Legacy Tournament Report 6/8/08

So here's my little report from today/yesterdayish. I've been putting together UGw Threshold and wanted to run it and see how it worked out. Needless to say that it took off better than I expected...

Round 1 vs Red Burn
So game one started off as one might think the match should: the Red player burns his heart out...wow that was a bad joke. Anyway, I get dropped to 5 life and the burn player has two Seal of Fire in play making it very difficult for me to play anything like FoW, Fetch Lands ect. I have CounterTop up and going and drop two Nimble Mongoose's and am able to get him down to zero. Game two turns out to be a little more interesting. I board in some Blue Elemental Blasts for the StP which proved to be the right move. I see three of the BeB throughout the course of the match as the burn player drew into three Flame Javelins with two of them being countered by the BeB. I get the Countertop on line, however he has a Seal of Fire on the board, two cards in hand and I'm tapped out. He plays Fireblast sacking two of his four lands, pops the seal for 2 more and then plays sudden shock... luckily I left an extra Counterbalance on the top of my deck...go figure. I chalk this match up to luck more than anything else.

2-0
1-0

Round 2 vs Mono Black Beats

Game one turned out to follow this back mindset: He drops a two casting cost shadow creature and equips it with unholy strength...I play Oblivion Ring on the creature. While his discard hits me pretty hard, I was able to get a Mongoose and a Wearbear online and my creatures are bigger than his at this point so I'm able to power through. Game two turned out to be a lot quicker. He misses his third land drop for several turns, then draws straight land. I get Countertop online early and counter most of his 2cc shadow creatures. He can't find his answer to Countertop and scoops. (Dampening Matrix was the answer)

4-0
2-0

Game 3/4 vs Deadguy Ale

At this point, we realize that we are the two undefeated players and that we'll be the two in finals. There are only 8 people so the event only drew into the top 2 players. We decided to play out anyway. Game one sees me get countertop going and I Brainstorm putting O-Ring and Daze back on the top of the deck. This effectively countered everything he had and he scooped. Game two drove me insane because I helped build his sideboard and put in Seal of Cleansing over Disenchant. Needless to say they worked better than he or I expected. I can't get countertop online due to two Seal of Cleansing hitting the board. However, I am able to FoW/Daze him into top deck mode and without being able to draw and answer, he finally has scoop when he's staring down two Mongooses and a Wearbear all with Threshold.

6-0
3-0

The next two matches where prob the most difficult, though the Red one brought me closer to losing. Instead of simply trying to over power me through C/A land destruction, he does the best thing he can against my deck: he cuts me off from Green. I'm down to my last G source and drop a Wearbear. He topdecked a Vindicate and used it on the Topical Island cutting me off from the last G producing land. However, he can't find another answer to the Wearbear and I drop two Mongooses and am able to sneak the win out. Game two goes similar to game one, but I keep a land heavy hand and I finally bust out the one creature he hasn't seen me play yet: Serendib Efreet. Ya weird choice, but it was able to win the day alongside two O-Rings locking out a Hippie and a Shade.

8-0
4-0

Props
-Deadguy Ale player for being cool and wanting to play out and for telling me about another Legacy event in KC
-Action Sports for hosting
-Playing MtG in PJs
-Winning my first Legacy Tournament

Slops
-People who hate the Countertop
-Not enough G mana sources
-Not enough G money sources
-Gas rising $10 a barrel in one day