Kamigawa Neon Dynasty, pre-release

Went to a new store for me to do my first in store pre-release in over 2 years. Shout out to Gritty Goblin Games. Bit a of an odd shopping center, but whatever... I was gonna jam some brand new cards I was likely going to have to read all my opponents cards to understand. Thats how these things go.

My goal was to-  1) Hopefully come away with a winning record, 2) Pull at least one card I wanted for some legacy deck and 3) Hang out with a friend or 3 to make pre-release that much more fun in person. 

At the time of the pre-release, the legacy interesting cards consisted of:

- Lion Sash
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- Boseiju, Who Endures

I got one of those cards in Lion Sash, which is likely classified as a bomb in limited due to the mechanic reconfigure. In Yorian D&T for legacy it means a card that can be tutored for from 8 different cards. (Stoneforge and Recruiter) It also presents problems on how the hell to get rid of it once it latches on to something. The only downside is requiring white to activate. Thank goodness the reconfigure is generic, whew.

Was happy that 1 of 3 friends, who made some effort to attend, was able to show up. I hadn't played in a shop with him since the small local draft location shut down 3 years ago. It was good times all around!

My deck was white-black disruption. MVP card of the day, removal. Gesh I had a lot.
I almost went Green, but just didn't have enough to get me to replace the other colors.

First round won 2-1

Game 1 got there with weenies, and just lite removal. Felt good.

Game 2 Lost due to overwhelming forces

Game 3 rinse and repeat of game 1. Huzzah for Virus Beetle. What a freaking annoying card that was.

Second round lost 0-2

Game 1 I knew something was up when my opening hand was 5 lands and 2 six-drops Mulligan to two lands and thats when things just fell off the sides. Oh well.

Game 2 Even worse than game 1. The limited lands I had were the wrong color to support what I wound up drawing. He killed the few things I had, and just crushed my undefeated hopes and dreams 

Even a pity game was awful. (because his first round opponent registered, paid, and did not show.)

Third round won 2-1

Game 1 He had a 3 color deck and didn't draw any islands for about 7 turns which crushed his blue heavy hand. Meanwhile I found just enough to make things hard for myself. I wound up getting him to 2 life and I almost milled myself when I realized- Ya know, I have 5 attackers and at most he has 3 blockers. Math took over and I won. (also notable that it was the only game all day, including mulligans, I ever drew my Lion Sash. What stupid card that things is)

Game 2 Oh deck. sigh... just stomped by very large creatures even though I removed about 5 things, I had no threats to apply pressure. Oh well

Game 3 Was of note because he completely changed decks from b/u/r to w/g. I had no clue what he was attempting to do, but my disruption was enough to stop anything he tried.

Just for playing 2 rounds, everyone there got a set booster. If you went 2-0-1 or better, you also got packs. I went home with 3 set boosters for my efforts. Within those packs was NOTHING of note. All my rares but the lion sash went up for trade on deck box. 

Super happy to have been back.