results, reports & replays fo season XXII as usual...
bat (cockatrice: bat242 ) UWR control vs Vazdru UWR control
registration & deckcodes locked (http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=1050.0)
2:0
g1: mana drain into keranos made the difference
g2: me: mull to 6 vs he: entreat the angels for 2
anyhow nice and entertaining games
thx & gl
ps. quite similar decks...
pps. first loss in swiss rounds after 6 undefeated matches - every run has to end sometimes, maybe i shouldn't have switched decks but Dimir-AggroControl wasn't that successful on TNM recently so i decided to try a new one
Bat vs. Vazdru 2:0 ( i would call it UWR Control vs Jeskai Midrange :P )
Game one:
No Action from my side until turn 4 and only a trinket mage in turn 3 from Vazdru.
Turn 4 his Young Pyromancer gets Mana Drained. Keranos in my turn. From that point we nearly play the same cards, only that i'm one turn ahead.
Ajani Vengeant and Thundermaw hit the board on both sides, so does Pithing needle. He has to answer my Jace TMS, while my Hellkite makes another 5 dmg, lightning bolt -> 1:0
Second Game:
He Mulligans to 6. No Big action in turn 1&2. Turn 3 i play Trinket Mage, search for SDT.
He does the same through Phantasmal Image. Counterwar for the SDT's but both resolve. I found my 4th land, he doesnt. Entreat for 2 seals the game.
gg
:)
KodoBeast 0:2 TaZi
I played 4c goodstuff against reanimator. The first game he took mulligan to 6, played 2 lands and a maze, and never anything else.
Game 2 was quite close. A Triskelion had taken out my ooze and hierarch and he had allready resolved a buried alive for ooze combo. Luckily I topdecked eternal witness which was vialed in for the ooze and nothing went wrong again. Though without the witness I would have lost immediately to his mystical tutor.
ChristophO vs Goblinpiledriver (2-0)
G1: Jochen drains my second Signet and resolves Keranos T4. I play Winter Orb, and annoy him with Ral Zarek. I resolve a Revelation for 6 on 8 life and win safely a couple of turns later.
G2: I drain a Clique in my draw step and use the mana for a Ral Zarek. When Jochen taps out for a Venser counter for a Chromatic Lantern I fetch Academy with Sylvan Scrying, make 4 Mana with Academy and play Fabricate on Winter Orb and cast it to keep Jochen tapped out. He manages to kill the Ral Zarek but shortly afterwards I can Wildfire to clear his board. I win some turns later with a Tezzeret.
Reminder:
Today is Gameday
So don't forget to play your match today. Latest time to start is 10 pm (UTC + 1).
If you can't participate today contact me to find a solution. Especially if you tried to contact your opponent several times and he didn't react at all.
If nobody shows up at 10 pm your game ends in a draw.
dsck bugw oath 2-1 captain-kaiiak 4C blood
G1 Im stuck on 2 lands for 3 turns. I almost stabilize with damnation into cryptic command but then I lack 6th mana for deed to wipe his board again.
G2 I have big decision on fact or fiction, my opponent has aristocat (4/1 haste flying). Piles are 3 counters and decay vs 1 removal spell which can hit the vampire. I gamble on drawing something for the vampire (and im greedy ;)) and stabilize at 1 life having drawn Cryptic Command to bounce Aristocat and then counter it. We have about 5 turns of me surviving with creeping tar pit doing blocking duty and him not drawing any bolts. Then I topdeck sphinx's revelation which seals the deal.
G3 I have E.Tutor for Oath, lands, removal and wasteland. I waste my opponent since he hasnt done anything in 2 turns and hes color screwed. Then I cast jace and soon after its over.
The pairings for the second round are announced.
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ChristophO (Winter Orb Staxx) vs dsck (4 color Oath): 2 - 0
G1:
Dsck has an early Null Rod, I have Academy plus Future sight. Dsck is also screwed on 4 lands giving me lots and lots of time to play cards from the top of my deck. After a bunch of turns I find Karn and exile the Null Rod forcing the concession.
G2:
I have a Workshop start but somewhat lack colored mana because my other land is Wasteland. I try to go for the wasteland crucible plan but get foiled by Bajuka Bog on dsck's 3rd turn. He finds Null Rod with muddle the mixture on turn 4 and I play Jace, the Mind Sculptor. T5 he plays Null rod and Demonic tutor tapping out and I play Rising Wasters also tapping out. Afte rthat an Oath is played with Forbidden Orchard but I just bounce a token, and than bounce Griselbrand and Emrakul buying enough time to give the beats with the tokens + Assemble the legion tokens to win this game as well.
Thx for friendly games!
TaZi 1 - 2 Maqi
Thomas was on the play and starts with inquisition to snap my llanowar elf, then playing goyf, kitchen finks, removal for my doran and elspeth for the win. I took witness with a tainted pact on turn 2 and maybe would have been a bit more in the game if I would have taken a random removal for the goyf.
Game 2 I start with Qasali Pridemage into Goyf + Wasteland, but Thomas put on a fight by bolting one and pathing the other. Then there is really a game where I'm somehow always a tiny step ahead with knight of the reliquary and hellkite and eventually win.
Game 3 I mulligan 5 lands without red, lingering souls and arc trail, for 1 land, then for another 1 land hand with green zenith, but never see another land while he starts with elf into cobra into sword into random other sickness. So the draw would have given me a hard time even with lands.
Reminder:
Today is Gameday
captain kaiiak (4C Blood) wins 2-1 vs BAT (UWR-Control)
Goblin Piledriver (Izzet Midrange) vs Kodo (4C Reanimator)
2:0
Game1:
I played Young Pyromancer and Coralhelm Commander, while Kodo used his Bazaar of Baghdad to filter his cards. At the end Kodo played 2 reanimator spells which both get countered.
Game2:
I started rather slow in this game with turn 3 Vendilion Clique which took down his Demonic Tutor. I saw that there is no actual threat on his hand and so i played Kira, Great Glass-Spinner and Sensei's Divining Top. In the following turn Kodo transmuted Muddle the Mixture to Oath of Druids and played it. I searched with Mystical Tutor Price of Progress and damaged Kodo to 5 life. The Oath brought Angel of Despairinto play destroying my only red mana. In my final turn i drawed with Top a basic Montain and played Snapcaster Mage plus Price of Progress.
The pairings for the third round are announced.
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kai vs vadzru
4c blood vs UWR-Midrange
1st: i mull to 5 and lose
2nd: i win with thundermaw hellkite
3rd: i cant find my 5th land and misread falkenrath aristocrats ::) so i've lost
2:1
sry, very unconcentrated games of mine
anyhow i've had fun :)
i drop from tourney
ChristophO vs Maqi (2 - 0)
G1:
I buy time with Maze of Ith and draw cards with Sphinx Rev. and Fact or Fiction.
Maqi scoops after Humility resolves.
G2:
I can kill 3 creatures and 4 lands with a turn 4 Wildfire. Shortly afterwards Maqi scoops again.
Goblin Piledriver and TaZi didn't show up on gameday so both lost their matches 2:0.
The pairings for the fourth round are announced.
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K0d013e4st - Bat 2:1
Bug(r)Reanimator - urw
G1: Im screwed (2mana no black) and conceed after his Jace starts looking at my Deck
G2: i was able to Counter his counterspell and reanimate woodfall primus. next turn I exhumed Sheoldred for the win
G3: He mull to 6 and didn´t find a 3 Land. After I Counter his into the roil on my exhumed Grieselbrand and he conceeded
Maqi vs. dsck 2:0
4c Blood - UBgw Oath
G1: I start with Caryatid into Duress, Anafenza into Garruk Wildspeaker. Duress is seeing only Ghastly Demise as removal and taking Spell Pierce so I can resolve my walker. He manages to find a Damnation and clears my board, leaving me with Garruk and a Liliana of the Veil (which resolved a turn before iirc). The game gets grindy from then on where he manages to resolve and protect a Jace TMS. My walkers generate value and a Raging Ravine is threatening crucial damage to Jace. Lili ticks up steadily and I manage to keep him busy counteracting my plays. He resolves Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time for a total amount of UUU :) It's not enough whatsoever... Finally Lili's ultimate seals the deal and a beast token plus a Raging Ravine with 3 counters team up together with a Courser of Kruphix to take it home.
G2: I keep a slow hand on the draw with many juicy spells (Demonic, Domri, a Sword, Vindicate and 3 lands). He Thoughtseizes me T3 and takes my Demonic (which I chose not to play because my hand was so stacked and I'd rather keep it as an answer to a potential Oath). I topdeck Lingering Souls the following turn which is the missing piece of beef that can get things started. I deploy some Spirits. He casts Bribery on t5 but only finds Thrun (which is more or less useless at that point). I cast Ajani Vengeant and lock a land meanwhile keeping two spirits back to block a thrun even through a piece of spot removal. He cycles a spell and I feel safe. Then he proceeds to tap his last 2 mana to cast and sac EE for 0, attacks my Ajani with the bribed Thrun and I have to rebuild. Which I do (Lingering Souls Flashback). I put a Sword down and Sorin joins the party. Dsck manages to kill the Vampire blocker with Abrupt Decay and can take out Sorin once again. But the damage from fetching, thoughtseizing and getting pinged by souls adds up. I keep him busy and deplete his resources when finally an equipped soul and a Raging Ravine manage to take him down.
TaZi 2-1 GoblinPiledriver
Jochen starts the first game an I can't find my 3rd land for one turn. He plays a spellheart chimera which is 1/3 for a while. I play ooze which is burned and he plays glen elendra archmage. When I try anafensa, he is allready at 5 mana and plays sarkhan to kill her. then he manages to keep up the tempo and sarkhan kills me.
I start the second game, and get my first land immediately wasted, but my first play is a tarmogoyf, which grows to quite some size, when my demonic is countered next turn. We are trading some more spells but eventually tarmogoyf finishes him.
The third game rages for a while, but Jochen is a bit low on cards, and his top doesn't seem to find anything. At one point he slams a true name nemesis but Liliana is allready waiting. Afterwards he has a clique and a copied mind censor, but goyf is again putting pressure and is faster with some supporting kitchen finks.
ChristophO and captain kaiiak didn't show up so their match ended in a draw...
The semi-finals are announced:
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Please don't forget to send me your Decklist before you start your matches!!!
And be aware that the next Gameday is Sunday 14th December.
Just finished Semis against Dsck:
I won both BO3 (2-1) and BO5 (3-2) since we could not find any info what we needed to play...
I lost one game to the hard lock of Null rod plus Oath which finally revealed Emrakul after an Orchard finally manged to provide a creature for me.
I lost a second game to a thrid turn null rod out of an Tainted pact.
I won two games with Winter Orb locks (one with a Jace, the other with Foundry tokens?). The last game I was able to create Mana advantage with Wasteland and Crucible (forcing a Rotation into Bog to exile all my targets), Ancient Tomb, and finally Academy into Winter orb forced the concession.
I would really like to play the finals before the tournament in Hanau because the winner will receive one Bye and of course I will be there!
@ Christoph
finals + semis are Bo5
your opponent in the finals is captain-kaiiak, maybe you can exchange your phone-numbers for an easier way of communication and play your match this weekend
have fun
finals
captain-kaiiak (4C-Blood) vs ChristophO (Winter-Orb-Staxx) 3:2
I'm posting this on behalf of captain kaiiak:
Highlander online Cup tournament report
I played 4c Blood, aka Naya Jund, http://mtgpulse.com/event/18730#263792. My opponent played a 5c Staxx list. He was higher ranked in the swiss standings, so he started.
G1, he free mull, me keep.
Early Qasali Pride Mage and Bitterblossom perform first pressure, followed by a Tarmogoyf. Meanwhile my opponent accelerated, after a Tabernacle, via talismans into Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, Digging, but not hitting. QPM sacrifice for Manastone. Faerie Token and Goyf took care of Tezz. Me overextending by a Courser of Kruphix play and hitting land. Opp life 7. Eot Sphinx revelation for x=2 by him. His turn: Acceleration into mox opal and grim monolith followed by Devastation. My board Swept. But Bitterblossom regenerates Tokens, which win in the End. I win.
G2, he mull to 6, me keep.
Me Turn2 woodland cementary into Inquisition, countered by Drain. He Collective Restrain. Me Thoughtseized his Dream Tides. He izzet signet, into Gilded Lotus. Me Lillina oft he Veil, discarding his last card (Elpeth, Suns Champion). He Transmute Artifact into SDT. Me Loxodon Smiter and leveling up Lilli. He Crucible of Worlds. Me Smiter swing, Lilli up. He Bonfire oft he Damned. The rest oft he Game is a classical Staxx game, with tainted Pact into Wildfire burning my last few guys that I assembeld after the Bonfire and killing my Lands. He wins.
G3, he free mull, me keep.
Turn1 Elve. He Preordain. Me Smiter. He Urborg+Talisman. Me DRS+ Treetop Village, Swing for 5, he Eot Enlightened into Dream Tides, me EOT Path Elves for Plains. Me Xenagos for 2/2 Satyr, swing. He Winter Orb (!). Me Level up Xenagos into Butcher, sacc tapped Satyr Token and Smiter for Butcher, haste and vigilance, Swing, he ist at 7. He Thopter Foundry. Me Xenagos: Token, swing. He Crucible, at this point he has a Seat oft he Synod, Sacc Seat, replay Seat. Me level up Xenagos, into GSZ, into Reclamation Sage, destroying Thopter Foundry, response Token creation by him, his life 7, Satyr Sacc into Butcher, vigilance, swing, Token block. He Landdrop. Me all in, I win.
G4, he keep, me keep.
He landdrop go. Me Thoughtseize, taking Sylvan Scrying, the other cards were 2 mana Stones and the rest lands if I remember properly. He mana stone. Me woodland cementary into BoP. He Tabernacle (from the top!) and mana stone. Me Qasali Pride Mage. He Landdrop. Me landdrop, swing. He Demonic Tutor, me in response Aven Mindcensor. Me swing, Bitterblossom, he Eot Fact or Fiction into Chromatic Lantern, Dig throug time, Assemble the Legion, Vault of Whispers, Dimir Signet, stacking thefirst 2 cards vs. the rest, he taking the 2 card pile. He lantern and Dig through time, playing crumbling sanctuary. Me Landdrop, swing (one of his lands was an Academy Ruins, this is why I did not Sacc QPM). The rest oft he game is very, very long story short, I try to mill him, my QPM is sacced for a Future sight, he has to play from the top, because he can not handle the Aven Mindcensor. But finaly handles him (and a KotR, who helped milling, with Elspeth, Suns Champion) by tabernacle, dustbowl and Winter Orb ;). He wins.
G5, he ?, me keep
My annotations are lost, but luckily this was a short one.
The difficulty oft he hand was that I only had DRS, Badland and Wasteland, so I hoped for his Fetch and I kept. Me DRS. He Island. Me Discard, viewing his hand with Tabernacle (!) and some Nonbasics discarding something, DRS swing, drop Wasteland. He Tropical. Me Wasteland Tropical, Scavenging Ooze. He Tabernacle. Me pay, topdeck Fetchland. He donno. Me sacc Scavening Ooze, can't really remember, something. In the end Butcher oft he Horde in combination with DRS and a topdeck Lightning Bolt took home the victory for me J
Props to MaQi for his steady Deck Development.
See you all in Hanau.