Scores of the veteran

I caved in and purchased the "Return To Ravnica" theme decks, then spent six nights fighting 'em like cardboard gladiators consigned to a coffee table Colosseum...

B/G vs. B/R: (3,-8), (16,-5), (0,20).
B/G vs. U/R: (0,20), (2,0), (12,-47).
B/G vs. U/W: (18,0), (19,0), (0,19).
B/G vs. G/W: (-10,5), (12,-4), (12,0).
B/R vs. U/R: (15,-2), (-1,5), (-2,9).
B/R vs. U/W: (17,0), (-12,3), (11,-1).
B/R vs. G/W: (20,0), (-6,12), (9,-1).
U/R vs. U/W: (7,-1), (-5,3), (14,-1).
U/R vs. G/W: (12,-1), (-18,15), (-10,10).
U/W vs. G/W: (0,7), (-3,18), (-5,10).

1st - Golgari Growth (B/G) - 4 matches, 8 games
2nd - Selesnya Surge (G/W) - 2 matches, 7 games
3rd on countback - Izzet Ingenuity (U/R) - 2 matches, 6 games
4th - Rakdos Raid (B/R) - 2 matches, 6 games
5th - Azorius Advance (U/W) - 0 matches, 3 games

And if you get the title pun, give yourself seven pats on the back.


TV: Ken Burns' multipart doco "Prohibition" (2011).
CD: "Genki Sudo Presents World Order 2012". A gem of an album. It's almost a shame the crew's robotic salarymen videos are so well done as the choreography will overshadow the compositions if you let it.


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Fascinated by centuries-old cyphers, secret societies and the power of computers to shed new light on both? Then seek ye Noah Shachtman's "The Manuscript" in US "Wired" 20.12.