神河当時 - 『神河謀叛』プレリリースの教訓

LESSONS FROM THE BETRAYERS RELEASE EVENTS
Greetings! I hope you all had fun this weekend at the Betrayers of Kamigawa Release Weekend. I know that I...

Well. Actually...

There are two good things that can be said about my Betrayers Release weekend. The first is that I provided many people some Limited points for practically free. The second is that I’ve found that humble pie is actually quite tasty.

Unlike the Champions of Kamigawa Release Events, a lot of other things were crowding out my Magic-playing time this past weekend (not the least of which was my birthday). As a result, I figured that at most I could participate in three events, and probably small ones at that. Only three opportunities to try my hand at qualifying for the Betrayers Championship event, which did not inspire confidence in my hopes at owning the original Ink-Eyes art. Still, three tries is better than none, I reckoned.

In all three tries, I utterly stank up the AEther. I would like to blame the shuffler for my atrocious weekend, but it’s clear that I have only myself to blame. I made a number of errors so fundamental as to be almost laughable.

As a result, today is going to be slightly different than other articles. I’m going to explain my weekend, in brief, and then explain the glaring mistakes I made along the way. I’ve always thought that negative examples can be just as instructive as positive ones, so I hope today feels worthwhile. The lessons I have the share today are painfully obvious ones, but--as I found out first-hand--even basic lessons need some review now and again.

Basic Lesson 1: Manacurves Matter, Even in Limited

Basic Lesson 2: Magic Requires Concentration

Basic Lesson 3: Budget Enough Time to Play

引用元
INTOTHEAETHER LEARNS HIS LESSON Posted in Feature on March 8, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/intotheaether-learns-his-lesson-2005-03-08