There was no result in the infamous Commander round, with the game finally called at 5.30 with four out of nine players still in the game. Anthony H managed four kills and David K got one, each of these players also got an achievement, as did Jay N for coming to his fifth round of..
Thirteen people showed up to play today, which meant two tables, one of six and one of seven. On the top table, it was the battle of the combo decks which Jay N won by virtue of four copies of Biovisionary. On table two, Alex Sp got the victory, and three kills. Alex D and..
There were eight players at the table this month, and Eddie C emerged the winner by the skin of his teeth. The game didn’t feel even but the scores were; out of eight players, six got one of more kills to add to their score. After his victory, Eddie C moves up to third on..
This was the special Earth Day round, with players restricted to mono-green and land cards in their decks. Anthony H emerged the winner at a 10-player table, getting two kills. David K managed three kills, Adrian R got two and Eddie C got one before stalling early with a very large Kavu Predator in play…
Round 4 of the 2014 Grand Melee League will be played at the April LXG meeting. This is a special round, called Earth Day. The deckbuilding rules for this special round are: Decks must be constructed using only mono-green cards and lands. Otherwise normal league deck construction rules apply. This has prompted a few questions,..
Another 10-player single-table melee, but this one was a tale of ups and downs. Firstly Drew T really didn’t like his opening hand and position and wanted to quit after 3 turns. No, 2 turns. Cue the violins! A few players made some early gains but were pegged back by the deliberate or accidental actions..
There were exactly 12 players in the first round of the 2014 grand melee league. This means players were divided across two tables. The seeded nature of this round meant that the top players from 2013 were split across the two tables. On table one, last year’s ladder winner Anthony H got off to a..
The December meeting saw eight players from the league gather to compete in the finals. The top 7 players were all available and present, and with Steve T unable to attend, it was 9th placed Mal O who competed in his stead. To mix things up from our usual games, the format was sealed deck..
Twelve players showed up for the final qualifying round of this year’s Grand Melee, meaning we played with 2 tables of six players. Table 1’s game finished quite rapidly, as Mal’s repeated nuking of everybody’s lands meant only Jeremy was able to get up and running, as the only player out of range of Mal’s..
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver is one of two new planeswalker characters introduced in the Theros set. Ashiok is a blue/black planeswalker costing three mana to cast one of which must be blue and another black. Ashiok enters the battlefield with three loyalty counters and has three abilities. Any planeswalkers costing three mana deserves a second look…
