Hello everyone and sorry for the late update. As you may know, I did written coverage for the Canadian Magic Tour in Toronto a couple of weekends ago. I've been a little busy since then, as I didn't attend this week's event either. But now, it's Reading Week!
Event 11 was Block Constructed, Event 12 was DKA-ISD-ISD Draft.
Event 11 saw Nephalia's ascension into power as they became the leader in Gold generated per Round (exculding Gavony's penalty). All prize packs were awarded to Nephalia and Stensia. Stensia still holds parts of Moorland Haunt and Hanweir in Gavony's North. The vampire nobility have also launched an offensive around to the south towards Isolated Chapel in an effort to stabilize their own mana base. On the other side of Innistrad, Nephalia has conquered over half of Kessig's territories.
Gavony has been penalized for an Illegal Deck problem. Grim Backwoods was not unlocked, but used in a player's deck. At time of purchase, they did not have enough gold to unlock the card. I awarded 2 control points, in an adjacent territory, to Stensia.
Congratulations to Joe and Ricky for winning the Draft in Event 12!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 10
Dark Ascension!
As we explored the use of these new Dark Ascension cards, we discovered something:
Lingering Souls is too powerful in our customized format. It's like Invisible Stalker. You can interact with it, but are still at a disadvantage no matter how you do so. I also brought in my good friend Steve Roias (We draft and go to FNM at Hairy Tarantula). He piloted my experimental Esper Tokens deck. I respect his opinion greatly, and he also agrees that Lingering Souls is unfair in the format. A thank you to Ben for bringing this up first for everyone to consider on the League page.
Summary: Lingering Souls is banned. You have received a refund on resources.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
I was notified of Alix's likely withdrawal from the League recently. This means Stensia is short a player. Kessig has also been short a number of players for a long time. We're adding Steve Roias to Kessig and Nolan Raess to Stensia. Nolan will stand in as a player (not a GM) for now, until we get some fresh blood in the League. On that note, new League participants are always welcome!
This week, I didn't type up any feature matches. Instead, we played Horde! We were also treated to an impromptu Two-Headed Giant game: Mike and Sean of Kessig vs Ben and Tai of Nephalia. This Best-of-3 Match lasted 2 Rounds to determine control of Ulvenwald. Nephalia emerged Victorious from the pitched battle 2 games to 1.
How Two-Headed Giant happens: Ulvenwald has 2 control points. Ben and Tai both made an Attack on Ulvenwald. Mike attacked Ulvenwald as well (None of the control points were occupied previously), with Sean on defense for the Round. There were more attacks than control points on the territory (3 attackers, 1 defender). As a defender, Sean would have been paired with one of the attackers. Attackers are paired with defenders when determining opponents for a match. Attackers cannot be paired with each other for regular matches. So, a Two-Headed Giant game happens. Unlike the first time it happened, this was accidental and an unintended challenge.
As we explored the use of these new Dark Ascension cards, we discovered something:
Lingering Souls is too powerful in our customized format. It's like Invisible Stalker. You can interact with it, but are still at a disadvantage no matter how you do so. I also brought in my good friend Steve Roias (We draft and go to FNM at Hairy Tarantula). He piloted my experimental Esper Tokens deck. I respect his opinion greatly, and he also agrees that Lingering Souls is unfair in the format. A thank you to Ben for bringing this up first for everyone to consider on the League page.
Summary: Lingering Souls is banned. You have received a refund on resources.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
I was notified of Alix's likely withdrawal from the League recently. This means Stensia is short a player. Kessig has also been short a number of players for a long time. We're adding Steve Roias to Kessig and Nolan Raess to Stensia. Nolan will stand in as a player (not a GM) for now, until we get some fresh blood in the League. On that note, new League participants are always welcome!
This week, I didn't type up any feature matches. Instead, we played Horde! We were also treated to an impromptu Two-Headed Giant game: Mike and Sean of Kessig vs Ben and Tai of Nephalia. This Best-of-3 Match lasted 2 Rounds to determine control of Ulvenwald. Nephalia emerged Victorious from the pitched battle 2 games to 1.
How Two-Headed Giant happens: Ulvenwald has 2 control points. Ben and Tai both made an Attack on Ulvenwald. Mike attacked Ulvenwald as well (None of the control points were occupied previously), with Sean on defense for the Round. There were more attacks than control points on the territory (3 attackers, 1 defender). As a defender, Sean would have been paired with one of the attackers. Attackers are paired with defenders when determining opponents for a match. Attackers cannot be paired with each other for regular matches. So, a Two-Headed Giant game happens. Unlike the first time it happened, this was accidental and an unintended challenge.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 9
The final event of Innistrad-only Block Constructed is over! Dark Ascension will be legal for use in Event 10!
A reminder: Info is updated for Dark Ascension.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Kessig's attendance has been lackluster these past few weeks. Come on out Kessig!
This is also the first week I've recorded Feature Matches.
Feature Matches
Round 1: Ricky (Gavony) vs. Joseph (Stensia) on Moorland Haunt
Joseph (RBw Aggro)
Ricky (GWb Tokens)
A reminder: Info is updated for Dark Ascension.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Kessig's attendance has been lackluster these past few weeks. Come on out Kessig!
This is also the first week I've recorded Feature Matches.
Feature Matches
Round 1: Ricky (Gavony) vs. Joseph (Stensia) on Moorland Haunt
Joseph (RBw Aggro)
Ricky (GWb Tokens)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 7 & 8
Welcome to Innistrad League and 2012!
Also, Happy Chinese New Year (It's 5:00am at the moment)!
I've updated the Territory and Upgrades/Unlocks info for the release of Dark Ascension.
Territory and Upgrade/Unlock Info http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Dark Ascension becomes legal in League on February 3rd!
Unfortunately, I don't have complete information from Event 7, so we'll proceed with the results of Event 8.
Stensia and Gavony are locked in an ongoing border clash. Neither Stensia nor Gavony have managed to gain any ground permanently since the end of Event 6. Also, there were no prizes for this week.
Also, Happy Chinese New Year (It's 5:00am at the moment)!
I've updated the Territory and Upgrades/Unlocks info for the release of Dark Ascension.
Territory and Upgrade/Unlock Info http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Dark Ascension becomes legal in League on February 3rd!
Unfortunately, I don't have complete information from Event 7, so we'll proceed with the results of Event 8.
Stensia and Gavony are locked in an ongoing border clash. Neither Stensia nor Gavony have managed to gain any ground permanently since the end of Event 6. Also, there were no prizes for this week.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Innistrad League - Event 6
Hello everyone.
As some of you may know, MTG Worlds 2011 was last weekend. We spent a good amount of time watching the live coverage on Sunday. Japan's Jun'ya Iyanaga crushed the Top 8 with his Wolf Run Ramp deck after 18 epic Rounds of Magic (in 3 days). Meanwhile, the Japanese National Team defeated swept Norway 2-0 in the Team Finals. For anyone who follows WotC coverage, we're planning to adopt some of the features to the blog here. Starting in a few weeks, we'll have Strategical Analyses, Feature Matches and Q&As for players. Hopefully, this coverage will benefit all players by sharing and breaking down the various strategies in both Innistrad Draft and Block Constructed. We won't be able to set up video coverage for a while, as that will take a lot of time and effort.
On to results: Last week, Stensia commenced a blitzkrieg offensive on Gavony's northern Territories, gaining a foothold in Moorland Haunt and Hanweir. Gavony's General challenged Stensia to an epic Two Headed Giant match for ultimate control of Moorland Haunt. Stensia came out on top after two close games fraught with difficult decisions. On the other end of the map, Nephalia advanced into neutral territories to its south, building up resources while scrutinizing the other Provinces' movements. Kessig has improved their performance since last week, solidifying their power on the south before branching out to gain minor footholds in other directions.
Congratulations to Steve - for having the best overall match record so far!
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
Note that your file info says Bloodline Keeper costs 60 gold. That's a typo. Bloodline Keeper costs 80 gold. It was 80 in my calculations when Stensia first unlocked it. The link contains the revised info sheet.
As some of you may know, MTG Worlds 2011 was last weekend. We spent a good amount of time watching the live coverage on Sunday. Japan's Jun'ya Iyanaga crushed the Top 8 with his Wolf Run Ramp deck after 18 epic Rounds of Magic (in 3 days). Meanwhile, the Japanese National Team defeated swept Norway 2-0 in the Team Finals. For anyone who follows WotC coverage, we're planning to adopt some of the features to the blog here. Starting in a few weeks, we'll have Strategical Analyses, Feature Matches and Q&As for players. Hopefully, this coverage will benefit all players by sharing and breaking down the various strategies in both Innistrad Draft and Block Constructed. We won't be able to set up video coverage for a while, as that will take a lot of time and effort.
On to results: Last week, Stensia commenced a blitzkrieg offensive on Gavony's northern Territories, gaining a foothold in Moorland Haunt and Hanweir. Gavony's General challenged Stensia to an epic Two Headed Giant match for ultimate control of Moorland Haunt. Stensia came out on top after two close games fraught with difficult decisions. On the other end of the map, Nephalia advanced into neutral territories to its south, building up resources while scrutinizing the other Provinces' movements. Kessig has improved their performance since last week, solidifying their power on the south before branching out to gain minor footholds in other directions.
Congratulations to Steve - for having the best overall match record so far!
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
Note that your file info says Bloodline Keeper costs 60 gold. That's a typo. Bloodline Keeper costs 80 gold. It was 80 in my calculations when Stensia first unlocked it. The link contains the revised info sheet.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Innistrad League - Event 5
Greetings, Mage-Captains of Innistrad.
Stensia has continuously demonstrated excellent performance in the battlefield. Unfortunately, this week they've caught the attention of various wandering spirits and suffered a number of incursions into their home Province. At the other end of the spectrum, Kessig needs to clean up their sloppy attacks and pull together a strong showing to get back into the race.
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
Stensia has continuously demonstrated excellent performance in the battlefield. Unfortunately, this week they've caught the attention of various wandering spirits and suffered a number of incursions into their home Province. At the other end of the spectrum, Kessig needs to clean up their sloppy attacks and pull together a strong showing to get back into the race.
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
Monday, November 7, 2011
Innistrad League - Event 4
Greetings once again, Mage-Captains of Innistrad.
As I have urgent matters on other planes, this update on your activities will be brief: The Stensian Elite have once again demonstrated the effectiveness of their armies, with a Team Match record of 10-2. Congratulations for your excellent performance.
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
As I have urgent matters on other planes, this update on your activities will be brief: The Stensian Elite have once again demonstrated the effectiveness of their armies, with a Team Match record of 10-2. Congratulations for your excellent performance.
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Territory and Upgrade Information: http://www.mediafire.com/?t1vfzdfami155fl
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