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Baron Sengir
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Child and I just got back from playing in the South Dakota State Championships and let me tell you, it was not at all what I expected.
First off, I thought that the place would be overrun with cheesy Bargain or Wildfire decks. Quite the contrary. I played against a lot of really cool, sometimes odd decks that could be best described (for the most part) as casual.
One guy was playing a blue-green deck and of course my first thought is Squirrel Prison but it turned out to be some funky Rancor-Anthroplasm deck. My Smokestack deck crushed it even when he Splintered my Stacks but lord, that was a fun match. We were both laughing the whole time.
My record was 3-2 with a total of 7 wins and 5 losses. I placed eleventh. My only losses came against a blue deck with Fog Banks and Treacheries and a black deck that used Sengir Autocrat to get a second turn Delraich on me in the last two games of the match. I'll let Child tell you how he did.
All in all, I would have to say that there were no players with pro-player attitudes. Not a single one. Every person at this tourney was a casual player. I guess I should have expected that, since this IS South Dakota.
I didn't make the top eight for the prizes and sure got my ass handed to me a couple of times but I have never had so much fun playing magic in my life. I spent eleven hours playing Magic, trading for some brutal cards and having a killer time. Even when some jerkoff ripped ass in the crowded little game store I was having a great time. Let me tell you, that was one hell of a fart. It clung to you like one of those facehuggers from Alien and you couldn't escape it. I would hate to eat whatever that guy had for lunch.
This whole experience (unholy butt-gas and everything) has reaffirmed my faith in the magic community. There were no rules lawyers or dojo decks. I think I only ran across Masticore once and it didn't help the guy at all. Magic can still be fun, even if you're playing in a tourney. It's when you become a pro-player dickhead that the trouble starts.
First off, I thought that the place would be overrun with cheesy Bargain or Wildfire decks. Quite the contrary. I played against a lot of really cool, sometimes odd decks that could be best described (for the most part) as casual.
One guy was playing a blue-green deck and of course my first thought is Squirrel Prison but it turned out to be some funky Rancor-Anthroplasm deck. My Smokestack deck crushed it even when he Splintered my Stacks but lord, that was a fun match. We were both laughing the whole time.
My record was 3-2 with a total of 7 wins and 5 losses. I placed eleventh. My only losses came against a blue deck with Fog Banks and Treacheries and a black deck that used Sengir Autocrat to get a second turn Delraich on me in the last two games of the match. I'll let Child tell you how he did.
All in all, I would have to say that there were no players with pro-player attitudes. Not a single one. Every person at this tourney was a casual player. I guess I should have expected that, since this IS South Dakota.
This whole experience (unholy butt-gas and everything) has reaffirmed my faith in the magic community. There were no rules lawyers or dojo decks. I think I only ran across Masticore once and it didn't help the guy at all. Magic can still be fun, even if you're playing in a tourney. It's when you become a pro-player dickhead that the trouble starts.
