Trolling the Winter Derby

For the longest time, I played almost nothing but The Deck. During this period I faced Troll Disco from time to time and I always thought it was a joke at best, a trap at worst. It seemed really bad, lacking powerful plays and full of marginal cards like Drafna's Restoration. Then I started playing …

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On not playing pirates in Hannover. For some reason. I don’t get it. Pirates?

(Editor's note: The latter parts of this report was written under increasing levels of intoxication.) I should have known better. We've been here before. It's so much better now: I play both Icy Manipulator and Relic Barrier, making Howling Mine actively good almost every time. And true, that was not the problem. There are others, …