TABLETOP TALES PRESENTS
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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 experience with Modern Masters 2015.
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
Modern
Masters 2015 is not your average Magic set: each pack runs you $10 and,
rather than being a standard block, it is a set created for drafting
and building Modern decks. Modern is a format that includes cards from
8th Edition and on. This means Modern is a format that changes as new
cards are added but is fairly stable. Furthermore, as the cards don't
rotate out of the format, Modern staples retain their value much better
than most other cards do in their respective format. So, you're paying
for cards that, on average, have higher value and hold their value due
to their timeless nature. This is also a draft set so you can expect the
set to suffer from a few wonky additions to make drafting smooth but
ultimately is a value set for anyone wanting to get into Modern or get a
trade binder full of Modern staples. But mostly I just wanted to draft!
In the draft, we had a pod of eight players. In order to draft, each
player received three packs. You take a card from the pack and pass it
to the right/left with each players taking turns taking a card from each
pack until there are no more cards. Rinse and repeat twice. Everybody
ends up with 45 cards and uses those materials to create a 40 card or
greater deck with available lands. The draft is best of three against
three opponents. Based on your outcome, you are placed higher in the
standing and the winner gets a prize.
And I wanted to win this time, so I built the best deck I could and even drew some amazing rares with amazing value!
TABLETOP TALES PRESENTS
MODERN MASTERS 2015 DRAFT:
"BW SPIRITS OF ELESH NORN"
This deck's goal was to use removal-- from two Nameless Inversions to an Oblivion Ring-- until you can get a board presence. I figured I could either outrace my opponents or, if I got lucky, put down Elesh Norn and win that turn or the next with a board wipe into making all my creatures bonafide bombs with ease. I had success against slower decks and Elesh Norn was always a bomb but some small misplays still wound up costing me a match.
