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Syras (UBG Oath) vs Goblinpiledriver (Staxx)

G1:
He plays some signets but is screwed on two lands. I use Mana Drain to counter a Jace, Architect of Thought and the additional mana enables me to play Pernicious Deed and blow it up in the same turn while still leaving up mana for a counter. On his turn I counter his Grim Monolith. A few turns later he concedes when I fetch Life from the Loam and Wasteland using Mystical Teachings on Intuition.

G2:
I have Pernicious Deed in starting hand again but I wait some turns till I show it to him. I counter his turn two Grim Monolith with Spell Snare to prevent an explosive start. On turn three I transmute Muddle The Mixture for Life from the Loam. He has a lot of mana stones, Crucible of Worlds, Trinket Mage and a Senseis Divining Top . When I play my deed on turn five he responds with a Gideon Jura. I make a mistake by tapping out for the deed activation because I somehow think that it kills the Gideon too. This gives him the window to search for Impending Disaster with Enlightened Tutor and play it out. On my turn I dredge loam, return a land to my hand and reanimate his Trinket Mage. He has no landdrop after his disaster triggered but his gideon hits me down to 2 life. I play my fetchland go down to 1 and kill his Gideon with Gastly Demise. A second land on my next turn enables me to get Loam going which puts me too far ahead since he does not draw lands for a few more turns and I also beat him down with the Trinket Mage. He concedes when I transmute Tolaria West for Wasteland.

2:0 deed for the win!

C

Eifler / Timo / Germany / 124867234

sry but I will also not participate

Don't we need the current standings first?

I guess I'd play too if I'm qualified.

Some remarks from my side:

* My deck has a strong token Theme to support cards like Contamination (and Humility btw.) and that is also the reason I play Elspeth Tirel
* I did not play the Thoughtseize in g2 because I wanted to wait for him to play a tutor. Because it is often the case that combo decks like this have multiple tutors in hand. So if you wait for them to play the first one you can take the second. This leaves them with one combo part instead of one tutor. I'd like to hear opinions about this from others.
* I don't play Karakas. I cutted it just recently to fit another manland. Maybe that was a mistake. But I want to play 6 basics and I got a lot of answers to creatures already and Karakas only really shines against Emrakul. And as Tabris pointed out correctly...my deck has a number of answers against that card.
* Tabris was also right about my deck highly depending on drawing a discard spell. I will consider playing Castigate too

Syras - Peeler 2:0

Tabris wird wohl in den nächsten Tagen das Video posten.

Syras vs Cadaj (both 4c Goodstuff no red)

G1: He starts with Forest and Green Suns Zenith for Dryad Arbor. I waste his Dryad since my only alternative would be Senseis Divining Top and I did not have a two drop. He plays Island and counters my Top with Spell Pierce. He has a Top of his own but no other play. On three lands I play Loxodon Smiter and (on 4 lands) destroy his answer (O-ring) with a Maelstrom Pulse. While he is still on three lands I've drawn nearly only lands with Path to Exile and Sword of Fire and Ice being my last two spells. But that proofs to be enough when he taps out for Kitchen Finks which get exiled by Path EOT opening him up for Sword + Equip on my next turn. He finds no answer with Top and scoops.

G2: He mulligans to 5 (which is pretty solid though) but I have a very good 7 with turn one Noble Hierarch into turn two Inquisition of Kozilek + Qasali Pridemage. He manages to deal with the Pridemage and my next drop (Dreg Mangler) but a Vendilion Clique finally gets him.

2:0

Both games were very one sided and therefore not much fun.

Id play if its double elim, single elim is good for top8 after swiss but to start with it is kinda stupid

I agree with Cadaj

I'm also fine with a 8man tournament (better than no tournament )

Eifler /Timo / Germany / 124867234

#7 Syras (UR Skies) vs oschmael (Hot Bant)

G1: He starts but has no play on turn1. I play Mutavault an Chrome Mox on my first turn and counter his Sylvan Library with Force Spike. He misses his third land drop and plays Scavenging Ooze while I have Vendilion Clique. I let him keep his hand of: O-Ring, Flame Slash, Jace TMS and Bloodbraid Elf. As he does not draw his third land for the rest of the game, it is quickly over.

G2: I counter his turn1 Noble Hierarch with Mental Misstep and he has no play for turn2 while I keep up 2 lands for Mana Drain. I counter his Shardless Agent on turn3 whichs cascades into Brainstorm. With the extra mana I cast Serendib Efreet and Sword of War and Peace. He kills the Efreet with Flame Slash but misses his 4th land drop. I look at his hand with Gitaxian Probe which reveals Mana Drain (he has only one blue) Swords to Plowshares and Electrolyze and then I play Sword of Feast and Famine and Delver of Secrets. He kills the Delver with Electrolyze but he still does not draw his 4th land. On my turn I animate my Mishras Factory and hit him with the BG sword to leave open all my mana since my last card in hand is Venser Shaper Savant. He still does not draw a land and passes with 3 mana up. I play Venser EOT to bounce his only white source which he lets resolve. On my turn I hit him down to 1 with both swords equipped to Venser and he concedes in his next draw step.

To summarize: my draws were pretty optimal and he was screwed both games 

2:0

#6 Syras (GBW Rock-Tokens) vs goblinpiledriver (5c Aggro)

G1: My starting hand is 5 lands, Phyrexian Arena and another expensive spell which I cant remember. I know what hes playing and decide to keep 3 lands and take 4 new cards resulting in 5 land hand. I still do not know if i should have kept the arena but I am maybe keeping 2 lands instead of 3 would have been the right call. He has a pretty good start with Mother of Runes and Fauna Shaman. I have Llanowar Elves and Tidehollow Sculler (which takes his Wooly Thoctar) and hold a Tainted Pact. When he plays Bloodbraid Elf into Noble Hierarch on his 4th turn I decide to get Zealous Persecution with may tainted Pact to decimate his board. I end up with 7 cards left in my deck which is not enough to beat his Elspeth in time.

G2: I have a land heavy draw again but manage to slow him down by killing his Noble Hierarch with Shriekmaw and his Savannah with Vindicate (keeping him off of white mana). He plays Kitchen Finks and Fauna Shaman which deal me some damage. With Elspeth Tirel making three soldiers I try to slow him down but Elspeth dies to a Lightning Bolt after two of the soldiers blocked his attackers. When I draw Humility on the following turn and even a Sword of Fire and Ice on the next one my hope comes back. He trades an elf, his finks and the shaman for my Soldier and we play draw go for some turns as he is still a bit screwed and I draw only lands. Then he has Garruk Relentless making a Wolf just before I kill him with my own Garruk Relentless. After some more turns he finally finds his second white source to play his Elspeth which kills me shortly after.

0:2

#5 Syras (UR Skies) vs Cadaj/Teegx(Elves!)

G1: I have a Turn2 Coralhelm Commander which stops many of his 1/1 elves from attacking and attack myself with some 1/1 flyer. He plays some elves and a LOT of lands until he fetches Regal Force with Pact of Summoning and directly casts it. As I have no counters to stop him I just tap out for Sword of Feast and Famine and hope that I can maybe race him. On his turn he pays for the pact, searches for Craterhoof Behemoth with Fierce Empath and attacks me with his Regal Force. I have exactly 4 mana to equip my commander (still level 0) with sword, kill two of his elves with forked bolt, bounce one with Vapor Snag and finally steal the Regal Force with Control Magic after attacking with sword (hes on 10). This prevents him from killing me with the behemoth and on my next turn I can equip the Regal Force with sword to make it unblockable and make my commander a 3/3 flyer to attack for lethal.

G2: I have a lot of burn in hand but no red mana and only a single Mindshrieker to attack him. He has turn1 nettle sentinel and turn2 Eladamri which beat me down. I find red mana a bit to late in the form of Chrome Mox for which I have to remove one of my burn spells. I manage to slow him down a bit but then he finds Craterhoof Behemoth again which is enough to kill me this time.

G3: I have the nuts against him: Grim Lavamancer. I start with turn1 Vial which puts the Lavamancer into play and play a turn2 Looter Il Kor. In his end step I put Phantasmal Image into play which gives me a second looter and hence infinite food for the Lavamancer. He tries to come back with a 3/3 Joraga Warcaller but when I show him my Razorfin Hunter he scoops.

2:1

ggs!