diffy
04-06-2009, 10:38 AM
More non-SPOD centric information (top8 lists etc.) can be found here (http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=336207&postcount=775).
Preamble
At times I could almost tire of telling how awesome a SPODer's life can be: Saturday barbecue at a friend's bar with infinite meat, cheap beer (€0,70/0,4litre pint) and softdrinks (€0,40/0,4litre), board games, highlander and awesome people followed by 2h of Legacy theorizing at Stefan's place = awe... wait for it... some build-up to Legacy.
The next morning (4h of sleep have to be enough!), Martin Schreiber picked us up and we were off to Mannheim, obviously backed up by awesome music provided by yours truly.
Amongst others on the playlist:
Across the Border
Alestorm
Amon Amarth
Blind Guardian
Bob Marley
Children of Bodom
Cruachan
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Dropkick Murphys
Eluveitie
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Eths
Fahnenflucht
Finntroll
Heidevolk
In Extremo
La Polla Records
Segismundo Toxikomano
Slayer
System of a Down
The Pogues
The Tossers
This is what Team SPOD ended up playing:
Harrald Locutus Herrlich – 5c Aggro Control feat. Nephilims!
Stefan Spirit of the Wretch Czolk – Previous Level Threshold
Daniel Adan Scherer – Previous Level Threshold
Clemens Der_imaginäre_Freund Wolff - Previous Level Threshold
Here's what I sleeved up:
/// Maindeck (60 cards)
// Lands (19)
4 Flooded Strand (http://magiccards.info/on/en/316.html)
4 Polluted Delta (http://magiccards.info/on/en/321.html)
3 Tropical Island (http://magiccards.info/be/en/299.html)
3 Underground Sea (http://magiccards.info/be/en/301.html)
2 Tundra (http://magiccards.info/be/en/300.html)
1 Plains (http://magiccards.info/apac/en/4.html)
2 Island (http://magiccards.info/apac/en/12.html)
// Guys (12)
4 Tarmogoyf (http://magiccards.info/fut/en/153.html)
4 Dark Confidant (http://magiccards.info/rav/en/81.html)
2 Trygon Predator (http://magiccards.info/di/en/133.html)
2 Trinket Mage (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/39.html)
// Card Advantage (9)
4 Brainstorm (http://magiccards.info/mm/en/61.html)
1 Ponder (http://magiccards.info/lw/en/79.html)
4 Sensei's Divining Top (http://magiccards.info/chk/en/268.html)
// Permission (11)
4 Counterbalance (http://magiccards.info/cs/en/31.html)
4 Force of Will (http://magiccards.info/ai/en/42.html)
3 Daze (http://magiccards.info/ne/en/30.html)
// Removal (7)
4 Swords to Plowshares (http://magiccards.info/ia/en/278.html)
2 Vedalken Shackles (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/164.html)
1 Engineered Explosives (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/118.html)
// Stuff (2)
2 Umezawa's Jitte (http://magiccards.info/bok/en/163.html)
/// Sideboard (15 cards)
1 Relic of Progenitus (http://magiccards.info/ala/en/218.html)
1 Engineered Explosives (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/118.html)
1 Krosan Grip (http://magiccards.info/ts/en/202.html)
2 Pithing Needle (http://magiccards.info/sok/en/158.html)
2 Gaddock Teeg (http://magiccards.info/lw/en/248.html)
2 Hydroblast (http://magiccards.info/ia/en/72.html)
1 Blue Elemental Blast (http://magiccards.info/be/en/50.html)
1 Path to Exile (http://magiccards.info/cfx/en/15.html)
4 Engineered Plague (http://magiccards.info/ul/en/51.html)
Adan and Stefan played the exact same maindeck 60.
Stefan opted for sideboard -1 Pithing Needle +1 Path to Exile.
Adan went with sideboard -1 Hydroblast +1 Blue Elemental Blast.
It's basically your GP-hyped list without the bad cards in the maindeck and with a better sideboard - I just wanted to see for myself if it's any good.
The removal of Sower of Temptation was motivated by the fact that he just adds inconsistencies to a deck whose wins are based entirely upon consistency: he's not consistently a removal-spell when you need a removal (because your opponent can just kill the Sower and get his threat back) and he's not consistently a beater when you need one (because the opponent doesn't always have a guy out you can steal).
He's also pretty much straight up worse than Vedalken Shackles. In the mirror, you'd only want to play Sower of Temptation with 5 lands out (because of Daze), and, by that time, Vedalken Shackles will always be able to steal the opposing Tarmogoyf too. In the few matchups where Vedalken Shackles will not be able to steal your opponent's guys which would mainly be against Aggro Loam, Sower of Temptation isn't much good either because you won't be hitting 4 mana if your opponent knows what he's doing. Against other, more aggressive decks, the recurring and 'harder to kill' aspect of Vedalken Shackles outweigh Sower of Temptation's advantages (whatever they may be in these matchups) by far. Umezawa's Jitte, on the other hand, is much better in these matchups which coincidentally tend to be badish matchups you want to improve on. They are also close to never dead (they help in Goyf wars, increase your clock against control etc.) which made the Sower → Jitte switch an easy one.
The sideboard is heavily influenced by my white-splashed build's which has proven itself to be solid over and over again.
Short Report:
Round 1 vs. Tobias Hesser with Wr Control
I'm on the draw.
He drops some Plateaus and an Ancient Tomb while I dig for stuff via Sensei's Divining Top and numerous fetchlands. On his third turn, he proceeds to drop a Humility for which I have the Daze. He then drops another Humility and an Elspeth, Knight Errant. At the point I think that I'm pretty much fucked, but I keep on playing because his clock isn't best and because I still have a Top and 3 fetchlands plus a Ponder to dig for my one out, the single Engineered Explosives. Long story short: he makes some tokens, I send one farming, drop down to 8 and find the Explosives the turn before my opponent planned to activate Elspeth's ultimate. I drop a Trygon Predator to prevent his tokens from killing me. He drops a Runed Halo naming Trygon Predator. I drop a Counterbalance to prevent pretty much anything else he has. The board is pretty much in my favor at this point: he doesn't get to resolve anything through my triple SdT + Counterbalance. I eventually find some beaters and a Jitte to solve the remaining tokens. He finds an Ajani Vengeant which brings me down to 5, I kill it the turn after and him shortly later.
-1 Vedalken Shackles
-1 Umezawa's Jitte
-3 Daze
-3 Swords to Plowshares
+2 Engineered Plague
+2 Pithing Needle
+2 Gaddock Teeg
+1 Krosan Grip
+1 Engineered Explosives
I drop a second turn Gaddock Teeg, he plays a Scepter and imprints Orim's Chant but can't activate it. I drop a Pithing Needle and Counterbalance + Top in the next two turns. That's game, Gaddock goes all the way while he can't play/resolve anything.
2:0
1-0-0 (2:0)
Round 2 vs. Stefan Benisch with Ubr ANT
I'm on the play.
I know what he's playing and therefore cringe at the sight of my first seven: Plains, Brainstorm x2, Counterbalance, Force of Will, Daze, Tarmogoyf. I just can't mulligan this against Combo.
Long story short, I don't find another land, he eventually finds a Duress and just combos me out.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-2 Trygon Predator
-1 Plains
-1 Trinket Mage
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+2 Hydroblast
+2 Gaddock Teeg
+2 Engineered Plague
Although I didn't see any red mana sources in the first game, I had this feeling that he had some Empty the Warrens in his board – call it Good Player's Intuition: I play red for EtW and Red Blasts in my ANT list, and Stefan is a good player so I thought that he might have caught up with this tech too. I kept in Swords to Plowshares for potential Dark Confidants.
My second turn Gaddock Teeg goes aggro, backed up by a Sensei's Divining Top in which I find a Blue Blast to cover up the one in my hand. He finds an Echoing Truth, bounces Gaddock, plays some stuff into Infernal Tutor. He only has 4 mana left and so I ask him if he's going for a mini- Empty the Warrens and let the tutor resolve. He does, in fact, get EtW – I Blue Blast two copies and his face turns all like 'damn that guy is good'. I re-drop my Gaddock Teeg as blocker, and cast double Swords to Plowshares on two tokens. His tokens still get me down to 6, but I eventually find a Trinket Mage as additional blocker and a Counterbalance to seal the deal.
He mulligans once.
Third game is quickly summarized: early Counterbalance > Combo.
2:1
2-0-0 (4:1)
Round 3 vs. Martin Seichter with Imperial Painter
I'm on the play.
I put on my Nassif glasses and intend to win this horrible (?) matchup.
I keep an extremely solid hand featuring a Force of Will, three fetchlands, a Swords to Plowshares, a Top and a Brainstorm.
He drops first turn Magus of the Moon which I send farming. That's one huge step closer to victory. I drop a Dark Confidant which finds me a Tarmogoyf. He drops a Painter's Servant and tries to destroy my Tarmgoyf. I rather destroy his Painter in response. Soon thereafter I find another Tarmogoyf – he can't handle my team and doesn't find any further combo pieces: I never had to use that Force of Will I had in my opening grip.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-2 Counterbalance
+1 Path to Exile
+1 Krosan Grip
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+2 Hydroblast
He mulligans once.
I have an early Dark Confidant and prevent all his Painter + Blast shenanigans by destroying his Painters as he casts his blasts. I then drop double Tarmogoyf and Goyf math is verified once again.
2:0
3-0-0 (6:1)
Round 4 vs. Daniel Scherer with 75card Mirror
I tell him that it would be cool of him to scoop to me because he's been leeching decks and play advice from me since for ever (and only been doing well when I provided him with a list) and because I could use the rating to get my second bye for Annecy.
He accepts because he's a cool guy.
2:0
4-0-0 (8:1)
Round 5 vs. Steffen Ball with RGW Aggro Loam
I'm on the play.
The switch to 4c has made this matchup so much worse. I'm not looking forward to this.
However, my first hand is amazing: double Tarmogoyf, three lands and a Ponder are pretty good against Aggro Loam, I hear. I lead up with Land, Ponder, he Wastes my land. I play another land, he wastes it. I continue to drop lands and drop triple Tarmogoyf aka.Elvish Warrior. He finds an Engineered Explosives and I don't have a Force of Will. Frowntown. I drop a Counterbalance and he has the Krosan Grip. He starts applying some beats via Knight of the Reliquary and Tarmogoyf. I have a Swords to Plowshares for both. I drop a SdT, a Dark Confidant and an Umezawa's Jitte which just about keep me alive. I find a Tarmogoyf and all looks good until he finds more broken 3mana guys + Skarrg (wtf.). I eventually stabilize again by killing his Countryside Crusher through a combination of my Tarmogoyf + Jitte. He starts waste-locking me, but I'm still ahead as my Dark Confidant + Jitte are starting to be a really solid board presence. He then finds a Volrath's Stronghold and yet another 3 mana guy. Great.
All the surrounding people agree that this game was like loosing with double Aces + Ace on the turn against some random river bullshit.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-3 Daze
+1 Path to Exile
+1 Hydroblast
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Relic of Progenitus
+2 Pithing Needle
He looks at his opener and is like 'You'll hate me even more now'. I lead with a Pithing Needle on Wasteland, he has triple Mox Diamond, Life from the Loam, Volrath's Stronghold + Eternal Witness + Engineered Explosives + Tarmogoyf. Yay. I can handle it though. The thing breaking my neck is, wait for it. Burning Wish into. Wait for it. Bane... wait for it... Fire. Yeah, that's right. Banefire.
0:2
4-1-0 (8:3)
Other Tournament Stuff
I still come in first due to awesome breakers (all my opponents but the first round's went top4) and get €50 store credit which I split with Adan.
I also meet Simon Van Phanel Ritzka who made the trip all the way from Munich to play in the Nats-Qualifier held in the same location.
Performance of the rest of Team SPOD :
4-1-0 Adan
2-2-0 Stefan drop for Highlander like in the good ole' times
1-3-0 Harrald drop for Highlander like in the good ole' times
Two of my theories are backed up by this performance: Adan can only do well when playing my brews, Harrald's decks only do well the first time (after that, the surprise value is gone and the metagame has obviously adapted to beat his creations).
Top4 Overview:
22 players (low turnout due to the NatsQ in the same location):
€50 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 1st: 4c Theshold
€30 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 2nd: RGW Aggro Loam
€20 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 3rd: ANT/r
€10 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 4th: 4c Theshold
Postlude
Props:
Good music
Barbecue
Life
Slops:
Store Credit
4c Threshold - just worse than plain simple old 3c: it makes you loose more games you'd otherwise win due to manabase inconsistencies than it lets you win games due to Dark Confidant
Preamble
At times I could almost tire of telling how awesome a SPODer's life can be: Saturday barbecue at a friend's bar with infinite meat, cheap beer (€0,70/0,4litre pint) and softdrinks (€0,40/0,4litre), board games, highlander and awesome people followed by 2h of Legacy theorizing at Stefan's place = awe... wait for it... some build-up to Legacy.
The next morning (4h of sleep have to be enough!), Martin Schreiber picked us up and we were off to Mannheim, obviously backed up by awesome music provided by yours truly.
Amongst others on the playlist:
Across the Border
Alestorm
Amon Amarth
Blind Guardian
Bob Marley
Children of Bodom
Cruachan
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Dropkick Murphys
Eluveitie
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Eths
Fahnenflucht
Finntroll
Heidevolk
In Extremo
La Polla Records
Segismundo Toxikomano
Slayer
System of a Down
The Pogues
The Tossers
This is what Team SPOD ended up playing:
Harrald Locutus Herrlich – 5c Aggro Control feat. Nephilims!
Stefan Spirit of the Wretch Czolk – Previous Level Threshold
Daniel Adan Scherer – Previous Level Threshold
Clemens Der_imaginäre_Freund Wolff - Previous Level Threshold
Here's what I sleeved up:
/// Maindeck (60 cards)
// Lands (19)
4 Flooded Strand (http://magiccards.info/on/en/316.html)
4 Polluted Delta (http://magiccards.info/on/en/321.html)
3 Tropical Island (http://magiccards.info/be/en/299.html)
3 Underground Sea (http://magiccards.info/be/en/301.html)
2 Tundra (http://magiccards.info/be/en/300.html)
1 Plains (http://magiccards.info/apac/en/4.html)
2 Island (http://magiccards.info/apac/en/12.html)
// Guys (12)
4 Tarmogoyf (http://magiccards.info/fut/en/153.html)
4 Dark Confidant (http://magiccards.info/rav/en/81.html)
2 Trygon Predator (http://magiccards.info/di/en/133.html)
2 Trinket Mage (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/39.html)
// Card Advantage (9)
4 Brainstorm (http://magiccards.info/mm/en/61.html)
1 Ponder (http://magiccards.info/lw/en/79.html)
4 Sensei's Divining Top (http://magiccards.info/chk/en/268.html)
// Permission (11)
4 Counterbalance (http://magiccards.info/cs/en/31.html)
4 Force of Will (http://magiccards.info/ai/en/42.html)
3 Daze (http://magiccards.info/ne/en/30.html)
// Removal (7)
4 Swords to Plowshares (http://magiccards.info/ia/en/278.html)
2 Vedalken Shackles (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/164.html)
1 Engineered Explosives (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/118.html)
// Stuff (2)
2 Umezawa's Jitte (http://magiccards.info/bok/en/163.html)
/// Sideboard (15 cards)
1 Relic of Progenitus (http://magiccards.info/ala/en/218.html)
1 Engineered Explosives (http://magiccards.info/5dn/en/118.html)
1 Krosan Grip (http://magiccards.info/ts/en/202.html)
2 Pithing Needle (http://magiccards.info/sok/en/158.html)
2 Gaddock Teeg (http://magiccards.info/lw/en/248.html)
2 Hydroblast (http://magiccards.info/ia/en/72.html)
1 Blue Elemental Blast (http://magiccards.info/be/en/50.html)
1 Path to Exile (http://magiccards.info/cfx/en/15.html)
4 Engineered Plague (http://magiccards.info/ul/en/51.html)
Adan and Stefan played the exact same maindeck 60.
Stefan opted for sideboard -1 Pithing Needle +1 Path to Exile.
Adan went with sideboard -1 Hydroblast +1 Blue Elemental Blast.
It's basically your GP-hyped list without the bad cards in the maindeck and with a better sideboard - I just wanted to see for myself if it's any good.
The removal of Sower of Temptation was motivated by the fact that he just adds inconsistencies to a deck whose wins are based entirely upon consistency: he's not consistently a removal-spell when you need a removal (because your opponent can just kill the Sower and get his threat back) and he's not consistently a beater when you need one (because the opponent doesn't always have a guy out you can steal).
He's also pretty much straight up worse than Vedalken Shackles. In the mirror, you'd only want to play Sower of Temptation with 5 lands out (because of Daze), and, by that time, Vedalken Shackles will always be able to steal the opposing Tarmogoyf too. In the few matchups where Vedalken Shackles will not be able to steal your opponent's guys which would mainly be against Aggro Loam, Sower of Temptation isn't much good either because you won't be hitting 4 mana if your opponent knows what he's doing. Against other, more aggressive decks, the recurring and 'harder to kill' aspect of Vedalken Shackles outweigh Sower of Temptation's advantages (whatever they may be in these matchups) by far. Umezawa's Jitte, on the other hand, is much better in these matchups which coincidentally tend to be badish matchups you want to improve on. They are also close to never dead (they help in Goyf wars, increase your clock against control etc.) which made the Sower → Jitte switch an easy one.
The sideboard is heavily influenced by my white-splashed build's which has proven itself to be solid over and over again.
Short Report:
Round 1 vs. Tobias Hesser with Wr Control
I'm on the draw.
He drops some Plateaus and an Ancient Tomb while I dig for stuff via Sensei's Divining Top and numerous fetchlands. On his third turn, he proceeds to drop a Humility for which I have the Daze. He then drops another Humility and an Elspeth, Knight Errant. At the point I think that I'm pretty much fucked, but I keep on playing because his clock isn't best and because I still have a Top and 3 fetchlands plus a Ponder to dig for my one out, the single Engineered Explosives. Long story short: he makes some tokens, I send one farming, drop down to 8 and find the Explosives the turn before my opponent planned to activate Elspeth's ultimate. I drop a Trygon Predator to prevent his tokens from killing me. He drops a Runed Halo naming Trygon Predator. I drop a Counterbalance to prevent pretty much anything else he has. The board is pretty much in my favor at this point: he doesn't get to resolve anything through my triple SdT + Counterbalance. I eventually find some beaters and a Jitte to solve the remaining tokens. He finds an Ajani Vengeant which brings me down to 5, I kill it the turn after and him shortly later.
-1 Vedalken Shackles
-1 Umezawa's Jitte
-3 Daze
-3 Swords to Plowshares
+2 Engineered Plague
+2 Pithing Needle
+2 Gaddock Teeg
+1 Krosan Grip
+1 Engineered Explosives
I drop a second turn Gaddock Teeg, he plays a Scepter and imprints Orim's Chant but can't activate it. I drop a Pithing Needle and Counterbalance + Top in the next two turns. That's game, Gaddock goes all the way while he can't play/resolve anything.
2:0
1-0-0 (2:0)
Round 2 vs. Stefan Benisch with Ubr ANT
I'm on the play.
I know what he's playing and therefore cringe at the sight of my first seven: Plains, Brainstorm x2, Counterbalance, Force of Will, Daze, Tarmogoyf. I just can't mulligan this against Combo.
Long story short, I don't find another land, he eventually finds a Duress and just combos me out.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-2 Trygon Predator
-1 Plains
-1 Trinket Mage
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+2 Hydroblast
+2 Gaddock Teeg
+2 Engineered Plague
Although I didn't see any red mana sources in the first game, I had this feeling that he had some Empty the Warrens in his board – call it Good Player's Intuition: I play red for EtW and Red Blasts in my ANT list, and Stefan is a good player so I thought that he might have caught up with this tech too. I kept in Swords to Plowshares for potential Dark Confidants.
My second turn Gaddock Teeg goes aggro, backed up by a Sensei's Divining Top in which I find a Blue Blast to cover up the one in my hand. He finds an Echoing Truth, bounces Gaddock, plays some stuff into Infernal Tutor. He only has 4 mana left and so I ask him if he's going for a mini- Empty the Warrens and let the tutor resolve. He does, in fact, get EtW – I Blue Blast two copies and his face turns all like 'damn that guy is good'. I re-drop my Gaddock Teeg as blocker, and cast double Swords to Plowshares on two tokens. His tokens still get me down to 6, but I eventually find a Trinket Mage as additional blocker and a Counterbalance to seal the deal.
He mulligans once.
Third game is quickly summarized: early Counterbalance > Combo.
2:1
2-0-0 (4:1)
Round 3 vs. Martin Seichter with Imperial Painter
I'm on the play.
I put on my Nassif glasses and intend to win this horrible (?) matchup.
I keep an extremely solid hand featuring a Force of Will, three fetchlands, a Swords to Plowshares, a Top and a Brainstorm.
He drops first turn Magus of the Moon which I send farming. That's one huge step closer to victory. I drop a Dark Confidant which finds me a Tarmogoyf. He drops a Painter's Servant and tries to destroy my Tarmgoyf. I rather destroy his Painter in response. Soon thereafter I find another Tarmogoyf – he can't handle my team and doesn't find any further combo pieces: I never had to use that Force of Will I had in my opening grip.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-2 Counterbalance
+1 Path to Exile
+1 Krosan Grip
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+2 Hydroblast
He mulligans once.
I have an early Dark Confidant and prevent all his Painter + Blast shenanigans by destroying his Painters as he casts his blasts. I then drop double Tarmogoyf and Goyf math is verified once again.
2:0
3-0-0 (6:1)
Round 4 vs. Daniel Scherer with 75card Mirror
I tell him that it would be cool of him to scoop to me because he's been leeching decks and play advice from me since for ever (and only been doing well when I provided him with a list) and because I could use the rating to get my second bye for Annecy.
He accepts because he's a cool guy.
2:0
4-0-0 (8:1)
Round 5 vs. Steffen Ball with RGW Aggro Loam
I'm on the play.
The switch to 4c has made this matchup so much worse. I'm not looking forward to this.
However, my first hand is amazing: double Tarmogoyf, three lands and a Ponder are pretty good against Aggro Loam, I hear. I lead up with Land, Ponder, he Wastes my land. I play another land, he wastes it. I continue to drop lands and drop triple Tarmogoyf aka.Elvish Warrior. He finds an Engineered Explosives and I don't have a Force of Will. Frowntown. I drop a Counterbalance and he has the Krosan Grip. He starts applying some beats via Knight of the Reliquary and Tarmogoyf. I have a Swords to Plowshares for both. I drop a SdT, a Dark Confidant and an Umezawa's Jitte which just about keep me alive. I find a Tarmogoyf and all looks good until he finds more broken 3mana guys + Skarrg (wtf.). I eventually stabilize again by killing his Countryside Crusher through a combination of my Tarmogoyf + Jitte. He starts waste-locking me, but I'm still ahead as my Dark Confidant + Jitte are starting to be a really solid board presence. He then finds a Volrath's Stronghold and yet another 3 mana guy. Great.
All the surrounding people agree that this game was like loosing with double Aces + Ace on the turn against some random river bullshit.
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-2 Umezawa's Jitte
-3 Daze
+1 Path to Exile
+1 Hydroblast
+1 Blue Elemental Blast
+1 Engineered Explosives
+1 Relic of Progenitus
+2 Pithing Needle
He looks at his opener and is like 'You'll hate me even more now'. I lead with a Pithing Needle on Wasteland, he has triple Mox Diamond, Life from the Loam, Volrath's Stronghold + Eternal Witness + Engineered Explosives + Tarmogoyf. Yay. I can handle it though. The thing breaking my neck is, wait for it. Burning Wish into. Wait for it. Bane... wait for it... Fire. Yeah, that's right. Banefire.
0:2
4-1-0 (8:3)
Other Tournament Stuff
I still come in first due to awesome breakers (all my opponents but the first round's went top4) and get €50 store credit which I split with Adan.
I also meet Simon Van Phanel Ritzka who made the trip all the way from Munich to play in the Nats-Qualifier held in the same location.
Performance of the rest of Team SPOD :
4-1-0 Adan
2-2-0 Stefan drop for Highlander like in the good ole' times
1-3-0 Harrald drop for Highlander like in the good ole' times
Two of my theories are backed up by this performance: Adan can only do well when playing my brews, Harrald's decks only do well the first time (after that, the surprise value is gone and the metagame has obviously adapted to beat his creations).
Top4 Overview:
22 players (low turnout due to the NatsQ in the same location):
€50 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 1st: 4c Theshold
€30 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 2nd: RGW Aggro Loam
€20 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 3rd: ANT/r
€10 Store Credit -> 4-1-0 4th: 4c Theshold
Postlude
Props:
Good music
Barbecue
Life
Slops:
Store Credit
4c Threshold - just worse than plain simple old 3c: it makes you loose more games you'd otherwise win due to manabase inconsistencies than it lets you win games due to Dark Confidant