shylax
@shylax
A little bit of a lot of things. Mainly sports, wrestling, tokusatsu, and video games. I'm not as good at Magic as I'd like to be (but who is?)
The last draft was Strixhaven Study Abroad, which was a little cursed. My first pick was Sparring Regimen. I forgot to pick up a card when taking a pack which created an irregularity. I didn't realize there were only 5 color pairs supported and I drafted an unsupported color pair.
Sunday Morning and my first draft is The Pauper Cube and it was the only time I didn't get my top ranked cube. It was third in my ranking but this draft is first in my heart. I think I could have got the pin if I played better. I just kept getting passed U and B goodies. My first pick was Exclude.
Next up was The Blink Cube and this was my favorite draft of Saturday. I finally got to draft blue and was in blue/black until I saw Cruel Ultimatum wheel and had to do it. My only three color deck of the event, and I had to take 9 fixing lands and 3 mana rocks. Solemn Simulacrum was my first pick.
The Saturday Afternoon draft was Hoopin' at the featured cube table. This was my worst draft of BCP and again I felt I should have drafted blue. I love the concept of the cube and I do want to give it another try even though I usually hate formats that give the player who is ahead big advantages.
Couldn't really get it going during the event but I wanted to talk more about my drafts. This was my first deck from Boston Cube Party 2026. Cube was Hot Girl Summer, and my first pick was Walking Ballista. I should have gone blue but drafted red/white aggro instead.
I've just been getting into the groove making commons and uncommons. Frenzied Grizzly is a functional reprint of Jibbrik Omnivore but I want a more traditional flavor and this is the modern Grizzly Bears.
Just got my copy of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos! I'm currently reading The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook but I want to finish reading this by the prerelease!
3-0 Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease. Just realized how many of my spells were 3 mana or less. Glamermite was amazing. I got to do some fun stuff with Deceit.
I any%'d my first Gran Turismo game after 20+ years! Learning how to tune really helped.
Somehow I got busted like 5 times this game and still won. My random streak is on 3. #ufo50 #partyhouse
The Ultimate Warrior gorilla press slamming a T-rex out of the party is great flavor judge material.
Okay, BlueSky. I bought Caves of Qud this morning (I held off in case it was one of my Christmas gifts).
I went 3-1 with this in the Qualifier Play-In. Beat an opposing Tyvar in the first round, did some degenerate things with Swarmweaver in the second and third round, lost to "that opponent with all the answers at the right times" in the last. Miasma Demon didn't quite work here.