Realm Championships are getting closer. May 10 is now a mere 4 weekends away. As so many things in this game have done, Realm Championships pose a unique challenge. Starting this weekend and running right up until the championship events next month, all the qualifiers are limited events. The qualifying season ends May 9th at the LCQ's with the main events the next day. But at the end of the limited qualifying season, the format shifts back to Constructed. Most of the time, either a season ends a couple months in front of an event which gives the qualified players plenty of time to prepare for the event. If the season goes all the way up to an event, it usually shares the format with the event it's leading up to. However, with Realms we're looking at a qualifier season leading directly into an event with a different format. That means it's important to qualify early to get it out of the way to focus on Constructed without the distractions of having to go play sealed pack.
With all that said, I found myself not qualified yet for my Realm. I checked out the schedule to see what opportunities left to get into this. A quick look at the schedule didn't really give me what I was looking for. There was April 12th in Waco (a 3.5 hour drive). If I didn't make it there, I could drive another hour or so to Killeen the next day (which would then leave me the almost 5 hour drive home Sunday night). After that, I could head up to Tulsa on the 26th (another 4 hour drive). If that wasn't enough, I was down to the LCQ which is going to be back in Waco despite the Championship being in Ft. Worth meaning I would have to make the 3-hour drive down to Waco then come back up to Ft. Worth for the Championship the next day. Ugh.
Well fortunately for me, I managed to get my spot wrapped up in Waco on Saturday. I didn't go down to Killeen afterwards because that was just too much driving solo for me in two days. But more importantly, I can now shift my focus to the Championship and SotB Constructed.
A good place to start is the top 8 from the Nether Rocket tournament in Columbus. Not shocking, there's a lot of beatdown. The deck here that I like the most and I think will be the most important one to think about when testing is the Serpent Form deck. This is one of the decks I wish had stayed under wraps until after the event, but it's out now. Form of the Serpent is the only form that allows you to hit with a weapon and also spam Moonfire. I think this may be one of the most popular beatdown decks at Realms because it's really good and also new.
Warriors added another incredible card in Smash. This seems like it will slip right into both Halavar and Gorebelly decks. Given the 5 Warrior decks in the top 8 of Orlando a month ago, I think Warrior will continue to be popular as well.
Then there's Survival Hunter. This is the deck that EVERYBODY is going to build. I'm not really sure how good the deck is going to be. In fact, I'm going to work on the deck but only because I think it will be so popular. I'm going to have to find an absolutely incredible version of this deck to play it. It may turn out to be really good, but the fact that everyone is going to be ready for it makes me really not want to play it.
So it looks like to get started, I will work with Serpent Druid, Gorebelly, Halavar, and Survival Hunter. From there, I'll add any decks that seem like they will be popular, but that's the starters.
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