Category: Origins 2016

Heading out to compete in the constructed Epic format. I have less competitive constructed experience so just hoping to make it to top 8.

First day of Origins was pretty great. Met multiple people who read this blog, introduced some new people to it, and played a lot of Epic. A lot of great people at the event, and I took pictures with a few.

For the tournament, I made it to top 8 with the below list of cards. I am not posting what I chose yet because I want to let people see what they would have picked in the same situation. (Mulligan to 56 is an acceptable answer too.) My record was 3-1-1 (the draw was an ID, Intentional Draw to assure top 8 and give us some time to get some food).

John Tatian (Pictured Below)

Tim Stanoch (Pictured Below)

Max Jacob (Pictured below) The rivalry begins.

Corey Henderson (Pictured Below)

Rich Shay (Pictured Below)

The 2 finalists for the 6/16/16 tournament. Will update tomorrow with the winner. (I was knocked out in the top 4.)

Tomorrow is the first constructed qualifier. It will be very interesting to see what decks are run. I didn’t get a hold of the other limited pools and decks (and I forgot to record the dark draft decks), but I’ll see what I can do about getting the constructed decks on here. At the very least, I can give a run down of the decks I come up against.

For everyone at the Epic event today, thanks for the games. I look forward to playing against at least some of you in the next few days.

Planning on heading out around 3am tomorrow, so I won’t have time to post this in the morning. Planning on wearing my Lindsey Stirling shirt and will look pretty much like this tomorrow.

I would be happy to meet any readers or potential readers so feel free to come on up. I might not be able to talk much if we are nearing the end of an Epic round I’m still finishing, but aside from that, happy to talk at length about Epic, other board game topics, or largely whatever.

There is a good chance that you will more likely see me from behind at a table, so I included that photo too.

Vicarious Origins

I would be thrilled if I could get pictures of a bunch of people (with their permission) and put them up on the blog after each day. Feel free to give me a line or two to associate with each picture.

With regard to the tournaments, I will post my decklist and try to get a picture and decklist from each opponent as well (after the match, with their permission).

For everyone that is going to compete in the tournaments, good luck, and I look forward to potentially playing against you. (Also I forgot Avenging Angel Control, so I have 5 decks I might play in constructed.)