I don't think I was wrong, but I don't really have the results to prove it. Last time, I wrote about my predictions for Scryings. Now I played the Scryings event in Arvika, Sweden, trying to put that to the test. My deck of choice was this Twiddlevault list: I had goldfished it a lot … Continue reading Scryings Follow-up: Arvika 2020
Scrying into the future
This is long overdue. I should have written something about my initial impressions of Scryings after the entire set was released, including some notes on the Limited format as I participated in the release draft event, but I got a bit busy with other things and also didn't really know what to focus on. Instead, … Continue reading Scrying into the future
We Are the Robots: Urza’s Chalice 2020
It's the start of round 5. There are four of us left undefeated: Brian Urbano, Geoff Willard, my dear friend Paul DeSilva and me. I am going to play Geoff, Paul is playing Brian. And then it hits me: if we both win, Paul and I are going to face each other in the finals. … Continue reading We Are the Robots: Urza’s Chalice 2020
2019 Year in Review
I'm not really sure there's any merit to me doing a year in review here. Everything I've done, I've already written about, and a retrospective would probably be mostly depressing or boring or both. Maybe I will say something about Scryings soon, and maybe not. However, in the meantime, I can give you a review … Continue reading 2019 Year in Review
Too Late Is Also a Time: BSK 2019
Okay, my BSK report is way overdue. The tournament was first weekend of November but I felt like I had to get the London content out there first. Also, doesn't look like we get an Organizer's Report this year, like we got the past two years I've organized the BSK tournament. We played straight Swiss … Continue reading Too Late Is Also a Time: BSK 2019
Chains Unchained
This is such a strange card. It works like this: So, it basically turns off any card draw spell, making draw into cycling. But it also turns Wheel of Fortune, Timetwister and (most importantly, since it costs 1 and is unrestricted) Winds of Change into symmetrical Mind Twists. Then there is a lock with … Continue reading Chains Unchained
Not so unchained
This is going to be brief. But at least you do get a post, so don't complain. Time for Team Unified Old School again. This time full-on Swedish rules (but with lax reprint policies), unlike the modified Atlantic at Mobstercon: I was playing the World Cup in London this past weekend. My team had three … Continue reading Not so unchained
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Or: Taking the Atog to the zoo
I played the following list in the New England Old School October monthly tournament (8 groups of 7, round robin within the group, winner advances to top 8, one tournament a month, seasonal standings for each 5-month season, Atlantic format) and some online games. Having gone 5-0 in the group play (one player unfortunately had … Continue reading Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Or: Taking the Atog to the zoo
On Fishliver and (not) writing
I was at Fishliver Oil Cup last week. Hung out with good people: Played in the EC event: Finished 3-2, lost my win and in for t16, faced some sweet brews like Cyclopean Tomb/Icy/Kismet/Karma, lost to variance. As you can see, I played a bog-standard Hatog list. Did commentary on the main event with … Continue reading On Fishliver and (not) writing
Rereading Centurion, issue #8
Time for another one of these. Since it's been a while since the last one, I might have to do a quick introduction: Centurion is an old Swedish gaming magazine from the mid-90s, mainly focused on Magic, and I'm rereading it one issue at a time. Today: issue #8, May 1996. After a page of … Continue reading Rereading Centurion, issue #8
