Meandeck Open Results 3/4/07

[Smmenen]

First place: Chris Stone

4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
9 Mountains
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Goblin Piledriver
3 Goblin Tinkerer
3 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Matron
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Goblin Goon
2 Siege-Gang Commander

SB:
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Goblin King
3 Pyrokinesis
4 Pyroblast
4 Pyrostatic Pillar

Second Place: Seth Kerechanin

4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Strand
4 Fireblast
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Chain Lightning
4 Savannah Lions
4 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Goblin Legionaire
4 Mogg Fanatic
3 Blood Knight
4 Plateau
4 Sacred Foundry
2 Mountain
4 Grim Lavamancer

SB:
3 Shattering Spree
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
4 Disenchant
1 Gaea's Blessing
2 Honorble Passage
3 Swords to Plowshares

3rd Place: Kyle Paster

4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Werebear
4 Meddling Mage
1 Mystic Enforcer
4 Brainstorm
4 Serum Visions
4 Swords of Plowshares
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Counterspell
3 Trickbind
4 Mental Note

4 Flooded Strand
4 Windswept Heath
4 Tundra
4 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Forest

SB:
3 Tivadar's Crusade
4 Hydroblast
2 Armageddon
3 Jotun Grunt
2 Worship
1 Mystic Enforcer

4th Place: Nat Moes

4 Force of Will
4 Daze
3 Remand
4 Brainstorm
4 Portent
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Ninja of Deep Hours
4 Hapless Researcher
4 Meddling Mage
4 Quirion Dryad
3 Jotun Grunt
4 Windswept Heath
3 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Forest
1 Plains

SB:
2 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Silver Knight
3 Disenchant
3 Kataki, War's Wage
4 Stifle

5th Place: Jacob Redfern

4 Vault of Whispers
2 Tree of Tales
4 Seat of Synod
4 Great Furnace
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Glimmervoid

4 Fling
3 Myr Enforcer
4 Thoughtcast
4 Frogmite
4 Chromatic Star
2 Atog
4 Arcbound Ravager
3 Ornithopter
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Disciple of the Vault
1 Lotus Petal
4 Cranial PLating

SB
2 Stifle
2 Krosan Grip
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Academy Ruins
4 Duress
3 Gorilla Shaman

6th PLace: Spencer Hayes

4 Scrubland
8 Swamp
3 Tainted Field
2 Tabernacle of Pendrell Vale
4 Wasteland
2 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Vindicate
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Sinkhole
2 Cursed Scroll
4 Dark Ritual
3 Nantuko Shade
4 Dark Confidant
4 Jotun Grunt
3 Hypnotic Specter

SB:
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Perish
3 Engineered Plague
3 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Extirpate

7th Place: Stephen Menendian

4 Ill-Gotten Gains
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mystical Tutor
4 Intuition
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
2 Island
2 Undergrond Sea
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
1 Wipe Away
4 Brainstorm
3 Tendrils of Agony

SB:
3 Orim's Chant
4 Duress
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Defense Grid
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Gaea's Blessing

8th Place: Brad Fuhrmann
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Chainer's Edict
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Nezumi Shortfang
3 The Rack
2 Greater Harvester
4 Funeral Charm
4 Smallbox
4 Persecute
1 Wasteland
4 Cabal Pit
15 Swamp

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Cranial Extraction
4 Innocent Blood
1 Withered Wretch
3 Ostracize

Rest of the metagame:
2 other Suicide Black Decks
1 Solidarity
1 Aluren
1 Survival
2 Burn
1 Iggy Pop
1 Land Deck
1 Enchantress

[GrandpaBelcher]

I was so happy with my deck.  Portent is hilarious.

I would have been so happy with my sideboard too, had I been able to find my fourth frickin' Silver Knight before I left in the morning.  I still don't know where it is.  Gotta find that guy, he's good.

Also, this tournament had too much Sui Black and not enough Extirpate.

[Caboose]

Thanks for posting Spencer's list. I really like it.

Can't wait for the next one, Steve!

[SpencerForHire]

Thanks for posting Spencer's list. I really like it.

NOOOO My sweet tech is loose.  Hope ya'll like it... It's the perfect list for scrubbing int the Top8.

[Machinus]

Goblin Tinkerer wins again!

[Parcher]

4 Portal
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Swords to Plowshares

That's a little confusing.

4 Hapless Researcher

That's really confusing.

[GrandpaBelcher]

4 Portal should be 4 Portent
4 Swords to Plowshares is correct
1 Swords to Plowshares should be 1 Sword of Fire and Ice

4 Hapless Researcher is correct

Jeez, I hope that's not how I actually registered.   

Except for the Researcher, that guy was awesome all day.

[Caboose]

Reseacher was only good for you when you Ninjitsu'd out a Ninja of the Deep Hours, which I Trickbinded out of principle. I didn't play during Kamigawa block, and I'm determined to never be hit by a Ninja.

Still, that guy pumps Dryad, chump blocks, and draws a card. Not too shabby.

[GrandpaBelcher]

Yep, and he did all of those things for me on Sunday.  By my calculations, Researchers did 24 damage and changed into Ninjas three times.  They held off a Goblin Lackey for multiple turns and pitched to Force once.

I like him and was glad I didn't play Coiling Oracle instead.

[Peter_Rotten]

I'm curious as to how many ppl attended this tourney.  Did I miss that number or has it not been posted yet?

[Caboose]

I'm curious as to how many ppl attended this tourney.  Did I miss that number or has it not been posted yet?

18

[That0neguy]

I was so happy with my deck.  Portent is hilarious.

I would have been so happy with my sideboard too, had I been able to find my fourth frickin' Silver Knight before I left in the morning.  I still don't know where it is.  Gotta find that guy, he's good.

Also, this tournament had too much Sui Black and not enough Extirpate.

How often is the first strike actually realavent?  Because Galina's Knight seems so much better if its only against goblins.  (knight lives and kills every goblin I can think of thats is not pumped by a goblin king)

[Eldariel]

I was so happy with my deck.  Portent is hilarious.

I would have been so happy with my sideboard too, had I been able to find my fourth frickin' Silver Knight before I left in the morning.  I still don't know where it is.  Gotta find that guy, he's good.

Also, this tournament had too much Sui Black and not enough Extirpate.

How often is the first strike actually realavent?  Because Galina's Knight seems so much better if its only against goblins.  (knight lives and kills every goblin I can think of thats is not pumped by a goblin king)

Except for that certain random pro-blue 1/2 that grows gigantic. Oh, and random tech like Rancor in Gobs can throw Galina's off, but not Silvery. And against decks with actual non-red creatures, Silvery one is worlds better.

[Anusien]

Silver Knight is far superior versus Thresh.

[Caboose]

Silver Knight is far superior versus Thresh.

Yep, I'll let you first strike 2 damage onto my 4/4 bear and 3/3 goose all day long. I pray people drop Knight against me.

[Matt]

Silver Knight is far superior versus Thresh.

Yep, I'll let you first strike 2 damage onto my 4/4 bear and 3/3 goose all day long. I pray people drop Knight against me.

He was comparing to Galina's KNight, don't act stupid.

[ReAnimator]

can't be REB'd or pyroblasted on the stack either

[BreathWeapon]

Silver Knight is far superior versus Thresh.

Yep, I'll let you first strike 2 damage onto my 4/4 bear and 3/3 goose all day long. I pray people drop Knight against me.

It's actually a world of difference when you have Umezawa's Jitte in your deck.

[Anusien]

The logic on Silver Knight is that in multiples it provides a huge threat to Threshold since the first strike lets two of them to take down a Werebear or Nimble Mongoose.  The Umezawa's Jitte threat is there, as is the team-up power of other creatures.  Less so here than in other decks though.

[Caboose]

The logic on Silver Knight is that in multiples it provides a huge threat to Threshold since the first strike lets two of them to take down a Werebear or Nimble Mongoose.  The Umezawa's Jitte threat is there, as is the team-up power of other creatures.  Less so here than in other decks though.

True, but Thresh counters the 2nd knight, or Swords it, or drops a 6/6 flier...Threshold doesn't really worry about Angel Stompy anyways. We counter the equipment I guess, since our guys are better pound for pound.

But I do agree that Silver > Galina's

[Hi-Val]

The Solution would run Galina's Knight over Silver Knight in Extended, because you wanted to be casting Brainstorm on the first turn off a basic Island.

There are fine reasons for running Galina's Knight, one of which is that sometimes, it's a lot easier on your manabase to cast.

[The Chosen One]

can't be REB'd or pyroblasted on the stack either

i dont think this statement is correct. Protection from a color has nothing to do with cards that are not in play

Correct. This is also why you can Blue Blast a Piledriver while it's on the stack. - Bardo

[Illissius]

can't be REB'd or pyroblasted on the stack either

i dont think this statement is correct. Protection from a color has nothing to do with cards that are not in play

Correct. This is also why you can Blue Blast a Piledriver while it's on the stack. - Bardo

I think this was referring to Silver Knight, which, as it happens, isn't a blue card, and can't be Blasted for that reason.

[That0neguy]

Would you board in silver knight against thresh though?  It seems like you could easily get blow out by swords to plowshares.  I did forget about the synergy with jitte though and jotun grunt though.  Silver knight probably is better vs thresh, but against goblins attacking your mana base, it could be difficult to make it to double white. while blue white is much easier to cast.

Ive played against UWb and UWr fish and they seem to have a pretty good matchup against fish already, so Im not sure you need to side it against them.  So I think that galina's knight is probably better as a board choice, even if silver knight is stronger if it resolves.

[Matt]

Wait, we're talking about boarding these guys in? Why would you devote SB slots to such weak cards?