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Sam Best
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« on: January 16, 2007, 10:01:07 am » |
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Seeing as I can't post in the Tournament Reports and Results area I'll post this report in the Open Forum.
I played the deck below on day one and two, but i scrubed out day 1. Day 1 had around 153 people at it. Day 2 was a bit different for me. I did actually pretty decent. I placed 9th out of 90 people. I would of got 8th place if my tiebreakers were better. I was off by 3% in my tiebreakers from making top 8 which was quite disapointing. Well anyways I don't remember much from my matches, but I played against the decks listed below:
Round 1: Dry Slaver vs Gifts (2-1)
Game 1: Okay game one I was very nervous due to the fact I was playing another well known player, Dan Carp. Well to continue with the game. Dan is on the play. Dan plays I believe it was an Island and passes the turn. I play my land and as he did I pass my turn. I remember an Underground Sea got into play either he fetched or just played it. I go to my turn and then play a land and then adventually gettign a sundering titan into play through a tinker and winning the game due to him gettign mana screwed.
* -2 Thirst for Knowledge, -1 Goblin Welder +1 Hurkyl's recall, +1 Red Elemental Blast, +1 Tendrils of Agony
Game 2: All I remember is loosing this game.
Game 3: I won this game by getting a mindslaver into play and then using it. I remember seeing a darksteel colossus in his hand. He took 1 off mana vault and then he drew into a brainstorm. I cast brainstorm. The draw was Tinker, Brainstorm, and mana crypt. I put the Darksteel colossus and mana crypt ontop of his deck. I tinker and "Fail to find" then casting a brainstorm into two lands and a vamp tutor. I cast vamp tutor getting an underground sea. I then procede to taping him out and endign his turn. I draw and pass. He drew the underground sea and passed his turn. We go to time when he passed his turn. It didn't matter becuse I ended up pulling off a tendrils for 12 storm and ending the game right there.
Round 2: Dry Slaver vs Control Slaver (2-1)
Game 1: This was another harder opponent for me to play against. Well anyways here is how the games went. I believe he waas on the play. I am not exactly sure what he was playing at first, but he adventually got a goblin welder into play. I ened up tinkering in a Triskelion and then proceded onto winning this game by attacking him with the trike. He attempts to Rack and Ruin my Triskelion and some othe artifact I have in play which I mana drain and just keep on attackign for the win.
* -1 Goblin Welder, -1 Triskelion, -2 Thirst for Knowledge, -1 Tormod's Crypt, -2 Merchant Scroll +1 Red Elemental Blast, +4 Leyline of the Void, +2 Lava Dart
Game 2: I lost this game because of my desire to mulligan down to like 5 to try to get a leyline of the void in my opening hand. He gets an early mindslaver into play which I end up scooping to becaue I really had no chance of winning this game and I didn't want him to see my hand.
* -4 Leyline of the Void, +1 Tendrils of Agony, +1 Triskelion, +1 Hurkyl's Recall, +1 Empty the Warrens
Game 3: I remember winning this game because of sundering Titan and just drawing into counter spells. Well anyways my changing of my sideboard, sideing out the Leyline of the Voids proved to be a better idea. I end up casting an early goblin welder which I just wanted to get him to waste a force of will on, but it ends up resolving. And then he procedes to his turn not doing much. I end up casting a gifts ungiven or tinkering to get a sunderign titan and gettign that into play and just drew counters to protect it and winning the game with Titan beat down.
Round 3: Dry Slaver vs Pitch Long (0-2)
Game 1: I remember drawign a decent hand, but that really wasnt good enough due to the fact that he was playing Pitch logn and winning on his 2nd turn.
* -1 Goblin Welder, -1 Mindslaver, -1 Triskelion, -2 Thirst for Knowledge +1 Red Elemental Blast, +1 Hurkyl's recall, +1 Tendrils of Agony, +2 Trickbind
Game 2: I knew I wasn't going to win this match so I really didn't try that hard. That's a lie right there I played my best. Well anyways I am on the play this time. I play a land and pass my turn. He plays his land and then I think duresses me. He adventually plays some stuff then Mind Desires for 6. He doesn't get anythign that he could win off. He gets a vamp and vamps. The game ends up going on for a bit just drawing and passing and what not till I adventually get a Sundering Titan into play by hardcasting it killing two undergound seas of his and a volcanic island of mine. I remember having a tormod's crypt in play which prolonged the game. I ended up gettign to attack him once. He topdecks what he needs and attempts to cast yawgmoth's will and I attempt to crypt him in responce and then he trickbinds it. I wasn't expecting that at all. Well he ends up winning right there.
Round 4: Dry Slaver vs Ichorid (1-1-1)
Of all things I drew against Ichorid.
Game 1: He ends up having a very good start which I should of lost, but top decking Demonic Tutor gettign tormods crypt is a very good move. I end up keeping the tormods crypt into play and then I end up getting a goblin welder into play and casting a gifts ungiven getting Trike and Mindslaver and then using Mindslaver to deck him.
* -4 Mana Drain, -1 Mindslaver, -1 Sundering Titan, -1 Red Elemental Blast, -1 Goblin Welder +4 Leyline of the Void, +2 Empty the Warren, +1 Hurkyl's Recall, +1 Tendrils of Agony
Game 2: I lost to another desire to mull to get a Leyline of the Void in my opening hand. Leyline has failed to be drawn in my opening hand which I mulled for four trying to get. I ened up just doing nothign and him going insane with Ichorid beats.
Game 3: I don't want to explain. We both misplayed so bad. I end up getitng screwed because of a Root Maze and Chalice for 0. I ended up gifting at some point in the game for Demonic Tutor, Recoup, Leyline of the Void, and something that wasnt very relivent at the time, but would of helped. He gives me Demonic and that other card. I demonic for a leyline of the void and cast it on my next turn. This prolongs the game so much we end up going to tiem and drawing the game. He should of won because he could of casted creatures due to the land card in his graveyard that gives lands the ability to produce green of white.
Round 5: Dry Slaver vs Dry Slaver (2-1)
I literally don't remember anything from this match, except for me winning
Round 6: Dry Slaver vs Drain Tendrils (2-0)
Game 1: He ends up mulling to five. He is on the play. I get an early mindslaver to see what is in his hand. He drew a land and he had a yawgmoth's will in hand so I casted it and just played a fetch land and "Failing to find" and casting ak which he drew nothing. I ended up tinkering in a Sunderign titan killing his entire mana base and attacking for the win.
* -1 Triskelion, -1 Echoing Truth, -1 Thirst for Knowledge +2 Trickbind, +1 Red Elemental Blast
Game 2: I pretty much did the same stuff in this game as in the first without the mindslaving. I won using Goblin Welder and Titan attacking him and countering anything that really was a threat to me. I don't remember like much else that happened.
Round 7: Dry Slaver vs Stax (2-0)
This game made me very nervous because it could make me into the top 8, which it didn't matter at the end because my tiebreakers weren't good enough.
Game 1: He is on the play. He ends up mulling to five which is why I won the game for the most part. He plays a ruby and somethign else and resolves a goblin welder and mana vault and tries to play a tangle wire which I counter with a force of will. I play a land and a mox and pass my turn. He attacked with is goblin welder on his turn. On my turn I get a tormods crypt into play and pass my turn. He attacked with his welder again on his turn. I then procede on my turn tinkering in a trike which I ping his welder and him for 2 because he welded my trike for some artifact in my graveyard and me adventually gettign a goblin welder into play and beating him down with a triskelion.
* -1 Goblin Welder, -1 Red Elemental Blast, -1 Merchant Scroll, -1 Sundering Titan +1 Hurkyl's Recall, +2 Empty the Warren, +1 Shattering Spree
Game 2: The game started off very slow. He attempted to resolve a smoke stack which I countered with a force of will. I remember him playing Trinisphere some number of turns later, but it really didn't matter because I had enough mana in play already so I let it resolve. The game ended up continueing with him playing spells and me countering the ones that mattered, although I let two Tormod's crypts resolve. We ended up going to time and me having to hurry and I drew into what I needed, Shattering Spree. I Shattering Spree his two crypts and his trinisphere and me casting hurkyls on me and play a bunch of spells and then casting empty the warrens for like 22 goblins and him drawing nothing and me attacking him for the win.
Record: 5-1-1 (11-6-1)
Dry Slaver
9th place TMD Open Day 2
4x Volcanic Island
2x Underground Sea
3x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Library of Alexandria
2x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Vault
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
3x Goblin Welder
3x Gifts Ungiven
1x Treskilion
1x Sundering Titan
1x Mindslaver
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
2x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's will
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Echoing Truth
1x Red Elemental Blast
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Recoup
Sideboard:
2x Trickbind
2x Lava Dart
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Red Elemental Blast
1x Shattering Spree
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Hurkyl's Recall
3x Empty the Warrens
- Sam Best
PS: This is my first attempt at a tournament report
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