My Personal Report of the Tournament
I'm Giuseppe De Luca (so you have already seen my name in the top8 list)
Dragon.dec
4 Force of Will
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
3 Stifle
3 Xantid Swarm
2 Deep Analisys
2 Intuition
4 Animate Dead
3 Necromancy
1 Entomb
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk (still looking for a beta one
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1 Ambassador Laquatus
1 Scrivener
2 Cunning Wish
3 Worldgorger Dragon
3 Mox
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Swamp
1 Island
Sideboard
2 Verdant Force
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Oxidize
2 Naturalize
2 Annul
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Coffin Purge
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Gaea's Blessing
1st turn vs Ru Control base on mana denial
First game he starts with first turn shaman and tried in the second turn to waste a land, i stifled put in play bazaar activated and win the game with a topdecked mox.
Second game he mulligans to 5 and i close first turn with bazaar lotus sol ring animate dead
1-0
2nd turn vs Rector Trix
I won these games for the 3 stifles maindeck he tried to sac rector for the therapy but i activated bazaar and use stifle on the ability of rector. Then he draw only lands or mana source
Second game is the copy of first one but i close faster then him with a first turn xantid, second turn bazaar, third turn kill with a stifle on a fetch in the his third turn that prevent him to cast rector
2-0
3rd turn TPS (Team-Mate)
ID
2-0-1
4th turn Iso-Keeper
Xantid rules the game. First turn xantid let me win in three turns and in the second game i tried to cast xantid in my second turn, he drains, i animate it in my third turn and close in my 4th turn.
3-0-1
5th turn Dragon (another Teammate)
He dont know very well the mirror match so he tried to win the game using bazaar he discards the dragon and i thank him casting animate dead with wish in my hand for the win.
Second game was won by my blessing in sideboard since he doesn't have the wish-stroke option as kill.
4-0-1
6th turn vs goblin
First game easy victory in turn three.
Second game he starts with a mulligan with lackey crypt crypt....i scoop after 3 turns
Third turn i start with fetch pass he starts slow with cadets i entomb for verdant and animate in the second turn. He scoops after 2 turns
5-0-1
7th turn vs U/W FishNoFish (The top8 one)
First game xantid swarm wins the game
Second game i keep with a poor hand and his curiosity destroy me (he draws about 6 cards with curiosity)
Third game i lose from a rootwater thief....
5-1-1
I must play the final round for the top8
Round 8 Control Madness (Matteo Rubini 4th place with this deck in the side event in Berlin last year)
My bazaar are more dangerous....so i win the first game at turn 4 after a resolved xantid
Second game he bring in all the hate (2 ground seal, 2 tormod, 1 naturalize, 1 beb, 1 chain of vapor, 1 ray of revelation)
I dont find the bazaar so he destroy me with a mongrel + roar
Third Game i was able to cast 1st turn xantid and wins in the third turn
1st game top vs Hulk Smash (winner of the tournament)
I start with xantid swarm and win after 3 turns
Second game he starts with turn 1 ground seal...i scoop after few turns (no bazaar because he waste me 2, no resolved spell too many counters)
Third game i start with underground sea pass
He starts with duress i cast mystical tutor fetching ancestral and he discards force of will
I try ancestral but he force me, then he casts his ancestral and second duress then in the next 2 turns he waste me 1 land and 1 bazaar
When i try the Deep from my hand he drain me and when i flashbacked he forces......
His turn with 4 mana in pool from drain he cast demonic tutor black lotus yawgmoth's will...
What can i say....GOD HAND!!!!
