Shadowmoor weekend

over. Last weekend was the Shadowmoor pre-release. It was fun and tiring as well. Me, Melvyn and Cass was crashing out at Win place a day before the pre-release, discussing lotsa stuff regarding the team and Shadowmoor. Its was great, looking forward to what we have discuss :)




Around 100+ players attend this pre-release. It was great to see that many players in a pre-release. My 1st session tournament packs and 3 boosters was great, got lotsa good stuff in it. I constructed a blue/white deck with a niffy gain life ability, thanks to Melvyn for helping me out. What I heard was alot of players were playing black/red decks. I still remember my 1st match with Riz (i think thats his name ??), I gain like 30+ life and in the end won that match. It was really fun. After 4 rounds, I went 1 win, 2 loss and 1 draw.




My 2nd session was not that good. I did not get good cards. So, I constructed a black/red deck, which is just a normal deck. nuttin unique abt it. I loss all 4 rounds.




Anyway .. the good thing is I had so much fun in the pre-release. Meeting new frens, even met a fren who lives at Cyberjaya.


Just cant wait for the Shadowmoor cards to become legal. Cya all soon at Shadowmoor Release Party.

Lastly .. thanks to Cass for the pictures and thanks Melvyn and Win for your support.



Cheers

Shadowmoor Mania tourney -- short recap

Shadowmoor Mania tourney event happen at Manawerx today. 40+ players attend this standard contructed format event and Im just happy to be place at #20. I was piloting UB Faeries deck (i called it UB Fa3). After hours of practice at Melvyn house, i finally know how the deck works and able to control it. Here's a short recap of the tourney ...

Round 1: vs. RDW (Jude James)
Match 1 - i got control of the game in the end with Mistbind Clique. Match 2 - my opponent was land flood all the way. Game: 1-0

Round 2: vs. Reanimator (Vinvent Gan)
Match 1 - my opponent board control with Makeshift Mannequin and Cairn Wanderer. Match 2 - i manage to board control till the end and hit his live to 2 but Cairn Wanderer hit the board, there's nuttin i can do about it. Game: 1-1

Round 3: vs. Mono-G Elf Warrior (some chinese dude)
Match 1 - He mulligan down to 5 cards and stuck with 2 lands all the way. Match 2 - my turn to mulligan as well, he has lands with some creature and keep on taking damages from Bitterblossom. I board control with 3 Cryptic Command on 3 turns. Game: 2-1

Round 4: vs. Reveillark Control (Hari)
Match 1 - Mulligan down to 5, did not have a good draw. Match 2 - same thing happen, mulligan again and did not have turn 2 Bitterblossom. I scoop. Game: 2-2

Round 5: vs. UB Rogue Faeries (Hari's friend)
Match 1 - My oppenent lands screwed and I just beat him down with my creatures. Match 2 - His turn to beat me down with all rogue faeries and he gain board control. Match 3 - He got many lands but his creature decided to take a break. Game: 3-2

Round 6: vs. Dragonstorm (Joe Lin)
Match 1 - this was very fast, my Bitterblossom cam in turn 2 and beatdown all the way. Match 2 - this match i made mistake, he cast 2 Rites of Flame and I did not bother to counter it, and when he played Dragonstorm, I countered the Dragonstorm but the storm effect let him play 3 Bogardan Hellkite. Match 3 - I did not have any cards to countered his Dragonstorm .. nuff said. Game: 3-3

So .. my final score is 3 win, 3 losses. To me, its an improvement .. all thanks to Melvyn, Cass and Win, who help me practice. Thanks guys.

Next stop ... Shadowmoor Pre-release - April 19th till 20th, 2008

Crap .. im in a lossinstreak

I have been attending for FNM for the past 3 weeks not and my deck or perhaps myself not playing all that great. I have been lossing all my games in FNM, talk about bad luck. Im still using my UB Faerie deck until now. I see other players UB Faerie deck preforming so well but mine is like ... the deck luv to loss or something.

Is either I mana flood or mana screwed or something, I just got too many counters or too many creatures in my hand. The cards that I need just won't come out when I need them. Izzit my shuffling or just plain me.

I keep on asking myself .. should I change my deck to a more aggro deck or just stick to control all the way. I really like control decks. I luv control decks since I started playing Magic. Am I ready for this Sunday tournament ??

Yea, this Sunday there will be a Shadowmoor Pre-release Mania tournament @ Manawerx. I will have to use the UB Faerie deck cuz this deck is the deck that I have the most practice with. So .. just wish me LUCK !! :)

Magic Online ... errr its offline for now

I started to like Magic Online and now its offline and close. Dun worry, its not close down permanently, Magic Online is doing an upgrade to Magic Online ver.3. The previous version that I was using is ver.2.5. I will have to wait at least 2 weeks for ver.3 to come out. The client for ver.3 is already out for download but the server is still down. Just download the client and wait.

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Magic Online

I always wanted to start Magic Online (MO) long time ago but did not have the chance to do so. Now I have the chance, I started Magic Online. I started MO solely because I wanna practice my skillz in standard and draft as often as possible. Where I live, there are not many Magic players around and most of the time, my work time will clash with their college/work schedule.

Im try to bring Magic into the next level, seriously, is better late then never. I recently just bought myself 2 Lorwyn booster packs and a Lorwyn "Going Rogue" pre-con deck just to start my collection. Another reason that I started MO is also drafting. My drafting skillz are really bad and I need all the practice I can get.

I just had 2 casual tournament on MO with the deck provided when I register for MO. Its a 9th edition core set, which ... in my honest opinion, the deck are for noobies to MO. I have been playing Magic for 13 years now and I don't consider myself a noobie anymore ... or am i :p I will always ad only concetrate on blue/black (UB) control decks, thats just my style of playing and also I same on money.

If anyone who read my blog has a MO account, please add me to ur buddy list. Till next time.

Cheers