Variance, Mindset & Other Delusions
At Springfest in Houston this year, I sat down across from my good friend Kevin in finals. I was on Rushia, he's on 8 SB MTI; a pretty expected meta matchup for the season between two players practiced in it, we're both expecting a pretty tough, albeit good game with a decent amount of back-and-forth. Unfortunately, I proceed to draw 1 playable and 5 climaxes over my first two turns. I claw it back as best as I can, but I unfortunately can never recover from my second turn, where I was forced to pass without any playables, flooded with climaxes and 3s. This put me at 7-2 on the day for my personal record, and although it sucked to get hit by variance right at the end of the run, I left the venue happy with my performance. You can't win 'em all, as they say. Many drinks were had by Kevin and myself afterwards, with the only salt in the air coming from rimmed margarita glasses and tequila shots. If you’ve played any TCG for an extended period of time, you’ve undoubtedl