It's been a few months since i wrote aboug magic, and 3:30AM seems like the perfect time to start again.
This past weekend was pretty much an unmitigated disaster. I've never been too fond of sealed as a format, but prerelease is kinda like a 'must-go' and, of course, i wanted shiny new things!
So, wanting to do well, i made my first mistake by picking Phyrexian. On paper, as most people have pointed out, the baddies definitely seemed to have a higher average when it comes to card power and quality. What they don't have, crucially, is Burn the Impure. Fuck that card, seriously.
My pool felt 'okay.' Nothing to write home about, but definitely capable of a positive win/loss ratio... or so i thought. I opened an Inmoth Nexus (which is sweet) and a Massacre Wurm (which is fine), as well as four garbage rares (Decimator Web seems painfully slow, but i figured i'd give it a try). My SOM packs weren't even worth mentioning - i played two cards from SOM, total.
Still, Massacre Wurm seemed like it would 'ninja' me some wins, despite being a non-infect card in my infect deck. Sadly, i lost both games where i cast it. The first time, it killed a single creature when it ETB'd, then immediately got arrested. The second time it was far too late to turn a game i'd basically already lost. Well, that's how it goes sometimes...
If going 1-4 was the worst part of a prerelease, it would've been pretty fine i guess. While Inkmoth and Wurm aren't as cool as, say... a foil Koth and a Tezzeret, they're still pretty good. My 'sympathy' booster even had a Red Sun's Zenith, which is... okay, i guess. No, the worst part was a pretty stupid miscalculation.
£40 for a FTV: Relics is pretty sweet, and i'm like a magpie when it comes to shiny things so i couldn't resist buying one. I kinda forgot that i don't really have £40... oops! So the coolest thing i picked up this weekend is currently sitting on ebay while i pray someone buys it to tide me over till payday. If noone does, i guess i'll be missing the release, where i'd finally get to draft something other than triple-Scars.
Still, on the bright side, if it does sell i've made at least £10 profit! Mox Diamond... :(
