The weekly and a PRE-RELEASE!

 I went to Level Up for the weekly, and took Rainbow Depths. Only took it because I had never had a chance to jam it in person at the store because I got all the cards over Covid. I didn't think it was awesome because so many decks had ways of blocking or taking care of a flying 20/20 now. Still I had fun with it.

Also, LevelUp continues to rehab the store. Check out the new storage and displays....

Round 1 vs D&T

Game 1- I screwed up on fetching for the land I needed. Seriously. I had a dark depths in hand, and I fetched a second copy instead of stage. Still, my deck decided I was a doofus and rewarded me with a top deck answer and got there by showing a Not of This World.

Game 2- I was too slow somehow? He was the beat down? I dunno, just didn't have the right answers lined up.

Game 3- I put down a turn one Pithing Needle naming wasteland.... that was a 50/50 guess, and I was punished because he had Karakas. Of course. 

Oh well- between match we jammed some other games with stupid decks I brought like Mono Red Sneak. While it crushed in one game, the second was a complete roffle-stomp by him. It was fun.

Round 2 vs 8-Cast

I honestly don't know how a turbo depths is supposed to win this game. They have so many flyers to block a single 20/20 for days. And it was reflective in the results.

Game 1- He kept a very risky hand and STILL got there not knowing I was on Rainbow Depths. I just couldn't produce the token fast enough.

Game 2- He just overwhelmed me with flyers I had no trample ability, no way to force things and all he had were answers- 1 of Karakas, Spellbomb, Foundry.... Sigh. 

So I was in the 0-2 category and dropped to head home. Rainbow depths can be EXTREMELY powerful, but it was not for me that night. I had fun. Jammed some extra games inbetween rounds. and generally glad to be out and about. 

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I've mostly convinced some buddies to hit up a local store to do the next pre-release. Oh, I am pumped! I haven't been to one since before COVID in store. (last one I blogged about was the Core 2020. So huh)

Trying out a new local I had never heard of until two weeks ago, but apparently been in the area for many years. Glad to give it a go- Gritty Goblin Games! 

Hopefully my merry band of idiots can assemble and make it a thing.