Title: Magic in My Life/ and GW(r?) in Standard
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Blog Entry: I'm not really sure why I play Magic. I'm definitely not sure why I want to play competitive Magic. And I really have no effing clue why I kid myself with deckbuilding and metagaming when I don't even leave this God Forsaken desert until after the release of one more set. Although I have been familiar with how the game works for about 10 years I have only dedicated about a years worth of 3-4 month stints where I have actually played, built decks, and researched the game. There is something that draws me to this game. Maybe winning at magic feels more productive than being a top ranked Halo player. I don't know, but I want more than anything to travel and play this game when I get back to the states. Day in and day out I research. Whether I'm working or not I try to get in as much article and blog reading as I can. I find it weird that my dream in life to be taken as an apprentice of a Pro just that I can one day be one of them. Although, there is a kink in this plan that may, or may not, prove to be a hinderence to myself. My sister is the one who brought this to my attention as she picked me up from an FNM the other night. (I was on leave, I just didn't have my truck.) In the realm of nerds I'm an outcast. I feel stereo-typed when I sit down and shake the hand of my enemy for the next hour of my life. Why is this? Because all my life I have been the pretty boy or that one hott guy; You know, that guy who comes into class with his Starbucks and IPod when IPods were still $500 and all the girls want to be with him. (Beware! This could be you. If the girls never talk to you but you think your hott just go to a party. I was oblivious to this fact until the most desirable girls at the party would come up to me drunk and confess there undying lust for me but they were too afraid to talk to me because they were afraid I wouldn't think they were cute.) People are who they are, at least in my opinion. My dad encouraged to drink with my jock friends on nights I told him I was going to my friends house to play DnD. To get him off my butt I just partied until curfew and then played DnD. Worked out great too; Beer, women, and gaming all in the same night. I am writing this because Magic has made me come to a realization about life and most definitely the game. No one is perfect. No deck is unbeatable. No player is unbeatable. Although, that is what I was trying to do. I was trying to build a perfect deck that would always win. That's not going to happen, and even if it does everyone will run it and DCI/Wizards will bring it to a quick halt. Anyway, I came to this conclusion when I got slapped in the face with a lot of time and nothing to do which is very commonly granted to me by the Army. I'm just getting back from leave and am stuck on a crappy post which is not my own; It's not even in the country where I like to hang my boots up at night and call a temporary home. But with this time I was able to read a few articles and pull out the deck I want to play for Shadowmoor even though it will be against just the few of us who play over here. I'm embarrassed to post it. Too bad I already had. It's in the forums under something like GWr Mana Ramp/ The Wish. What I did wrong was take an alright idea and mesh it together with a couple other alright ideas and came up with this Cold Pizza/420.5, GWr Control, and GWr Mid-Range tower of poorly stacked blocks that all just came crashing down. So what have I done? I replaced a total of three MD cards and a slew of SB cards coming up with possible a simple wish/control deck. For all your viewing pleasure I present to you: *Abercrombie and Fitch (MD): 4 Wall of Roots 4 Into the North 2 Search for Tomorrow 3 Tarmogoyf 3 Cloudthressher 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath 1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero 4 Glittering Wish 4 Wrath of God 4 Harmonize 3 Primal Command 2 Garruk Wildspeaker 6 Snow-Covered Forests 4 Snow-Covered Plains 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Highland Weald 3 Arctic Flats 4 Treetop Village 1 Mouth of Ronom 2 Wooded Bastion Express (SB): 2 Wheel of Sun and Moon 1 Mystic Enforcer 1 Kitchen Finks 1 Oversoul of Dusk 2 Harmonic Sliver 1 Dawnglow Infusion 1 Firespout (?) 1 Fiery Justice (?) 4 Guttural Response 1 (eff me, I don't know, I need your help) * I actually only have one shirt and one pair of jeans from here, but everyone always calls me abercrombie or Fierce. I'm more of an express guy. There's really not a lot to the deck. I have a lot of hate for the Fae. Why? Because it is my personal opinion is that it is the best deck out there. If it doesn't win your Regionals or PT Hollywood it's because enough people didn't play it. Aggro is the next big one and I like think with Wraths and life gain it definitely will hold up against those. The Wish, I just like this form of control. Competitve? Who knows? I definitely won't have tourney reports for you guys. I think thoughtseize and discard kicks this deck in the bawls. I really couldn't tell you guys though. That is all I have for who ever may read this so I'll throw my ad in here at the end. Looking for Pro/Semi-Pro to take me, an alcoholic pretty boy who will bring the women to the party, under their wing, as a friend, for life of the party on tour, or to use me for my perks. I'm not all that bad. I'm a nerd at heart, and a nerd I will always be. It's just who I am. I'm being serious though, if anyone has a Magic house that they would be willing to train and chill with me when I get back I'm all for it. Please excuse all spelling and grammatical errors. That is a lot to re-read and edit. Hey, it's my first blog in like 6 years when I was a depressed high-school student.
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