Mad Cow Inc.

GPT Singapore (Bukit Timah)

2011-04-23T07:13:00.000-07:00

Hey fellow cowies!
I went for the GPT SG and make it to top 8. As there are approx 40 players, the players that got into the finals will have 3round byes.
Sadly, I lost in the quarter finals when I'm so close to 3 rounds bye.

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~~~~~~~~SPECIAL THANKS TO~~~~~~~~~
Alvin, for loaning the cards....
ZZ and ah goh, for playtesting at the last moment....
Random guy that have Inferno Titans and Obsitnate Baloth for sale.....
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I brought RUG deck to play and I'll explain some of the matchups I met below:

Match 1: Vamps
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I have a smooth sail ahead with turn 2 cobra. Turn 3 explore and found 1 fetchland, with 1 fetchland and 1 inferno titans in my hand. Enough say.

Game 2:
In: 4x pyroclasm
Out: 3x mana leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar
I was Inquisited with 2 cobra 1pyroclasm and lands on my hand. Surprisely my opp choose cobra, thinking cobra is his nightmare (mayb becos of game1). Throughout the game he took quite alot from his tutelage. With his life at 6, I have 2 bolts in my hand and knowing inferno was my next card through halimar depths.

1-0

Match 2: Elves
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Won with precursor golem and jace tms, with the turn bolting off the Elvish Druid and bouncing off the lianowa elf.

Game2:
In:4x pyroclasm, 4x flashfreeze
Out: 4x mana leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 3x Lightning Bolt
Won with pyroclasm clearing the small elves, leaving the vengevine behind.
I made a mistake in this. I should have lay the land from the deck via the oracle of mul daya and cast inferno titans with mana floating via cobra, before pyroclasm. Now, i'm short of 1 mana and titan was cast a turn later.

2-0

Match 3: Valukut
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Opp stuck on 2 lands on turn 3. My jace fateseal him, leaving his overgrown battlement on top of his deck. He cast on next turn and pass. I bounce the wall and drop a Inferno with help from explore, fetchlands and of cos cobra. Opp concede upon his draw.

Game 2:
In: 4x Flashfreeze, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Mana Leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 2x Lightning Bolt.
Lost to the ramp by his cobra and his inferno came to play before mine. Another primeval titan was cast on the next turn and I scooped.

Game 3:
In: 2x Tumble Magnet
Out: 1x Lightning Bolt, 1x Precursor Golem
My opp made mistake for not putting counter on his khlani expedition when landfall triggers. Mistakes were made twice by him and I just cant let him redo. Forcing through with raging ravine and baloth. The determined outcome was when I flashfreeze his Inferno and summoning trap. He tried to cast primeval titan but I held a flashfreeze in hand. I won the game with my opp pissed.

3-0

Match 4: Valukut
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This game was all about topdecking. I topdecked but my opp did better and I was screwed with Inferno and Primeval titans on board, and an angry Valukut waiting to spit at me.

Game 2:
In: 4x Flashfreeze, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Mana Leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 3x Lightning Bolt, 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
This game was quite close.I had the tumble magnet to stop a primeval titan, but a 2nd one came in and I had trouble. Brainstorm for solution but I was stuck with lacking of 1 more red mana to resolve both Inferno and Lighting Bolt on the Primeval Titans.

3-1

Match 5: Boros
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A turn 4 titan with cobra killed off the board of steppex lynx and leaving everything open. He didnt manage to find a solution and I manage to burn him off.

Game 2:
In: 4x pyroclasm, 2x magnet, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Bolt, 1x AOZ, 2x Precursor, 1x Garruk
Was in a board position of either cast jace and bounce his creature, or tap out for inferno to kill off the board but vunerable to a mark of mutiny. I was at 6 life. My choices are limited and risk had to be taken. Inferno was cast and my opp show me his mark. Damn.

Game 3:
In: 1x Deprive
Out: 1x Inferno
This game was a struggle when I did a grave mistake on first turn; Misty raninforest was sac to find island instead of forest, which then i realise i do not have forest in my hand. Over confident nearly cost me the game. My opp was hesitating to burn me or my creatures. Him stucking 3 lands, I resolve a Titan with a tumble magnet in play in case of any crazy mark from him. He did not pull off his firewalker and the game was mine.

4-1

Match 6: (ID)

4-1-1

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Quarterfinal: UB Infect
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It was bad. My turn 2 cobra died to the contagious clasp.Drawing blanks and opp has cast his phyrexian crusader. I was poison to death with the proliferate from the contagious clasp.

Game 2:
In: 2x Tumble Magnet, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 1x AOZ, 2x Lightning Bolt, 1x Precursor Golem, 1x Inferno Titans

My sideboard was wrong I believe. Shld have kept the precursor Golem and take out 1x inferno titan instead. Again I keep drawing blanks and land flooded. No answer towards the Phyrexian crusader and I was killed off with addition of Inkmount Nexussss.

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Here's my decklist:

4x Misty Rainforest
4x Scalding Tarn
4x Raging Ravine
3x Copperline Gorge
2x Halimar Depths
5x Island
3x Forest
2x Mountain

4x Lotus Cobra
1x Oracle of Mul Daya
2x Precursor Golem
4x Inferno Titans
1x Avenger of Zendikar

4x Preordain
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Explore
4x Mana Leak
4x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Sideboard
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4x Flashfreeze
4x Pyroclasm
3x Obstinate Baloth
2x Tumble Magnet
1x Nature's Claim
1x Deprive

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I think I will want to switch the deprive for a 3rd tumble magnet. Didnt get to use nature's claim so I'm not sure whether it's explaniable to have it in sideboard.

Anyway,
Thanks for reading! And hope you guys have a shot for the 3rounds byes too!
Have a great weekend=)!

~Bard Cow Magic-er
You Wei

Mad Cow Inc Xmas Party 2010!

2010-12-24T07:00:00.001-08:00

Hi all my dear cowies! :)

Thank you for all your very enthusiastic participation at the annual Mad Cow Xmas Party! This time round the chosen location of Hard Rock Hotel, Resort World Sentosa was excellent! With a nice deluxe double room, a great view of the pool and of course many hours of magic! :)

Let's get together even more and for more hours of fun and even competitive magic! FYI: There will be GP Singapore and GP Shanghai in 2011! Lets gear up and get there! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Check out my flick account for more pictures!

Madness Mad Cow Christmas Celebration!

2010-12-19T21:29:00.000-08:00

Hi cowies!
Here is a rough breakdown of our events for 21 and 22!
2pm - check into hotel
2pm to 6pm - free and easy (Alvin says there's a pool)
6pm - dinner at harborfront hawker centre
8pm - treasure hunting at sentosa/omg draft/edh 2h
11pm - Ktv at vivocity cum prize presentation!
After which is free and easy!

22nd
10am - the cows are invading universal studios Singapore!
6.15pm - dinner
9pm - going back to our barnyards...

Things to note:
Treasure hunting in sentosa- you will be hunting in pairs, rules will be made known on actual day itself

Omg draft- everyone will be given 1 zendrikar, 1 m10, 1 m11, 1 roe, 1 som and 1 special booster!(tentatively) We will then either draft or have a seal deck!

Special booster: everyone must create a booster consisting of
1 rare (any rares! Time to get rid of your crap rare)
3 uncommon (any!)
11 common (any!)
These cards can be from ANY set! It's your creativity!

Edh 2headed - we will be paired randomly. Edh format is as usual with exception of
1) you are allowed to use up to 20 proxies! This is to encourage everyone to play!
2) limitations and ban list as followed by format
3) point play off
4) 2headed rules applies

Lucky draw results will be announced on first night!
Best cowie and most consistent cowie will be announced on first night!
There will be prizes to be won courtesy from team fund and your "entry fee"

Things to bring (I was thinking it was necessary since ppl asked me)
1) clothings (black team tee or black tee)
2) swimming gear
3) camera
4) snacks, beer, tea, alcohol

And let's enjoy ourselves!

Hail from Gothenburg!

2010-08-27T15:43:00.001-07:00

Hail to all Mad Cows! The heartiest greetings from Gothenburg! Tomorrow will be the Grand Prix! We Are all speculating that it will be a 1.5k GP. My god... Hope I do better than X-3 this time round.

Anyway some updates, just came back from the tournement ground. Went for 2 Grinders... And... I am out on the first match... That was quite bad... Again I did not get my 3round byes. Oh well. Haha!

P.s. Sweden is damm expansive... Want to die already...

Ok... Will update!

CHECK THIS OUT!

2010-08-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

Our very own Chapman Sim has done his very first editorial debut!

Check out his write-up on the China Nationals 2010!

http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/chnat10/welcome
by: Chapman "randomchap" Sim

Kudos! :)

EDH Tournament

2010-08-10T00:33:00.000-07:00

Hi Cowies!

Details for our First EDH Tourney are as follows

Date: 21 Aug 2010
Venue:
Option 1: Games Haven
Option 2: Zac's House
Option 3: Elias Mall Mac

Rules of format: as follow http://www.dragonhighlander.net/rules.php
Banned Cards: http://forum.dragonhighlander.net/EDH_Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=261
http://forum.dragonhighlander.net/EDH_Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4124

However, as most of our members are new to this format, I am giving a
5 card proxy for all decks

Entry fee:
Door gift: 1 random gateway/fnm foil
(Players who pre-register will be given an additional foil)
Prize payout:
Top team:
2nd team:
3rd team:
rest of the members:

Play format:
It will be 2Headed Giant format, where the partner WILL BE CHOSEN RANDOMLY! As this is just a casual format, please keep your whinings and complains to someone WHO CARES....

As you can see, the entry fee and prize payout is still under construction, here is where I would need everyone to give some response on it.

Please do kindly post your thoughts so I can plan it out before the commencement of the event

Thank you for your attention and kind response

From
Grand Cow

The Rebel Prince has graduated!!! :)

2010-07-12T09:09:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to the Rebel Prince, Kenneth a.k.a 汉铭 Kor Kor, for his graduation from NUS! After 3 years of study (or not, haha~), he has successfully completed his studies and is ready to brave the tides of the working world! All the best to him! Next treat is on him! hahaha!

Rebel Prince changed into a Mind Sculptor! Must be the ice cream... hmm... hahahaha!

Some interesting things to share.

2010-07-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!

Want to share some stuff with you. :)

Check out: http://cardkitty.com/index.php

Remember! This weekend, 10th to 11th July is the M11 prelease! :)

Some thoughts from Nationals'10

2010-07-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

Bros,

Just wanna share some thoughts on this year's National. We were all playing Mystic Conscription for the Standard segment. I went 2-0 and 2-5 for the first day. It was quite upsetting and was very difficult for me to accept that I was 0-4 for draft. I think I practice quite a bit for ROE.

I decide I will play for fun and for some points. In the end I ended with a score of 5-7. Breakdown: 2-1, 0-3, 2-1(with 1 bye), 1-2.

I think it was quite a heavy dose of bad luck. :(

Anyway, Nationals is a very good experience. Everyone please try to qualify for Nationals in the future. :)

The day Kenneth's Jace, the Mind Sculptor took a dip...

2010-07-02T10:06:00.000-07:00

Guess what?! Today is the day that Kenneth took his Jace, the Mind Sculptor for ice cream! Kenneth, Zau Lau, myself and accompanied by guest appearance, Wen Han, we went to UDDERS! They had just opened a new outlet at 87, Upper East Coast Road. It is quite cool with a very spacious double story building. :) After we had our ice cream from the counter, we went up to the second floor, filled with, what looked like secondary school kids, I saw Kenneth attempting to dip his Jace into his Tirimisu and Cookies and Cream! OMG! Attempted Drowning! But luckily he was kidding. He left it on the table. And the very next moment, Zau Lau cause Kenneth's spoon to drop on Jace. Completing the picture of Jace being fed with ice cream from Udders. HAHAHAHA!

Next Mad Cow Team supper! Udders! Dont worried, we will visit the outlet in Novena. :)

Tomorrow is Singapore Nationals. Gonna crash now. Need sleep. Wish us good luck! :)

Good Night Mad Cows! - blink blink...

Experience Sharing!

2010-07-02T09:47:00.000-07:00

Guys! Wanna share an experience about going all the way up to Kuala Lumpar to play PTQ. It is very tiring if you decide to squeeze travelling and playing back-to-back.

It was a very small PTQ: Amsterdam. Only 36men. Which equates to only 6 rounds of swiss. This is the smallest PTQ I had played in recent times. It was quite bad I think I was kind of travel-lagged. Mana problems for the first few rounds and very quickly I was down with a score of 1-2. :( Finally ended at around 1630hrs with a score of 4-2. Kind of very disappointed with myself.

Half the field was dominated with Jund. Quite a bit of Mystic Conscriptions. 3 U/Ws. 2 RDW. 2 Turbolands. And a very surprisingly big portion of the field was by the U/R/G.

Three methods:

1) By Air. Take a flight up to KLIA. Kuala Lumpar International Airport. Take either a cab to event ground. It is about 45mins flight. The con is that the airport is 1hour away from anything and everything.

2) By Bus. Take a bus from any local travel company situated at Golden Mile. Average of $40. And you will be alighted at somewhere near Berjaya Times Square or Pudu. Take a cab or metro train to location.

3) By Train. Take a 10hour train ride to KL Sentral. Cost about $40. That is a transportation hub. From there, you can take any train from the myriad of companies.

*Note! For option 2 and 3, both are cheaper if you decide to spend a bit time and travel up to Johor Bahru and buy the tickets from there.

Planeswalker 12 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:38:00.001-07:00

Planeswalker 11 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:28:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 10 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 9 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:22:00.001-07:00

Planeswalker 8 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:05:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 7 out of 12

2010-06-22T02:04:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 6 out of 12

2010-06-22T01:42:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 5 out of 12

2010-06-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

Planeswalker 4 out of 12

2010-06-21T02:23:00.001-07:00

Planeswalker 3 out of 12

2010-06-21T02:13:00.001-07:00

Planeswalker 2 out of 12

2010-06-21T02:05:00.001-07:00

Planeswalker 1 out of 12

2010-06-21T01:56:00.000-07:00

Flickr

2010-06-15T11:05:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Grand Prix Manila'10

2010-06-15T10:25:00.000-07:00

Alright guys! A write up to share what had happened in GP Manila. :)

First off! The tournament ground was very big! Oh come on... who would know it would be a 1000men GP? Just beside the convention centre is the Mall of Asia, once the biggest in Asia, now currently still rank third. It is really damm big. For all the four days we were there, we only cover about 3 blocks... haha.

As for the meta-game, I think Team Mad Cow selected the correct deck. Almost every locals' deck were: Vampires, Mono Red, and Naya. With our Mystic Conscription, we had quite a good run. With me having a 6-3 and Old Cow having a 5-4. He was quite unlucky. Met up with 3 Nayas, even with 3 round byes. :p

On Round 5, our dearest Old Cow, Daniel landed a match with the winner of Pro-Tour Honolulu Champion, Kazuya Mitamura!

Alas, the Old Cow lost to a bad hand and bad draws on the deciding game three.

As a lot of us did not get into Day02, we played the PTQ - Amsterdam. I was again 4-2-1. Why am I always 1 round away? :(

Everyone had lots of fun! The food was good. Everything was cheap. I get to know everyone a lot better too. :) Kudos to Chapman for getting everything booked and organised. Team Hong Kong was great company too! :) Till the next time! Haha! :)

Nice Article! :)

2010-06-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

Check out the link on the bottom:

http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/important-things-for-tournament-success-part-2-having-fun/

Very nice article by Pro Player, Tomoharu Saito. :)
(I bet the Old Cow and Zac have something for him the next time they see him across the table. haha!)

Paintball!!!

2010-06-04T06:03:00.000-07:00

I know. I know. I know the last time I organise this was a flop. But this time round we are tagging along to someone's event. My YEC is having a Paintball event on the 26th June, 10am - 4pm. It is a kind of league table. Cheaper as well. $30/pax. 5man/team. we can form 2 or 3 teams! :)

Any takers?! :)

http://teccyec.blogspot.com/

Dilema...

2010-05-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

For my RBDW, I was thinking about the SB. Please give some opinions.

Sideboard
3 Quenchable Fire
3 Deathmark
3 Doom Blade
3 Manabarbs/Duress?
3 Volcanic Fallout/Suffer The Past?

There is very tacky card. something that will not be afraid of Kor Firewalker. will share during playtest. :p

Hot and Cold

2010-05-24T05:31:00.001-07:00

A big congratulations to our 2 cowies for getting Top 8 in the regionals events! May Team Mad Cow make a devastating summon and appearance in the Singapore field and international field!

Highlights for the month of May

29th May: FNM Magic at ZZ house cum playtesting of Type 2 constructed

We can run up to 2 pods of draft with prize payout. Here is the revised prize payout structure

1st place: 1 FNM Foil Cloudpost + 2 booster packs
2nd place: 1 FNM Foil Cloudpost + 2 booster packs
3rd place: 1 Kor Firewalker / 1 Pathrazor of Ulamog
4th place: 1 Kor Firewalker / 1 Pathrazor of Ulamog
5th - 8th place: 1 Gateway foil from the available pool of foils

Entry fee: $14

We will start earlier this week at 12pm. As responsible adults and future citizens that are contributing to Singapore in some way, please be polite and courteous to be
1) punctual
2) responsible enough to confirm your attendance

Playtesting and Nationals Qualifyers

As Alvin and Kenneth have both done our team proud by qualifying for Nationals, in a way its a blessing for the rest of our members who are not qualified. They (including Zac Lau) has kindly agreed to spare up their cards and decks to those members who have yet qualified.

I won't remind everyone of you of the events coming up or when are the National Qualifyers. You should be responsible and motivated enough to check it out and if you are interested do come for playtesting.

LENDING OF DECKS AND CARDS ARE SOLELY BASED ON THE OWNERS CHOICE. Please don't be a whiney dog and come complaining to me that you can't get the cards and such. Go find a lamp post if you wanna whine or complain.

Starting from this week onwards, THERE WILL BE NO MASS SMS SEND OUT BY ME. The organiser for all future team outings and events will solely be run by our PR Minister: Alvin Neo and Finance Minister: Zac Lau.

For further queries, please proceed to contact them.

Updates!

2010-05-23T17:49:00.000-07:00

Some updates!

汉铭 and me in photo for Top 8 in Regionals!~

and please support our Singapore very own website for MTG!
http://mtgsingapore.com/coverage.html

Glad Tidings to Mad Cow Inc.!

2010-05-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

The Chinese saying for this is: "双喜临门"

Today Han Ming a.k.a Goh Goh and me got into the Top Eight for Singapore: Regionals 2010. Which means we both qualifies for Nationals 2010! Yeahs! Plus LauZZ, this makes a total of 3pax from Mad Cow Inc. to Q for Nats. :) SO HAPPY!

Han Ming: Bant Mystic Conscription
Alvin: Red Blightnings

Great Cow! Chao Lin! You Wei! Jia You! and not forgetting Alex, Wei Qiang, Andrew and the Wan Ton Mee Seller (Gordon)!

I want to cover something spectacular that happened today. Han Ming sms-ed me the night before, asking what decks do I have. I told him Jund or Bant. But the Jund is not ready. No SB. So he just took a deck and played... Without knowing what is the decklist beforehand, he took the Bant Mystic Conscription less than 1 hour before the tourney, rush through the registration, with mulligan-ing almost every hand, he got a score of 5-1-1! My God! My Goh! One word: Epic. So pro... haha! :) I am so impressed by him.

I will post photos from the coverage soon! :) Once again, congrats! Next up, GP Manila for the Great Cow and me. :)

How I win in T2

2010-05-09T06:26:00.000-07:00

The most powerful card in T2 right now is simply a cheap common....

'Spreading Seas'.....

The Road leading to Worlds...

2010-05-01T08:31:00.001-07:00

Hi All,

Please take note to some changes to our weekly FNM schedule. From next week, 8th May onwards, all FNM will only be 1 booster pod draft. This is to ensure that we have enough time to playtest standard constructed and at the same time allow most of us to save some $$.

Please take note that the rating for auto invite to Nationals will be cut off on 2nd June. Therefore, do play the qualifyers or rake up more points for yourself!

8th May: Booster Draft - FNM foil: Cloudpost
Playtesting of standard constructed

15th May: Booster Draft - FNM foil: Cloudpost
Playtesting of standard constructed

22th May: Booster Draft - FNM foil: Cloudpost
Playtesting of standard constructed

29th May: Booster Draft - FNM foil: Cloudpost
Playtesting of standard constructed

Do help out by chalking attendance for the draft OR playtest with us! Wei Qiang and his friends will be joining us! Good Luck and God bless America!

May Events

2010-04-26T06:12:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

Below is the list of events for May, please do take time to attend the Nationals Q.

Good luck and see you in Nationals!
http://www.sgcardgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=44260

Rise of Eldrazi Release FNM

2010-04-21T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hi Cowies and friends,

For FNM this saturday, we are celebrating the release of Rise of Eldrazi set.
We are going to run more than 2 pods and....
the entry fee will be extremely special!

To find out more, pre-register by sms-ing me for details!

See all of you this weekend! 1pm at ZZ house!

Sharing Session after GPT @ Katong

2010-04-12T06:45:00.000-07:00

Sup all cowies=)!
Mine 1st post here.
okie if you all dunnoe who i am, i am the youwei the musician lolx.

Despite losing out in the semis with much dissapointment, i'm satisfied with what i gt and hereby let me share with all my brothers the match-up i faced till semis.
Before i carry on, below is my decklist and sideboard:

BOROS Bushwhacker (R/W aggro)
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4x Steppe Lynx
4x Plated Geopede
4x Goblin Guide
4x Ranger of Eos
3x Hellspark Elemental
2x Goblin Bushwhacker
1x Elite Vanguard
1x Kor Skyfisher

4x Lightning Bolt
3x Burst Lightning
3x Path to Exile
2x Ajani Vengeant
1x Earthquake

4x Arid Messa
4x Scalding Tarn
4x Marsh Flats
1x Terramorphic Expanse
2x Teetering Peeks
5x Plains
4x Mountains

Sideboard (my sb not tt gd cos abit last min)
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1x Hell's Thunder
2x Elspeth Knight-Errant
2x Journey to Nowhere
2x Oblivion Ring
2x Celestial Purge
1x Refraction Trap
2x Day of Judgement
3x Manabarbs

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1st Match (Bant Allies)
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Won the roll and play first. I had a first turn goblin guide, and smack him for 2.
When he lay his Celestial Colonade, i though damn...dont tell me i'm fighting with U/W so fast in first game, gonna b tiring if i didnt end him fast. Manage to push the damage in the next 2turns, with his life to ard 7 and hadnt cast any spells on board. It was onli when my goblin guide flip over his talus paladin that i understand what deck i'm dealing with. Despite a casted 3/4 paladin in my way, i get away easily with a path and push the final dmge over and ended with a bolt.

1-0

He choose to play first. Land done...phew no first turn hada freeblade. My turn, steppe lynx done. he cast harabaz druid and was bolted by me on my next turn. His turn, casted a halimar evacuator milling away my burst lightning =.= so lihai.... With his allies coming out the next 2 turn, milling my path/bolt/burst/creatures away i managed to down till 5. With a bolt draw and ajani vengeant, i won the match.

2-0

2nd Match (Mono red/splash Black)
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It was a race to the finishing line. The critical moment was when i was down to 5 and his down to 8. It was my turn. Had goblin guide, kor skyfisher, ajani vengeant(5counters) in play. with no bolt in my hand, i attack with both of them dealing 4 damge, putting him down to 4, and flipping over a quenchable fire (shit!) With fear of putting myself in bolt range after his next turn quenchable fire, with no hesitation i used ajani's lightning helix and put in down to 1 and i'm up to 8. On his turn, he thought quite awhile on how to kill me in this turn. eventually he bolted my ajani and i know at tt point, I had the game in my hand. He casted quenchable fire and end his turn. I pulled a bolt and many options to kill. I was up 1-0.

2nd game, i boarded in my 2x celestial purge and refraction trap. The game was in my favour when he gt jammed at 2lands. I pushed the damage faster than he can take it and off i go. 2-0. After the match, he ask me whether i had sided in kor firewalker. He told me he was afraid of it and had sided in unstable footing. With no as my ans, he was dissapointed lol.

2-0

3rd Match (U/W Control)
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Won the first game with ease, burns and push him down with creatures after creatures despite a 4th turn doj.
2nd game made a mistake for sb ( i think)by taking out 2 path away, leaving 1 behind. Mistake again in putting the land strategy as spreading seas take over my mountain on his turn 3, leaving my manabarbs, ajani on hand uncastable. Acted rashly and o-ring the spreading seas. With a 4th turn bsa, i was eventually unable to handle and lost.
1-1

3rd game was about the same as 1st. He was down to 6 and i have a ranger of eos on board. I pulled a goblin guide and on my hand was elite vanguard,bushwhacker and elspeth. With 5 mana on board(2mountains 3plains), casted a goblin guide then follow by elspeth. With no resp to both of my casting. I pumped ranger of eos and alpha strike. He conceed and i won the 3rd game.

2-1

4th Match (U/W control)
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wow u/w again...sianz. Will be shacked if i didnt chiong him in early game. Won the roll and kept my hand. 1st turn goblin guide and hit him for 2. I managed to push him to 3 with my life at 12. He up his life to 6 (forget how he up) and i was getting out of steam soon. With a ajani lightning helix followed by a lightning bolt frm consecutive draws, i won the 1st.

1-0

Sided in 1xdoj, 3xmanabarbs, 2xo-ring, 2xelspeth. Second game was tough as i didnt kill him as fast as a boros shld. With him at 12 manas while i at 6, i was going for a topdeck mode. His life was down to 8 and mine was at 13. With doj in my hand, i hardly can do anything about the 2 celestial colonade. He did a mind spring for 6 and had a sian diao face, thinking he must have pulled alot of lands lol. i draw a burst lightning, kicked and dealt 4 to him, putting him to 4. On his turn, he tapped out for martial coup, 10 soldiers tokens on board. I cast doj on my next turn and he seems to be mini-stunned awhile before clearing his tokens. He tapped 10 for his 2 colonades and put me down to 5 and i eventually won on a lightning bolt draw.

*In between gt draws of ranger of eos here n there in the critical moment which i forget when izzit. Can ask alvin, think he rmb cos he cant believe i pulled creature/spell/creature/spell 1 by 1 lolx*

2-0

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With 4-0 up, the next 2 game end with mutual draws and off i'm to the top 8.

Top 8 decks are:
5x Junds
1x Boros
1x Mono-red (no splash)
1x U/W Control
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Qtr-Finals (Jund)
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Won the first round with ease and ended the game with lightning bolt in my hand.

1-0

2nd game, my opp kept a 2 land hand, and gt jammed. He put down forest on his first turn and like what ZZ alwys said "SIGN OF WEAKNESS". I follow up my first turn goblin guide. He then cast a mountain and done. Confirm sign of weakness!!!!!! veri few ppl play trace and i know he doesnt. Continuous hits with goblin till he found his savage lands and casted a sprouting thrinax which was then purged at his EOT. Casted ajani and tapped onto his savage lands. He was screwed with 2 irrelevant mana to cast anything. and eventually victory was mine.

2-0

Semi-Finals (Jund)
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1st game, i was jammed on 2 lands and was screwed quite badly with overwhelming board. Inevitably, i lost the 1st one.

0-1

2nd game, we are stuck on a overwhelming board position and neither of us are willing to attack. He was down to 5 and i was at 10. With much calculation, i kicked bushwhacker and alpha strike..hoping to push a 2 damge over (as i have 1 creature more than him) with a lightning bolt on hand. he blocks with everything and manage to cast a doomblade on my 4th creature and i noe at tt point, is going to be a gg for me. He had 2 sprouting on board, and a 4/4 raging ravine waiting to be tapped. He attacked with sprouting and raging ravine(5/5)....i was considering to bolt his sprouting so to keep me away frm bolt range. But doing so means i cant kill him with anything on the next turn. Damage was resolved and told him if he has a bolt he will win. He show me the lightning bolt and off i am, no fate with the 3round byes.

0-2

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Decks that made to finals were jund and u/w control. they shared the packs but still a winner has to be decided. Chose the 20-sided dice roll way.
Player A rolled 2 =.= he was like wtf?! sure gone case liao.
Player B rolled........2!!!!!!! WTF like tt also can =.=

Reroll......
Player A rolled 1 xD GGFIED

guess what player B rolled......
have u guessed it right..
he won with a dice roll of 3 =.=|||||||

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Thanks for the patience to read (very long!!!) and and hope to cya all on the fri Team Supper=)!

LOOKOUT FOR THE POST BELOW TOOOO!!!!!

CHEEERS=)!
YwEii

Team Supper cum Prerelease

2010-04-12T06:04:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

Team supper is tentatively on Friday, eve of Prerelease.
Alvin is in charged of the supper, so if you got any special needs, please look for him.

Mad Cow Portraits are made by Kenneth and they can be found on his Facebook! Go check it out!

For the prerelease,
Please wear white cow tee! Hope to see everyone playing!

Cheers!

Reflections of Grand Prix Yokohama'10

2010-04-05T08:20:00.000-07:00

Hi my dear cowies! :)

I feel this is kind of overdue. Let me share some experience about going to Japan for a Grand Prix.

It was a very 'uber' last minute decision that Chapman and I made to go for GP Yokohama, 20th - 21st March 2010. On Wednesday, Chapman called me and ask me this crazy question of going Japan, 3 days away from the GP itself. I did not know what got into me, but I also crazily say "Why not?! I would love too!". And here we go. We bought tickets for Tokyo on Thursday and off we go on Friday morning! Yokohama here we go! :)

After an arduous 7 hours flight, we arrived at Narita Airport, Tokyo. We took a train and headed straight for Yokohama, destination: Pacifico Yokohama.

The first thought that came to my mind when I reached the event ground was, "I got to be crazy." Haha. It was an event hall, similar to half a Expo Hall, which is very big. We signed up for the event and mingled around the players and managed to do some trading. Managed to catch a glimpse of the American team, Nakamura Shuhei, Saito Tomaharu, Kenji and many others. It was so cool! After which we headed for our hostel.

Day One of Grand Prix Yokohama'10.
Format: Extended.
All I had was a crash course on the deck I was playing, Hypergenesis. As usual, the results of the "goldfishing" was good. Well of course, it always was. Only normally when you are goldfishing. Haha.

First up was the Players' Meeting. 9am. Oh My God. Just slightly over 1000 players for the day. This is definitely my biggest GP ever! But what was kind of disappointing was that the organisation of the event was not very speedy. It was 9 rounds of Swiss and by the time it ended, it was nearly 11pm. :(

Some insights as to how the deck and I did for the GP:
1) Did not know the format well enough. But it got better after the first 2 rounds.
2) Combo decks are not really my kind of thing.
3) Japanese players are very courteous, most of them as least.
4) Got to have very good luck to be playing with Japanese players. (I bet nobody draws a hand with Simian Spirit Guide X 03, Forbidden Orchard X 03 and Reflecting Pool X 01)
5) Finally, it was great fun! I really had a good time and great learning experience.

After the GP, Chapman and I went for a short week of backpacking around Tokyo. :)

For those who are interested in pictures, please visit: My Flickr Account. :)

Team Supper and Prerelease

2010-04-04T09:06:00.000-07:00

Hi fellow cowies and friends,

Just asking if any of you guys will be playing the prerelease at Suntec? I may insert additional prize as an internal team competition =)

Btw, Alvin is organizing the team supper. Look out here for more details!

Buddy System
- Your buddy is to help you in playing Magic. Please look for them to do whatever things you need to do with regards to Magic. No climbing and scratching of backs pls.

Buddy System as of now
1) The Raging Monster, ZZ - The Mini Raging Monster, Stan (Its so coincidence that both of them attacked the ribs and only ZZ survived....)

2) The Confined One, Kenneth - The Lousy Artist, Chao Lin

3) The Social Butterfly, Alvin - The Musician, You Wei

- Please approach your buddy if you need someone to mentor or oversee your playing. Any questions PLEASE do NOT forward it to me.

Apparently, 2 more years to 30 allows me to give the excuse of Mid Life Crisis and depression. So, do not, I repeat, do not pester me with un-necessary details of life.

Happy Mtg-ing!

New revised prize payout for FNM

2010-04-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Hope all of you enjoyed the April's Fool FNM prize payout!
Here is the revised prize payout starting next week

10th April 2010
Top 2: Foil Blood Braid Elf (First Position gets a free movie ticket for the 2 pods on 10th only)
3 -4 : Foil Ancient Ziggurat
5 - 6: Foil Ghostly Prison/Kor Firewalker/Leatherback Baloth
7 - 8: Rise from the Grave

See all of you!

April's Fool and Bloodbraid Elf

2010-04-02T07:54:00.001-07:00

Hi Cowies,

Friday Night Magic Schedule

3rd April - Draft at Zhao Zhi's House
The usual $14 with 3 boosters
12pm start

10th April - Draft at Zhao Zhi's house
The usual $14 with 3 boosters
12pm start

17th April - Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease
NO FNM

24th April - T2 Constructed
Usual - $2 entry fee

Prize Payout

Top 4 gets Bloodbraid Elf foil
5-6 gets Ancient Ziggurat foil
7-8 gets to choose from Vampire Nighthawk, Kor Duelist, Mind Control or Rise from the Grave

See all of you there!

GPT Manila Date and Upcoming Proposed Team Events leading to DEC2010

2010-03-24T07:48:00.001-07:00

Hi fellow cowies,

Please refer to the link for the GPT Manila dates. For those of you heading to Manila, its worth a shot for the 3 round byes =)

http://www.sgcardgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=43591

Here are the break down for the list of events we MAYBE having

April:
FNM - Bloodbraid Elf foil (OMG)
GPT Manila
Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease
Team Supper in conjunction with prerelease

May:
FNM
GPT Manila
National Qualifyers

June:
Overseas Team Bonding Cebu
GP Manila (After team bonding in Cebu)
Last National Qualifyer
FNM

July:
FNM
Singapore Nationals
M11 prerelease

August:
FNM
Save money process

September:
FNM
Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease

October:
FNM
Save money process

Nov:
FNM
Save money process

Dec:
Last FNM
Overseas Team Bonding
Either
1) Hongkong
2) Taiwan
3) Malaysia (Stan's recommendation)

Stay happy and healthy , cowies!

Friday Night Magic for March 2010

2010-03-16T21:13:00.001-07:00

Hi fellow Magic Players!

Friday Night Magic continues this March with exciting foils to be won!

Date: 20th March 2010
Location: Tampines St 43 (Meet at Tampines MRT control station at 12pm, for those who do not know how to go to Alvin's house)
Format: Booster Drafts (able to hold up to 2 pods)
Time: Starts at 1pm. Registration starts at 12pm. (Preregistration can be done by sms)
Entry Fee: $14 inclusive of 1 Zendrikar and 2 Worldwake Boosters with drinks
Prize Payout:
1st and 2nd Position: Ancient Zigg Foil
3rd Position: Kor Firewalker
4th Position: Leatherback Baloth
5th Position: Tidehollow Sculler
6th Position: Ghostly Prison
7th Position: Vampire Night Hawk
8th Position: Rise from the Grave
Lucky draw will be available for 4th - 8th position, stand to win a Mind Control foil!

Above foils are promo foils from FNM and Gateway Kits. Available while stock last!

Date: 27th March 2010
Location: Tampines St 43 (Meet at Tampines MRT control station at 12pm, for those who do not know how to go to Alvin's house)
Format: Booster Drafts (able to hold up to 2 pods)
Time: Starts at 1pm. Registration starts at 12pm. (Preregistration can be done by sms)
Entry Fee: $14 inclusive of 1 Zendrikar and 2 Worldwake Boosters with drinks
Prize Payout:
1st and 2nd Position: Ancient Zigg Foil
3rd Position: Kor Firewalker
4th Position: Leatherback Baloth
5th Position: Tidehollow Sculler
6th Position: Ghostly Prison
7th Position: Vampire Night Hawk
8th Position: Rise from the Grave
Lucky draw will be available for 4th - 8th position, stand to win a Mind Control foil!

Above foils are promo foils from FNM and Gateway Kits. Available while stock last!

See you guys there!
(The change of venue is due to some fatty who can't pass IPPT and had to go for IPT =P)

Awesome Experience at KL

2010-03-15T04:52:00.001-07:00

Hi fellow Cowies!

Just to say everyone have done their best, and made this trip really meaningful and special!

Congrats to our Raging Monster, Zac Lau for winning usd$400!

This will not be our last overseas GP experience!

Side note,

FNM Booster Drafts continues this week! Please do support!

As for the rest of you not aiming to go GP Sendai, you may want to focus on GP Manila or Singapore Nationals! So do not sell your hard to get cards yet!

Stay happy and fat!

Preparations for GP KL

2010-03-06T09:44:00.000-08:00

Hi fellow cowies for GP KL!

Here are some things you may want to prepare for the grand event!

1) Dices and counters - just bring your own, lest you need to indicate how many counters on your planeswalker or chalices! Dices are good for determining who is going to start first

2) Pen and rough paper - Pen is a necessasity. Please take in mind that you HAVE to write down life scores on paper. Not anywhere else. It's also good to indicate how you have taken the damage or how your opponent was damaged. It is a tedious way but a very good strategy to prevent cheating of life total. (Not sure if we will be given a score pad as door gift)

3) Sideboard cards - its good to bring along EXTRA sideboard cards. Last minute purchase of any cards (be it common, uncommon or rares) is just gonna burn a hole in your wallet. Its good to keep your options open till you see the last minute grinders on Friday. The trend for tier decks usually are from the Last minute grinders.

4) Extra set of sleeves - some competitors that you faced could ruffle shuffle your deck real bad, or you may spoil your own sleeves from shuffling. Get an extra set. Purchasing from the event ground could be more expensive.

5) A mini file - for trading purposes

6) Cards to be signed by guest artist - self explanatory

7) Jacket or coat - air con = brain freeze = cant think

Good luck to all and for the umpteen time, check your email for the itinary and stop asking me what time are the flight!

FNM on the 20th Feb

2010-02-15T20:14:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th Feb, Saturday
Location: Pasir Ris: Ris Grandour Condominium
Time: 12pm, Pasir Ris Mrt station (Zac Lau will bring us to his place)
Entry fee: $2 (includes drinks)
Format: Standard constructed includes Wwk set
Prize Payout
1st & 2nd: Feb FNM foil: Ghostly Prison
3rd & 4th: Jan FNM foil: Tidehollow Sculler
5th & 6th: Vampire Nighthawk
7th & 8th: Mind Control
9th onwards: Kor Duelist/Rise from the Grave

Please take note the time has been changed to 12pm! This is to ensure we can end early and carry on with our Chinese New Year celebrations!

BONUS!!!!
All participants will recieve an Ang Pow!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

2010-02-13T10:32:00.000-08:00

I would like to wish everyone a HAPPY CNY! Be Healthy and Happy! Hope this 2010 is a smashing year and good luck and great fun! Top Decks and Zi Mo! HAHA! Catch everyone when I am back! As I am back by a midnite flight on the 8th, I can meet on the 9th March. Someone.. Anyone.. Please be free! :) Take CAre! :)

Flight details for KL

2010-02-12T20:29:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Below are the flight details

12th Mar 2010 - 2140hr flight by Air Asia
14th Mar 2010 - 2345hr flight by Tiger Airways

Please be at the airport latest 45mins before the departure time. Counter closes at that time!

Have a Happy New Year!

(And this is the last time I am doing booking for everyone)

Order of particulars

2010-02-12T02:06:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Just to shame and laugh at some people!

First to give particulars was - Chao Lin!
2nd - Alvin Neo
3rd - Kenneth
4th - Zau Lau
5th - Ms Lee

SORRY to ALL, can't book yet! You Wei and Stan haven give particulars!

They have 4 more hours! - Updated 12th Feb 1808hrs

Stan's punishment

2010-02-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

I, Stan Lee Chao Hsien, hereby promise my mummy, daddy, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunties, uncles, and teachers never to misbehave again. Shall I misbehave I will have a BIG, SUPER PAINFUL, SUPER RED pimple in a part of my body where the sun will never reach for the rest of my life.

COPY IT 10 times in pen! and
Submit to teacher by 5pm!

Playtesting for Competitive Cowies!

2010-02-07T08:21:00.000-08:00

Hi fellow competitive cowies heading to GP KL!!!

Please take note that there will be NO playtesting groups until after Chinese New Year holidays (ie: 16th Feb 2010) If you are interested to meet up and playtest amongst yourself, please go ahead and make the necessary arrangements =)

Here are some plans for playtesting, feel free to follow or improvise

Weekday playtesting:

- West Side Group consisting of Chao Lin and You Wei. If both of you are free, do meet up and play test.

- East Side Group consisting of Me, Kenneth, Zhao Zhi and Alex. We will try to meet on some weekday nights to playtest a bit. (Hopefully Alex can book out and dont need to accompany his GF =X)

Weekend playtesting:

Personal Opinion: My current feel is- After FNM, we are left with little time to play test (little = 2hours plus/minus) and with an empty stomach we are more prone to mistakes and with blood going to our brain we may collapse and go into a comatose state.

Suggestions:
1) Meet earlier, before FNM to playtest. (I can't join you guys due to coaching session)

2) Push FNM to an earlier time slot. (Someone need to run and register the event as I can't be there earlier too.. -_-)

3) Playtest before and after dinner. (West side group may KPKB... But we try to end by 2230hrs... )

Please feel free to inject some suggestions on how to playtest on weekends. BTW, all Sundays are packed with GPT KL. So unless all of you are not playing, wecan actually playtest on Sundays too!

How to playtest:(The Go Fish method)

effectiveness: 1 out of 5
Dazed and Confused level: 0 out of 5
(if you can get dazed and confused from this, please sell your cards and go back to whatever you were enjoying before playing magic)

You can sit by the table yourself and shuffle your deck, draw 7 cards and play the deck yourself. More for getting the feel of your deck...

How to playtest (the RED BULL method)

effectiveness 4 out of 5
Dazed and Confused level: 4.5 out of 5

Set A:
1) Player A will go first, with NO mulligan rule in effect. Play 10 games
2) Repeat step 1. Now with Player B going first.

Set B:
1) Player A will go first, with mulligan rule in effect. Play 10 games
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Set C: (By now, both players SHOULD be DAZED...Break out the Red Bulls!)
1) Player A will go first, with No mulligane rule in effect, deck is in built with sideboard hate. Play 10 games.
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Set D: (Confirm plus stamp. Both players WILL BE DAZED and CONFUSED. Need Cafe Cartel Cakes!)
1) Player A will go first, with mulligan rule in effect, deck is in built with sideboard hate. Play 10 games.
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Total Games played: 80

You dont need to be a mathematican to calculate your winning odds yah? If you are piloting a rouge deck, and score an average of 50% or more, congrates, you may be the next pro deck builder =P

How to play test (Bull Dozer method)

Effectiveness: 5 out of 5
Dazed and Confused level: 6 out of 5

Step 0:
Pick out a popular archtype in the format as your opponenet (ie: Player B)

Set A:
1) Player A will go first, with NO mulligan rule in effect. Play 10 games
2) Repeat step 1. Now with Player B going first.

Set B:
1) Player A will go first, with mulligan rule in effect. Play 10 games
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Set C:
1) Player A will go first, with No mulligane rule in effect, deck is in built with sideboard hate. Play 10 games.
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Set D:
1) Player A will go first, with mulligan rule in effect, deck is in built with sideboard hate. Play 10 games.
2) Repeat step 1. Now with player B going first.

Total Games played: 80

Now repeat it for another popular archtype. And carry on.... You will hate Magic after playing agn 2 to 3 popular archtype. Congrates!

Currently known popular archtypes:
1) Jund
2) Vampires
3) Blue/White varient
4) Bant varient
5) Eldrazi Elves varient
6) Grxis Control
7) America Control
8) Turbo Fog

Which method are we going to use?

Decide when we meet =P
Additional Mental coaching will be taught too!

What should I prepare before playtesting

1)UNLESS you HAVE CONFIRMED what you are playing, please go shopping for all your cards. Buying the cards a week before the actual event or on the actual day itself is sucidal... I foresee chase rares like Jace, the Mind Sculptor will be like $70? And all star uncommons like Bloodbraid elf will be like $8?

2) If you are still whining and wussying around your deck choices, please do everyone a favour. Proxy your cards nicely. NO acronymns please! What is ABC to you may not be ABC to others. Write the proxy on the cards with markers or in a list so that everyone can refer to. POst it pads are effective too!

3) Be prepared by harsh critism. Trust me. Getting critical hits during playtest is less painful than committing a mistake during the actual event and losing the game/match.

4) Play faster le! Each match is entitled to 50minutes. The same rule goes for playtesting per match. PLEASE DO NOT BE LIKE SOMEBODY WHO DREW 3 GAMES IN GP SINGAPORE WHILE RUNNING AN AGGRO DECK!

5) Each playtester MUST PROXY OR BUILD A POPULAR ARCHTYPE DECK. In case we are using the Bull Dozer method. =P

6) Stock up tons of Red bull! Just Joking!

Hope this helps everyone in preparing their decks for the upcoming GP!
Ill post another one getting extra supplies for the GP next time!

(Images do not belong to the author and owners of the blog!)

Chinese New Year

2010-02-07T08:05:00.000-08:00

Hi fellow cowies and friends!

Please take note that there will be NO Friday Night Magic for this coming Saturday, 13th Feb due to Chinese New Year holidays! Please go get a life and have reunion dinner with your love ones!

Friday Night events will resume on the 20th! Get ready to rumble with your constructed decks!

*PLEASE TAKE NOTE. EVENT TIMING MAY BE CHANGED DUE TO TOURNAMENT LOCATION MAY BE USED FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR VISITING. SHOULD EVENT TIMING BE CHANGED, SMS WILL BE FLOODING YOUR MOBILE PHONE INBOX 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE*

Have a Wonderful Chinese Tiger New Year!!!

Feb FNM and Playtest for GP KL

2010-02-01T07:32:00.001-08:00

Hi fellow cows and friends! As the title suggests, here is the schedule for our monthly FNM and playtest group!

FNM now offers prizes for every participant! If you are the first or the last, you still get a promo foil to go home with!

Date: 6th Feb, Saturday
Location: Pasir Ris, Zac's condo
Time: 1pm at Pasir Ris Mrt station (Zac will bring us to his house)
Entry fee: $14 (extra cost of for drinks)
Entry fee includes (a) 2 Zen boosters & 1 Wwk OR (b) 1 Zen & 2 Wwk
Prize Payout
1st & 2nd: Feb FNM Foil: Ghostly Prison
3rd & 4th: Jan FNM Foil: Tidehollow Sculler
5th & 6th: Vampire Nighthawk
7th & 8th: Kor Duelist/Rise from the Grave

Date: 13th Feb, Saturday
Happy Chinese New Year!!!!
No FNM for this week!

Date: 20th Feb, Saturday
Location: Tampines St 43
Time: 1pm, Tampines Mrt station (Alvin will bring us to his place)
Entry fee: $2 (includes drinks)
Format: Standard constructed includes Wwk set
Prize Payout
1st & 2nd: Feb FNM foil: Ghostly Prison
3rd & 4th: Jan FNM foil: Tidehollow Sculler
5th & 6th: Vampire Nighthawk
7th & 8th: Mind Control
9th onwards: Kor Duelist/Rise from the Grave

Date: 27th Feb, Saturday
Location: Pasir Ris, Zac's condo
Time: 1pm at Pasir Ris Mrt station (Zac will bring us to his house)
Entry fee: $14 (extra cost of for drinks)
Entry fee includes (a) 2 Zen boosters & 1 Wwk OR (b) 1 Zen & 2 Wwk
Prize Payout
1st & 2nd: Feb FNM Foil: Ghostly Prison
3rd & 4th: Jan FNM Foil: Tidehollow Sculler
5th & 6th: Vampire Nighthawk
7th & 8th: Kor Duelist/Rise from the Grave

Playtest Group for GP KL starts this month too!
Every Saturday after FNM till late night 11pm!
We have to consider our west/north side friends and team mates!

Have a Happy Chinese Tiger New Year!
Remember to have the Eye of The Tiger!

Raid at cafe Cartel!

2010-02-01T07:21:00.001-08:00

Once again, another Cafe Cartel was raided by Mad Cow Inc after the Worldwake Prerelease!

More photos on facebook!

Friday night magic Feb and Playtest for GP KL

2010-01-31T23:05:00.000-08:00

Pre-release

2010-01-26T06:42:00.001-08:00

Hi guys,

Team supper will happen after Flight 2 of Saturday!

We shall raid Lau Pa Sat!

See all of you there!

Cafe Cartel Cake Monster!

2010-01-17T09:01:00.000-08:00

Mad Cow Inc. has a new past time!!! :)
Guess wat?!

CHECK IT OUT!!!

First ever Mad Cow FNM!

2010-01-17T08:37:00.000-08:00

On 8th of January 2010, a very historical happened... In a some little HDB in Tampines, Mad Cow Inc held its own first ever FNM! :) A BIG THANK YOU to all that attended! Wei Qiang, Gordon, Andrew, Anthony and Alex join us whenever u all can! :)
Check out the pictures!

Coverage of Alvin's GPT Top 8

2010-01-17T08:13:00.001-08:00

Alvin vs Hong Choon- Furious Shuffling; Gentle Drawing

Both players were shuffling furiously before passing their decks for their opponents to shuffle. However, both players simultanously send back their seven. Alvin kept his new hand of six while Hong Choon mull again and was satisfied with his new five.

Alvin kept: 2 path, 1 BSA, 1 Arid Mesa, 1 Behemoth Sledge, 1 Plains

Hong Choon Turn 1:
Laid a mountain and summoned a Goblin Guide and it charged into the red zone.
Alvin: 18

Alvin Turn 1:
Laid plains and pass the turn.

Hong Choon Turn 2:
Goblin once again charged into the fray. After which, Hong laid a fetch and use it to cast a Plated Geopede.
Alvin: 16. Hong: 19

Alvin Turn 2:
Laid the Arid Mesa and pass the turn

Hong Choon Turn 3:
Laid a Teethering Peak targeting the Geopede, and both charged into Alvin's empty board. The Goblin Guide in turn guided Alvin to a Misty Rainforest, while Alvin send the Peaky Geopede on his Path to Exile. Hong searched up Plains.
Post Combat Hong cast another Geopede.
Alvin:14 Hong: 19

Alvin Turn 3:
Laid the Misty Rainforest. Crack both Misty and Arid for a forest and mountain respectively.First play of Alvin's made its way- Knight of Relinquary
Alvin: 12 Hong: 19

Hong Choon Turn 4:
In what seems to be an akward moment, Hong send his Goblin Guide on the Path to Exile searching a Plain in the process, which triggered the landfall ability of the Geopede. He then realised that the Knight is actually a 4/4 due to a misread of the Knight's ability.
Without a doubt he proceed to swing with the Geopede.
Alvin allowed the Geopede through for 3 points for fear of burn spells.
Alvin: 9 Hong: 19

Alvin Turn 4:
This turn was probably the turning point for Alvin when he drew a Forest and use it to cast a Bloodbraid which cascaded into a Rhox War Monk. Eager for blood for his braids, Alvin send the berserking elf into teh red zone.
Alvin: 9 Hong: 16

Hong Turn 5:
Hong proceeded to create an explosive turning point for himself this turn. He laid and crack a Marsh Flat, triggering the Landfall ability for Geopede, making it a 5/5 nasty insect. Hong then created an Earthquake for 4, killing the Bloodbraid and War Monk.
The knight was saved by using its own ability to dig for an Arid Mesa in which was sacriface to dig a Plain to send the Geopede to Exile.
Alvin:4 Hong: 11

Alvin Turn 5:
Using his knight ability, the Knight went to discover an Arid Mesa which was used to find a Plain. Baneslayer Angel flew in to help salvage the situation.
Alvin: 3 Hong: 11

Hong Turn 6:
With no cards in his hands, Hong proceeded into the Topdeck Mode!
He drew and cast Ajani Vengrant and Ajani blasted Alvin into Oblivion.

Alvin 0 Hong 1

Sideboard:
Alvin
Out: 3 bant charm
In: 3 Celestial Purge

Game 2:
Once again, both players took a longer time to shuffle both their own decks and their opponent's deck.
Both are happy with their seven and Alvin took the lead.

Alvin kept: 1 Seaside Citadel, 2 Arid mesa, 1 birds of paradise, 1 Kinght of Relinquary, 1 Wooly Thoctar and 1 Baneslayer Angel

Alvin Turn1:
Seaside Citadel.

Hong Turn 1:
Steppe Lyn entered the battlefield

Alvin Turn 2:
Birds came and Arid Mesa

Hong Turn 2:
Teethering Peaks target the lynx and it went into the red zone.
Alvin: 16 Hong : 20

Alvin Turn 3:
Laid Mountain and cast a Wooly Thoctar

Hong Turn 3:
Unfazed, Hong simply laid Arid Mesa and crack for Mountains, and sending the Thoctar to oblivion with a Ring. He proceeded to send the 4/5 Lynx into the red zone once more
However, Alvin was prepared. He crack his Arid Mesa for Plains and send the Lynx on the Exiling journey
Alvin: 15 Hong: 19

Alvin Turn 4:
Crack the second Arid Mesa for Plains and in came Baneslayer.
Alvin 14: Hong: 19

Hong Turn 4:
Unfazed once more, this time, its Hong's turn to send Alvin's Baneslayer on the Path of Exile, which Alvin got himself a Forest. Hong then made a Goblin Bushwacker with a kick and used a Teetering Peaks on it. Bushwacker attacks!
Alvin: 10 Hong: 19

Alvin Turn 5:
Topdecked a Bloodbraid who cascaded into a Noble Hierach. Bloodbraid into the red zone!
Alvin: 10 Hong: 15

Hong Turn 5:
The Bushwacker decided to give Alvin a wacking again. Hong casts Steppe Lynx
Alvin: 9 Hong: 15

Alvin Turn 6:
Topdeck a War Monk and casts the Knight in his opening hand. Knight is a 4/4. Bloodbraid send into red zone again!
Alvin: 9 Hong: 11

Hong Turn 6:
Hong made a sucide move this turn by creating an Earthquake for 4. Killing everything except the Birdie flying high above the quake zone.
Alvin: 5 Hong 7

Alvin Turn 7:
Alvin threw down a War Monk and a Wooly Thoctar!
Alvin 5: Hong: 7

Hong Turn 7:
Hong casts a Kor Skyfisher and using some sugar and spice to send the War Monk into Oblivion with Oblivion Ring.

Alvin Turn 8:
Without fear, the 5/4 beast charged into the red zone.
Alvin: 5 Hong: 2

Hong Turn 8:
The tables suddenly seems to turn into Alvin's favor. Hong send his skyfiher in which Alvin send his Birdie to be food for the skyfisher and casts a Geopede post combat.
Alvin: 5 Hong:2

Alvin Turn 9:
Proceeded into Top deck mode! and drew Land. Wooly Thoctar swings again and chump down the 1/1 Geopede as snacks!
Alvin: 5 Hong: 2

Hong Turn 9:
Hong goes into Top deck mode too and he drew a Bushwacker!
With the Kicked Bushwacker and a Teethering Peaks, Hong attack for lethal damage!

Final Score:
Alvin 0 Hong 2

Congratulations to Hong Choon!

FNM on 14th Jan

2010-01-17T08:10:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to

Wei Qiang and Alvin Neo being the First and Second position in our constructed event!

Dear friends,
Please take note that there wont be any EVENTS on 22nd and 30th this is due to

1. 22nd: Attendance is minimum. Most of us got other commitments to attend to
2. 30th: WorldWake Prerelease!

See you guys at WorldWake Prerelease at Suntec!

Upcoming GPTs and Congrates to ZZ!

2010-01-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Congrates to ZZ who got himself a 3 rd bye at GP: KL!

Here is the list of Gpt KL from jan to mar
http://www.sgcardgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=42397

Big Thank You!

2010-01-09T08:39:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

A big thank you to all who attended our very first Mad Cow Inc FNM!
Especially to Alvin for so graciously allowing us to raid his house!

Congratulations to
1. Chao Lin who won the first Pod, with Anthony winning the Lucky Draw
2. Andrew who won the second Pod, with Kenneth winning the Lucky Draw

Below is the information for next week's T2 FNM

16th Jan 2010, Standard Constructed, 8k
Entry Fee: $1,
Registration: 1pm to 2pm
Location: Tampines St 45
4 Swiss Rounds at 50mins each, 60 card deck with 0 or 15 cards sideboard
Expansion allowed
Zendrikar, Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn, M10

Prize Payout
1st: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each and 1 Planechase 'Horizon Bough'
2nd: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each and 1 Planechase 'Horizon Bough'
3rd: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
4th: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
5th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
6th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
7th onwards: 2 lucky players will recieve Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil (The number of lucky draw conducted may change depending on turn out)
Last player: 1 Planechase 'Horizon Bough' to motivate you!

*bonus*
Pre-register now to earn 1 extra League Point!
Pre-register by
1. inserting under the comment with your name
2. I will reply your comment to indicate you have pre-registered
3. Earn 1 extra point for turning up for this event on that day!
4. Pre-registeration closes on Thursday 2359hrs!

*Side notes*
There will be some changes to FNM

1. There will be no FNM on 30th Jan, as it is Worldwake Pre-release!See you guys at Suntec and let us challenge each other to see who have a higher score!
Player with lower score.... you know what is in store for you yah....

2. Starting from Feb'2010. FNM will only be conducted twice a month.

3. For Jan2010, Vampire Nighthawk will be given out more than other foils =)

Thank you and hope to see all of you with uber deck tech next week!

Mad Cow Inc. Friday Night Magic for the Month of Jan

2010-01-05T05:43:00.000-08:00

Hi Fellow Friends and Cowies!

For the very first time, Mad Cow Inc is going to have its own Friday Night Magic completed with promo foils with alternate art!

Here are the details

9th Jan 2010, Zendrikar Booster Draft( max of 2 pods )First pod-8k, Second pod-16k
Entry fee: $14 inclusive of 3 Zendrikar Booster Packs
Registration: 1pm to 2pm
Location: Tampines St 41
8 players single elimination

Prize Pay out
Top 2 players: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
3rd: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
4th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
5th-8th: Lucky draw for Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil

16th Jan 2010, Standard Constructed, 8k
Entry Fee: $1,
Registration: 1pm to 2pm
Location: Tampines St 41
4 Swiss Rounds at 50mins each, 60 card deck with 15 cards sideboard
Expansion allowed
Zendrikar, Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn, M10

Prize Payout
1st: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
2nd: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
3rd: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
4th: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
5th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
6th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
7th onwards: 2 lucky players will recieve Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil (The number of lucky draw conducted may change depending on turn out)

23rd Jan 2010, Zendrikar Booster Draft( max of 2 pods ) First Pod-8k, Second Pod-16k
Entry fee: $14 inclusive of 3 Zendrikar Booster Packs
Registration: 1pm to 2pm
Location: Tampines St 41
8 players single elimination

Prize Pay out
Top 2 players: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
3rd: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
4th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
5th-8th: Lucky draw for Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil

30th Jan 2010, Standard Constructed, 8k
Entry Fee: $1
Registration: 1pm to 2pm
Location: Tampines St 41
4 Swiss Rounds at 50mins each, 60 card deck with 15 cards sideboard
Expansion allowed
Zendrikar, Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn, M10

Prize Payout
1st: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
2nd: 1 Tidehollow Sculler Alt Art Foil each
3rd: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
4th: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
5th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
6th: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
7th onwards: 2 lucky players will recieve Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil (The number of lucky draw conducted may change depending on turn out)

8men on demand Booster Draft, 16k
Entry fee: $14 inclusive of 3 Zendrikar Booster Packs
Registration: will happen after FNM events
Location: Tampines St 41
8 players single elimination

Prize Payout
Top 2: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
3rd: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
4th: Kor duelist Alt Art Foil
5th onwards: Lucky draw for Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil

8men on demand Standard Constructed, 16k
Entry fee: $1
Registration: will happen after FNM events
Location: Tampines St 41
minimum 8players - 4 rounds swiss

Prize Payout
Top 2: 1 Vampire Nighthawk Alt Art Foil
3rd: 1 Mind Control Alt Art Foil
4th: Kor duelist Alt Art Foil
5th onwards: Lucky draw for Rise from the Grave Alt Art Foil
(The number of lucky draw conducted may change depending on turn out)

*Special Benefits!*
Mad Cow League Points (MCLP)

- Points are awarded at the end of every event as follow
a) 1 point awarded for participation
b) 2 points awarded for winning each event
c) 1 point awarded for winning a lucky draw!

At the end of each month, player with the highest points will recieve goody bag and promo foils!
(Points will be reseted at the end of every month)

Be sure to bring your friends along!

Disclaimer:
For the whole month of Jan, we will be conducting the events in a home of one of our member. When we are settled with a permament location, we may increase =( or decrease =) the entry fee.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused!

Mad Cow Inc is bringing the rewards to the casual!

The day I went 2 - 4

2009-12-21T07:25:00.004-08:00

Due to the overwhelming response of fellow cows asking me to post my matchup with the absurbly modified christmas deck that i played during the Singapore open, here I am posting my match ups.

Round 1: Vs Jund
Game 1: Owned him fast and furious with LDs. Killed him with Cruel Ultimatum
Game 2: Stuck on 2 lands with 3 harrows in hand. WTH
Game 3: Stuck on 2 lands with 2 expedetion in play and 1 harrow in hand

Round 2: Vs Bant
My opponent is a newbie to tourney. He was extremely slow despite playing an aggro deck. I was irritated esp when he took my deck and shuffled it out of the table.
Game 1: Ownage. Violent Ultimatum 3 times in a row
Game 2: Lavalanche was in my hand, however, I could not get my 7th land...
Game 3: 2 lands with 2 cobras in play and 2 harrow in my hand... My opponent killed me on the 7th turn. WTH

Round 3: Vs Eldrazi
Game 1: 2 lands with 1 cobra and 1 expedetion and 2 harrows in my hand
Game 2: 4 lands, 1 cobra and 1 expedetion with 3 hellions in my hand. My 5th land never came. Nissa casts her ultimate. GG

Round 4: Vs G/W
I played agn another newbie who took up my deck and clean my last card for me because my last card got a bee hoon. Incidentally, my last card was violent ultimatum. Wanted to call judge, but, then when you are seated at a 0-3 table, you just feel like playing for fun. =P
Game 1: 2 lands, 1 expedetion, 1 cobra, 3 harrows staring down at 4 types of elves (llanowar x3, naya sureblade x2, bant sureblade) and my opponent casting overrun didnt help.
Game 2: This is the game I kicked myself. I tried going off on the third turn but I miscalculated. Made mistake and lose. LOL

Chao Lin arrives at the tourney area and somehow he laughed too much at me. So I went on a rampaging baloth mood....

Round 5: Vs Mono Black Vampires
My opponent recieved a game loss for tardiness. He said that he was in the loo.
Game 2: Rampaging Baloth mood = 4th turn ultimatum, 5th turn cruel into cruel.Ownage

Round 6: Vs Bant
Side story: Our dear friend, Alex stood at my table and we had this conversation
Me: Why arent you playing?
Alex: Dun have my name
Me: Why dun have your name, you dropped the tourney?
Chao Lin: Why did you drop the tourney?
Alex: I never drop. Maybe someone drop for me
Me: How can someone drop for you? You got check properly or not?
Alex: Dunno.
Me: Did you tick your score sheet last round?
Alex: never tick
Me:Then shouldnt be what. Did you see your name on the pairing sheet?
Alex: dun have
Me: Sure or not? Did you see your name under the pairing sheet le?
Alex: Dun have. Just got a bye
Me: Your name beside the bye right?
Alex: Oh! You mean my name? My name is there, but, got a bye.
At this moment of time, Chao lin did his favorite move of covering his face, my opponent jaw dropped and the players on the table beside me stopped and looked at him.
I think he just owned the 5 of us.
Game 1: My opponent stalled on 2 lands, a plains and a sungrove petal. Acidic Slime aka 'Sperm Bag' loves them.
Game 2: I was too lazy to SB. He went noble, noble and noble and Thornling.WTH
Game 3: He stalled on 4 lands. There was alot of commotion as 'Sperm Bag' and Goblin Ruinblaster aka 'Balls to you' did their snacking on his lands.

At this time I have to drop the tourney as I need to attend a dinner. This is the deck that I played

2 rampant growth
4 Kalhni Heart Expedetion
4 Lotus Cobra
2 Trace of Abundance
4 Harrow
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Acidic Slime
3 Mold Shambler
4 Violent Ultimatum
4 Cruel Ultimatum
3 Voices from the void

1 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Savage lands
2 Crumbling Necropolis
2 Island
4 Forest
3 Swamps
3 Mountains

SB:
4 Jund Charm
4 Lavalanche
3 Caldera Hellion
2 Flashfreeze
2 Swerve

Post Tourney Thoughts

After playing this deck, here are some general thoughts
- always read each card carefully. When I was playtesting, certain cards were being misplay

Ob Nix doesnt allow you to gain life =(
Heart Expedetion allows you ONLY to find TWO lands and put them into play TAPPED =(

Here are some reflective thoughts on the modified deck

1. Chapman and I both modified the deck because we were to power hungry for the cruel ultimatums to be played in the main deck. We really like the power of casting a cruel and drawing into a cruel as majority of our lands are already out. The life gain was also crucial.

However, in doing so, we upsetted the mana based. I was quite depressed when I was holding the cruel ultimatum in my hand and I have forests in play. My opponent was not going to give me one more turn.
Vice versa, I was holding Violent Ultimatum in my hand and I had Islands in play. Really not cool when you know the next turn will be lethal and you have answers but you cant cast it.

Morale of this point: Consistency or Power?

2. If you read this tourney report, most of the games I lost were due the number of lands I had. I really considered the hand of 2 lands, with either cobras or expedetion and multiple harrows to be good. But alas, the third land never came.

Morale of this point: better lucky than good

3. Lavalanche is awesome! Much better than the traditional earthquakes. It kills literally everything your opponent has. Planeswalkers, creatures esp Emeria Angels and her feathery friends deserve a fiery fall from grace and of course your usual weenies.

Morale of this point: Some cards dun deserve to be at the SB

4. Trace of abundance and Tri land is really good. It helps you to smooth out the mana esp for your 2 different ultimatums. However, too much tri lands reduces your basic land counts which means no legal targets for your expedetion, harrows, rampant growth. too much trance of abundance means minimum landfalling effects.

Morale of this point: Balancing act

5. After playing this deck, you just feel that other decks you are playing is VERY SLOW. I gold fished my old school G/W and I just feel that it doesnt have the raw power of this deck. A lot of modification must be made to this magical christmas deck. and hopefully I will use it in GPT KL!

May the Cows smile upon you in each tourney.

Mad Cow Inc. Christmas Party

2009-12-20T19:10:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

On the 24th Dec 2009, there will be a Potluck steamboat at Kenneth's house.
The lunch will start at 2pm sharp. Every member to bring foodstuff for the steamboat. There will be side events for every one!

Here is the list of events

2pm - 3.30pm: Steamboat Potluck Lunch

4pm - 8pm:
1. Zendrikar Draft
3 packs of Zendrikar boosters
Price depends on the price of booster box
Keep 1 rare and winner has the first pick.

2. Standard T2 casual tournament
Swiss rounds
Winner will recieve Zendrikar/M10 boosters!
Entry Fee: Free of charge
Maximum of 10 proxies are allowed for this event
Description of this event:
Each player is going to play with EVERY OTHER player in the room. Take note of your own score. Player with the highest total number of wins will be the champ!
For example

Kenneth vs Alvin with a score of 2 - 1
Kenneth now has 2 wins
Alvin now has 1 win
Both of them will now look for other players to play with

The 2 events will be running concurrently, meaning you get to play the draft and T2 event at the same time!

Due to the lack of response, Alvin and I have decided to just collect $$ from all of you and we will go shopping for food. I also decided that it is not very convenience for people staying in the west to travel with fresh food on the train to come to the east.
Currently, I am thinking of collecting $10 from everyone who is attending the steamboat. Draft will be still at $4 per pack of Zendrikar.

Please reply asap. Looking forward to see you guys!
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
(Take note: As soon as I recieved your sms on the food you will be bringing I will update this blog. You may also put it down under the comments)
May the Holy Cow smile upon you!

Event that u should play

2009-12-06T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

let the link speak for itself.
http://www.sgcardgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=41763

Regards

GP touring 2010!

2009-11-17T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hey!

Wanna go for GP KL and Manila?! :p i thinking of going Sendai, Japan too! :)

But its standard... :( need to build a deck... kenneth?! hahaha!

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/110509a

We should book asap! :_

Meeting on 28thNov

2009-11-16T07:12:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

28th Nov will be our last meeting before the New Year! Arrangment will be as follows

1. Lunch at around Game Haven or Minds Cafe
2. EDH tournament at GH or MC
3. Draft at GH or MC

Looking forward to see all of you!
Cheers!

Upcoming Meetings

2009-11-10T07:50:00.000-08:00

Hi guys,

I know some of you are busy with NS and studies. Can we have an outing/meeting on 21st and/or 28th of November before we break for the whole of dec?

Details of meeting includes

1. EDH!
2. Drafting with Zendrikar and/or M10 (Comics connection is having a promotion of $4 per pack which means $144 for a box of Zendrikar!)
3. Other extra activities
4. Meeting place is either ah goh house/ zz house/ game haven or some other place where we can crash and draft

Please let me know of your attendance as soon as possible.

Thank you.

$$

2009-11-06T07:23:00.000-08:00

Get ready to burn a hole in your fur coat wallet

The nearest GP to us are all Standard constructed
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/110509a

Please go stock up on fetch lands and baneslayer angels.

I am planning to order online for baneslayer angels and fetchlands if their price are reasonable online. Please insert comments if u wanna share.

God bless you and may every pack you open is a good rare!

Magic Camo

2009-11-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Just getting some feedbacks and enquiries. If Alvin and I are going to hold a Magic camp where we are gonna eat, sleep and play magic.

What is your
1. best location where the camp is going to be held?
2. budget?
3. duration?
4. expectations?

Please reply asap under comments with accordance to the question numbers.

Thank you

2009-10-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

On behalf of Kenneth:

Well, although is T2 period… I couldn’t stop myself from making ext decks after looking at PT Austin. So in the midst of completing some shitty essay I have to write… I took a break and browse through the decks at PT Austin. The colour I would have always play is clearly under represented… Of course looking at the meta, I would never play control unless I can come out with something like UW draw-go type… No faeries for me. I just cant play it. If there are any ext now, probably this is what I will play… By no means I am a good deck builder so yah although I still feel my last ext deck was good enough for day 2 but poor judgement and ruling mix up cost me 2 games which was supposed to be a stroll in my books when I built the deck. No 4 colour special here… Alvin probably going to copy the deck I would have use for every constructed we play LOL.
The core of the deck
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Knight of the Relinquary
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Rhox Warmonk

3 Engineered Explosive
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire/Ice
3 Bant Charm
4 Path to Exile

3 Treetop Village
1 Ghost Quarter

It really depends on the meta to fill up the slots… for YW who has never play constructed with me before… the deck I build always seem to be weird compared to the rest, if I cannot find a deck that is not in the meta tier 1 decks…I probably would not play at all… that’s why I am reluctant to form T2 decks…

Well the other cards…. Weird choices…but that’s me….playtest may fine tune it…maybe just add red HAHA

2 Trinket Mage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Mana leak ( of cuz artifact lands….)
-4 Tarmogoyf
+3 Baneslayer
+1 Elspeth/Baneslayer
Or
4 Cryptic Command
3 Quasali Pridemage

31st Oct

2009-10-23T11:05:00.000-07:00

Hi fellow cows,

Not sure if any of you are bogged down by assignments and exams, but I am finishing my assignments soon! WHAHAH

Anyway, 31st Oct is Alvin Bday. Any volunteers for celebration outing? Or is our bday boy holding some function?

2009-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

Posting on behalf of Daniel:

Hi all,

I understand that it’s kind of early to announce this to all of you. However, I feel that it should be free for every one of us to be prepared for such an event. Especially it’s an oversea event. =)

As some of you might have already know that for next year, the nearest Grand Prix we are having is actually in KL, Malaysia, I was wishing and hoping that we can make a trip down to attend and compete as a team.

Current information that I have on hand is
- Its either in Feb or early Mar
- The format is Sealed (Zen and World Wake) or Ext

The format will only be Ext IF the event is in Mar. (Insider information). So before you scream off your asses at buying cards at rocket high price, NOW is a good time to stock up certain cards. Listed below are some cards worth getting NOW before the event is near

Lands:
Ravinca, Guildpact, Dissension Dual lands. (My recommendation is just get the color which you will wanna play. By now, you should have a sense of what colors you will play and what you will not play)

Tarmagoyf – See it? Buy it. Enuff said

Zendikar fetch lands – 4 copies per color combi is a must. Now is still cheap. Get them while its low

Gifts ungiven –Esp for the blue players or the combo players. Last heard price is $7 each

Life from the loam –Another card for the combo players

Thoughtseize – When there’s combo there’s disruption

For more information of the current hot extended cards please have a look at
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptaus09/welcome

And as for next Saturday, Ill be bringing my P6 kids for an outing prob to Sentosa or Zoo. All of you are welcome to join me.

Cheers,
Great Sable Cow

2009-10-11T08:12:00.001-07:00

WoW?

ZEN Games Day

2009-10-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

There will be a T2 tourney end of this month. All participants will recieve an Extended art Nissa's Chosen and Top 8 winners will recieve an Extended art Emeria Angel.

So get cracking on your T2 decks!

Have a safe journey

2009-10-06T22:33:00.001-07:00

Hi all,
Stan is in Hongkong now! Let's hope that he is well and will not contact AIDS! =P

And Stan, remember to buy more Siew Mai and Hao Kao for us in Singapore!

This week's outing will be in charged by Zac Lau. DO wait for his suggestions!

Update on Photos!

2009-10-03T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

The Draft @ Minds was quite fun! Quite mind-blowing... with all the lousy drafting... hahaha!

As everyone does not seem to have ever seen my link the photos, please go to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvinneowk/collections/72157622160674371/

for our team photos! :)

Cheers! and please do the Can-Can, before you sleep... :) Good Night! :)

031009 Team Outing!

2009-10-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody! Just to let you this sat we meeting for edh and zendikar draft!

LMK if you all cannot make it !

Details are as follows:

Location : Clarke Quay MRT
Time: 12 00 pm
EDH and Zendikar Draft

Pre-release

2009-09-20T10:00:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

I was thinking of giving some Zendrikar Sponsorship deals. Interested please comment or sms! Thanks

Details:
Flight 1 only.

If score is 2-2, 3-1 or 4-0.
You keep the prizes you have won (which is 6/4/2 boosters and the prelease foil) and pass me whatever you have opened.

If score is 1- or less.
Pay me back $40 and you can keep everything.

And please keep a set of fetchlands. It will help you save money in the long run. Cheers!

Team supper after Flight 2.
Most prob Lau Pa Sat. If you violently object to it, you can propose a place. =)

Sneaky sneaky...

2009-09-15T08:36:00.000-07:00

1st Outing!

2009-08-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Firstly I would like to apologise to ah goh for replying his EDH invitation 11 hours late :X sorry hor, I don't look at my handphone much when I'm at home :P

Alright, as you all know, the first outing is coming soon and as 1st IC, I have the privilege of organizing an event without fear of copyright infringement >D

So the current plan is that we'll be watching Year One at Tampines or somewhere in the city on either Sat or Sun (the website can't forecast the movie screenings so far into the future so we'll leave the movie timing a variable for now) and then we'll straight away proceed to EDH-playing!

Depending on the time of the movie, we'll have our lunch/dinner! Most likely will be before EDH or even before the movie, 'cause it'll be on the way as we move out of the cinema to a place to play and also because most of us cannot think well on an empty stomach (!).

Also, seeing how long it takes to finish one EDH game (:X), we'll prolly need to have another follow-up meal wahaha :P

I'm also thinking of after a few mass EDH games, we should split up into smaller groups because the waiting time is sibeh sienz. Let's also play mahjong!

I highly recommend activities to be held in the daylight part of the day so some of us won't have to rush for last bus etcetc ):

And I feel bad but can the default place for activities be ah goh's place (with permission from ah goh, of course)? In the meantime I need suggestions for another place to carry out activities. Maybe at the CC like what we did the other time before GP? If so we need alvin's help. I'm generally open to all suggestions, so keep them coming!

Look forward to my first EDH! See you guys soon! :D

P.S. I feel like playing Wii again :X

daniu's operation

2009-08-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

Alright guys, as our own great holy cow would be having an operation to remove the cow milk from his brain soon, let's wish him all the best! :D

You can do it here! (or alternatively, by SMS):
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/cbhdaniel?v=feed&story_fbid=129978266282

Good luck, 大牛!

2009-08-25T22:02:00.000-07:00

Hi all! We are baaaccckk! :) We came back with relatively good news, given that this is Team Mad Cow first foray into a overseas GP with 2 of its team mates. Zachary Lau and Alvin Neo. The trip was great fun! It was the biggest turnout in term of attendance for a GP in Bangkok! There were roughly around 50 Singaporean who turned up for the event and about half of us made Day 2!
For all those who stayed at Kantary House, it was all fun and games with drafting, cube, cards games like Citadels, Balderdash and even Dai Dee. :p Everyone hardly catch a wink.

Photos are posted on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvinneowk/sets/72157622140181958/

First of all, Congratulations are in place for our very own, Ryan Luo! For making Top 8 at the GP Bangkok'09! Cheers!

For event coverage: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpban09/welcome

Some team updates:
Zachary: 6-2, 1-2, 1-2
Alvin: 5-3 (Did not make Day 2)
3-4 (PTQ: Austin)

Some self-reflection:
I guess the main reason of not making Day 2 was due to myself making several blatant mistakes. Some were bad calls and most were just seriously mistake. Kind of spoke to Zhao about it and feel I should really get my act together. It is like I just keep repeating my mistakes even after being told. It is no excuse that I do not know what is the mana cost for "Maelstorm Pulse". :( Everyone tried and put in effort to help. Whenever they had no games, they will come to my table and watch. They will provide me with feedback like what were the mistakes. I really appreciate it. I feel that I really learned alot from this trip and feel that I could had done better but given my current "mistake-making" track record, I think I should start by playing more. Now I know a lot more rulings and ways to improve my play. Overall, it was a great learning experience! Glad I made the trip! :) Aim is to make Day 2 at the next GP. :) I am still on my "AQ for Nats'10" ambition! :)

Enjoy the pictures, my fellow Mad Cows! :)

A little present for everyone

2009-08-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlPEHL85Ig
Just for your eyes only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwBfObY4l0
If u have been in contact with certain types of people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajhuNPFBkAE
If you have a dream of a Geisha, think again

What do you see?

2009-08-25T06:21:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
forgive me for this long post. This is a schedule of events that I have planned out. Any suggestions and feedbacks would be much appreciated. IF you are the 'IC' of the event please plan due in advanced and post it upon blog so every one can get ready in advance.

In light of GP Bangkok, I was quite pleased with the results posted by our fellow team mates,however, I was quite upset when I learnt that Alvin did not make day 2 due to some crucial mistakes.

Now everyone, please hold your tongues and don't blame him. Reflect this upon yourself
- in the next region major event, how to prevent yourself from making critical mistakes and result yourself in a highly depressing sucidal state?

- I always believe games, irregardless of is it physical or mental, reflects your life. How effective are you at making decisions in real life and the gaming world?

- Real life >>>> game! Please don't be over serious if you lose! Learn from it and move on!

So therefore, I proposed the following schedule of events which is casual and light hearted for everyone to learn basic Magic tricks and decision making.

Since everyone of us are sooooooo enthusiastic about EDH, we will be using EDH as a way of practicing our plays. As for limited, to my knowledge, M10 is experiencing high demand which means low on stocks, so we can consider using the next new set when it is released.
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So therefore, here I present to you the schedule for Sep and Oct!

For Sep Month

5th/6th: In charged by Stan.
12th/13th: In charged by Chao Lin.
19th/20th: In charged Alvin Neo.
26th/27th: In charged by Old Cow. (Pre-release at Suntec/Team Supper)

For October Month

3rd/4th: In charged by Zac
10th/11th: In charged by GohGoh
17th/18th: In charged by Stan
24th/25th: In charged by Chao Lin (Team Supper)

For the above mentioned outing,
Please feel free to organise any thing that is FUN and ENJOYABLE, I don't mind physical activities and such, but, please be creative. Some examples are
- Movies!
- Beach!
- Hike!
- Kbox!

LOL. I am not limiting the creativity of everyone, but, in all due respect please at least include a EDH or a draft or a sealed deck for at least 1 ROUND. That is our main focus.
And for everyone's sake, please dun have the same old events like the week before~

For the people IN CHARGED,
please list down the stuffs to bring and most IMPORTANTLY BUDGET! I do not want to see any one hawkering their asses.

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Some minor changes to EDH;
(at this point of time, I seriously think I am diverging too much)

1) No more booster packs as prizes.

2) Proxies are allowed for those budgeted people. However, the card being proxied must be of value from $0.50 - $30.00. Maximum of only 5 proxies!

3) Prizes have been changed to $2. We will split the prize between the top x players depending on turn out.

If 5 of less, top 3 gets the amount shared
If 6, top 4 gets the amount shared
If 7, top 5 gets the amount shared
If 8, top 6 gets the amount shared plus bonus prize for the winner, sponsored by me.

4) EDH will still use the ROUND TABLE COMBAT CONCEPT. (like what we did the first time)

5) EDH turn will now be limited to 1 minute. (to prevent really really sllllloooowwww plays like some kuku we played previously)

6) Seating will be randomly choosen, as with direction of combat.

7) One member in the game will be awarded the title of Time Keeper to time each turn.

That will be all for EDH

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I am planning a Magic camp, where we will eat, sleep and play Magic. Though, I am still thinking of a good place to hold it. I would like to ask everybody's opinion and budget if I am going to run one such big event.

The only current place I could think of is those fanciful resorts, which could be slightly expensive. So please do give comments.

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We are still looking for 2 players to be part of the team to play Magic at a semi pro level. So if you friends who are interested please let either the council members know!

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I am currently waiting for next year schdule of Grand Prix, if I am not wrong it should be Malaysia. So keep a look out maybe we can head North and play in a foreign grounds. =)
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So,
thank you everyone for your time in reading this whole lot of information. Do give your feedbacks and opinions.. In charged for outings, please please post your plans in advanced!

Cheers,
May the Cows always have milk for the strawbeeries to grow red and juicy so that the Pineapples can lick them and explode upon contact!

EDH This saturday

2009-08-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
anyone interested in EDH Tourney this Saturday? Please insert ur replies under comments

Next EDH mini tourney and Blessing of Juju

2009-08-16T09:50:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
thank you for the wonderful experience of Multiplayer EDH and Wii fun and laughter.

Our two team members will be heading to Bangkok for oversea GP, let us wish them our very best and hopefully win cash prizes.

From now till next year, I don't think there will be any competitive tourney coming up so other than Zendrika Prerelease which is in late September, I am officially making EDH a permanent event on every Saturday.

I hope from the EDH playing can help build up the'missing' skills most of us are lacking while playing Magic.
And at the same time, someof the older cards are really dirt cheap and BEST of all, u just need 1 copy! =)
I got a whole new deck by just trading away less than 10 better rares (hint hint...=P)

We can start next week though 2 players will be missing. Anyway, Stan is making his deck now so we still can 5 man it!

So details of EDH is as follows

Elder Dragon Highlander
Deck- 100 cards singleton
Banned cards- as from website
Rules- as from website
Location- maybe somebody's house?
Time- after 12pm (need beauty sleep and fat lunch)
Prize/Price- 3 booster packs (latest edition pls, dun kuku go buy unhinged.)

If tourney is 5 man and below, ante $2 each, winner takes all.

Payout for 6 man: (18)
1st- 7
2nd- 5
3rd-3
4th onwards-1 each

Payout for 7 man: (21)
1st-8
2nd-6
3rd-3
4th onwards- 1 each

Payout for 8 man: (24)
1st-9
2nd-7
3rd-3
4th-2
5th onwards-1 each

Webbie for EDH rule and regulation http://www.dragonhighlander.net/rules.php
Webbie for some net decks though I prefer ur own creation http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=143563
Good luck to Alvin and Zhao Zhi!

Wii? EDH and Draft!

2009-08-10T18:39:00.001-07:00

Hihi my hearties!

Lets meet up! How about some Wii craze? Haha!
http://www.safra.sg/page.aspx?pageid=402 < Check it out!

The EDH is on! Getting the decks online. Tuning and Twitching.. haha.
(I need cards! )
And final M10 draft before Zz and me goes to GP Bangkok! :D
(I am so excited! haha!)

Dun worry I will post and share the experience at Bangkok! Time to clock some points! If not how to AQ for Nats! Haha!
(Zz dun upset le lah! Haha! Daniu. share with you next time...)

So saturday meet for lunch?
Clarke Quay MRT?
11am?
Sporting Attire? (Kidding! hahaha!)

Please rsvp attendance via my hp. Thank you!
And Thank You Singapore for the Public Holiday yesterday! Great Appreciated! :D

Reporting on Nationals!

2009-08-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hi all! Sorry for the late report on Nationals!

"Zarchary" LAU Z Z representing Mad Cow Inc. Score: 4-3

The sentiments from Ah Goh, who was interviewed, looking at the crowd, at least half of Mad Cow Inc. should be playing. Never! Lets make it a team resolution! Next year Nats here we come! :)

Now for some photos! :)

Elder Dragon Highlander

2009-07-28T06:51:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

We are going to have an Elder Dragon Highlander Tourney. Please do invite your close friends if they wanna join us.

The rules can be found here http://www.dragonhighlander.net/rules.php thanks to ah goh.

As a benefit for our team mates and friends who just started Magic, I am going to limit the sets of cards available for the tourney.

The sets legal for 'our' tourney

Mirrodin block all the way till M10.

Please post if you can make it for the tourney
Details are as follows

Date of tourney: 10th Aug 2009 , Monday. (Its a public holiday)
Location: Ah Goh house (tentatively)
Time: 12pm
Prizes and Prices: Each person will contribute 3 booster packs as prizes and price for entry =)

Have fun!

M10 Pre-release

2009-07-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,
been a long time since any major events. M10 is just around the corner before the opening of Singapore Nationals. Anyone game to go down to Suntec for pre-release?

I can only go for Saturday 2nd flight and both of Sunday. DO let me know so we can meet up or something.

And Happy birthday to Stan, Zhao Zhi and Kenneth!

(PS> I need Sable Stags and the Geen/White land. If you have them on pre-release sell me please!)

My Tourney Report

2009-06-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,
In order to prep Stan and Alvin, I have decided to write about my tourney experience for the National Qualifyer. It was an event of 7 rounds of swiss.

The meta game has greatly been affected by the recent GPs Top 8, consisting mostly of Faeries, Elves and U/W Lark.

Round1: Sanity Grinding 2-1
MVP is surely Putrid Leech! This card can break control deck nerves by forcing a huge pressure on their options. Just attack 'withwhatever' that is on your board. SB out some creature removals and bring in more threats!

Round 2: Faeries 2-1
MVP is our old man: Gaddock Teeg. I won the game with him in play and my opponent stuck with cryptic commands in his hands. One thing to take note, Scion of Oona spoils alot of combat tricks and single target removals. Try to play around that.

Round 3: U/W Lark 2-1
MVP: Smelly Hand. Although he took the first match, I won the next two games with him stuck on 1 land and 4 lands respectively. First turn BoP, second turn Doran, third turn Leige and your opponent is on 1 land sounds pretty exciting to me.

Round 4: Faeries again.... 1-2
Karma.... Made fatal mistake of not playing around Mistblind Clinque and Scion. GG

Round 5: Faeries again....... WTH..... Notice 5 rounds I played against decks with Cryptic commands... 2-0
MVP: Treetop Villages. Basically, I top decked path to exile for his last blocker and punch through his last blockers with 2 treetops and 1 putrid leech. He made mistake of Thoughtseizing me despite on 3 life left.

Round 6: Jund Good Stuff. 1-2
I lost to him not because of skill, but rather, because he was just plain lucky. He has better top deck skills. BUT I am gonna stomp him in Nationals... For Real!

Round 7: Green/White Tokens 2-0
The unfortunate opponent that got paired up with me. He needs an ID where as I need a win. For two games in a row, I mulligan till 6, keeping a 1land and 1 bird hand. Leige equip with Sledge. Enough said.

My conclusion
Doran is once again a 50-50 match up agn the meta game now. Armed with 2 best removals in the current format aka Maelstorm Pulse and Path to Exile and access to uber sb options like Celestial Purge, Forge Tender etc.

Metagame is seriously filled with loads of annoying flying pest. Thank God for the 3 Cloudthreshers in my sb, I could eke out a win through unexpected fae players.

My advice is to play something fast and furious. Jund is what I feel is best for such cases. Do not attempt to play faeries unless you have immerse amount of playtesting. (ie: Lucas...)

Good Luck for next Saturday. Need help for playtesting pls chio... =P

Decklist

4 Birds of Paradise (Mana is damn screwed in this deck, thus this pwns Noble)
4 Treefolk Harbringer (With Doran, this is a 3/3 for 1 mana. And he tutors for your Doran or Murmuring Bosk)
4 Putrid Leech (Smack controls ass)
4 Qasali Pridemage (No bitterblossom, razormane masticore, equipment for joo!)
3 Gaddock Teeg (No Planeswalker, commands and ambition)
4 Dauntless Escort (No Wrath, terror, deathmark etc...)
4 Doran, the Siege Tower (Big Daddy Cool!)
3 Wilt Leaf Leige (Anthem on legs... What more you want?)

4 Maelstorm Pulse (Die multiple copies! Die!)
4 Path to Exile (Cheapo Swords to Plowshares)
1 Behemoth Sledge (Fat, trampling, life gaining beasts...)

4 Llanowar Wastes
4 Treetop Village
3 Murmuring Bosk
3 Wooded Bastion
2 Brushlands
3 Forest
1 Plains
1 Swamp

SB:
4 Zealous Persecution (Sb-ing this agn faeries more than tokens. Wtf)
4 Kitchen Finks (CB... no Red/Black)
3 Terror
3 Cloudtresher (Uber!)
1 Behemoth Sledge

OPS Order

2009-06-07T08:25:00.000-07:00

HI all,

Big thank you to our PR Manager for booking and handling the Paintball game for us this weekend. The OPs order for this Saturday is as follows:

9.30am: Meeting up/Breakfast for Tampines People
(Stan Im sorry but you could join us later =P)

11am: Paintball (No mercy pls. 7500 bullets straight in the a** of you know who)

1pm: End of Paintball/Lunch

3pm: Jurong Swimming Complex (Since its sooo near, let's go wash up and play slide!)

5pm: Dinner/Good Day!

I am not doing any playtesting since Alvin and Stan is not playing Nats Qualifyer, and I am pretty much ok with the deck I am playing.
Do feel free to post your feedback on the program. And for everybody sake,
BRING EXTRA CLOTHINGS

Looking forward to go to war with you all! Have a happy holiday!

Paintball!!! :)

2009-06-07T00:39:00.000-07:00

Hi all me dearies! :) The long awaited Paintball adventure is finally here! The final countdown is as of now, 6days! Every second bring us nearer to the showdown.

Please note:
All players by law must turn 14yrs old on the day of the game.

Those below 18yrs old require parental consent on the TAG Waiver forms.

Players between the age of 14 - 18 must produce a photo ID with date of birth as proof of age on the day of the event.

For more information please go to: www.paintball.com.sg

Let the massacre begins... muHahahahAA....

Playtesting T2 for Nats Q

2009-05-23T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
please take note that there will be playtesting for T2 this sunday, 31st May.
I encourage Stan and Alvin to be present as you two are the ones that need the practice

Autopilot/Cascade Swans

2009-05-21T17:37:00.000-07:00

Quite a famous, broken deck going around now, netting top 3 in Chicago and qualifying in quite a few regionals and more.

2 Ad Nauseam

4 Bituminous Blast
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Swans of Bryn Argoll

4 Seismic Assault

4 Reflecting Pool
4 Graven Cairns
4 Cascade Bluffs
4 Rugged Prairie
4 Ghitu Encampment
4 Treetop Village
4 Spinerock Knoll
4 Vivid Crag
4 Vivid Marsh
1 Mutavault
4 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Mountain

sideboard:
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Volcanic Fallout
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Aura of Silence
2 Ajani Vengeant
1 Ad Nauseam

For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, this deck is chock full of lands (many of them functional). So it doesn’t draw much other than lands; there are four major spell slots, which stick together two-plus-two like LEGOs:

* Bituminous Blast and Bloodbraid Elf
* Swans of Bryn Argoll and Seismic Assault

The Cascade twins are there to flip the functional cards. Bloodbraid Elf can literally only flip over Seismic Assault; Bituminous Blast can flip any of the other three cards (the cream dream of course being Bituminous Blast into Bloodbraid Elf into Seismic Assault).

With such a dense percentage of lands, the Swans + Assault combination is generally lethal. That is, every land pointing at a Swans of Bryn Argoll is 70% likely to flip another land; a minimum of one land per cycle will at least “keep you going” more or less “forever” until such point that you have 10 lands to throw at the opponent’s noggin.

Ad Nauseum has generally less risk in this deck than most because there are lots of lands. You can pick up lots of lands to kill the opponent with a Seismic Assault, or pick up essentially any of the other cards to set up or complete the combo.

Sauce: http://fivewithflores.com/

Imperial Order

2009-05-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

By order of the Great Holy Cow,

Paintball session will be on 13th June 2009, Saturday

Venue: Bottleneck Tree Park

Time: TBC by Alvin Neo

Price: $50

Finalize attendance:
1- Daniel, the Great Holy Cow
2- Zhao Zhi, the General of Tee Boons
3- Kenneth, the General of the Guays
4- Alvin, the No Sense of Direction officer cum PR officer
5- Daniel Neo, the sushi Tee Boon
6- Stan, the sashimi Tee Boon
Next 4 are kiddos
7- Lawrence, the baby whelp
8- Leslie, the pheonix chick
9- Jia Hao, the blue puppy
10- Wesley, the golem

Failure to attend will result in disciplinary actions, especially the first 6 members. =P
Actions includes
- help other team member to pay for entry fee
- guild kick
- guild r***
- guild tao pok

On the other hand, some benefits for people fighting for nationals spots =P

1. If you qualify for nationals, Holy Cow, pay $25 for your entry fee
2. If you qualify for nationals and attain a result of Top2 in the qualifyers, Holy Cow pay $50 for you.
3. If you are playing Nationals itself, you are awarded a special sleeves for non-council members only.

IF YOU GOT FRIENDS WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS GRAND EVENT OF THE YEAR, PLEASE ASK FOR PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

*sheesh, do we sound like a cult guild?* LOL

The Guild, Council Members, Members are not responsible for any injuries sustain during/after the events. In the event of an injury, the blame should be placed upon the victim, himself/herself and accept the fact the he/she is stupid and dumb for sustaining the injury and spoiling the fun for everyone. So in short, just play safe! =)

23th May - Saturday

2009-05-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow cows!

So as you all know, I'm the scheduled IC for 23th May, Saturday so.....

The plan for that Saturday is tentatively:

Morning - I think you all not so garang LOL. Garang enough join me for cycling at ECP :P

Afternoon - swimming; gaying in the pool is optional and totally not under the jurisdiction of the organiser. The organiser will not be held responsible for any injuries sustained due to underwater activities in the pool.

Evening - LAN at LAN shop; location will be decided by people familiar with the immediate area. Same applies for dinner/supper :P

Do post your comments and thoughts and suggestions! Thanks!

Events in June

2009-05-12T06:35:00.000-07:00

Alvin is preparing to book the paint ball event of a Saturday of June, for those who did not insert your schedule of availability for June saturday and you fail to attend the paintball session, your REASONS AND EXCUSES will not be entertained.

I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THIS CAN ONLY TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU ARE COMMITTED IN THE TEAM. IF YOU CAN EVEN DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE INSERTING YOUR SCHEDULE, IM SORRY, BUT YOU SUCK IN REAL LIFE.

June event outline. (Paintball day will be supper day)

6th, Sat- Playtest/draft
7th, Sun- No events

13th, Sat- Playtest/draft/Paintball
14th, Sun- Nats Qualifyer 2

20th, Sat-Paintball/Playtest/Draft
21st, Sun- Nats Qualifyer 3

27th, Sat- Paintball/Playtest/Draft
28th, Sun - No events

Wish everyone a happy school holiday and best of luck in fighting for a national spot!