TABLETOP TALES PRESENTS
MY BORN OF THE GODS PRE-RELEASE PT. 1
To check out my other decks, hit the link below:
This
article serves two purposes: To share the nerd entertainment around
with anyone who might find it interesting and, in this case, to share my experiences with the Theros pre-release.
You
can find Magic Cards in super stores (Ex. Walmart, Target) but the best
place you can buy your cards, meet other players, and play in events is
at your local comic book store or hobby shop. I buy most of my cards at
The Comic Cellar.
Here is a link to its Google Maps location at 3620 Austin Peay Highway #2 Memphis, TN 38128.
And here is a link to Comic Cellar's Website
It cost $25-$30 bucks to
signs up and, for that fee, each player received
6 boosters packs, including two Born of the Gods packs, three Theros
packs, & a special booster pack for their chosen
hero's destiny,-- Lead (White), Outwit (Blue), Dominate (Black),
Conquer (Red), & Thrive (Green)-- and a promo card for your path
(which you
could use in the event) and with the materials each player was expected
to build,
with all the lands they need, a minimum 40 card deck. There was six one-on-one matches, each a best of three rounds, and the ranking
in
these matches landed you more packs (with the top player getting a
box) and the Top 20, after those who got more than a pack, recieved a "pity pack". Then, at my event, everyone from the bottom up got to pick a prize from the "swag box". In the end, I think everyone, including my two friends (one of which who has played longer than me and the other was attending his first event), had a good time.
Let's take a look at the new mechanics of
Born of the Gods:
INSPIRED- Activates an effect every time the creature card containing the keyword is untapped.
TRIBUTE X- Whenever
a creature with Tribute X enters the battlefield, an opponent of the
creature's controller's choice may choose to either put X +1/+1 counter
on it or, if the "the tribute is not paid", another effect will
activate.
To check out the other mechanics features in the Theros block, make sure to check out my article on the Theros pre-release
HERE.
The story, this time, has a horde of minotaurs threatening the peoples of Theros and Elspeth rising to the occasion to lead them to victory against the murderous marauders. But all is not as it seems, as Xenagos put the situation in motion so that the victory would result in a riotous celebration and he could use the emotions/spirit of these celebrations to empower his quest to become a god. Achieving his new status as a god, the satyr has rocked the heavens and challenges the other gods for supremacy amongst the worshipers below. Can Elspeth stop Xenagos from pursuing the rest of his plans to achieve his cruel & secret plot?
The will of the gods is slowly turning in my favor because, with this event, I broke my lousy streak and went 3/3. I think I would've gone 4/2 if not for a poor hand I should've mulliganed. While I didn't stress myself out, I still took this event rather seriously to try to place. At the very least, I was in the Top 20 of over 50 combatants. The most interesting part of this pre-release is that I had a fairly interesting pool and could've played anything but red. The best colors I had were white and green, which was my build through the most of the day and that's the subject of this article. The other deck I built for the last round involved abusing two
Ordeals of Erebos and lots of discarding.
Let's talk about...
MY BORN OF THE GODS PRE-RELEASE DECK
"WHITE/GREEN AURA VOLTRON!"
I chose white as my pre-release color and found an awesome batch of green creatures in my limited pool. My green pool provided me with three ways to get card advantage through drawing cards and even a way to mill my graveyard back into my deck. Then, my two
Sedge Scorpions and a
Bow of Nylea gave me a lot of aggressive removal. My white pool brought in some removal but, more importantly, a ton of white creatures, including flyers. But what brought the two colors together were all of the bestow creatures that, thanks to the strong early game, could hit the battlefield as enchantments with pretty good regularity. What sort of scenarios does this deck pull off to help you win the day?
There were several games won by simply pecking away at my opponent's health until I could net a bomb to finish them off, but the best case scenarios involved
Bow of Nylea and/or my creatures getting enchanted until they were big enough to just be nearly unstoppable. Nothing quite feels as awesome as swinging a 10/10 trampling flying creature with deathtouch.
