Nerdy Events

Can't say I don't enjoy my life. Being in the gaming industry definitely has its perks. Not only do I get to attend industry events like E3 but my company is full of people as nerdy as myself :D

Drafting really is a great thing. It can be a fun and social or strategic and cutthroat format depending on who you play with. Myself, I prefer the fun, social side of things. Why? Well if I already play standard and modern, I only have so much brain power to go around for all that complex thinking. I need my breaks too and choose to play some draft or EDH to get all the jitters out.

Most recently I've been drafting the new set, Modern Masters, just released this weekend. It consists of modern staples so you'll see cards like Tarmogoyf and Dark Confidant. Check out the full spoiler here on Wizard's site: Spoiler

From the two drafts I have played so far and the one sealed event, it's increasingly impressive that Wizards was able to add in so many well defined archetypes into one set. You can go U/B Faeries, G/W Tokens, B/W Rebels, U/R Storm, U/W Affinity, and the list just goes on. And even with such a limited set of cards, each of these archetypes feel and play like they should.

But onto the actual games! My first draft was pretty abysmal. I attempted to go Esper Faeires but I made such a noob mistake. I could see what was being passed to me and I knew I should have gone those colors but I really didn't want to go red and forced the U/B/W instead. Well....that led to a 0-3 record. So I'm off to a rocky start but that doesn't shake me.

A few of us head out to a local shop the next day to draft some more. Since we kept what we pulled and I wanted to somewhat break even on a $30 draft, I opted to pull the rares if they were worth anything and not in my colors. Yes, I'm a terrible person but can you really blame me for wanting to get my value out of it?

Anyway, pack 1 was fairly easy for me. The rare was Sarkhan Vol. Pretty playable if you ask me since right out the gate he can buff all your tokens or steal your opponent's giant for some beats. Based off the previous night's draft and what I had been reading online, people aren't really fans of the GR beatdown so it was fairly easy for me to get some solid creatures and tricks. My deck went 3-1 that night and I think I ended in 4th place. Not too shabby.

The sealed that a few friends and I did was much different. We were practicing for the upcoming GP in Vegas so we were playing and giving out opinions very constructively. I LOVE playing this way where everyone is trying to learn rather than win at any cost. I attempted to go for the dredge and retrace deck but just couldn't get the engine going. I was missing key cards and was definitely trying to get the combo going too early, costing me plenty of games. I ended up switching to U/W Affinity and went undefeated with the deck. By the way, Cryptic Command is a pretty good card.....just saying.

I'll be drafting more in the coming days leading up to the GP. I'm not saying I'll be cracking day 2 but I definitely want to give it my all so I can come back and share the deets!

ALSO, I'll be going to E3 this week so for sure I'll be uploading some pictures and talking about my experiences.