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2015-03-21

Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease at Dice House



Tuesday headed to the Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease at the Dice House!





The team paid extremely close attention while Tuan reviewed the rules...



Brian had spent no time in preparation and was struggling with his initial selection. He did have a fantastic water bottle with the worlds greatest top.



But he ended up going 5-0 and winning the event--beating out Will in the finals--Tuesday had an amazing showing!


Jack and Andrew were ready to roll.



Tuesday traveled 7 players & the boys were very ready.




Will was very focused & really knew the cards this time out.



Seth was very helpful during the initial construction phases.



I built a white deck splashing a little green for tricks--ended up 2-3 overall which is about what I should have done--towards the end I was just swinging for the fences.



Also, I got this great die:



Jack went four and one which is awesome.

The highlight was a game against one of the kids who called a judge in a prerelease because Jack had accidentally morphed a creature.  Jack took the game loss with a smile & then came back to win the match. 

No Tilt, all Windmill!



I think if someone calls a judge during a prerelease event, the should take a game loss!

The boxes were again totally awesome for this event.



There was this wild Game Within A Game which Jack also did very well at:



he got two tries



Here are the rules:











And the leader board



I videoed my matches and should have them up on YouTube soon.



The shop was not as crazy crowded this prerelease event--same number of players, but just not as hot & I think the shop has once again been reorganized to optimize play comfort. Dice House really is the best.






My rolling was even worse then normal.




Brian won the event

















Dragons of Tarkir Preparing for Pre Release


So, likely unrelated, I started with the Monica  TED talk which totally rules.I only have thirty minutes before I need to leave for the Dice House in Fullerton where I will be joining 28 other spell slingers for the current prerelease--I have done absolutely no work.
1. Check the WotC pageso I am playing White this year & that gives me two choices Dromoka & Ojutai-- I am not that interested in either Endurance and I have no capacity for Cunning--this is not good.
2. Review some Top Five listsDromoka Dunecaster is solid


And a return to Pacifism are both reasonable.

Anafenza is solid & Myth Realized is completely awesome--white is not looking that bad at this point.

I am starting to realize how little I know about the current cards.

3. Check LSV
Ojutai is solid--very fun looking card.

Reviewing the rest of white I see $25 worth of fun!