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MTGS Mini #15: WW & MeBy teh_gio on May 12th, 2006 · Filed in Casual · 10 CommentsMTGS Mini is the format that goes up on Friday night/early Saturday. MTGS Mini is a far more easygoing format. So sit back and relax while we relax... our standards. If this isn't your thing, take a break and we'll see you on Sunday night with Cranial Insertion! MTGS Mini: White Weenie & Me: A Confession of Sorts Since 1994, I’ve loved the concept of the White Weenie deck. The first time I saw a player sacrifice a Black Lotus to cast 3 Savannah Lions on Turn 1 followed by a Crusade on Turn 2 (9 damage on Turn 2 and not a Channel/Fireball to be seen!!), I was hooked. I went home that night and have had a casual build, at the very least, ready to play at a moment’s notice since. There was just something about swinging in with a ton of little critters and sealing the deal with Armageddon that made me happy. Even though I sold my original collection of cards (is it just me, or has just about EVERYBODY done this and regretted it at least once?) I held on to my WW deck and a few other key White cards in case I ever wanted to play again. Every so often I’d check in on Magic and find some new cards to upgrade the deck with. I had no idea that Shadow creatures even existed, but Mother of Runes and Empyrial Armor were both instant inclusions when I saw them. About 3 or 4 years ago, around Odyssey block, I started becoming more serious about Magic again. Around this same time, Wizards decided they wanted to heavily push WW as a staple, tournament quality theme. This sounds perfect, right? A White Weenie fan could now, supposedly, make a "good" WW deck and start playing in the modern day Magic Scene. There was just a slight problem... Imagine for a second that WW is a girl: a bright, easy-going, friendly girl. I met her years ago and have gotten along with her ever since. We have a lot in common and always get along. No matter what hardships have come up during our time together, we always stick it out. We learn how to overcome situations that others think are impossible due to our close bond and total understanding of each other. Every so often she may add some highlights to her hair - be they blue, red, green or even black - but she's still the same girl deep down inside and I love her dearly. There's a catch. She's ugly, ugly as sin. People just can't get past it. They just can't see past that ugly, ugly face. She doesn't really have a great body either. I mean, sure she's great to talk to, but she doesn't turn any heads walking down the street. No pulse rates climb. She isn't particularly talented either. She doesn't do anything of remarkable note - she's just who she is. No one has ever met her and been swept off their feet. She's just not that kind of girl. Hey, that's no big deal; I still stand by her anyway, right? Wrong. No matter how great things are with her, no matter how well I know her, how much time I've spent with her, or how much I love her - when it came time for a social gathering - I wouldn’t be caught dead with her in public. It could be a formal event such as a PTQ, or something as casual as States, I just wouldn’t do it. I’d find the flashiest girl I knew I could get on short notice (Oh, Scepter Chant, so voluptuous) and spend the day half-fulfilled rather than be spotted with ol' WW. It's okay though, when I’d get home later and call her up with the tired old line of "Man, I should have taken you along, WW, I would have had a much better time." She'd smile and say "That's okay". Of course she’d put up with it and be there to hang out with later; we're good friends. I just didn’t want people to think I was actually dating her. I mean, think of what they would have said. I know; I was weak. Just because there was this community stigma against WW beinig competitive, I’d try to build some other net deck that I’d hardly played and wind up getting creamed because I hadn’t practiced with it enough. Like the PTQ where I changed my mind to play that super sexy Scepter Chant deck the night before the PTQ and received a well deserved 61st place finish. Some people would say that choosing the ‘Power Deck’ was the smart decision, but often I felt I would have been better off playing the deck I knew like the back of my hand and just played my best. At 2005 Regionals, I finally decided to stop being a coward and took a WW deck. My friends joked that I’d be in the 0-2 Table in no time. Going into Round 5 I was 4-0 and playing at seat 1…against ANOTHER White Weenie deck. There was a WW player in the match next to us as well. (That player actually Top 8’ed, congrats to him). I wound up losing the mirror match and the round after that to the dreaded Tooth and Nail (I was 1-1 against it that day) to finish 6-2 at 19th place. It wasn’t a Nationals Invite, but it was a lot better than 61st, to be certain. I guess the moral of the story is this; if you like something, don’t be ashamed of it. Be comfortable enough in your decision and pursue it with everything you’ve got. The thing that's always been "not good enough" may just be "perfect" after all. By teh_gio on May 12th, 2006 · Filed in Casual · 10 Comments |
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