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So, did you hear? Magic 2010: the 11th Edition that comes out in 2009 is out! In 2009! Already! Wow! So, you know, that means we’ve gotta draft it. I mean, we just had to, right? So last Tuesday, we got to it.

I walked into the draft claiming I was going to force Black for no reason. Jonathan was claiming he was going to force opening three Planeswalkers. We all claimed that Justin Spaeth was going to take all the Lightning Bolts. (Gods, seriously, I am so pissed at Wizards for reprinting that card. Ugh.) Two of these things came true. Jonathan only opened one Planeswalker.

But seriously, I’m not too sure what I was thinking. Spaeth opened his first pack, and announced his rare was Royal Assassin. Obviously he is going to be running Black, and he did. It was really kind of stupid for me to force Black. And yet, Doom Blades, Tendrils of Corruption, and Assassinates kept getting passed to me, and I couldn’t let them go. Even though I was joking, I ended up forcing Black.
Still, it worked out well for me. I ended up B/u with a huge amount of removal. Sure, I was counting on a bunch of small fliers to get my damage in and whatnot, but eh, such is a tried and true Black/Blue strategy.

And it worked really well, actually. I was kind of a complete dick to everyone, removing thing after thing. Bam Bam Bam! I did some major ass-kicking. Jonathan was having some serious Mana-flood issues that really kind of ruined his surprisingly strong-looking mill deck unluckily, and so I beat him easily. Spaeth’s Black/Red deck gave me some trouble, but in the end I managed to get enough evasion to defeat him in some tense rounds. Essner was the only one I didn’t best. He had too much lifegain for my little creatures sneaking in after I murdered things, and always managed to turn the game around after I had him down to like three, and then he regained some life… it was unfortunate.
So I went 2 and 1. But oh well, I was sort of the winner since I tied with Spaeth, and I beat him. Or so we said. We don’t care too much about wins and losses. (says the person who just spent several sentences talking about wins and losses.) It’s all about building that deck and then seeing it actually work well. In that case, I completely succeeded. The deck really felt like a well-oiled machine. I did a great job this time around.
Almost makes me want to build a deck like it. But that would really get me hated right off the table.

But yeah, Magic 2010: the 11th Edition that comes out in 2009 really does seem like a pretty neat core set. The new stuff keeps it fresh, and it really seems designed for more interesting draft play than previous core sets. Previous core set drafts didn’t seem nearly as dynamic and action-packed as this one did. They tended to be more of a plodding forward kind of game without big swings. In that regard, I pretty well think this set is a success.
Then again, I’ve only played one draft. Who knows. Heh.