Last Week's Poll

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What is your favorite Constructed format to play?
Standard	3629	31.0%
Vintage	3105	26.6%
Legacy	1613	13.8%
Extended	1415	12.1%
Block Constructed	1205	10.3%
Something else	724	6.2%
Total	11691	100.0%

It's no surprise that Standard is the winner, though it's not a landslide. It's interesting that the word "Vintage" here includes both hardcore "Mana Crypt / Black Lotus / Yawgmoth's Will" Vintage tournament decks and casual Squirrel decks that want to play Sol Ring and Demonic Tutor just so they can get more Deranged Hermits and Squirrel Wranglers into play. It definitely makes me curious what proportion of the voters who picked "Vintage" are in each of those two categories

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The thing one has to remember, is that I doubt as many people that actually play Legacy actually saw this poll. However I would wager that Legacy is at least as popular as Vintage, possibly even more popular in some areas, given that it does not require spending nearly as much money just to be competitive in the game. Simply put, if all of the people who play each format were to have voted (and I am talking both casual and competitive) then I would wager that you would see far more people voting in favor of Extended, and Legacy than you ever would for Standard or Vintage.

went to the North Texas Irish Festival. I got to see Celtic Spirit perform, they were a magnificent group ^.^

I also obtained a lovely Porcelin Necklace with Brigid (Brigantia is what they said her name was), on it. Suffice to say I plan on wearing it at all times that I am awake. I also obtained a beginner's Tin Whistle and practice book. The Whistle is made out of Brass, and is in the "key of C" I do believe. However I fully intend to make an effort at learning how to play it.

Additionally I registered to recieve an email from a group of people in my area who are working on teaching each other the Gaelic Language. So I should be able to attend these classes fairly soon and learn Gaelic fairly soon ^.^

I lie down to-night
With fair Brid and with her Son,
With strong Ruadan,
And with comfort beneath her mantle.

I lie down with Dagda,
And Dagda will lie down with me,
I will not lie down with Bres,
Nor shall Bres lie down with me.

O Good Father of the poor,
Help me this night,
Omit me not entirely
From Thy feasting hall.

For the many wounds
That were inflicted on Thee,
I cannot this night
Enumerate them.

Thou Father of the Tuatha De Danann,
Do not forget me in Thy dwelling-place,
Do not omit me in Thine ingathering.

In Thine ingathering.

There was a recent discovery of an Ancient Pagan Temple beside the Hill of Tara. This discovery has added much needed momentum to the campaign to save Tara. Tara is believed by many to be the Hill where the High Kings of Ireland presided.

Tara has now been added to the list of 100 most endangered Sites. This list is compiled by the New York based World's Monuments Fund (WMF).

If allowed to be constructed a Commuter Route will run straight through the Temple that is next to the Hill of Tara. This would be a terrible thing to have happen. This Commuter Route is a 4 lane M3. The entire atmosphere of the Hill of Tara would be ruined for eternity. My hope is not to stop the M3 from existing, but rather to see it rerouted away from the Tara-Skryne Valley. 38 additional archeological sites have been found along the route of this planned motorway. If something is not done, then the posterity of a nation could be in danger.

please contact the Irish Embassy to let them know that the Hill of Tara has people who wish to see it saved.

Embassy of Ireland
2234 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008

Their phone number is:

(202) 462-3939