[Article] The Inside Scoop: Tournament Report
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You're a very good writer wastedlife. I've enjoyed every one of your articles. I always look forward to you and Nightmare's work.
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Add this to your slops: Not mentioning zulander at all in my props even though he was the coolest mofo and has the best facial hair evar.
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wastedlife
Game 2: He mulligans to four and leads with Leyline, Cephalid Coliseum, Breakthrough. WOW, I wish I could mull to four and get nut starts; I have to settle with turn 1 wins. My hand after my draw is… City of Brass, Dark Ritual, SSG, Rite of Flame, Infernal, Burning Wish, Lion’s Eye Diamond. City of Brass tap it for Dark Ritual, SSG-> Rite of Flame, Infernal (Revealing LED), LED, LED, Burning Wish for Ill-Gotten Gains. Ill-Gotten gains back 2x LED and Infernal Tutor. Cast them all for Tendrils and win.
Can you IGG anything back without bouncing his Leyline? (I'm assuming it wasn't a Leyline of Singularity or anything)
Otherwise your reports are always great. Love the fact that you keep such great detail. Really gives a feel for how the deck plays.
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Phantom
Can you IGG anything back without bouncing his Leyline? (I'm assuming it wasn't a Leyline of Singularity or anything)
Otherwise your reports are always great. Love the fact that you keep such great detail. Really gives a feel for how the deck plays.
I won't lie, my notes are messy it may of been Diminishing Returns.
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Matt Elgin for being the cooler Elgin.
A sufficient amount of Elginess.
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How is the TES vs Breakfast match up? Between Force of Will, Cabal Therapy and one other disruption card, it looks like it'd be a bitch to play against.
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BreathWeapon
How is the TES vs Breakfast match up? Between Force of Will, Cabal Therapy and one other disruption card, it looks like it'd be a bitch to play against.
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tested my new list versus Brian Diefendorf (Ewokslayer) he’s a savage cheater by the way. Every game he opened a turn 2 win hand with Force of Will. Swear to god.
Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.
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Ewokslayer
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Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.
ROFL. Anyways, great report Bryant. It was truely a pleasure sleeping next to you.
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Next time I will play correctly.
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Ewokslayer
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Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.
That's what I thought, Breakfast seems similar to Flash in the sense that it can drive the other combo decks out of the format, but it doesn't have the same absurd Storm/Belcher/Dredge advantage against aggro. It's going to be interesting to see whether or not all of these combo decks can co-exist, and it could be a good time to metagame with aggro if Breakfast becomes popular.
Back to TES,
Replacing Plunge into Darkness with Night's Whisper is a serious option. U/g/w Threshold will let Night's Whisper resolve in fear of letting a Burning Wish/Infernal Tutor + LED resolve, and the card advantage will add up against them. It also lets the deck build up a bit of a mana base, and the cantrip engine of Night Whispers + Brainstorm lets the deck keep up in drawn out games.
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Machinus
Next time I will play correctly.
You could try Counterbalance. I tested against Wastedlife life, and he has like an infinite amount of mana. It's hard to keep him off storm really, so you should be using Counterbalance here.
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If you read he had counterbalance + top.
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wastedlife
If you read he had counterbalance + top.
That was bad.... he could've just Topped for the Chant. I see it hard for you to get up to 4 mana with Top at 1. FoW could've been for LED or Tutors.
But whatever, I think I would've made tons more mistakes in that match then he would.
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I had 4 cities and a Gemstone out, then played all 0cc artifact mana. Rite, Chant into Tendrils.
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I had 4 cities and a Gemstone out, then played all 0cc artifact mana. Rite, Chant into Tendrils.
What were the 3 cards on top of his deck?
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I had no mana, but I thought a 2cc card was on top.
I made a mistake, but I think Bryant's plan was good enough that he had a good chance of winning the game soon after anyway.
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Nice report. I did a double take when I heard you were playing Tinder Wall, but apparently it worked out okay for you.
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Machinus
I had no mana, but I thought a 2cc card was on top.
I made a mistake, but I think Bryant's plan was good enough that he had a good chance of winning the game soon after anyway.
I dont blame you. It was round 5, so people are bound to make mistakes from being so tired. I sure as hell made a ton.
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Game 2: He mulligans to four and leads with Leyline, Cephalid Coliseum, Breakthrough. WOW, I wish I could mull to four and get nut starts; I have to settle with turn 1 wins. My hand after my draw is… City of Brass, Dark Ritual, SSG, Rite of Flame, Infernal, Burning Wish, Lion’s Eye Diamond. City of Brass tap it for Dark Ritual, SSG-> Rite of Flame, Infernal (Revealing LED), LED, LED, Burning Wish for Ill-Gotten Gains. Ill-Gotten gains back 2x LED and Infernal Tutor. Cast them all for Tendrils and win.
I'm confused, is this layline of the meek or something? How is it that you were able to bring cards back with IGG?