Edge of Eternities Pre-Release (1-2)

Thank you to Red Castle Games for hosting a wonderful event!

Rebecca decided to go for a G/W +1 counters build, and I was playing a B/R build with a lot of removal. Here's the breakdown. 

Rd 1 vs Justin and Donovan.

Unfortunately, our opponents were manascrewed. Justin had a Forest and a Swarmyard in play, Donovan was able to cast Susurian Voidborn and an Interceptor Merchan, but Rebecca and I played things out on curve and with haste. This wrapped the game up swiftly-she had an army of 1/1s and I had a Nova Hellkite.

Rd 2 vs Ben and Michael

We had a solid early start but they responded with a Pinnacle Starcage and it wiped our board. This stalled us long enough for an Elegy Acolyte to arrive and make robots. We were able to deal with the Acolyte in a comical set of plays using Banishing Light, which they responded to by using a Banishing of their own to bring it back, then Rebecca using a Shattered Wings to bring our Banishing back, which they eventually responded to with a second Banishing Light! I mean, what are ya gonna do?

Eventually they were overwhelming us, even casting a Famished Worldsire for 18 power and we had a lot of lands but not much else to do. Sadly I never drew a removal spell and we just couldn't quite keep up.

Rd 3 vs Malik and Kirk

A drag out battle this time, we took out a lot of creatures, fighting through a Tezzeret emblem. 

I failed to do some math, and at a critical point we decided to use Mutinous Massacre over Zero Point Ballad. While we were able to attack for 11 and take out their board, they had more than enough mana to recover from it.  That left us unable to do much-even with an active Susurian Dirgecraft. Eventually a warped Weftstalker Ardent was able to do us 4 damage, getting us to one life, and now Zero Point Ballad couldn’t wipe the board again.

I stared at the board state for about two minutes to make sure we weren't overlooking anything, but they had us. Great game though!

So...what does this all mean?

First thing's first: I am happy to say that I had a lot more fun than I anticipated, given the set review. The Warp ability did more groundwork than I thought to keep the early game flowing. 

We both felt like we had options and plays to make; Rebecca was flooded in two games and I was mana starved in one as well--this kind of RNG didn't impact our feelings. Sometimes Magic is like that--when we could make plays those plays felt relevant!

Which is a great place to find myself, after being truly concerned this would be a repeat of Aetherdrift's more blah experience.