Finish: 2nd out of 76
Decklist:
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Land Grant
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Rite of Flame
4 Seething Song
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Manamorphose
4 Chrome Mox
4 Burning Wish
3 Empty the Warrens
1 Taiga
4 Lotus Petal
4 Tinder Wall
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60
Sideboard:
3 Xantid Swarm
4 Guttural Response
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Shattering Spree
1 Hull Breach
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Goblin War Strike
1 Reverent Silence
1 Pyroclasm
1 Empty the Warrens
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15
Round 1: Goblins
Game 1: He wins die roll. I Tendrils for 10 on my turn. GG. Win.
Game 2: Belcher T3. GG. Win.
Kinda funny because in our table, there were 2 other Belchers. Unluckily, the other one was paired to Merfolk while the other one was paired to Faeries. Dodged 2 blue decks.
After Rd.1: 1-0
Round 2: Mono Black
Game 1: He wins die roll. He Hymns taking out 1 of 2 Burning Wish in my hand. I still managed to Empty the Warrens (ETW) for 16 though. Win.
Game 2: He plays Hymn again taking out the lone BWish. I pass the turn. He plays Nighthawk. ETW for 16 again. He plays Bob. I attack and pass turn. He takes 2 to Bob and casts Tombstalker. Turn comes back to me I attack and game is over. W
I was lucky enough to have avoided his Ratchet Bomb(s)
After Rd.2: 2-0
Round 3: Affinity
Game 1: I play and ETW for 16 which went all the way. W
Game 2: He lays down lots of artifact creatures while I ETW for 10 which was not enough. What I should have done was wait for another mana source and cast double ETW which could have netted me 24 tokens instead. He Berserks his Ornithopters twice and I lose. L
Game 3: I play and ETW for 10 again but he manages to outrace me. I was down to a top deck for the first time in the day. I had 8 tokens and he was down to 6 but he had 2 Ravagers, an Ornithopter with a Cranial Plating and many more. Id surely die on his next turn and need to draw a BWish. My board was a lone Taiga and a LED and my Hand was an ESG and a Desperate Ritual. I drew the card, placed it face down on the table, patted it hard, placed it in my hand, and it was a…………………………… BWish!!! Lol wtf! I tapped Taiga, removed ESG from game and cast Desperate Ritual. I played the card and Wished for Goblin War Strike for 8! W
After Rd.3: 3-0
Rd.4: Slivers
Game 1: I ETW for 10. Win
Game 2: We has a lot of counters. On to Game 3. Lose
Game 3: I managed to lay down 2 Xantid Swarms. I ETW for 10. Win
My only blue matchup of the day!
After Rd.4: 4-0
Rd.5: Zoo
Game 1: T1 belcher + LED (Land Grant, Rite of Flame, Desperate Ritual, Desperate Ritual, Belcher, LED). Didn’t even see his deck. Win
Game 2: He lands Canonist and Suppression Field. I destroy both via Hull Breach but it was too late. Lose
Game 3: ETW for 16 on turn 1. W
After Rd.5: 5-0
Rd. 6 and 7: ID; ID
Top 8
Quarterfinals: Ad Nauseum Tendrils (ANT)
Game 1: win die roll and play first casting 16 tokens via 3 Rite of Flames. He storm counts which got me worried. Nothing happened apparently. Win
Game 2: He plays first and Duress(es) my Chrome Mox but I had a Wish in my hand. I managed to ETW for 14. He plays Brainstorm and Ponder. We managed to get into turn 4 as he Chants with Kicker. On my turn I play Belcher and activate, he was down to 6 so the chances that the Goblin Charbelcher will go through is very very highand it did. W
Semis: Prize split
It was a good day overall. It was my first time to play the deck in a big event. Many thanks to my teammates and to my girlfriend who brought me some food and meds since I was not feeling well at that time. The Top 8 was in no particular order was:
ANT – 3
Zoo
MonoU Merfolk
Rock
White Weenie
Belcher (Me)
I had a similar experience with belcher a while ago, I don't think people give this deck the credit it deserves.
I agree. Belcher's still the fastest deck in Legacy after all.
But still it loses to blue decks. It was real luck not to get paired against more blue decks in this tourney. As was the Wish topdeck against Affinity.
Still, nice report and congratz for a good finish in your first big event with the deck.
Thanks! TES and straight-up ANT I believe kills "faster." During the quarters, I attacked the TES guy with 14 tokens. During his next turn, he was storm counting which made me realize that he was looking to kill me via Tendrils which I think led me to conclude that those variants kills "faster."
With regards to comboing-out per se, however, I think Belcher has the upper edge.
I'd argue that SI is the fastest deck in the format at killing people. Because it isn't always going to just make a bunch of goblins and pass the turn and some versions don't even run red/EtW. If you always got belcher in your opener though this would probably be the fastest deck though simply because it getting activated = win so much of the time if the build is optimal and by optimal I mean 1 land/RG only.
Congrats on your result though.
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eph? is this you?
congrat man!
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Man, I am really glad I'm not a Beltcher player because I probably play against like 90% blue decks. Last 2 SCG events I've played vs. 4 non-FoW decks out of 14 rounds. If you can dodge blue you win most of the time though obviously.
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