My one post for the year

 Ah yes.

My one post per year.

Almost missed it :P

Actually I just posted to blog a little about Mousehunt haha.

Mostly to track my own progress. This is my current snazzy setup for the festive event:

Mostly I just bought what I needed if it can be bought. But it will still be a grind I think :P

I am currently Archduke 90 plus percent so I will be able to access the beanstalk soon.

I suspect though I will first try to get the Prestiege base. Then upgrade my traps.

And boy... there are alot of upgrades.... see the pic on top, that was my most powerful trap. Sans the chrome. Yes the chrome is new.

I actually got back earlier this year, but the trap that caught my eye was the Dragon cannon slayer thingy. So I was stuck in howllow heights for a while.

Actually for the past five years or so I have been back on and off, I think... at least I must have seen I have L.E. traps that I never knew I had LOL. But some of those L.E. traps were a godsend!

Those older draconic traps that I had were really too weak in Hollow Heights, I had to use the L.E. trap , I did have a minotaur base so I manage to use luck to make up for power. it was'nt half bad in the end. In fact I am using it to grind the rain and wind cheese thingy.

But I kinda cracked to just purchase the chrome version of the storm wrought trap (as opposed to just grinding the gold out, I just bought and sold in game stuff).

The grinding is ... actually I do not know yet since I have no actually done my Fulmina  run yet (previous was with my L.E. to pre chrome storm wrought trap - even then I bought the teeth! :( - yes I am currently in pay to play mode)

Once the Festive thingy is over though, my original plan was to get back to dragon hunting in the Hollow Heights.

However the Festive thing made me realise I am really really far back (being away mostly for five years from the game does this to you I guess haha) 

So I decided I will probably try to open up the areas I currently do not have access to which is 1) Valour Rift and 2) the Queso area.

To open the valour rift I need the Rift Chrono meter... for that I will need to go to the Gnawnian Rift first to get the "Raw Rift Crystal" 

And I need to get a battery fragment which will be from the Furoma Rift

After which I need to get 100 tiny sprockets (this I have from the event)

After which I think I need to get 2000 Rift distortions....

Something like that :P

After which I will either

1) Go for the Prestiege Base (I think the core or the eclipse is also this branch of play)

2) Camp at Fort Rox to open up the Queso region. And get the ULTIMATEST draconic trap!! (it will likely be a horrible solw grind from what I heard)

Actually I think both options are really slow so it will be quite the grind.

After which I think I will finish up my Fulmina run before heading to the Floating Islands finally!

(Actually I might just pop to the floating Islands first... maybe.... maybe not... hmmm )

ANyway in case I do not post anymore this year, Merry Christmas everyone!!

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season1 has just ended and it was pretty awesome :)

I would'nt say its perfect (like the trilogy movies was perfect or close to it), but it was definitely good enough :)

There were lots of WTF moments right from the get go, but it was all good at the end :D

My Quick Assessment of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

I really like what Wizards did with Kamigawa:Neon Dynasty. :)

I like the original Kamigawa alot. Both flavor and mechanics.

And I say this as someone who felt that at that time and not filtered through time.

In fact filtered through time, I agree with the allegations made at that time that

the set was too weak. It was fortunate that Magic was still in its early stages

and it survived that.

But I do love the flavour of spirit weirdness, samurai and ninjas. Mechanically

it was always beautiful how they tried to be subtle with the effects. Kamigawa

was about subtlety, slowy gaining advantage through different avenues, not 

harsh powerful moves.

However perhaps it was a little weak and was overpowered by the more blunt mechanics

 of the time and even now. It only looks stronger now because power levels have been 

neutered for decades (before F.I.R.E).

Is F.I.R.E good? Lets just say the sets will age better for it and as a new player, it is

your boon, and the its the older player's bane.

But we are not here to talk about power levels :p or only a bit.

In fact NEO has been dialed back a little and I hope not too strongly (I hope my cards retain 

some playability over time :p). But I really like the theme, direction and what they have done!

Although as a caveat, I can only say I have looked at vehicles (strangly). And cannot

really say for the whole set or its power level.

Maybe lets go chronologically.

A few years? ago there were already some hints that MAgic was going to do a cyberpunkish set.

Pink neon vibes were the deal.

I think internet reactions were half half but no one seemed to hate it vehemently (at least not en mass)

Then when NEO was first spoiled. The dreams and hopes were ninja, samurais.

The strangeness and cyberpunk were the promise (well threat to some)

But I was generally hopeful

When the Uki lands were spoiled, they were a little garish, but they grew on you.

When more information came out. Honestly ninjas seemed to be priced meekly but admittedly

I don't play alot of ninja's I just like that the deck exists :p

Samurais were a disappointment, I loved Bushido. Apparently not many people do haha.

That leaves spirits shrines equipment and vehicles?

Spirits and Shrines I haven't looked at. But Go-Shintai Life's Origin looks promising.

But it sucks that it is not in the Commander deck :/

But I do think it will just be a fun card (in case you are one of those speculator sorts, please don't buy it out or something, 1: its really a bad spec, 2: it makes you a terrible person (as opposed to a wonderful person, like what Anton says :p stay wonderful!))

Oh but vehicles!

I like that they printed quite a bit of equipment and the printing of equipment, though weird and

perhaps a show of non so good design (but inevitable). It was a master move in tying equipment and 

vehicles together. In that way, mechanically and  flavourly? It made playing equipment and vehicles together a bit less jarring (as in things do not work). In terms of flavour, the creature equipment were  the perfect representation of the spirit infused/possessed machines, essentially robots. that could  drive/crew the machines.

And the voltron card that they printed is really fun!

Yes so I made a deck which I will talk about in my next blog haha.

Though it is not some competitive thingy mostly just a casual deck but it was fun and I really like 

what wizards did with the set!

Have a good day people :)