I won 2-0 versus MaxCDawg.

Max wins the die roll, but mulls to 4 and concedes after I resolve a Chalice at 1 and have a Sphere, Thorn, and Mutavault on field by turn 2. Game 2 is even more unfortunate for Max since he kept losing connection and decided to concede to me.

I won 2-1 versus Noah (Stormanimagus) for our Week 5 Match.

Game 1: I win the die roll and decide to play. My hand comprises of Hellkite, Sol Ring, Golem, Factory, Ruby, Thorn, and another Factory. Storm's hand consists of Crucible, Chalice, Wurmcoil, Tomb, Emerald, Ravager, and Waste. I decide to keep as does my opponent. I lead with Ruby, Sol Ring, Thorn, play Factory and pass. Storm draws a Buried Ruin and plays it to cast Emerald. Then casts Chalice set to zero. I draw a Tomb and play it on my turn casting Golem and floating a colorless mana to attack with Factory to strike first. Storm draws into another land, a Waste this time. He plays Waste and casts a Ravager and wastes my Tomb. I draw a Forgemaster. I attack with Golem and Storm sacs his Emerald and Chalice to Ravager and we exchange creatures. For the second main phase I play Factor number two and cast my Forgemaster. Storm draws strong with a Revoker naming my Forgemaster while keeping his Tomb in hand. I draw a Revoker of my own for my turn. I decide to Animate my Factories and attack with Forgemaster and Factories and he takes all damage. Storm's life total is at 11 at this point. He draws a second Revoker and plays Tomb for turn. He casts his Revoker naming my Sol Ring. I draw a Waste for my turn and decide to attack with my Factory and Forgemaster (no blocks from Storm) and pump Factory. I decide to use my Waste on his Tomb and he draws into an unplayable Golem. GG. I lead 1-0.

Game 2: For Game 2, since I am on the draw I board out Chalices, Trinisphere, and Thorns. I bring in post board 3 Crucibles, 1 Duplicant, 1 Wurmcoil, 1 Triselion, 2 Dismembers, and 1 Batterskull. Storms hand is Mana Crypt, Tolarian Academy, Crucible, Wire, Strip, Revoker, and Ruby. My 7 card hand is Golem, Factory, Ruby, Dup, Waste, Factory, and Tomb. Storm keeps and I decide to take a mulligan. My 6 is now Dismember, Ruby, 2 Shops, Tomb, and a Forgemaster and I decide to keep. Storm leads with Crypt, Ruby, and Academy, playing Revoker and naming Lotus, while being able to cast Crucible off Academy for a very strong start. I draw Sundering Titan and play Ruby, Tomb, and pass turn. Storm rolls for Crypt on upkeep and takes his 3 damage. He casts Wire and Portal off Academy and attacks with Revoker bringing me to 18. Storm holds his Strip in hand. I draw into Tomb number two and pass turn. Storm takes another 3 damage from Crypt (18-14 in my favor now). He taps his Cruci, Wire, and Portal to his Wire at 3 fade counters. With card advantage and Cruci out for Storm, my only chance is that is dies to his Crypt this game. Highlight/quote of the match was delivered from Storm: "I HAVE A BILLION WAYS TO SAC ARTIFACTS IN THIS DECK and I draw 2 cards a turn c'mon magic." His draw off Portal is Waste, but his draw for turn was Smokestack (this is key because he is able to sacrifice his Crypt now). He attacks for 2 with Revoker and casts Smokestack. I continue to play game 2 even though Storm has me in Waste/Crucible lock with Wire/Smoke as well, not to mention his card drawing advantage with Coercive Portal. I got 99 problems but a Karn ain't one I was thinking to myself. He draws and casts Karn for turn making matters even worse for me. I resign and we go onto the third and deciding game 3. GG. It is now even at 1-1.       

Game 3: Since I am on the play I decide to bring back in Chalices. My sideboard for the deciding game/match consists of 3 Cages, 2 Ratchet Bombs, 1 Witchbane Orb, 4 Thorns, 1 Trinisphere, 3 Spheres, and 1 Sundering Titan. I draw solidly with a hand of Crypt, Golem, Pearl, Shop, Revoker, Sol Ring, and Academy. I decide to keep. Storm draws a weak 7 of a pair of Revokers and Golems, a Smokestack, Jet, and a Wurm. Storm mulls to 6. His 6 is much better with Academy, Emerald, Sol Ring, Ravager, Revoker, and Buried Ruin. He keeps. I lead with Pearl casting Sol Ring and play Shop/land for turn thereby playing Golem. I decide to keep Crypt in hand being that I have an Academy in hand and pass the turn. Storm draws a Waste and Wastes my Shop. He continues to play Emerald for Sol Ring and casting Revoker naming my Pearl. I draw a Tomb and attack with Golem, no blocks. I cast my Revoker during second main phase and name Sol Ring and play Tomb. Storm draws Portal for his turn. Storm plays Academy and casts Portal ending the turn. I draw a Triskelion for my turn. I play Academy and cast Trisk thereby destroying his Revoker and attack with Revoker and Golem with no creatures on his field. Life totals are currently 18 to 8 in my favor. He draws Wire off Portal and Waste for turn. Storm plays Waste/land for turn and is able to cast Wire and Ravager for his turn. I tap down Sol Ring, Pearl, Tomb, and Trisk for Storm's Wire. I draw and cast Black Lotus. I attack with my my Revoker and Golem and before Storm blocks he sacrifices Sol Ring and Wire thereby making his Ravager a 3/3 and blocks my Golem. He is now at 6 life with zero creatures on board. He draws Ghost Quarter from Portal and a second Portal for his draw for turn. He play Buried Ruin and sacs it for Revoker and plays Revoker naming my Trisk. I draw a Factory for turn. I alpha strike with Revoker and Trisk. He chump blocks my Revoker and he goes to 3 life. I play Factory/land for turn. Storm draw a Wurm off Portal and a Razormane Masticore for draw for turn. He plays Quarter and taps out to play Razormane and ends the turn. Regardless of what I draw it is game at this point. I do draw a Waste though for the record. I remove a Trisk counter bringing Storm to 2 life and animate and attack with a 2/2 Trisk and Factory for the win.

In sum, winning the die roll and being able to go first game 1 is an advantage in the mirror MU. Also, deciding to board in a second Trisk got me there. GGs Noah!

I won 2-1 versus Brian for our Week 3 Match.

Game 1: I win the die roll. I keep a solid hand that consists of Crucible, Shop, Revoker, Factory, Thorn, Waste, and Golem. Brian keeps a hand of Misty, Dack, Lotus, Strand, Mentor, Ojutai, and Dig. I open with Shop-Thorn-Pass. Brian cracks a Misty for Island, plays and sacs Lotus to play Mentor. I play an uncounterable Golem from Factory-Shop and pass. Brian plays Strand and passes turn to me. I attack with Golem thereby bringing Brian down to 14 life. Second Main I cast Revoker naming Dack. I play Waste and cast Sphere ending my turn. Brian cracks his Strand for an Island and taps both Islands to cast a Mana Crypt creating a Monk token. Brian ends his turn. I draw a Sapphire and cast it off Shop mana. I then play my second Waste and tap out to cast Crucible. I then proceed to attack with Golem and Revoker (no blocks) bringing Brian's life total down to 6. Brian takes no damage to Crypt on his upkeep. He draws a Fluster and ends turn. I animate Factory and proceed to attack with Golem and Revoker again. In response to my attacks, Brian casts an A Call creating another Monk. His A Call was Tundra, Misstep, and Gush. Brian blocks my Revoker with his now 3/3 Mentor and team blocks my Golem with a 1/1 and 2/2 Monk tokens. My Factory sneaks in for 2 damage bring Brian down to 4 life. I pass turn. Brian goes to 1 life after taking damage to Crypt. He draws a FoW. He casts a Preordain that cost 2U. He buries a Probe and Fire//Ice. Brian draws a Delta off the Preordain. He plays Tundra and Gushes into a Strand and Pearl. He attacks me with his now 4/4 Mentor while leaving his two Monk tokens for blockers. Before Brian passes turn to me he must discard Delta, Strand, Misstep, and Fluster. I draw into my second Smokestack. This time I am able to cast a Smoke and pass turn. Brian loses game 1 to Mana Crypt.

Game 2: Brian keeps a solid hand of LoA, Island, Steel Sabotage, Preordain, Jace, Volc, and FoW. My seven are two wires, two Chalices, Tomb, Factory, and a Dismember. I decide to keep. Brian opens with Island and ends his turn. I draw a Golem. I open with Tomb-Chalice on 1 only to be Sabotaged. I play Chalice on zero next and pass turn. Brian draws a Lotus and casts Preordain. He finds a Tundra from Preordain. Brian plays LoA and ends turn with 5 cards in hand. I draw a Sphere. I play Factory and cast a countered Wire. Brian pitches Jace from FoW. Brian draws and casts Dack. I draw into a Chalice and cast it for 1. Brian finds Fire//Ice and Ojutai off Dack +1 but unable to cast the furious dragon yet. I draw a Shop and I cast a Wire and Sphere to buy time for to try and draw a Revoker. Life totals at this point are 17-12 in Brian's favor. Brian +1 Dack again to find two Deltas. He discards both and plays Tundra ending his turn. I actually draw into a Revoker naming Dack. I animate and attack Brian with my Factory. On his upkeep he uses Fire on my Revoker and me. He draws a Volc. Brian +1 Dack again and draws into Tundra and Ponder. He discards Ponder and Volc. Brian plays Tundra and ends his turn. I draw into Karn. I cast Golem and pass turn. Brian draws Strand and steals my Golem with Dack. He plays Strand and ends the turn. I draw a Waste and declare GG.

Game 3: Brian's hand has only a Jet and Mulls to 6. He keeps Preordain, Probe, Lotus, Emerald, FoW, and Dack. My hand consists of 2 Shops, Tomb, Sol Ring, Dismember, Tabernacle, and a Wire. I Mull to 6 as well. The 6 I keep are a Waste, Shop, Karn, Dismember, Golem, and Chalice. My Chalice on zero is immediately countered by FoW with Brian pitching Dack. I play Waste and end my turn. Brian Probes and draws a Ponder. He plays Lotus, Ponder (draws Dig), plays Emerald, Sol Ring, and casts Dig. Finds and plays Delta and has Sabotage and Preordain in hand. I draw a Factory and play Shop-Golem only to be Sabotaged. Brian draws a Misty and casts Preordain. He draws Fire//Ice off Preordain and plays land for turn. I draw a Lotus and cast Karn while destroying his Emerald. I play Factory and pass. Brian draws Strand and plays it for turn. Life totals are 20-16 in my favor at this point. I draw a Shop and attack with Karn. Brian ices my Shop and draws a Delta off it. I play Shop for turn. Brian draws into another land, this time a Volc. I draw a Tomb. This time I attack with Karn and Factory. Brian draws into another land. Land, land, land equals Game 3 and Match win for me.

In sum, my good fortune and Brian's bad luck (Game 1: Mana Crypt and Game 3: 3 land draws in a row) got me there. GGs Brian!

I am coming with Brian Kelly without a Brian Kelly deck.

I concur with White Lotus's excellent play-by-play. Great job. The match was epic indeed and the only thing more exciting was playing in it. It was a treat to those spectating as well. For me, the post-highlight of this match was from the masterful and adroit blue mage, Brian Kelly, who said I played perfectly. His comment counts as a win for me. In sum, actions speak louder than words, i.e., hopefully one of the viewers of this match will upload the video on YouTube as aforementioned by Matthew Gottshall.

Here is the list I am running for the first trimester:

Stax

4 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
1 Buried Ruin
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Black Lotus
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Karn, Silver Golem

SB: 4 Grafdigger's Cage
SB: 1 Ghost Quarter
SB: 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
SB: 3 Dismember
SB: 2 Duplicant
SB: 2 Batterskull
SB: 1 Pithing Needle

I lost round 1 against Matt 0-2.

In response to the Stax list that has some missing cards posted, here is the list I submitted to the TO before the tourney began.

1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Buried Ruin
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

SB:
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Duplicant
3 Dismember
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Karakas
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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Thanks,
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