Recaps

Happy 2024, LLAMALAND!!!! I hope you all had a great holiday break.  I know I did.  Lots of food and family and celebrating a pretty special birthday. After King Keysar mopped the floor with us last year, I think we were all eager to wipe the slate clean and begin anew … which is exactly what we… Read more: Recap 01/05/2024

Good morning, Llamaland!  Welcome to the final recap of the year. In case you missed it, we drafted Ryan’s Lost Caverns of Ixalan last night at Helms Deep.  Then we engaged in a full-blown, double elimination tournament (single hands).  Round One byes: Will, LeviRound One results: Alex over Austin, Ryan over Walker.Round Two: Alex over Levi, Will… Read more: Recap 12/01/2023

Great times at Hollingsworth Hacienda last evening … no surprise there. What was surprising is that, in the third and final round of “King of the Hill”, Ryan’s “Aw, Rats” stumbled for the first time in the series.  In an unexpected turn of events, Will’s mono-black “Desperate Times” ended up king of the hill in week… Read more: King of the Hill Final Recap

Great times last night at Tuckertown.  Thank you, Mr. Alex (and Ms. Emily) for your fine hosting. We played round two of King of the Hill.  Most of the decks were different.  The results were the same.  For two sessions in a row, King Keysar remains King of the Hill.  Go Ryan! Once again, he endured a… Read more: Recap 11/2/2023 King of the Hill Week 2

Who is the King of the Hill? I’m glad you asked.  Ryan (the King) Keysar is the (reigning) King of the Hill. For a long stretch it looked like Austin Bell with his Black/White life gain would take the crown but Walker hung a loss on him in the final match, creating a playoff with Ryan, which… Read more: Recap 10/20/2023 King of the Kill

Good morning, LLAMALAND! Great times were had at Keysar Kastle last night.  We drafted Levi’s Lord of the Rings box and it was about as balanced a set/draft as you could ever encounter.  The play format was 1v1, best of three and the games were epically long as the jousting and jockeying went deep into the… Read more: Recap 10/06/2023

Good morning, fellow Llamateers. Great times were had at Helms Deep last night … especially for Mr. Walker. We played the Mighty Monsters rules – Assassin Style.  Will started out quickly with some Affinity for Islands shenanigans, putting Alex on the early defense.  Alex abated the threat by subsequently gaining control of Will’s biggest flyer.  Ryan kept… Read more: Recap 09/20/2023

Hello, Llamaland! Great times at the Hollingsworth Hacienda last night.  Seven valiant varmints showed up for the March of the Machines draft.  (Thanks to Brandon for hosting and Ryan for providing the box.) Luck and timing always play a role … last night perhaps more than most.  Will got the first round bye.  Into the second round,… Read more: Recap 08/25/2023

Good morning, Llamaland. Lots of fun was had in T-Town last night. (Thanks to Alex, the Great, for hosting.) We played Alex’s Brawlssassin rules. We had a couple of mono red decks (Will and Alex, different commanders). We had a mono green deck (Walker), a blue/black deck (Ryan). And we had a little blue/green (Brandon).… Read more: Recap 07/28/2023

It’s a good thing everybody wore their hard hats last night. We were in full “Construction Zone” mode. The format was 1v1, round robin. Each player was given a set of 16 (green/white) creatures that benefited from +1/+1 counters. But there was a surprising amount of difference in the visions of how to best build… Read more: Recap 03/10/2023

Have you heard of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (alpaca lips?)? How about the four pigsmen of the Llama lips? We crashed (and some of us burned) at Tuckertown last night. A draft followed by three-way two headed giant. Winners: Alex/Titus. Simultaneous losers: Cody, Ryan, Brandon, Will. Wow, that’s a lot of pork! Great… Read more: Recap 03/24/2023

Good morning, all. Great times at Helms Deep last night as we drafted some Mystery Boosters. After the draft, we squared off in a multi-player (Star) battle. The usual ebb and flow ensued. Threats hit the board, the board was wiped clean of threats … rinse and repeat. When the dust settled, Alex prevailed while… Read more: Recap 04/21/2023

Great times at Hollingsworth Hacienda. We not only shot it out with our Silver Bullets decks, we also invited Levi into the mayhem. It was somewhat a game of matchups as Brandon beat Will, Alex beat Ryan, Will beat Alex, etc. When the dust settled, Ryan and Alex tied with 3 wins against 1 loss.… Read more: Recap 05/05/2023

Great times at Pemberton Palace last night. Thanks to Titus and Samantha for some awesome Cajun cuisine. We played Will’s Brothers War Jumpstart, round robin 1v1 style. Most of the crowd had some ups and downs but not so for King Keysar – Ryan dominated right out of the gate and never looked back. With… Read more: Recap 05/12/2023

Hello, gang. Great times at the Cothran Cathedral last evening. We played the Horde rules. There were some of the normal ebbs and flows but then Zach’s Elf deck hit the bonus pool with Ezuri’s Predation. He made an army of big tokens. They fought and killed most of the board. After that fell swoop,… Read more: Recap 06/16/2023

Well, that was a blast! We had a MEGA draft at the all-new Keysar Kastle last night. By mega, I mean 10 folks, total. Great turnout, great times, and great job of both hosting and rules design by brother Ryan. We broke into teams of two and each team got to pick booster packs for… Read more: Recap 06/30/2023

Hey, gang. Great times at Helms Deep last night. In case you missed it, we played the Quasi-Commando rule set. It was interesting to see what strategy each player employed. No two players had the same approach. When the dust settled, Alex’s enchantment/draw deck pulled out the win. He pulled Presence of Gond and attacked… Read more: Recap 07/13/2023