Comments on: Eventide Pre-Release Wrap-Up

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:13:55 +0000

Mike, any time.

Oona’s definitely not the only big card in the block… but that won’t stop me from teasing Joe about her

You would find out in a couple hours, but now you can know a little earlier: thus far I decided to split my Oonas two and two into a black deck and a blue deck. There’s probably a twin joke in there somewhere, but it’s not coming to me.

And thanks for stopping by Mike!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:39:56 +0000

I don’t want to hear it folks. At least you 2 GOT Oona! Though I do have some other nice rares, Oona is just O.P.

Nice write up Scott. Thanks for beating the bully for me.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:58:26 +0000

Josh- Flame Jab would be nice as an instant, but even as a sorcery it proved very useful at the pre-release when either myself or my opponents had it. Joe- Look man, I'm glad you finally opened Oona, Queen of the Fae. I know it's the one card you wanted most, even way back in Lorwyn before we knew which set she would appear in. Kinda funny how I also got one at the pre-release, and now in our league I have four (guess I'll start using 'em as stunt doubles, or something). Did I mention the moment in a game at the pre-release when I cast Beseech the Queen to find Oona? Yeah, I asked Oona... for Oona.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:51:19 +0000

Just remember Scott, I LET you win.

Just joking!

Not really.

No, but really…..

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:48:44 +0000

I like Flame Jab, though I do wish it were an instant…

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:32:23 +0000

It is of course still early to tell whether Eventide can completely redeem some of Shadowmoor’s follies, but I do feel like Shadowmoor is retroactively more interesting with what Eventide brings.

The other factor I had considered immediately after my two flights is that this was a “small set” pre-release. Meaning instead of Shadowmoor pre-release’s one starter and two booster pool, everyone opened one Shadowmoor starter and three Eventide boosters. I’m sure they have to do that so the new stuff is not overshadowed by the amount of cards in the main set starter, but having another fifteen cards to pick from seems like it plays into my strengths more as a deckbuilder. Thus I could be a little biased.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:23:44 +0000

Good catch Josh, you’re absolutely right. I’ve fixed the post.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:07:50 +0000

Nice write up, I’m not disappointed that I skipped out, but the new set does look kind of neat. I’ve basically stopped playing at all right now but I might pick it up again for a bit when Eventide hits online.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:05:02 +0000

“…make any card in your hand (plus R)into one point of damage…”

Well, any LAND card in your hand… if I’m reading the rule correctly.