MTG Salvation

What got me at FNM was some kid was bragging that he opened a regular Sarkhan... I was like... That's nice, but you didn't build around him to even use him, so I housed him with my Gw deck. It was nice going 3-0 at FNM for a change. Then again I haven't played an FNM in god knows how long... Unlike Ayu, I rare draft like a whore... I got 9 rares... ended up playing 4 of them... Secure the Wastes, Dromoka's Command, Foe-Razer Regent and Avatar of the Resolute. Other 5 were things I didn't want to see on the other side of the table (I'm such a hate-drafter, but it worked well enough for me, I guess): Berserkers' Onslaught, Living Lore, Pitiless Horde, Blood-chin Fanatic and Silumgar's Command

I opened the Silumgar's Command, Foe-Razer Regent and Berserkers' Onslaught and was passed the rest... What really raised my eyebrow was that I first picked the Foe-Razer Regent and tabled an Epic COnfrontation... Dragon punch FTW!

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Unlike Ayu, I rare draft like a whore...

This made me laugh .

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(I'm such a hate-drafter, but it worked well enough for me, I guess)

I've just never been a fan of it unless there is absolutely nothing that has the slimmest chance of making my deck because the way I see it, you may be hating a card from a possible 1-2 people (assuming an 8 person pod) but you need to make your deck strong as you can against 8 different decks, in 3 different rounds.

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What really raised my eyebrow was that I first picked the Foe-Razer Regent and tabled an Epic COnfrontation... Dragon punch FTW!

I also tabled an Epic Confrontation as well in my pod when I drafted Red/Green, I think lots are underestimating the power of a dragon punch.

It's true that I weaken my deck by hate-drafting something I don't want to see on the other side of the table, but on the flip side, I get a rare (even if it's only going to be worth $0.10) and I don't need to worry about it coming to bite me in the ass by passing it. I think I'd rather take the rare over some things anyway because the rare is rare for a reason and usually packs more power than most uncommons and commons. A good drafter will usually signal properly and not hate-draft. I fail at both because I hate-draft all the time and I suck at signalling... The funny thing about hate-drafting is that if you hate-draft enough of a color, you usually end up playing it... My strategy is to usually take the best card in a pack regardless of colors. 'Best card' can be relative to what deck you're drafting, so I usually take the best card in my colors first, but if it's early, you can switch into a different color still, so I think it's a viable strategy.

So... I hugged lots of people today (as planned). Abby and Yomako should be seeing something special on another page.

Laser: That was a good accompaniment to my morning tea (Good Earth Tropical Rush).

Kank: I dunno. We're going with song titles this year? This is crazy but call [TheCrafters] Maybe

@Abby: Glad you liked it!


Titles: The [Crafters] are Never Gonna Give You Up?

(Happy April Fools' Day!)

If we're doing a Call Me Maybe reference, I'd save it for May... Maybe..

Here's the list of what I came up with last time and I'm adding the other suggestions...

[The Crafters] are Thinking Out Loud
[The Crafters] are Shaking It Off this year
Hey I just met you and [The Crafters] are crazy, so Call Me Maybe? -or- This is crazy but call [TheCrafters] Maybe?
It's always a Good Time with [The Crafters]
[The Crafters] know how to Let It Go
[The Crafters] enjoy Little Talks
[The Crafters] are Never Gonna Give You Up

Any other suggestions are welcome, but decide quickly... For cheesiness sake, I'm willing to go with [The Crafters] are Never Gonna Give You Up

I like the new title :).

Anyone gonna do anything fun this weekend?

Also, for everyone instead, I ain't the biggest fan of pranks.

Not much to add at the moment, but kudos on the new titles.

Hello Crafters! Long time no read. This is your favorite mad Scientist Vash the Stampede!! Well, not so much anymore, got locked out of my account at some point in the last few months and had to change my name... So yeah. How's everybody been? Seems like there was quite a lot happening in my absence. Sorry bout that btw. (Coughs) stuff happens you know?

Also, love the fact that the Crafters are Rick-Rollin the clan pages (chuckles).

I clicked the link... I should have seen that coming from you Kank. Lol.

As for crafty things, I'm still working on my I Spy puzzle. I have placed all the objects in it, but I just need to fill the rest of the page with silly decoy objects and stuff.

I am knitting a Medusa wig. Because... Yeah. While watching a kung fu movie.

Medusa wig? Sounds like fun stuff. Should we expect photos sometime?


And... for now, I'm gonna leave you with this thing...

EDIT: For those who are trying to solve this, I am still in the process of making adjustments to remove ambiguities. For example, there are still several things that can be interpreted as "a thin red line", and also a few things that can be interpreted as snakes. I should change the snakes portion to say "four snake tongues" (the answer is still basically the same for that).

Went 5-0 (playing Modern) and top 4 split the prizes this FNM, and FNM prize pulls were nice for once, with a Brutal Hordechief and a Ugin, the Spirit Dragon being among them. The weather this weekend also was pretty nice but for the next 4 days it's gonna be off and on again rain and storms, so that's gonna be no fun but at least it's Spring and rain and not Winter and snow! How was everyone else's weekend?

And PG, thank you very much for your post on my thread earlier, very sweet of you to take your time to write a response like that and it is very much appreciated , if you'd like the specific answers to what you asked, just ask me and I can pm them to you, or whatever you like .

It's rainy and sleety here too.

That sounds like a good FNM, Ayu. Congratulations.

Laser: Probably, once it's finished. I will likely wear it everywhere.

It actually snowed over the weekend here, but it's all gone now and things are back to normal again.

I'll probably get a few more people to look at my I SPY puzzle tomorrow. Expect an updated version after that.

It's cold and we need the rain, but it's not rainy... Yet... It was suppose to rain yesterday...

So there's this $50 giant peep bunny plush that I was thinking of getting for 50% off. It's a bit dirty from sitting all season, so should I get it now? Or hold out to see if it's still around at 75% in a week?

Vliger - Thanks!

Pg - I'd probably wait a week unless you really want it now or think it'll be sold before then.


The rain is here and it was so gloomy outside earlier today. All it makes me want to do is sleep lol.

Sleep is good. I can't remember much since the last time I watched Nanoha was years ago, but I lol'd pretty hard cuz I forgot that Vivio called both Fate AND Nanoha 'mama'... Vivio and her two moms... Such a lucky girl to have 2 hot moms with nuts battle power... lol.

In a hurry, so three quick things:

First, a bit of piano (learning this for school, playing chords for a lead sheet).

Second, the updated I SPY puzzle, with more ambiguities removed. (It was edited on the computer though, so not totally hand-drawn anymore.)

And third, another one of these...

And I bought the giant peep bunny plush because I had a $5 coupon that was expiring... And then I had another $16 worth of coupons, so after tax it was only $5... Go me! So now I'm going to try and flip it on ebay for $100...