MoxMonkey
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« on: October 16, 2005, 01:31:32 am » |
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Could a Monderator Please Move to the Tournament Reports Page as I cannot post there. Thank you very much. Just got back from the event and I made 25th place. My Journey started on Friday when I had to go to classes and take 3 test. I then traveled to Umass Lowell to get teammate Craig, then back to Braintree to get Pat and Scott and Dave. We had between us the metagame decks that we expected so we were able to playtest a wide vary of decks between ourself. I myself played CS, Craig Oath, Dave u/w fish and Scott Mono Black. My list is a little bizarre but its been testing very well. Anyway the ride over was getting on the mass pike at 3pm which we all know was my mistake. So after a couple hours we decided to play the magic word game. After about 25 minutes it comes to me and its for an R word and I say "Fire." Everyone looks at me says you ok since I'm driving and its raining. I end up saying ok I'm out and just drive over here. We get here around 7:30 - 8pm and we get some dinner and playtest till 2am. I get up and Try to think what the hell I was doing playtesting that long. Thinking I was going to lose every match I ran this. 1 mana crypt 1 sol ring 1 demonic tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 1 mana vault 3 Goblin Welders 1 Mox Monkeys buddie 2 Underground sea 4 volcanic Island 3 Island 1 Snow covered Island 4 Fetch 1 LOA 1 Darksteel citadel 1 Tolarian academy 5 Moxen 1 Black lotus 4 Thirst for knowledge 4 Brainstorm 4 Mana drain 4 Force of will 2 MindSlaver 1 Triskelion 1 Sundering titan 1 Gifts Ungiven 1 tinker 1 Cunning wish 1 time walk 1 mytical tutor 1 Echoing truth 1 Ancestral recall 1 Fact or fiction SB 1 REB 1 BEB 1 Pyroblast 1 Hydroblast 2 Rack and Ruin 1 Lava Dart 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Echoing Truth 1 Gorilla Shaman 1 Goblin Welder 1 DSC 1 Coffin Purge 2 Pyroclasm
Round One I play Paul. Game one is he goes island sapphire Jet go I go Volcanic Shaman Crypt Eat moxen pass. He was going to cast Gifts on his next turn but never gets another land after his turn 2 citadel. I get the titan to join the monkey and they finish off that game shortly after a slaver makes it safe for me to tinker. I think hes playing gifts since he never drops a welder so I bring in 2 REB shaman and DSC. Game Two SB for Gifts hes really playing CS the mirror I go turn 1 or 2 Welder then slave him turn 3 or 4 and he never recovers since he topdecks the Triskelion after I slave him and he drains the slaver and welder brings in back. I will with 3/4 of my deck in the graveyard and he scoops since I have demonic Tinker and Academy.
Round 2 Monkey take on Brassman Game One I'm worried since Ive playtested with Brassman a couple times and Know this isn't going to be fun. I mulligan then get some lands going and Brassman does his 1 Island a million artifacts and then severances for no more lands. I play the Shaman Vault eat his moxen. He has no mana and loses after. Game Two SB as above We do the land fetch Storm thing and then I resolves tinker on turn 4-5 and Titan cleans out his mana base and wins from there. I got really lucky with my draws and they were close games as is.
Round 3 Josh Lost the die Roll Game One I get A fetch then maybe an island he gets crypt lands tinkers Triskelion goes the distance for him. Wow three mirrors in a row Woot. Game Two Monkey eats mana I thinker for titan he has no mana sources And I swing for the win. Game Three Play it slow but Resolve monkey then Tinker for titan after making sure he was low on cards in hand and mana sources.
Round 4 brain who gets top 16 playing Bird shit Game one My monkey and his Nimble moose deal 7 damage to the other. I top deck nothing ut lands and he finally hits threshold and kills me with little green guys. Game 2 I didn't take good notes on this but I get taken down to 4 and stabilize with triskelion and Titan hitting the board and him not getting to threshold because of crypt. Game 3 I go super broken. Tolarian mox sol ring walk triskelion hard cast by acedemy and Crypt he STP Triskelion I have will in hand deal 2 to him kill Triskelion. He plays a wasteland as his second land waste academy. I will will on turn and replay Tinker which got Triskelion and I get DSC. He loses.
Round 5 vs Jarad Game one I get him down to 8 somehow and then he belches me for the win. Game 2 He tinkers fast for DSC I loss cause I draw nothing.
Round 6 I lose the die roll and I'm playing vs Hatch. Game one He has me low on mana and cards in hand via duress and cabal. I topdeck the Ancestral into Lotus and Will and it was late into the game and Academy was i nthe yard and I didn't play a land yet. I put titan on the board and clean out. Game two I Mulligan into an OK 6 and I get some draw going and I drain something in a Slaver and into his Yawgoth's Will will with me controlling him. I rid his hand and storm to keep the field ope for my tinker for DSC to go all the way home.
Round 7 Playing vs Dan with Salvager's Game goes into me draining stuff and getting draw going. I tinker for Titan and Triskelion with a Welder and win after that. Game Two I make the only playmistake out of all 8 rounds and forget to bring DSC main. II have Triskelion instead of DSC on turn 5-6 he has blockers and the creature number is in his favor and I lose. Game 3 I would have won but we started with 10 minutes left in the round. On the last turn I can cast Will Walk tinker and have 4 counters to make sure DSC could go the whole way but time is callled.
Round 8 vs Eli With I think SSB. not sure it won with recoup tinker walk. Game 1 He gets a turn 3 tinker for DSC I don't find an anwser and top deck a lot of land. for the first time Game 2. I go LOA then draw for turn draw off loa volcanic. he goes land I get 2 Volcans LOA Ruby in play. Have drawn more than him and have drain REB. He cast Gifts I drain the REB its fine he has Yawgmoth's Will in hand and goes super broken and I lose.
All in all I never missed Pentavus. titan wasn't that bad, Wish was awesome, DSC should be main so you dont go to time vs Salvager's without Duals. All in all it was a great event and I cannot wait for the next one. CS lives on as long as you care to play it. MoxMonkey Team Sengir - Losing to Baron Sengir since 2005
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Joblin Velder
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2005, 03:16:56 am » |
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Congrats on your finish, Steve. MTWTFSS needs to do some more testing. HEad down to RI on the weekends, fool.
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Bakes
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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2005, 11:51:18 am » |
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Yes good finish! if I ever finished that high at waterbury I would go crazy! Do you have any idea what you played against in round 8?
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« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2005, 11:55:35 am » |
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Hey! Congrats on your finish!!
Nice report also, it was a nice read. Thanks!
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« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2005, 03:55:07 pm » |
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Congrats on your finish. And nice playmat.
And by the by, for round 5 it's Jarad, not Darad
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MoxMonkey
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« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2005, 04:47:03 pm » |
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Thanks sorry about the name I posted this right after Top 8 cause Hotel had internet and we had a Labtop. I also cannot read my own writting half the time. And ya I'll try to come down some weekends can deffinity use some playtesting. Control Slaver is back.
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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2005, 08:50:37 pm » |
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Again, congrats on your 25th finish, I was somewhere in the 70's to 80's:-D
I played slaver once, and I made the bonehead move of leaving a necromany in my hand when I was slaved...nothing says your an *ss like being killed with your own cards:-D
I like the game slaver is playing right now, but I watched both (Slaver and Gifts) play and I am leaning towards Gifts, it seems to just have more going for it right now...I believe 3 gifts in the T4 and 1 Stax, but do not take me wrong, Slaver is GREAT...but gifts has more going for it.
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MoxMonkey
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2005, 10:24:52 am » |
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Ya I agree, I have gifts and can put it together at any time but Slaving someone Ends the game there and then. I have played vs Gifts and I use to think that matchup was terrible but I got use to it. The Two games I played on Waterbury I lost to them but thats because of turn 2 and 3 tinker with FOW backup so I dont think anyone beats that. I added a Gifts to my slaver build because the card does retarded things. Also Gifts played by someone very well does well, I have yet to see a newbie pick it up and play it so I lose to it. Gifts is a solid deck but I dont think its as good as everyone wants to make it out to be.
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2005, 03:35:38 pm » |
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I was the person who played you round 7, I managed to finish 26th after loseing round 8 to control slaver. Game 3 I kept a very aggresive hand with a 2nd turn tinker, becasue I figured that was the only way either of us was going to win. After you bounced the DSC, I knew I was screwed. At that point however there was no way either of us could win with the time we had left. Anyway nice job placing one place higher then me.
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MoxMonkey
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2005, 05:52:06 pm » |
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I had the force and bounce and Storm in my opening hand. I drew the will a turn to late but if it came the turn before I would have tinkered for DSC Hardcast Titan and Walked for the win since I would have been able to replay my bouce. I made the mistake game 2 of not bringing in DSC to kill faster. Now I triple check my board every game.
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