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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

    Always worth the read, congrats!
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    Thanks for the report! In the Round 8 Game 2, did you just throw your hand against his hoping he didn't have a Force after a mull?

    P.S. Recommend JLA - Tower of Babel if you haven't read it. Great Batman story!

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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

    Quote Originally Posted by davelin View Post
    Thanks for the report! In the Round 8 Game 2, did you just throw your hand against his hoping he didn't have a Force after a mull?

    P.S. Recommend JLA - Tower of Babel if you haven't read it. Great Batman story!
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    Congrats again, Bryant.

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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

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    Game Two: I begin with Lion's Eye Diamond and City of Brass. Holding up Brainstorm and Silence. Zach draws and then plays a Lion's Eye Diamond without a land motions for me to take my turn. I fall to 19 and Brainstorm on his end step. I untap, lay a Gemstone Mine and Ponder. Preparing for a turn three win. Pass. Zach draws Flooded Strand and searches for Volcanic Island, he taps it to cast Ponder**. Passes. I untap, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, Infernal Tutor (Break Lion's Eye Diamomd) and Ad Nauseam.
    ** Why not play silence in response to ponder so he can't play petal in case he draws it? You'd have fallen to 18, but you'd have sealed it no matter what.
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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

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    ** Why not play silence in response to ponder so he can't play petal in case he draws it? You'd have fallen to 18, but you'd have sealed it no matter what.
    Not completely sure to be honest. That's a tight line of play.

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    Well you could just Silence in response if he plays something afterwards that makes you feel threatened. If he lays a land after the Ponder he could be holding Silence himself and attempt to haymaker you during the Combo turn. I see nothing wrong with letting him Ponder away here, and saving the Silence to avoid a blowout.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HammafistRoob View Post
    Well you could just Silence in response if he plays something afterwards that makes you feel threatened. If he lays a land after the Ponder he could be holding Silence himself and attempt to haymaker you during the Combo turn. I see nothing wrong with letting him Ponder away here, and saving the Silence to avoid a blowout.
    He already laid a land for the turn. If Bryant doesn't Silence in response to Ponder, he'll lose the chance to "protect" himself during the next combo turn.

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    Wow I can't read apparently, but he could still Silence in response to a Lotus Petal or whatever, it wouldn't protect him from an opposing Silence though but he still got there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HammafistRoob View Post
    Wow I can't read apparently, but he could still Silence in response to a Lotus Petal or whatever, it wouldn't protect him from an opposing Silence though but he still got there.
    Playing the Silence in response to the ponder does seal the deal. No lands could be played and no mana sources could have been laid down meaning no available mana for the opponent during Bryant's turn. "Saving it" to avoid a blowout wouldn't apply even if the opponent had a silence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPoJohnson View Post
    Playing the Silence in response to the ponder does seal the deal. No lands could be played and no mana sources could have been laid down meaning no available mana for the opponent during Bryant's turn. "Saving it" to avoid a blowout wouldn't apply even if the opponent had a silence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RaNDoMxGeSTuReS View Post
    Silence doesn't stop you from playing lands.
    No one said it could.

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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

    Quote Originally Posted by RaNDoMxGeSTuReS View Post
    Silence doesn't stop you from playing lands.
    He had already made his land drop, Silencing him would've stopped a potential White mana source from Lotus Petal or Chrome Mox.

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    Batman: The Long Halloween is an excellent read.

    Congratulations, Bryant. I was seated between you and Jim Davis in Round 2. I was tempted to say hello as a fellow Sourcer, but didn't want to seem like a fanboy. If I wasn't so nervous being in my first Open and making sure I didn't have to piss during rounds, I would have taken some time to watch your games and see you Grapeshot people to death. Hopefully I will see some of that in SCG Providence.

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    Re: Storming to Philadelphia (9/8/2013) – 5th Place

    Quote Originally Posted by Shawon View Post
    Batman: The Long Halloween is an excellent read.

    Congratulations, Bryant. I was seated between you and Jim Davis in Round 2. I was tempted to say hello as a fellow Sourcer, but didn't want to seem like a fanboy. If I wasn't so nervous being in my first Open and making sure I didn't have to piss during rounds, I would have taken some time to watch your games and see you Grapeshot people to death. Hopefully I will see some of that in SCG Providence.
    The Tim Sale/Jeff Loeb trilogy of Batman is next on my list after I finish the fourth Batman & Robin book (Originally the Grant Morrison series).

    How fortunate for you to get to see me get my teeth kicked in by Reanimator.

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