1. Round
Promole (BUG) vs. Goblinpiledriver (UR) 2:1
1. game
I could resolve TNN on T3. He had Magus otm T3 but i could destroy it and and destroyed 2 other creatures played by goblinpiledriver as well. SO TNN run to victory
2. game
I could resolve a 4/5 Tarmogoyf early he had maze of ith. a couuple of turns nothing important happens unless he resolves jace beleren which drew him a couple of cards and he won the game with price of progress. for 8
3.game
I played Delver on T1 flipps t2 and countered 3 removal spells. Cast Tarmogoyf on T5 and won while Goblinpiledriver had no more answers.
1. Round
K0d013e4st (Dreamhalls) vs. dsck (4col Oath) 2:1
G1
He could resolve Sylvan Library and JaceTM . I try to go off at turn 5 with Dreamhalls and Enter the Infinite , but he found a Counter for Enter the Infinite with Dig Through Time.
Next Turn he casts Rune-Scarred for GG
G2
T5 he tutored(muddle) for Oath, played it and had allready Orchard on the board.In my turn i cast Show and Tell, put Omniscience into Play and cast Enter the Infinite for GG
G3
T5 I could resolve Dreamhalls and found Enter the Infinite in my extra draws for GG
Thx for the GGS
Round 1.
TaZi (Scapeshift) 2 - 0 GeorgB (Eggs)
Game 1:
We played both some random stuff (eggs and lands) and then I countered some Tutors that seemed relevant for me. Eventually I played Scapedshift in the hope he had no counters himself, which worked.
Game 2:
There was again some egging, but this time he found less relevant cards and gave me more time to play Scapeshift again.
nice meta with max. 2 copies of 4C Blood ;D
i would place my bet on TaZi to win the tourney if i had to - let's see what happens...
thanks for the props =)
4 of 8 decks being combo-decks is really a new situation. It's also nice, that Toffel may finally have found a deck that is strong and uses academy.
MaQi (4C Blood) vs Vazdru (4C Blood)
2:1
1st: he plays first, i free mulligan 5 lands + StP + Eternal Witness and keep two-lander with Thoughtseize, GSZ, Sin Collector, Lingering Souls, Garruk Relentless. Thoughtseize reveals Lands, Sylvan Caryatid, Aven Mindcensor + Path - i took Caryatid. T2 GSZ for Hierarch, T3 i played Sin Collector, he plays Eledamris Call in response for BB Elf (i took Path) and had the chance afterwards to go for Taiga with Bloodstained Mire. His Elf reveales Demonic Tutor (-> Gideon). I have Garruk and started to flood the board with some tokens. Gideon didn't stayed alive like BB Elf did. So Garruk + Spirit tokens took the win.
2nd: i free mulligan one-lander and got a hand w/o any - so i mull to following 6: 4 lands, Tasigur + Duress. He had T2 Confidant, T3 Kitchen Finks + T4 Siege Rhino which leads to 5 lp vs 23 lp. Then i started to take control but he fould sylvan libary which let him draw some extracards. In the end i blundered and he won with Aristocrats + Citadel Siege.
3rd: i keep Pilgrim, Hierarch, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Abrupt Decay + GSZ + 2 lands which isn't a good keep so I've lost.
This time i wasn't in good shape ... :-)
anyhow thanks for ggs! - lets see what happens in round 2
and yes - i play Spirit of the Labyrinth because I've expected some combo-decks this time ;)
and yes - sprit of the labyrinth isn't that impressive in mirror match :)
Round 2 is announced
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2. Round
K0d013e4st vs. Promole 0:2
G1
After Wasteland on both sides early I could resolve Tasigur T4 which gets immediately bounced by Jace TMS. So did Kitchen Finks. Ooze gets exiled by STP. I could bounce the Planeswalker EOT and counter the replay. Karakas on his side prevented me from playing Tasigur again. From that point on we played draw go for a couple of turns. At some point dirk used cephalid coliseum to discard omniscience and bring it back same turn with replenish. Reclamation Sage took care of the enchantment and together with kitchen finks did the job 2 turns later.
G2
We both kept after a free mulligan. Dirk had a slow hand so I could develop my board. A counter for his mass removal and for his dreamhalls plus a resolved Liliana otV on my developed bord brought him to concession.
Thx for the games.
our second round match will take place Saturday 10 am
Piledriver wins 2:0 and will post a little report
I drop, cya next season and have fun!
ps. plz dont forget deadline for this round is Sunday evening 9 PM CET
if you cant play your match till then and if you can't be online to given time you should use your vacation-time
Maqi (4c Blood) vs. Tazi (RUG Scapeshift?) 2:1
G1:
I lose the roll. He keeps his 7. I mull once. My hand is something like 3 land, Vindicate, Elspeth, Restoration Angel, Lightning Bolt. I know that I'm up against some kind of Scapeshift Ramp but am not sure exactly how his deck looks like. My hand is not very good but I'm hesitant to go down to 6. At least I have some good spells and enough land. I keep.
My reasoning is the following: Since he knows he is up against 4c Blood he might have kept a hand with early removal or sweepers like Anger of the Gods or Firespout. My hand would be able to blank a hand like this and I could then gain an edge via resistant threats and walkers.
Turns out, his build is mostly UG with many counters and card draw. Several turns later he resolved DtT, Compulsive Reasearch and other value stuff and buries me in CA. I manage to get a board with Resto, Garruk Wildspeaker and Anafenza that is threatening lethal but that board looks better than it is. He basically let me have it because it is irrelevant to his Dark Depths/Thespian Stage which he was able to assemble. I lose to Marit Lage.
G2:
Now that I know what to expect I can make better mulligan decisions. I choose to play obv.
My hand is very good. I have Noble Hierarch, Avacyn's Pilgrim, Liliana of the Veil, two lands, a Fauna Shaman and another card I don't remember. Basically my plan is to slip a Lili under his likely 2-mana counter and win from there.
I start with Hierarch go. He goes land go. I draw Hymn to Tourach and choose to go land, Hymn, Pilgrim. He has FoW for the Hymn but that is more than fine for me.
He proceeds with land and Into the North iirc. I draw Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Since he is now tapped out and I have 5 mana available (2 mana dorks + 3 land) I have to choose between two lines: a) drop Lili and Fauna Shaman (with only Sorin in hand) and then maybe not use Lili (because I want to keep the Sorin actually) or drop Sorin, make a Vampire and attack for 2 with the Pilgrim with the option to drop Shaman and Lili next turn.
I really want Lili to resolve because she is the usually the best key to victory in matchups like this. But the sequencing is just too awkward. I reason that if I drop Sorin now (which is 100% to resolve because FoW is gone and I'm even daze-proof with 5 mana) he will be forced to react to my board and therefore drop his counter-shields in the near future (note that it isn't even a given that he has counters at all).
So, Sorin -> Vampire it is.
He goes Maze of Ith and Courser of Kruphix iirc. On my turn I draw Stirring Wildwood, which I play. I also drop Lili and Shaman and make him sac the Courser with my Planeswalker. I tick up Sorin and pass.
I don't remember his next turn but he has nothing of relevance. On my turn, I make a Vampire, tick up Lili (which prompts a Snapcaster as the last hand card from him) and make some attacks (carefully as to not expose my Lili to a topdeck removal + Snapcaster attacks). At this point however, he basically needs perfect topdecks and he consequently scoops after my next attack which leaves me at about 30 life and him at 2.
G3:
He chooses to be on the play, of course. I draw a hand that has Thoughtseize, Bayou, GSZ, Sylvan Caryatid, Sword of Feast and Famine, Falkenrath Aristocrat and Tasigur. It is very good if I rip a land within the next two draw steps and then another one within a time frame of another two turns. Ultimately, it is too risky for me. I mull.
My next seven is very bad, with dead cards like PtE, 3 lands, 2 manlands and no early plays besides Kitchen Finks. Much too slow and anemic for this MU. I mull to six.
I get Loxodon Smiter, Elvish Mystic, Xenagos the Reveler, 3 lands. Snapkeep.
This hand has the potential to really get him. Since he is on the play, he will most likely keep up counter mana on his 2nd turn so he can counter my 3-drop which would allow him to then amass lands and CA from a stable board position. Loxodon Smiter really screws with that.
On my second turn he has Treetop, Island up and signals a counterspell.
I drop the elephant and it sticks - goal accomplished.
He adds another Island and says go. I drew Thoughtseize the last turn and now my draw is Arc Trail. I'm presented with the option of slamming Xenagos into 3 open mana or just playing it safe and Thoughtseizing him. I choose the latter option and see a hand of
Primeval Titan, Courser of Kruphix, Merchant Scroll, Counterspell, Vendilion Clique and Vesuva.
I realize, that this decision will make or break my game and think long.
The choice here is basically between Clique and Counterspell. If I take Counterspell, he will eot Vendilion Clique me and see Arc Trail and Xenagos. He would likely take away my Xenagos and leave me with the Arc Trail which will be able to remove his Clique. Not too bad for me at first sight.
But if I do that, he will untap and either play his Courser (which brings him a lot closer to casting Titan) and basically locks my next turn into killing Clique or he might just leave up countermana to eventually protect Clique and meanwhile he will get some counterplay going should he achieve to make landdrops and squeeze in some plays (like his Merchant Scroll or Courser).
Ultimately I figure it is best to strip him of Clique and leave him with Counterspell. That way, he has no proactive plays besides Courser (which he can't play unless he topdecks untapped green mana and which doesn't even answer my board). But I realize that he just "has" to somehow answer my board and this will open a window to resolve Xenagos. So that's my line: Take Vendilion Clique .
He then of course topdecks a Forest :) But that's all good and goes like planned. He plays Courser and passes.
I draw Huntmaster of the Fells and it is just great at that moment. By playing it, I make his next turn very awkard again because he has to make a proactive play which again will most likely leave him without countermagic. I drop the Huntmaster, attack and say go.
He is forced to Merchant Scroll for Mystical (which is most likely going to get Bonfire) and passes.
I untap an draw Restoration Angel for the turn. Very good again indeed. My board basically locks him into Bonfiring for all his mana next turn and I hold the Flash Angel plus the hasted Satyr token off of Xenagos for next turn. I attack (but mistakenly leave my huntmaster back because I somehow forget that it won't flip because of his Mystical Tutor. It would be dead next turn no matter what, so this way I stupidly lose 2 dmg which could have mattered but ultimately did not).
He plays along and Mysticals for Bonfire, untaps, kills my board, attacks with Couser which I block with a flashed-in Angel.
I untap and drop Xenagos. Attacks bring him to 2 (did I mention, that I just gave away 2 dmg for no reason :) ...).
He untaps, draws, but his Courser cannot find a land on top. So no Titan for him. Even with Titan and landdrop-lifegains via Courser he would have died to me attacking with my Angel next turn and my Arc Trail to finish him off.
GG's Tazi!
PS: Just realized this report somehow got a lot longer than I thought it would. Sorry guys for this wall of text ;)
Quote from: Maqi on 15-03-2015, 08:22:05 PM
PS: Just realized this report somehow got a lot longer than I thought it would. Sorry guys for this wall of text ;)
Good read, thx for posting. Definitely no need to apologize for the length, the more details the better!
@ MaQi
thanks for the report
Quote from: Vazdru on 14-03-2015, 12:13:01 PM
Piledriver wins 2:0 and will post a little report
I drop, cya next season and have fun!
ps. plz dont forget deadline for this round is Sunday evening 9 PM CET
if you cant play your match till then and if you can't be online to given time you should use your vacation-time
@ dsck / georg
you've got a result yet?
basically it would be a draw as noone of you seemed online on cockatrice (at least noone send me a message or anywhing like that) and no result has been posted yet
maybe hitman could offer a period of grace if you already scheduled your match the next days or grant a belated vacation-period to give you one more week to play your match if you like to
We tried to play earlier last week but Georg kept getting disconnected every 10 seconds so we agreed to try to play again on weekend. I was on yesterday and others (k0d0, promole) can confirm, but if possible I still would like to play our match (today evening if Georg can make it?).
@ other players, sorry for delaying the tournament :-[
i spoke to hitman already
he is going to grant extra time (one week) for your match
final deadline is March, 22nd
anyhow plz try to finish your game asap
thanks in advance
Sorry, but I have the deadline for my bachelor thesis next week, so this weekend was busy. I hope we can play tomorrow, today I can't.
Georg Eggs vs dsck 4c Oath
Game1 I play early Liliana and not much else. Im forced to use my Lili ultimate after drawing only lands many turns in a row while Georg has Tolarian Academy and Tezzeret which searched Top. I misplay my Liliana ultimate completely and go on tilt (see game2).
Game2 I have early Liliana again but it gets Mana Drain'd, then I play my wasteland to his crop rotation trick and later I crack my Deed to his sensei's top + Voltaic Key combination when he had 1 mana open and he baited me with top activation.
Needless to say I've pretty much given up at this point but he needs to wheel of fortune for draw 7. I draw 4 lands of which one is tolaria west, innocent blood, muddle the mixture and swan song. I set up oath with swan song open hoping he somehow doesnt kill me next turn. Turns out he doesnt and then scoops when I tolaria west for wasteland after his failed combo turn.
Game3 I counter his crop rotation with spell pierce and bounce his lotus bloom on upkeep with repeal, then search loam wastelock while he is stuck on lands.
2-1 for me.
Since I cant reach Top4 I will drop as well.
Round 3 is announced
http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=1083.0 (http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=1083.0)
Maqi vs. Promole = ID
just as reminder
Quote from: Vazdru on 21-01-2015, 09:21:42 PM
Decklists will be gathered before play-offs start. Top 4 rather Top 8 will be published before play-offs.
Higher Swiss Standing chooses in g1 in play-offs who gonna start.
intention:
decklists will be gathered before play-off starts -> players who allows spectators or writing some detailed reports shouldn't have a disadvantage in comparision to the one who doesn't
player with higher swiss standing chooses who gonna first in play-offs -> makes ID less attractive usually (for MaQi + Promole it still seems good to ID because both may start g1 in semifinals)
TaZi (Scapeshift) 2:1 Kodobeast (Dream Halls)
G1: I got miscalc, memory lapse and goyf. This counters some relevant tutor und lapses the first toxic deluge on my goyf which costs 4 life. He also used an ancient tomb and after the second deluge for 4 (which I respond to with bounce on my goyf, what he counters) he is at 3. He got a sensei's top and no hand, I got no hand. For about 4 turns we draw nothing excepts counters (and a Kavu on my side). Then I find a treetopvillage which kills him
G2: he has a nice hand, and I'm not fast enough with clique+ treetop beatdown, so eventually he is able to combo on 2 life, even though I got force of will, which is pacted
G3: He mulls to 6 and is stuck on 2 lands for a while. I got a random 2 power dude (which eventually kills him) and some counters and the game is over pretty fast.
Goblin Piledriver (Izzet) vs Vazdru (4C-Blood)
2:0
Game1:
On my starting hand I had 2 Island, Pithing Needle, Price of Progress, Deprive, True-Name Nemesis and Magus of the Moon.
On Vazdru's starting hand were 2 lands, Deathrite Shaman, Golgari Charm, Vindicate, Falkenrath Aristocrat and Ajani Vengeant.
My first play True-Name Nemesis was answered by Vazdru with a Siege Rhino. Next turn I played Mystical Tutor for a Brainstorm to find a red mana source but didn't found one. Another turn later as I eot played Fact or Fiction Vazdru destroys my Nemesis with his Golgari Charm, in the Fact or Fiction there were 2 Fetchlands, Spellskite, Treachery and Price of Progress, I took the 2 lands and the Spellskite. I resolve the Spellskite and the Magus of the Moon(from the starting hand). In the next 2 turns I fall to 2 life and lost the Spellskite, then I can play Snapcaster Mage flashbacking Mystical Tutor to Bonfire of the Damned destroying his Deathrite Shaman and Siege Rhino. 2 turns later the game was over.
Game2:
I kept a starting hand with Island, Tectonic Edge, Brainstorm, Trinket Mage, Vedalken Shackles, Back to Basics and Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, while Vazdru kept a hand with 2 lands(whithout red), Sylvan Library, Reclamation Sage, Lightning Helix, Thrun t.L.T. and Obzedat G.C. .
The first turns were like excpected with this starting hands, Vazdru played turn 2 his Sylvan Library, I played Brainstorm finding a blue fetchland searched Volcanic Island and played(on my turn 3) Blood Moon. The following turn Vazdru goes with the Sylvan Library to 12 life but didn't find a third land, plays the Reclamation Sage from his starting hand and so he destroys my early game plan. On my turn 4 I didn't find a fourth land, so we are both stuck on three mana Vazdru with 2 nonbasiclands and Sylvan Caryatid, and I on Island, Volcanic Is. and Tectonic Edge. in this turn I could choose between five cards:Trinket Mage, Jace Beleren, Magus of the Moon, Vedalken Shackles and Back to Basics. If i would play Back to Basics we both would be stuck on 1 mana, while Vazdru would had Sylvan Library and his 2/1 (Vanilla)Shaman. If I would play Trinket Mage the 2/1 Shaman would be handled but with only three mana the use of the new Sensei's Divining Top would cost mana which I could not easy afford. The use of Magus of the Moon would cut me from the second blue Mana, while Vazdru would had red and variable mana to hand. So there were only 2 good choices left Jace Beleren and Vedalken Shackles, I choose Jace Beleren for finding another land, and with Jace going up to 5 counters I found a basic Island.
In Vazdru's turn 5 he played Courser of Kruphix finding his third land a Plateau(so he had all colors together), I played eot Mystical Tutor to Order of Succession. So next turn I cast Order for the Courser, but I din't find a fifth land even with Jace going down to 2 counters, instead I drew Fire/Ice and revealing Bonfire of the Damned being on top of library. Vazdru killed my Courser with an Qasali Pridemage and killed my Jace with the Shaman. No surprise I miracled Bonfire destroying his Caryatid and Shaman, so I had still 4 lands on my board, while Vazdru had 3 lands and the Sylvan Library. With his 3 lands he cast Thoughtseize for my Magus of the Moon(leaving my Back to Basics on hand) and a 6/7 Tarmogoyf. I topdecked a fetchland and finally landed Back to Basics stifling me 2 untapped nonbasic lands and blocking Vazdru's three lands completely.
Next turn Vazdru didn't find a relevant card but hitting me on 12 life, while I topdecked another Nonbasicland and casting Bribery for his Butcher of the Horde (I more thought Thundermaw Hellkite or Obzedat,G.C. to be inserted in his deck(Obzedat was on his hand)). Then Vazdru topdecked Flooded Strand and hit me on 6 life. In the turn where I attacked him with the Butcher he falls to 3 life, Vazdru then cracked his Flooded Strand so I played Fire/Ice to seal the game.
Goblin Piledriver (Izzet) vs Dsck (4C-Oath)
2:0
Game1:
On my starting hand I had 2 lands, 2 counterspells, 1 burnspell, Ancestral Vision and Back to Basics. dsck had 5 lands, Intuition and Sphinx's Revelation.
Turn 3 dsck played Intuition for Brainstorm, Merchant Sroll and Sylvan Library, I gave him the Brainstorm. On turn 4, one turn before Anestral Vision would be played, I played Ral Zarek which got countered by a Mana Leak. On his next turn as I was tapped out dsck resolved a Garruk Wildspeaker which went up to 4 loyality counters. Dsck tried to counter my Ancestral Vision with a Memory Lapse where I had a Miscalcuation for it, in the Main Phase i resolved my Back to Basics, while dsck had only 1 basic Swamp and the untap ability of Garruk. Exact one turn later I resolved Jace, Architect of Thought against 5 untapped lands of dsck including 2 basic lands. As an answer to my Card Advantage dsck played his Sphinx's Revelation for X=5. In my next turn as he was tapped out I played Venser, Shaper Savant against his Garruk leaving him only with 3 basic lands. The next few turns I played Glen Elendra Archmage and Vendillion Clique. Later in the game I lost vendillion Clique but it were too much damage, as dsck played his Garruk Wildspeaker again the game was over.
Game2:
On our both starting hands we had 4 lands, plus on my side Spell Pierce, Bonfire of the Damned and Vendillion Clique, dsck had Enlightened Tutor, Impulse and Fact or Fiction.
Turn 2 he tutored Sylvan Library which I countered. On dsck Turn 4 he played Fact or Fiction and I played Vendillion Clique, dsck took the 2 card pile Three Visits and Damnation, while I took Sensei's Divining Top away from his hand. On my turn 4 I resolved Jace Beleren so we both had 5 cards in hand. In the following turn dsck played Three Visit and Maelstrom Pulse where I had a Daze to hiner him from that. On dsck turn where my Jace had only 1 loyality counter he played Treasure Cruise so we both had again 6 cards on hand. In the same turn he played Damnation and countered my Mana Leak with a Mana Drain. In the next turns I played Electrolyze, Lightning Bolt and Mystical Tutor for Price of Progress while dsck had only Abrupt Decay and a Preordain. In the final handcards I had 2 lands and a creature removal and dsck had 4 lands(due to a Life frim the Loam) and a creature removal.
Semifinals are announced
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2 decklists are missing
@ TaZi / MaQi
please try to add your list here before playing the semifinals
or just post the list in this thread
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MaQi and Promole may choose to start g1 in semis
Semis are bo5
http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=1079.0
TaZi 3-1 Promole
game 1
Promole plays first and I don't suspend ancestral vision to be able to counter smth. with my spell snare on his second turn. When he plays bitterblossom, I'm quite grateful, that I played it this way. Then the game slowly evolves. He has nothing but a 1/3 dude and I try to get some counter backup for a 20/20 token. Unfortunately he plays eot intuition for loam, wasteland and edge and starts destroying my nonbasics. I got on shot to go for an unprotected token, but it is countered. Meanwhile I was able to sneak a tarmogoyf in, which starts as a 5/6 and eventually gets the job done, when promole didn't find smth. for a few turns.
game 2
Promole starts with delver of secrets, which is a serious threat for me. But he kept a somewhat greedy 7 after the free mulligan. The second turn only has top for promole and no land. On the third turn the delver flips and a land is found. I can bounce the delver, but the bitterblossom sticks and kills me when joined by a vendilion clique, which takes my scapeshift in a crucial point of the game.
game 3
I start with ancestral vision, while promole has delver again. I condescend and augur of bolas and play wood elves on the third turn. Then the delver flips (revealing abrupt decay which is close to useless) and is putting on some serious pressure. But promole played no third land. I play ponder and repeal on the delver, while my elf gets darkblasted and the delver is replayed. Finally the vision resolves and I transmute into a thespian stage. The next turn promole finally found the third land and in response to my gitaxian probe plays a vendiolion clique on my turn. I have to leak that and see that I can play my Dark Depths relatively save and make a 20/20 dude, as I still got spell pierce to answer his cryptic in case he finds a land. He does and the game ends as anticipated.
game 4
he has an early tasigur which hits once then I have crop rotation in hand and mystical. He plays duress and takes dig through time. I play mystical eot for sylvan scrying where he responds which vendilion clique taking my crop rotation. So my DD Plan is killed but Sylvan Scrying finds a maze which is also very helpful. Next turn he even adds confidant to the board, but I play bonfire of the damned for 3 mana and pay his miscalculation. I wondered what he would play next and it is a jace which I can't counter. Jace is ticking up 2 points each turn now. Nevertheless I find personal tutor, phyrexian probe and a counter to spoil the fun, when I see that he even has not a single counterspell.
Maqi (4c Blood) vs. GoblinPiledriver (Izzet Control) - 3:1
g1:
i play cause of swiss standings. I free mull and keep: Plains, Overgrown Tomb, Misty Rainforest, Qasali Pridemage, Kitchen Finks, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and Lightning Bolt.
I play t2 Pridemage.
t3 I attack for 3. I play my 3rd land (Misty Rainforest). I drew Maelstrom Pulse and Noble Hierarch so far.
Now I have to consider what to fetch. To cast my Bolt, I need red mana. But that would mean I have to get a non-basic land. Against Izzet that is always dangerous. I therefore decide to fetch Forest and cast my Kitchen Finks with it. It resolves.
Should he have Moon or Magus, I can cast my Bolt with the non-basic Mountains. Against B2B I still have G and W at the ready.
He untaps and surely has Magus. I win from there although the game takes quite a while to finish. But he can never fully handle my board pressure.
g2:
I'm on the draw. I free mull and keep Marsh Flats, Verdant Catacombs, Plains, Plateau, Bitterblossom, Aven Mindcensor and Xenagos the Reveler.
He goes Island, SDT, Mountain over the first 2 turns.
I fetch for the safe Swamp and Forest (with Plains in hand) to be moon-proof. My attempt at Bitterblossom gets (somewhat predictably) countered by Izzet Charm. Ok, so no easy win. I will have to work on this game and need some topdecks (for now I have Demonic Tutor and a Snow-Plains).
He spins his top and can't find land number 3. From here on I squeeze my Aven Mindcensor on the board while he has mana tapped down because of spinning the top, get my Xenagos countered, but am able to stick a SoFi to the Aven. That's gg against a mana light opp.
g3:
Very interesting game. We fiddle back and forth a bit, faking counters and threatening/playing around moon.
I establish a safe base with Caryatid and basics. He has moon. From there It becomes a race between Stormbreath Dragon and Siege Rhino + Restoration Angel. We both fire bolts, he PoP's, I blink Rhino, I duress. After the dust has settled the board is stalled with him at 9 and me at 14. I duress his hand and take away his Flame Slash. His last card in hand is Pithing Needle (worthless at the moment).
I brick from the top. He topdecks Vedalken Shackles. gg.
g4:
I play. I free mull. Then mull to 6. Keep is Overgrown Tomb, Taiga, Verdant Catacombs, Scavenging Ooze, Loxodon Smiter, Anafenza.
I always looove Smiter on the play vs. Izzet. So it's a snap keep obv.
Turn 2 I draw Hymn to Tourach. Perfect. That substitutes my somewhat anemic Sc. Ooze play. But I only hit a Deprive and a Dig through Time. Could have been better.
Turn 3 I jam my Smiter into his UU. He thinks a bit which clearly signals Mana Drain. He has it and opts to play it for the mana boost.
On his turn he jams Jace TMS and bounces my Smiter. With the leftover mana he deploys an SDT but cannot find his third land for the turn.
I draw the Lightning Helix for his Jace. A game-deciding topdeck for sure. I also deploy my Ooze.
He continues to fiddle around with the SDT but cannot find lands in time.
I end the game with a 6/6 Ooze, some 4/4 Anafenzas and Smiters plus some Bitterblossom Faeries.
TaZi's decklist is now available
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@ Maqi & TaZi
gl in the finals and have fun
TaZi 3:2 MaQi
Game 1:
Maqi plays, as he was better in the swiss rounds and starts without a one-drop which is quite important for me. On his second turn he has lotus cobra which is arc trailed by me on my second turn. He goes Scavenging Ooze and I start to ramp as my hand allready has witness, kodamas reach and mystical teachings. His play are then Eladamri into Confidant, citadel siege, domri rade. I answer this with kodamas reach, witness, sylvan scrying for maze and Then I am able to play mystical teaching for the win when he has exactly 18.
Game 2:
MaQi mull to 6 and turn one thoughtseize takes Condescend. Ooze resolves and Sword of Fire and Ice is only remanded. So there is quite some pressure from the 6 card hand. I play Yavimaya Dryad on my third turn which is bolted and the sword is played again. I ponder, find mystical teachings and play witness for the Dryad. MaQi plays Tasigur for 4 and no atk. I add the Dryad and while he nothing relevant I combo him out with teachings for mystical for scapeshift.
Game 3:
MaQi tells me that he wants a really good hand now and starts of with birds into doran on the play. Good Hand accomplished. But my hand is also quite nice, as it allready has scapeshift, three visits, wood elves and noxious revival. My plan to double chump with wood elves is foiled by Swords to plowshares (darn, I allready saw me winning that one... ). I ramp a bit he play sylvan library and eventually his hand is empty, I'm on seven, and have the combo for the next turn. He has Doran + library. So the gamble is for one of about 15 outs in three cards. He finds elspeth and goes fot the kill.
Game 4:
I start with a free mulligan and a still mediocre hand. I suspend ancestral vision and am again confronted with an elf on the first turn (deathrite shaman). On the second turn comes a Sword of feast and famine which connects on the third turn, when he also plays another elf and a faunashaman. I hope to stabilize against the sword with true name nemesis, but finds another land, searches for falkenrath aristocrat and beats me hard. I fiddle around one more turn, and die.
Game 5:
My Hand is quite nice as I have turn 2 three visits, and turn 3 cursor of kruphix which hits land. He has a vial on the first turn and caryatid on the second. The cursor hits every turn, so I can keep my lands in hand and think I'm pretty well of with lots of lands, maze and repulse, remand, into the roil, electrolyze, compulsive research in hand. While he got an ooze with a sword and lots of mana dudes. But the he starts drawing nice stuff. First a Sword of fire and ice, then Gideon, Doran and others and I still havn't found my scapeshift despite the cantrips and compulsive research. Eventually we are at the end of his turn, and I know I'm dead or almost dead with his next atk. I play fact or fiction, find scapeshift and win the deciding game.
Really nice games, quite close and interesting.
PS.: Gerry was right when he was betting on scapeshift to win the league =)
congratz to TaZi
Quote from: TaZi on 26-04-2015, 03:23:06 PM
PS.: Gerry was right when I was betting on scapeshift to win the league =)
call me a seer ;-)