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« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2006, 01:46:27 am » |
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I played Dan Carp's The Gilded Claw with the side board of "Duplicant, Triskellion, 4 Sphere of Resistance and 9 nominally appropriate meta choice cards" in my second outing of Not Playing Salvagers.
Actually, looking at the top 8 and total meta, I should have played Salvagers. Fewer Chalice/Null Rods than usual.
Anyways...on to the report
Round 1: vs Jeff Huang with UBr TPS with Intuition/AK/Wish/Tinker
Game 1 I kill him with beats before anything else can go down.
Game 2 I conceed while we are both at 20 life, he has 9 cards in hand, and I have nothing relevant in play. Only 10 minutes or so left in round. I figure game 3 I can go first, maybe I can beat him out. Upon retrospect, maybe I should have played it out, and if he wins, so be it....game 3 may or may not end. you know? TMD! What do you think? Play out game 2 and possibly draw game 3 or conceed game 2 to hopefully win game 3?
Game 3: I think I have him sufficiently slowed down. I have Jesters Cap in play (Darksteel Ingot and Shop as only mana sources) and I topdeck Defense Grid from the board. Weak, I know, but who knows.
My opponent Brainstorms or is holding Tendrils Will and/or Demonic Tutor. I lose to maindedeck Chain of Vapor/Rebuild and wish for one of above...
Lost first game. Sucks.
Round 2: Paired up against Austin Martinez of Team Vacaville (My team for those keeping score) playing Duress Oath.
Game 1: Austin wins flip and ends my awesome hand with Lotus, Duress, Duress, Orchard, Oath, Go. I enter scoop phase for second time today.
Game 2 and 3: 11 cards come in from board. I destroy him utterly both games. I decided that since I own 1 Aura Fracture, I may as well play it. The only artifact Hate cards I hate are enchantments, and I play 4 Crucibles, and it hates on Oath of Druids. Nice, eh?
Round 3: Erik Brown with Gifts.Confidant.pwn.dec
My deck crushes his. Playskill has nothing to do with it. Crucible resolves turn 1, strip turn 2, sphere, Trinisphere, whatever.
Same with game two. 11 cards come in from board. Sorry man.
Round 4: Some guy with an oath deck.
I win both rounds from BorkEnNess. Game 2,11 cards come in from board and he kept a Chalice for Zero, No land No Mox hand. His fault. sigh.
Round 5: ID with Kevin Schumaker playing Belcher x4/Tendrilsx2.dec
Top 8: Louis Scott Vargas with EBA/Confidant.
My deck crushes his due to 1st turn Chalice for 2 both game. Game 2 7 or so cards come in from the board. he mulled to 5 to face chalice for 2 first turn. Sorry man.
So far,the two opponents I faced and feared (because I knew them and their playskill), my deck randomly dealt me a win. Wheee!
Top 4: Jeff Huang again with UBR TPS/Wish/Tinker
I die both games.
Game 2, however was interesting. 11 cards come in from board. I resolved a Jester's Cap FINALLY (after first two got forced or Rack N Ruin'ed) and took out Colossus, Tendrils and (loooking looking looking....Will? Wish x2? I pick Wish since Mana Drain was in his hand (I counted Forces and Drains). I suck. Scrubby McSuck.
I had an opportunity to Weld in Cap for 2nd outing of 3 cards, but chose to draw cards until I can discard fatty Titan and seal deal.. Jeff masterfully played a bunch of instant speed crap and mainphased Yawgmoth's Will to fuel and Wished for BrainFreeze for about 60. I deserved that loss...Congrats Jeff Huang. Nice deck.
I am scrubby McSuck.
I did however win an Underground Sea (bringing me back up to 1 Sea, 5 Trops, 2 Volcanics and 2 Tundras. (Oh, and a bayou and savannah and 2 taiga's).
For those interested in my Siding techniques, there are always cards in the board I wanted to side in... 3 Jugz, 1-2 Intuitions, 1-2 tutors, MindSlaver, Masticore and other goodies came out for goodies from board. I wish that at LEAST 1 card maindeck was a Mishra's Factory or an Artifact Land for the whole Crucible Slaver lock thing that is technically possible. I like the Factory Idea and it would be at least an option for Slaver being more than a 1 of.
Great touney, great vibes and all around good fun.
Anybody who was there, feel free to comment on my undiscolosed scrub mistakes that I made througout the day so that others may learn.
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