I played in two Theros Block Constructed Grand Prix Trials today. One of the major things I learned is that [scryfall]Dakra Mystic[/scryfall] is not only fun, its very, very strong. At least in this environment.
Note: This is not about the Street Racing version of the game. This is purely about the Formula version, where everyone is playing basically the same car.
Formula D is just what it says on the tin. Its Formula cars racing. But you don’t have to like the sport to enjoy the game. I definitely don’t like the sport, but I do enjoy the game very much. Same applies to other people I’ve played with. Its a push-your-luck game with a strong feel for the theme.
Pretty basic guide to drafting and deck building.
Grand Prix Manchester is in two weeks and I’m watching the Pro Tour Journey Into Nyx stream as I’m writing this. These are both Theros Block Constructed events and I’m going to the former. The latter is basically preparation. The decks seem to be all over the place. More three-colored decks than I was expecting, and thus far I haven’t seen any of the Junk Reanimator kind I was expecting.
All this got me thinking: What do I want to play. Not necessarily what’s the best deck, but what do I want to play. After all, the trip is part of my vacation and I intend to have fun. I do need to gather about 150 Planeswalker Points on that trip, but that isn’t very hard.
Therefore, based on my experiences thusfar, from limited, standard, EDH and very limited amount of block constructed, my ten favorite cards from the block.
It might seem that way too many adventures have began in inns, and taverns. In a way this is true. It can be overused as a starting point or the place where the adventurers meet for the first time.
On the other hand, where else would these vagrants meet each other?
This is a book from a series of books called Popular Culture and Philosophy. Although many of those books are based on very good properties, mostly they feel like novelties and are not very compelling to me with the exception of Monty Python and Philosophy, which I haven’t read, and this one. Shouldn’t have felt that compelled, but anyhow.
The subtitle of the book is “Raiding the Temple of Wisdom”. Apparently, there wasn’t much to loot there.
I have a tendency to draft for fun. Often that means I simply fail, but this time I was actually passed a [scryfall]King Macar, the Gold-Cursed[/scryfall]. As this was the third pick and blue was desperately underdrafted, I was able to draft a pretty sick deck.
I have never had a chance to do this, but I find it intriguing, and since I had plenty of boosters to open, I decided I would open a dozen and make a few decks.
How did that Arena Athlete manage to hang out with a bunch of gods and planeswalkers?
Obviously, this exercise would have been better with a couple of other people to help, but this was a bit unplanned. This is actually more about me logging my thoughts on the process than actual guide, as I don’t have any specific insight into the subject.
The Guild’s annual meeting is just around the corner. Despite the experience being just a mix of intoxication and hangovers, we actually get a bunch of gaming done. Sure, it took us until about five in the morning to get five rounds of sealed MtG done last year, but still, we manage.
I plan to try HillFolk for the first time. HillFolk the book is pretty much about setting, but it does include Robin D. Laws’ DramaSystem within it. The approach of the DramaSystem has some interesting features. Mainly that it makes the distinction between dramatic and procedural scenes.
There’s an open call by Sami Koponen to write about the Finnish RPG scene. I don’t really consider myself a part of it, or at best I’m on the fringes, but that might just be good, since that means my perspective will be different and that’s important for discussion. So, here’s my take on something for the long run I’ve been thinking about lately.
I frequent two gaming stores regularly. They are both within a few blocks of my workplace, and I play MtG in each every once in a while. Between rounds I like to browse (and sometimes buy). I like to support these places, because I like their existence. I like there to be two, because that produces competition and competition produces (hopefully) better service and more options.
However, even though I do play more MtG and at times more PC games or board games (although that’s unusual), I like to think of myself as a roleplaying gamer at heart. What do these two LGSs do for me in that regard? Not much.