Lorwyn Prerelease Deck Mysteriously Turns Bad After Sunset

CHEYENNE, WY – Local Magic player, Jay Nicolosi, claims he experienced a supernatural phenomenon during the recent Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease event. Much like the creatures of Lorwyn, as soon as the sun set, Niolosi’s deck suddenly turned bad. 

“The afternoon prerelease started at 3:10 PM,” Nicolosi shared, showing us screenshots of his Companion app. “As you can see, the first round started at 4 PM. I was playing against Summer Karrie. Coincidentally, it was her first-ever game of Magic. My deck performed just as I expected based on my research.” 

“Then round 2 came,” Nicolosi told us, looking visibly shaken. “Game one went well. My opponent could barely even get to three lands before my Spinerock Tyrant obliterated him. But out of the store’s front window, I could see the sun setting. That’s when everything changed.” 

Nicolosi shook his head, saying, “As soon as the sun was down, my carefully engineered deck turned into a hideous shadow of itself. The cards didn’t change; the deck just didn’t function the same. Despite playing the cards Luis Scott-Vargas said were good, it was like those cards just didn’t work together anymore. Naturally, my mind went straight to the influence of a dark plane.”

The supernatural phenomenon continued into the other rounds as well. “I didn’t win a single game after the sun set. I even tried tuning my deck between rounds, lowering my mana curve to exactly 2.95. But somehow I still kept getting outvalued by suboptimal goblin or elf piles.” 

“He kept rambling about how this was just like Shadowmoor,” Fred Erikson, one of Nicolosi’s opponents, told us. “I didn’t see how Jay’s earlier rounds played out, but I can confirm that the deck he played against me didn’t do much. I’m not superstitious, so I don’t believe his Lorwyn to Shadowmoor explanation, but something was up. Maybe Adam cut his deck. That guy always curses you.”

Nicolosi attended another event at the same store on Saturday, claiming he had a plan to fend off the encroachment of Shadowmoor. It’s unknown if he was successful, as he was banned from the shop after catching his prerelease kit on fire with a sprig of burning sage.