Gotta Catch 'Em All!

... and GOD DAMN is it hard!

ugh, seriously did you all know theres 493 Pokémon in total across 4 generations of games?

its a little unfair when you think about it.

so right now, in my Platinum game im at 309(seen) and in my Diamond game im at 378(seen)

notable Pokémon im missing: damn near everything from the Gold/Silver/Crystal games, Mew, Mewtwo, Celebi, Jiraichi, Deoxys, Arceus, Entei, Suicune, Raikou, Manaphy, Lugia, Ho-oh, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regigias, Latias, Latios, Kygore, Groudon, and Rayquaza.

*breathes deeply*

in Pokémon terms, thats like a million, cause some of those are only available through limited time events.

i was lucky enough to get Darkrai, Shaymin and Phione which are normally part of that event Pokémon genre.

the ones above i *can* get will require hundres more hours of play across several GBA games :( why oh why did i ever decide to try to complete my pokédex?

P.S. This is my Platinum trainer card, with my Platinum friend number thingy, feel free to give me your number and we can battle and all that stuff.

Magic: The Gathering - The Untouchables v2.0

heres an oldy but goody, something i made for shits and giggles back in the day, i really liked the way it played so i decided to bring it back as part of a "the best of Absolutezero" collection.

cause out of all the decks ive ever built, there are 4 ive always loved most.

This is one.

the other decks in this collection are a black/green Spiritmonger deck during the Apocalypse/Odyssey block, a black/blue Nightmare deck when Torment was out, and a blue/black/green Future Sight/Morph deck that got out creatures of all colors really fast around the Onslaught block

So without further ado, i give you "The Untouchables!"

Creatures (21):

• 1x Phage, The Untouchable
• 4x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 4x Cephalid Pathmage
• 3x Withered Wretch
• 4x Crypt Creeper
• 2x Painbringer
• 2x Organ Grinder

Spells (19):

• 4x Web of Inertia
• 3x Gravestorm
• 4x Grip of Amnesia
• 3x Grave Consequences
• 3x Mortiphobia
• 3x Lost in Thought

Lands (20):

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 3x Sunken Ruins
• 4x Watery Grave
• 4x Island
• 4x Swamp

The whole point, is Phage is really just a distraction, if you win with her great, but theres only 1 in the deck for a reason.

unblockable creatures are perfect since you can do small amounts of damage the opponent is willing to let slip past as long as Phage doesnt get to them

its magical how gullible people are sometimes aint it?

to help speed up the price theres also Nefarious Lich which if timed right can win the game with a single unblockable critter on the board. dont let it bite you in the ass though, as your graveyard will be just as scarce as your opponents.

theres a decent amount of card drawing to speed this up a bit, with Gravestorms and the Finkels (a.k.a. Shadowmage Infiltrator)

and to top it all off if you thought you EVER had to worry about being attacked, theres also Web of Inertia, the best swarm control since Hissing Miasma (which ironically came AFTER.... oh well)

Might as well get in on the action!

Made this using Fireworks and uploaded to I'mma let you finnish .com, aka http://kanyegate.tumblr.com/

Enjoy!

Magic: The Gathering - Metallic Dreams v2.0

Well as i mentioned before, i got that Metallic Dreams deck in Planechase. the deck as a whole has a workable theme, and is pretty random at times, but i say potential it wasnt quite living up to. enter the tinkerer, i.e. me. i spent that whole afternoon making it better than what it was and this is pretty much where ive arrived at:

Metallic Dreams v2.0

Artifact Creatures (19):

• 3x Arcbound Slith
• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 2x Arcbound Stinger
• 2x Spincrusher
• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Arcbound Crusher
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Arcbound Overseer
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Bosh, Iron Golem

Non-artifact Creatures (8):

• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Qumulox
• 1x Broodstar
• 2x Krark-Clan Stoker
• 2x Atog
• 1x Megatog

Non-creature Artifacts (10):

• 1x Time Sieve
• 2x Armillary Sphere
• 2x Pentad Prism
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Nuisance Engine
• 1x Serum Tank
• 1x Darksteel Forge

Spells (1):

• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Lands (22):

• 2x Seat of the Synod
• 7x Island
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 3x Swamp
• 2x Great Furnace
• 7x Mountain

I know it seems pretty scattered but i kept over half the cards in the original precontrusted but definatly lost that hippie WUBRG crap this deck had going on.

rainbows are for hippies and gays!

actually scratch that, i think even the gay community gave up rainbows.

after that i added some flavor from an old Modular deck i had going, with Spincrushers and Triskelions for improved counter useage.

so all in all i think the deck will play faster and harder than before all while still functioning very well with the Planar deck Metallic Dreams 1.0 originally came with. i might even change it a bit more in the future depending on how it plays both solo and in Planechase!

Take a (planes)walk on the wild side!

Well this weekend was the Planechase release event weekend and me and a couple friends went over to my Ita's store (Sunrise Games and Comics) and had ourselves a mini Planechase event.

i myself picked up the Strike Force and Metallic Dreams decks.

Strike Force had awesome cards included and was built fairly well as i can tell (as i didnt get to play it much; i lent it to a friend to use in our 3-way game) but the Metallic Dreams was a must because it had the Planar cards i wanted most.

Anyways, Planechase was hilarious and fun.

Game 1 went well enough. i was taken out a little early on, but the game started to get interesting when we all exchanged life totals a million times due to the Cliffside Markets in Mercadia.

Game 2 saw all players near crying as 50-60% of everyones librarys got milled cause of Arkhos's Lethe Lake, and our unluckiness of not being able to planeswalk away for several turns. needless to say the Zombie Empire player took that win >.>

And dont even get me started on our 3rd game,the Sea of Sand in Rabiah killed us off after a player used Bond of Agony (we started using our own decks instead of playing the preconstructed ones at this point)

The 4th game was hilarious simply because we had goats everywhere, and my 17/17 Lorescale Coatl was the only thing dealing damage when I put down Segovia's Hippodrome! not to mention the Malestrom is always fun when it throws an Ascendent Evincar on the table and does a mass slaughter on goats, board-wide!

All in all the game is great, there arent really many new things to learn, just very briefly about how to use the Planar deck and the only other thing to really keep in mind is that the first player does draw a card in multiplayer games of Planechase. its really something that Magic needed, someting new that didnt seem forced or gimicky.

and thankfully Planechase delivers just that!

Magic: The Gathering - Jace of Spades v1.1

Excuse the corny name for the deck, i couldn't resist!

This one, like so many of my other Magic decks is Black/Blue.

I was still dissapointed overall in the Alara block but i got over it and with the addition of Magic 2010 (the new core set) i have regained some of my faith in this once excellent card game. (more about that in a later post - promise!)

so without further ado... Jace of Spades!

Planeswalker - 3

• 3x Jace Beleren

Spells - 29

• 4x Underworld Dreams
• 4x Sign in Blood
• 4x Howling Mine
• 2x Font of Mythos
• 2x Twincast
• 3x Dream Fracture
• 2x Countersquall
• 2x Soul Manipulation
• 2x Doom Blade
• 4X Call to Heel

Creatures - 8

• 4x Tidehollow Strix
• 4x Parasitic Strix

Lands - 22

• 3x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Taramorphic Expanse
• 8x Swamp
• 8x Island

Now now, i know what youre thinking.... playing with a planeswalker? for shame!

im pretty ashamed actually, ive been bitching about them since they first came out

but as i was pouring over the new type 2 cards when M10 was released i saw the chance to do something i haven't been able to do well in type 2 for some time: make an Underworld Dreams deck.

Sure Wheel and Deal is out, sure the lack of Psychic Possession makes the deck a tad weaker, yes theres no more Teferi's Puzzlebox awesomeness... but there is this guy...

Good ol' Jace Beleren.

that and a few other very cool cards like Sign in Blood make for a (new) one-two punch with the 'Dreams.

Now if youve ever played a Underworld Dreams deck its pretty simple, get 'Dreams out (fast) and then flood thier hand like theres no tomorrow.

the Strixes are for chump blocking and stalling, and the counters and bounce are for annoying the living crap out of your opponent.

what blue does best eh?

now this is really only how it exists right now, using only Alara block cards and M10 cards (since lolLorwyn/Shadowmoor is leaving type 2 soon) so i hope some more fuel for the fire will be added in the upcomming Zendikar set!

P.S. YES, i know its 62 cards :p

P.P.S. Taking advantage of the fact Lorwyn/Shadowmoor cards are still Type 2 im temporarily substituting Cancels for Dream Fractures, more card drawing FTW afterall! (at least til Oct, when Zendikar bumps the Lorwyn block out)

District 9

Well... I saw District 9 on sunday

and before i tell you what i think i want to tell you that recent years have been sparcely decorated with a handful of sci-fi movies, some of them not even good, some of the lost in the bluster of the starring actors or big hollywood budgets

i thought District 9 was amazing.

and before you say "well i thought it was good, But not AMAZING" remember my previous statement.

Aside from a few other good sci-fi movies District 9 has a feel to it no sci-fi movie has had in almost a generation.

and it doesnt need big names or actors to do it.

So go see it, wether youre a sci-fi fan or not you wont be dissapointed, and if its one of your first forays into the genre it will definatly be a good experience for you!

I give this movie a Cat Food/10 (see the movie and youll understand :p)