
2. I want and need Wizards to slowly unveil the product in the way only they know how to do it. I don't want a random someone's dumpster diving experience. I want and need the creators of the product to reveal it to me according to THEIR plan, not anyone else's. How would you like the preview to a movie you really wanted to see to come from boot leg video from the set? What if the bootleg video is of a scene that didn't even make the final cut? What if the movie had a sequel and you could get the script for it? Would you like to know how the second movie ends before the second one comes out? Well, that's what an unauthorized leak can do: ruin the fun of consuming the movie scene by scene, and then doing the same with the next movie in the series. What a way to ruin all that fun!
That's it. I am sure I could come up with more points, but these two are it: its entertainment, let's leave it to the professionals.
Of course, stealing intellectual property sucks too, but my perspective is more that of a player than that of an intellectual property advocate.
February 6, 2016 update: looks like Shadows Over Innistrad is also the victim of unauthorized leaks. This is lame. I was looking forward to a slow unveil by the mothership.
1. I know I am being sold an entertainment product. Wizards is not selling me stocks or bonds, or any other financial instrument. I crack their packs, I play the cards, repeat. Its OK if Wizards hypes their product. Dragon's Maze and Battle for Zendikar are powered down sets, and I enjoyed getting hyped about both sets just as much as I enjoyed getting hyped about Origins, which is a more powerful set. What's more, for both sets I ordered release booster boxes. Magic is not an investment, its OK if I buy a bunch of jank, it just better be very entertaining jank, and it is.
2. I want and need Wizards to slowly unveil the product in the way only they know how to do it. I don't want a random someone's dumpster diving experience. I want and need the creators of the product to reveal it to me according to THEIR plan, not anyone else's. How would you like the preview to a movie you really wanted to see to come from boot leg video from the set? What if the bootleg video is of a scene that didn't even make the final cut? What if the movie had a sequel and you could get the script for it? Would you like to know how the second movie ends before the second one comes out? Well, that's what an unauthorized leak can do: ruin the fun of consuming the movie scene by scene, and then doing the same with the next movie in the series. What a way to ruin all that fun!
That's it. I am sure I could come up with more points, but these two are it: its entertainment, let's leave it to the professionals.
Of course, stealing intellectual property sucks too, but my perspective is more that of a player than that of an intellectual property advocate.
February 6, 2016 update: looks like Shadows Over Innistrad is also the victim of unauthorized leaks. This is lame. I was looking forward to a slow unveil by the mothership.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Four packs of Shadowmoor online
Second lottery installment. Singles from now on. The EV on these packs is not great.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
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