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MKM Series Paris 2018 no comments

It’s been a while since we share some news on this blog, don’t worry we’re still alive, more than ever ! In fact, we gather every weeks on thursday night to play some Old-School & pre-modern (yes, we’re working on a new section of this blog for post about this rising format). Adding to that : holidays, no tournament in France… So it was pretty dead around here.

Time for some actions now ! French community will be present at 3 tournaments until end of year :

MKM Series Paris : Saturday 08 September – Location : Paris FR

Fishliver Oil Cup : 26/27/28 October (EC rules / Ravenna Rules / Pre-modern) – Location : Genoa IT

France Championship : 30 november / 01 / 02 December (probably EC rules / Ravenna Rules / Pre-modern) – Location : Paris FR

 

We also added a new static page for uploading pictures of Decks during tournament (WIP) : Deck Uploader

And a surprise for people attending MKM series (hopefully Guillaume will give us some preview on FB for those who will not be there)

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EFREI : quick report no comments

Last sunday 9 peoples gathered for an OldSchool tournament as a side event during France’s Legacy Championship Cup, here is the quick review, mostly photos, some Decks & the video of the final 🙂

After 4 rounds & top 4, here the final top 4 :

  • Frederique Lafoux (1st) – Disco Troll
  • Arnaud Avenel (2nd) – Dreams combo
  • Guillaume Denoix (3rd-4th) – BRW midrange
  • Sébastien Kennel (3rd -4th) – BRW midrange

 

  • Philippe Royer – The Deck
  • Mathias Canu – BGW
  • Vincent Ruaut – Reanimator
  • Alexis – The Deck
  • Maxime – Mono black

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Troisième Interview : Mathieu no comments

Aprés un peu d’inactivité … voici la Troisième interview !
Q1 : Présente toi : comment t’appelles tu, ton âge, d’où es-tu originaire et où vis tu actuellement ?

Je m’appelle Mathieu, je suis né en 1980 (j’ai donc 37 ans là tout de suite).

Je suis originaire d’Amiens (en Picardie), mais ça fait maintenant 15 ans que je suis à Paris.

J’habite dans le 94 à Maisons-Alfort.

 

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Ce que j’aurai joué au tournoi « German International’ no comments

Je ne sais pas si vous savez mais le 17 février il y aura le tournoi Allemand pour se qualifier à la noobcon X (German International).

J’avais prévu d’y aller et j’ai même deckbuildé pour puisqu’il y a des règles spéciales seulement ce ne sera pas le cas donc autant partager mes réflexions avec ceux qui iront et/ou ceux qui aiment les challenges de deckbuilding.

The Perks (en gras ceux que je voulais avoir) :

  • *Fun player* – not playing The Deck or UR Counterburn: +2 points
  • *Half Breed* – playing one to three P9 only: +3 points
  • *Budget Master* – playing completely unpowered: +5 points
  • *Fresh Meat* – first time playing 93/94 in Germany: +1 points
  • *Grand Arbiter* – for multicolored decks, each color in the maindeck is represented with the exact same amount of cards : +3 points
  • *Summoner* – combined power of creatures in the maindeck exceeds 50: +3 points
  • *Child of Darkness* – playing at least 15 cards from The Dark in the maindeck: +4 points
  • *Wordsmith* – for each letter in the alphabet, play a card in the maindeck starting with that letter: +5 points

Désolé pour The Dark et j’ai vraiment du mal à jouer Unpow.

Le process de deckbuilding :

  • Creation d’un Excel avec l’alphabet et la requête scryfall.com qui va bien pour sortir les cartes par ordre alphabétique.
  • On se rend compte qu’il n’y a que 2 cartes qui commencent par Q et qu’aucune n’est jouable (Quagmire& Quarum Trench Gnomes)
  • On se rend compte que Will-O, Xenic, Yawgmoth & Zephyr font le taff pour finir l’alphabet et ça nous met en Bleu / Noir.
  • On ajoute le P9 et les spoilers ainsi que les mer sout’.
  • On rajoute Erg Raiders, Guardian Beast, Hurkyl’s Recall, Juzam Djinn, Khabal Ghoul, Nevinnyral’s Disk, Oubliette, Phantasmal Image, Royal Assassin & Volcanic Island (comme une ile qui donne le V)
  • On met à jour les quantités pour avoir autant de bleu que de noir et avoir de l’attaque pour *Summoner* jusqu’à ce qu’il ne manque qu’un Leviathan 😀
  • On se rend compte qu’on a un Project M / Disco Troll avec des cartes pas biens dedans et on fait un side avec du rouge en rentrant le carré de Volcanic Islands

Le résultat (reste 2 slots dans le side) :

Deck Picture DeckList

Résultats des tests (vs « real decks ») :

  • A la une vaut mieux pas piocher les « unplayable » (Leviathan and Quagmire) 🙂
  • Disk et Hurkyl’s c’est marrant (hein Guillaume)
  • Xenic Poltergeist c’est jouable (voire fort)
  • Tour 1 Nebuchadnezzar (mox + land + lotus) ça fait pas gagner (hein Arnaud) 😀
  • vs The Deck: le jeu se  tient et le lock Guardian Beast+Chaos Orb est au top
  • vs Monoblack : Hyppy tour 1 ça défonce le deck, faut des Foudre en side
  • vs Prison : Erg Raiders et Phantasmal Images ça sauce, Disks & trolls sont bien aussi

Le mot de la fin :

Dommage que je n’aille pas en Allemagne car je tenais THE deck pour gagner avec 14 points et un gameplay pas dégueu.

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Brewing for the German International tournament 1 comment

If you like Old School you probably have heard about the German International tournament

Sadly I won’t be able to make it even though I worked on a brew to get the max points I could think of while still having a nice deck to play. I even ordered jank from MKM for it and playtested it a whole session.

Since I’m such a nice guy I’ll share that work and fun with you guys, hoping you’ll enjoy it!

The Perks (Bold = targeted perk) :

  • *Fun player* – not playing The Deck or UR Counterburn: +2 points
  • *Half Breed* – playing one to three P9 only: +3 points
  • *Budget Master* – playing completely unpowered: +5 points
  • *Fresh Meat* – first time playing 93/94 in Germany: +1 points
  • *Grand Arbiter* – for multicolored decks, each color in the maindeck is represented with the exact same amount of cards : +3 points
  • *Summoner* – combined power of creatures in the maindeck exceeds 50: +3 points
  • *Child of Darkness* – playing at least 15 cards from The Dark in the maindeck: +4 points
  • *Wordsmith* – for each letter in the alphabet, play a card in the maindeck starting with that letter: +5 points

Sorry The Dark and I like playing with Power  🙂

The process :

  • Set up an Excel with a line for each letter (and calculating total ATK/colour split) and get scryfall.com running to get all cards sorted alphabetically.
  • Notice that there are only 2 cards in Q which aren’t playable (Quagmire in Black and Quarum Trench Gnomes in Red)
  • Notice that Will-O, Xenic, Yawgmoth and Zephyr finish the alphabet nicely and we’re set for a UB deck.
  • Add the usual suspects and Underground Sea.
  • Add some Erg Raiders, Guardian Beast, Hurkyl’s Recall, Juzam Djinn, Khabal Ghoul, Nevinnyral’s Disk, Oubliette, Phantasmal Image, Royal Assassin and Volcanic Island (as an island starting with V)
  • Adjust quantities and notice that you aren’t that far from *Summoner* perk so adding a Leviathan is a nobrainer.
  • Notice that you’re like a Project M / Disco Troll deck and that you already have Volcanic Island and several deck cards Main Deck to work on a red transformational sideboard

The final decklist (2 slots left in the sideboard) :

Deck Picture DeckList

Playtesting results (vs « real decks ») :

  • 1st  game you better dodge your unplayable (Leviathan, Quagmire, …) 🙂
  • The Disk’s / Hurkyl’s synergy is very fun
  • Xenic Poltergeist is a good card (gunnarsonbag.blogspot)
  • Turn 1 Nebuchadnezzar (mox + land + lotus) doesn’t win games 😀
  • vs The Deck: you’ve got game and the Guardian Beast+Chaos Orb lock is so great
  • vs Monoblack : Hyppy turn 1 is a problem (Might wanna get Bolts in the sideboard)
  • vs Prison : Erg Raiders and Phantasmal Images are good beaters / Disks and trolls are nice

Final words :

So sad I don’t get to win the upcoming tournament because starting with 14 points and such a fun and powerful deck it would have been a blast!

I don’t have time to go get my cards right now so a http://manastack.com picture will do the trick!

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Extending the Unlimits (Alters pt.1) no comments

Lorsque j’ai commencé MTG en 1995 les Alpha étaient plus ou moins bannies (et super rares en France, même à Jussieu), c’est avec cette mentalité que j’ai commencé ma collection Old School en 2014. Arrivé en 2017 avec quasi  tout le pool en Beta j’avais plusieurs choix :

Braquer une banque pour upgrader en Alpha

Compléter ma collection en Beta

Finir la collection en Unlim

J’ai fait un mix des 3 en upgradant en alpha quand c’était possible (en vendant du Beta NM pour acheter du Alpha Pouillé :p) ou alors revendre le Beta pour acheter de l’unlim et le faire alterer!

Pour les altérations j’ai eu la chance de trouver Stef Margouya

Voici le résultat …

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Extending the Unlimits (Alters pt.1) 2 comments

When I started playing MTG back in ’95 there was a rule that said that your deck was to be Full Alpha or No Alpha, it quickly translates into Alpha is banned from tournament play which is the mood I had when I started buying in Oldschool 93/94 in 2014! That means I had tons of Beta staples and once (2017) I wanted to pimp my deck / complete my sets I had to face a hard choice :

  • Rob a bank to upgrade to Alpha
  • Keep buying Betas that won’t feel like the final upgrade
  • Buy Unlimited and play budget

I chose a mix : I sold my Beta cards, « upgraded » into Heavy Played  Alpha when it was cheaper than my EX/NM Beta or buy HP Unlimited to have them extended and look « finally upgraded » / « mine ».

I’ve got lucky I found Stef Margouya to do my extensions and here I’ll show you the results…

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