*Since I've moved to blogspot, this will be the first FNM
The new Scars of Mirrodin set released a few weeks ago and I still haven't drafted it yet! I wanted to take a shot at it as soon as I could. I'm totally new to the set so I wasn't too sure what to expect. I find this set extremely intimidating because the set is (in my opinion) very skill intensive. Peoples' games tend to run longer. I find myself and other players thinking more often before making a move or responding to one. Playing sealed at the prerelease was a downer for me because not only was my pool bad, I had a difficult time with all my games. Lots of thinking...
Yesterday I drafted a Blue White deck first picking Dissipation field. Not only did this pull me towards blue, it lost me games... Being in a 5 man pod, there just wasn't enough to make a solid blue white deck.
I wasn't planning on making a tournament report because I went 0-3 (+bye), but we all learn from our mistakes, so I'll make this one quick..
Round 1:
Played against mono-black infect, with extra random aggro just to keep it monoblack. He actually won a lot of his games through normal damage too. I lost to my Dissipation Field bouncing his Carnifex Demon that was mutilating my creatures every turn. Especially since he had that artifact that gives +1/+1 and haste...
After this round I tried splashing black for Geth, Lord of the Vault. He never ever ever helped....
Round 2:
Once again lost to my Dissipation Field bouncing his black metalcraft guy (Metalcraft: when this creature comes into play, opponent loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.) because he also had that equipment that gave +1/+1 and haste. We finished our games in a matter of minutes. Literally.
Geth never came out.
After this round I removed my Dissipation Field from my deck...... First pick ruined my entire draft...
Round 3:
BYE, free booster for being a sucka!
Round 4:
Green/Black infect. I lost first game to him giving +x/+x lethal to his unblocked infect creatures. Lost second game to giving his 7/7 fatty +1/+0 and infect.
Geth came out for a turn but didn't help.
Well that draft sucked. My booster had nothing good in it either.. So what did I learn tonight? hmmmm....... Lets see:
-I drafted a bunch of metal craft without enough artifacts which was the main reason why my entire pool was ruined. Artifacts come first. Metal craft comes second.
-Nobody likes to draft green, but its powerful with infect.
-Small man pods call for a less exciting draft.
-Dissipation Field sucks in limited.
-Geth doesn't work when your deck has nothing but bounce and no removal.
-I suck at control, but always end up drafting blue for some reason.
-whatever..
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Ok so the draft sucked, but my friend and 2 of his friends were planning on going out to Little Madfish for dinner. Little Madfish is like an americanized japanese restaurant. Usually when I think of americanized asian restaurants I immediately assume BAD because of places like PF Chang's and Panda Express. But I like madfish. The restaurants are very stylish on the inside. Colorful and nothing like a usual japanese restaurant. I asked if I could tag along, and they were glad to have me with them.
We went to the one at Pacific Commons. Now what's special about Madfish is that they have a happy hour where a large selection of their foods are 50% off!!!
When we arrived it was pretty crackin in there. They were playing k-pop at booming volume levels (Taeyang, 2NE1, etc), and there were a lot of young asian people hanging around out there (considering Ohlone College is like right down the street). I really liked the environment around there for some reason. Probably because I'm asian haha.
We ended up ordering 12... TWELVE rolls of sushi. At most japanese restaurants, a roll of sushi is like $10. The good ones that is. But during happy hour it's only 5!! So it was only $60 for all 12 of those rolls.
When our waitress brought it all out (who was VERY cute by the way), the plates covered our entire table. We barely had space to eat! I didn't want to be a pig, but we all just dug in and feasted until we were about to die. About 2/3 way through our feast, our waitress asked us if we would like boxes and my friend was like "What boxes???" and we ended up finishing ALL the sushi hahahaha. Damn 12 rolls. I should have taken a picture of it. Our table was like a work of art. The amazing dinner definitely made my night. Amazing dinner.
Funny thing is, that same guy that said "what boxes?" also intentionally ordered a glass of Coke just so he could get a close look into our waitress' eyes when ordering and receiving it. Silly guy. He said it was worth the 2 bucks hahahaha.
Something that I liked about the night was the group I was with. They're all out of college already, so they're already matured, yet children at heart. Trying to fit in with a clicky highschool group of kids (or even a community college group of high school friends) is a much different experience than being around older people who share similar interests with you. I was able to related with everyone instantly. They gave me tips on the early stages of college life, we all talked about starcraft, and of course Magic. Even though it was nerdy, it was still comfortable and fun to be around them while eating massive amounts of sushi. It made for a different, yet interesting atmosphere.
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