GP Columbus - What's Happening?

[Piceli89]

No comment on his plays.

[lolosoon]

DDFT just Emrakuled through double Fow, Cb+top. I really lmao'ed.

The match :

Round 3 : Christian Calcano (CounterThoper) vs David Ochoa (DDFT)
G1 :
Calcano start but Mull to 5 still dropping CB by Turn2
Then he E.Tutor for Top @EOT3 of David Ochoa

After that, ggslive freeze and CB disappeared (EOT WipeAway ?!)
Then, David Ochoa Big Turn sart off by turn 5 :
4 Lands in play.
IT meets Snare
He then D.Rit, Duress (Brainstorm in resp.) showing CB, FoW, Blue Card Discarding FoW
Cabal Rit (Threshed) for DD, opp spin Top for Banked FoW…

…then David Ochoa DD again. oO;

G2 :
1st turn Top for Calcano
U.Sea=>Duress ripping CB after that

During his next turn, David Ochoa Brainstormed, land a swamp and a Top (even if he had D.Rit+DD in hand)
EOT Calcano E.Tutor for CB assembling the soft-lock during his 3rd turn.
Had Ocho gone for the DD=>Emrakul plan he'd have lost to E.Tutor for Needle save a WipeAway in the pile…

A Dark Confidant from Ochoa meet a revealed Sword of the Meek and Calcano set up his combo at his turn

The turn after that a Dark Rit meet a Pithing Needle, shutting the Emrakul plan temporaly down

Then Calcano resolved a Confidant of his own and things looked really grim from there…

G3 :
Ochoa leads with Top, Calcano Fetch a Tundra then EOT E.Tutor for (ggslive freeze) CB ? But he didn't put it into play ?!
With that (weird-) opportunity, David Ochoa taps his 3 lands casting DD at his turn
Calcano E.Tutor for Needle after reading through his opponent Library and play it on ShellDock island.

David Ochoa duress away a CB then play the Shelldock Island

I've had troubles with the streaming at this moment but the turn after that, Needle is in play, Wipe Away in the Yard and the DDFT Pilot plays Top, leaving 2 cards in his library... WHAT?!?!?

The turn after he play DoomsDay, dropping to 3 and pass (reshuffling DD, WipeAway, Duress, chaff…)

And ggslive crashed again… F**K !!!!!!!

So…. What's happened here ? WipeAway + Emrakul FTW the turn after ? Or did Calcano dropped a 2nd Needle or Cannonist during his turn ?!

Any help ?!

[Edit]Ok, I see, did he attempt to WipeAway Needle and cast Emrakul the same turn under a Cannonist and fizzle ? Lame...

[Shugyosha]

He had two cards during EoT of Evil's turn in his library and needed three turns to get Emrakul into play and then kill his opponent in two swings. Shelldock Isle says "play" so he couldn't play Doomsday and Emrakul in the same turn and would have died of decking. Canonist and Needle were to much to deal with.

[Gheizen64]

Well, too many hates post board for the DDFT player , 1-2 against Thoptor.



Because of the Counterspell?

How can he float the mana after combat? He has no land then.

[kilukru]

Yeah it was a mistake, pretty sure he was scared of Humility and bounced the land to prevent the topther player from hitting 4 mana.

[tsabo_tavoc]

Yeah it was a mistake, pretty sure he was scared of Humility and bounced the land to prevent the topther player from hitting 4 mana.

It was to cut Calcano from UU who has a Counterspell in hand. Had the earlier Duress (after first Doomsday) hit Counterspell instead of Counterbalance, Ochoa would stand a chance, however, he could not have forseen a Canonist.

[lolosoon]

Forgot he can keeps mana floating since he have to cast DD after combat... DD had no way to win then?

DD (5 cards in Library)
Untap, Shelldock Isle (3 Cards in Library) EOT Wipe Away on Needle
Cast Emrakul (2 Cards in Library)
Extra turn, attack, Annihilate the board and Cannonist (1 Card in Library)
With no lands, no Humility from Colcona
Attack and Win

OR if I miscalculated the turns and cards

Extra turn, attack, Annihilate the board and Cannonist (0 Card in Library)
Duress clearing of the Way for Doomsday
Refill and win the turn after

He should have won G2 though with an Emrakul Pile including WipeAway...

[Gheizen64]

It was to cut Calcano from UU who has a Counterspell in hand. Had the earlier Duress (after first Doomsday) hit Counterspell instead of Counterbalance, Ochoa would stand a chance, however, he could not have forseen a Canonist.

I'll repeat. What could have he countered? He won't have that UU after combat with emrakul and emrakul himself cannot be countered.

[Gheizen64]

DD (5 cards in Library)
Untap, Shelldock Isle (3 Cards in Library) EOT Wipe Away on Needle
Cast Emrakul (2 Cards in Library)
Extra turn, attack, Annihilate the board and Cannonist (1 Card in Library)
With no lands, no Humility from Colcona
Attack and Win

OR if I miscalculated the turns and cards

Extra turn, attack, Annihilate the board and Cannonist (0 Card in Library)
Duress clearing of the Way for Doomsday
Refill and win the turn after

He should have won G2 though with an Emrakul Pile including WipeAway...

I brainfarted, he can't float the mana after combat since the land are destroyed during the combat phase. He had 5 permanent down.

[Shugyosha]

Again, Ochoa only had 2 cards in his library by the time he played Wipe Away. Then he drew one in his turn and couldn't play Emrakul and Doomsday to stock his library with cards due to Canonist.

[tsabo_tavoc]

He should have won G2 though with an Emrakul Pile including WipeAway...

Seconded.

[lolosoon]

Again, Ochoa only had 2 cards in his library by the time he played Wipe Away. Then he drew one in his turn and couldn't play Emrakul and Doomsday to stock his library with cards due to Canonist.

Correct me if i'm wrong but :
Why bother a dead cannonist (Annihilator 6) the turn AFTER he casts Emrakul (Time Walk) with 1 card left ?!

[EDIT:]BTW, Bryant Cook is 4-0. With TES and style I suppose...

[MMogg]

Any info on what some of the big name pros are playing? I can't access Twitter or GGS Live so I'm stuck in an information black hole.

[lolosoon]

Any info on what some of the big name pros are playing? I can't access Twitter or GGS Live so I'm stuck in an information black hole.

All I saw is Patrick Chapin packing a GBr(w) Survival deck, with Vial, and Emrakul/Retainers combo.

[MMogg]

Thanks. It's crazy how bad Wizards' coverage is.

BTW, Bryant is now 4-1. =(

[JeroenC]

Survival was sick in Chapin's last game. Awesome card as always.

Edit: did Conley Woods just mention Bryant?

[Dia_Bot]

BTW, Bryant is now 4-1. =(

:(

[AngryTroll]

All I saw is Patrick Chapin packing a GBr(w) Survival deck, with Vial, and Emrakul/Retainers combo.

I really want to see this list. It sounds awesome.

[Gheizen64]

Saito playing merfolk. LOL

[Jonathan Alexander]

Saito playing merfolk. LOL

Does anyone know why he's splashing black?