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This was supposed to be posted on Wednesday, and the Wednesday before that...and the Wednesday before that. Unfortunately, Wednesday seems to be a darn-awful day to try and get anything done. Plus, I've had to start getting down to business with my revision for a couple of exams next week. So, I finally present; the deck I won't be taking to the World Championships, but would love to:
Horse Patrol (Modern)
Characters
4x Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr
4x The Infinites, AoA
4x Sugar Man, AoA
4x Mento, Steve Dayton
4x Negative Man, Larry Trainor
4x Dark Beast, AoA
3x Robotman, Cliff Steele
3x Apocalypse, AoA (5-drop)
2x Beast Boy, Freak of Nature
1x Mikhail Rasputin, AoA
1x Apocalypse, AoA (8-drop)
Plot Twists
4x Freak Out
4x Heroic Effort
3x Marvel Crossover
4x Misfits
3x Pathetic Attempt
2x Omnipotence
2x Strange Days
Locations
2x Dayton Manor
2x Breeding Pens
It's a standard Doom Patrol/Horsemen of Apocalypse team-up, with the aim of surviving through until Turn 5, and then dumping as many +1/+1 counters onto the 5-drop Apocalypse as possible. I had a version of this deck floating around back when DC Legends first came out, but this is the first time I've updated it to include The Infinites and Breeding Pens. Unfortunately, the deck tends to not hold it's weight against some of the bigger decks out there, which is why the Pathetic Attempts and Omnipotences are included. As it's not quite as competitive a deck as my Brotherhood one is, I'll not be considering using this for the World Championships in June, but it's one that sees play online from time to time. Also, I'm still awaiting many of the cards from the UDE Points Store, so this deck can't be created by me in real-life just yet anyhow.
I've also had to skimp on my views on the new Marvel Universe Hulk cards previewed this week, thanks to the revision again. So, whilst I can't fit them all into this one post, I'll place up the one that's most intriguing for me.
So, you may simply be thinking; "It's a Hulk-stamped ungodly +8 ATK card. Aside from making me go and cry in the corner, what's the big deal?" Well, the deal is Mystique, Shapely Shifter. From Turn 4, she can go "Hello, I'm now called Hulk. Give me the +8 ATK goodness please." A rather nice addition to my Brotherhood deck, and if I can get a playset of this card, Sabretooth may have to make way for the shape-shifting lady.
And in addendum, I finally get my loans/grants for this term at University tomorrow, so I can go and pre-order my boxes of Marvel Universe, and buy the singles I need to finish off my Modern Brotherhood deck. If I can find copies of Random that is.
As you may have guessed by the title, the album up for review today is:
Working effectively as a solo artist, Eldritch wrote the entirety of the second album himself, and made a marked departure from the guitar-led format of the former album. Instead, we were treated to synthesised landscapes, clunking basses, and songs of en epic nature. The major success sotry of this album was the single This Corrosion, which made it to No.7 in the UK singles chart. The song itself is grandiose affair, incorporating the New York Choral Society into a straight-out rock song, that manages to pack more energy into 11 minutes than many bands can pack into a whole album. But whereas this song, Dominion/Mother Russia and Lucretia My Reflection (with its killer bass-line, and industrious drum beat) provide the rock side of the album, it's in the other songs in which we find the album's real highlights.
Where Dominion/Mother Russia sets the scene for the album, allowing for fans of the band's earlier output to adjust, Flood I is where the album really kicks off, with's it's disassociated drumbeats and strained guitars crashing into a synth-led dirge with an eastern tinge that shows the direction the album is going to follow. The real highlight of the album though, comes with Driven Like The Snow, a true landscape track, with haunting synths overlying Eldritch's tortured vocals.
The vinyl version of the album finished with the minimalist Never Land (a fragment), but the CD version included two extra tracks, Torch and Colours. Originally B-sides for This Corrosion, they now provide a perfect close for the album, again adopting the heavily synth-laden approach, with Colours featuring just one repeated verse, the song instead focusing on the building layers of music throughout.
There's not a single track on this album I don't enjoy listening to, and whilst it's not a Sunday afternoon style of album to listen to, there's a lot to be explored in the dark corners Eldritch touches upon here. If you can, pick up the recent re-issue of the album, as there's an expanded version of Never Land, as well as a surprisingly good cover of Hot Choclate's Emma.
Song To Download: Driven Like The Snow
Song To Skip Past: At a very big push, 1959. You still shouldn't really skip any of the album though.
Overall: 10/10
