Jordan and Legend of the Five Rings

So the restricted list came and shocked us all.  In my last post, I evaluated each of the restricted list cards impacting Dragon in a vacuum, and I came down on the side that the only reasonable choice is Void Fist.  I also linked to three different splashes from Mind's Desire himself (with his permission), and I discussed the pros and cons of each.  In this post, we're going to look at the Unicorn splash a little closer. Here's the list I played seven matches in preparation for writing this blog, just to get a feel of the splash and quickly asses its strengths and weaknesses.  Seven games is a small sample size, but it's enough to get the conversation going on the splash.  If you're not interested in this tournament report, feel free to jump down to the "general thoughts" section below for...well...general thoughts on the splash. Tournament Recap In my local league night, I played three matches using this list.  I played against the Dragon mirror,

Well, the madmen and women over there at FFG went and did it.  They published a new restricted list.  Before I say anything else, here's the list: They went way further with the new list than I thought they would.  This list hits just about everyone, but it has some very interesting implications for Dragon because, in my opinion, it streamlines our decision and and "forces" us to pick a restricted list card.  Can you guess what it is? Before I tell you the answer, let's look at the new restrictions individually: Niten Master Goodbye old paint.  When the game first came out, Niten Master felt unstoppable.  I swear that I felt like I was just winning the game in two turns whenever I flopped one of these bad boys.  As the game progressed, however, I wanted to buy Niten Master less and less.  See, Niten Master didn't become worse of a card, but our other options just got better as the meta warped.  Buying a Kitsuki Investigator or Mirumoto Raitsugu with a mi

Hey everyone.  I think introductions in gaming articles are generally pretty lame, so I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. My name is Jordan, I play games.  My favorite way to play them is competitively at high end tournaments. I love Magic: the Gathering, and for the past year, I’ve been in love with Legend of the Five RIngs.  I want to write about it, and that’s why we’re here. Okay, whew, enough of that. From November 30th to December 2nd, I had the pleasure of attending Pax Unplugged with my wife for the purposes of attending the Grand Kotei.  I’m a Dragon player, and my wife plays Crane. We’re both pretty active in our local league, which averages from 12-16 people on any given weeknight.  Because of my competitive MTG background, my prefered way of playing games is competitively, and this is the first competitive game event that my wife has ever played in her entire life. I want to do some reflecting on our Pax Unplugged experience, if not for a reader’s benefit, then f