Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Explore - The Love BUG



Good day ladies and gents.  The results from SCG Atlanta are in, and Gatecrash has turned the Standard format on it's ear.  Eddie Walker, from this wonderful site, decided he wanted some spending money, and stormed to the top eight only to lose out to the eventual champion.  Also, as it turns out, Boros Reckoner is the card that was beloved by the masses, and with good reason.  It is an aggressive monster with two excellent abilities... that I completely missed.  Turns out that I did not RTFC, and thought it only dealt damage to players, which while good, is not even close to the board impact that Reckoner provides.  Being able to cleanup the ground and positively interact with Thragtusk is pretty bonkers in Standard.   I normally do not miss really big, and I believe that Boros Reckoner will come down from his lofty climb.  So speculators, I apologize for that one. I missed on him. Now with the pleasantries out of the way, let us take a gander at the winning list from the tournament: