Thinking Outside the Box

In my defense however, I have only done it once (the details of this post being that once). While in Vancouver over the weekend I stopped in at Pow! Comix and was able to join some local players for a draft tournament using World's Finest. I can't recall all of the details for each pack we opened, but for some reason I decided that Outsiders would be my main team at the start. I was easily able to get my character curve and two copies of Markovia, but it didn't dawn on me until mid-way through the second pack that I hadn't seen any attack pumps that I could use. From there on out I tried to keep an eye open for one, but I think by then it was too late. We played three rounds. My first game was the best, as I had a strong early game...but lack of good ATK/DEF pumps really slowed me down and I just wasn't able to survive. My defeat in the first round spelled a bye in the second. I watched both matches and was impressed with the decks the other players had create...

For last week's "Special Guest Star" tournament I wanted to really mix things up. Having never played the team, I'd been thinking about building a JSA deck for quite some time, but had never gotten around to it. With my team chosen, I tried to come up with something that was really off-the-wall, but could possibly happen in a comic book...provided the editorial staff had been plied with enough liquor before reading the premise. After wracking my brain a little bit, I thought that throwing Lobo in there just might be crazy enough to work! JSA Guest-Starring Lobo (60 cards) Characters: 2x DCR-026 Terry Sloane <> Mr. Terrific (1) 2x DCR-002 Atom Smasher (1) 3x DCR-029 Wesley Dodds <> The Sandman (2) 3x DCR-023 Stargirl (2) 3x DLS-196 Jack Knight <> Starman (2) 4x DCR-017 Michael Holt <> Mr. Terrific (3) 2x DCR-020 Rex Tyler <> Hourman (3) 3x DLS-198 S.T.R.I.P.E. (4) 2x DCX-016 Alan Scott (4) 1x DCR-022 Sand (4) 3x DCR-006 ...

World’s Finest Frequently Asked Questions Compiled by Paul Ross, with contributions from Dave DeLaney, David Harris, and Edwin Teh Last updated July 3, 2007 GENERAL 1. This set is legal for sanctioned Constructed tournaments from July 20, 2007. 2. Insanity: [insanity text] This set introduces cards with the insanity keyword. You can include such cards in any deck. However, a card’s insanity text is active only if started the game in an insane deck (which is a deck with no more than one copy of each card). The first time an opponent sees one of your insanity cards, you must announce whether your deck is insane if you haven’t already. An insane deck can include cards both with and without the insanity keyword, as long as there is no more than one copy of each. A card is a copy of another card if both have the same name and version. Example: Burn Baby Burn reads, "Target Arkham Inmates attacker you control gets +3 ATK this attack. Insanity: You can play this card from your KO'd p...

Marvel Legends Frequently Asked Questions Compiled by Paul Ross, with contributions from Dave DeLaney, David Harris, and Edwin Teh Last updated August 13, 2007 GENERAL 1. This set is legal for sanctioned Constructed tournaments from September 14, 2007. 2. New card frame • Concealed icons Each character and equipment card now has a sun and a moon icon, each of which can be lit or unlit. Concealed cards have only the moon icon lit. Non-concealed cards have only the sun icon lit. Concealed-optional cards have both icons lit. If a card refers to a card “with concealed,” it’s referring to any card with the moon icon lit. Concealed and concealed-optional are no longer keywords or powers, and are no longer printed in text boxes. A concealed or concealed-optional card remains so even while it is stunned or attached to a stunned character. • Affiliation icons Each affiliation now has an associated icon that can be used interchangeably with it. If such an icon is printed on a card, it’s the same...

DC Legends Frequently Asked Questions Compiled by Paul Ross, with contributions from Dave DeLaney, David Harris, and Edwin Teh Last updated December 19, 2007 GENERAL 1. This set is legal for sanctioned Constructed tournaments from January 1, 2008. 2. New card frame • Concealed icons Each character and equipment card now has a sun and a moon icon, each of which can be lit or unlit. All cards with concealed have the moon icon lit; concealed cards have only the moon icon lit, and concealed—optional cards have the sun icon lit as well. Non-concealed cards have only the sun icon lit. Concealed and concealed—optional are no longer keywords or powers and are no longer printed in text boxes. A concealed or concealed—optional card remains so even while it is stunned or attached to a stunned character. • Affiliation icons Some affiliations have each been given an associated icon that can be used interchangeably with it. If such an icon is printed on a card, it’s the same as the associated affili...

Marvel Universe Frequently Asked Questions Compiled by Paul Ross, with contributions from Dave DeLaney, David Harris, and Edwin Teh Last updated June 10, 2008 GENERAL 1. This set is legal for sanctioned Constructed tournaments from June 27, 2008. 2. Rally To rally for a [description] card is to reveal the top card of your deck. If that card matches the [description], the rally is “successful” and you put that card into your hand. Otherwise, put it on the bottom of your deck. If the [description] requires a choice, you must make that choice before revealing that card. Example: You recruit Dr. Strange, triggering his power when he enters play. As it resolves, you first choose a card type (you choose “character”) and then reveal the top card of your deck. The card you reveal is Echo, who you choose to put into play. The rally was successful, so you must choose a second card type, and then reveal the next card from the top of your deck. Dr. Strange, Secret Avenger When Dr. Strange enters ...

Welcome back everyone. I feel I should apologize for the lack of solid writing I've put on the blog here lately. My focus has been elsewhere and even during our events I haven't been paying as much attention to detail as I should have. Case in point: I can remember the teams most of our players were using last Friday, but only a few of their guest stars . Please post up some comments to remind me what you were playing. However, I do remember the top three finishers from our guest-star event. In a four round game with seven players we ended up with three going 3-1. MANTIS ranked the players to give us our top three. First place: Roy - an X-Force deck using The Captain and some nasty beats. I think I lost my match against him on turn five. Second place: Will - sorry...I am blanking on this one. :( Third: Jon - Exiles craziness with Mimic and Blink non-unique swarm. Longshot was the guest star. Vern, Harry, Jordan and myself rounded out the 7 players. I'll post up my ...