The Spoils of War
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jackofallgeeksWell, I suppose you all might cwant to know exactly what it was I got in my 236 cards that I got yesterday. Firstly, the 236th card was the Pre-Release Foil, a Feral Throwback. He's a 3/3 Beast for 4GG with Amplify 2 and Provoke. Talk about Timmy!
Because of him and a number of other cards I've seen, I decided that Beasts work the best with Amplify, and Soldiers probably work the worst, just based on the likelyhood of having alot of beasts in hand as opposed to Soldiers. I would say Wizards would be as bad as Soldiers, except I didn't see any Wizards with Amplify.
Provoke is also a nice ability, though it seems to me to often be a 1-shot type deal. However, I never expected to see a chump-attacker, but that's what White's gotten (I suppose the Gustcloaks may be chump attackers, but...)
A few highlights before I get down to the numbers:
I had gotten an Odussey Sac land and some 5/3 Legions Horror at one point. The Horror I think I should have kept, and I believe it resembled the Phyrexian Negator in some ways. In any case, though, I ended up trading Random Guy A the pair of them for a Grinning Demon and the Cabal Patriarch. I'm a sucker for Legends, and I've always wanted a Juzam.
As I noted earlier I won a prize in the Main Event for getting 2-1-1. This is mainly because I was playing a Black/White Cleric/Zombie deck. Legions being Creature heavy as it was, the name of the game was Creature Removal and heavy hitters, which I covered with Noxious Ghoul and Vile Deacon, backed up by a Whipgrass Entangler.
Opening Visara, the Dreadful in my pack was helpful, too.
My first Booster Draft I pulled Blue/Black, though I can't remember exactly why, going for Wizards and Zombies. Graveborn Muse is more a liability than anything else, but I pulled her just the same, due to my Zombie fetish.
My second Booster Draft I ended up pulling Blue and Black again, though I'd intended to go Red/Green or Red/White (maybe Red/Blue) in order to pack in some more Goblins. Opening a Phage, the Untouchable in your first pack has a way of changing your mind. Note -- Phage plus Cephalid Pathmage equals one dead opponent.
I also owe RedJacket my everlasting soul, as he opened and passed me a Scion of Darkness! I couldn't POSSIBLY thank him enough, and then he went on to pass me a Dark Supplicant to go with it! And to make matters WORSE, I opened ANOTHER Scion in my last pack, and was passes a second Supplicant! w00+
This having been said, I lost my first match to a guy playing Clerics and Birds, mostly because Phage, the Scions, and the Supplicants NEVER made an appearance. 5 out of 23 spells, 40 cards, and not ONE even made it to my hand. How sad is that? He agreed - with the deck I had, I should not have lost.
BUT, seeing as those three cards were ALL I wanted out of the prerelease (with the possible exception of the Ultimus and now the Havoc Demon) I was quite satisfied. Now, here's the goods:
Black (55)
1x Cabal Patriarch
1x Grinning Demon
1x Visara, the Dreadful
1x Phage, the Untouchable
2x Scion of Darkness
2x Dark Supplicant
4x Gempalm Polluter
4x Dripping Dead
1x Noxious Ghoul
2x Smokespew Invoker
2x Infernal Caretaker
2x Zombie Brute
8x Vile Deacon
1x Crypt Sliver
1x Earthblighter
2x Deathmark Prelate
2x Withered Wretch
1x Sootfeather Flock
3x Goblin Turncoat
1x Aphetto Exterminator
1x Skinthinner
2x Embalmed Brawler
2x Corpse Harvester
1x Graveborn Muse
7x Blood Celebrant
White (26)
2x Daru Cavalier
2x Daru Sanctifier
1x Daru Mender
2x Whipgrass Entangler
3x Starlight Invoker
1x Defender of the Order
1x Aven Redeemer
1x Swooping Talon
4x Lowland Tracker
3x Wingbeat Warrior
1x Wall of Hope
1x White Knight
1x Celestial Gatekeeper
2x Liege of the Axe
1x Aven Warhawk
Red (39)
1x Shaleskin Bruiser
1x Thunder of Hooves
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
2x Blade Sliver
2x Hunter Sliver
2x Ridgetop Raptor
2x Skirk Marauder
1x Flamewave Invoker
1x Goblin Dynamo
2x Goblin Grappler
3x Goblin Firebug
2x Goblin Assassin
3x Goblin Lookout
5x Skirk Outrider
3x Warbreak Trumpeter
1x Macetail Hystrodon
2x Crested Craghorn
1x Frenetic Raptor
1x Skirk Alarmist
2x Shaleskin Plower
1x Kilnmouth Dragon
Green (34)
1x Broodhatch Nantuko
1x Venomspout Brackus
2x Wirewood Channeler
1x Canopy Crawler
3x Enormous Baloth
2x Stonewood Invoker
3x Needleshot Gourna
3x Nantuko Vigilante
3x Hundroog
3x Patron of the Wild
3x Krosan Vorine
1x Wirewood Hivemaster
3x Glowering Rogon
3x Berserk Murlodont
1x Primal Whisperer
1xCaller of the Claw
Blue (33)
1x Master of the Veil
2x Keeneye Aven
4x Aven Envoy
1x Weaver of Lies
3x Cephalid Pathmage
2x Willbender
4x Covert Operative
4x Glintwing Invoker
1x Fugitive Wizard
2x Gempalm Sorcerer
2x Merchant of Secrets
1x Echo Tracer
2x Wall of Deceit
2x Voidmage Apprentice
1x Crookclaw Elder
1x Mistform Wakecaster
If you do the math, you'll notice that this isn't quite 235 cards. Infact, with only a few exceptions, I left off the 55 Odyssey cards I got. However, there was some trading going on, and I listed Odyssey cards which really struck me.
Surprise, surprise, I ended up with mostly Black cards. Almost twice as many as any other color!
Oh how I love the Dark Arts.
And there you have it. I go sleep, now.
Because of him and a number of other cards I've seen, I decided that Beasts work the best with Amplify, and Soldiers probably work the worst, just based on the likelyhood of having alot of beasts in hand as opposed to Soldiers. I would say Wizards would be as bad as Soldiers, except I didn't see any Wizards with Amplify.
Provoke is also a nice ability, though it seems to me to often be a 1-shot type deal. However, I never expected to see a chump-attacker, but that's what White's gotten (I suppose the Gustcloaks may be chump attackers, but...)
A few highlights before I get down to the numbers:
I had gotten an Odussey Sac land and some 5/3 Legions Horror at one point. The Horror I think I should have kept, and I believe it resembled the Phyrexian Negator in some ways. In any case, though, I ended up trading Random Guy A the pair of them for a Grinning Demon and the Cabal Patriarch. I'm a sucker for Legends, and I've always wanted a Juzam.
As I noted earlier I won a prize in the Main Event for getting 2-1-1. This is mainly because I was playing a Black/White Cleric/Zombie deck. Legions being Creature heavy as it was, the name of the game was Creature Removal and heavy hitters, which I covered with Noxious Ghoul and Vile Deacon, backed up by a Whipgrass Entangler.
Opening Visara, the Dreadful in my pack was helpful, too.
My first Booster Draft I pulled Blue/Black, though I can't remember exactly why, going for Wizards and Zombies. Graveborn Muse is more a liability than anything else, but I pulled her just the same, due to my Zombie fetish.
My second Booster Draft I ended up pulling Blue and Black again, though I'd intended to go Red/Green or Red/White (maybe Red/Blue) in order to pack in some more Goblins. Opening a Phage, the Untouchable in your first pack has a way of changing your mind. Note -- Phage plus Cephalid Pathmage equals one dead opponent.
I also owe RedJacket my everlasting soul, as he opened and passed me a Scion of Darkness! I couldn't POSSIBLY thank him enough, and then he went on to pass me a Dark Supplicant to go with it! And to make matters WORSE, I opened ANOTHER Scion in my last pack, and was passes a second Supplicant! w00+
This having been said, I lost my first match to a guy playing Clerics and Birds, mostly because Phage, the Scions, and the Supplicants NEVER made an appearance. 5 out of 23 spells, 40 cards, and not ONE even made it to my hand. How sad is that? He agreed - with the deck I had, I should not have lost.
BUT, seeing as those three cards were ALL I wanted out of the prerelease (with the possible exception of the Ultimus and now the Havoc Demon) I was quite satisfied. Now, here's the goods:
Black (55)
1x Cabal Patriarch
1x Grinning Demon
1x Visara, the Dreadful
1x Phage, the Untouchable
2x Scion of Darkness
2x Dark Supplicant
4x Gempalm Polluter
4x Dripping Dead
1x Noxious Ghoul
2x Smokespew Invoker
2x Infernal Caretaker
2x Zombie Brute
8x Vile Deacon
1x Crypt Sliver
1x Earthblighter
2x Deathmark Prelate
2x Withered Wretch
1x Sootfeather Flock
3x Goblin Turncoat
1x Aphetto Exterminator
1x Skinthinner
2x Embalmed Brawler
2x Corpse Harvester
1x Graveborn Muse
7x Blood Celebrant
White (26)
2x Daru Cavalier
2x Daru Sanctifier
1x Daru Mender
2x Whipgrass Entangler
3x Starlight Invoker
1x Defender of the Order
1x Aven Redeemer
1x Swooping Talon
4x Lowland Tracker
3x Wingbeat Warrior
1x Wall of Hope
1x White Knight
1x Celestial Gatekeeper
2x Liege of the Axe
1x Aven Warhawk
Red (39)
1x Shaleskin Bruiser
1x Thunder of Hooves
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
2x Blade Sliver
2x Hunter Sliver
2x Ridgetop Raptor
2x Skirk Marauder
1x Flamewave Invoker
1x Goblin Dynamo
2x Goblin Grappler
3x Goblin Firebug
2x Goblin Assassin
3x Goblin Lookout
5x Skirk Outrider
3x Warbreak Trumpeter
1x Macetail Hystrodon
2x Crested Craghorn
1x Frenetic Raptor
1x Skirk Alarmist
2x Shaleskin Plower
1x Kilnmouth Dragon
Green (34)
1x Broodhatch Nantuko
1x Venomspout Brackus
2x Wirewood Channeler
1x Canopy Crawler
3x Enormous Baloth
2x Stonewood Invoker
3x Needleshot Gourna
3x Nantuko Vigilante
3x Hundroog
3x Patron of the Wild
3x Krosan Vorine
1x Wirewood Hivemaster
3x Glowering Rogon
3x Berserk Murlodont
1x Primal Whisperer
1xCaller of the Claw
Blue (33)
1x Master of the Veil
2x Keeneye Aven
4x Aven Envoy
1x Weaver of Lies
3x Cephalid Pathmage
2x Willbender
4x Covert Operative
4x Glintwing Invoker
1x Fugitive Wizard
2x Gempalm Sorcerer
2x Merchant of Secrets
1x Echo Tracer
2x Wall of Deceit
2x Voidmage Apprentice
1x Crookclaw Elder
1x Mistform Wakecaster
If you do the math, you'll notice that this isn't quite 235 cards. Infact, with only a few exceptions, I left off the 55 Odyssey cards I got. However, there was some trading going on, and I listed Odyssey cards which really struck me.
Surprise, surprise, I ended up with mostly Black cards. Almost twice as many as any other color!
Oh how I love the Dark Arts.
And there you have it. I go sleep, now.
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Date: 2003-01-26 11:09 pm (UTC)And, Legends are always good. ^.^
Timmy? Ha!
Date: 2003-01-27 12:13 pm (UTC)Kilnmouth Dragon
(CC=A lot)
3/3(?)4/4(?)
(and here's the stuff I know)Amplify 3
t: Deal X damage to target creature(or player?), where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Kilnmouth Dragon.
*cough*Conspiracy*cough*
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Date: 2003-01-27 12:23 pm (UTC)5RR
5/5
Flying
Amplify 3 (Dragon)
T: ~ deals X damage to target creature of player, where X is the # of +1/+1 counters on ~.
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Date: 2003-01-27 12:26 pm (UTC)Maybe the cost isn't big enough for Timmy, but the creature is.
By the by, where did you hear about the Kilnmouth?
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Date: 2003-01-27 03:41 pm (UTC)I talk to people online. I have acess to hundreds of websites. Kilnmouth is very Timmy. Very Timmy cards stand out. That's how I know about the Kilnmouth.