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01-04-2009, 06:01 PM
I wanted to write this so there is a written account proving green is a better color than blue.
Here is the list I played:
4 Survival of the Fittest
1 Anger
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Priest of Titania
3 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Quirion Ranger
4 Elvish Champion
4 Imperious Perfect
2 Mirror Entity
3 Wirewood Symbiote
4 Sylvan Messenger
2 Wren's Run Vanquisher
1 Wren's Run Packmaster
1 Wood Elves
1 Viridian Zealot
5 Forest
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
3 Taiga
3 Savannah
Sideboard
4 Orim's Chant
4 Krosan Grip
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Choke
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Magus of the Moon
I noticed there was a TON of combo before the tournament, so I threw in more hate. Birdman and I ended up adding in ESG before the event as well so we could potentially get the Thorn or Teeg turn 1.
I didn't end up taking down names, so I apologize to those who I didn't know.
Round 1: Jander78 with Dreadstill
Game 1: I'm on the play, and open with a mana elf. My turn 2 Priest resolves, and he plays a Standstill. Turn 3 I play a Perfect and that resolves, then resolve a Quirion Ranger and Mirror Entity. Turn 4 I swing for 50 something.
Game 2: This game involves him having 3 Mishra's Factory, and sticking a Dreadnought while I get land flooded and don't find a Krosan Grip. He also played a Clasm on my team.
Game 3: He gets Counter/Top around turn 4-5, but I resolve a Choke and lock down 4 lands, and he can't find a Pyroclasm to stop my army.
1-0
Round 2: Some guy playing the Rock
Game 1: He mulls, and I open with Savannah and a mana elf. He plays a Mishra and passes, so I think I'm playing against Dreadstill again. I play a land and cast Survival and it resolves. He Wastelands my Savannah and says go. I eot grab Priest of Titania, and on my turn I play a land and cast Priest and Wirewood Symbiote. He plays Forest, Tarmogoyf, go. Not Dreadstill. I untap, search for Mirror Entity, and combo infinate turn 4 damage on his face.
Game 2: He opens with land go, and I have a turn 1 mana elf. He has turn 2 Goyf, and I respond with a turn 2 Perfect. He is land light, and Crop Rotates a Wasteland for a Bayou, then Living Wish for Shriekmaw and attacks for 2. I play a Ranger and another mana elf and say go. He untaps and taps out to play a Pernicious Deed and attacks, and I make a token and block. I rip Zealot and kill the Deed. He Shriekmaws my Perfect and plays another Goyf. I rip Survival and search up Magus of the Moon and lock out all his lands except a basic Forest. He attacks and I shrug it off, untap and search for Elvish Champion and attack for 8. He attacks me again, I untap and grab another Champion and smash.
2-0
Round 3: Some guy playing 4c Counterbalance (he made top8)
Game 1: I play the Elves hand and open with turn 1 Elf, turn 2 Priest, Ranger, turn 3 Lord, Entity. All that on one land.
Game 2: He sticks Counterbalance and I'm landscrewed on two lands with 5 lords and a Grip in hand and never drew a mana guy. He has Goyfs and kills me.
Game 3: I play a turn 1 Ranger, turn 2 Survival. He dazes. I remove ESG. He FoWs pitching Counterbalance. Sweeeet. He play an attrition war for a while as I'm stuck on lands with a Symbiote and Vanquisher beating down. He sticks a Goyf and a Jitte and is containing me, but has to gain life to stay alive. I eventually get another Vanquisher and more creatures and he can't contain them as he couldn't find a Swords.
3-0
Round 4: Some guy with Dreadstill.
Game 1: I stick a Survival, but he's got the maindeck Grip for it. I then revert to elf mode and stick an Elvish Champion and beat with Forestwalk. Then savagly attack with the Champion into a Trinket Mage, but thankfully then play a Sylvan Messenger to find another one and go nuts.
Game 2: Turn 2 Dreadnought with FoW backup for my Vanquisher. That was lame.
Game 3: He has a FoW for my opening Survival, a couple Fire/Ice for my guys, a Firespout to wipe out my team, and another FoW for my last ditch effort and beats me with a Goyf. He had a nutty hand here.
3-1
Round 5: Daze Elrod (Freakish777) with 4c Threshold
Game 1: I have a ridiculous hand, and he has a turn 2 Counterbalance. He has a lot of Ponders and Brainstorms for CB and a lot of FoWs and Stp and I can't stick anything and die miserably.
Game 2: He gets CounterTop down after I get a Symbiote and Ranger down. I stick a Champion and beat him down low. I eventually get a Messenger too which gives me another Champion. He counters one and trys to get rid of the other which I continuously return with Symbiote. He gets double Goyf down but can't find another Swords to get rid of my guys and forestwalk takes it. According to Dave, there was a Mirror Entity in here somewhere.
Game 3: I honestly don't remember this game. It was close, but I pull it out somehow. Mirror Entity may have been involved.
4-1
Round 6: Irish Mafia (?) with Dreadstill
Game 1: He has a Spell Snare for my opening Priest, a FoW on a Perfect, and a turn 4 Dreadnought.
Game 2: It involves me playing lots of Elves and doing a big rush.
Game 3: My Survival gets countered, but I stick a Choke to lock him down. He Pyroclasms my board and has 2 Factory, but I topdeck Perfect and start making guys. He eventually gets a Needle on Perfect, but I eventually get too many guys and widdle away his life.
5-1
ID into top8
5-1-1
Top8: Bryant with TES
Game 1: I open with a Symbiote. He plays LED, LED, go. He has the Mystical Tutor hand, but no other mana source to go nuts with. I play Survival. He doesn't find a mana Source. I get Priest and say go. He doesn't get the mana source, so I untap and get Mirror Entity and combo him.
Game 2: He kills me turn 1 on the play.
Game 3: We both mull, and my hand is garbage of 3 land, Chant, Anger, Perfect. I draw another Chant, but he Duresses me. Then Chants me and I chant in response. I get him down to 7 with triple Perfect in play, but he is able to combo and kill me.
5-2-1
Thoughts:
- This deck has incredible game against blue decks.
- It is very difficult to play. This was my first tournament with it and I made a handful of play mistakes, but it's also very forgiving.
- Green > Blue, but Combo > Green.
Kudos:
- Me.
- Birdman and rsaunders dad who also rocked the deck.
- Green decks.
- Bryant for top8ing.
- Everyone who helped me put the deck together.
Fail:
- Virginia's lack of appearance.
- Dreadstill. Nice dead cards you got there.
- Pyroclasm
Here is the list I played:
4 Survival of the Fittest
1 Anger
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Priest of Titania
3 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Quirion Ranger
4 Elvish Champion
4 Imperious Perfect
2 Mirror Entity
3 Wirewood Symbiote
4 Sylvan Messenger
2 Wren's Run Vanquisher
1 Wren's Run Packmaster
1 Wood Elves
1 Viridian Zealot
5 Forest
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
3 Taiga
3 Savannah
Sideboard
4 Orim's Chant
4 Krosan Grip
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Choke
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Magus of the Moon
I noticed there was a TON of combo before the tournament, so I threw in more hate. Birdman and I ended up adding in ESG before the event as well so we could potentially get the Thorn or Teeg turn 1.
I didn't end up taking down names, so I apologize to those who I didn't know.
Round 1: Jander78 with Dreadstill
Game 1: I'm on the play, and open with a mana elf. My turn 2 Priest resolves, and he plays a Standstill. Turn 3 I play a Perfect and that resolves, then resolve a Quirion Ranger and Mirror Entity. Turn 4 I swing for 50 something.
Game 2: This game involves him having 3 Mishra's Factory, and sticking a Dreadnought while I get land flooded and don't find a Krosan Grip. He also played a Clasm on my team.
Game 3: He gets Counter/Top around turn 4-5, but I resolve a Choke and lock down 4 lands, and he can't find a Pyroclasm to stop my army.
1-0
Round 2: Some guy playing the Rock
Game 1: He mulls, and I open with Savannah and a mana elf. He plays a Mishra and passes, so I think I'm playing against Dreadstill again. I play a land and cast Survival and it resolves. He Wastelands my Savannah and says go. I eot grab Priest of Titania, and on my turn I play a land and cast Priest and Wirewood Symbiote. He plays Forest, Tarmogoyf, go. Not Dreadstill. I untap, search for Mirror Entity, and combo infinate turn 4 damage on his face.
Game 2: He opens with land go, and I have a turn 1 mana elf. He has turn 2 Goyf, and I respond with a turn 2 Perfect. He is land light, and Crop Rotates a Wasteland for a Bayou, then Living Wish for Shriekmaw and attacks for 2. I play a Ranger and another mana elf and say go. He untaps and taps out to play a Pernicious Deed and attacks, and I make a token and block. I rip Zealot and kill the Deed. He Shriekmaws my Perfect and plays another Goyf. I rip Survival and search up Magus of the Moon and lock out all his lands except a basic Forest. He attacks and I shrug it off, untap and search for Elvish Champion and attack for 8. He attacks me again, I untap and grab another Champion and smash.
2-0
Round 3: Some guy playing 4c Counterbalance (he made top8)
Game 1: I play the Elves hand and open with turn 1 Elf, turn 2 Priest, Ranger, turn 3 Lord, Entity. All that on one land.
Game 2: He sticks Counterbalance and I'm landscrewed on two lands with 5 lords and a Grip in hand and never drew a mana guy. He has Goyfs and kills me.
Game 3: I play a turn 1 Ranger, turn 2 Survival. He dazes. I remove ESG. He FoWs pitching Counterbalance. Sweeeet. He play an attrition war for a while as I'm stuck on lands with a Symbiote and Vanquisher beating down. He sticks a Goyf and a Jitte and is containing me, but has to gain life to stay alive. I eventually get another Vanquisher and more creatures and he can't contain them as he couldn't find a Swords.
3-0
Round 4: Some guy with Dreadstill.
Game 1: I stick a Survival, but he's got the maindeck Grip for it. I then revert to elf mode and stick an Elvish Champion and beat with Forestwalk. Then savagly attack with the Champion into a Trinket Mage, but thankfully then play a Sylvan Messenger to find another one and go nuts.
Game 2: Turn 2 Dreadnought with FoW backup for my Vanquisher. That was lame.
Game 3: He has a FoW for my opening Survival, a couple Fire/Ice for my guys, a Firespout to wipe out my team, and another FoW for my last ditch effort and beats me with a Goyf. He had a nutty hand here.
3-1
Round 5: Daze Elrod (Freakish777) with 4c Threshold
Game 1: I have a ridiculous hand, and he has a turn 2 Counterbalance. He has a lot of Ponders and Brainstorms for CB and a lot of FoWs and Stp and I can't stick anything and die miserably.
Game 2: He gets CounterTop down after I get a Symbiote and Ranger down. I stick a Champion and beat him down low. I eventually get a Messenger too which gives me another Champion. He counters one and trys to get rid of the other which I continuously return with Symbiote. He gets double Goyf down but can't find another Swords to get rid of my guys and forestwalk takes it. According to Dave, there was a Mirror Entity in here somewhere.
Game 3: I honestly don't remember this game. It was close, but I pull it out somehow. Mirror Entity may have been involved.
4-1
Round 6: Irish Mafia (?) with Dreadstill
Game 1: He has a Spell Snare for my opening Priest, a FoW on a Perfect, and a turn 4 Dreadnought.
Game 2: It involves me playing lots of Elves and doing a big rush.
Game 3: My Survival gets countered, but I stick a Choke to lock him down. He Pyroclasms my board and has 2 Factory, but I topdeck Perfect and start making guys. He eventually gets a Needle on Perfect, but I eventually get too many guys and widdle away his life.
5-1
ID into top8
5-1-1
Top8: Bryant with TES
Game 1: I open with a Symbiote. He plays LED, LED, go. He has the Mystical Tutor hand, but no other mana source to go nuts with. I play Survival. He doesn't find a mana Source. I get Priest and say go. He doesn't get the mana source, so I untap and get Mirror Entity and combo him.
Game 2: He kills me turn 1 on the play.
Game 3: We both mull, and my hand is garbage of 3 land, Chant, Anger, Perfect. I draw another Chant, but he Duresses me. Then Chants me and I chant in response. I get him down to 7 with triple Perfect in play, but he is able to combo and kill me.
5-2-1
Thoughts:
- This deck has incredible game against blue decks.
- It is very difficult to play. This was my first tournament with it and I made a handful of play mistakes, but it's also very forgiving.
- Green > Blue, but Combo > Green.
Kudos:
- Me.
- Birdman and rsaunders dad who also rocked the deck.
- Green decks.
- Bryant for top8ing.
- Everyone who helped me put the deck together.
Fail:
- Virginia's lack of appearance.
- Dreadstill. Nice dead cards you got there.
- Pyroclasm