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I figured I actually need to do these write-ups, because I literally forget everything. I tested the Lessons v UB Demons matchup like three days ago, and I have no idea how it went. Today, I tested possbily the most important matchup in cu…

D aily thoughts #26 Today's thoughts will be a bit different as I'll try breaking down the Lessons vs UB matchup. I played bunch of matches versus Max Rappaport. Lessons has the ultimate endgame edge. If the game lasts 15+ turns, Lessons …

Daily thoughts #25 Standard is evolving. Its quite cool to see. At the PT the best performing decks were decks praying on Cub - Spellementals, Temur Harmonizer and to some extent the winning UB Demons deck. But now? Cub is gone. I’ve playe…

Daily thoughts #24 I have a long layover at JFK = reflection time. Obviously things didn't go well at the PT. So what happened? Let's start with the things that went well. I was scared of draft going in, but I think I had a solid underst…

Daily thoughts #22 Well, today was great, and it also sucked a little. I went 3-5, and didn't make day 2 at the PT. I think I am no something like 21/25 on making day 2 (counting new age worlds), but it's back to back miss. Definitely sca…

Daily thoughts #21 Just submitted my decklist as I'll be in transit for most of the day tomorrow. Could still change my mind, but I like where we are. Provide a caption (optional) Two maindeck changes. -1 Leyline Weaver -1 Airbender Asc…

Daily thoughts #20 I will submit Bant Airbending at the Lorwyn Eclipsed PT in Richmond. I have tried Lessons today, and Wistfulness, Oko and others are just bit too much for the deck to handle. I think it's okay choice, but I don't feel th…

Daily thoughts #19 Bant is back? Clasic pre-PT deck submission depression is seeping in. Everything seems fine, everything seems bad. I don't know what I'm doing, and I just wanna take a nap. IRL RCQ wasn't amazing. I almost went 0-2 dr…

Daily thoughts #19 Bant is back? Clasic pre-PT deck submission depression is seeping in. Everything seems fine, everything seems bad. I don't know what I'm doing, and I just wanna take a nap. IRL RCQ wasn't amazing. I almost went 0-2 dr…

Daily thoughts #18 Bant is no longer my frontrunner. If fact, I think I am off Bant. Sometines in tournament preparation you have this set of testing that heavily changes your outlook on what to play. Today was one of the days. We play…

Daily thoughts #17 Bant is my current frontrunner. I am hitting this weird point in testing where my winrate with new decks is much lower than with the ones I am comfortable with. It's kind of hard to parse whether the new decks are actua…

Daily Thoughts #16 Well, I was wrong! Reanimator feels pretty good. I am now thinking it's even to slightly ahead against Cub. Fairly ahead against Lessons and Landfall, which in my mind makes it one of the best deck in the format. Howev…

Daily thoughts #15 Deck submission in a week. 💪 Reanimator is definitely good vs Lessons, and quite likely bad against green decks. I will play a set against team member who views the green matchup more positively. We will see what I'm m…

Daily Thoughts #14 Didn't play much Constructed, only some targeted testing with the Reanimator deck I posted. Played vs Lessons, UG Cub and the Landfall brew of my own. Deck still feels super untuned, but it has potential. Felt awesome …

Time flies when you're having fun, and this month is flying by. Continued with my Landfall Nature's Rhythm deck. The deck looks kinda janky, but I honestly think it's decent. Could use some finetuning, but I'm starting to believe it's just…

I was little down the last couple days. Part of it, was struggling with caffeine deficiency, but mostly PT testing being kinda boring witout Lorwyn on Arena. Tuesday can't get here soon enough. Anyway, I tried the Izzet Looting in my morni…

Daily thoughts #12 Still in waiting for Lorwyn purgatory. My quest for today was to figure out the Lessons vs Landfall matchup. I will briefly talk about that, and then my general thoughts on Standard as format. I was surprised to see …

Daily thoughts #11 Spent the whole day drafting in the Early Access. I thought a bit about it today, and I'm not sure if I want to share much content about limited moving forward. I've always considered myself as an average drafter, and fe…

Spent the whole day drafting in the Early Access. I thought a bit about it today, and I'm not sure if I want to share much content about limited moving forward. I've always considered myself as an average drafter, and felt drafting was 'nec…

Standard feels kinda dull before Lorwyn comes out. I think my plan is to direct challenge people on stream with Shockland decklists. Obviously won't be as good as actually playing with Lorwyn cards, but having Shockland improved manabases w…

Daily thoughts #9 Bit of a shorter recap today as I'm trying to quit caffeine, and have a terrible headache. 😂 I tried two decks on the stream today - BG Ouroboroid and Bant Airbending. The BG deck felt solid. It's hard for me to discer…

Daily thoughts #8 I have some time to kill while I wait at the "wonderful" Paris airport for my connecting flight back to Prague, so it's time to reflect on the weekend. We nailed the deck selection part. Our 'team' went 37-17, which is ni…

Daily Thoughts #6 Spent the whole day playing Lessons. This is the current list (subject to change) - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7559005#paper So the main topic for the day was to figure out whether I want to play Stormchaser Talent …

I am now locked on Lessons. 🧑‍🏫(this is the teacher emoji) I will spend tomorrow trying to figure out the exact version, but I'm leaning towards no Stormchaser Talent as of now. Only matchup, where I felt I was missing it was against Jes…

Daily thoughts #4 Time flies when you're having fun, and this format is quite fun. Unless I have to play Landfall, then I want to retire again. 🤪 Overall format thoughts 💭 - Lessons and UG Cub are the top decks - I expect Lessons to b…