Duck Weekly #21

[AmbivalentDuck]

Hi all!

Every week, I'm going to start an 8-player single elimination bracket.  Rules are very similar to the TMD online invitational:
1. Games are played publicly on Cockatrice
2. Players have at most a week to complete each match.
3. Lists must be posted after all round 1 matches are complete.
3a. You cannot change lists between rounds.
3b. If requested by your opponent, you must reveal your deck at the beginning of each match after the first week.
4. Brackets are fully randomized.

Registration will be closed once we have 8 people or about a week passes and I remember to draw up a bracket.

Players signed up as of last update:
1. AmbivalentDuck
2. Shax
3. Brianpk
4. Serracollector
5. Guli
6. Mrjumbo
7. GI

First matches must be complete by July 4th.  If all matches complete before then, the next set will be due within a week, and so on.

[Shax]

Sure, sign me up! +1

[brianpk80]

+1

[serracollector]

+1

[Guli]

+1 Yes I am back! But after 30 June

[mrjumbo03]

+1

[Grand Inquisitor]

+1

[AmbivalentDuck]

Sorry about the delay.  Bracket's up:
Shax vs Bye
GI vs Brianpk
Guli vs Me
Mrjumbo vs Serracollector

[mrjumbo03]

Lost 0-2 to Serra to HelmLine combo from a Workshop Shell. Pretty interesting deck, died turn 2 and turn 1. Haha

Martello Shops
4 Mishra's Workhop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan

SB
4 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

[serracollector]

I took MrJumbo 2-0.  Here is the list:

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Metalworker
3 Helm of Obedience
1 Memory Jar
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Staff of Domination
3 Lightning Greaves
3 City of Traitors
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Trinisphere
1 Sol Ring
4 Goblin Welder
1 Lotus Petal
3 Mountain
1 Precursor Golem
SB: 4 Defense Grid
SB: 3 Precursor Golem
SB: 3 Jester's Cap
SB: 3 Ingot Chewer
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast

g1:  Turn 0 leyline, I then drop workshop, mana vault, helm for the turn 1 win.

g2: Turn 0 Leyline Again.  He goes turn 1 workshop Ratchet bomb, I then go workshop, mox, mox, helm, and win turn 1 again.

This is t1 it happens.  GG's MrJumbo.

[Grand Inquisitor]

g1:  Turn 0 leyline, I then drop workshop, mana vault, helm for the turn 1 win.
g2: Turn 0 Leyline Again.  He goes turn 1 workshop Ratchet bomb, I then go workshop, mox, mox, helm, and win turn 1 again.

This is t1 it happens.

Man, I would have punched that guy in the digital nuts.

[Guli]

I took it 2-1 against Duck with this list:

4 Gilded Drake
4 Scryb Ranger
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Mistblade Shinobi
3 Tropical Island
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
3 Tandem Lookout
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Forest
3 Savannah
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mox Pearl
4 Meddling Mage
4 Trygon Predator
2 Tundra
2 Flusterstorm
SB: 2 Flusterstorm
SB: 2 Mindbreak Trap
SB: 2 Kataki, War's Wage
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 3 Samurai of the Pale Curtain
SB: 3 Grafdigger's Cage
SB: 1 Peacekeeper

Normally this list would have Ajani (the new 3cc planeswalker). But I didnt see a green light on the new M13 spoilers.

[AmbivalentDuck]

Lost 2-1 to Guli.  He was on Scryb.dec v42, and I was on RUG.

I have very mixed feelings about his deck.  Ranger gains considerable power when Curiousity is added to its already potent list of skills.  Guli runs plenty of countermagic to address combo decks, but he's forced to tap down in the early turns to create a board presence.  In addition, he runs many creatures that have the implicit "cost" of finding other creatures.

Meddling Mage remains trivial to play around and I wouldn't waste the space on it.  Even a few copies of Scavenging Ooze or extra copies of Edric would make this a meaningfully better deck.  That said, the concept appears very strong and the seemingly problematic RUG matchup was well-addressed.

[serracollector]

GJ guli.  I like the drake/scryb synergy!  Can't wait to play lemme know when.

[Guli]

Lost 2-1 to Guli.  He was on Scryb.dec v42, and I was on RUG.

I have very mixed feelings about his deck.  Ranger gains considerable power when Curiousity is added to its already potent list of skills.  Guli runs plenty of countermagic to address combo decks, but he's forced to tap down in the early turns to create a board presence.  In addition, he runs many creatures that have the implicit "cost" of finding other creatures.

Meddling Mage remains trivial to play around and I wouldn't waste the space on it.  Even a few copies of Scavenging Ooze or extra copies of Edric would make this a meaningfully better deck.  That said, the concept appears very strong and the seemingly problematic RUG matchup was well-addressed.

Meddling Mage is interesting with bounce tactics.

But I think cutting Meddling Mage to use more counters, Ajani and additional Edric might be better. Ajani+Curiosity= good times. The bounce ninja had some evasion issues. Ajani fixes that and they all protect/help each other.


I took the match 2-0 versus Serracollector's Helm-Shops deck.

Both games resolved around me using Mental Misstep on his artifact mana and welder (g2). But generally I just drew my counters and got in Trygon and/or other threats.

[serracollector]

Mental misstep on sol ring and mana vault is apparently tech vs MUD.  cheeky bastard.

[AmbivalentDuck]

GI and Brian, any news?

[Grand Inquisitor]

Brian hit a busy patch, but hopefully we can knock it out tonight or Sunday.

[brianpk80]

Brian hit a busy patch, but hopefully we can knock it out tonight or Sunday.

Thanks for the patience.  I thought I might have had some time to spare after an event on Tuesday but it ran really late. 

[brianpk80]

Won 2-0 v. Grand Inquisitor.  I had a busy week and then he had a busy weekend but we caught up on Sunday night.  He was playing Delver Aggro and I was playing a Fish list.  For the sideboard, I boarded out 1 Vial since I was on the draw and put in a Maze of Ith.  No other changes. 

MD:
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Shardless Agent
4 Meddling Mage
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Mayor of Avabruck
2 Ninja of Deep Hours
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Hex Parasite
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
2 AEther Vial
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Wasteland
3 Savannah
3 Tropical Island
3 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand
1 Strip Mine
 
SB:
3 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Gilded Drake
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Maze of Ith
1 Homeward Path
1 Wasteland
1 Ray of Revelation

[AmbivalentDuck]

Shax vs Brian
Guli vs Serra

[Guli]

I took the match 2-0 versus Serracollector's Helm-Shops deck.

[brianpk80]

I found Shax while he was playing someone else, but before we could begin a match I got an important phone call and then it was very late.  Will try to reconnect soon. 

[AmbivalentDuck]

I found Shax while he was playing someone else, but before we could begin a match I got an important phone call and then it was very late.  Will try to reconnect soon. 

Any progress in getting this played?

[brianpk80]

I found Shax while he was playing someone else, but before we could begin a match I got an important phone call and then it was very late.  Will try to reconnect soon. 

Any progress in getting this played?

Hasn't been yet.  I checked on Cockatrice a few times, but I've been away a lot.