We had another of our invitational events at my house last night, with eight players present. It may sound odd but I was pleased not to win. As I mentioned in my ‘The game is afoot’ blog, the other players are now raising their games after my initial run of victories and this event their efforts finally came to fruition.
I went 3-1 on the night with my hastily thrown together Fire Inspire deck, but was trumped by a much better build based around a similar theme. With our upcoming Canvas Challenge being a tribal event, David had constructed a seriously brutal Draenei Inspire deck with a number of AoE effects that repeatedly cleared my board. For one brief moment it looked like I may have the upper hand but it wasn’t to be. I was especially pleased for Dave as I’ve given him a lot of stick about netdecking ‘Black Ice’.
My deck worked by putting out a number of Arena Allies, controlling the board with tap down effects then burning for the win with Gladiator Loraala and a host of 1/1 arena tokens created by circle of blood. Mikael the blunt is also used for keeping my opponents board presence down to a manageable number. Daves deck however focuses on mass removal, interruption and inspired direct damage, often drawing a hatful of cards to boot (Touch of the Arcane)
Also present at the event were two new players, Chris and James Wheeler, who I’d like to congratulate on their performances, 3-1 (2nd place, Chris), 2-2 (4th place, James). Hopefully they’ll continue to appear at events in the future.
Anyway talking of being inspired, here’s a old gnomish song (sung to the tune of Bruce Springsteen’s I’m on Fire)
Now tell me horde hero is it bad for you,
Have I nerfed all the things that you tried to do,
wo, wo, all my dudes inspire,
wo, wo, wo, you’re on fire
