[Free Article] So Many Insane Plays -- A Gush Control Tournament Report

[Smmenen]

http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=2555

A play-by-play recap of my last Vintage tournament.

This is shorter than my usual tournament reports, but that's because it's free, and I didn't have as much time to devote to it and breaking down the lines of play.   Still, it should be a fun read!

[DubDub]

Entertaining read!  Thanks for posting.

[Smmenen]

Thanks, that was the goal!  For people who like the more in depth approach, they can imagine what they would have done at each juncture, if you'd like. 

[Onslaught]

Great read, and a very thought provoking take on the East Coast Wins style deck. Four copies of Preordain probably gives the deck a much different feel, as well as the Misdirections and maindeck Trygon Predators. Awesome stuff!

[cvarosky80]

I have been running a similar build for the past few weeks and absolutely love how it runs in the current meta and continue to feel confident that, with a minor maindeck change, it can continue to run well in the upcoming Cage meta. Nice post and good read.

[Kiriyuu]

I'm surprised by the lack of Sol Ring, with 3 Jaces it gives you a lot of really unfair openings, particularly when all your countermagic doesn't cost mana. Did you miss it during the day?

[Smmenen]

Every card choice is a cost/benefit.  This deck isn't trying to be East Coast Wins -- notice I don't run Gifts, for example.  I never missed the Sol Ring, nor did I feel I was lacking in mana acceleration.   Ultimately, I choose to run Mana Crypt over Sol Ring.  I ran Sol Ring in my Mystic Remora lists, though.

The ideal scenario is to use Gush to ramp into Jace, and then Jacestorm for max value.  I prefer that to simply trying to accelerate into Jace, and spread yourself thin.  That's why I don't run Gifts, which is, imo, inferior to Jace.  

Incidentally, I've never played a Gush deck since Gush was most recently unrestricted with less than 4 Preordain.   It's puzzling to me that some do.