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Show Notes:
--Video Introduction: You finally get to see the Magic Sock in action. Setup: Mr. Sock is in the shower and his son yells: "Daddy, it's time for the podcast!" Hilarity ensues.
-- Introduction to episode 11: Feeling Blue
--Discussion of Counterspell being the best common in all of Magic (Yes, I know that Counterspell started out as an uncommon).
--Run through of a Blue counterspell deck I had built back in March of 2002.
--Comparison of the Blue 2002 counterspell deck with a 2005 Vintage Fish deck, mentioning similarities.
--Disagree with what the best common is? Request for feedback.
2002 Vintage Blue Deck
Spells
2 Boomerang
2 Capsize
4 Counterspell
4 Dissipate
4 Force of Will
4 Impulse
1 Mana Drain
2 Mana Leak
1 Misdirection
Creatuers
3 Masticore
4 Ophidian
2 Morphling
Artifact
1 Powder Keg
1 Sol Ring
Land
20 Island
4 Faerie Conclave
1 Strip Mine
2005 Vintage Blue/White Fish Deck
Spells
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Curiosity
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Standstill
2 Stifle
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Time Walk
Creatures
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Meddling Mage
4 Spiketail Hatchling
Land
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Polluted Delta
1 Savannah
1 Strip Mine
1 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
4 Wasteland
Artifact
Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
Sideboard
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Energy Flux
2 Ground Seal
1 Null Rod
4 Ray of Revelation
2 Rushing River
1 Swords to Plowshares
Total running time: 18 minutes and 6 seconds.
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Tired
Oh, I am so, so tired. I woke up to the alarm at 4:55 a.m. this morning and after calling the taxi cab company three times because my cab was late, I was on my way to the train station at 6:20 a.m. this morning. I arrived in Washington, D.C. for my work trip at about 8:45 a.m. and now it's 9:22 a.m. It's been a long, long day and I'm tired.
I'm thinking about home and I'm concerned about my wife and son. When I left, my son had had two nights of bad sleep because of an ear infection he has. I would be lying if I didn't admit to feeling guilty about having to leave town for work. Last night between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. I tried everything I could think of to help my son as he cried from his ear infection. He had had the drops the doctor gave him, had taken the pain killer, and the antibiotics, and I even tried a hot compress. Unfortunately, nothing worked. I spoke to my wife and son just a few hours ago and both were in good shape. I'm praying that my son is on the mend. I've sent my prayers and positive energy to both of them.
I am hoping that all of us have a good night of sleep. I'll end with a funny moment: I was walking the streets of D.C. with my coworkers looking for a place to eat when I looked up and saw the crescent moon. It looked beautiful, hanging to the left, low in the sky. You could barely see the moon except for a tiny sliver of yellow in the bottom portion. About two minutes later, my wife called me and my son wanted to talk to me. He said: "Daddy, the moon looks like it's smiling." Ah, how cute is that? And to think that I had just been looking at the same moon as he was hundreds of miles away.
I love and miss them both. Peace. I need sleep. I'm beat.
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