[Results] - Genova 20/02/05 - TPS-UB WINS!

[MaxxMatt]

Hi all,
I'm here another time to tell you about our tourneys.
Are you tired of listening people speaking about Control Decks?
Are you tired to hear about long and noisy games?
Are you tired because your matchups usually end during the additional turns denying you your NEEDED trashtalking with friends and some smoke?

If "Y E S!!!" is the common answer to ALL of the asks above you can read what I'm going to say to you with true and religious interest...
Otherwise you can read the next lines only to satisfy my ego and nothing more...














Deck's Breakdown


1 David Besso (TPS UB)
2 Giuseppe De Luca (TPS UB)
3 Danilo Benvenuti (Landstill UWR)
4 Jonathan Genovese (Welder Mud)
5 Marco Sponza (Oath UBG)
6 Andrea Garella (T1T)
7 Danilo Brescia (Stacker - Monobrown)
8 Dario De Palma (Fish UR)*

9 Sandro Lanfredini (TPS UB)
10 Alessandro Mennella (TPS UB)
11 Maycol Del Soldato (TPS UB)
12 Alessandro Fava (TPS UB)
13 Lucio Lodato (Hate Deck BR)*
14 Alessandro Testa (T1Tog)
15 Mauro Bonino (Welder Mud)
16 Federico Gazzotti (TPS UB)
17 Alessandro Navone (4C Hulk Smash)
18 Giorgio Mottola (Oath UBG)*
19 Luigi Di Blasi (4C Keeper)
20 Davide Bernabe (Control Denial UB)
21 Daniele Gualco (Dragon BR)*
22 Frida Betti (Welder Mud)
23 Marcello Morelli (Dragon UBR)
24 Michele Lodato (RG Beatz)*
25 Luciano Roggero (Dragon UBR)
26 Riccardo Rossi (Fish UR)*
27 Francesco Castagnasso (UR Scepter)*
28 Maurizio D'Isanto (Control Denial UR)
29 Valentino Zannella (Oath UG)
30 Andrea Gestri (TPS UB)
31 Gregorio Adezati (T1Tog)
32 Lorenzo Fedeli (T1Tog)
33 Mattia Benabbi (TPS UB)
34 Rocco Palumbo (Stacker Monobrown)*
35 Alessandro Fugallo (TPS UB)
36 Stefano Biasio (Fish UR)
37 Marco Mazzei (RG Beatz)*
38 Mattia Silenzi (Sligh)*
39 Fabio Pezzo (Dragon BGR)*
40 Viola Lodato (Sligh)*
41 Andrea Canessa (Stacker Monobrown)
42 Michele Curcio (Control Denial UR)*
43 Alessandro Bonucelli (Fish UR)*
44 Francesco Salino (Fish UR)*
45 Valentino Giorgini (Fish UR)*
46 William Genovese (4C Keeper)
47 Matteo Savioli (Fish UR)*
48 Roberto Gallea (T1Tog)
49 Marco Ardoino (T1Tog)
50 Giampiero Ronzo (Welder Mud)
51 Giacomo Giunta (Welder Mud)*
52 Alessio Daidone (Dragon BGR)*
53 Alessandro Lippi (T1Tog)
54 Lorenzo Del Signore (UrPhidian)*
55 Raffaele Palermo (Sligh)*
56 Antonio Gennaro (Goblin)*
57 Luca Rosselli (Fish UW)*
58 Marco Bonsano (Aggro WB)*
59 Piernicola Ruggiero (Sligh)*
60 Claudia Piesco (Food Chain Goblin)*
61 Stefano Fraioli (Oath UBG)*
62 Fulvio Zerbino (Welder Mud)
63 Domenico Chionetti (TPS UB)
64 Fabrizio Morina (T1Tog)
65 Dario Contadin (T1Tog)
66 Pierpaolo Ruggiero (Oath UBG)*
67 Walter Zarà (TPS UB)
68 Franco Traversaro (Elf.dec)*
69 Andrea Parri (UBR Control)*
70 Marco Marotta (WS Slavery)
71 Federico Morchio (Oath UBG)*
72 Francesco Di Santo (Stompy)*
73 Alessio Micheloni (Fish UR)*

"*" = "Unpowered"




General Metagame Statistics

Control 54,79%
Aggro 20,58%
Combo 24,65%


Powered / Unpowered Rate
54,80% vs. 45,20%



Top8's Results

Quartefinals
--Urw Landstill vs. GayRed 2-0
--TPS UB vs. T1Tog 2-0
--WelderMUD vs. StakerMonobrown 2-1
--TPS UB vs. Oath UBG 2-0

Semifinals
Urw Landstill vs. TPS UB 0-2
WelderMUD vs. TPS UB 1-2

Finals
!!!!!! TPS UB vs. TPS UB !!!!!!!



Top8s Lists



1st Place - David Besso - TPS UB

MAIN DECK

Protections
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Rebuild
1 Chain of Vapor

Tutors
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Cunning Wish
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker

Bombs
4 Brainstorm
2 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Memory Jar
1 Timetwister
1 Mind's Desire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk

Winners
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Tendrils of Agony

Mana
4 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Swamp
2 Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta

SIDEBOARD
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Night of Souls Betrayal
1 Hydroblast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Misdirection
1 Brainfreeze
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild
1 Rushing River
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Stifle







2nd Place - Giuseppe De Luca - TPS UB

MAIN DECK

Protections
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild

Tutors
2 Cunning Wish
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
 
Bombs
2 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Timetwister
1 Deep Analysis
1 Mind's Desire
4 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Skeletal Skrying

Winners
2 Tendrils of Agony

Mana
4 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Swamp
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta

SIDEBOARD
2 Defense Grid
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Daze
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Misdirection
1 Brainfreeze
1 Night of Souls Betrayal
1 Rebuild
1 Rushing River
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Stifle






3rd Place - Danilo Benvenuti - Urw Landstill

MAIN DECK

Mana
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
3 Island
3 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

Drawers
4 Standstill
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Brainstorm

Counters
4 Mana Drain
3 Mana Leak
2 Misdirection
4 Force of Will

Control Board
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Fire/Ice
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Crucible of Worlds

Winners
3 Decree of Justice

SIDEBOARD
3 Arcane Laboratory
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Rack and Ruin
1 Pyroblast
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast







4th Place - Jonathan Genovese - Welder MUD

MAIN DECK

Lock
4 Smokestack
3 Tangle Wire
4 Trinisphere
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Crucible of Worlds

Beasts
4 Goblin Welder
4 Metalworker
2 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan

Drawers
1 Memory Jar
1 Wheel of Fortune

Mana
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Mishra's Workshop
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
5 Mountain


SIDEBOARD
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
4 Rack and Ruin
3 Duplicant
4 Tormod's Crypt






5th Place - Marco Sponza - Oath UBG

MAIN DECK

Combo
4 Oath of Druids
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Gaea\'s Blessing

Tutors
3 Intuition
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor

Protections
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Mana Leak
2 Misdirection
3 Duress
1 Rushing River
1 Rebuild

Drawers
4 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk

Mana
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Island
1 Swamp
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

SIDEBOARD
3 Arcane Laboratory
3 Energy Flux
3 Ground Seal
2 Oxidize
2 Pristine Angel
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Platinum Angel







6th Place - Andrea Garella - T1Tog

MAIN DECK

Mana
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
2 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus

Protections
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Duress
1 Mind Twist

Utilities
4 Cunning Wish
1 Engineered Explosives

Tutors
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Intuition



Drawers
4 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Deep Analysis

Winners
2 Psychatog
1 Yawgmoth?s Will


SIDEBOARD
1 Fling
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Rushing River
1 Snuff out
1 Firestorm
1 Lava Dart
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Hurkyl?s Recall
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Shattering Pulse
2 Annul
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast







7th Place - Danilo Brescia - Stacker Monobrown

MAIN DECK

Mana
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
3 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

Beasts
4 Metalworker
3 Triskelion
2 Karn, Silver Golem

Pseudo Drawers
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Memory Jar

Lock
4 Jester's Cap
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Trinisphere
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Sphere of Resistance


SIDEBOARD
1 Sphere of Resistance
4 Damping Matrix
3 Spawning Pit
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Juggernaut
1 Triskelion







8th Place - Dario De Palma - Fish UR

MAIN DECK

Mana
4 Volcanic Island
3 Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Lotus Petal

Protections
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
2 Annul

Tiny Men & Little Sluts
3 Spiketail Hatchling
4 Cloud of Faries
4 Grim Lavamancer
2 Gorilla Shaman

Control Board
2 Fire/Ice
1 Crucible of the Worlds
3 Null Rod

Drawers
4 Brainstorm
3 Standstill
3 Curiosity

SIDEBOARD
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Rushing River
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Engineered Explosives







Archetypes Correlated With Their Final Place

UB-TPS 1-2-9-10-11-12-16-30-33-35-63-67
Urw-Landstill 3-69
Welder-MUD 4-15-22-50-51-62
Ugb-Oath 5-18-61-66-71
T1Tog 6-14-31-32-48-49-53-64-65
Stacker-Monobrown 7-34-41
Ur-Fish 8-26-36-43-44-45-47-73
BR-Hate-Deck 13
4C-Hulk Smash 17
4C-Keeper 19-46
UR-Control-Denial 20-28-42
Br-Dragon 21
UBr-Dragon 23-25-39-52
RG-Beatz 24-37
Ur-Scepter 27
Ug-Oath 29
Sligh 38-40-55-59
Ur-Phid 54
GoBBo 56
UW-Fish 57
WR-Aggro 58
FCG 60
Elf.dec 68
MW-Slavery 70
Stompy 72



Decks' Grouped By Their Own Strategy

Aggro
BR-Hate-Deck 13
Stacker-Monobrown 7-34-41
RG-Beatz 24-37
Sligh 38-40-55-59
GoBBo 56
WR-Aggro 58
Elf.dec 68
Stompy 72

Control
Urw-Landstill 3-69
4C-Keeper 19-46
UR-Control-Denial 20-28-42
Ur-Scepter 27
Ug-Oath 29
Ur-Phid 54

Combo
UB-TPS 1-2-9-10-11-12-16-30-33-35-63-67
Br-Dragon 21
UBr-Dragon 23-25-39-52

Aggro-Control
Welder-MUD 4-15-22-50-51-62
Ur-Fish 8-26-36-43-44-45-47-73
UW-Fish 57

Aggro-Combo
FCG 60

Control-Combo
Ugb-Oath 5-18-61-66-71
T1Tog 6-14-31-32-48-49-53-64-65
4C-Hulk Smash 17
MW-Slavery 70




Decks' Occurrency

(12) - UB-TPS 1-2-9-10-11-12-16-30-33-35-63-67
(9) - T1Tog 6-14-31-32-48-49-53-64-65
(8) - Ur-Fish 8-26-36-43-44-45-47-73
(6) - Welder-MUD 4-15-22-50-51-62
(5) - Ugb-Oath 5-18-61-66-71
(4) - UBr-Dragon 23-25-39-52
(4) - Sligh 38-40-55-59
(3) - Stacker-Monobrown 7-34-41
(3) - UR-Control-Denial 20-28-42
(2) - 4C-Keeper 19-46
(2) - RG-Beatz 24-37
(2) - Urw-Landstill 3-69
(1) - BR-Hate-Deck 13
(1) - 4C-Hulk Smash 17
(1) - Br-Dragon 21
(1) - Ur-Scepter 27
(1) - Ug-Oath 29
(1) - Ur-Phid 54
(1) - GoBBo 56
(1) - UW-Fish 57
(1) - WR-Aggro 58
(1) - FCG 60
(1) - Elf.dec 68
(1) - MW-Slavery 70
(1) - Stompy 72


You can easily compare and realize data to find that:

--some Iper-Played decks didn't well during all the tourney because of the iherent difficulties at mastering it. Speaking of TPS, we had it as both the "Deck to Beat" and the "Worst to Master". It surfs through the final standing between the 1st and one of the last places. It testify how easily the deck can "scrub-you-out" while playing it.

--For the first time since 2 years, none, among our best Team ( here in Italy ) , Top8ed with the decks of their choices.

--T1Tog placed AT HIS WORST since at least 1 year.

--None seemed to prefer C-S to other forms of Control Decks. I'm not going to judge this trend because I think that it is not dependant on the Deck but only by the People involved on choosing which decks to play. Some Tier1s are hard to de-throne. Atog, Keeper and Oath seemed the decks' of the moment.

--Combo played well beats Control played well.
--Combo can crap out you mor efrequently than Control. This is the ONLY real reason because T1Tog and other Control decks seemed to have an edge ( at least since this tourney ) towards TPS.
TPS sometimes "lose games" by itself.
Unluckily seemed that it arrives out of gas ESPECIALLY during Top8s
During this Tourney, I realized that the only players that posed a bit more atttention on "Combo-Mirrors" place better than the others.


In the end...
--Giuseppe aka "Siral" De Luca : "....One man travel ALONE!!! through the Italy...
...for hours and hours
...in a shitty train
...through the cold of the winter  
...with a single deck
...with a single Idea
...with a single hot-dog
...with an ever-hungry stomach
...with a lot of sex made during the entire week  
...without too much sleep
...without any attack phase to use
...without any idea where he is going
...without crashing anything
...without the moon guiding his heart
...without me...


...AND HE DROPPED before the Finals, because he is !!!the King!!! morally winning the entire tourney ... and the best girls in the playing area.
What a MAN!..."


This is the winning formula to play and Win with Funny & Coloured Cards!












These are the data at now.
Enjoy!




MAxxMAtt





FIRST EDIT >>> Top8s Lists, stealed to the trash in the last possible instant...
BETWEEN EDITS >>> A bit of sex...
LAST EDIT >>> More & more & more & more data and funny things about the Winner...

[JuJu]

Are you going to post the decklists anytime soon, I'm guessing they're not available yet. I'm sure people would like to see them, although italians play the same deck for like months on end

[Dr. Sylvan]

OMG MaxxMatt I <3 you.

[MaxxMatt]

@JuJu --> Added
@DrSylvan -->



This is a cold night and even the mages sometimes wanted some relief between the warmth of their four house's walls .

Writing...
Hearing music...
With a firm and gently rounded up ass between your legs...
Writing...
Hearing music...


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An old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone
And the soup is cold upon the table
And if the black crow flies
Find a new destination
That is the sign

Come tonight
Come to the MtG site
Come to MtG battle fight..."




Report - 1° Place - TPS-UB
Turn1 - Fish UW
Game 1
TPS played first keeping this hand.
Emerald, Ritual, Necro, Underground x2, VT and another one. Fearing a FoW and/or a Daze, he Tutored a Duress to get around them during his forst turn and then resolved Necropotence on turn 2.
He won two turns later.
Game 2
Fish went first and resolved a first turn Extract taking out DSC.
Draw-go for a couple of turns.
TPS resolved both a Mind's Desire for 11 and a Timetwister on turn 3 without finding a single Tutor for the last winner or a Cunning Wish for Brainfreeze.
Fish resolved a couple of Mages and Fairies.
TPS Necroed until one life points without finding a single way to win.
Long game.
Game 3
TPS Ancestralled on turn 1
Fish Extracted the lone ToA on turn 2
TPS Duressed  away the second Extract on turn 3
Fish did some weenies for a couple of turns
TPS Brainfreezed Fish during the additional turns winning the game and the match

1-0-0

Turn 2 - WelderMUD
Game 1
TPS kept an hand with Demonic Duress and 5 lands but he went first. He Duressed away a Trinisphere and passed the turn.
WelderMUD resolved CotV for 0 and a topdecked Smokestack.
TPS drew into his Lotus and resolved Demonic for Ancestral after a careful thinking.
WelderMUD resolved Karn and started the beating soon.
TPS didn't find anyone of his bouncers and died soon after
Game 2
TPS started with this hand. Sapphire, Jet, Ritual, TInker, Mystical, Undeground, Bargain. He resolved a first turn Tinker for DSC.
WelderMUD resolved his Smokestack and passed the turn
TPS Mystically Tutored for Duress during his Upkeep taking out the opponent Tangle Wire and winning the game.
Game 3
TPS mulliganed once.
WelderMUD started with Land, Mox and Pillar which resolved
TPS started with Land and BeB for Pillar. Then he laied Petal, Crypt, Demonic for Lotus and Necropotence. He drew 10 cards going down to 7 life points. He had no FoW but an hand capable of winning the game with some spells and a Rebuild for the possible opponent's Trinispheres.
WelderMUD resolved another Pillar.
He played a little Tendril gaining 2 life points ( ToA for 8 damages ).
TPS drew into a Tinker for Jar ( taking out Crypt ) and drew 4 cards from his Necro.
WelderMUD played the third Pillar. TPS tried to find a FoW in order to counter it, crushing the Jar, totally tapped out, but failed and lost the match.

1-1-0

Game 3 - T1Tog
Game 1
T1Tog Duressed on turn 1 but TPS drew his Ancestral during turn 2 which resolved. He drew into his Jet and Duressed away opponent's Drain.
T1Tog was without counters and TPS resolved Memory Jar. Crushing Jar he found ( after a bit of manipulation ) Lotus, Demonic, Ritual and Y Will for the win.
Game 2
T1Tog didn't Duressed TPS on turn 1 while TPS Duressed him in order to resolve Ancestral. TPS intentionally forced a Gift Unforgiven during opponent's second turn EoT which was countered but that leave the way open for a Y. Bargain during the subsequent turn.

2-1-0

Turn 4 - TPS-UB
Game 1&2
Intentional Draw

2-1-1

Turn 5 - T1Tog
Game 1
TPS resolved a Necropotence on turn 2 after a Duress and with FoW backup. He won on turn 4.
Game 2
T1Tog started with Land, Jet and Duress x2 taking out almost any business spells to TPS.
They both Draw-Go for a lot of turns collecting nothing but mana fonts.
TPS tried to with at some point: He tried a Ritual which met a Drain. He Ritualled again which resolved and then he tried a Timetwister which met a FoW which went FoWilled back by TPS. HE had 2 black mana in hi mana pool. The seven fresh new cards were Mox Mox Ritual Lotus FoF. TPS tried to resolve FoF which T1Tog tried to FoW. TPS Ancestralled in response, which resolve and FoWilled back the T1T's FoW. FoF revealed a Demonic Tutor for Y Will which won the game by it self.

3-1-1

Turn 6 - TPS-UB
Game 1
TPS#1 Ancestralled on first turn opponent's Upkeep which resolved.
TPS#2 Duressed away opponent's Tinker.
TPS#1 Duressed the opponent twice gaining a great tempo advantage.
TPS#2 did nothing for 2 turns.
TPS#1 Rebuilded his artifacts on turn 5 resolving a Mind's Desire for 8 and winning with it.
Game 2
TPS#1 Mulliganed once.
TPS#2 resolved a Duress during turn 1 and developed a bit his mana.
TPS#1 resolved nothing of consequence during his first turn
TPS#2 resolved Tinker for DSC on his second turn.
TPS#1 take the first 11 damages and his in last turn tried a Mind's Desire for 6 spells which showed up Sapphire, Jet, Emerald and Rebuild. Tendrils for a billion of damages followed soon after.

4-1-1

Turn 7 - TPS-UB
Game 1&2&3&4&5&6
The inexperienced player conceded to the experienced player splitting the eventual price.
They played a bit for fun.
The inexperienced player rolled over the experienced one at least enough to satisfy his ego.

4-1-2

Quartefinals - Ubg-Oath
Game 1
TPS kept with 4 lands, VT and FoWx2.
Oath started with Duress which TPS Fowilled in order to protect his VT.
TPS resolved VT and sadly passed the turn.
Oath passed the turn with two mana open waiting for opponent's Ancestral Recall. TPS waited the opponent's move instead of resolving the Ancestral in a blind way.
Oath tapped out at some point to resolve an Intuition. TPS responded with Ancestral which resolved which drew him 3 lands. Intuition resolved and Oath resolved the sebsequent turn too but without and Orchard to win the game.
Both of them ASTONISHINGLY enough for all the people all around draw-go for at least 7 round.
At some point, TPS Duressed Oath expecting the usual pletora of counterspells. He had 3 Mox, a Beast and a Misdirection in hand, so Bargain resolved and TPS luckily won the game.
Game 2
Oath started with a land go.
!!!TPS Went Crazy mulliganing to 5!!!.
He kept Petal, Lotus and Brainstorm x3. He drew Necro and Brainstormed into Land, Mox & Duress. He Duressed away opponent's active counter and resolved Necro drawing 10 cards.
Oath Tutored and Arcane Lab and tried to resolve it with a bit of acceleration. TPS FoWilled it and won next turn.

5-1-2

Semifinals - WelderMUD
Game 1
TPS went first Sapphire, Jet, Ancestral, Duress and Walk.
This beatiful hand went unused because WelderMUD reveived a game loss for a not de-sided Duplicant during game 1.
Game 2
WelderMUD started but mulliganed to six.
TPS kept an hand with LoA, Petal, Ritual, Necro, Demonic Wish Mystical.
WelderMUD played Crypt, Mox and Trini, punishing the opponent.
TPS drew another land but missed the third and the fourth land drop, starting being beaten down by Karn, Trini and Wire.
Game 3
TPS started with Mox, Academy, Lotus Brainstorm that saw mothing of consequence.
WelderMUD played a first turn Trinisphere another time.
TPS played draw go while WelderMUD played Waste on Academy and a Tangle Wire to tap the opponent out.
TPS tapped all his permanents out and passed the turn.
WelderMUD tapped all his permanents out ( included the Trinisphere ) and passed the turn after having resolved a MEtalworker thanks to MW#2.
TPS tapped him out another time an passed the turn
WelderMUD resolved another Trini.
TPS tapped and passed
WelderMUD resolved Smokestack
TPS finally passed the turn totally untapped.
WelderMUD used his Jar making other permanents and a Welder but TPS Rebuilded all the things into the opponent's hand winning with a middle sized Y Will the turn subsequent turn.

6-1-2

Finals - TPS-UB - Won by Drop

7-1-2








....Other Reports coming soon...

[Andreas]

Just out of curiosity:

Why are the TPS decks playing Night of Soul's Betrayal in their sideboard instead of Engineered Plague? After all the Engineered Plague is easier to cast and you usually know at which creatures to aim.

[VGB]

Just out of curiosity:

Why are the TPS decks playing Night of Soul's Betrayal in their sideboard instead of Engineered Plague? After all the Engineered Plague is easier to cast and you usually know at which creatures to aim.

For the extra mana you get to take out Faeries and Wizards, or Welders and Pentavite tokens, or Soldier tokens and Gorillas, etc.

The extra points of power reduction against random beaters might also help in providing the extra turn or two in order to garner a win - but this is probably a stretch.

[Phoenix]

It's against fish. NoSB is GG against most fish builds and fish is still played here in italy.