The goblin horde has been banished from Standard, thus I struggle on in my endless quest to prove the dominance of the little green men from the mountains in the only format left open to us.

It was a dark and cliched line. The air was crisp, so moist you could practically taste the mana. All eyes were all up-ons a small cardgaming hovel called Yellowjacket, named after it’s founder ‘Baron von Yellowjackinstein’.

Yeah, so Provincials was fun. We got up insanely early, caught the first ferry out of Dodge, and made it to Mishra’s in time to wait around for the tournament. Jeff and Nathaniel were there, so like John’s article says we had a strong Victoria crew vying for the coveted playmats.

So I had decided for a while that I wanted to go to Provincials. I don’t get many chances to go play in Van and this one was going to work out for me so I didn’t want to miss it. It seemed quite difficult to find anyone else that wanted to go except for Daniel and I was concerned about him actually having money.

Well with Champions of Kamigawa finally for sale at all card shops it was time for the Limited events to start up to fill the gap between the release of the set and them becoming Type 2 legal. I’d been playing FNM at Wally’s, a shop on Hastings, and they held a Champions of Kamigawa Post-Release Tournament.

For all the friends who have made going to magic events the time of my life:

Sage won the die roll, and opened with spirit mirror, then ana sanctuary, followed by kiki jiki. Ghazban ogre was phased out, and a purelaced veteren bodyguard was put under ice cauldron. He then shrapnel blasted me four times. Due to a new ruling, I ended up losing the second game as well.

Twas the night before saturday, and a bunch of crazy bozos from the small burg of Victoria descended on Yellowjacket to play a little type 2.

Just 1 land….that’s all I need and I can pull this out….man if I lose this game we are so screwed. Ok, take a deep breath…don’t panic, just draw a land and it’s all fine.

Fuck….

As you may have guessed from the title, I am giving you not one, but TWO awesome summaries this week.