I sat down to write this, thought about it, and then got up for a bottle of water because this is gonna be a long one.
“Sometimes, you just get a deck in a box” was something I overheard at a magic pre-release many years ago. And this is kinda like that, but also nothing like that, and also the exact opposite. Because on the surface, this is a <Hervor> deck, and the finisher requires so many pieces that by the time you’re done slotting them in, you’ve barely got space for a brainstorm and a corn chip. So it should be a pretty clear cut, simple deal. But oh man, how they have lied to us. We have been deceived, bamboozled, had for complete fools. And by we, I just mean me, because who the fuck else has fixated on this specific deck with a desperation that rivals insanity? If you’re out there, do say hi, it’s lonely here.
Anyway, this is not a deck in a box, it’s an idea in a box. And through months of hitting my head against the wall, I have all but confirmed that it’s an idea utterly divorced from reality. Sometimes you look at cards (like the Sokka and Azula bullshit) and think to yourself there’s no way Bushi expected it to be played that way because it’s just too good. I have the same conspiracy theory for this deck, but for a totally different reason: because it’s so teeth-pullingly, headache-inducingly convoluted, it just doesn’t make sense. Why would you do this to yourself? Japan isn’t full of masochists, is it? … actually, hold that thought.
