I've been extremely negligent in regards to Magic Online recently. It is actually not the clients fault. It is not because I dislike my job. (I love them, and I love writing!) It is because I am not as interested in Magic now as I was a few weeks ago. Why is that? Standard is great, I really enjoy any format where I get to play Whip of Erebos, Ashen Rider and Sidisi, Brood Tyrant in the same deck. It's pretty exciting! The Khans limited format is very rich, while I may draft the same decks time and time again, it's because that is what I am comfortable with, and I'm risk adverse. If I am playing in an 8-4, as I have started to do, I do not want to experiment there and lose my packs and tickets.
So why am I "apathetic" towards Magic right now?
I had family come in from out of state, and it was nice to see them for a bit. That took time. I had Cassius for the weekend, that took time, but the biggest time sink I have the new World of Warcraft expansion. It's taken more of my time than I would care to admit. That has cut down on my Magic time by a fair amount.
I still found the time to draft though, so let's take a look at my next 8-4. I'm getting really comfortable with Khans now, so we'll do a few more of these and jump in to holiday formats when they start up!
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Here is the video of the draft:
Well that seemed like a fairly straight forward Abzan deck. I kinda liked it, it felt a little slow, but if I could get to my powerful cards I would be in great shape. Sadly I only got to play in one round. It's not for the reason you all think though. I won my first round because my opponent decided that playing Magic was not a thing they were in the mood to do. Well that or something came up, but they never came to the game.
You can see my second round here:
And after the second round my opponent offered me the split, I gladly accepted it, and figured 6 packs was better than 4. Since I am not chasing Qualifier Points right now, I let my opponent have it, went about with the rest of my day.
Come back next week for another draft! I hope you all enjoyed this one!