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MEV Previews are starting this week

And there was much rejoicing.

Ramble

It’s been a rough few days for VS in the Gdaycave; with the final stages of Summer of Love upon us, a lot of the impetus has drained away (“How many games do we need to get in this week?” “Two” “Oh…”), and there’s been a ramping up of Warmachine interest as Call To Arms 4 hits the Hobby Kingdom, and I finally have enough figures to participate in the league games. It’s a distraction.

Add to that my finally taking the time to watch Firely and Dr Who, and I’ve been a preoccupied bloke.

Thankfully, we’re on the cusp of MEV previews – TBS has teased us rather impressively with another piccie on Facebook, this time of an uncut, textless sheet. Card names and art are on there; clearly they need a photographer who knows how to focus a camera, you can’t read a single text name, but it’s interesting looking at all the art and speculating.

Of particular note is the return of X-Statix in MEV – I know Spud wet his metaphorical pants when he saw art of Orphan and Doop. Whether they’ll be their own team again, or dual affiliated (or even completely absorbed into, say, X-Force), who can say. Whether they maintain their self-implosion and loner strategies, again, who knows… we may well find out over the next couple of weeks.

Clone Saga is still hanging over our heads, and I’ve still got that Captain America deck assembled, and Punisher’s waiting for some more testing, but in the back of mind I’m still wondering if I’ll end up playing something else entirely… we’ve got a couple of weeks before our event, so I’ve got time for a last minute switch to, say, Dr Minerva or Black Cat.

I should also point out this thread at VSRealms, bringing our attention to Wikipedia… it would have been nice to verify its veracity, but in the end it’s rampant vandalism. As much as a new essential collection would be several shades of niftiness, I gotta say I’m not a fan – at all – of Spawn, so I’m not too upset to state that we’re NOT getting a Spawn EC.

Don’t forget, fellow Lost, TBS promised us an announcement this week… patience, grasshoppers.

Gauntlet VI: The Light Janktastic

Clearly, the last couple of challenges haven’t been enough to really test Aaron “Onyxweapon” Mead’s true deckbuilding potential.

To make up for this gross misjudgement, this week we’re expanding the scope of the Gauntlet Challenge to include not only Aaron, but also Adam “Flashback81″ Kirkby, as we take a leaf from the pages of our esteemed pals Spooky and Squire…

That’s right, we’re getting Janktastic!

Answering the Call: That’s Hawt

Aaron does it again! This time, with a little Strange love… – Gdaybloke

Looking at this challenge, as usual, my first instinct was horrible. After many flop builds with a teen titans crossover, angling to abuse TTG for some killer burninator tactics, I eventually threw in the towel.

Seriously.

I gave up. Sure i could make a torch-centric deck, but with a turn 5 deadline? It felt too elusive. So i walked away and played wow for almost a solid week.

ALMOST.

Then I got the itch. The fever if you will. That urge a card player gets when he knows he absolutely, positively NEEDS to play something…DIFFERENT.

Fwocka-Fwocka-Fwocka

It strikes me that I’ve referenced the name Fwocka-Fwocka-Fwocka a few times without actually explaining what the heck it is I’m talking about.

I’m sure you all remember this image:

It’s kinda unforgettable…

Summer of Love: Round Three Wrapup

Exciting times, my fine feathered friends! With the completion of Round Three, we have our division champions, and we move on to the conference champs! Golly gosh, tis a good time to be enjoying the Summer of Love… even if the calenders officially tell us that Summer is over here in Canuckland.

The Rose Division went to Warp Factor 9, as they stalled out Task Force: Revenge for the epic Galactus Nom Nom Nom win. Amusingly, there was nothing for Galactus to chow down on, with both players being tied on 0 Endurance going into turn 9.

The Carnation Division gave us a surprise as the excessively beaty New Birds overpowered Wild & Sticky, despite a valiant stall game. The surprise wasn’t so much that the game was as close as it was, but rather that the New Gods actually feature in a deck that continues to perform well.

The Orchid Division saw Kamiza’s Family of One win over Stranger Danger as the X-Statix effects teamed with the Fantastic Four’s large stats handilly defeated the JSA/Nextwave teamup which didn’t manage to draw a single power-up effect other than Phantom Stranger.

The Calla Lily Division title goes to Adamantium Skrullmate, with an impressive turn 5 win with the 3-drop triumvirate of Ahmed Samsarra, Wolverine and Captain America making a mockery of Spud’s Looney Bin. This game also gave us the largest endurance disparity, with a 58 pt difference between the winning and losing totals.

SoL Rnd 3: Warp 9 vs. TF: Revenge

by Captain Spud

Gday: “…no, I don’t really know either of the decks.”

Spud: “Bwuh? But you don’t know any of the decks we’ve played.”

Gday: “Maybe, but Pablo DOES know this deck, so let’s let him pilot it.”

Spud: “You’re just inherently a bad person.”

*time passes*

Spud: “Sit. You’re playing TFR.”

Pablo: “Sweet, that means I can play drunk!”

Spud: “I know. I hate you so much right now.”

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Warp Factor 9 (Spud) vs. Task Force: Revenge (Pablo)

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Surprise MEV preview!

This here doth be cause for celebration for multiple reasons…

SoL Rnd 3: Ad.Skrullmate vs Looney Bin

Everyone’s a winner baby, donchaknow… or that’s how the song goes. We all know it isn’t true, but these two decks have proven their mettle to get to their division final. Spud’s Looney Bin exposed the sheer exhaustasticness of Julia Carpenter when combined with Arkham’s effects, while the consistency of Checkmate has made the Skrulls even deadlier with Kansashoops’ Adamantium Skrullmate

And whaddayaknow, one of the decks even features one-drops…

In a characteristic move, I (Gdaybloke) roll a 1 for initiative, leaving the choice in the hands of Spud and his Looney Bin. He opts for evens, and both players ditch their crappy starting hands in the hope of finding something better.

Turn One
Starting things off nicely, Adamantium Skrullmate actually has a 1-drop… Connie Webb, come on down! The Looney Bin doesn’t pack any 1’s, so Connie just kicks Spud in the teeth. Gently though, she only has a low ATK.

Skrullmate: 50
Looney Bin: 49

Caption Contest #19

… words fail me….

Go! Make the funny! Entries, as always, in the comments please. Winner gets two rares or prize cards from my stash.