Tournament in Hadley for BB emerald

[BillTheDuck]

I play on weekends all the time, but thats basically because its my job.

Other than that I don't play much because Im busy.

If you come on sat/sun Ill playtest all you want.

And Chris, since when do you snowboard?

[mezzir]

taylor and i are takin it up this winter
and we're just gonna get sam and jane to teach us, screw formal lessons  
and hell, i've gone down my front yard befoe  
i pulled a 180 (kinda)

[BillTheDuck]

Just a little up for this thread.
Its getting pretty close to the tournament and I just wanna make sure everyone sees it.

[mezzir]

and everyone, bring a casual deck and vanguard cards if you have them!
cause the casual+multiplayer games at there tourneys rock, and the more the merrier

[BillTheDuck]

Alright, todays the day. Now get in you FUCKING CARS AND DRIVE HERE.

Beware though, I'll beat you with the speed of ,the precision of , and the pimpin'ness of .

Thank you.

[mezzir]

i dont really have time for a tourney report and i didn't take notes past round 3, so i'll just summarize real quick

round 1: a not too hot version of taiga.dec
reflecting pools and factories and ball lightnings  
i used my wastelands to make sure his reflecting pools couldn't do jack, and the round was pretty easy
finished off with a negator game 1 and 2
games 2-0
matches 1-0

round 2: Ben Will playing void.  close as hell games, games 1 and 3 were boring games, me winning game 3 and him game 1
2 was pretty close tho
i started with an awesome hand, but he had some awesome disruption turns 1 and 2 so it screwed me over
luckily, he stalled
went on for a while, and i finished off with a negator
games 4-1
matches 2-0

round 3: Nick (aka billtheduck) playing keeper
i offered a draw, but he wanted to play it out anyways
i didn't take notes here, so its a bit fuzzy
basically, blood moon owns
beat him 2-1
games 6-2
matches 3-0

round 4 (final round in swiss): nick's little bro chris playing dragon
he owned my game 1 pretty easily, i didnt' have a good hand
meanwhile me and tome (limeguy) complained about how dragon.dec sucked and was boring, and his come back was that it worked
games 2 and 3: blood moon pwns you!!!
games 8-3
matches 4-0

made it into top 8 ranked 1st
not bad for a rogue deck  

round 1 of top 8: ben will playing void, same as round 2
games 1 and 2 were split, pretty uneven. i killed hardcore game 1, he killed me game 2.
game 3 however....game 3 was the closest game of magic i've ever played, and the main reason i'm writing this
when i won, i had 2 cards left in my library, he had 5
i got a turn 2 CoP: Black, and it still took that long
for a while some nasty discard took my creatures away from me and eventually took my light of day before i could cast it
factories were met by my creatures which were forced to stay at home, me being at 3 life and him at 23 for most of the match.  eventually with 5 cards left in my library, i drew a yawgmoth's will after at the EoT of the turn before disenchanting his void (plenty of mana at this point)
i cast will, disenchanted his keg which was one counter short of killing my 2 savannah lions, played light of day, and wastelanded his only remaining factory
i attacked him with lions and a pup for the kill, with 3 cards left in my library or so when i won
holy shit, i was so braindead at this point

top 4:  some guy who ran a t2 tourney i went to, playing something that looked like super gro, tho i never saw a dryad
game 1 was easy for him, i got a horrible hand, but showed potential that was never used
game 2:  i got a very early blood moon thanks to a mulligan by him
we played mountain-go for a LONG time bcause i couldnt draw a goddamn creature, and when i finally did i killed him in 4 turns (negator rules)

game 3: he got 2 early werebears and just enough swords for every one of my creatures
i was left at 1 life facing 2 werebears with 6 cards in hand and 6 lands including the land drop for the turn
i had an ensnaring bridge in hand, but only one 1 drop and the rest 3 drops
i was one mana short in so many ways of surviving, but in the end i just scooped

so i ended up tied for 3rd
1st got a mox, 2nd got a foily BoP, i got nothing

 

EDIT: i didn't paste a decklist
wanna know why?
i was so braindead i left the deck in nick's backpack when i dropped him off
its rwb aggro, kinda similar to clubber lang (check the T1ToC decklists for it) with red instead of blue cause i dont have power
it really showed promise goine 4-0 in the swiss rounds against keeper, dragon, void, and a scrub deck
but beating keeper void and dragon isn't something to be ashamed of
i'll have a decklist up asap
and if nick feels nice...he might post it, seeing as he has it

[Redman]

Very intersting. I'd definitely like to see that deck when you get the chance.  I've thought of adding red a number of times, but usally as substititute for the black rather than blue.  I am especially curious about how you fit a Blood Moon in.

[mezzir]

thats the thing
i got some really weird looks for using blood moon in a 3 color deck, and in retrospect, i would've taken out a mountain or two for plains, since i had quite a few non-basics
i built the deck three nights ago, so there were some minor glitches

and do you have a decklist for your rwu version?
because i've always seen vindicate as one of the strongest spells
and i personally would rather have blue over red, but i didn't have the cards so red seemed like a stronger choice than green

[Redman]

I morked up a r/w/b version and started playing it...it does seem pretty strong, with no real power added. The r/w/u I never actaully put down, but I imagine it would end up looking a lot like The Patriot (just not quite as icky).

Vindicate is strong...as long as nobody plays Misdirection or Mana Drain. \n\n