Mox Ruby Tournament Results! 10-20-08 Manila, Philippines

[smbdy_182]

We have just concluded our 2nd Mox tournament!

33 Players have participated in this event.

Props:
To BCI for the use of their place.
To Raffy Sarto, my judge.
To those who donated cards for prizes.
To all those who attended and given their support for proxy tournaments.

Slops:
A bit disappointing turnout but still my most number of participants under my belt.
Me for not playing.
The defending champ cannot play.

After 6 rounds of swiss:

deligos, marco 14
seen, donn 14
payuran, jm 13
crisostomo, jm 13
go, osmond 13
igoy, giovani 13
rodriguez, andrei 12
payabyab, ryan 12
de leon, luis 12
areza, kitz 12
pangasinan, jay 12
sato, sho 12
mallari, ron 9
esquerra, allan 9
pecauco, jm 9
herbig, mike 9
peco, generie 9
napao, raymond 9
corpuz, ric 9
go, jay 9
go, ariston 7
quiambao, mondu 7
bajano, neil 7
maclang, philip 6
mariano, harold 6
florendo, miguel 6
garcia, cyrus 6
fabie, marcelle 6
francia, raul 6
bernardo, pocholo 5
mosalina, jesse 4
olchondra, resley 3
zamora iii, jim 3

TOP 8:
Deligos, Marco with RG Beats (W) VS. Payabyab, Ryan with Plat Oath

Go, Osmond with BBS VS. Crisostomo, JM with Plat Oath (W)

Payuran, JM with BBS(Wizards) (W) VS. Igoy, Giovanni with UWg Fish

Rodriguez, Andrei with Bomber Paint (W) VS. Seen, Donn with Cannonist Fish

SEMIS:
Marco (W) VS. JM C.
JM P. VS. Andrei (W)

FINALS:
Marco VS. Andrei

CHAMPION

ANDREI RODRIGUEZ TAKES HOME THE MOX RUBY!

Final Standings:
1st Place: Andrei Rodriguez with Bomber Paint
2nd Place: Marco Dedigos with RG Beats
3rd Place: JM Payuran with BBS (Wizards)
4th Place: JM Crisostomo with Plat Oath
5th PLace: Donn Seen with Cannoist Fish
6th Place: Osmond Go with BBS
7th Place: Giovanni Igoy with UWg Fish
8th Place: Ryan Payabyab with Plat Oath

DECKLISTS:
1st Place: Andrei Rodriguez (Team DS) with Bomber Painter

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS - 14
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Grindstone

CREATURES - 11
3 Painter’s Servant
4 Trinket Mage
3 Auriok Salvagers
1 Darksteel Colossus

INSTANTS – 17
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Echoing Truth
4 Mana Drain
1 Cunning Wish
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will

LANDS- 14
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Plains
3 Island
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra

SORCERY – 4
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker

SB: 15
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Disenchant
2 Seal of Cleansing
3 Honor the Fallen
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Energy Flux


2nd Place: Marco Dedigos (Team KFC) with RG Beats
MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 14
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Aether Vial
3 Skullclamp
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus

CREATURES – 22
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Tin Street Hooligans
4 Kird Ape
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Stingscourger
4 Mogg Fanatic

ENCHANTMENT – 2
2 Seal of Primordium

INSTANTS - 4
4 Lightning Bolt

LANDS – 18
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Windswept Heath
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 Mountain
1 Forest
4 Taiga

SB: 15
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Stingscourger
2 Seal of Primordium
4 Pyrostatic Pillar

3rd Place: JM Payuran (Team KFC?) with BBS (Wizards)

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 10
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Vedalken Shackles
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
2 Skullclamp
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus

CREATURES – 14
3 Voidmage Prodigy
3 Patron Wizard
2 Pure Sight Merrow
3 Sage of Epityr
3 Trinket Mage

ENCHANTMENTS – 2
2 Back to Basics

INSTANTS – 15
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
4 Mana Drain
1 Echoing Truth
1 Stifle
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall

LANDS – 18
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
12 Islands

SORCERY – 1
1 Time Walk

SB: 15
2 Pithing Needle
2 Chill
2 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Chalice of the Void
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Gaea’s Blessing

4th Place: John Michael Crisostomo (Team Big Budget) with Platinum Oath

MAINDECK: 62
ARTIFACTS – 9
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sensei’s Divining Top

CREATURES – 3
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Akroma’ Angel of Wrath
1 Platinum Angel

ENCHANTMENTS – 7
4 Oath of Druids
3 Counterbalance

INSTANTS – 19
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Mana Drain
1 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Read the Runes
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm

LANDS – 16
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Underground Sea
1 Island
2 Wasteland

SORCERIES – 8
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
3 Duress
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Gaea’s Blessing

SB: 15
1 Blazing Archon
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Pithing Needle
1 Stfle
2 Massacre
1 Echoing Truth
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Simic Skyswallower


5th Place: Donn Seen (Team Kapal) with Cannonist fish

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 11
4 Aether Vial
3 Skullclamp
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus

CREATURES – 29
4 Kird Ape
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Ethersworn Cannonist
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Tin Street Hooligans
2 Vexing Susher
2 Ronom Unicorn
1 Kami of the Ancient Law

INSTANTS – 4
4 Swords to Plowshares

LANDS – 16
3 Taiga
3 Plateau
2 Savannah
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
1 Plains
1 Forest

SB: 15
3 Ray of Revelation
3 Pithing Needle
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Pyrostatic Pillar
1 Pyroblast
1 Gaea’s Blessing

6th Place: Osmond Go (Team MF) BBS (Just Say No!)

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 12
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
3 Powder Keg
1 Time Vault

CREATURES – 4
4 Ophidian

ENCHANTMENTS – 2
2 Back to Basics

INSTANTS – 20
4 Mana Drain
4 Mana Leak
2 Negate
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Impulse

LANDS – 18
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
8 Island
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria

PLANESWALKER – 3
3 Tezzeret, the Seeker

SORCERY – 1
1 Time Walk

SB: 15
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Energy Flux
4 Propaganda
3 Sower of Temptation

7th Place: Giovanni Igoy (TF) with UWg Fish

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 10
3 Aether Vial
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus

CREATURES – 17
4 Spellstutter Sprite
3 Cloud of Faeries
3 Ninja of the Deep Hours
2 Jotun Grunt
4 Meddling Mage
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

ENCHANTMENTS – 2
2 Standstill

INSTANTS – 15
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Snare
2 Stifle
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Echoing Truth
1 Ancestral Recall

LANDS – 13
4 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
2 Tropical Island
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
1 Plains

SORCERIES – 1
1 Time Walk

SB: 15
1 Magus of the Unseen
1 Wipe Away
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Swords to Ploshares
2 Energy Flux
3 Krosan Grip
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Tormod’s Crypt

8th Place: Ryan Payabyab with Platinum Oath

MAINDECK:
ARTIFACTS – 9
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
2 Sensei’s Divining Top

CREATURES – 4
4 Platinum Angel

ENCHANTMENTS – 4
4 Oath of Druids

INSTANTS – 22
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Pact of Negation
1 Echoing Truth
1 Repeal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm

LANDS – 15
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SORCERIES – 6
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker

SB: 15
3 Engineered Explosives
2 Vedalken Shackles
1 Hurkyll’s Recall
1 Rebuild
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Mana Severance

META BREAKDOWN:
UWg Fish
Cannonist Fish
RG beats
BBS (Wizards)
BBS - 2
Platinum Oath - 2
Painter - 3
Mono Red Shops (stax/aggro hybrid) - 2
Mono Blue Stax (Chronatog)
Mud Shops
Aggro Shops (9sphere)
Mana Ichorid - 2
Angel Oath(Akroma and friends) - 2
Tezeret Control - 2
Grim Long
Deez Naughts (bwug w/ Cannonist)
Random Combo
The Rock
UW Fish
Dragon Stompy
Ad Nauseam Combo
Pitch Long
Bomber Tez
Bomber Painter

Feature Matches will be posted after I finish them

[Grand Inquisitor]

Thanks for posting.  There's a number of interesting lists here and the bomber list at 1st looks very tight.  Have the players written any reports (hopefully in english)?

[dawgie]

I'm the guy who played the UWg Fish (7th place). I'm finishing up my report and most probably will have it up by tomorrow. I'm trying to remember as much detail as possible.

For the other players, I will ask if they can write up reports. Most of us speak english anyway. 

[vanquish]

Hi TMD, i'm the guy who played the bomber list in 1st place, sorry but I really have no recollection with regards to my matches, been trying for the past 2 hours to come up with something and to no avail. My preliminary matches were against Ichorid (round1), Tezzeret (round2), ICBM Oath (round3), RG beats (round4), UWG Fish (round5) and Tezzeret (round6).

Had a record of 3-2-0 after 5 rounds with both my losses coming from RG beats and UWG fish. Fortunately, I managed to win the last round against mike herbig using tezzeret to make top8. I believe the topic starter has a play-by-play report with regards to my last match.

My top 8 matches were against Canonist Fish, BBS (Wizards) and RG beats (same guy I lost to during round 4).

Thanks and I'll try to ask the other players as well if they have reports to post in here.

[smbdy_182]

WIll have that up too. The match between Mike Herbig and Andrei Rodriguez (Vanquish) took a long time. Imagine A control vs control deck both using Drains waiting each other out. The other control deck gains the upper hand since he has an active Library of ALexandrian.

Meanwhile here are the other feature matches. Enjoy!

FEATURE MATCH #1

Round 3 Donn Seen VS. Ryan Payabyab

Game 1:

R: Goes first and goes Delta and Lotus. Sac Lotus for (3U) Scroll into Ancestral. Done.
D: Plays Platea, Pearl, Ruby and casts Ronom Unicorn. Ryan in response breaks Delta to fetch Island then cast Ancestral. Unicorn gets FOW’d. Donn plays clamp. Done.
R: plays Delta then passes.
D: plays Wooded Foothills that fetched Savannah. He plays Kami of the Ancient Law which Ryan responses with break delta for Island and Drain Kami. Donn plays Tarmogoyf . Done.
R: plays Time Walk and EOT, bounces Goyf with Echoing truth.
Ra:Walk Turn: Play Orchard then pass.
D: plays Gofy again and it sticks. Clamp Goyf then pass.
R: plays Orchard then done.
D: Goyf swings then done.
R: Draws and passes.
D: Goyf for the win.

Game 2:

R: goes first with Ruby, Pearl and Petal. Break petal and tap Pearl for M. Scroll into Recall. Done.
D: plays Wooded foothills into Taiga. Plays Kird Ape done.
R: Plays Flooded into Island then casts Recall. Play Sensei and done.
D: Plateau. Kird Ape attacks. Play Lotus then sac (3R) Ancient Grudge. In response, R activates Top then FOW’d Grudge. D flashbacks Grudge which resolved targeting Ruby. D uses remaining R to cast Kird ape then done. EOT, R uses Island to cast Mystical fetching Tinker.
R: Passes.
D: Plays forest and attacks with both Apes.
R: Activate top, Draws then passes.
D: Wooded, Attack with 2 apes then done.
R: Repeals Ape then Pass. EOT D fetched Savannah.
D: Taiga, another Ape and Ethersworn Cannonist which gets FOW’D. EOT activate Top.
R: Draw, Top then pass.
D: Draw, attack then pass.
R: Tinker into Platinum Angel which gets STP’d.
D: Attacks for the win.

FEATURE MATCH #2 Battle of the 3-0’s for Immunity!

ROUND 4 : Mike Herbig VS. Donn Seen

Game 1:
H: Goes first and plays Sea then Duress. He gets no other targets other than STP. Done.
D: Pearl, Plateau then Vial.
H: Delta, Lotus (3B) casts Engineered explosives for 1 then activate. Pass.
D: Plays Fanatic done. EOT, H fetched Sea.
H: Island then Go.
D: Plays Savannah, Wild Nactl and Cannonist which gets FOW’d. Done
H: Plays Mana Vault and Duress. Hits Swords.
D: Noctl Attacks.
H: Demonic Tutor for Tinker. Tinker  Colossus.
D: Plays Tin Street Hooligans go.
H: Attacks with Col. Play T. Crypt and activate. Play Y. Will, Crypt, Delta fetching Sea and Lotus breaking for (3u) plays EE for 1 and breaks.
D: Plays another Tin Street then done.
H: Colossus for the win.

Game 2:

D: Goes first and plays Taiga then Kird Ape which gets FOW’d.
H: Plays Sea then Go.
D: Savannah then Gaddock Teeg which gets FOW’d. EOT, H casts Brainstorm.
H: Plays Tolarian then done.
D: Taiga, Fanatic and Gaddock Teeg that both resolves.
H: Draw then go.
D: Savannah. Teeg and Fanatic attacks and drops down Pyrostatic Pillar.
H: Play Mana Crypt casts Thirst for Knowledge (discards FOW and TEzzeret)
D: Teeg and Fanatic attacks. He plays Vial.
H: Crypt misses. Lotus, Emerald, Flooded  Sea tap all to Hardcast Colossus. Now down to 3 life.
D: Plays Ronom Unicorn attacks with Teeg and Fanatic. Col blocks Teeg. H down to 2.
H: Mana Crypt Hits. Dead.

Game 3:

H: Goes first with Flooded and Lotus Petal.
D: Plateau then Vial. EOT H fetches Island then uses Mystical for Ancestral.
H: Play Strand pass.
D: Vial (1) counter. Taiga and another Vial. EOT fetch Sea and casts Recall.
H: Plays Thoughtseize getting Fanatic. Plays Emerald done. EOT D activates Vial for another Fanatic.
D: Fanatic Attacks. Ancient Grudge hits Emerald. Vial (2) and Vial (1)
H: Play Ruby. EOT D hits Ruby with Flashbacked grudge and Vials Ronom Unicorn into play.
D: Uniorn and Fanatic attacks.
H: Plays Massacre wiping the board clean.
D: Passes.
H: Passes
D: Casts Tin Street Hooligan which gets Drained.
H: Having 2 Drain Mana, H plays Lotus and sac (3B) Petal also for (B) then cast Yawgmoth’s Will. In response to Will, D Vials Cannonist into play. H then replays Lotus, Petal, Flooded and Time Vault then passes.
D: Cannonist Attacks.
H: Passes the turn. EOT D Vials Fanatic into play.
D: Fanatic and Cannonist Attacks.
H: Sea, Fact or Fiction showing (EE, Mana Vault, Sensei’s Divining Top, Sapphire and Threads of Disloyalty.) Threads got thrown into the GY. Play Sapphire, Lotus (3) cast sensei and EE for 2 counters. Break EE.
D: Fanatic Attacks. EOT Sensei
H: Casts TFK (throws Vault) then Walk S ea then Top.
Ha: Walk Turn: Activate Top, Flooded into Sea, TFK(discard 2 FOW) play Massacre. EOT D Vials Wild Cantol into play.
D: Declares his attack. H responds by playing Vampiric and losses.

ROUND 6: BATTLE FOR A SPOT AT THE TOP 8

Andrei Rodriguez VS. Mike Herbig

GAME 1:

A: Goes first with Lotus sac for (3W) play Grindstone then Painter which gets FOW’d by H. Played Mana Crypt and Top then activate. Done.
H: Play Flooded then pass.
A: Crypt hits. Pass. EOT, H fetches Island.
H: Play Delta then pass. EOT A uses Top.
A: Crypt hits again. Plays Mox Pearl done.
H: Play Island then done. EOT A activates Top.
A: Crypt hits again. Pass
H: Draw then go. EOT activate top again.
A: Crypt hits (4/4) plays Ruby. EOT, H fetches Sea and casts FoF. In response, activate top FoF resolves.
H: Plays Lotus, Mana Crypt. Plays Tezzeret which gets FOW’d by A. In response, H breaks Lotus for 3U to Drain the FOW. (1)U remaining, plays Flooded and fetches Sea cast Time Walk.
H’s Walk Turn:  Crypt mises. Tez fetches EE then break. Pass.
A: Draw then go.
H: Cast Thoughtseize(Salvagers), then Tezz fetches Time Vault. Cast Demonic Tutor for Voltaic Key and won.

GAME 2:

A: Goes first with Library of Alexandria then pass.
H: Delta go.
A: Activate LoA. Play Tundra pass. EOT fetch Sea.
H: Play Island and Tormod’s Crypt and passes.
A: Plays Island then activates LoA. Discarding Colossus.
H: Play Sea and pass.
A: Play Ruby then activate LoA. Cast Pithing Needle naming Tormod’s.
H: Play Sea go.
A: Plays Aether Spellbomb. Done.
H: Plays Flooded then pass.
A: Plays T. Crypt and Painter.
H: Casts Massacre sadly not killing Painter.
A: Painter attacks. Done.
H: Draw then pass. EOT A activates LoA.
A: Play Time Walk.
A’s Walk turn: Play Tolarian Academy, cast Trinket Mage for Lotus and breaks for 3W play Salvagers which H responds with FOW that gets Drained by A. In response, H casts Brainstorm then Drains A’s Drain and finally A responds with a FOW of his own resolving the Salvager. A replays Lotus and wins.


GAME 3:

H: Mulls to 6. Started with Flooded fetching Sea and Duress getting Brainstorm. Play sapphire and done.
A: Plays Tundra then Ponder. EOT, H plays Mystical Tutor for A. Recall.
H: Recall then drops Sea. Done.
A: Drops Flooded Strand done.
H: Casts Top done.
A: Plays LoA then passes.
H: Drops Pearl then pass.
A: Activate LoA and play Tundra. EOT, H casts Fact or Fiction which gets Drained by A.
H: Activate Top. Done.
A: Plays flooded then TFK(discarding Col). Activates LoA cast Aven Mindcensor which H responds by activating Top. Mindcensor resolves.
H: Drops Mana Vault done.
A: Plays Sapphire and swings with Mindcensor.
H: Activate Top then go. EOT, A activates LoA and drops another Mindcensor.
A: Plays Mana Crypt and swings with both Mindcensors. Plays TFK(discarding Spellbomb). Drops T. Crypt, Black Lotus and a Salvager.Salvager gets Drained by H, which A FOW’d, which H FOW’d and finally A Drained the FOW resolving Salvager. Passes the turn.
H: Plays Pearl, casts Massacre killing both Mindcensors and fetches Sea. Demonic Tutor for Pithing naming Salvagers.
A: Plays Trinket Mage getting EE and set’s it at 1. Activate and won the game.

[scribe888]

I played BBS, ported from the ICBM open. with one modification, -1 Wasteland +1 Lotus Petal

Dan Carp, aka The Hebrew Hammer
Team ICBM
Tezzeret Blue
Created by Stephen Menendian

8 Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Negate
4 Mana Leak
4 Impulse
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Ophidian
2 Back to Basics
3 Powder Keg
3 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Fact or Fiction

Sideboard:
4 Energy Flux
4 Propaganda
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Sower of Temptation

With my almighty Ophidian Proxies!

Anyways Round 1

I play against JM Crisostomo (Platinum Oath)
Now JM and I have this history, I beat him at the Swiss, and he beats me in the top 8. This'd be the third time we meet in a tournament.

Game 1

Land go. Except his land is a Forbidden Orchard. And they get to attack. With him tapping them every turn, the life total swings to my favor. I didn't get to see his deck and neither did he see mine.

Game 2

I pull out the Tez combo with FoW back-up.

1-0

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Round 2

vs RG Beats Marco

Game 1
I play a turn one Ophidian which dies thereafter. He resolves an Aether Vial and things do downhill from there. The following turns involve me disrupting his mana base but he plays another Vial and puts down Kird Ape, Tin Street Hooligan, and Magus of the Moon (to which I laugh.) I dig as much as I can but find no second Ophidian to stem the bleeding or Tez to kick off the combo.

Game 2
I side in my Sowers and Propagandas, in hindsight, I think I should've put some Chalices as well...

This time my deck just doesn't cooperate. I resolve a Propaganda whid 3
ch stops the rush of critters. I also had a Powder Keg to nuke a critter and Back to Basics (he was running a lot of non-basic lands.) But in the end, after 2 Impulses, I find no way to stop the rush and lose.

1-1

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Round 3

Game 1

I play against Ariz playing Rock

Game one saw me rolling over to Tarmogoyf beatdown. Turn 1 Cabal Therapy took a FoW away and soon another Cabal Therapy nuked my kill condition. Playing disposable critters (BoP) flashbacked the therapies for more hand rape.

Game 2

Land Mox go. He plays a Cabal Therapy which takes nothing. Eventually he plays a Null Rod which I realized just kills my deck haha but I counter it anyway. I counter ALL his threats (this deck is sick that way haha) and resolve a Tezzeret fetching a vault, which goes a full turn unharassed.

Game 3

This game I had a lot of artifact acceleration and Ophidian action going on. I play a Tezzeret which untaps my Mox Sapphire and Sol Ring. My opponent plays Cabal Therapy which I allow to take away Time Vault. Next turn I attack ftw.

2-1

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Round 4

I play against Philip piloting Oath. Yuck.

Game 1 and Game 2 saw me completing the combo early. Game 2 on the back of Ophidian.

3-1

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Round 5 against Ryan playing Oath... YUCK.

Game 1

"War of the bling, he says." To which I respond, "not this deck." I didn't even have a set of Ophidians.
He fetches his Guru Island which meets my topdecked Korean Strip Mine. The game proceeds in such a way that I mana screw him and when he has developed some form of a mana base due to unlucky draws, I've already put together the Tez combo.

Game 2

He plays his Guru Island which meets the Korean Strip Mine I had in hand. HEHE. Anyway next turn I play a LoA and Moxen. He draws no lands for a long time while I resolve to Ophidians which makes me Ancestral every turn. And I also have LoA. At this point, I'm pitching Tez and BoB for a hand full of counters. When I finally play my Tez he uses his 7 card hand with 3 FoW's to counter it. But I have 2 Mana Drains, 1 Negate, and 2 FoWs.

But all things considered, he was just unlucky with his mana.

4-1 good enough to draw with Gio.

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Top 8, I play against JM Crisostomo

Karma's a b***h.

I lose both games to lack of draw, a crucial turn in game 1 was when I Mana Leaked his Sensei's Divining Dildo which apparently was bait for Black Lotus YawgWin. I never recovered from there. His did have super secret tech Read the Runes which allowed him to maximize his Will turn.

Game two I was just pissed all throughout. The deck didn't cooperate at all. He Strip Mined me and I was left with just one land. I didn't see another land until the game ended. I eventually drew into a Lotus Petal which I used to play Impulse which didn't find me any land. I grabbed a Mox Jet from it and played it. In hindsight this was my play error as JM DTed for a Krosan Grip. I needed two mana to play Powder Keg to knock my Orchard tokens out and Oath into Sower of Temptation. I heard Platinum Angel works nicely.

Failzorz.

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From the start of the day I really wasn't confident with the list. I had only constructed the deck the night before and was finding the deck weird for it's lack of Bounce or Draw. If I were to play the deck again, I'd replace Ophidians with TFK and fit in a Tinker Plat win condition. Our metagame has a lot of Oath and I can't really risk Ophidian. I really don't know why it doesn't have bounce but it worked!

[dawgie]

Here is my report with UWg fish:

2 weeks before the tournament, I didn't know what deck to use. I was thinking og using a new deck with the cards from Shards but there was little time to test. I was not really comfy with playing Dawn of the Dead this time because I have been using it in a whole lot of tournaments. Being a proxy tournament, I know what would be coming up, lots of Combo and lots of Stax. I knew Oath would be present too.

So I went to my roots and used the deck that I piloted before. UGw Fish with some little tweaks.

Here is the decklist:

UWg Vial Fish

4 Meddling Mage
4 Spellstutter Sprite
3 Cloud of Faeries
3 Ninja of the Deep Hours
2 Jotun Grunt
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (buddy!)

1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Snare
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Aether Vial
2 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
2 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Stifle
2 Standstill

1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
4 Flooded Strand
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Tundra
2 Tropical Island
1 Plains
1 Island

SB:
1 Magus of the Unseen
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Wipe Away
1 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Energy Flux
3 Krosan Grip
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Tormod's Crypt

Secret tech:

Wearing a pink shirt for lady luck


Round 1 - Moises with Deez Naughts

Game 1 - I mulled down to 5 with nothing spectacular on my opening draw. I already got land so I just proceeded with the hand. He just rips me apart. Tarmogoyf, Life from the Loam getting Strip Mine, Pithing Needle on my Aether Vial. I just conceded when another Goyf hits play.

Game 2 - I sort of got into an average start having 3 mana sources in play. He then played a Trygon Predator which rips my artifacts. Then he was flooded with land. He drew a whole lot of land like he was playing standard. I was able to establish board advantage against his lonely Trygon Predator.

Game 3 - We both mull down to 6. My opening hand was Tundra, Black Lotus, Ninja, Meddling Mage, Time Walk and I think a fetch land. He plays a land and go. I drop Tundra, Black Lotus, crack Lotus for 3 Blue, play Meddling Mage naming Force of Will, then play Time Walk. Time Walk turn, I top deck a Standstill. I play Standstill, attack Meddling Mage. It was downhill from there for him. Next thing Ninja comes in and Jotun Grunt joins the party.

1-0


Round 2 - JM with Wizards

Game 1 - He plays Sage of Epityr which makes me sure that he was playing Wizards. I know I lost this game as my hand was nothing spectacular. He then drops B2B which was good. Also he plays Pithing Needle naming Vial. He then plays Vedalken Shackles which gave me the pain. Seriously, I lost the game when he dropped Shackles.

Game 2 - I lost the game when he Misd'd my Ancestral Recall. It was too much as I kept drawing bad cards and he was just dropping Wizards. I just lost this game to bad draws (or me being stupid in keeping a bad hand)

1-1

Round 3 - Allan with UW Draw-Go Cannonist

Allan was paired down to me.

Game 1 - He was drawing too much land. I just kept on beating.

Game 2 - I played a first turn Grand Arbiter (Tundra, Black Lotus) and it went through. Him having a Sphere effect was too much while I had a Helm of Awakening on my Blue and White Spells. Grand Arbiter and the others came down to party for the beatdown. Too much creatures, too much cards in hand, I just overpowered him.


2-1

Game 4 - Ric with Oath

Game 1 - I had no idea what Ric was playing. I was thinking it was Bomberman but when he played a Forbidden Orchard, I knew what it was. Thing is, Ric was never able to get an Oath in time. I was able to play Meddling Mage naming Oath of Druids for the win.

Game 2 - I was able to play Meddling Mage early naming Oath of Druids. He tinkered to Darksteel Colossus. I know, Ric was gay. I lost.

Game 3 - Ric plays Oath of Druids. I Krosan Grip-ed it. He plays another Oath of Druids, I Grip it again. He plays another Oath of Druids (yup. Thats 3 turns of Oath of Druids and I have 3 tokens). At end of his turn, I Wipe Away it. On his turn, he plays Oath again, I Spell Snare it, he Forces it (pitching SSS). I know I was able to get him down to 9. He Oaths and reveals Simic Sky Swallower and Gaea's Blessing was placed in the yard. During my turn, I played Meddling Mage with nothing to name (I just named Duress. This was wrong though as I will explain later). Then we noticed something. Ric forgot to shuffle Ancestral Recall in his library when Gaea's Blessing resolved as he placed Ancestral Recall in different part of the board. Judge Raffy said that since the game state cannot be reveresed, it will just stay in the yard. After that, I played Magus of the Unseen (Tech Funky specialty. A lot of people were reading the card). Ric then Oath-ed again, revealing Darksteel Colossus and attacked with SSS. Ric misunderstood the card and sort of missed the "If that artifact is an artifact creature, it can attack," phrase in the text. I steal Darksteel Colossus with Magus, and swing for all.

To the Meddling Mage thing, the better play there would be to name Time Walk. If he was able to topdeck Time Walk in his draw, I would have been dead. I just realized that when Ric Oathed again for Colossus. Good thing Blessing was in his hand and Time Walk was in his graveyard.

3-1

Round 5 - Andrei with Bomberpaint

Game 1 - I was able to out control Andrei. Literally, almost all things that he play, I countered it with Sprite, Spellsnare, Force and then card advantage with Ninja and Standstill. I also think he drew too much land.

Game 2 - Andrei plays with a Tundra, Sol Ring, Mox Ruby then taps Tundra and Sol Ring. I was saying "Not a first turn Tinker-lossus." And he did play a Tinker-Lossus. On my turn, I swords to plow it wishing that it was not an FoW he had in hand. It resolves. On his turn, he drops a Library of Alexandria, go. On my turn, I waste Tundra, go. His turn, he draws, and go. On my turn, I topdeck another Wasteland, and waste his LoA, go. On his turn, he does nothing. On my turn, I play Meddling mage, naming Painter's Servant. His turn, he draw goes. On my turn, I play another Meddling Mage, naming Auriok Salvagers, swing. His turn, he does nothing again. Basically, he got land screwed here. Meddling Mage beats for the win.

4-1

Round 6 - ID with the Ozzman as I was guaranteed a place in the top 8. This then turns into a slugfest with Mondu downstairs for Sisig Rice and Chicken Sisig. Mondu and I were now supposed to do some major Hulk Smash damage since our order was sort of late... then when were about to go green, the order came. Sisig for the win, hommies!!!


Top 8

JM again with Wizards

Game 1 - He goes first and I think I mulled down to 6 on this one. It was the suckage. We play land go then he brings down B2B which got through. Then Shackles again got through. I was not drawing the FoWs!!!! For a few turns I was doing draw go because of the Shackles and B2B. I then got sort of impatient as I just laid the beatdown cards. But Shackles was too much and B2B sort of nerfed me.

Game 2 - I was up first and I was confident with my hand. He plays a Jitte. I play a Jitte too so it would be destroyed. Some lands and some counters. He then plays Trinket Mage fetching Skullclamp. What I didn't know was that he has a maindecked Sword of Fire and Ice. Then he plays Shackles again. I Krosan Grip-ed the Shackles, but had nothing to deal with the Trinket Mage attached with a SoFI. With the damage and the draw, it was too much. I just lost and got pounded.