Right... I'm just typing it out to empty my mind a little and get relaxed. I still got 2 more classes to go for today... so meh.
Right. Main point for the post, we're now try to clear our GPP so that we can move on to WR and finally the big presentation come this November. Our case study's pretty solid, but the Projected case... not so much. So after we hand in our GPP, we're gonna start with a new projected case. This means more research, more work and more pain haha.
As for MTG, my G/W tokens dec is coming alog pretty well. I am able to summon a big bunch of creatures by turn 4 and should be ready to swing FTW the following turn, with enough mana for Autumn's Veil, which I'll be sideboarding. Also, seeing as Wesley's working on a EDH deck, I would also like to give it a shot, as I've plenty of stuff i'm just itching to use for a while. As for my R/B deck... well let's just say until I get a bit more draw, and a fatty i wanna use, it's on hold. Here's a list though.
R/B Burn
4 Dragonskull Summit
10 Mountains
6 Swamps
20 Lands (a bit on the low side, but after you see my curve...)
4 Elixer of Immortality
4 Forked Bolt
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Burst Lightning
4 Flame Slash
4 Doom Blade
4 Pyroclasm
4 Sign in Blood
4 Dark Tutelage
4 Blightning
38 other spells
So anyway, it's a version of the Ad Nauseum Deck, minus the risk of losing a quarter of your life by accident, setting you on a clock by turn 3. It does use Elixer of Immortality as a mini-buffer. Only problem, no creatures. I just hope my creature kill suite is up to the task. Ah well
Signing off.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Never hurts to have fun, but do your work please.
What? 2 Months Already? Man that was Fast. Nah, joking. I only came back to post. I'll be updating once in a while, just that my schedule is unsuitable for an
everyday entry.
That Saturday, I finished off some work I had. Still got some left, but at least
it's in a qty. that I can tackle by this afternoon, which is today, the day of post.
So afterwards I went off to Brendan's for Draft.
At the Draft...
I opened quite a few excellent cards, including 3 copies of Excommunicate, 2 Plummets, an Obstinate Baloth, 2 copies of Duskdale Wurm, and Overwhelming Stampede. I also drafted alot of early game Defenders and plenty of Life Gain. End-result?
A G/W Deck with enough fatties and early gamers to be competitive throughout, and puts games away with Overwhelming Stampede. Here's how I did:
Game 1~2: VS Brendan playing Mono-red.
Well, this is my friend Brendan. Excellent player, loves dragons, and practically worships Ninjas. He managed to draft Mono-Red since he noticed a trend that there were plenty of lack-luster Red cards that can add up when played as a single-color.
He also managed to snitch a bomb, Ancient Hellkite. No important Burn Spells though,
Although Fling was pretty excellent in the games to come. However, against my deck, here's what happened...
Game 1: He had a early start with Goblin Balloon Brigade, and was pounding away until I played Ajani's Mantra to stop him in his tracks. Soon afterwards Obtinate Baloth came down on my side, and it was a race. He played Arc Runner, whacked me around for 6, and Flung the would-be-dead-soon Runner at my Baloth. But I had another Fatty and 1 more Mantra, and when I said gain 2, it was on to game 2.
On to Game 2. He had a pretty good start again, but I quickly stabilized. However, he was churning out Goblin Balloon Brigade after Goblin Ballon Brigade, followed by a Molten Firehound, which got excommunicated, and an Earth Servant, which knocked me down to 10. I drew my card, played Spined Wurm, followed by Overwhelming Stampede the next. He had an Answer, and could have won if he had just flung his servant at the Wurm, and attack me with a 8-timed pumped Firehound the next. He didn't lol.
Stampede Kills: 1
Next 2 Games were with Wesley. He was tricky, had a lot of strong cards including a Baneslayer. He hit me a ton of times with his Conumdrum Sphinx, which got excommunicated twice before I pacified it. Now that was out of the way, I quickly set-up a counter-attack and finished him with massive chunks of damage thanks to Overwhelming Stampede. After that game, he showed me his Baneslayer, which got stuck in his hand due to him being unable to play it due to being unable to draw a 2nd plains. Good thing too.
Stampede Kills: 2 (Double Kill!)
Game Two was less complicated. No annoying bombs this time, but to be careful I had sided in my 2 Plummets. None of them came out that game, and though he kept bouncing my fatties with Unsummons and Aether Adepts, he was unable to stem the tide and again fell to a Stampede. Triple Kill for the Stampede!
Stampede Kills: 3
Last 2 was with Kenta. He's a really nice chap, a Track and Field Member, and had somehow chalked up a Bant 60-Card Monster in Draft. I got seriously Mana-Flooded that game while he got Mana-Screwed. But after 7 turns he started chalking up lands, got a few creature-accelerants, and dropped fatty after fatty, including Sun Titan and Vengeful Archon, all supported with the Sword of Vengeance. Needless to say, despite some handy Blinding Mage stalling, I lost that one.
Game 2 was... different. I got my lands this time, as well as some handy utility cards. Not much from his side other than the Llanowar Elf, Serra Angel, which got Excommunicated twice before being Plummeted, and Stormfront Pegasus, which also got Excommunicated. He scooped after a while, and we agreed on a draw since they all gtg.
Well, I really appreciated the advice I got from last week, and I really enjoyed myself. Overwhelming Stampede's an excellent Finisher, as long as you got fatties to support it. So anyway, I finished my G/W Tokens Dec. Here's a list:
Lands:
4 Khalni Garden
12 Forests
7 Plains
23 Lands
4 Bird of Paradise
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Elvish Visionary
2 Sylvan Elf
4 Nest Invader
2 Brindle Boar
4 Kozilek's Predator
24 Creatures
3 Beastmaster's Ascension
4 Cultivate
3 Conqueror's Pledge
1 Sword of Vengeance
1 Behemoth Sledge
2 Elixer of Immortality
15 Other Spells
Not really Tournament-ready yet, but did it prove itself in multi-player! I was always the silent builder, building my forces before the big spell played out.
Cards that didn't really prove itself were Brindle Boar and the Elixer. Maybe it needs some work. I'll cut some lands for more accelerants like Llanowar and Arbor, and maybe add a few big hitters like Obstinate Baloth and Garruk Wildspeaker And I'll tell you how it went next post.
Signing off.
everyday entry.
That Saturday, I finished off some work I had. Still got some left, but at least
it's in a qty. that I can tackle by this afternoon, which is today, the day of post.
So afterwards I went off to Brendan's for Draft.
At the Draft...
I opened quite a few excellent cards, including 3 copies of Excommunicate, 2 Plummets, an Obstinate Baloth, 2 copies of Duskdale Wurm, and Overwhelming Stampede. I also drafted alot of early game Defenders and plenty of Life Gain. End-result?
A G/W Deck with enough fatties and early gamers to be competitive throughout, and puts games away with Overwhelming Stampede. Here's how I did:
Game 1~2: VS Brendan playing Mono-red.
Well, this is my friend Brendan. Excellent player, loves dragons, and practically worships Ninjas. He managed to draft Mono-Red since he noticed a trend that there were plenty of lack-luster Red cards that can add up when played as a single-color.
He also managed to snitch a bomb, Ancient Hellkite. No important Burn Spells though,
Although Fling was pretty excellent in the games to come. However, against my deck, here's what happened...
Game 1: He had a early start with Goblin Balloon Brigade, and was pounding away until I played Ajani's Mantra to stop him in his tracks. Soon afterwards Obtinate Baloth came down on my side, and it was a race. He played Arc Runner, whacked me around for 6, and Flung the would-be-dead-soon Runner at my Baloth. But I had another Fatty and 1 more Mantra, and when I said gain 2, it was on to game 2.
On to Game 2. He had a pretty good start again, but I quickly stabilized. However, he was churning out Goblin Balloon Brigade after Goblin Ballon Brigade, followed by a Molten Firehound, which got excommunicated, and an Earth Servant, which knocked me down to 10. I drew my card, played Spined Wurm, followed by Overwhelming Stampede the next. He had an Answer, and could have won if he had just flung his servant at the Wurm, and attack me with a 8-timed pumped Firehound the next. He didn't lol.
Stampede Kills: 1
Next 2 Games were with Wesley. He was tricky, had a lot of strong cards including a Baneslayer. He hit me a ton of times with his Conumdrum Sphinx, which got excommunicated twice before I pacified it. Now that was out of the way, I quickly set-up a counter-attack and finished him with massive chunks of damage thanks to Overwhelming Stampede. After that game, he showed me his Baneslayer, which got stuck in his hand due to him being unable to play it due to being unable to draw a 2nd plains. Good thing too.
Stampede Kills: 2 (Double Kill!)
Game Two was less complicated. No annoying bombs this time, but to be careful I had sided in my 2 Plummets. None of them came out that game, and though he kept bouncing my fatties with Unsummons and Aether Adepts, he was unable to stem the tide and again fell to a Stampede. Triple Kill for the Stampede!
Stampede Kills: 3
Last 2 was with Kenta. He's a really nice chap, a Track and Field Member, and had somehow chalked up a Bant 60-Card Monster in Draft. I got seriously Mana-Flooded that game while he got Mana-Screwed. But after 7 turns he started chalking up lands, got a few creature-accelerants, and dropped fatty after fatty, including Sun Titan and Vengeful Archon, all supported with the Sword of Vengeance. Needless to say, despite some handy Blinding Mage stalling, I lost that one.
Game 2 was... different. I got my lands this time, as well as some handy utility cards. Not much from his side other than the Llanowar Elf, Serra Angel, which got Excommunicated twice before being Plummeted, and Stormfront Pegasus, which also got Excommunicated. He scooped after a while, and we agreed on a draw since they all gtg.
Well, I really appreciated the advice I got from last week, and I really enjoyed myself. Overwhelming Stampede's an excellent Finisher, as long as you got fatties to support it. So anyway, I finished my G/W Tokens Dec. Here's a list:
Lands:
4 Khalni Garden
12 Forests
7 Plains
23 Lands
4 Bird of Paradise
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Elvish Visionary
2 Sylvan Elf
4 Nest Invader
2 Brindle Boar
4 Kozilek's Predator
24 Creatures
3 Beastmaster's Ascension
4 Cultivate
3 Conqueror's Pledge
1 Sword of Vengeance
1 Behemoth Sledge
2 Elixer of Immortality
15 Other Spells
Not really Tournament-ready yet, but did it prove itself in multi-player! I was always the silent builder, building my forces before the big spell played out.
Cards that didn't really prove itself were Brindle Boar and the Elixer. Maybe it needs some work. I'll cut some lands for more accelerants like Llanowar and Arbor, and maybe add a few big hitters like Obstinate Baloth and Garruk Wildspeaker And I'll tell you how it went next post.
Signing off.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Last Post, for some time.
Well, I haven't uploaded any entries in ages, as you can see from the title, this will probably be the last post you'll see for some time, due to foreseen circumstances.
1) Did pretty poorly for the Block Test. 2 Passes, a Sub-Pass, and 3 Fails. That's a lot worse than expected, but at least I did pretty well for Maths, topping the class. The last time I ever did top the class was at Secondary 3 for my POA. God, topping the class's pretty hard lol. Econs, on the other hand was a complete flop. 6/55, that is how you do horribly.
2) Work's clogging up again. PW, Art Week, and other HW which may come by. Add in changes in the timetable and you will probably find it a chore to balance the time.
3) Promos is only 62 days away at the time of post. Promos is my last chance to get promoted to J2 next year, and I feel that 2 months' ample time to get a decent grade.(at least a few Bs to go around, and of course an A for Maths)
Well, cya in 2 months. Signing off.
62 Days to Promos!!!!
1) Did pretty poorly for the Block Test. 2 Passes, a Sub-Pass, and 3 Fails. That's a lot worse than expected, but at least I did pretty well for Maths, topping the class. The last time I ever did top the class was at Secondary 3 for my POA. God, topping the class's pretty hard lol. Econs, on the other hand was a complete flop. 6/55, that is how you do horribly.
2) Work's clogging up again. PW, Art Week, and other HW which may come by. Add in changes in the timetable and you will probably find it a chore to balance the time.
3) Promos is only 62 days away at the time of post. Promos is my last chance to get promoted to J2 next year, and I feel that 2 months' ample time to get a decent grade.(at least a few Bs to go around, and of course an A for Maths)
Well, cya in 2 months. Signing off.
62 Days to Promos!!!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
2nd week of the term, Day 1, Take a seat, have some tea.
Well, now that we're back and settling down quite nicely, Let's get back to talking about other stuff.
Let's see... Oh right. The students from Ningbo came to our school today. They gave this little talk, but no one was really listening. Poor chaps. School was long today, I kept dozing off. After imbibing about 2 bottles of lemon jelly, a sandwich, and had a 10 min nap, I felt a bit better. But... time to stock up on sweets again. It's gonna get tiring.
As for MTG, I'm taking a necessary leave for the time being to work on my other stuff after this week. But I'll be working on a new Beastmaster Ascension Deck. I'm pretty hyped about it. It accrues a ton of card advantage through come into play effects and allows me to flood the field to set up a fatal Beastmaster attack. Of course, I'm bringing in a bit of tech to combat the new format. Now then, I won't be telling more, later you'll build a deck to counter it.
I'll also work on another red-black deck, this one involving Dark Tutelage. It's a nifty little card-draw engine and I expect some players to sleeving these up after Ad Nauseum rotates out. Of course I'm pretty hyped about it as well. Ahahahaha.
Anyways, I won't bored you with the details of my otherwise exciting school life. Signing out.
Let's see... Oh right. The students from Ningbo came to our school today. They gave this little talk, but no one was really listening. Poor chaps. School was long today, I kept dozing off. After imbibing about 2 bottles of lemon jelly, a sandwich, and had a 10 min nap, I felt a bit better. But... time to stock up on sweets again. It's gonna get tiring.
As for MTG, I'm taking a necessary leave for the time being to work on my other stuff after this week. But I'll be working on a new Beastmaster Ascension Deck. I'm pretty hyped about it. It accrues a ton of card advantage through come into play effects and allows me to flood the field to set up a fatal Beastmaster attack. Of course, I'm bringing in a bit of tech to combat the new format. Now then, I won't be telling more, later you'll build a deck to counter it.
I'll also work on another red-black deck, this one involving Dark Tutelage. It's a nifty little card-draw engine and I expect some players to sleeving these up after Ad Nauseum rotates out. Of course I'm pretty hyped about it as well. Ahahahaha.
Anyways, I won't bored you with the details of my otherwise exciting school life. Signing out.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
At M11 Prerelease.
It was cool. My friend Wesley asked me to come along, and I had made time, thank god, so now I can go. We went, got our packs, and I opened quite the list. Vengeful Archon, Dark Tutelage, Arbiter, and a entire smattering of cheap red burn. I quickly cobbled together a Red/White List and went 1-3 lol. ON hindsight, I had plenty of crappy early game cards, and most of the ones worth playing were on the higher end of my curve. Furthermore, cards I deemed as crap were actually life-changers in the games ahead. Oh well, at least I could put my knowledge to use when we go drafting this Saturday. I'm pretty pumped for it.
In other News, World Cup Finals tomorrow morning. I won't be watching, though I'm rooting for Holland to win.
Ah well. Signing off.
In other News, World Cup Finals tomorrow morning. I won't be watching, though I'm rooting for Holland to win.
Ah well. Signing off.
1st week of the new term, Day 1
Aha, now that the block tests are out of the way, we enter the new school term with fresh faces and hearts all ready to learn. I wish I could say that, but it's far from the truth. The fact is that we have to rush through 60% of the syllabus this year in preparation for Promos. Furthermore, now that we're back, Art Week is at the last week of July and since we went to China, we're supposed to come up with something. Great, extra workload haha.
Furthermore, M11 prerelease's coming this weekend. Plenty of strong stuff to look forward to. Lightning Bolt's coming back, I'm looking forward to Chandra's Outrage.
Ah well. Probably won't have time to go anyway.
Signing off lol.
Furthermore, M11 prerelease's coming this weekend. Plenty of strong stuff to look forward to. Lightning Bolt's coming back, I'm looking forward to Chandra's Outrage.
Ah well. Probably won't have time to go anyway.
Signing off lol.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Youth Day, folks.
In light of the Youth Day holiday last sunday, I will not be updating this blog with today's events, cause it's just gonna be so damn uneventful. I've posted what occurred during my BLock Test though. Be sure to read them. (if you're a masochist.)
Signing off.
Signing off.
Block Test, Last Day :)
Well, I had math and this time, I'm confident of scoring an A (it's a H1 Subject though, that means only 10 points :() Only brain fart came along when I mixed up mean and sigma, causing my calculations to be way off. Good thing I had time to fix my mistakes.
MTG: Still thinking of a deck to play lol. So many decklists, none fitting my style.
Signing off. (You think it looks like a twitter a/c?)
MTG: Still thinking of a deck to play lol. So many decklists, none fitting my style.
Signing off. (You think it looks like a twitter a/c?)
Block Test, Day 4
Let's see... we had CSE today. I was able to bullcrap my way through some of the harder questions, though I highly doubt the value of my answers.
Oh well, MTG: Damn. Looks like my prediction for 12 lords to appear isn't to be. oh well.
Signing off. (Yes, I notice my post's getting shorter. It's just that some days are to uneventful.)
Oh well, MTG: Damn. Looks like my prediction for 12 lords to appear isn't to be. oh well.
Signing off. (Yes, I notice my post's getting shorter. It's just that some days are to uneventful.)
Block Test, Day 3
Day 3: Geography. One data response question, one essay.
Let's see... managed to remember most of my stuff. But I wasn't sure whether I was answering the questions right. Oh well. we'll just have to wait and see.
On the other hand, that day's BOAB was pretty meh. Still pumped for M11's release though.
Signing off.
Let's see... managed to remember most of my stuff. But I wasn't sure whether I was answering the questions right. Oh well. we'll just have to wait and see.
On the other hand, that day's BOAB was pretty meh. Still pumped for M11's release though.
Signing off.
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