Week one was such a debacle, with what I thought was a pretty strong deck, that I was feeling very unenthusiastic about the prospect of week two. Thankfully, I pulled something from my pack.
A Renegade Freighter will go in just about any deck, and even though I think I overvalue it a tiny little bit, Bastion Mastadon is a fine card, especially since I'd decided that Esper was the way to go. I should have known all along. Tezzeret was whispering in my ear "get servoes, sac servoes, win", and I should have listened.
After rebuilding my deck with a very light white splash, this is how it looked.
"My god," I thought, "this deck is glorious", but it was time to put it to the test.
Round one, my opponent was one of the few league members who wasn't up on his matches. As such, he was still running his opening tournament deck, and he flooded. Oh well, I won't complain about a pair of free wins, on to round two!
Here was Tams! She also hadn't made it out for week one, and she got stuck on two... And then stuck on three.
Round three came and went, and my opponent never saw his second colour. I'm 3-0, but not exactly the way I wanted to do it.
Oh for the love of Magic! Is this going to be my history for the entirety of this league? Can't we have some good games? Will one of us always be a slave to the mana gods?
Thankfully, round four came with a trio of very close games. Spells were cast, creatures were ended, live was gained and lost. It was exactly the kind of Magic I love to play, and even though I lost, it was the right note to end the evening on. I felt confident in my deck and its capabilities, and I was eager to open another pack to round it out.
Join me next week to find out what was in it, what got changed, and how I did!
Thanks for reading,
- Step.
