Broken Oven

This morning our oven was not working and so Lisa had to go to the Bauhofers to make muffins...did not matter I still rolled Box Cars to start off against Matt in the Abzan Mirror!

While we played, Preston watched last nights Gotham--Option Three! 

And then Matt ended up killing me in a fairly silly game.

We did have two rules questions

• Can you Banishing Light the Torin's Emblem?

we voted no.

• Does Hexproof prevent the emblem from making you sacrifice Fleece Mane Lion?

we voted no.

Blue Mages Rule Tuesday

Sultai? Someone is playing Sultai?!?

Beck has the best album covers of all time.

Tuesday showed up in force this week.

I actually had scored the snacks from Trader Joe's for this week--Lisa is way to busy on other things, plus as a vegan now I go to Trader Joes all of the time for Vanilla Vegan Sorbet.

Andrew is still winning with giant monsters.

Alexander does not have a Deck & Preston's deck is way to complicated

I played Derek who is playing Sultai! It was a very tough match, but he did not have a strong enough win condition to defeat my Abzan Houses!

Constitutional Ammendments

Tuesday morning with Magic starts off with some amazing Cinnamon rolls that Lisa had made!

I had a weird view of the road on my drive to drop Kate off at school--what letters are and are not backward in the rear view mirror did not seem correct.

Backpacks were piled high when I got there. 

And the boys were deep at work spell slinging!

Matt had a massive game against Andrew!

Derek and Jack battled to a stand still 

The cards were awesome on the table 

Liam showed up late but did not have his cards.

The Altoids box as a storage container is classic.

Andrew had an amazing board state, but was unable to come out on top

I was not able to get a game in this morning--I was hoping to play Alexander's control deck, but he did not make it...Dylan did show up late, but was busy watching youtube video's with Jack.

The table was cleared as the boys headed out to take their Constitution Test

1st
Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

2nd
Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

3rd
Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.

4th
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.

5th
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

6th
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel. 

7th
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.

8th
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.

9th
Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.

10th
Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people through the Constitution.

Two Headed Abzan Show Down

Another fun Tuesday morning--we had five kids & played some great games.

I beat Preston in a long game--he has great cards and is really hard to beat.

Then we played a two headed giant match & had to stop because school was starting--it was awesome--Derek and I would likely have one against Matt & Preston.

Very good morning of Magic!

Tuesday Reforged

First Tuesday since Fates Reforged saw a very good turnout--we had Preston

Matt & Andrew

Derek was also there--but I did not get a picture.

We played a lot of great games--including my worst loss ever--I had Andrew 20-1 with a draft deck, but could not close & he came back and won it!

Tragic!

Pancake Breakfast

Bikes are in the bushes

Back Packs are piled on the landing

Muffins are out

And Tuesday is getting ready for some Magic!

Jack, who was skipping school to go to Disneyland, was in a great mood.

Preston was ready to go bright and early

My work station was well appointed!

We had the entire Tuesday team in attendance today which has been rare this year: Preston, Jack, Derek, Alexander:

Evan, Matt, Dylan, and Andrew

I played two matches against Preston whose deck needed some tuning--he ramped up quickly, but could not close.

Matt ripped his deck apart & tried to clean up his mana--which was mostly the problem--he had to many fixers...

We had two questions--the first one I do not really understand what the issue is...

Preston asked "Would you consider mana as land"? He was playing Mana Confluence 

But I am not sure what he was trying to do.

The next question, is yet another in the series of "what does protection mean" questions!

Andrew plays Storm Breath Dragon [again, and obviously] and swings

Matt has Mantis Rider out and wants to block

But he cannot even block because of the SBD's protection.