Magic Origins Pre-Release #2: My Daughter Plays Green

I could have sworn that my daughter had said that she wanted to play White, but she insisted that she had said Green ("because I like smashy things"). So a few days before the pre-release we darted into the game store to rectify my egregious error.

A week of summer camp had worn her out completely, so it was a good thing that she had slept for 12 hours the night before the pre-release.  And so it was a refreshed little girl that opened her box and squealed as she opened an Archangel of Tithes.  "I'm going white!" she declared, and that is exactly what she did.

CREATURES (16)   Ampryn Tactician Archangel of Tithes Citadel Castellan Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen Dwynen's Elite Leaf Gilder Llanowar Empath x2 Pharika's Disciple Rhox Maulers Stalwart Aven x2 Valeron Wardens x2 Undercity Troll Yeva's Forcemage   INSTANTS (3)   Titanic Growth x3   SORCERIES (2)   Wild Instincts x2   LANDS (17)   Evolving Wilds Forest x10 Plains x6

SIDEBOARD   Akroan Jailer Blessed Spirits Hallowed Moonlight Healing Hands x2 Heavy Infantry x2 Kytheon's Tactics x2 Mighty Leap x2 Murder Investigation Totem-Guide Hartebeest Yoked Ox --- Calculated Dismissal Disciple of the Ring Disperse x2 Dreadwaters Faerie Miscreant Negate Screeching Skaab Send to Sleep x2 Separatist Voidmage Skaab Goliath Sphinx's Tutelage Stratus Walk Tower Geist Whirler Rogue

Deadbridge Shaman x2 Eyeblight Massacre Fetid Imp Infernal Scarring Reave Soul x2 Shambling Ghoul Thornbow Archer Undead Servant --- Acolyte of the Inferno Cobblebrute x2 Ghirapur Gearcrafer x2 Lightning Javelin Mage-Ring Bully x2 Molten Vortex Prickleboar Seismic Elemental Smash to Smithereens Volcanic Rambler --- Pharika's Disciple Sylvan Messenger Timberpack Wolf Vine Snare

Blood-Cursed Knight Iroas's Champion --- Brawler's Plate Guardian Automaton x2 Pyromancer's Goggles Ramroller --- Caves of Koilos

I don't know if Green/White was her best choice - I think Green/Black was a better bet - but all that mattered was that she was happy with what she had in her deck.

Note: I do my best not to watch my daughter play, as it causes me a fair degree of internal anxiety. So the quotes below are all I know about her matches.

Round 1

"I got destroyed by some big hydra! At least I got to play my angel!"

The 'big hydra' was a Managorger Hydra.  Yikes!

Result: L (0-2)

Round 2

"He got mana screwed."

Result: W (2-0)

Round 3

"I got mana screwed."

Result: L (0-2)

Round 4

"Claustrophobia beat me!"

Result: L (0-2)

Summary

And so went my daughter's pre-release!  I'm not sure she learned much - my efforts to teach her to be more analytical about her results seem to have been for naught - but she definitely had fun (note that she opened three mythics), and that's all that matters.

Oh, and her participation pack contained a Goblin Piledriver.  Score!