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    You're a very good writer wastedlife. I've enjoyed every one of your articles. I always look forward to you and Nightmare's work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wastedlife View Post
    Game 2: He mulligans to four and leads with Leyline, Cephalid Coliseum, Breakthrough. WOW, I wish I could mull to four and get nut starts; I have to settle with turn 1 wins. My hand after my draw is… City of Brass, Dark Ritual, SSG, Rite of Flame, Infernal, Burning Wish, Lion’s Eye Diamond. City of Brass tap it for Dark Ritual, SSG-> Rite of Flame, Infernal (Revealing LED), LED, LED, Burning Wish for Ill-Gotten Gains. Ill-Gotten gains back 2x LED and Infernal Tutor. Cast them all for Tendrils and win.
    Can you IGG anything back without bouncing his Leyline? (I'm assuming it wasn't a Leyline of Singularity or anything)

    Otherwise your reports are always great. Love the fact that you keep such great detail. Really gives a feel for how the deck plays.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantom View Post
    Can you IGG anything back without bouncing his Leyline? (I'm assuming it wasn't a Leyline of Singularity or anything)

    Otherwise your reports are always great. Love the fact that you keep such great detail. Really gives a feel for how the deck plays.
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    How is the TES vs Breakfast match up? Between Force of Will, Cabal Therapy and one other disruption card, it looks like it'd be a bitch to play against.
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    How is the TES vs Breakfast match up? Between Force of Will, Cabal Therapy and one other disruption card, it looks like it'd be a bitch to play against.
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    Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ewokslayer View Post
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    Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.


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    Next time I will play correctly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ewokslayer View Post
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    Cephalid Breakfast vs. TES feels like you are a 300 lb linebacker tackling a retarded baby.
    That's what I thought, Breakfast seems similar to Flash in the sense that it can drive the other combo decks out of the format, but it doesn't have the same absurd Storm/Belcher/Dredge advantage against aggro. It's going to be interesting to see whether or not all of these combo decks can co-exist, and it could be a good time to metagame with aggro if Breakfast becomes popular.

    Back to TES,

    Replacing Plunge into Darkness with Night's Whisper is a serious option. U/g/w Threshold will let Night's Whisper resolve in fear of letting a Burning Wish/Infernal Tutor + LED resolve, and the card advantage will add up against them. It also lets the deck build up a bit of a mana base, and the cantrip engine of Night Whispers + Brainstorm lets the deck keep up in drawn out games.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Machinus View Post
    Next time I will play correctly.
    You could try Counterbalance. I tested against Wastedlife life, and he has like an infinite amount of mana. It's hard to keep him off storm really, so you should be using Counterbalance here.
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    If you read he had counterbalance + top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wastedlife View Post
    If you read he had counterbalance + top.
    That was bad.... he could've just Topped for the Chant. I see it hard for you to get up to 4 mana with Top at 1. FoW could've been for LED or Tutors.

    But whatever, I think I would've made tons more mistakes in that match then he would.
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    I had 4 cities and a Gemstone out, then played all 0cc artifact mana. Rite, Chant into Tendrils.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wastedlife View Post
    I had 4 cities and a Gemstone out, then played all 0cc artifact mana. Rite, Chant into Tendrils.
    What were the 3 cards on top of his deck?
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    I had no mana, but I thought a 2cc card was on top.

    I made a mistake, but I think Bryant's plan was good enough that he had a good chance of winning the game soon after anyway.

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    Nice report. I did a double take when I heard you were playing Tinder Wall, but apparently it worked out okay for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Machinus View Post
    I had no mana, but I thought a 2cc card was on top.

    I made a mistake, but I think Bryant's plan was good enough that he had a good chance of winning the game soon after anyway.

    I dont blame you. It was round 5, so people are bound to make mistakes from being so tired. I sure as hell made a ton.
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    Game 2: He mulligans to four and leads with Leyline, Cephalid Coliseum, Breakthrough. WOW, I wish I could mull to four and get nut starts; I have to settle with turn 1 wins. My hand after my draw is… City of Brass, Dark Ritual, SSG, Rite of Flame, Infernal, Burning Wish, Lion’s Eye Diamond. City of Brass tap it for Dark Ritual, SSG-> Rite of Flame, Infernal (Revealing LED), LED, LED, Burning Wish for Ill-Gotten Gains. Ill-Gotten gains back 2x LED and Infernal Tutor. Cast them all for Tendrils and win.
    I'm confused, is this layline of the meek or something? How is it that you were able to bring cards back with IGG?
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