Rivals release party

I attended my local game store release party for Rivals of Ixalan. They typically do things different. No draft last night, sealed/constructed. We got 6 packs of Rivals, and have at it.

The highlight of my evening was pulling a foil Blood Sun... which, more than paid for my showing up. The shop owner also passed out Ghalta, Primal Hunger game day promos to everyone who showed up. Sweet!

Noteworthy pulls from Rivals release night.

I wound up going 2-2, which isn't awful... but my deck really didn't want to perform. Go figure... I've been dealing with that a lot recently where I have a decent deck then even mana flood or screw myself in to a loss. Also of note- I split 4 sleeves shuffling last night. Dragon Shield, wtf?!

I did open the one card I was hoping to play- Tetzimoc, Primal Death. I actually cast it ONCE in total. My primary reason for wanting to play it, was only for the mind games it would produce. "Do I cast a creature and hope he can't get Tetzimoc down, or hold it in the fear of losing it?" Out of the 9 games I played, I only ever had it in one opening hand, and only had one land for that hand.... I promptly mulligan'd. I did have too much removal in original deck makeup- swapped out blue for white, and recovered a bit.

I am slightly more encouraged for Rivals drafting than I was for Ixalan initially. Lots of power... gonna be interesting.

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I sold my pre-release promo card as quickly as I could, and felt good about it. Elenda, the Dusk Rose has been nose diving ever since. Sort of makes up for my previous prelease promo I sold and should have held on to. Oh well... that the finance side of Magic.

With the profits form the sales, I went out and bought about 20 Unlimited basic lands from TCG. Still working on replacing my revised basics for Unlimited. Gonna be sweet.

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I've been keeping up with DeckBox trading, but haven't done anything of note. Just filling out some smaller card needs... I think I am not going to actively seek out trades for a week or two. Pretty sure I can't find what I need for what I am offering right now.

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The on-line auction scene has been pretty dry for me. A few more popped up today, but most of it is way more bulk than I need to sort through. There is one that caught my eye, a binder of stuff. Gonna see what it might take to nail that down.

Speaking of on-line finds- anyone tempted to contact this guy? He wants BitCoins for "his brother's old Magic collection." Several dual lands, 3 beta Mox in super rough condition... odd, just odd.