First, the tournament info, so we can get more players. Then the report.
Arena Games
5293 Ehrlich Road
Tampa, FL 33624
(813)908-8447
www.arenagames.netType 1 Tournaments
-Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM.
-$3 entry fee.
-Prizes are store credit based on attendance.
-Unlimited proxies are allowed from any of the following sets:
Alpha / Beta
Unlimited
Arabian Nights
Antiquities
Legends
(Dual land and Mana Crypt proxies are allowed)
-Additional Proxy Rules are as follows:
All proxies must be some form of computer print-out or photocopy.
The full card image must be shown and easily recognizable.
Proxies must be no thicker than a normal sheet of paper.
Proxies must be inserted on top of a normal magic card inside a sleeve
Proxies may be either color or black & white.
Tonight was our first T1 event at Arena, so the turnout was kinda small and I had to loan out my madness deck to get another player.
Turnout was a massive 6 players:
Me with Meandeck Slaver
Dan (Cuandoman on TMD) with Keeper
Dave with Dragon (Judge and TO for the event)
Shawn with madness
??? with elves
??? with plains and things that are cast off plains
We use double elim for the tournament, which is still slightly confusing to me because I keep thinking it's swiss.
Round 1
VS. Bye
I eat my sour gecko and watch the two other matches.
Dragon beats elves (2-1)
Madness beats plains (2-1)
Round 2
Vs. Madness
Game 1
I get an early Welder followed by a Slaver that comes back for a few time walk effects powered by an Ancient Tomb that adds 10 to the dmg he's delt with Rootwallas and an A.wurm. I end up doing a desperate Windfall for 5 while I'm at 2, but all I get is a bunch of blue cards I can't cast, so I die.
-1 Slaver, -1 Windfall, -1 FoF, -1 Gilded Lotus, -1something else
+3 Bloodmoon +1 Plat Angel +1 Duplicant
I drop a turn 1 Welder that gets Tempered, he plays lizards, i start playing out the 3 Workshops in my hand, 3rd turn jar into Welder that gets tempered. next turn Duplicant an A.wurm (I tried getting him to cast a Roar, but he didn't go for it
). Duplicant chumps a Roar token and I go to 8 with a Roar and two Rootwallas on his side. On my turn, I go off with Thirsts and a draw 7 and wind up with a smmemnarch, Blood moon and enough mana to steal his Roar token during his attack phase. After I cast an Angel on my next turn, the game is over.
Game 3
I drop a Blood moon before he's played more than a Rootwalla, then play a Pentavus a few turns later. He Lotus's down an A.wurm, Mongrel and Tempers my Welder. Pentavus's super attack+block skills combines with his Mana Crypt to win the damage race.
2-1 (1-0)
Dragon beats Keeper (2-1)
Madness beats ????
Dan and the two unknown kids leave after this round, leaving 3 of us in.
Round 3
Vs. Dragon
Game 1
We play mana for a few turns, then I drop a Welder and play a Chalice for 2. He Intutitions for Necromany and goes off on his turn. I make him play through, hoping to get a draw during my upkeep by welding back Jar if Laquaatus is in the last 6 cards of his deck. Laquaatus does turn out to be at the bottom of his deck, but he senses my trickery and Dematerializes my Welder after milling me.
I don't play blessing, so I lose.
Game 2
+3 Blood moon, +1 Plat Angel +2 Tormad's crypt +1 BEB
-2 Gilded lotus -1 Memnarch -1 Windfall -1 FoF -1 Pentavus -1 Brainstorm -1 Wheel
I go first, and end my turn with a LoA, Gilded Lotus and Mindslaver in play. He plays mana and a Swarm. I draw a Blood moon and Slave him. I get rid of a Lotus, FoW and Vamp on his turn, then drop Blood moon on my turn. Chalice for 0 followed by an Angel ends the game a short time later.
Game 3
Let's play Spot the Errors!
My opening hand has 2 FoW, 2 bloodmoon, a pearl and 2 volcanics.
He leads off with a Swarm which I let go, then he drops a Sapphire and another mox and plays a Null Rod. I FoW the rod. On my turn, I draw a Volcanic, play land and mox. He Intutions for Squees. On my turn I draw a Lotus, play moon #1, holding Lotus for Moon #2. Moon #1 resolves and we're off to playing draw go for a few turns while I take beats from a Swarm followed by a Squee. He gets a Compulsion and starts digging with his blue mox.
After taking some damage from Squee, I finaly have a Welder and Gilded Lotus down and draw a Thirst, I end up pitching a Chalice to a Thirst, Time Walking, drawing another Chalice and playing it for 0 with 7 mana untapped. Then he plays a basic swamp and I'm like OMFG who plays basic lands??
At the end of my next turn, he activates Compulsion and in responce I weld his Sapphire for a Null Rod, in responce he casts Necromancy and goes off with Compulsion, along the way to Laquaatus he discards a Coffin Purge and Dematerialize. Laquaatus ends up being one of the last few cards in his deck. He mills my deck then takes his turn, sending Swarm at me, then casts a Null Rod, using his Swamp. During my upkeep, I weld the Angel out of my GY and pass the turn, he's out of cards and loses.
Yeah, this game was filled with mistakes, possibly from turn 1. But somehow I end up winning after being ready to scoop.
Anyways, next match is Dragon(2-1) V Madness(2-1) for the double elim finals against me. (Omg I hate double elim)
This match lasts a total of 5 turns, most of which are in the first game, as Dave gets a first turn kill in the 2nd game. Sometimes dragon is just nutty like that.
We worked out a split instead of playing again, since everyone there would rather play T4 than sit through 2-6 more games of slavery vs dragon.
Maindeck for my slaver is the same as Smmenen's latest(?) build with Windfall and two fetchlands.
SB was modified for missing cards and metagame and was as follows:
3x Blood Moon
3x REB
2x Trike
2x Tormod's Crypt
1X BEB
1x Platinum Angel
1x Duplicant
1x Gorilla Shaman
1x Shattering Pulse
