So I was pretty sure I wanted to play dreadstill at Chicago so I asked ELD for his list and this is what I got
2 Volcanic Island
3 Tropical Island
3 Island
3 Flooded Stand
3 Polluted Delta
3 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Phyrexian Dreadnought
2 Trinket Mage
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Snare
1 Daze
4 Stifle
1 Trickbind
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterbalance
4 Standstill
3 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives
Sideboard:
2 BEB
2 Relic of Progeitus
1 Tormods Cypt
3 REB
3 Firespout
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ancient Grudge
Round 1 Bye
Round 2 Goblins
Game 1:
He is on the play. I keep a decent hand on the draw with CB/Top 3 lands Brainstorm and Tarmogoyf. He opens turn 1 lackey and when my turn 2 tarmogoyf is warren weirdinged I have lost the game.
Game 2:
I don't remember too much about this game but what I do remember is him resolving bloodmoon while I have 1 island and 7 nonbasics but am able to firespout a couple of times to keep him at bay while top eventually finds me a stifle to complement the dreadnought in my hand.
Game 3: My opener is like Stifle Stifle Dreadnought land land whocaresx2. I lead to a nonbasic to bait a wasteland which gets stifled and then drop dreadnought. one of my lands is a factory to stop his turn 3 weirding.
2-0
Round 3: Aggroloam
Game 1: I remember drawing like over 8 land with less than 5 spells and losing brutally.
Game 2: I play a long drawnout game which starts with me opting to play standstill over dreadnought turn 2 because I read him for having K grip (which he did). Eventually he casts a terravore and a loam which I spell snare and follow by using relic to shut down his board. Later in the game I relic to remove wurm harvest and kill another terravore and slow beats get there.
Game 3: I keep a solid hand with x2 cb and top along with 3 land and stifle. I end up stifling his turn 1 fetch and wasting his second land before dropping cb top and get another small beats win.
3-0
Round 4: Dredge
Game 1:
I win the role and double mulligan to a weak hand he only sees island as I get mauled by zombies
Game 2:
This game was an easy win when he double mulled and I counter his relevent spells and attack with tarmogoyfs
Game 3:
I double mull and keep a hand that is: factory, top, dreadnought, Reb, and trinket mage. He has a slow hand which he casts some p imps and a narcamoeba my top gets me everything I need and I crypt him the only time he starts going and drop a turn 4 dreadnought that takes it down.
4-0
IM GOING TO BED I WILL EDIT MORE IN LATER.
Team NeverWin: We just top 8 a lot.
Too lazy to post.
Y'know, you can, like, PM yourself stuff. So you don't have to post it incomplete.
Also, good job...
...so far....
Round 5: NLU/gw (Korey)
We start talking before the match and he tells me he had 3 byes on total rating and that he top32ed GP:LA. I know it is going to be a tough match but I'm confident in my deck.
Sadly I don't remember too much about our games except we had a lot of wars of attrition and I get a huge tempo boost as he is playing around daze all match. What I do remember is I played really well all match and took it down in game 3 with a strong hand.
5-0
Round 6: I didn't realize it at the time but this guy was part of LSV's team superstar gaming he was playing NLU/gwb
Game 1: I lose the roll and spell snare his turn 2 dark confidant which he forces then I drop a dreadnought with force backup for his StP he reveals a sower for confidant but I have a waste on my turn to keep him off his 4th mana and attempt to dig for another swords fails.
Game 2: We have some back and forth which gets me a tarmogoyf however he has a shackles waiting for it and my own goyf takes me out.
Game 3: I resolve a turn 2 standstill with a factory in play but procede to miss 8 land drops until he eventually eot grips my land and plays good stuff.
5-1
Round 7: Ugw Thresh with no tricks
Before the match I put my opponent on aggro-control.
Game 1: based on my read I keep a hand with 2 land 1 top 3 cb and a FoW. My read is right and after my second counterbalance resolves he is locked out of the game.
Game 2: he is kind of landscrewed thanks to my stifle/wasteland combo and the game isn't close.
6-1
Round 8: aggro loam
I am not happy to find my opponent is a Brazilian pro with 3 byes but he gave the impression of someone playing red (I put him on goyf sligh) so I didn't mind as much
Game 1: I win the the roll and keep a hand with cb/top and stifle. I stifle his first turn fetch drop turn 2 top and turn 3 cb with 2/3 locks him out.
Game 2: I have answers for whatever he does and after he grips my cb I drop a dreadnought he then drops 3 5/6 tarmos but I have relic to make them all small.
7-1
Round 9: Coming to the end of a long day I really want a win here.
Game 1: I saw him playing earlier and knew he was playing mono red goblins and mull accordingly to a hand of turn 2 dreadnought he then drops a goblin tinkerer but I have aforce waiting.
Game 2: he resolves turn 1 lackey and hits me turn 2 dropping matron then takes 5 minutes before finally deciding on tinkerer. He then misses his turn 2 land drop but plays a vial. I simply drop a factory and pass. He ramps his vial and passes. I play my 3rd land and a needle on vial. When he eventually hits more lands my tempo advantage has already won me the game.
So I finish strong at 8-1
Day 2: I don't get much sleep and am not happy when I see my round 10 opponent is LSV.
Game 1: I keep a solid hand but draw nothing and although I have answers for his first 3 plays he resolves a trygon turn 5 and I countinue to draw nothing.
Game 2: He has all the answers and I get completely blown out.
Round 11: glimpse elves
Game 1: I double mull and he kills me turn 3
Game 2: I resolve 3 standstill this game (I drew 7 land from these draws) and he plays kinda bad when I own his shushers with firespout while tarmos beat face.
Game 3: I feel like this was my biggest mistake of the tournament where I mull a hand with FoW nought standstill and 4 land to keep a 3 land hand of stifle/nought spout and 3 land just to die turn 2.
8-3
Round 12: merfolk with vendillion clique (sp?)
Game 1: things look really good for me until I go from owning to getting owned (not sure where I went wrong)
Game 2: I remember sitting win top in play for 8 turns while a reejerry killed me.
Well this sucks 8-4
I remember talking to people saying I just wanted to play against red decks.
Round 13: burn
Game 1: the savage red ultrapro tell holds through although I put him on goblins unfortunally I mull be get nothing however I mindtrixk him into thinking I'm playing landstill.
Game 2: I played a lot of standstills factories and tampgoyfs along with cb/top ftw.
Game 3: all I want/need is turn 2 dreadnought and when my opener has it I'm giod to go for a turn 4 kill. He promptly shows me the 4 shattering spree he didn't board in and I think to myself I'm so good.
9-4
Round 14: aggroloam
Game 1: I absolutely destroy him even after he shattering sprees my nought.
Game 2: I'm playing the control game and am in dominant position when I accidently pick up 4 cards off of stanstill fortunately I didn't put them in my hand and only get a warning. My control game is better than his and it's an easy win.
I love the fact he tried to say the match is only 50-50.
10-4 next round and I money
Round 15: uw dreadstill
I know what he is playing because I watched him play earlier against Scott.
Game 1: this is an insanely good match and my tarmos eat him after we trade dreadnoughts.
Game 2: As if it wasn't bad enough for him when I waste his first land drop he doesn't play another for a while and my handis gas at this point.
So I finish 43rd
This was all written from my phone so I'll edit and update later.
Team NeverWin: We just top 8 a lot.
Too lazy to post.
Congrats Ben! I agree about your sentiment regarding your mulligan vs Elves. You want the game to be Control vs Combo not Combo vs Combo. NLU is definitely a real contender, and I think the match up will come down to experience and skill. Shackles is obviously good vs Goyf, not so much vs Dreadnought. Standstill is amazing too. I think NLU and Dreadstill make excellent use of Counterbalance, which is the name of the game as far as I'm concerned. Rich played a similar list, and he was also in contention for a very long time, losing to LSV in a tight match being the difference between T8ing and not.
I'm disappointed to see that no Dreadstill made the Top 8, but I called the two CB decks meeting in the finals as soon as I saw the pairings. Legacy is extremely diverse, but I believe an excellent player with a CB deck should be the favorite to win the whole thing in any field.
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