dastels @ 9:22 pm
Cold & rainy too… but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m in NYC this week and had the chance to draft twice.
No ordinary drafts either. Tuesday night I was invited by BDM to join the group at Jon Finkel’s place for a couple AAC drafts. Good times.
And Thursday night we had a “reject rare” draft at work, 3 Googlers and 3 guests.. once again including BDM. (Brian, do you crash every draft in the area or what?) This was pretty cool. People bring random rares, put a pool together, randomize and pull out “packs” of 15. Distribute & draft. Sounds like a cube, but a cube is typically full of powerful cards whereas this format generally uses not quite so good rares (i.e. “reject rares”, or “junk rares”). As Mark put it “It’s like a cube I’m willing to leave at work”.
Once again… good times and great fun.
dastels @ 9:15 am
Although it was announced on the Magic Arcana last Wednesday, I just got around to looking at it this morning after listening to Monday Night Magic podcast #148 (from this week).
Tom, Eric and Gavin conjectured that it might be built around Dinosaurs, Pirates, or a Mayan/Aztek theme.
I must respectfully disagree with all 3. The first thing that came to mind when I heard “Zendikat: Deadly Perils, Priceless Treasures” was Indiana Jones.
Also, the logo definitely looks like a stylized gemstone.
Finally, “Zendikar”… reminds me of “Zanzibar”… it doesn’t sound (or look) Mayan or Aztek. It seems African to me. the Mines of Solomon, lost cities, and such. unspeakable dangers and unimaginable riches. Elephants, Big Cats, Rhinos… we could do an African themed set. Voodoo.. witch doctors, etc, etc. lot so of fun things to play with.
That’s my opinion.
We’ll have to wait a while to see some spoiled cards to see what the truth is.
