As it stands my current pull list is this
DC
Batman
Nightwing
Talon
Wonder Woman
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Marvel
The Avengers
New Avengers
Uncanny Avengers
Young Avengers
Captain America
Thor: God of Thunder
The Indestructible Hulk
Iron Man
Hawkeye
X-Men*
Uncanny X-Men*
All New X-Men*
Image
Saga
The Manhattan Projects
Lazarus
Fatale
Jupiter's Legacy
Bedlam
East of West
Satellite Sam
Nowhere Men
Ten Grand
And thats too damn many comics. Now some of this is being handled by the publishers for me. Legion of Super-Heroes is being cancelled and relaced by some kind of JLA based book that I'm really not all that interested in. Nightwing is getting sucked into the maw that is Forever Evil and the closest I'm getting to that is picking up the tie in issues in September that are still being written by the regular creative team. After Sept my pulls from DC will be.
Batman
Wonder Woman
Talon
Marvel is going to be culled a little more heavily. Avengers, New Avengers, Hawkeye, The Indestructible Hulk, and Thor: God of Thunder are being cut. None of them are bad. The Avengers books are dropping off because of thier connection to the upcoming Infinity crossover which I'm going to have to sit out. Thor is gone because issues are either awesome or nothing happens. I don't have room for that level of inconsistency. The Indestructible Hulk had an amazing first issue but only the most recent has come close to matching it and I've got a feeling thats more because of its Daredevil appearance. Hawkeye I get digitally and I can always catch up once the price of the issues drop. That leaves me with the following for Marvel.
Uncanny Avengers
Young Avengers
Captain America
Iron Man
X-Men*
Uncanny X-Men*
All New X-Men*
Now there's two reasons I'm doing this. First is I recently lost my job and I need to curb expenses. The second is because of the Image Comics Expo that was held recently. The only book on my Image pulls that I'd consider dropping right now is Satellite Sam. I didn't even dislike Satellite Sam. It just feels more like it should be an hour long TV series and I just saw the first ten minutes. There's clearly a lot going on in it and I've got a feeling its going to be an excellently developed series. Why is this a problem? Because it looks like my Image pulls are going to nearly double based on what they announced. I need to prepare now. Its possible that by the time the new books start coming out in October I'll be down to just a few of the big two. And thats a good thing/
*I get these books digitally by buying the redemption code found in the back of the book via certain online forums. I'm probably not dropping them because they only run me $1 an issue.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Whats Missing in M14?
I know thats kind of an odd question, but bear with me.
Without an addition from Theros we're not going to have a Rampent Growth in Standard come October for the first time in... I think forever.
Now newer players might not know this but Rampant Growth effects being tournament playable is a pretty new development. Before the Ramp decks took off thanks to Zendikar blocks the only time the effect really saw play was in Mirrari's Wake decks thanks to Krosan Verge, and it had the double benefit of both being a land so that it didn't take up valuable spell slots and it for you two lands. There were also the Explosive Vegetation decks in Onslaught Block Constructed but most of them disappeared when Astral Slide and Lightning Rift teamed up. The last died with the release of Scourge and its hordes of hasty goblins.
But thats about it guys. The world where Jund is the best deck in standard when it hits its Farseek is totally different. A huge part of that is that creatures are so very, very much better than they used to be. Especially the larger ones. Playing Serra Angel, or even Archangel a turn earlier isn't that big a deal. Cutting a turn off of Huntmaster into Thragtusk into Runic Tharr is huge.
So what does a lack of Rampant Growth mean for standard? Even more importantly, the analogue card for it in M14 is Verdant Haven? Well, if Wizards is really looking to scale back the power of the mana base as was said in this article then this is a huge step in that direction. Multicolored fixing not coming into play until turn 3 makes it inefficient enough to be nearly unplayable. I've considered running Verdant Haven before but cooler heads prevailed. This, combined with the lack of duals in M14 likely mean that we're looking at two color decks being the primary set of color combinations. If the Theros duals work well with the shocklands, like say the M10 lands did or possibly the Nimbus Maze cycle then we might be able to splash a third but without spell support I doubt it.
This means that quantity and color will be equally important in our mana base. It means that the days of cards like Acidic Slime (another none reprinted card that has repercussions) cutting off a color are likely over and that if you're trying to disrupt your opponents mana you're likely trying to keep them off of a critical number.
It might be enough to put Midrange as an archtype back to bed. It was unplayable for a long time and its entirely possible that the use of Rampant Growth effects is what made it finally shine.
Comics for the Week of July 10th
DC COMICS
BATMAN #22 $3.99
NIGHTWING #22 $2.99
IMAGE COMICS
EAST OF WEST #4 [DIG] $3.50
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TRUE LIVES O/T FABULOUS KILLJOYS #2 $3.99
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SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 04 (MR) $19.99
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SUICIDE SQUAD #22 $2.99
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THRESHOLD #7 $3.99
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Where I Went and Where I'm Going
I stopped updating here a few months ago because work got extremely busy. I started working six days a week with several of those being open to close shifts. Then on the last day of our extended hours they called me in the office. They said that the department was moving in the wrong direction and that one of the changes they were going to make was letting me go. The job was never a very good fit for me and I should get unemployment out of it.
I'm going to use this time for a few things. To get in better shape. To find a job that I actually enjoy. And to get back into writing. There's only one problem. I hate writing on a computer. It doesn't feel real to me at all. Writing on paper, with a pen is just more... tangible to me. It draws me in and forces me to keep moving forward. On a computer, with its ease of editing all I do is stop every 6 words and adjust. delete a word here, rephrase a sentence here, and oh god I miss spelled that word. Look at the red line. LOOK AT IT!
I don't get that with a legal pad. I'm not constantly re-reading what i wrote down. I'm just moving forward. If anyone has any tips on breaking these bad computer habits please let me know. Transcribing everything is kind of terrible.
So expect more content on the blog in the coming weeks. I'm setting a schedule of three updates a week, not counting my comic pulls for the week. They can be about anything, MTG tournament reports, reviews, short fiction or just the odd thought.
I will do this. And I will succeed. And I've edited this post at least a dozen times as I wrote it. Goddammit.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Comics for the Week of May 15th
DARK HORSE COMICS
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #107 WASTELAND #1 $3.50
DC COMICS
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #20 $2.99
NIGHTWING #20 $2.99
WONDER WOMAN #20 $2.99
IMAGE COMICS
FATALE #14 (MR) [DIG] $3.50
MARVEL COMICS
AGE OF ULTRON #8 $3.99
CABLE AND X-FORCE #8 NOW2 $3.99
IRON MAN #10 NOW2 $3.99
NOVA #4 NOW $3.99
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #29 $3.99
And the rest of the comics...
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BPRD HELL ON EARTH #107 WASTELAND #1 $3.50
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #16 $3.50
DRAGON RESURRECTION GN $17.99
DREAM THIEF #1 $3.99
EDGAR ALLAN POES FALL O/T HOUSE OF USHER #1 $3.99
EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 13 $49.99
EXILE TO BABYLON TP $14.99
STAR WARS DARTH VADER & NINTH ASSASSIN #2 $3.50
TO HELL YOU RIDE #4 $3.99
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AUTHORITY HC VOL 01 $29.99
BATGIRL #20 $2.99
BATMAN BEYOND 10000 CLOWNS TP $16.99
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BIRDS OF PREY #20 $2.99
CATWOMAN #20 $2.99
FABLES #129 (MR) $2.99
GREEN LANTERN THE ANIMATED SERIES #13 $2.99
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #2 $2.99
JSA LIBERTY FILES THE WHISTLING SKULL #6 $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND KONSTRICTION TP $16.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS VIBE #4 $2.99
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NIGHTWING #20 $2.99
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #20 $2.99
SUPERGIRL #20 $2.99
SWORD OF SORCERY #8 $3.99
WONDER WOMAN #20 $2.99
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IDW PUBLISHING
CRAWL TO ME DLX LTD BLACK LABEL ED $200.00
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME TP VOL 01 [DIG] $17.99
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GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #190 [DIG/P+] $3.99
GI JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS #3 [DIG] $3.99
IRON SKY TP [DIG] $17.99
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EAST OF WEST #1 3RD PTG $3.50
FATALE #14 (MR) [DIG] $3.50
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IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS #10 [DIG] $2.99
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NON HUMANS #3 [DIG] $2.99
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X-FACTOR #256 $2.99
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BIONIC MAN #20 $3.99
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Comics for the week of May 8th
DC COMICS
MARVEL COMICS
THOR GOD OF THUNDER #8 NOW2 $3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS #8 NOW2 $3.99
WOLVERINE #3 NOW $3.99
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CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN TP VOL 05 BLACK DRAGONS $18.99
CREEPY COMICS #12 $4.99
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STAR WARS #5 $2.99
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Monday, May 6, 2013
The Superior Sunday
The Superior Spider-Man #9 - This is it. The big issue where we find out who gets to control Spider-Man's body, Peter Parker or Otto Octavious. And Pete does not win. It was a serviceable issue with art that was decent, but a little more face rippy than I was expecting. The really important thing in this issue is that we find out that there is still another copy of Parker's mind running around. Doc Ock identifies a copy in the golden Octobot and commands the enslaved Robot Brain to delete them. I'm willing to lay down money that they're not going to be deleted and we just found out our out for Otto as Spider-Man when they make the change back.
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