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12-19-2009, 01:47 PM
Just coming back from a small local tournament. 19 people showed up and we got 5 rounds with Top 8 not being played out.
I played my Tezzeret deck, because i wanted to test it in a tournament setting.
// Lands
2 [TSP] Academy Ruins
3 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (4)
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
3 [EX] City of Traitors
1 [MR] Seat of the Synod
5 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
1 [B] Tundra
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [B] Underground Sea
// Creatures
3 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
3 [FD] Trinket Mage
// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [ARB] Thopter Foundry
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
2 [ALA] Tezzeret the Seeker
4 [SH] Mox Diamond
4 [FUT] Sword of the Meek
4 [MR] Chalice of the Void
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
2 [SH] Ensnaring Bridge
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [SH] Ensnaring Bridge
SB: 1 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 4 [TE] Propaganda
SB: 2 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
SB: 3 [DIS] Spell Snare
SB: 1 [DS] Trinisphere
Round 1: T2 Zoo
Game 1 i lose quick by keeping a bad hand ( 2 Misras and a City, no blue mana) and beats from a grown Lynx.
Game 2 i brought in 1-2 Bridges for Sower i think. Chalice and Bridge lock him with the combo sealing the deal.
Game 3 was similiar to game 2.
No real competition as it was a T2 deck, but i have to be careful what hands i keep.
Round 2: Bant Survival + Natural Order combo.
Game 1 is drawn out - he gets an Emperial Archangel into play which is stopped by Bridge.
Game 2 i sided incorrectly here, which i will explain in the primer. Bottomline is that i kept nearly all of my X and >=4 spells, which gets punished by a quick Teeg from his side. I get a combo going for around 2 activations before it gets answererd (in fact he answered two Foundrys), which gave me a couple of tokens. They win the race against a goyf and a couple of STP from his side. Lucky game, i hadaround 5 dead cards due to Frodo in hand.
Round 3: UW homebrew control
I made a couple of mistakes here. we both start slow and i get a Chalice down after seeing him tutoring for a Nought with a Mage. The Chalice gets answered and he puts down the Nought. Before he can attack i play a Bridge, which gave me some time. I had Sower in hand, but hestitated to play her, because i was tight on mana and saw a Thirst Dazed a couple of turns earlier.
He plays a Cryptic Command to bounce my Bridge and the Nought hit brought me low enough to die to Faery Conclave beats. Ouch.
For game 2 i sided incorrectly, i asumed some kind of Dreadstill and brought in 2 Bridges i think (after the game he told me that he removed 4 Stifle and his single Nought). I should have brought in the Clique for sure.
I am on the play and lose a Thirst to a Daze (not everybody sides it out on the draw i guess :rolleyes: ). After this punt i keep going by Forcing through a Chalice for 1, which gets answered by an EE a turn later, which also kills my vital Mox.
After this i am nearly dead. he plays an Intution for three AK. I Force the Ak, but should have forced the Intuition before instead (i think i had FoW online there). Already struggling he finds his 4th AK and its just a formality to kill me.
I should have put more thought in both my game and sideboard strategy here.
Round 4 against Glimpse Combo Elves.
Game 1 i lose to a lot of beats and a small Tendrils i think. At one point he played Weired Harvest for to "CITP destroy artifact elves", were i fetched two Trinket Mages, figuring he had now creature worthy to steal with Sower.
For this fellow i brought in 4 Propaganda and Trinisphere (maybe stupid, but hes deck was quite combo centered) for Bridge and Soweri think.
We play a couple of turns and keep thinking that i will lose sooner or later, but then i get the combo online, which puts him to sleep after some Elve-shenanigans.
Game 3 he was mana scrwed for a couple of turns due to a quick Chalice for 1. I use this time to increase my advantage and get the combo online quite early. Before winning i FoW a Glimpse.
Round 5 against Bant Countertop
He starts with Noble and a Top i think. I am a little bit screwed, which results in not getting Bridge online and losing a drawn out game. I made the mistake to not Fow a Brainstorm with Foundry on the stack and a CB on his side. It wasnt relevant to the outcome of the game, but Fowing would have been superior, because of Bridge and the possibilty to stall with Foundry.
Game 2 i brought in Clique and Bridge for 1 EE and 2 Fow i think.
Very close, we both race, he with exalted Goyf and me with Clique and Factory. I lose the race, by getting Sower denied and a Jitte which kills Clique.
Thats it, no spectecular win, but i am quite satisfied for my first tournament with this deck and it was great fun for sure.
Link to new thread: http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15917
I played my Tezzeret deck, because i wanted to test it in a tournament setting.
// Lands
2 [TSP] Academy Ruins
3 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (4)
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
3 [EX] City of Traitors
1 [MR] Seat of the Synod
5 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
1 [B] Tundra
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [B] Underground Sea
// Creatures
3 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
3 [FD] Trinket Mage
// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [ARB] Thopter Foundry
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
2 [ALA] Tezzeret the Seeker
4 [SH] Mox Diamond
4 [FUT] Sword of the Meek
4 [MR] Chalice of the Void
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
2 [SH] Ensnaring Bridge
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [SH] Ensnaring Bridge
SB: 1 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 4 [TE] Propaganda
SB: 2 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
SB: 3 [DIS] Spell Snare
SB: 1 [DS] Trinisphere
Round 1: T2 Zoo
Game 1 i lose quick by keeping a bad hand ( 2 Misras and a City, no blue mana) and beats from a grown Lynx.
Game 2 i brought in 1-2 Bridges for Sower i think. Chalice and Bridge lock him with the combo sealing the deal.
Game 3 was similiar to game 2.
No real competition as it was a T2 deck, but i have to be careful what hands i keep.
Round 2: Bant Survival + Natural Order combo.
Game 1 is drawn out - he gets an Emperial Archangel into play which is stopped by Bridge.
Game 2 i sided incorrectly here, which i will explain in the primer. Bottomline is that i kept nearly all of my X and >=4 spells, which gets punished by a quick Teeg from his side. I get a combo going for around 2 activations before it gets answererd (in fact he answered two Foundrys), which gave me a couple of tokens. They win the race against a goyf and a couple of STP from his side. Lucky game, i hadaround 5 dead cards due to Frodo in hand.
Round 3: UW homebrew control
I made a couple of mistakes here. we both start slow and i get a Chalice down after seeing him tutoring for a Nought with a Mage. The Chalice gets answered and he puts down the Nought. Before he can attack i play a Bridge, which gave me some time. I had Sower in hand, but hestitated to play her, because i was tight on mana and saw a Thirst Dazed a couple of turns earlier.
He plays a Cryptic Command to bounce my Bridge and the Nought hit brought me low enough to die to Faery Conclave beats. Ouch.
For game 2 i sided incorrectly, i asumed some kind of Dreadstill and brought in 2 Bridges i think (after the game he told me that he removed 4 Stifle and his single Nought). I should have brought in the Clique for sure.
I am on the play and lose a Thirst to a Daze (not everybody sides it out on the draw i guess :rolleyes: ). After this punt i keep going by Forcing through a Chalice for 1, which gets answered by an EE a turn later, which also kills my vital Mox.
After this i am nearly dead. he plays an Intution for three AK. I Force the Ak, but should have forced the Intuition before instead (i think i had FoW online there). Already struggling he finds his 4th AK and its just a formality to kill me.
I should have put more thought in both my game and sideboard strategy here.
Round 4 against Glimpse Combo Elves.
Game 1 i lose to a lot of beats and a small Tendrils i think. At one point he played Weired Harvest for to "CITP destroy artifact elves", were i fetched two Trinket Mages, figuring he had now creature worthy to steal with Sower.
For this fellow i brought in 4 Propaganda and Trinisphere (maybe stupid, but hes deck was quite combo centered) for Bridge and Soweri think.
We play a couple of turns and keep thinking that i will lose sooner or later, but then i get the combo online, which puts him to sleep after some Elve-shenanigans.
Game 3 he was mana scrwed for a couple of turns due to a quick Chalice for 1. I use this time to increase my advantage and get the combo online quite early. Before winning i FoW a Glimpse.
Round 5 against Bant Countertop
He starts with Noble and a Top i think. I am a little bit screwed, which results in not getting Bridge online and losing a drawn out game. I made the mistake to not Fow a Brainstorm with Foundry on the stack and a CB on his side. It wasnt relevant to the outcome of the game, but Fowing would have been superior, because of Bridge and the possibilty to stall with Foundry.
Game 2 i brought in Clique and Bridge for 1 EE and 2 Fow i think.
Very close, we both race, he with exalted Goyf and me with Clique and Factory. I lose the race, by getting Sower denied and a Jitte which kills Clique.
Thats it, no spectecular win, but i am quite satisfied for my first tournament with this deck and it was great fun for sure.
Link to new thread: http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15917