Do you screw this one up as well?

[Gabethebabe]

OK. This happened to me in a recent T1 tourney.

You play 4CC. Fairly generic. You play against some randomred.dec. A really bad one as well. Mogg Fanatic, friggin Spark Elemental, WAR ELEMENTAL ($1 for you if you know what it does without checking). How bad can it be.

But you draw ass. Or you play like that. Whatever. You´re at 1-1 in games. You don´t want to lose against this kid in the first round.

This is the position:

You have in play an Angel token (from decree) and an Exalted Angel.
You have Skeletal Scrying in hand. A full graveyard. You have 5 duals and a wasteland for mana. All the colours you want. You are at 5 life.

You opponent controls some Mountains and a Chrome Mox with something red imprinted on it. He has two cards in hand. He has Sulfuric Vortex in play. You are wondering why you countered all the burn thrown at your Angel and let this slip through. He is at 13 life.

You untap. You go down to 3 from the Vortex. You draw: FoW.

You are going to win this game, aren´t you?

[Kerith]

Where is the point? Did you cast Scrying because you thought you gained life from the Ex. Angel? All you can do is attack with the token and hope that he doesn't have two must-counters.

/edit: Oh .. you owe me $1

[circus]

Side out Decree for something more useful in this matchup (i.e. Disenchant,BEB,StP)

Keep your Exalted alive.  Counter Price of Progress.

[bloodpuppy11]

I think the point is he Forced something, paying one life and died next turn to the Vortex.

That situation may or may not be better than Mana Draining something and then burning to death.

Never underestimate the power of bad decks.

->patrick

[Law]

Yes some times its the decks that look like they will do crap (and will most of the time) will pick up and kick even the better decks down for one game. I have sean it happen with decks in my area that should not have done anytt=hing but ripped the other person a new one even if he new he had the better deck.

These things happen.

[Kerith]

I think the point is he Forced something, paying one life and died next turn to the Vortex.

Hm .. he didn't say that he has hand cards other than Skeletal Scrying. But those situations happen. My personal favorite is stabilizing at 1 life and then, after a few turns, tapping a CoB for mana.

[KitzuneNinja]

I think the point is he Forced something, paying one life and died next turn to the Vortex.

Didnt the 4cc playa have 5 mana = Hard casting FoW?

[Jacob Orlove]

He probably attacked with both creatures and died to a spark elemental.

This thread isn't really serving a productive purpose, so I'm going to close it.