We all knew from the moment the teams were announced that I’d be playing Crime Lords from MUN. There wasn’t any doubt - they’ve been so unloved and disrespected for so long (and maybe rightfully so, considering their lacklustre power level in the days of yore), and Lord knows us Aussies love an underdog… besides, they’ve been bloody hilarious in multiplayer - as one of the few teams that prefers never to have the initiative, playing three players when you only have the initiative every third turn has done wonders for the value of a good Face The Master…
… but now we have new toys to play with.
AIM, RAID and Hydra are out in full force, the Red Skull’s running amok with Baron Strucker snapping at his heels and egads, yes, even the Silver Samurai’s finally shown up on card form, giving us someone who’s actually supposed to wear a Samurai helmet, as opposed to that dimension-hopping six-armed wannabe hiding out in Mystique’s Brotherhood.
Yup, Worlds is over, and people are filtering back to reality.
Some people didn’t perform as well as they had hoped, others kicked serious amounts of posterior… but none so much as
Brian Eugenio!
Congrats on being declared VS System’s first World Champion!
Be sure to let us know what the heck you’re going to do with that Galactus trophy
It’s already being commented upon elsewhere, the niftiness of the Sniper Shot deck, and we’ll no doubt be seeing a notable impact on the secondary market of such cards as Sniper Shot and heck, we may even see a third life (fourh? fifth?) for Wild Ride…
… but what I want to know is, what has Brian named the deck?
I have to do something to help me get through the weekend while all of my peers are at Worlds, right? Well, always being amused by character generators and the like, I downloaded the Spore Creature Creator and came up with a few nifty little improbable beings of my own.
Naturally, I’ve decided to share some of them with you. I’m a generous soul like that.
The Stripicore was the first of my creations, and I still think it’s pretty nifty.
A carnivore, its primary defenses are the talons on its forelimbs and the spike-firing tail (hence the name… stripey manticore, which when shortened becomes stripicore… whatever).
It’s fairly short, but I just liked the way it all came together.
And sadly, nor is Brian “Bigflyp” Martin, who was going to be reporting and taking pics for me, thanks to a last minute change of plans… poop.
Lost Hemisphere does have one more agent hopefully in place with a camera, though he hasn’t checked in yet, so we’ll have to wait and see if we can get any coverage whatsoever.
In the meantime, massive props to the Canadian contingent, including the legendary Aaron Mead, who was sitting at 22nd in the field at Round Seven.
Additionally, thank God that WalterKovacs is safe, after someone apparently played an out-of-combat stun effect on his truck, resulting in a flip on the way to Worlds. Thinking of you, dude.
Welcome back to the Family Feud, the event where we see just which member of the Fantastic Four can rise above the others WITHOUT the support of their headlining teammates. Four Golden Age decks, all pre-MUN, with almost every card stamped for the team. Bring it on!
Time for a little brouhaha between the brother and sister duo, Johnny Storm and Susan Richards. That’s right, the Human Torch - master of burn and out-of-combat stunning, against the mistress of stalling and reinforcement.
Through the wonders of Uatu-vision, we get to see all the shenanigans…
Opened my last box today - nothing but singles and boosters for me from here on in - and holy toledo, it was a close fight, but it looks like Cap wins another box.
This was by far the closest box I’ve seen. Both Cap boosters and Iron Man boosters were spitting out some superb stuff, no less than 19 rares that I actually wanted for playsets, and some bloody superb trade bait…
I can’t stress enough how happy I am that UDE printed the Illuminati in Marvel Universe. Not just because they’re massively frustrating to play against, though that’s certainly an enticement. No, I love this team because they are mind-bogglingly complex, and their existence will provide the jank deckbuilding community with a months-long puzzle. See, most control decks are fairly obvious, and it simply becomes a matter of how to get them to work BEST. But with the Illuminati, you have to fight tooth and nail just to get them to do ANYTHING at all! This is exactly the kind of challenge I live for.
Pardon the break from the usual VS mumblings, but I have a tale to tell.
This morning, I was driving to church with Gdaygirl (6) and Gdayboy (2). Gdaysheila was off taking wedding photos in London, Ontario, so I was on solo Dad duty.
Our church is directly on a highway, with cars driving at about 65mph. As I’m pulling off the highway, crossing two lanes of traffic and into the church driveway, I look over my shoulder to see Gdayboy’s door is wide open.
Nothing like ordering a sketchbook from a favourite artist, and finding a sketch of one of your favourite characters inside the back cover, just for you…
Welcome back to the Family Feud, the event where we see just which member of the Fantastic Four can rise above the others WITHOUT the support of their headlining teammates. Four Golden Age decks, all pre-MUN, with almost every card stamped for the team. Bring it on!
