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EDH Play of the [insert random time period]
6.21.2008

This is why I play EDH:

I was playing Merieke Ri Berit vs. an Arcanis deck, which was a very competitive chess-match that included dueling capsizes, the opponent running a recurring counterspell chain for a while, and Urza's Factory tokens dealing almost all the damage in the game.

The game ended the opponent playing, of all the odd cards to see in EDH, Eye of the Storm. I knew his hand was Scrivener + 2 unknown cards, I have Capsize (public) + Arcanis (opp. didn't know, useless against his deck with Arcanis as general) in hand. I draw and play Trinket Mage, getting and playing SDT underneath the powers of EotS. End of my turn, my opp reveals his unknown card, putting a Mystical Tutor onto EotS and getting a Time Warp; there was a Reito Lantern in play, so this could go infinite.

So, the turn begins with (we both have "sufficent" mana available):
Opp - Reito Lantern, Scrivener, hand of 1 unknown card (drawing into Time Warp)
Me - SDT + 1 Urza's Factory token in play, Capsize + Arcanis in-hand.

He tries to play his hidden card, which is Turnabout (targeting my lands, tapping). I respond by spinning SDT, thinking if it would work, then drawing off of top and windmill-slamming...

Teferi.

With that, my opponent is locked out of playing instants and sorceries (can only play at sorcery-speed, and all of those would be only playable as part of the resolution of EotS), and I have an Eye of the Storm to use openly with a Turnabout + Mystical Tutor already on it.

He scoops after realizing the situation.

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What people have told me about Japan, part 1
6.14.2008

This is something I've been meaning to do, but there are some people which, when I say I'm going to Japan, have been giving some interesting advice. I really thought I should document some of these odd ones...

- Someone told me that because I have long hair, some people will want to see me head-bang, assuming that I do it.

- My favorite so far went something like this: "You'll get people that want to ask you and have you play American rock music, but don't play anything like death-metal."

I know there are more, but now I know I have places to put things like this...

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