Yea, no.

Well, that didn't work. Not at all.

I attempted a strategy I heard about, but once again I missed out on the bomb or two I needed to complete the strategy.
I drafted black/blue pirates, with treasure to cast off color stuff. Well, in theory it worked. Seriously. I as able to cast the off color- two red damage, and two Hammerskulls. Not the ideal off color 'bombs' I had hoped for.

Not the results I was hoping for.

As per my typical spiral- I was super competitive the first match, completely steam rolled in second, and I should have just dropped in third. It was ugly. I didn't get tilted, just didn't do well. Didn't misplay anything, the deck just did not perform.
It happens. I had outs on several games to pull my butt out of the fire and take wins, but the draws were literally one turn too late. It was painful, the topdeck gods were not in my favor last night. It happens.

Sidelight- I got very little value from the packs. That also happens.

I made minor trades, nothing worth writing home about.

For the record, I still do not like Tribal themes.


On the other side of the coin, I did like the white bordered lands being easier to "spot" or feel out when drawing. Just gave a different feel from everything else being black bordered.