kabal
10-07-2006, 08:52 PM
Let me begin by saying I drove up here Friday morning with a real bad cold. The kind of cold where your head feels like a balloon about to pop. Was that really the analogy I just gave? Oh yeah, I’m sick get over it. Anyhow, I drove up from GA, took about 7 hours that is due to two crazy accidents that happen 6 miles before my exit to my hotel. In the end, added about 30mins or so to the trip. I get here about 5P, check in and attempt to find out where SCG gaming center is. I end up pass by it because of the torrential down pours. Long story short, I find it and pick up a few cards and look for a target/Wal-Mart to buy a jacket. It figures, I get my deck ready, but forgot that the weather in GA is more in likely different than VA this time of year. You would think I would have remembered that living in VA for about 20 years.
Day 2 (not of the tournament, but my stay in VA), I so up at SCG a little too early, so I end up playing some Nintendo DS. I know I said I would keep this short, but I just keep rambling on and on and on.
Tournament time … me playing Ugw Threshold with 2 Grunts MB over Enforcer. Why you might ask well… I excepted allot of Threshold and other decks utilizing the graveyard. Which I was right, they where there but I just didn’t play against any of them. On a side note, Grunts still did their job when I got them into play. Overall wasn’t a bad decision.
Match 1 (2 – 0) > Solidarity played by Scott Taylor
• Game 1: I don’t remember a whole lot about this game, other than he scooped when he mistakenly starting looking through his whole library.
• Game 2: He is at low life and can’t deck me or stop the angry jungle animals.
Match 2 (1 – 2) > U/G Madness played by James [don’t remember your last name]
• Game 1: Early counters stopping his essential cards and a Pithing Needle on Mongrel, which turned out not to matter since he never drew up. Speaking of drawing Mongrel, he never saw one all three games.
• Game 2: We are both even on threats and life totals, but he gets the card that every Thres player hates (maybe just me) Tormod’s crypt. It figures I didn’t have an answer to it and couldn’t build it back up fast enough to stop the slaughter.
• Game 3: Very bad game for me. He gets 3 early wastelands with me not even able to pull off the Daze trick saving my lands. This puts me a huge disadvantage and I die to an Aquamoeba with Jitte. Dam you Roland Chang and giving hope to Madness players everywhere.
Match 3 (0 – 2) > Rw (Can’t call it “smart” wouldn’t that be an oxymoron?) Goblins played by some evil Goblin player
• Game 1: It was a slow death to a wave of ugly red men. Have a mentioned how much I hate this deck except when I’m playing it.
• Game 2: I board any least 1/3 of cards in my side board. For some reason, I don’t draw any of them, but I opponent draws all of his. Oh well.
Match 4 (2 – 0) > Affinity played by I don’t remember your name
• Game 1: It just how Threshold is supposed to play, counter, place cards in the graveyard and swing with some over sized beats.
• Game 2: It was a little slower, but it ended in me beating him up with 2 Mystic Enforcers. Luck for me, cause he had two Ravagers and Plating with about 8 artifact count.
Match 5 (2 – 0) > Rw Goblins played by I don’t remember your name … ughh Goblins again.
• Game 1: Luckily for me, my deck played again let it is supposed to and I take this game.
• Game 2: Board-in everything including the kitchen sink. Again, luck seemed to be with me, cause I actually saw some of those hate cards.
Match 6 (2 – 0) > Goblin Charbelcher played by I don’t remember your name again, I believe it was Justin something or other.
• Game 1: He asked if I was welling to scoop to him, so he could top 8. Unfortunately for him I was just still hoping for a top 8 spot, but more in likely won't be with a 5-2 record. At the least I was playing for pride and rating. Anyhow, he attempts to go off and spoils himself to death.
• Game 2: He Charbelcher’s me for about 12, and after that he got beaten down by the hordes.
Match 7 (0 – 2) > Solidarity played by Darren. Where was my Threshold mirror matches…sigh?
• Game 1 & 2: Not much to say about either. Both games ended in him being at low life and decking me. Oh well…
So that is about it, Day 1 in a nutshell. I end up going 4-3 and coming in 21st place out of 72 people. I'm thinking Day 2 I should become assimilated and play Goblins R/?. Btw, here is the build I played.
// Lands
1 Forest
2 Island
1 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
3 Windswept Heath
// Creatures
3 Meddling Mage
2 Jötun Grunt
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Werebear
// Spells
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
4 Daze
2 Impulse
3 Mental Note
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
4 Serum Visions
// Artifacts
2 Pithing Needle
// Sideboard
SB: 2 Hydroblast
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Mystic Enforcer
SB: 2 Engineering Explosives
SB: 2 Naturalize
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 4 Tormod's Crypt
Day 2 (not of the tournament, but my stay in VA), I so up at SCG a little too early, so I end up playing some Nintendo DS. I know I said I would keep this short, but I just keep rambling on and on and on.
Tournament time … me playing Ugw Threshold with 2 Grunts MB over Enforcer. Why you might ask well… I excepted allot of Threshold and other decks utilizing the graveyard. Which I was right, they where there but I just didn’t play against any of them. On a side note, Grunts still did their job when I got them into play. Overall wasn’t a bad decision.
Match 1 (2 – 0) > Solidarity played by Scott Taylor
• Game 1: I don’t remember a whole lot about this game, other than he scooped when he mistakenly starting looking through his whole library.
• Game 2: He is at low life and can’t deck me or stop the angry jungle animals.
Match 2 (1 – 2) > U/G Madness played by James [don’t remember your last name]
• Game 1: Early counters stopping his essential cards and a Pithing Needle on Mongrel, which turned out not to matter since he never drew up. Speaking of drawing Mongrel, he never saw one all three games.
• Game 2: We are both even on threats and life totals, but he gets the card that every Thres player hates (maybe just me) Tormod’s crypt. It figures I didn’t have an answer to it and couldn’t build it back up fast enough to stop the slaughter.
• Game 3: Very bad game for me. He gets 3 early wastelands with me not even able to pull off the Daze trick saving my lands. This puts me a huge disadvantage and I die to an Aquamoeba with Jitte. Dam you Roland Chang and giving hope to Madness players everywhere.
Match 3 (0 – 2) > Rw (Can’t call it “smart” wouldn’t that be an oxymoron?) Goblins played by some evil Goblin player
• Game 1: It was a slow death to a wave of ugly red men. Have a mentioned how much I hate this deck except when I’m playing it.
• Game 2: I board any least 1/3 of cards in my side board. For some reason, I don’t draw any of them, but I opponent draws all of his. Oh well.
Match 4 (2 – 0) > Affinity played by I don’t remember your name
• Game 1: It just how Threshold is supposed to play, counter, place cards in the graveyard and swing with some over sized beats.
• Game 2: It was a little slower, but it ended in me beating him up with 2 Mystic Enforcers. Luck for me, cause he had two Ravagers and Plating with about 8 artifact count.
Match 5 (2 – 0) > Rw Goblins played by I don’t remember your name … ughh Goblins again.
• Game 1: Luckily for me, my deck played again let it is supposed to and I take this game.
• Game 2: Board-in everything including the kitchen sink. Again, luck seemed to be with me, cause I actually saw some of those hate cards.
Match 6 (2 – 0) > Goblin Charbelcher played by I don’t remember your name again, I believe it was Justin something or other.
• Game 1: He asked if I was welling to scoop to him, so he could top 8. Unfortunately for him I was just still hoping for a top 8 spot, but more in likely won't be with a 5-2 record. At the least I was playing for pride and rating. Anyhow, he attempts to go off and spoils himself to death.
• Game 2: He Charbelcher’s me for about 12, and after that he got beaten down by the hordes.
Match 7 (0 – 2) > Solidarity played by Darren. Where was my Threshold mirror matches…sigh?
• Game 1 & 2: Not much to say about either. Both games ended in him being at low life and decking me. Oh well…
So that is about it, Day 1 in a nutshell. I end up going 4-3 and coming in 21st place out of 72 people. I'm thinking Day 2 I should become assimilated and play Goblins R/?. Btw, here is the build I played.
// Lands
1 Forest
2 Island
1 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
3 Windswept Heath
// Creatures
3 Meddling Mage
2 Jötun Grunt
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Werebear
// Spells
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
4 Daze
2 Impulse
3 Mental Note
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
4 Serum Visions
// Artifacts
2 Pithing Needle
// Sideboard
SB: 2 Hydroblast
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Mystic Enforcer
SB: 2 Engineering Explosives
SB: 2 Naturalize
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 4 Tormod's Crypt