Krieger
06-30-2008, 07:22 PM
So here is the list. This version of Nourishing Lich was developed by Team Unicorn.
4 Ichorid
4 Bridge from Below
4 Narcomoeba
4 Breakthrough
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Golgari Thug
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Deep Analysis
3 Dread Return
3 Unmask
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Cephalid Sage
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
3 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
Sideboard
4 Pithing Needle
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Ray of Revelation
Round 1-
James-Pinder
So I sit down across from James and we get ready to shuffle up and play but the judge calls out my name and tells me that I have a bye and has some other guy play against James. This gives me time to scout and find out what every one is playing. I see quite a few decks that are playing counterbalance which is very good for me.
Round 2-
Scott playing Sligh
Game 1-Scott suspends Rift Bolt and I unmask and take his Ball Lighting. The rest of his hand is Slith Firewalker and Lighting Bolt and some lands. I play imp and pass. Riftbolt hits imp and I throw troll into the yard. I play another imp and he uses bolt to kill t again. The game ends with him having to incinerate this own slith to remove Bridge from Below meanwhile three Ichorids go to town.
Game 2-I decide to board in needle for Tormod's Crypt and take out the Unmasks and another random card. This game my hand is the nuts. My hand consists of 1 Lion's Eye Diamond 1 Cephaild Coliseum, 1 Gemstone Mine, 1 Breakthrough, 1 Stinkweed Imp, and Deep Analysis and another random card. I keep and play Gemstone Mine and pass. He plays Pyrostatic Pillar and passes to me. I draw and play LED and Coliseum and play Breakthrough this gets me the win.
Round 3-
Brent playing Tog
Game 1-I win on turn 4 after casting multiple Cabal Therapies to discard his counterspells to resolve Dread Return to animate Cephild Sage and then Flame Kin-Zealot. He didn’t have much going on except Dark Confidants.
Game 2-This one I lose after getting very poor dredges and he gets Plague naming zombies and kills me with a pretty cool play. He casts wonder and dazes choosing not to pay and swings over my zombies with huge goyfs.
Game 3-This Game I get a fairly slow start but it has answers for his hate cards. I play a Breakthrough and leave mana to play around Daze. After the Breakthrough resolves Brent play extirpate on my Bridge from Belows. I cry for a little bit but I cry even more as he plays Pithing needle on Coliseum. i do however dredge into a deep analysis and get three ichorids into the yard this paired with Narcomeoba to go the distance.
Round 4-
Trevor playing truffle shuffle style deck.
Game 1-I have to mulligan to five and keep a slow hand and he lands a second turn Trinisphere off of birds. From here I have to slow dredge every turn. I have 2 lands one of which is Coliseum and I try to get the mana to activate the Coliseum but he ha wastes and vindicates when I play lands. This game ends shortly after he gets Exalted Angel and flips her up.
Game 2-I keep a slow hand and and lose to Jotun Grunt that eats my whole graveyard.
Round 5
Brad playing 3 color goblins
Game 1-This game i am on the play and unmask seeing 1 Vial, 1 Siege Gang Comander,2 War chief and a bunch of lands.
I take siege gang and then therapy for Warchief. He wastes and I can't draw another mana source before he amounts an army.
Game 2- I win with ichoid beats and Cabal Therapy is enough to slow him down.
Game 3- I mull to 6 but should have thrown it back because I couldn’t really do any thing with it so I lost in short order to as his goblins mob me up.
Round 6
Gordy-Tosh playing It' The Fear.
Game 1- I am on the draw and have a fairly good hand. I also knew he was playing something with counterbalance in it. He plays top turn 1. My turn LED, LED then play coliseum and break both LEDs to activate coliseum this gets me 1 Narcomeoba and a few Ichorids into the graveyard. Ichorids come back next turn and I attempt reanimate sage but he Forces I have another Dread Return so I use the tokens I got from bridge and win shortly after that with like a hundred Ichorids/ zombies.
Game 2-I keep a slower hand that has answers to hate cards. He plays a Dueling Grounds that I answer with Ray of Revelation. Later he gets a Leyline of the Void to stick. We play draw go for a while until I get coliseum and use it to dig for answers. I find double Putrid Imp and need a turn cast them both. I get him to seven lives and then I get back Ichorid and swing for the win.
After talking with the king of Beatdown himself(Dave Price), it looks like none of the 4-2 will make it but i hope for the best (like some one from the top eight getting disqualified or dying) neither happens so I end in a respectable 9th place finish.
Props
Team Unicorn
All the people that I met, everyone was really nice
Karaoke
Road trips
Volt for putting us up and running an awesome event
Anwar for making top 4
Parcher
Slops
No one in the top eight dying or getting disqualified
4 Ichorid
4 Bridge from Below
4 Narcomoeba
4 Breakthrough
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Golgari Thug
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Deep Analysis
3 Dread Return
3 Unmask
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Cephalid Sage
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
3 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
Sideboard
4 Pithing Needle
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Ray of Revelation
Round 1-
James-Pinder
So I sit down across from James and we get ready to shuffle up and play but the judge calls out my name and tells me that I have a bye and has some other guy play against James. This gives me time to scout and find out what every one is playing. I see quite a few decks that are playing counterbalance which is very good for me.
Round 2-
Scott playing Sligh
Game 1-Scott suspends Rift Bolt and I unmask and take his Ball Lighting. The rest of his hand is Slith Firewalker and Lighting Bolt and some lands. I play imp and pass. Riftbolt hits imp and I throw troll into the yard. I play another imp and he uses bolt to kill t again. The game ends with him having to incinerate this own slith to remove Bridge from Below meanwhile three Ichorids go to town.
Game 2-I decide to board in needle for Tormod's Crypt and take out the Unmasks and another random card. This game my hand is the nuts. My hand consists of 1 Lion's Eye Diamond 1 Cephaild Coliseum, 1 Gemstone Mine, 1 Breakthrough, 1 Stinkweed Imp, and Deep Analysis and another random card. I keep and play Gemstone Mine and pass. He plays Pyrostatic Pillar and passes to me. I draw and play LED and Coliseum and play Breakthrough this gets me the win.
Round 3-
Brent playing Tog
Game 1-I win on turn 4 after casting multiple Cabal Therapies to discard his counterspells to resolve Dread Return to animate Cephild Sage and then Flame Kin-Zealot. He didn’t have much going on except Dark Confidants.
Game 2-This one I lose after getting very poor dredges and he gets Plague naming zombies and kills me with a pretty cool play. He casts wonder and dazes choosing not to pay and swings over my zombies with huge goyfs.
Game 3-This Game I get a fairly slow start but it has answers for his hate cards. I play a Breakthrough and leave mana to play around Daze. After the Breakthrough resolves Brent play extirpate on my Bridge from Belows. I cry for a little bit but I cry even more as he plays Pithing needle on Coliseum. i do however dredge into a deep analysis and get three ichorids into the yard this paired with Narcomeoba to go the distance.
Round 4-
Trevor playing truffle shuffle style deck.
Game 1-I have to mulligan to five and keep a slow hand and he lands a second turn Trinisphere off of birds. From here I have to slow dredge every turn. I have 2 lands one of which is Coliseum and I try to get the mana to activate the Coliseum but he ha wastes and vindicates when I play lands. This game ends shortly after he gets Exalted Angel and flips her up.
Game 2-I keep a slow hand and and lose to Jotun Grunt that eats my whole graveyard.
Round 5
Brad playing 3 color goblins
Game 1-This game i am on the play and unmask seeing 1 Vial, 1 Siege Gang Comander,2 War chief and a bunch of lands.
I take siege gang and then therapy for Warchief. He wastes and I can't draw another mana source before he amounts an army.
Game 2- I win with ichoid beats and Cabal Therapy is enough to slow him down.
Game 3- I mull to 6 but should have thrown it back because I couldn’t really do any thing with it so I lost in short order to as his goblins mob me up.
Round 6
Gordy-Tosh playing It' The Fear.
Game 1- I am on the draw and have a fairly good hand. I also knew he was playing something with counterbalance in it. He plays top turn 1. My turn LED, LED then play coliseum and break both LEDs to activate coliseum this gets me 1 Narcomeoba and a few Ichorids into the graveyard. Ichorids come back next turn and I attempt reanimate sage but he Forces I have another Dread Return so I use the tokens I got from bridge and win shortly after that with like a hundred Ichorids/ zombies.
Game 2-I keep a slower hand that has answers to hate cards. He plays a Dueling Grounds that I answer with Ray of Revelation. Later he gets a Leyline of the Void to stick. We play draw go for a while until I get coliseum and use it to dig for answers. I find double Putrid Imp and need a turn cast them both. I get him to seven lives and then I get back Ichorid and swing for the win.
After talking with the king of Beatdown himself(Dave Price), it looks like none of the 4-2 will make it but i hope for the best (like some one from the top eight getting disqualified or dying) neither happens so I end in a respectable 9th place finish.
Props
Team Unicorn
All the people that I met, everyone was really nice
Karaoke
Road trips
Volt for putting us up and running an awesome event
Anwar for making top 4
Parcher
Slops
No one in the top eight dying or getting disqualified