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05-12-2007, 09:39 PM
Well I figure I will write this report while the tournament is still fresh on my mind as I did not take very good notes, well I can't read them. Well the tournament had a decent turnout, 32 people I believe. I'll try to edit in things more as I remember them.
Anyway, I figured there would be some flash decks and some thresh and fish to combat that. So I modified my Red Death deck to the following:
4x Bloodstained Mire
2x Polluted Delta
4x Badlands
10x Swamp
4x Duress
4x Hymn to Tourach
4x Dark Ritual
4x Lightning Bolt
3x Cabal Therapy
2x Umejawa's Jitte
4x Phyrexian Negator
4x Hypnotic Specter
4x Nantuko Shade
3x Rotting Giant
3x Dark Confidant
1x Wretched Anurid
SB
4x Dystopia
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Engineered Plague
1x Dark Confidant
1x Cabal Therapy
1x Umejawa's Jitte
I couldn't decide on waht to do for my last 3 slots and I don't have any Pithing Needles, so I figured well, might as well make some cards a 4 of.
Round 1- Alan - Some Leyline Deck.
Game 1 - I didn't know what he was really playing. So I missed with my Therapies and well eventaully he has some leylines in play and an Opalescence. I scoop.
Game 2- +4 Dystopia, +1 Therapy - 2 Jitte, -4 Lightning Bolt
He opens with a Leyline (I think the green one) and I just rip his hand apart and eventaully a Dystopia is game.
Game 3 - He opens with some leylines, Crop Rotation into Sanctum, but then his hand is gone and Dystopia + Bob win the match.
Matches - 1-0
Games - 2-1
Round 2 - Sal - Fish UWB
Game 1 - From what it appears, I get hit with Mother of Runes a few times and some other creature I think Mage. He names Shade with one, that one dies and names Bolt, I die. It also didn't help I drew 6 lands and 2 rituals in a row.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Well not much better than game 1,. I get an early Negator, it gets swords'ed. I get beat down with a mage or two. Another Negator is swords'ed I lose.
Matches - 1-1
Games - 2-3
Round 3 - Kristoffson(spelling?) - Hulk Flash
Game 1 - I win the die roll, I duress. I see 3x Flash, 1 ESG, 1 Land , 1 Protean Hulk, 1 Force . GG
Game 2- -4 Lightning Bolt, -2 Jitte + 4 Leyline, +1 Therapy, +1 Dark Confidant
I play Leyline. Then Duress, taking out a Worldy Tutor. Then turn 2 confidant followed up by more discard + Specter so he had an empty hand.On to game 3.
Game 3 -
Open up with a Leyline. Duress Taking out a counter I think. Then Therapy nailing 3 flashes. He scoops.
Matches - 2-1
Games - 4-4
Round 4 - Didn't write down name - Hulk Flash
Game 1 - Turn 1 win ... gg
Game 2 - -4 bolt - 2 jitte, +4 leyline, +1 therapy, +1 DC
I mulligan into a some creatures and discard. I play a therapy ( I was undecided between shifting wall and marauder) and well he showed his hand because he thought it was a Duress, but the only thing I really saw was land and some blue card. Well I guessed right with naming Marauder, as he had 3. Eventually a Confidant gets me cards that I need (Leyline) and Negator and Hypnotic Specter finish him off.
Game 3 -
I get a Leyline into play. He would have had the turn 2 win if that wasn't into play. He forgot about it and played Flash, realized it but he had no hand and I had discard + Dark Confidant. I win.
Matches - 3-1
Games - 6-5
Round 5 - Intentional Draw with Jeremy Zwirn (Hulk Flash) to get to in to the top 8.
Top 8
Well before ID'ing I was in fifth, but then entered the top 8 as the 8 seed.
Match 1 - Sal - UWB Fish
Game 1 - I don't get too many lands. I play a Dark Confidant it gets the Swords. He starts swinging with a Serra Avenger. Meddling Mage named a Shade and eventaully that gets killed and then I get a Negator in play with a Jitte and ride those to victory.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Discard starts things off and then a Mage naming Jitte. I get a Dystopia to eliminate most of his board and another one a few turns later to clear the way for Shade + Negator. Mother of Runes is such a pain.
2-0
Top 4 - Ben - Goblins
Well game one I made a few dumb plays of trying to get too fancy and am overrun with goblins.
Game 2- +4 E. Plague, +1 Jitte, -4 Duress, -1 Anurid
I get a hand of 6 good spells and only one land, mull to 6 no land, to 5 no land, to 4 no land, i just go with it because if I draw a land I can delay for a bit since I had Dark Ritual + Plague however it doesn't come to fruition and my friend goes on with my deck to top 2.
0-2
3/4th Game
Chris - UWB Fish
Game 1- He wins pretty easily, I'm stuck on two land, I get to a third but he named Hypnotic Specter with a Mage, and I had 3 in hand. Jotun Grunt is good I hear.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Fetch a swamp into Duress. Then a Dark Confidant, it got swords'ed. Eventually Hypnotic Specter and I believe a Shade win the game.
Game 3 - He get's land screwed simple as that. I win.
2-1
Top 8 total - 4-3
Overall
Games - 10-8
Matches - 5-2
I think the top 8 was
3x Hulk Flash
2x Fish
There was a total of 5 of those.. either 3 flash or 2 flash and 3 fish
1x Red Death
1x Blue Stax Sacs I don't know what was really in there.
1x Mono Red Goblins
Hulk flash won it all beating Goblins.
I believe it was this
Goblins vs Blue Stax - Goblins won
Red Death vs Fish - Red Death won
Flash vs Flash - Flash wins?
Fish vs Flash - Fish
top 4
Goblins vs Red - Goblins won
Fish vs Flash - Flash won
Top 2 -
Goblins vs Flash - Flash won
Random Notes -
There was I think 5 or 6 Hulk Flash decks, 4 Goblin Decks, 3 or 4 Fish decks.
There was one person playing Meathooks, at least one playing Aluren. Can't remember any others that stick out in my mind.
Props -
Opponents for being pretty cool
Monster Den for being a place to play and decent prizes
Ben for getting 2nd with Mono Red Goblins
Slops
Mulliganing into nothing vs Ben.
Snelling for road work
Monster Den for being too warm at times
Paul for not getting at least top 8 with Ben and I
Well that's all
Anyway, I figured there would be some flash decks and some thresh and fish to combat that. So I modified my Red Death deck to the following:
4x Bloodstained Mire
2x Polluted Delta
4x Badlands
10x Swamp
4x Duress
4x Hymn to Tourach
4x Dark Ritual
4x Lightning Bolt
3x Cabal Therapy
2x Umejawa's Jitte
4x Phyrexian Negator
4x Hypnotic Specter
4x Nantuko Shade
3x Rotting Giant
3x Dark Confidant
1x Wretched Anurid
SB
4x Dystopia
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Engineered Plague
1x Dark Confidant
1x Cabal Therapy
1x Umejawa's Jitte
I couldn't decide on waht to do for my last 3 slots and I don't have any Pithing Needles, so I figured well, might as well make some cards a 4 of.
Round 1- Alan - Some Leyline Deck.
Game 1 - I didn't know what he was really playing. So I missed with my Therapies and well eventaully he has some leylines in play and an Opalescence. I scoop.
Game 2- +4 Dystopia, +1 Therapy - 2 Jitte, -4 Lightning Bolt
He opens with a Leyline (I think the green one) and I just rip his hand apart and eventaully a Dystopia is game.
Game 3 - He opens with some leylines, Crop Rotation into Sanctum, but then his hand is gone and Dystopia + Bob win the match.
Matches - 1-0
Games - 2-1
Round 2 - Sal - Fish UWB
Game 1 - From what it appears, I get hit with Mother of Runes a few times and some other creature I think Mage. He names Shade with one, that one dies and names Bolt, I die. It also didn't help I drew 6 lands and 2 rituals in a row.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Well not much better than game 1,. I get an early Negator, it gets swords'ed. I get beat down with a mage or two. Another Negator is swords'ed I lose.
Matches - 1-1
Games - 2-3
Round 3 - Kristoffson(spelling?) - Hulk Flash
Game 1 - I win the die roll, I duress. I see 3x Flash, 1 ESG, 1 Land , 1 Protean Hulk, 1 Force . GG
Game 2- -4 Lightning Bolt, -2 Jitte + 4 Leyline, +1 Therapy, +1 Dark Confidant
I play Leyline. Then Duress, taking out a Worldy Tutor. Then turn 2 confidant followed up by more discard + Specter so he had an empty hand.On to game 3.
Game 3 -
Open up with a Leyline. Duress Taking out a counter I think. Then Therapy nailing 3 flashes. He scoops.
Matches - 2-1
Games - 4-4
Round 4 - Didn't write down name - Hulk Flash
Game 1 - Turn 1 win ... gg
Game 2 - -4 bolt - 2 jitte, +4 leyline, +1 therapy, +1 DC
I mulligan into a some creatures and discard. I play a therapy ( I was undecided between shifting wall and marauder) and well he showed his hand because he thought it was a Duress, but the only thing I really saw was land and some blue card. Well I guessed right with naming Marauder, as he had 3. Eventually a Confidant gets me cards that I need (Leyline) and Negator and Hypnotic Specter finish him off.
Game 3 -
I get a Leyline into play. He would have had the turn 2 win if that wasn't into play. He forgot about it and played Flash, realized it but he had no hand and I had discard + Dark Confidant. I win.
Matches - 3-1
Games - 6-5
Round 5 - Intentional Draw with Jeremy Zwirn (Hulk Flash) to get to in to the top 8.
Top 8
Well before ID'ing I was in fifth, but then entered the top 8 as the 8 seed.
Match 1 - Sal - UWB Fish
Game 1 - I don't get too many lands. I play a Dark Confidant it gets the Swords. He starts swinging with a Serra Avenger. Meddling Mage named a Shade and eventaully that gets killed and then I get a Negator in play with a Jitte and ride those to victory.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Discard starts things off and then a Mage naming Jitte. I get a Dystopia to eliminate most of his board and another one a few turns later to clear the way for Shade + Negator. Mother of Runes is such a pain.
2-0
Top 4 - Ben - Goblins
Well game one I made a few dumb plays of trying to get too fancy and am overrun with goblins.
Game 2- +4 E. Plague, +1 Jitte, -4 Duress, -1 Anurid
I get a hand of 6 good spells and only one land, mull to 6 no land, to 5 no land, to 4 no land, i just go with it because if I draw a land I can delay for a bit since I had Dark Ritual + Plague however it doesn't come to fruition and my friend goes on with my deck to top 2.
0-2
3/4th Game
Chris - UWB Fish
Game 1- He wins pretty easily, I'm stuck on two land, I get to a third but he named Hypnotic Specter with a Mage, and I had 3 in hand. Jotun Grunt is good I hear.
Game 2 - +4 Dystopia, +1 Dark Confidant + 1 Umejawa's Jitte, -3 Therapy, -1 Swamp - 2 Rotting Giant
Fetch a swamp into Duress. Then a Dark Confidant, it got swords'ed. Eventually Hypnotic Specter and I believe a Shade win the game.
Game 3 - He get's land screwed simple as that. I win.
2-1
Top 8 total - 4-3
Overall
Games - 10-8
Matches - 5-2
I think the top 8 was
3x Hulk Flash
2x Fish
There was a total of 5 of those.. either 3 flash or 2 flash and 3 fish
1x Red Death
1x Blue Stax Sacs I don't know what was really in there.
1x Mono Red Goblins
Hulk flash won it all beating Goblins.
I believe it was this
Goblins vs Blue Stax - Goblins won
Red Death vs Fish - Red Death won
Flash vs Flash - Flash wins?
Fish vs Flash - Fish
top 4
Goblins vs Red - Goblins won
Fish vs Flash - Flash won
Top 2 -
Goblins vs Flash - Flash won
Random Notes -
There was I think 5 or 6 Hulk Flash decks, 4 Goblin Decks, 3 or 4 Fish decks.
There was one person playing Meathooks, at least one playing Aluren. Can't remember any others that stick out in my mind.
Props -
Opponents for being pretty cool
Monster Den for being a place to play and decent prizes
Ben for getting 2nd with Mono Red Goblins
Slops
Mulliganing into nothing vs Ben.
Snelling for road work
Monster Den for being too warm at times
Paul for not getting at least top 8 with Ben and I
Well that's all