A Bootleggers Christmas 0S95 tournament is in the books. After 4 drops, we had 12 players. We had an amazing pile of loot and raffled off the high dollar items earning $590 for McKamey animal shelter. I’ll keep this short and sweet. Alan Finney took it down undefeated with a RGW Stormbind deck and Sonny …
Continue reading A Bootleggers Christmas: 0S95 Tournament Report
I’ve been on lock-down for our past two meet-ups, but have been stirring the cauldron and have caught some pick-up games with brother Finney, testing out my OS95 deck that I’ll talk about. Our band is continuing to grow with 4 new bootleggers cleansed through the sweet sounds of Titanias Song. We’re still throwing around …
I know the doll is around here somewhere. Without it my daughter will not go to sleep. I search everywhere as I have her in one arm, blanket in the other. She rubs her eyes with little hands and says "dollllll". I know baby. We'll find it. It's 9:23 AM, close to nap time. I …
There was a thick fog over Chicago when we rolled in Friday night before the Players Ball. I’ve always really liked Chicago, having been there with my wife once and with bands a few times. Great food, sweet architecture, and just a cool, dark gothic vibe about it. My travel plans changed a couple of …
Continue reading Rescued from the Pit: Players Ball and Rambles
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what it is exactly that motivates you? Do you move through life quenching the fire from one desire only to be consumed by another? Or do you drive forward guided by purpose? Life waits for no man. A million dollars won't magically appear in your bank account. A …
It’s been quiet around the Nashville Old School scene lately. We’re all gearing up for the Players Ball in Chicago next month with 6 Music City players in tow and last Friday we had our first meet-up in a long while with 3 new comers. The community building aspect of this format never gets old. …
Continue reading Combat Trickery: An elementary analysis on Mono Green and other ramblings
It was a pleasure to finally meet Matt at Bootleggers Ball. We talked cards and records and I hope to get the chance to hang more with him and the other Lords in the future. I was stoked when Matt expressed interest in doing a guest post and was all for it. I had just …
Continue reading Recollections of a Pit Lord: A guest report from Matt Moss
I awoke surrounded by my gang of goblins. Some lifeless while others drearily emptied their bags of broken daggers into the canyon, visibly shaken by underworld dreams. As they packed up their remaining grenades, we said nothing to each other and parted ways. We did well, coming in second place behind lord Jaco. The tournament …
EDIT: After looking at the list over the past couple of days I've realized I could probably cut all of the Mishra's Factory as they don't work well with Winter Orb. Also, unless I'm boarding out Winter Orb, the Hurricanes in the sideboard are not doing much either. In place of the Factory's I'm thinking …
Continue reading Mono Green: A Retreat Among the Murmuring Pines
When I got into old school I searched out all of the content I could find. I gorged on it. After my initial introduction through an Eternal Weekend tournament report, I found Understanding Ancestral, the Wizards Tower, and eventually the MTG Underground among others. I loved them all, but Shaman Ben’s MTG Underground struck me …
When my brother and I gave up Legacy for good and decided to solely dedicate ourselves to Old School, we didn't know how deep the 93/94 waters really were. We just dived in, like most people I'd imagine, with a Mono-Black deck and a Mono-White deck. My Mono-Black deck started pretty good, with an Unlimited …
Somebody once told me you never know what you have until it's gone. Or maybe I heard it in a country song. Either way the older I get the faster time seems to pass me by and I try to appreciate every precious moment more and more. I had intentions to do a tournament report …
Alright, we're holding our first Old School event. The Bootleggers Ball will be held on May 26th in Nashville, TN at the Flying Saucer. An obvious tip of the hat to the great Lords of the Pit who hold their annual (hopefully) event, the Players Ball in Chicago, where a couple of our own mages …
Continue reading If you build it, they will come: Bootleggers Ball 2018
The house is way too quiet. I can't sleep. My family has been gone to visit relatives and I haven't seen them in five days. Tomorrow they come home, and maybe it's the anticipation that agitates my mind. The reason doesn't matter, what matters is I'm awake and dreaming beneath the Bodhi tree. I've largely …
We held our first official Old School tournament this past weekend. Being a last minute decision to throw this thing, it ended up being just our group, minus 1. Despite having only 4 players and not much time to plan, it was a blast and a great way to end our first year. I’ve come …
Continue reading Unpowered Empowerment: Music City Gingerbread Jam ’17 report.
The leaves of Summer have been touched by the caress of Autumn, left to wither and die in one last burst of color and beauty. By time I get off work night has already overtaken the clear blue Tennessee sky. This has always been a reminiscent time of year for me, and during the drive …
Our gang is starting to mature. This is all casual fun of course, but we’re all in it. With life’s responsibilities, I can only acquire so many cards, but I did manage to pull in a pretty good haul over the past couple of months and among other things, completed my mono B deck. It …
Continue reading End of a Year: A horrible meet-up report w/ Recollections and Ramblings
The screams of a dying man echoed in the distance. Black smoke thick as tar hung heavy in the air, burning my throat. Through the shadows I could make out broken and twisted limbs though life had long since fled from the inanimate remains. This was hell on earth. But I was alive. The 2017 …
It had been a long hiatus, but in mid-2017 I finally fell off the wagon. I started playing Magic back in the halcyon days of high school. My friends and I in 2002 decided that to get the fullest experience, we’d play what was known as Type 1. All the sets were legal, there was …
“What the fuck is a sideboard?” I asked myself this as I watched a VHS titled “MTG: Road to the 1998 World Championships” when I was around 11 or 12. Way back in the late 90’s I had gotten super into the championship decks. I bought a few and ended up with this video and …
I awoke in a cold sweat. Was it where I left it, tucked safely in my boot? I reached down and instantly felt relief when I touched the worn and tattered parchment between my knife and my foot. The map pointed to a forbidden place where many have died before. Some may have found the …
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