Something Old, Something New...

So, yeah. Alara Reborn looms large. So far looking good. As a fan of multi-player and now EDH, I can't help but like some of the cards that are just under tournament playability. I mean, a 1/5 for two mana. Really. And it doesn't have defender? Nice! I can find uses for that in a big way. I've also been a big fan of cheap, large-butted walls, and the 0/8 flying shroud defender is really tempting. Granted, having Terminate back in business will remind folks of just how good it has always been and still is. Ah, all the possibilities, and so little time to play and try them out. I am just hoarding cards, biding my time until Beren (my son, age 3) is old enough to start slinging cards. Then the hour or more per day I have to spend now on parenting will change into an hour or more per day I might be able to make decks and play games. At least work has been helping.

As I stated two posts ago, there is an enrichment hour that has featured a card game session that I am going to. I've got a Padawan and just last week got another young man interested in Magic. Hey Wizards employees, listen up!!!! He said he was going to go out and buy some cards. Yay me!!! I am the king of acquisition!!! Where are my Guru cards????!?!?!

As for the old I had mentioned, I just received what will probably be the last of the older sets that I will be adding to the ULCs. Onslaught. I busted 27 packs to divy up to the ULCs that are either mine or not spoken for yet, and left the rest for the players who have claimed a ULC to bust open. Got two fetch lands (Bloodstained Mire and Flooded Strand) not to mention a Blistering Firecat, Exalted Angel, Goblin Sharpshooter, Jareth - Leoninn Titan, Ravenous Baloth, and Visara. Not bad - only about $16 short of what I paid for the box on just those cards with 9 packs left to bust open. That's a Piledriver or fetch land away from getting more out of the box than I put in just on money rares. But that's it, folks. At this point in time I can't justify going after Odyssey block. Just too pricey. Hopefully things will change. Possibly, I'll look into foreign language options - there seems to be Chinese product available for an average of about $63 per box, which is cheaper than I've ever paid for a non-Kamigawa, non-Unhinged, non-Fallen Empires booster box. In the meantime, it'll be Alara Reborn up next. And then we might actually play with the collections. So far, I think mine is pretty poor, but we'll see.

Keepin' it (Freed From The) Real,
Rodolfo