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Welcome to the Season XXXII of the HLL.

We got 8 registered players. This means we are playing 3 rounds of swiss followed by a T4.

Pairings Round 1:

Silberhase	0 - 0	Payron
TaZi	2 - 1	Agent007
Vazdru	2 - 1	derStefan82
Iulus	0 - 2	firestarter

This round ends: Mar. 4th at 9pm.

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Have fun!

[firestarter]

Decklists TOP 4

firestarter

// Artifactdeck

// 100 Hauptdeck
// 39 Artifact
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Mind Stone
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Grim Monolith
1 Expedition Map
1 Memory Jar
1 Staff of Domination
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Candelabra of Tawnos
1 Talisman of Unity
1 Zuran Orb
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Hedron Archive
1 Jeweled Amulet
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Talisman of Indulgence
1 Mindslaver
1 Winter Orb
1 Skycloud Egg
1 Sungrass Egg
1 Shadowblood Egg
1 Darkwater Egg
1 Mossfire Egg
1 Scroll Rack
1 Voltaic Key
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Petal
1 Coalition Relic
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Talisman of Impulse
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Defense Grid

// 3 Creature
1 Trinket Mage
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Eternal Witness

// 3 Enchantment
1 Fastbond
1 Artificer's Intuition
1 Oath of Druids

// 8 Instant
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Frantic Search
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Tainted Pact
1 Mana Drain

// 30 Land
1 Tundra
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Ancient Den
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Wasteland
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Tolaria West
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Academy Ruins
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Deserted Temple
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Tree of Tales
1 Inventors' Fair
1 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Great Furnace
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Marsh Flats
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Glimmervoid

// 1 Planeswalker
1 Tezzeret the Seeker

// 16 Sorcery
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Timetwister
1 Time Spiral
1 Sylvan Scrying
1 Pore Over the Pages
1 Upheaval
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Time Warp
1 Capture of Jingzhou
1 Personal Tutor
1 Temporal Manipulation
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Temporal Fissure
1 Preordain


Silberhase

// 100 Maindeck
// 4 Artifact
1 Smuggler's Copter
1 Key to the City
1 Urza's Bauble
1 Mishra's Bauble

// 41 Creature
1 Anger
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Street Wraith
1 Dread Wanderer
1 Miasmic Mummy
1 Ruthless Sniper
1 Bloodrage Brawler
1 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Honored Hydra
1 Neheb, the Worthy
1 Olivia, Mobilized for War
1 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Asylum Visitor
1 Heir of Falkenrath
1 Mindwrack Demon
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Bloodghast
1 Incorrigible Youths
1 Insolent Neonate
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Prized Amalgam
1 Furyblade Vampire
1 Stromkirk Occultist
1 Gnarlwood Dryad
1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
1 Noose Constrictor
1 Scrapheap Scrounger
1 Bloodhall Priest
1 Grim Flayer
1 Nimble Mongoose
1 Werebear
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Lotleth Troll
1 Vengevine
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Haunted Dead
1 Hollow One
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Despoiler of Souls

// 1 Enchantment
1 Sylvan Library

// 8 Instant
1 Grisly Salvage
1 Fiery Temper
1 Lightning Axe
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Tainted Pact
1 Scarab Feast
1 Fatal Push

// 29 Land
1 Bayou
1 Taiga
1 Badlands
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt
1 Stomping Ground
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
1 Arid Mesa
1 Marsh Flats
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blooming Marsh
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Wasteland
1 Sheltered Thicket
1 Canyon Slough
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 City of Brass
1 Mana Confluence

// 1 Planeswalker
1 Liliana of the Veil

// 16 Sorcery
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Cathartic Reunion
1 Roar of the Wurm
1 Lingering Souls
1 Cut
1 Faithless Looting
1 Unearth
1 Avacyn's Judgment
1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
1 Collective Brutality
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Driven
1 Thoughtseize
1 Inquisition of Kozilek


TaZi

// 19 Creature
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Eternal Witness
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Savage Knuckleblade
1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Ramunap Excavator

// 1 Enchantment
1 Sylvan Library

// 22 Instant
1 Mana Drain
1 Remand
1 Intuition
1 Mana Leak
1 Repeal
1 Cryptic Command
1 Spell Pierce
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Dig Through Time
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Force of Will
1 Counterspell
1 Fire // Ice
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Izzet Charm
1 Clutch of the Undercity
1 Mystic Confluence
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Burst Lightning
1 Evasive Action

// 37 Land
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Maze of Ith
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1 Volcanic Island
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Taiga
1 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
3 Snow-Covered Forest
3 Snow-Covered Island
1 Vesuva
1 Tropical Island
1 Breeding Pool
1 Treetop Village
1 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Grove
1 Badlands
1 Lumbering Falls
1 Cinder Glade
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Bayou
1 Underground Sea
1 Marsh Flats
1 Wasteland
1 Raging Ravine
1 Arid Mesa
1 Sheltered Thicket

// 1 Planeswalker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

// 20 Sorcery
1 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Serum Visions
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Personal Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Scapeshift
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Cultivate
1 Arc Trail
1 Three Visits
1 Nature's Lore
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Bring to Light
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Skyshroud Claim
1 Green Sun's Zenith

Welcome to the Season XXXI of the HLL.

We got 10 registered players. This means we are playing 4 rounds of swiss followed by a T4.

Pairings Round 1:

Vazdru	1-2	K0d03e4st
Piepser	2-1	dsck
Payron	0-2	Iulus
Firestarter	2-1	Silberhase
derStefan82	1-2	TaZi

Pairings Round 2:

K0d03e4st	2:1	Iulus
firestarter	2:0	Piepser
TaZi	2:0	Payron
Vazdru	0:2	Silberhase
dsck	1:2	derStefan82

Pairings Round 3:

TaZi	0-2	firestarter
K0d03e4st	1-2	Silberhase
Piepser	2-0	Payron
derStefan82	2-0	Iulus
Vazdru	2-0	bye

Pairings Round 4:

firestarter	0 - 0	K0d03e4st
TaZi	2 - 0	Piepser
Silberhase	2 - 0	derStefan82
Vazdru	0 - 0	Iulus

Standings after Round 4:

firestarter	10
Silberhase	9
TaZi	9
K0d013e4st	7
derStefan82	6
Piepser	6
Vazdru	4
Iulus	4
Payron	0
dsck	0

Semi Finals:

firestarter	-	K0d013e4st
Silberhase	-	TaZi

This round ends: Dec. 17th at 9pm.

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Welcome to the Season XXX of the HLL.

We got 8 registered players. This means we are playing 3 rounds of swiss followed by a T4.

Pairings Round 1:

derStefan82	2 - 0	Vazdru
TaZi	0 - 2	firestarter
Payron	2 - 1	dsck
Iulus	1 - 2	Piepser

Pairings Round 2:

Payron	2 - 1	derStefan82
Piepser	1 - 2	firestarter
Vazdru	2 - 1	TaZi
dsck	2 - 1	Iulus

Pairings Round 3:

Payron	ID	firestarter
Piepser	1 - 2	Vazdru
derStefan82	1 - 2	dsck
TaZi	ID	Iulus

Standings after Round 3:

Payron	7
firestarter	7
dsck	6
Vazdru	6
derStefan82	3
Piepser	3
TaZi	1
Iulus	1

Semi Finals:

Payron	-	Vazdru
firestarter	-	dsck

This round ends: Aug. 13th at 9pm.

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Welcome to the Season XXIX of the HLL.

We got 12 registered players. This means we are playing 4 rounds of swiss followed by a T4.

Pairings Round 1:

Phinp	0 - 2	Payron
Georg B	2 - 0	pmk
r4nd0m	2 - 1	Silberhase
Vazdru	0 - 2	firestarter
TaZi	2 - 0	Iulus
derStefan82	2 - 0	Larry

Pairings Round 2:

Payron	0 - 2	r4nd0m
TaZi	2 - 0	Georg B
firestarter	1 - 2	derStefan82
Phinp	0 - 2	Silberhase
Larry	1 - 2	Vazdru
pmk	2 - 1	Iulus

   
Pairings Round 3:

r4nd0m	1 - 2	TaZi
derStefan82	2 - 1	Georg B
Payron	1 - 2	firestarter
Silberhase	1 - 2	Vazdru
pmk	1 - 2	Larry
Iulus	2 - 0	Phinp

Pairings Round 4:

derStefan82	2 - 0	TaZi
r4nd0m	2 - 0	Vazdru
Georg B	0 - 2	firestarter
Payron	2 - 0	Iulus
pmk	0 - 2	Silberhase
Larry	0 - 0	Phinp

So here are the final Standings

1	derStefan82	12
2	firestarter	9
3	r4nd0m	9
4	TaZi	9
5	Vazdru	6
6	Payron	6
7	Silberhase	6
8	Larry	4
9	Georg B	3
10	Iulus	3
11	pmk	3
12	Phinp	1

Semi-Finals:

derStefan82   3	-	TaZi   0
firestarter   0	-	r4nd0m   3

Finals:

derStefan82

-

r4nd0m

This round ends: Apr. 23th at 9pm.

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Welcome to the Season XXIV of the HLL.

We got 12 registered players. This means we are playing 4 rounds followed by a T4.

Following players have entered(including deck codes):


   

K0d013e4st	f8loa2lb
goblinpiledriver	5t6062am
MaQi	pfhnqjjv
TaZi	plo0kdnq
Vazdru	3tljp20q
Promole	br7tjOut
r4nd0m1	ca2934ae
captain-kaiiak	pfhnqjjv
dsck	bqu1gavh
Silberhase	gohavl4p
Peddy Frost	16n9ee88
Senshuken	cljt4rmm

The winner has to post the result and a small report.

Pairings Round 1:

Vazdru	1-2	TaZi
captain-kaiiak	0-2	Promole
r4nd0m1	1-2	KOdO13e4st
dsck	0-2	Goblin Piledriver
Maqi	2-0	Silberhase
Senshuken	2-0	Peddy Frost

Pairings Round 2:

KOdO13e4st	2 - 1	TaZi
Maqi	2 - 0	Promole
Senshuken	2 - 0	Goblin Piledriver
dsck	2 - 0	Vazdru
r4nd0m1	2- 0	captain-kaiiak
Peddy Frost	2- 1	Silberhase

Pairings Round 3:

KOdO13e4st	0 - 2	Maqi
TaZi	2 - 0	Senshuken
r4nd0m1	2 - 0	Goblin Piledriver
Promole	2 - 1	Peddy Frost
dsck	2 - 0	captain-kaiiak
Silberhase	1 - 2	Vazdru

Pairings Round 4:

Maqi	2  - 1	r4nd0m1
dsck	2 - 1	Senshuken
TaZi	2 - 1	Promole
KOdO13e4st	0 - 2	Vazdru
Peddy Frost	0 - 2	Goblin Piledriver
captain-kaiiak	0 - 2	Silberhase

Please finish these games till Sunday, 26th july.

Welcome to the Season XXIII of the HLL.

We got 8 registered players. This means we are playing 3 rounds followed by a T4.

Following players have entered(including deck codes):

   

K0d013e4st	ilbg3d00
goblinpiledriver	j0nk71un
MaQi	vk8ss95f
TaZi	c3qulq7q
Vazdru	cmsf2dek
promole	g5974s31
GeorgB	a0p9s2kr
dsck	7eirvflu

The winner has to post the result and a small report.

Pairings Round 1:

Vazdru	1-2	Maqi
GeorgB	0-2	Tazi
dsck	1-2	KOdO13e4st
Promole	2-1	goblinpiledriver

Pairings Round 2:

Tazi	1-2	Maqi
KOdO13e4st	0-2	Promole
dsck	2-1	GeorgB
Vazdru	0-2	goblinpiledriver

Pairings Round 3:

Promole	i.d.	Maqi
KOdO13e4st	1-2	Tazi
dsck	0-2	goblinpiledriver

Semifinals:

Promole	-	Tazi
Maqi	-	goblinpiledriver

Please finisch these games till Sunday, 12th April 2015

Welcome to the Season XXII of the HLL.

We got 9 registered players. This means we are playing 4 rounds followed by a T4.

Following players have entered(including deck codes):

   

K0d013e4st	alecrsc5
goblinpiledriver	vcc4e1v9
MaQi	nr3e7o7h
TaZi	nt1b9o88
Vazdru	0kihcusb
ChristophO	4crl0909
Bat	lmjus2p9
captain-kaiiak	tu89rfvm
dsck	43a166dc

The winner has to post the result and a small report.

Pairings Round 1:

Vazdru	0-2	Bat
captain-kaiiak	1-2	dsck
TaZi	2-0	KOdO13e4st
ChristophO	2-0	Goblin Piledriver
Maqi	2-0	bye

Pairings Round 2:

dsck	0-2	ChristophO
TaZi	1-2	Maqi
Bat	1-2	captain-kaiiak
KOdO13e4st	0-2	Goblin Piledriver
Vazdru	2-0	bye

Pairings Round 3:

Maqi	0-2	ChristophO
Goblin Piledriver	0-2	dsck
captain-kaiiak	2-1	Vazdru
Bat	2-0	TaZi
KOdO13e4st	2-0	bye

Pairings Round 4:

ChristophO	0-0-3	captain-kaiiak
Maqi	2-0	dsck
Bat	1-2	KOdO13e4st
Goblin Piledriver	1-2	TaZi

Standings after 4th Round:

Place	Name	Points
1	ChristophO	10
2	Maqi	9
3	captain-kaiiak	7
4	dsck	6
5	KOdO13e4st	6
6	Tazi	6
7	Bat	6
8	Goblin Piledriver	3
9	Vazdru	3

Semi-Final

ChristophO	3-2	dsck
Maqi	0-3	captain-kaiiak

Final

ChristophO

2-3

captain-kaiiak

Please finish these games till Friday, 26th december.

18 Players -> 5 Rounds of swiss

1. Hauck, Christian   - 12 pts - 4C Blood Midrange
2. Stier, Thomas         - 10 pts - 4C Blood Midrange
3. Zengerling, Yannick - 9 pts - BUG Oath


Decklist are already on mtgpulse:
http://www.mtgpulse.com/event/15265#214133

only 8 Players (GP London + Carnival)

Final Standings

1.__Iacono, Giuseppe_____9__Bant
2.__Leuck, Marc__________6__5c-Staxx-Oath
3.__Lewis, Dominik_______6__Bw Control
4.__Hoischen, Boris_______6__Darkbant
5.__Lehmann, Ronald______3__RDW
6.__Hermann, Anna Jasmin_3__RG Beatz
7.__Müller, Martin________3__RBW Aggro
8.__Hermann, Jan Niclas___0__WW

Decklist 1st Place:
Gioseppe Iacono "The BAND"

1 Thragtusk
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Opposition
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Detention Sphere
1 Bribery
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Batterskull
1 Eternal Witness
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Primeval Titan
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Parallax Wave
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Sylvan Library
1 Natural Order
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Brainstorm
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Mana Leak
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Restoration Angel
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Marsh Flats
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Windswept Heath
1 Arid Mesa
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Karakas
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Plains
1 Wasteland
1 Temple Garden
1 Mystic Gate
2 Island
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Savannah
1 Flooded Grove
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Tundra
1 Maze of Ith
1 Tropical Island
1 Breeding Pool
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Forest
1 Mana Drain
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Cryptic Command
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Nature's Lore
1 Treachery
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Wall of Roots
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Three Visits
1 Acidic Slime
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Bant Charm
1 Jace Beleren
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Cultivate
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Wrath of God
1 Coalition Relic
1 Path to Exile
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Gideon Jura
1 Naturalize
1 Rhox War Monk

Hi Guys,

I want to share some experiences I made in the last weeks with one of the most infamous and unloved decks to play against - RDW.
A couple of weeks ago I watched a video from Tabris column and saw a game in which RDW got totally destroyed by a Bant deck after having a premium start with Black Vise and removal and some aggressive dudes. The one big thing that breaks RDW in half is Thragtusk and I thought something like: “Ok if every GW based deck starts to run this next to Kitchen Finks, Scavenging Ooze,  Restoration Angel,  Natural Order and Eladamri’s Call,  RDW will lose all of his competitiveness.”  So I put the good old Mono Red deck further away than it even was at that time.

Some weeks later after I played a lot of games with many other decks the TNM in Karlsruhe happened and was held on Thursday instead of Tuesday. So I and two other players from the Mannheim Highlander Community decided to hit the road and aim for glory. Because I wasn’t satisfied with my actual brew I decided to give RDW one last try.

Here is the decklist for that tournament :

24 Mountain
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Wasteland
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Shivan Gorge
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Mutavault
1 Rishadan Port
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Mox Diamond

1 Goblin Guide
1 Stromkirk Noble
1 Frenzied Goblin
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Reckless Waif
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Tattermunge Maniac
1 Vexing Devil
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Stigma Lasher
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Ember Hauler
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Slith Firewalker
1 Blood Knight
1 Ash Zealot
1 Kiln Fiend
1 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Chandra's Spitfire
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Ball Lightning
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Keldon Champion
1 Archwing Dragon

1 Lava Spike
1 Lava Dart
1 Rolling Earthquake
1 Chain Lightning
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Burst Lightning
1 Forked Bolt
1 Firebolt
1 Incinerate
1 Magma Jet
1 Sudden Shock
1 Price of Progress
1 Fire Ambush
1 Chain of Plasma
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Flame Rift
1 Arc Trail
1 Searing Spear
1 Searing Blaze
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Flame Javelin
1 Rhystic Lightning
1 Rift Bolt
1 Char
1 Acidic Soil
1 Flames of the Blood Hand
1 Molten Rain
1 Pillage
1 Pulse of the Forge
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Browbeat
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Ruination
1 Fireblast
1 Thunderous Wrath

1 Black Vise
1 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Blood Moon
1 Koth of the Hammer

I didn’t take notes and don’t remember everything but I will try to …

18.10.12 TNM Karlsruhe

Round 1: Vazdru  (UB Control feat Buried Alive Combo) – die roll: me

G1: I simply lost to the mulligan and was no match for him.
G2: I had a really fast hand and Stigma Lasher hit him in turn 3 so I was safe from lifegain recovery.
G3: Superflood vs. Superscrew ended with the happy outcome for me. 

1:0 (2:1)

Round 2: Dennis (Bant) – die roll: Dennis

G1: He overpowered me with t1 mana dude + mental misstep, t2 big guy, t3 Elspeth, Knight Errant and in the end a daze for my lethal Price of progress.
G2 and G3 I don’t remember the games well but if I am right one of them was very close and the other one was dominated by Blood Moon.

2:0 (4:2)

Round 3: Sven (RUG) – die roll: Sven

G1: His tempo counter + some dudes finish me off.
G2: Sorry, no memory
G3: Magus of the Moon destroyed his manabase and Sulfuric Vortex added the clock.

3:0 (6:3)

So I surprisingly got to the “final”

Round 4: Goblinpiledriver (5c Aggro) – dice roll: GP

G1: He started with land go and I did the same way. Turn two again land go from him. I drop Rishadan Port and tapped one of his lands during upkeep so he still had nothing to play except a land. My Blood Moon hit the board for the instant win.
G2: He started with a tapped Stomping Ground and said go. I dropped Mutavault + Mox Diamand for t1 Ankh of Mishra. He took five damage from his Flooded Strand to play Stoneforge Mystic. Shrine of the Burning Rage followed by Goblin Guide added some more pressure. He played land +Brindle Boar and decided to attack with both of his creatures what I think was wrong. I played another land and attacked with Guide + Mutavault beating him to seven.  He refused to make any moves on his turn so the eot Price of Progress put him down to 1 life and made the shrine count more than lethal.

4:0 (8:6)

The deck did much better than expected. The metagame in Karlsruhe wasn’t flooded with the omnipresent GWu+X Archetype but was still in multicolored hands. Seven out of thirteen decks contained at least three colors which in the end enabled the nonbasic hate of RDW pretty good.

Two weeks later I had some personal stuff to do in Thüringen and with Fortuna’s help the first qualifier for the “Win a Dual" series of the Comic Attack Erfurt fell on the same date. So after a long time I participated in a highlander tournament at the place I once started playing highlander. The decklist got only one change. Browbeat didn’t made the cut and was replaced by Rakdos Cackler.

01.11.12 “Win a Dual" Qualifier Erfurt

Round 1: Roy (Esper Control) – die roll: Roy

G1: I didn’t see much of his deck because he was colorscrewed and after Ruination superscrewed.
G2: He had some counters and removal but after Ruination again my dudes finish him off.

5:0 (10:6)

Round 2: Max (4C Goodstuff) – die roll: me

G1: He was flooded and I burned him out shortly before he could finish me off.
G2: He had a mediocre start again while I have Tattermunge Maniac and Mishra’s Factory. He stabilized with Green Sun’s Zenith on Kitchen Finks but the topdecked Price of Progress + Incinerate + Fireblast were enough to bring him down from ten to zero.

6:0 (12:6)

Round 3: Justus (UWR  feat. Kiki Jiki) – die roll: Justus

G1: T1 Goblin Guide + t2 Ankh of Mishra = scoop
G2:  I don’t remember much but he has some counter + removal but in the end not enough pressure on his own side to win so I was able to finish him just in time.

7:0 (14:6)

Round 4: Thomas (UWR Tempo) – die roll: Thomas

G1: I believe he starts with t1 mox diamond + Island and a cantrip but I am absolutely not sure about this game. All I know is that I missed the point to kill his magus just because I thought it would be enough to go straight to the head and in the end I lost with my opponent on 1 life.
G2: I start with t1 Blackvise. He played a cantrip in his turn letting him stay on seven hand cards. Next turn I played Hellspark Elemental but he had drawn Force of Will to destroy all of my pressure at once. A way to long fight starts but in the end I was able to bring him to zero.
G3: A good start for both players with very tight plays on both sides, but in the end Shrine of the Burning Rage was the MVP in this game.

8:0 (16:7)

The second strike. Again I got the feeling that the local metagame wasn’t prepared for RDW. By watching the other games (yeah RDW matches are extremely fast) I have seen a lot of tempodecks with 3 to 5 colors. I can’t say that for sure because I didn’t see everyone’s deck, but I believe there was only one other deck with less than 3 colors.

Two days later we had the monthly Highlander Tournament in the Wizard’s Well Mannheim. After testing against Maqi and his new Oath-Combo-Hybrid build and the fact that RDW doesn’t stand a chance against his deck I wasn’t sure about playing monored again.  But on the other hand the deck went so well the last two times that it wouldn’t make sense not to try it. The most important thing would be to dodge Maqi and his new brew. The deck itself doesn’t change since Erfurt.

03.11.12 Wizard’s Well Mannheim

Round 1: Maqi …did anyone expect someone else at this point? After a short thinking about why this jesus guy hates me that much justice strikes back and it turns out he is playing a different deck.

Maqi (5C Goodstuff) – die roll: Maqi

G1: He had a slow start while I wasn’t able to find a third land in early turns. But after finding it, Blood Moon makes his mana base useless und Price of Progress hits him for lethal.
G2: His first turn Aether Vial was golden against my little guys and his Voices from the Void hit for full five.
G3: I started with Tattermunge Maniac while he played a land and said go. On my turn I played land attack go.  He decides to play Three Visits for basic Forest and dropped Birds of Paradise. I killed his BIrds with Searing Blaze after playing a land and attacked him down to 12. Maqi uses his turn to play Coalition Relic that totally ruined my Ruination plan. I dropped Barbarian Ring and still played Ruination leaving us both on three mana. Eot he puts a counter on his relic and uses the extra mana to play Vendilion Clique stripping me of Incinerate and suspending an Ancestral Visions. Next turn Maniac traded with clique and I put Kiln Fiend and Frenzied Goblin on the board, hoping to bring him down to zero next turn with the Sudden Shock in my hand. Goodstuff did what Goodstuff is known for. Demonic Tutor into Arc Trail and the game was totally open at this point. I drew the anti joker Mox Diamand and he played Batterskull. That seemed to be the end for me but Flame Javelin bought some time again. In his turn he played a Sylvan Library and took back Batterskull while I did’t draw the right business or a land, still sitting on three Mana unable to play all of my hand for the final blow. He hit me with Batterskull bringing him back to nine life. Afterwards he played Snapcaster Mage for Demonic again and played the tutored Spellskite. I responded with Brimestone Volley putting him to six. My only hand card left was Burst Lightning and he was tapped out. What could win a game at this point?
Right, Price of Progress from the top plus Burst Lightning for exact six damgage! What an intense game.

9:0 ( 18:8 )

Round 2: Giuseppe (RUG Scapeshift) – die roll: Giuseppe

G1: A good start with Kiln Fiend and a golden Pillage seals my victory by preventing him from going off with the lethal Scapeshift just in time.
G2: His second turn Wall of Roots bought him enough time to play Primal Command for seven life and Thragtusk. And after Natural Order into Titan the game was over.
G3: I spoiled into the absolute on-the-play-nutz with Black Vise and Ankh of Mishra so he scooped turn two.

10:0 (20:9)

Round 3: Stephan Schwarz (UW Control) – die roll: Stephan

G1: Turn one Mox Diamand + Mutavault and an unleashed Rakdos Cackler followed by Rishadan Port were enough to win before he could start to fight back.
G2:  I had a mediocre start and was screwed on two lands until turn 8-9 so Kitchen Finks  and Phyrexian Metamorph into Kitchen finks 2.0 followed by Wrath of God into another two Kitchen Finks brought him the win.
G3: I had a good hand with Goblin Guide, Rakdos Cackler, Lightning Bolt, a card I don’t remember and three lands but my deck decided to turn against me. After a quick beating he was able to stabilize with Wrath followed by Stoneforge Mystic finding Batterskull while all I draw was lands, more lands and Ankh of Mishra.

So I finally lost due to the fact that even RDW can have bad draws... but that’s how magic is. And at least it was an innovative deck that beat me.

10:1 ( 21:11 )

Round 4: Goblinpiledriver ( 5C Aggro ) – die roll: GP

G1: He Started with a tapped Temple Garden. I dropped Goblin Guide to start the beat down. His first play was Skyshroud Elite followed by Loam Lion. I burned his lion and attacked again. He wanted to stabilize with Lotus Cobra plus Grim Lavamancer. Perfect time to draw Rolling Earthquake and after I violated his side of the board Goblin Guide hit again. He still didn’t have enough and tried to come back but in the end all I needed was waiting till Price of Progress got lethal - and so it happened.
G2: I had a slow Hand and he used his second turn Sylvan Library to find everything he needed. His premium move was Bloodbraid Elf into Shardless Agent into Tribal Flames followed by Elspeth, Knight Errant one turn later.
G3: Close game with dudes and removal on both sides. Vithian Renegades prevented him from getting burned by my heavy loaded Shrine of the Burning Rage. He filled the board with some other creatures to set up the final attack but again MVP Price of Progress punished him for playing with a five colored mana base by hitting him for eight damage leaving only two life points left. Lava Spike from the top burned him out.

11:1 ( 23:12)

In the end I got second place and barely missed the hatrick but the performance of the deck was still good. The meta was full of GW(u) based decks. The UW Control that beat me in round 3 and finished on first place was the only other deck with less than three colors.


The resume:

RDW is still a competitive deck that can beat nearly everything. Especially in an unprepared meta it can be extreme brutal with its mix of speed and nonbasic hate. Price of Progress as a card is far beyond balanced. I didn’t lose a single match when it resolved and the one time where it was countered it would have been lethal in a game that was actually totally dominated by my opponent.

Regardless to the fact that I totally suck at die rolling it was a nice experience to play in three different cities and so three different submetas. All in all 3C+ decks are the most played around. But there are still differences. For example the meta in Erfurt is more dominated by tempodecks while in Mannheim most of the decks are more goodstuff oriented.

I hope you liked this report. Feel free to comment on the deck or on something else, that I said in this report. I would be glad to hear your thoughts. Thx and see you all soon!

12 Players - 4 rounds of swiss

1_____Schwarz, Stephan___10 pts__UW Control
2_____Lehmann, Ronald_____9 pts__RDW
3_____Nötzel, Sebastian____9 pts__Dark Bant
4_____Iacono, Giuseppe____7 pts__RUG Scapeshift
5_____Günzel, Achim_______7 pts__4C Blood Midrange
6_____Korbel, Jochen______6 pts__5C Aggro
7_____Gölz, Markus________6 pts__Pattern Rector
8_____Gerber, Christoph____6 pts__Bant Midrange
9_____Hoischen, Boris_____4 pts__RUG
10____Gandyra, Christian___3 pts__Bant
11____Sehovic, Sahin______3 pts__Bant
Drop__Stier, Thomas_____________5C-Goodstuff

Decklists online on
http://www.mtgpulse.com/event/11203#155705

Here are the final standings for our last tournament

1.  Schwarz, Stephan ______10 BUG Control
2.  Stief, Maximilian _______ 9 5c Aggro
3.  Zipprich, Gideon _______ 9 Naya Aggro
4.  Thomas, Alexander _____ 9 5c Goodstuff
5.  Ehrle, Phillip ___________ 7 Bant
6.  Hauck, Christian________ 7 4c Blood Midrange
7.  Guenzel, Achim ________ 6 Esper Control
8.  Rosenberger, Alexander _ 6 BUG Control
9.  Platz, Jens ____________ 6 Boros
10. Portleroy, Jan _________ 4 Esper Control
11. Lehmann, Ronald ______ 3 RDW
12. Nötzel, Sebastian ______ 3 BUG Control
13. Nowack, Jonathan ______ 0 GW Ramp

T3 Decklists can be found here:
http://highlanderforum.kilu.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3937

They will be added to mtgpulse as soon as possible

Here are the results of our last tournament

1.____Ziesche, Sebastian ______15___Bant
2.____Hauck, Christian ________12___4C-Blood-Aggro
3.____Hauck, Manuel  ________10___Bg-Control
4.____Guenzel, Achim ________10___Bant
5.____Leuck, Marc ___________10___5C-Goodstuff
6.____Stahl, Gerry ____________9___RGu-Aggro feat. Twin-Combo
7.____Kroll, Tobias ____________9___4C-Goodstuff
8.____Thomas, Alexander ______7___4C-Blood-Aggro
9.____Rosenberger, Alexander __7___UW-Control
10.___Lehmann, Ronald  _______6___Rock
11.___Stier, Thomas  __________6___4C-Blood-Toolbox
12.___Flimkert, Sven  __________6___RUG-Midrange
13.___Dettling, Jan  ___________6___RDW
14.___Kunz, Patrick  ___________3___Pattern-Rector
drop__Meister, Yannick _____________UB-Reanimator
drop__Iacono, Giuseppe _____________Jund
drop__Menge-Nebie, Daniela _________Elves

T4 Decklists are online in our forum:
http://highlanderforum.kilu.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3925&p=4495#p4495

Final Standings after 5 Rounds:

1. ___ Lehmann, Ronald ______ 13 __ Izzet-Wildfire-Control
2. ___ Stief, Maximilian ______ 12 __ 5c Aggro
3. ___ Beisteiner, Dennis _____ 12 __ 5c Aggro
4. ___ Wörner, Tobias _______ 10 __ Izzet-Counterburn-Control
5. ___ Korbel, Jochen ________ 10 __ 5c Aggro
6. ___ Stahl, Gerry __________ 10 __ Grixis Control
7. ___ Nötzel, Sebastian ______ 9 ___ bRant
8. ___ Grosmayer, Christian ___ 9 ___ RG Beatz
9. ___ Lauter, Alban _________ 9 ___ 5c Aggro
10. __ Dubbernell, Robin ______ 7 ___ Pattern Rector
11. __ Möske, Michael ________ 7 ___ 4c Goodstuff
12. __ Dettling, Jan __________ 6 ___ 5c Goodstuff
13. __ Florea, Dan ___________ 6 ___ RDW
14. __ Flinkert, Sven _________ 6 ___ Pattern Rector
15. __ Stadler, Florian ________ 6 ___ Naya Zoo
16. __ Lorenz, Andreas _______ 5 ___ Mono U Control
17. __ Übelacker, Lukas _______ 4 ___ BUG Control
18. __ Wolf, Tobias __________ 4 ___ Dark Bant
19. __ Thiemann, Kai _________ 3 ___ 4c Goodstuff
20. __ Hauck, Manuel _________ 3 ___ Bg Control
21. __ Hoischen, Boris ________ 0 ___ BUG Control
22. __ Guenzel, Achim ________ 0 ___ Bant

T6 Decklists are online in our Forum
http://highlanderforum.kilu.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=651