Call for Entry: Marit Lage theme deck contest!

it’s a nice surprise to see the number of hits we get from people who search for Marit Lage (there, another hit for us). and even better news is that we are the first site that appears when you google search Marit Lage!

in order to further drive traffic to this site, let’s have a little “submit-your-marit-lage-themed-deck” contest! the best 3 decks we choose to feature on this blog wins…2 packets of shards of alara boosters (or shopping vouchers from a gaming site) yes yes, i know that’s cheap but considering that we are doing it in the name of fun (without any advertisers and/or sponsors), its the best we can do.

some ground rules to keep the contest fun (and friendly):

1. all decks have to be MARIT LAGE-themed, meaning, the whole deck has to revolve around her.
2. it does not have to be a killer deck, we are looking for fun and flavour
3. extra points for being creative/out of the box and affordable
4. deadline would be a week from now – midnight of wednesday, 22nd of august
5. you can either post your entry as a comment, or send it to themagicflunkies @ gmail.com

that’s about as many rules as i can come up with. hopefully this contest idea kicks off and we can do it regularly! who can say no to free boosters anyway, right? looking forward to see what you guys can come up with!

ch…ch…ch..changes!!!

this post is…10 months overdue! yes, i know i am supposed to update this frequently, but life (and mmorpgs get in the way).

to my devoted readers (all 2 of you) who are dying to know what’s new in The Magic Flunkies world, mel has a new gf and he has picked up warhammer 40k! being a rich fuck and a spoilt brat, he is now collecting (read: not playing) warhammer 40k, warmachine, hordes and magic: the gathering. as for me, under the influence of mel, i have been buying (read: not playing, not collecting) warhammer fantasy (dwarf), warmachine (menoth), hordes (circles of oboros), magic: the gathering, world of warcraft and the latest addition – warhammer online.

i’ll write an entire post dedicate to warhammer online in a while, but i just want to rant on magic’s new expansion – shards of alara. favourwise, i think bill rose and mark rosewater did an awesome job on it. 5 different planes co-existing without the knowledge of others, each plane deprived of 2 other colours. it’s amazing how the team can churn out shit (in a good way) like that when they are basically just rehashing the same concept. i’m not as hardcore as i used to be, but i make an effort to read about the new cards and buy the fatpack whenever a new expansion is launched.

Shards of Alara booster box

my gripe about this new set, no fucking novel! and that’s the only thing in the entire fatpack that makes buying a fatpack worthwhile. currently, the shards fatpack is retailing at $52.99 here in Singapore (about US$37). comes with 8 packs of boosters (total of S$36 or US$25). so basically i am paying S$17 extra for the player’s guide, a card box, a life counter, 40 basic lands and an excerpt of the planewalker’s guide to alara (which should not be considered as a replacement for a novel). i really don’t see a reason for me to buy fatpacks of future expansions anymore. to me, i can use that extra S$17 to buy a tournament deck or 4 packs of boosters.

 

as for the new rarity type (mythic rare), which is packed in 1 out of 8 boosters (or 15 mythic rares in a set of 249 cards), i’m not entirely impressed by them. they are supposed to be ‘epic-feeling legends or spells’, but so far they are pretty bahh to me. what wizards is doing right, i feel, is that dual lands are not in the rare slots for this expansion. considering that most of the rare level creatures/spells are tri-coloured, that is a very wise choice. at first glance, i also feel that with this set, wizards is making magic slower than before. everything costs more than previous sets and require more colours to cast. and i like that, being a blue player, i have always enjoyed taking my time to set out combos. Lich’s Mirror, for example, is an extremely good reset button for combo decks. i can see this card in my esper-themed deck. Anyone out there wants to trade? I have an Elspeth and Mayeal up for trade.

 

i’m curious to see how much will the mythic rares fetch in the market, and what sort of decks would run them.

thoughts and questions? leave a comment!!! i’m trying to get a wider reach out in the gaming community, so please help by linking to us!

-jar

 

 

Stephen’s Ass got Double-66-ed!

I can’t miss a scandal. In fact, i think i live for it.Anime fans in Singapore are uniting for a cause. Local anime distributor – Odex – is now suing ‘illegal downloaders’ who are as young as 9 years old. The mastermind behind this, Stephen Sing, is apparently now on a crusade around Singapore, taking ISP into court and bullying them into revealing downloader’s IP addresses. He would issue letters to these downloaders and offer an ‘out of court’ settlement – by paying a fine of S$1000-S$5000 – for his apparent losses and damage. And that’s not enough. He has to go online and gloat about it.The screenshot below, taken from http://asia.cnet.com,  he (xysing) announced that he is too busy ’sueing’ (apparently, he needs to go for spelling lessons too) people. I can’t help but feel that he’s enjoying it.In a news article in Singapore (Newpaper), he was quoted to be very stressed about the pressure and hatred he is getting. Has he thought about the 9 years old children and how traumatised they would be? He could have taken better actions in this, like issuing warning letters before issuing fines. But being the typical businessman, he goes straight for the throat. And now the public backlash – boycott of Odex’s products and local anime fans are pooling money to counter-sue him – some are even considering serious actions like burning down his house. Here’s his mugshot, do give him a holler if you ever see him.Jar