I'm starting to think this isn't as bad as it seems at a first look. Yes, it gets removed by almost anything, but that's also kind of the point. You use it to lure out removal, and with the aid of disruption, you can leave your opponent without enough interaction for the rest of your creatures. And, if they don't kill it, it will surely enough rip some good chunks of their lifepoints.
I didn't give up on the writing down my opening hand; what i'm trying now is to write down my cards as i play them, instead of all in the beginning of the game. This has worked quite well in goldfishing, so i'm hoping it'll prove its worth in the tournament tonight.
How do you meaningfully goldfish lantern? I've always thought of that as moot because your plays are so dependent on interaction with the opponent and because the decisions you would make in the interest of racing the lock down as fast as possible are too disconnected and obvious to be worth practicing.
While it does not give you much insight on the decision making process you go through every game, you need to be quick, goldfishing a few times helps being more comfortable with the motions. It also helps a bit with adjusting the mana base and choosing what goes in your flex slots.
I do like that for being a riff on Triskelion, it actually cannot go infinite with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed in the way Triskelion can.
It not only CAN go infinite with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed but you can play it for 0 and still have it go infinite. You had to jump a little hoop to go infinite with Triskelion, you had to use the last counter to kill the Triskelion, as it was a 1/1, while this guy can just blow all his counters murdering things and as long as he's got undying he'll keep coming back for more. ((Oh, wait, forgot about the Mikaeus +1/+1 boost. With Trisk you have to use two counters to kill himself. You need to give him -1/-1 somehow to get this to work, perhaps with Heartless Summoning Then you can combo off on T4, which isn't bad, I suppose?))
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While it does not give you much insight on the decision making process you go through every game, you need to be quick, goldfishing a few times helps being more comfortable with the motions. It also helps a bit with adjusting the mana base and choosing what goes in your flex slots.
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It not only CAN go infinite with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed but you can play it for 0 and still have it go infinite. You had to jump a little hoop to go infinite with Triskelion, you had to use the last counter to kill the Triskelion, as it was a 1/1, while this guy can just blow all his counters murdering things and as long as he's got undying he'll keep coming back for more. ((Oh, wait, forgot about the Mikaeus +1/+1 boost. With Trisk you have to use two counters to kill himself. You need to give him -1/-1 somehow to get this to work, perhaps with Heartless Summoning Then you can combo off on T4, which isn't bad, I suppose?))
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