Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Talking Politics: Overhauling Zedruu EDH

It was a cool summer night last week, full of Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. Two of my friends and I beat the archenemy campaign start to finish, then I proceeded to unlock Kiora Atua’s entire deck (It’s insane, but that’s another post), taking me through the wee hours of the morning. We had each purchased the game, and the time came to head to our local game store to retrieve our Titans. I, however, had a secret motive. It was Friday, the 17th: Commander Launch Day.

I was still going back and forth which deck I would get the entire car ride. Everyone else I knew who played in the EDH League here was raving about blue. Animar, Damia, Riku, almost every general with a teardrop in the corner was getting loved on. Except one. Zedruu had not had a single mention on other people’s priority list, and I couldn’t tell why. The deck seemed solid, maybe not the value cards of Riku or Damia’s decks. Still it seemed like it’d be easy to pass up, and sure enough, there it was. I traded a few rares and a twenty for the deck, passing on a Japanese version at the last second. After getting it home, the next trick was adding to it until it would at least stand a chance against the other league decks around.

Friday, June 17, 2011

A Modest Introduction

And away we go, into the ever-expanding pool of Magic Player blogs. I like to think I come at it from a slightly different perspective. But before we get into that, a confession:

My name is David, and I play terrible Magic decks.