[SCG 5K Dallas] 13th with Aggro Loam

[Jak]

The only time all day that I regretted not having Wish was against Enchantress, because then Wishing for Reverent Silence would have made my life much easier. I don't think Wish would have been better than just having really compelling draws, and Maelstrom Pulse is able to emulate a number of Wishboard slots pretty well. I also like having a real sideboard.

EDIT: I love my list and have had this list (within a couple cards) for months.

I was just trying to find a way to keep Dreams in game 1, but not have it take up slots lol. It's also good at grabbing that lone Worm Harvest or a Firespout. It definitely works without Wish though.

[Anusien]

Man I didn't even look, I just assumed Convergence was a sorcery. Although I did see tons of Aggro Loam lists without Wish on the weekend (they tended to have Pulse instead).

Converging Enchantress takes them a few turns to get going. You bounce all their draw effects and a large amount of their mana. At the very least, you give yourself a few turns to attack them without being confinement locked.

[scrumdogg]

Unless you've already DD'd, you don't bounce all their draw, you end up bouncing half their draw. A smart Enchantress player, unless you play Ghost Quarter, can stack their mana enchantments on one or two land, negating that effect with an Argothian on board. The situation gets much worse if the Enchantress player has a Sanctum active, although being able to cast Convergence EOT does give you a one turn window of opportunity. As was pointed out, Convergence followed by DD should be game over...if you can set it up with a proper threat on the board.

[Volt]

I don't recall ever activating Stronghold, but it's historically been quite strong in a number of matchups: Zoo is the biggest, but there are a number of times where an early Crusher doesn't survive or your opponent has the trump burn spell in the Tarmogoyf war.

Thanks. I was just curious because I never activated my Stronghold all day either, and I've noticed in the past that I often go several matches in a row without activating it.

[hyc8028]

Congrats on your finish. It seem like you have made the right choice bring aggro loam to Dallas.