Davmeister84
06-12-2010, 09:38 PM
First up, the list!
// Lands
3 [A] Tundra
4 [MPR] Wasteland
3 [U] Tropical Island
4 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Windswept Heath
1 [RAV] Forest (2)
// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
3 [OD] Terravore
// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [R] Swords to Plowshares
4 [JGC] Stifle
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [5E] Brainstorm
4 [M10] Ponder
4 [DD2] Daze
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [CFX] Path to Exile
SB: 1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
SB: 3 [ARB] Meddling Mage
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 3 [ZEN] Spell Pierce
SB: 3 [CH] Tormod's Crypt
33 players showed, so we have 6 rounds with a cut to Top 8. Time Walk for first, Moat for 2nd, 2x revised duals for 3rd/4th, packs across top 16. Going off memory, so no in-depth notes or such.
Round 1: Merfolk
Game 1: Knight and Goyf go the distance with Swords picking off some things along the way.
Boarded in Path to Exile for extra removal.
Game 2: Same as game 1, except double Knight.
1-0-0 (2-0)
Round 2: Belcher
Game 1: All manner of counterspell action keeps him from going off, eventually finish him with a Knight.
Boarded in Meddling Mages and Spell Pierces.
Game 2: Same as game 1, except I stop off his Burning Wish attempt with Force after he cracks LED. Meddling Mages all show up naming Wish, Belcher, and Empty.
2-0-0 (4-0)
Round 3: Reanimator
Game 1: I keep a double Wasteland hand on the strength of double Force, Ponder, Brainstorm and Stifle hoping for an early blue source. Unfortunately, I was on the play and it goes nowhere.
Board in Crypts, Mages, Bog, Pierces.
Game 2: Turn 1 Crypt, Meddling Mage on an enabler in the first few turns, followed by a Knight to keep Bog on standby.
Game 3: Much like game 2.
3-0-0 (6-1)
Round 4: Natural Order Bant
Game 1: The board settles down clearly, but his digging finds him answers sooner and he takes it.
Boarded in Paths (maybe Spell Pierce too)
Game 2: Similar to game 1, except I finally get some pressure out. He gets an Elspeth to stall out the board for a while but I find a second Goyf and draw some removal for his token for the win.
Game 3: He gets lots of gas, I cannot match it, he takes me down.
3-1-0 (7-3)
Round 5: New Horizons mirror match
Game 1: This was one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. I keep a 3 land, 3 Knight, and Daze hand. All three Knights eat counterspells or Swords. I draw into counterspells and Swords for his things. We spend lots of turns digging only to repeat. A Terravore finally goes the distance for me.
Boarded in Path to Exile (maybe Spell Pierce too)
Game 2: I get 6 threats, to his one. Timely disruption of his boarded Loams keeps him off balance until I take the game.
4-1-0 (9-3)
Round 6: Reanimator
We ID into T8 seeing as we're 3rd and 4th in standings.
4-1-1
Quarterfinals: Reanimator (same guy as round 6)
Game 1: He gets an excellent start and pushes through a turn 2 or 3 Iona, so I scoop.
Boarded in Crypts, Mages, Bog, Pierces.
Game 2: I get Meddling Mage set up and eventually a Knight to get Bog on standby. He scoops after a bit.
Game 3: I keep a godawful hand that I should have sent back, but it manages to go the distance when he misplays an Entomb at sorcery speed and I play Bog on my turn 1 to clear it out. He doesn't see any more gas.
Semifinals: CounterTop Bant
Game 1: I can't tempo him out, he eventually sets up an excellent CounterTop lock and takes it.
Boarded in Paths and Grips.
Game 2: We trade some creatures and removal, I beat him down to 3 but then he recovers and grinds out a win.
I finished 3rd or 4th, not sure what the final standings are. I left after my semis loss.
// Lands
3 [A] Tundra
4 [MPR] Wasteland
3 [U] Tropical Island
4 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Windswept Heath
1 [RAV] Forest (2)
// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
3 [OD] Terravore
// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [R] Swords to Plowshares
4 [JGC] Stifle
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [5E] Brainstorm
4 [M10] Ponder
4 [DD2] Daze
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [CFX] Path to Exile
SB: 1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
SB: 3 [ARB] Meddling Mage
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 3 [ZEN] Spell Pierce
SB: 3 [CH] Tormod's Crypt
33 players showed, so we have 6 rounds with a cut to Top 8. Time Walk for first, Moat for 2nd, 2x revised duals for 3rd/4th, packs across top 16. Going off memory, so no in-depth notes or such.
Round 1: Merfolk
Game 1: Knight and Goyf go the distance with Swords picking off some things along the way.
Boarded in Path to Exile for extra removal.
Game 2: Same as game 1, except double Knight.
1-0-0 (2-0)
Round 2: Belcher
Game 1: All manner of counterspell action keeps him from going off, eventually finish him with a Knight.
Boarded in Meddling Mages and Spell Pierces.
Game 2: Same as game 1, except I stop off his Burning Wish attempt with Force after he cracks LED. Meddling Mages all show up naming Wish, Belcher, and Empty.
2-0-0 (4-0)
Round 3: Reanimator
Game 1: I keep a double Wasteland hand on the strength of double Force, Ponder, Brainstorm and Stifle hoping for an early blue source. Unfortunately, I was on the play and it goes nowhere.
Board in Crypts, Mages, Bog, Pierces.
Game 2: Turn 1 Crypt, Meddling Mage on an enabler in the first few turns, followed by a Knight to keep Bog on standby.
Game 3: Much like game 2.
3-0-0 (6-1)
Round 4: Natural Order Bant
Game 1: The board settles down clearly, but his digging finds him answers sooner and he takes it.
Boarded in Paths (maybe Spell Pierce too)
Game 2: Similar to game 1, except I finally get some pressure out. He gets an Elspeth to stall out the board for a while but I find a second Goyf and draw some removal for his token for the win.
Game 3: He gets lots of gas, I cannot match it, he takes me down.
3-1-0 (7-3)
Round 5: New Horizons mirror match
Game 1: This was one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. I keep a 3 land, 3 Knight, and Daze hand. All three Knights eat counterspells or Swords. I draw into counterspells and Swords for his things. We spend lots of turns digging only to repeat. A Terravore finally goes the distance for me.
Boarded in Path to Exile (maybe Spell Pierce too)
Game 2: I get 6 threats, to his one. Timely disruption of his boarded Loams keeps him off balance until I take the game.
4-1-0 (9-3)
Round 6: Reanimator
We ID into T8 seeing as we're 3rd and 4th in standings.
4-1-1
Quarterfinals: Reanimator (same guy as round 6)
Game 1: He gets an excellent start and pushes through a turn 2 or 3 Iona, so I scoop.
Boarded in Crypts, Mages, Bog, Pierces.
Game 2: I get Meddling Mage set up and eventually a Knight to get Bog on standby. He scoops after a bit.
Game 3: I keep a godawful hand that I should have sent back, but it manages to go the distance when he misplays an Entomb at sorcery speed and I play Bog on my turn 1 to clear it out. He doesn't see any more gas.
Semifinals: CounterTop Bant
Game 1: I can't tempo him out, he eventually sets up an excellent CounterTop lock and takes it.
Boarded in Paths and Grips.
Game 2: We trade some creatures and removal, I beat him down to 3 but then he recovers and grinds out a win.
I finished 3rd or 4th, not sure what the final standings are. I left after my semis loss.