My dad... Not sure how to describe him other than 'He was in the Marines in the 1960's.. and even though they discharged him, I don't think he ever left.." He is that typical movie Marine you see on TV. Loud when he needs to be heard. Gruff as hell. I remember, years ago, when he took me fishing.
We were in a small aluminum row boat, trying to hook anything with gills and some guys in a speedboat decided to buzz us a few times as they pulled their buddy around the lake, as the guy was waterskiing. I don't know if they were trying to freak us out, or their buddy who almost collided with us, but I do recall my dad standing up as they passed, yelling 'You corrugated c*cksuckers!' and casting his fishing line across the tow rope. Keep in mind, that since we were fishing, this meant a large lure, with 3 sharp points, was basically wire-guided right to the guy on the skis. And while it only hooked his vest, it did snap the fishing line, which resulted in my dad throwing a full, unopened bottle of beer at the waterskier who proceeded to wipe out between trying to dodge, trying to figure out what hit his vest, etc.
Anyways, that is my dad.. and my dad used to say 'If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, why f'ing play?' And with that mentality, I trucked myself down to Game-A-Lot again this weekend, taking in a new deck to try out in the weekly Constructed tourney.
This deck was a combination of ideas I had partial developed, and partially the brainchild of one of the regulars who plays down there, and it was a very low cost (as in $$) warlock deck featuring Pagatha. The deck list was:
Hero: Pagatha
(4) Bloodsoul
(4) Kagra of the Crossroad
(2) Vindicator Belian
(4) Thulthun
(4) Kagella
(2) Kalnuff Eaglewhatever
(3) Hur Shieldsmasher
(3) Barak the Shamed
(3) Bloodblade
(4) Deathcoil
(4) Eye of Kilrogg
(3) Warlock Training
(3) Shadowbolt
(2) Curse of Agony
(4) New Plague
(4) Chasing A-me-01
(4) Toreks
(4) Forces of Jaedenar
In three rounds of Swiss, I managed to go 2-1, and come in 2nd place. So there isn't really anything to be shamed over, but I had to have a nice segue into Barak the Shamed.
Barak, I learned tonigh, is a beater at 5/5 for 3.. if you can hold onto him. He is also a one-shot-wonder, as the first time you drop him, and your opponent wins him, and you steal him back, it makes them VERY shy about bidding more than 1 for him in the future. I did manage to get a bit of use out of him though...
In my first game, I drew my opening 7 to find him there, as well as a Warlock Training, so I waited till turn 4 to drop him. Opponent bid 5, I had bid 1.. so off he goes to their side of the board, I drop Warlock Training on my Bloodsoul, exhaust to attack and put Barak back in my hand. That surprise wouldn't work again, so I resourced him a turn later, but it was a great way to drop 5 extra damage on my opponent.
Later, in another game, I was able to get Barak out 3 times, for a total of 6 damage, in the fashion of 4-1-1 in bids by my opponent. The first return was compliments of Training again, and the next two were Deathcoils taking Barak away, then tossing him back in play.
My loss of the evening was from a mostly solo Warrior deck that I simply couldn't stabalize against.. ever. I didn't have weapon hate, so I got bludgeoned down fast.
So I got a couple more EA cards, and had fun running a mostly competative deck with a janky twist that made it fun deck to play. And even though I came in 'first loser', I feel pretty good about its showing.
