Geordie took yesterday off thanks to it being Canada Day or something. But in the meantime, he got over THIRTY THOUSAND people to read his Magic Online article, and now he’ll tell you how he ground in to Canadian Nats. Oh yeah, and I’m giving him a Rizzo box. What the hell else does he want?
How would you build this deck? I went the”all killer, no filler” route, and paid the price in the mana department. Would you do the same?
I guess what I’m trying to say is, well, if calling my opponent an”assmaster” in response to his Morphling is wrong in the presence of the fairer sex – then by God, I don’t wanna be right.
Here’s the story of Grinder 2,
Of mana-flood and color screw,
Of black and green and red and blue,
So did I win? I think I’m due.
Let me tell you right now, friends (and I’m speaking, one somehow assumes, in the dynamic polytone voice of a backwoods Wonder Tonic huckster): This fellow Randy Buehler is a decent human being. But who is this so-called”Mister Buehler”?
While this lesson is probably elementary to very experienced Limited players, it opened my eyes to a whole new aspect of Sealed deck construction strategy – and I consider myself a fair Limited player. Maybe it will help you too.
How Geordie stumbled into Canadian Nats, got ripped off by a drink vendor, his thoughts on floor sleeping, evil trading ‘R’ us, and copious use of the word”asshammer.”
Sometimes it pays to keep your mouth shut. I try to be a good strategy writer, but when you have a lot of blank space to fill you sometimes pepper your work with stream of consciousness snippets that aren’t exactly”tech.” In fact, some of the things said are damn near criminal.
I played Asheron’s Call – I mean I played. Like”twelve hours per day, hook up a coffee IV and let it drip” played. And I know exactly how people rip you off in online games, and you need to know how they’ll screw you on MOL if you’re not careful.
You know what’s leaving Extended? The world’s biggest phallic symbol. And you thought Sex Monkey was bad!
Playing the Counter-Trenches mirror is about as much fun as digging a ditch using only your face. It’s an exercise in attrition, with the winner determined by who gets more resources to work with. It’s not all luck, though.
What other decks had the big”coming out party” at Nationals? Well, there’s Deep Dog. If you haven’t heard about the deck, let me fill you in – wait, Gary Wise already has. Well, everything he says is true.
So I’m walking around some event and I see Mark Rosewater. Of course I march right up to him and whip out my Lance. He gives me a funny look, like he doesn’t understand why I’m showing him my Lance.
“Care to explain this?” I say, holding the Lance closer so that he can view it.”It’s bent,” he responds, shrugging his shoulders. I’m a little miffed at him ignoring the more obvious issue – the fact that my Lance is underpowered.
Game 2 is a fast start for him and it’s all about Ben Affleck. What’s Ben Affleck? Ben Affleck is Arcane Teachings.”Affleck, you the bomb on Phantoms yo’!” But hey, I got twenty packs even though Ben Affleck kicked my ass. That’s BEN AFFLECK.
