Magic Ladder and the Results from the Booster Draft

So we had a great time on Friday December 23, 2011. It was pretty intense Booster Draft. A lot of fun to have some of the old crowd back. However, without further ado, here is the Magic Ladder as it currently stands...

1. Mitchell
2. Koops
3. Sean
4. Chanelle
5. Mike
6. Adam
7. Rheal
8. Ashley
9. Carson
10. Chris
11. Cody

Anybody, who wants to join the ladder now, must start at the bottom. I will update after every games night.

Booster Draft Cards Are In!

Okay, I went into Regina today and got not one but two Booster Boxes of Innistrad. I am very excited by the booster draft on Friday. The buy in will be $12.00 for the Booster Draft. The winner will get 3 Booster Packs and top spot on the ladder. Second place will get 2 Booster Packs. Third place will get 1 Booster Pack and a Booster Pack will be given to the best sportsperson (really want to write sportsman, but its not politically correct - hence sportsperson). Additional Booster packs can be bought but not used in the tournament.

On another note, here is a deck I have been playing on MWS Online Play (this is the free download software that allows you to play any Magic card on an online forum). I call it:

Titans Together!

Name	Qty	Edition	Rarity	Color	Type	Cost
Rootbound Crag	4	M12	R	Lnd	Land
Kessig Wolf Run	4	ISD	R	Lnd	Land
Copperline Gorge	4	SOM	R	Lnd	Land
Forest	9	NPH	C	Lnd	Basic Land - Forest
Mountain	3	SOM	C	Lnd	Basic Land - Mountain
Thrun, the Last Troll	3	MBS	M	G	Legendary Creature - Troll Shaman	2GG
Llanowar Elves	3	M12	C	G	Creature - Elf Druid	G
Birds of Paradise	3	M12	R	G	Creature - Bird	G
Viridian Emissary	3	MBS	C	G	Creature - Elf Scout	1G
Solemn Simulacrum	3	M12	R	Art	Artifact Creature - Golem	4
Primeval Titan	3	M12	M	G	Creature - Giant	4GG
Inferno Titan	3	M12	M	R	Creature - Giant	4RR
Shock	3	M12	C	R	Instant	R
Rampant Growth	3	M12	C	G	Sorcery	1G
Rites of Flourishing	3	M12	R	G	Enchantment	2G
Trepanation Blade	3	ISD	U	Art	Artifact - Equipment	3
Sword of Body and Mind	3	SOM	M	Art	Artifact - Equipment	3
Lands: 24, Spells: 15, Crt: 21	60

This deck has a couple of ways to come at an opponent. First of all the deck has a high degree of mana ramp, search, and retrieval with Rampant Growth, Solemn Simulacrum, Birds of Paradise,Viridian Emissary and Llanowar Elves. Second, the deck has Primeval Titan and Inferno Titan for more mana ramp and direct damage. Third, the deck has the mill factor too. Why not put Trepanation Blade and/or Sword of Body and Mind on Birds of Paradise to cause some milling or some milling and Wolf Token generation. Finally, Thrun is a great 4/4 4 casting cost creature with Hexproof and Regeneration.

Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

Booster Draft Tournament

Okay - all you booster draft junkies...mark this date on your calendar...December 23, 2011. That's right, a booster draft of Innistrad. We will use the standings to create the ladder for the 2012 MAGIC LADDER TOURNAMENT.

The Rules of the 2012 MAGIC LADDER TOURNAMENT will be:
1. Any person can join the ladder; however, after the booster draft tournament on December 23, 2011, any player wanting to join the ladder will start on the bottom rung.
2. Ranking of new players will be based on a "first come, first serve" basis. For example, if two new players show up one Friday Games Night, the first player will be placed on the bottom rung of the ladder, then the second player to show up will be placed below him or her.
3. A player on the ladder may only challenge another player two positions above him or her on the ladder. The higher ranked player must accept the challenge and play the match during that Friday Games Night.
4. After two matches, the higher ranked player may refuse to play the same player on the same Friday Games Night. For example, Susan is the higher ranked player. She has played John, who is two rungs on the ladder below her, two matches (possibly six games). She has won both matches. John asks her for another match and she is tired of playing against John and wants to challenge someone above her, so she refuses the match. However, Joey who is one rung below her, challenges Susan and she has not played against him this Friday Games Night. She has to play Joey sometime that night.
5. The winner of a match will exchange positions with the loser on the ladder.
6. A match will consist of three games, with the same deck. Players may sideboard up to 15 cards between games.
7. Decks can use any cards except for cards from special editions like: Unglued or World Tournament Decks. No proxy cards will be allowed. Any player can ask another player to remove card covers to prove a card's legitimacy.
8. If two Friday Games Nights pass without a player on the ladder being present, he or she will be placed in the "Stand-by Section" of the ladder and all players below that player will move up the ladder.
9. A player returning from the "Stand-by Section" will enter the ladder on the bottom rung, like a new player.
10. Any player that holds the top spot on the ladder for four consecutive Friday Games Nights will receive three booster packs and all the bragging rights associated with being at the top of the ladder.
11. Ladder rankings will be posted once a month on this blog, and Top Spot Winners of the booster pack will also be announced.

December 9, 2011

Games Night ran on December 9, 2011. It was an all Magic: The Gathering Night. Lots of fun. Big shout out to my partner Adam and his Allies deck. We dominated as two-headed giants.

Post in the comments section, the best quotes of the night:

Return of Games Night!

The snow has fallen. Sub-zero temperatures are consistent now in the Fort. Halloween is over and I have the Bonnie Tyler song running through my head: I NEED A HERO.

That can only mean one thing - Games Night is due to start again.

The first games night for this season will be November 18, 2011