So, I went to a GPT this weekend with TES. almost the exactly 75 except 2 sideboard cards were different. -1 karakas - hullbreach + 2x junk cards
round 1: I played against a miracle deck. 1-2 bad hand 3rd game. mulled and mulled, nothing good.
round 2: RUG - 1-2 hand issues... again
round 3: High tide against a friends. 0-2 * scooped* we played games for the fun of it as I've never played against high tide. The turn he went off both games, I had a silence in hand and figured he'd wait 1 extra turn before going off... obviously wrong.
round 4: Gobos. Killed him with therapies. * love this card*
Running on 1.5 hours of sleep and being up for 24 hours, Felt like I didn't do many player mistakes.
the people who didn't top 4 started another legacy event.
2-0 against show and tell, beating through a omni. went off turn 2 one game, turn 4 the next.
2-0 against miracle. went off turn 2 both games.
0-2 against the same gobo guy. second game I forgot I had therapy in the graveyard. Cost me the whole round. after he won, we did a rewind back to when I made the mistake, won the next turn. then won the next game. but didn't matter to me. his first day for legacy events, so I gave him the win, even though he insisted on giving it to me. He made multiple player mistakes, so I helped him, yadda yadda.
Notes: love EtW mainboard, and absolutely love therapy in the side. I usually keep one in the side so I can wish for it and wreck a hand. Did it against a miracle deck and got his batterskull.
Maybe I'll do better next time when I have adequate sleep...
Finished 5th at a Grand Prix Trial for Denver yesterday, boo. Roommate won, taking home the byes, which is always good!
Played the OP list, really hated Reforge the Soul all day. Wished it were Diminishing Returns every time -- against blue and non-blue decks.
Probably switching back to returns. Even in goldfishing seems I win more with returns than reforge. Have two mana floating versus one or zero matters, I think.
Main deck EtW, but no Tendrils is still amazing.
Sort of questioning the Cabal Therapies in the board at this point. They're good, yes, but certainly not amazing. At some points they feel clunky, but that could be because I haven't used them enough in T.E.S. Haven't played in a while.
Best part of the day was 2-0'ing UWR Miracle Control. Gixtaxian Probe is so good, it's ridiculous. Let me win on turn one in game two.
Last round I killed my Reanimator opponent with Grapeshot... for 30.
I have been thinking that maybe it should be some sort or split like two Cabals and one Duress.
When Burning Wishing for protection I sometimes want something more certain like a Duress.
Cabal Therapies were put in to help against decks like Maverick while still being able to hit Force of Will if needed. I think. I am unsure of them too. It is neat flashing it back after casting a big Empty the Warrens though.
Split top 4 of a Legacy IQ (for funsies as I already had the invite) going 5-0-2 with TES. Beat BUG Delver, Maverick, GU Eldrazi-Post, Fish, and Bant despite having a terrible last minute sideboard built.
Notes:
-Deathrite Shaman hurts Rite of Flame a little, but it hurts Cabal Ritual even more. Yet another reason for TES over ANT.
-I won 2 games off Dim Ret costing 4 instead of 5, but had one game where I wanted to Reforge off of Rites but couldn't. I don't remember what happened that game, but it's also very possible I made 12 Goblins and won. Leaning towards still playing Dim Ret but not sold either way.
-I won 2 games off IGG not being PiF as it got back LEDs. This keeps happening, I'll keep playing IGG.
-Xantid Swarm was the man.
-The difference between 1 for Chain of Vapor and 2 for Abrupt Decay is huge against Maverick. The 2x Karakas/Chain slot is absolutely necessary.
-MD Tendrils won me multiple games that Empty would not have (one was low life vs Deathrite, other was Batterskull in play with Sword of War and Peace)
-Bant opponent in Top 8 thought he had me both games and promptly lost. First one was an absurd game where I had to Dim Ret, Ponder into LED, IGG, then Ponder into one of my two Burning Wishes to win. Second one he kept Force, Mindbreak, Mindbreak and got turn 1 Duress, Turn 2 Silenced and died.
Glad to see that you're back.
Ning (Endure2004) , Royce, and myself all piloted TES at Baltimore this weekend. We all did moderately well but not great, there's some changes I want to make after this weekend. Expect to read about it in my article this week everyone!
Also, my last Therapy came in the mail! /Finished.
Working on constructing TES (currently 3 Infernal Tutors and 2 Rites from completing it), question on is Preordain worth including? It is another cantrip and seems great
Currently Playing:
Dredge, The Rock, Lands, Spiral Tide, Affinity
Currently Playing:
Dredge, The Rock, Lands, Spiral Tide, Affinity
Has anyone messed around with Epic Experiment yet?
Edit: The amount of discard in this format makes me want to play some junk like Bottled Cloister or something.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Burn win next week. Non-basics everywhere.
I don't even consider Miracles that hard of a match up anymore. They don't have a quick way of killing you. It's like playing against a Landstill deck that durdles more. So glad Countertop decks don't play Tarmogoyfs anymore.
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