http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog Magic the Gathering plus other things near and dear to a geek's heart Sat, 01 Jul 2017 05:43:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en вик услугисондажистроителство на къщиИконописиконииконисондажиобзавеждане за спалниAfter a quick, painless upgrade of my 64 bit Sony Viao to the Windows 7 RTM, my wife decided to take the plunge with her Alienware MX-15. She’s had Vista on it since we got the machine last December and other than the OS she’s ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=55 Can someone please tell me who is playing Rancid Earth? It's a common Sorcery from Torment which costs 1BB and reads Destroy target land. Threshold - If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, instead destroy that land and Rancid Earth deals 1 damage to ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=54 I was glad to see that Faeries didn't win PT: Hollywood (see the top 8 decklists here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/pthol08/top8decks). First, it should quiet all those prone to panic who were calling for the banning of Bitterblossom or other components of the Faerie deck. Second, I want to play Faeries in Standard ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=53 OK, I'll state the obvious: Bitterblossom and Mutavault are hot. When was the last time we had two cards worth $30 each in the same set while the set was still Standard legal? With those plus Bosk, Colossus, Reveillark, and Crusher all $7+ each I'm thinking we're going to see ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=52 мебелиIt's funny, I really wasn't going to play in the PTQ. In fact I called a friend and told him I wasn't going back to Parkside Hall until later in the day, then I wound up in front of him in line to register about 10 minutes later. Never underestimate ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=51 For my first Grand Prix we packed the whole family up and drove down the coast on the fabled Highway 101. We stopped at lots of beaches, drove through the Redwood forest, got stuck in traffic in Coos Bay and Willits, the whole bit. We did take a bit of ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=50 I've been playing around with MBC for several months and tried a Standard build in Friday Night Magic. I didn't even bother writing up that report because basically I got crushed. I went 2-2 but beat two inexperienced players playing slowish creature decks (which Damnation loves) and losing badly to ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=49 OK, as mentioned in my last post I finally completely buckled to netdecking and took Dragonstorm to Regionals. Usually I take an aggressive net deck and tweak it to my liking but there's really no room left for tweaking Dragonstorm---the deck is pretty much set. The only difference is to ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=48 I'm going with Dragonstorm with a few minor variations from the net deck version (no details in case my future competitors are reading). I tried to make my mono black control deck work, I really did. I even splashed red for Sulfur Elemental and Dragonfire and even Void but nothing ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=47 OK, maybe not, but I did have a customer order eight Urborg Justice today. Is this a flash in the pan (sorry, I couldn't resist)? Urborg Justice does meet one requirement of a combo piece, it's an instant. It costs BB and the Oracle text reads "Target opponent sacrifices a creature ... http://www.ulrichandhelvas.com/wpblog/?p=46