I was your round one opp. I was playing R/G survival with burning wishes. Missed the top 8 by just a bit... lost in round 3 to some stupid second sunrise combo that should have been rolled by any deck packing force of will in round 1 or 2 but got through on a bye rnd 2. Yeah i have to say that me hitting that wish was great but i think  still would have won if you hadn't attacked with everything that turn. Id been saving that blast for like 4-6 turns as well. That was by and far the most memorable match I've had in a while.

This is just flat out wrong, he beat a friend of mine so i know, He won in the first round and lost in the second round to the first place goblin deck.

Smmenen also knows how many rating points you loose when your at 1950 and get rolled by a 1650.
By the way the top 8 was at least 2 landstill vaiants at least 1 sligh, a San Dieago Zoo variant, and 2 goblin decks (go josh smith) but thats all i knew from experience i got put out of top 8 in round 7 by one of the goblin decks top decking like yugi.

I'm going to talk to my friend this weekend and try to get his list up on sunday. But like i said it was a kobald-klamp deck but did turn out to be very consistant. His version was G/B and included such nice things as land grants and such. It's basicaly a belcher deck without the belcher but includes all the other acceleration. I'll  also try to pick his mind for information on snagpoints as well as improvements and plays.

You need to go with a tendrils route. Add songs of the damned skull clamp and dark ritual, it's much more reliable. A friend of mine won a local type 1 with Kobald clamp and got 3 1st turn wins along the way. But then agin he did lose the first game if anyone maindecked null rods.