Gamer Tuesdays

So, with my new theme days, Tuesdays will be gamer Tuesdays. I will discuss video games, board games, computer games and Magic: The Gathering.

For christmas, a very good friend of mine bought me Starcraft II. I was going to wait longer, until the price went down significantly, to pick it up. I have to say, I am quite happy to have it. I have not played it much, but I will surely write more about it in subsequent weeks.

Today, I'll talk mostly about Mirrorden Besieged, because it has been mostly spoiled. Only four cards have not been spoiled yet. Immediately my favorite card is probably Thrun, The Last Troll. It puts the hurting on control and that stupid 100 dollar card (Jace, The Mind Sculpter, if you weren't aware). The only problem with this card is it is going to make Valakut Ramp better, and that is my least favorite deck in standard. It is pure boredom. It's strategy can be simply stated as: Do nothing, followed by, play Primeval Titan and win. At least with Blue Black games are really interesting. In fact, even though it was 6/8's of the World's top 8, all those matches were really exciting to watch. Especially Paolo vs. Matignon, that was some epic Magic.

Well, enough bitching about the standard metagame... or maybe not. I don't think enough of these cards are good enough to change the meta game. If we're lucky there will be an artifact deck. There's a lot more infect now, but still nothing to actually make an infect deck with. What is more likely is, what happened with Scars, will be the same as with Besieged, some cards will be used in already prominent decks, but there won't be any significant changes to the metagame. I will say, I am very much looking forward to drafting Besieged, Besieged, Scars, it looks to be pretty damn interesting.

Alright, that's it for today. Next week, I hope to get some more Master's Addition drafts under my belt, so maybe I'll be able to talk about that. So far it's been a strange and tough set to draft. I'll be back tomorrow with "Entertainment Wednesday"