Just thought I’d say hi to all of you and there have been a lot of people around here (just yesterday there were 140 visits and almost 1000 pageviews!!).

I’m still sick, but now I know I have some kind of ninja disease ’cause the doctor couldn’t find out what it was, regardless she prescribed me a full blitzkrieg of antibiotics to make sure everyone of the ninja invaders dies.

But the reason why I really wrote these news was to show you a new Future Sight card that got my attention over at Magic Tutor :

Force of Savagery (or so I guess)
2G
Creature - Elemental R

Trample
8/0
Yes that’s right, this little baby has 0 toughness! And as my girlfriend looked around the spoiler on Mtg Salvation she spotted this:

Char Rumbler
2RR
Creature - Elemental U

Doublestrike
{R}: Char Rumbler gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
-1/3

So yeah, that’s a 0 toughness creature and a -1 power creature. Oh Magic I am so in love with you
EDIT: Seems like the card isn’t named Force of Savagery but Truculent Force. Damn my translations! EDIT 2: or not…

Yesterday was Future Sight’s first Pre Release day and off course, I couldn’t miss it (You know… that kind of thing called addiction.). However, it’s a new addiction to me, so I have two big problems: lack of experience and I stress too much. So, the outcome of the tournament could’ve been worse, but it could have been really better too.

But, I wanna talk a little about that second big problem I have. I think that maybe it’s a problem to some of you too, so sharing it could be useful to make us ignore some annoying little details.

Do you know how it feels, when your opponent shuffles your deck? You think “hey…he thinks I don’t know how to shuffle, because I didn’t have that pro way of shuffling”, or “he thinks I’m trying to cheat…”. And it’s a stupid thought, ‘cause maybe he just wants to give that superior look. So: don’t be nervous just because your opponent shuffles your deck.

What about when your opponent is a real pro? Yeah, maybe you are going to loose that game or maybe not. Just don’t think that the game is already lost. If you think that, you’re probably going to make mistakes that indeed are going to make you loose.

Take your time. You can’t delay the game, but you can think! Your opponent is looking at you with that serious look? So what? Relax and surprise him.

To win a game you need to have some skills. But, hey, if you know the rules, you just need to be relaxed and pay attention to all the little things in the game that could make you win it.

So what about my deck? That’s the fun part, and I know you’re thinking about it (ok, perhaps you’re thinking “oh my god, a girl in a magic tournament”, but I’m going to talk about my deck. Maybe you don’t believe in god, but believe there are girls playing magic in tournaments).
I made a white and black deck and splashed a little green, that I changed to red in while sideboarding. And yeah… Henchfiend of Ukor / Sparkspitter made a really better splash than Kavu Primarch, but I didn’t think about that when making the deck. In white I picked Angel of Salvation, and some other flying creatures like Knight of Sursi, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Duskrider Peregrine and Plated Pegasus. I used the new enchantment with morph, and it’s really fun to see the look of surprise on your opponent when you turn it face up. In black, I got some removal like Death Rattle and some other useful stuff like the flash enchantment Oblivion Crown and Festering March (white was a right choice but black wasn’t really that good indeed). At home, even with the same time, the right choices are kinda clear, at tournaments sometimes we screw it up a little, because of that extra stress.

Well, good luck to your tournaments, and don’t let that tournament anxiety blind you.