Just a classic modern quest log
Posted: 04 Feb 2017, 01:23
Hi dear Forge community !
Today, as I read more and more stuff about player's experience in Quest mode, I decided to begin a new quest that will (hopefully) tend to a good and entertaining long run. And for myself as well as for players who are seeking some Quest log I wanted to write down here what I'll come across during my journey. This is also for me a good exercise to practice English, and if you feel generous enough, don't hesitate to pm me (no need to flood the topic) about any grammatical mistake I may make.
For the parameters, I am playing in classic mode, the card pool is modern, and I will (mostly) play in main world. I am currently working on an enhancement of the enemy pool (adding new ones and removing those I don't like), but it may take a while until I make it, so for now I will content myself with what is currently in the game. The difficulty is medium, I let the starting pool distribution balanced and I allow the unlocking of new set, but I don't think I'm gonna use it (unless I get very very far in the game). Other quest preferences are the default ones (such as base winnings = 25 gold), but I may change them later if I see the need. I usually start by building 40-cards deck in the beginning, and for each two boosters won I increase the min. deck size by 5 until I reach 60 (that means, once I've got 2 more boosters, my deck should have 45 cards, then at 4 boosters, 50, at 6, 55 and once I've reached 8 boosters shit is getting real). One last precision : I'm playing on the android version.
Let's embark !
Ok, starting with having a look at this pool.
We've got into some pretty good stuff. Starting with Kozilek, the Great Distortion and Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver as mythics. Kozilek is great but without the good colourless mana support he won't do much. Ashiok is not my favourite planeswalker, but I'll be very happy playing with it !
Let's see what else there is on the rare side : 3 counterspells (Voidslime, Twincast and Counterlash), as well as a Blue Sun's Zenith and a Monastery Siege to support the long grindy control game... maybe not now. Otherwise, a Relentless Assault for a very aggressive deck, and some beautiful mana fixing in Prismatic Omen and Joiner Adept, and ramp with Nissa's Renewal.
Then while looking at the rest, I was thinking of playing blue-black or sultai control, to play my counterspells, Ashiok and if I see the need of playing green, my mana fixing cards. In fact, the sultai self mill archetype was surprisingly good, with a Wreath of Geists, 2 Returned Centaur, a Drown in Filth, a Shambling Shell, a Grim Discovery, a Nezumi Graverobber/Nighteyes the Desecrator... but what finally turned me on was the Sultai Soothsayer that I saw at the end. Did I say that I love Sultai ? Well, here is what I've got to build with my pool, and I am very happy with it :
Although I could have played a 40-cards deck, I was already happy with the 50 cards this deck features, so I went with it.
What was worth noticing in my cardpool was the presence of a Boros Swiftblade, and Hearthfire Hobgoblin ; there was some decent cheap red burn (Shock, Seal of Fire) as well. I'll keep boros aggro in mind, but for now it lacks cheap creatures so let's save it for later.
Ok that's it for the intro, let's jump into some games !
Today, as I read more and more stuff about player's experience in Quest mode, I decided to begin a new quest that will (hopefully) tend to a good and entertaining long run. And for myself as well as for players who are seeking some Quest log I wanted to write down here what I'll come across during my journey. This is also for me a good exercise to practice English, and if you feel generous enough, don't hesitate to pm me (no need to flood the topic) about any grammatical mistake I may make.
For the parameters, I am playing in classic mode, the card pool is modern, and I will (mostly) play in main world. I am currently working on an enhancement of the enemy pool (adding new ones and removing those I don't like), but it may take a while until I make it, so for now I will content myself with what is currently in the game. The difficulty is medium, I let the starting pool distribution balanced and I allow the unlocking of new set, but I don't think I'm gonna use it (unless I get very very far in the game). Other quest preferences are the default ones (such as base winnings = 25 gold), but I may change them later if I see the need. I usually start by building 40-cards deck in the beginning, and for each two boosters won I increase the min. deck size by 5 until I reach 60 (that means, once I've got 2 more boosters, my deck should have 45 cards, then at 4 boosters, 50, at 6, 55 and once I've reached 8 boosters shit is getting real). One last precision : I'm playing on the android version.
Let's embark !
Ok, starting with having a look at this pool.
We've got into some pretty good stuff. Starting with Kozilek, the Great Distortion and Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver as mythics. Kozilek is great but without the good colourless mana support he won't do much. Ashiok is not my favourite planeswalker, but I'll be very happy playing with it !
Let's see what else there is on the rare side : 3 counterspells (Voidslime, Twincast and Counterlash), as well as a Blue Sun's Zenith and a Monastery Siege to support the long grindy control game... maybe not now. Otherwise, a Relentless Assault for a very aggressive deck, and some beautiful mana fixing in Prismatic Omen and Joiner Adept, and ramp with Nissa's Renewal.
Then while looking at the rest, I was thinking of playing blue-black or sultai control, to play my counterspells, Ashiok and if I see the need of playing green, my mana fixing cards. In fact, the sultai self mill archetype was surprisingly good, with a Wreath of Geists, 2 Returned Centaur, a Drown in Filth, a Shambling Shell, a Grim Discovery, a Nezumi Graverobber/Nighteyes the Desecrator... but what finally turned me on was the Sultai Soothsayer that I saw at the end. Did I say that I love Sultai ? Well, here is what I've got to build with my pool, and I am very happy with it :
- beginning Sultai | Open
Although I could have played a 40-cards deck, I was already happy with the 50 cards this deck features, so I went with it.
What was worth noticing in my cardpool was the presence of a Boros Swiftblade, and Hearthfire Hobgoblin ; there was some decent cheap red burn (Shock, Seal of Fire) as well. I'll keep boros aggro in mind, but for now it lacks cheap creatures so let's save it for later.
Ok that's it for the intro, let's jump into some games !