Adan
09-02-2008, 12:46 PM
So, I was there at the German Legacy Champs 2008 in Hanover and got 10th out of 146 Nerds. I played my petdeck, UGw Threshold.
Round 1: Till Micheler with Death 'n' Taxes
In the first 3 Turns I assume that he is playing Stax because of Wasteland on my Tropical Island and Flagstones of Trokair, but when he tried to play Samurai of the Pale Curtain, I daze it and decide NOT to Brainstorm-Fetch away my Counterbalance Engine and lock him away after I revealed a Oblivion Stone for Mangara when Balance was still blind. Lucky me.
Game 2 I fail to resolve some critters and I am 1 turn too slow. He races me with 3 (!) Serra Avenger.
Game 3 I locked him again with CB-Top after I played Needle on Aether Vial on which he was relying. The only lands I see on his side are Plains and Port,
but then he is on the safe way to lose.
2-1 Win, 1-0-0
Round 2: Christian Schäfer with The Perfect Loam/Eternal Garden
Game 1 takes like infinite time, I could not find the 2nd Pithing Needle to shut of those fucking Maze of Iths. I eventually found them, but 1 turn to late. I get fucked by Ghost Quarter and Tabernacle.
Game 2 was also very time-consuming, but I have CB-Top and 2 needles on Wasteland and Ghost Quarter. With a Oblivion Ring on Top I counter about 5 Spells (Crucible, Witness, Predator, Propaganda, Trinket Mage). He is out of gas and only draws lands, but has got a Zuran Orb, 2 Explorations and a Crucible in play already. I have 2 Goyf and 1 Enforcer and he has got a shitload of lands, 3 Mishra's Factory and 1 annoying Tabernacle at Predrell Vale.
Since those 3 Mishras can race me, I don't attack for about 12 turns and he has also nothing to do but to gain 4 or 6 life per turn with his boardposition.
I only need my fucking 3rd Needle which I obviously boarded in.
But then, when there were about 7 minutes remaining, he began to do this in EVERY EOT-step of mine:
1) Activate Mishra A
2) Activate Mishra B
3) Activate Mishra C
4) Mishra A pumps Mishra C
5) Mishra B pumps Mishra A
6) Mishra C pumps Mishra B
In this time, 3 judges gathered around us and were observing the whole thing.
I rip Wheel of Sun and Moon from the top which shuts off ALL his stupid recursion-engine-shenanigans and decide to dig for the 3rd Needle because I have to try it to win. I am successful, play Needle. He sacrafices all but 6 lands (3 and Mishras) and so I say "Mishra" and swing for 18, for 18, for 18 and in the 3rd Extraturn, he's done for it.
So it's 1-1, 1-0-1.
But some minutes afterwards, a Judge approaches and tells me that they are going to DQ my opponent for that Mishra-EOT-pump-gayness and that they will give me the 2-1 Win. I have to write a statement and get the 2-1 Win.
-> 2-1 Win, 2-0-0
3. Round: Manuel Faber with UBw Faeries
I hardly remember anything of this match, I only see Ruins, Shackles (-> solved my Pithing Needle) and some Vendilion Cliques that die immediately due to StoP in response to the CiP-trigger. I counter a Bitterblossom and have the biggest Goyfs ever seen.
Game 2 he seems to be screwed or flooded, I don't know, but I manage to bait him with Geese and resolve some Tarmogoyfs again which are larger than Faeries. I remember him having 5 mana, but EOT playing Enlightened Tutor for Chrome Mox (only 1 mana open), activates SDT and in response I play Predict and mill his Mox away. He scopps afterwards.
2-0 Win, 3-0-0
4. Round: Peter Hauck with RBg Vialgoblins
I know him from Hassloch and he has somehow got the routine to bash by head in with 2-3 Warren Wierding in a row.
But this time I have ALL my removalspells and soem counters, so I can also prevent him from recovering with Wort, Boggart Auntie. Enforcer beats him withing 3 Turns.
Game 2 I have even more removalspells (BEBs ftw.!) and more critters online. I Krosan Grip his Vial on which he was dependant and he has only got Mountain and Port. So he loses against 4 green men.
2-0 Win, 4-0-0
5. Round: Marius "wasteland" Hausmann With UWb Landstill (what else?)
Game 1 was sooo fucking close, I could manage to get some serious pressure after countering 2 or 3 Standstill or so and also managed to find my 2 Rings against his 2 Humilities. He tried to blow away my Goyf with 3 WoG (I daze 2 of them, I could not prevent the 3rd one) and then runs out of gas. Additionally, i resolve CB-Top while he has got 0 handcard. He draws ENGINEERED EXPLOSIVES and blows away my 2 Rings, getting 2 Humilities back. I scoop since I will now eventually lose.
But he really crapped his pants :-P (Quote him: "Phew. Frankly, you have been the best Threshold player I've ever seen by now.")
Game 2 I assemble CB and Gaddock PLUS Needle on Mishra, but I was still a littlebit pissed from Game 1 and forgot to stack the top cards with Ponder properly. So he simply plays StoP to handle Gaddock. -.-
And afterwards, he screwed me with his 1-of Dust Bowl.
2-0 Loss, 4-1-0
Whatever, Landstill is a match I may lose, but game 1 was still the bitterness.
6. Round: Christoph Weitkamp with UBg Faeries.
Last year I saw him playing Cephalid Breakfast and some months before I saw him on the 1st place at some random tourney with Aggroloam. So I keep a hand with CB-Top, Goyf, Ponder, Lands. But he does like 2nd turn Bitterblossom against which I somehow lose. Busted.
But I win Game 2 and 3 since I have Krosan grips against his Bitterblossoms and Counterbalance-Top for everything else. I also didn't saw any creatures but 1 Spellstutter Sprites and some Goyfs I counter. 7/8 Goyfs finish him off.
2-1 Win, 5-1-0
7. Round: Simon "Van Phanel" Ritzka with Solidarity
This was my personal waterloo that day. He is afraid of the matchup and offers me a draw, but I refuse since I am confident about the matchup. I was overconfidant.
Game 1 I have Counterbalance-Top and a Goose. But I fail to get Threshold because I've drawn crap like Needles and StoPs and additionally, he baits me with Turnabouts. I am stupid and counter them. The he goes Cryptic Command -> Win.
Game 2 I didn't mull and only had lands and critters.
2-0 Loss, 5-2-0. I did everything so wrong, I'm such a stupid retard...
8. Runde: Pascal Tschirner with RB Goblins
Game 1 he keeps a hand with a lot of Piledrivers and nothing else. I have enought removal for his Warchiefs and I ramp up to 6 mana and remove his last 2 Goblins with double-Ring and swing for 15 or so...
Game 2 I kept a way too reactive hand. i had like INFINITE Forces and Blasts and also all my Needles, but I only saw 1 Enforcer which gets fragged by a Warren Wierding.
Game 3 I have one big Enforcer and he has got again only a few Piledrivers.
With Enforcer on board, he plays Magus of the Moon which i ignore since I have the 6/6 Flyer. The next 3 draws were: Force, Blast, Blast (I already have the Island). So I really ignore it. He beats me with 1 lonely Piledriver and tries to resolve a Earwig Squad. With Badlands and Magus of the Moon in play. I then realized that he colorscrewed himself and beat him down. After the lethal damage resolved, he dropped his 3 card onto the table and extends his hand. I see 2 Squads and Warren Wierding. Colorscrewed HIMSELF, haha.
2-1 Win, 6-2-0
So I have 18 points and end up on place 10. Chris "Windux" Wilczek was on place 11 with ITF. He too ended up 6-2-0.
Although I fucked up 2 games, at least I didn't made any other faults in other games.
Well, so here's my list, I did not post the boardingplans since they should be obvious:
// Lands
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [B] Tundra
1 [A] Island
4 [B] Tropical Island
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
// Creatures
4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
2 [OD] Mystic Enforcer
// Spells
4 [MM] Brainstorm
4 [NE] Daze
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [B] Swords to Plowshares
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
3 [OD] Predict
4 [LRW] Ponder
3 [CS] Counterbalance
2 [10E] Pithing Needle
2 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [CS] Counterbalance
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 3 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 4 [B] Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 3 [SHM] Wheel of Sun and Moon
-> such a nice, pimp and strong deck. But I am still a retard. I could have easily go Top8 if I did not screw up the game against Solidarity or simply accept the ID.
Here a link to a compact coverage and Top8 lists:
http://www.planetmtg.de/articles/artikel.html?id=4288
Alex "mackaber" Mack went Top8 with a slightly modified build of BreathWeapons TarmoTog.
By the way, I won 6 Lorwyn Boosters... trash.
But overall, it was a good metagame, not influenced by any hypes and therefore balanced.
So Team SPOD's breakdown was:
10th Adan (UGw Gro): 6-2
36th Der_imaginäre_Freund (Loam): 4-2-2
53rd Locutus (Goblins): 4-4
85th DerHeiler (Rock): 3-3 drop
106th Yulyn (Aggro Loam): 2-6
119th spiritofthewretch (Rifter): 1-2-2 drop
140th ChefKoch (Pile): 0-3 drop
People who joined us on our "journey":
65th Brehn (Fetchland Tendrils): 3-4-1
69th MasterC on MTGSalvat (DStompy): 3-3 drop
Round 1: Till Micheler with Death 'n' Taxes
In the first 3 Turns I assume that he is playing Stax because of Wasteland on my Tropical Island and Flagstones of Trokair, but when he tried to play Samurai of the Pale Curtain, I daze it and decide NOT to Brainstorm-Fetch away my Counterbalance Engine and lock him away after I revealed a Oblivion Stone for Mangara when Balance was still blind. Lucky me.
Game 2 I fail to resolve some critters and I am 1 turn too slow. He races me with 3 (!) Serra Avenger.
Game 3 I locked him again with CB-Top after I played Needle on Aether Vial on which he was relying. The only lands I see on his side are Plains and Port,
but then he is on the safe way to lose.
2-1 Win, 1-0-0
Round 2: Christian Schäfer with The Perfect Loam/Eternal Garden
Game 1 takes like infinite time, I could not find the 2nd Pithing Needle to shut of those fucking Maze of Iths. I eventually found them, but 1 turn to late. I get fucked by Ghost Quarter and Tabernacle.
Game 2 was also very time-consuming, but I have CB-Top and 2 needles on Wasteland and Ghost Quarter. With a Oblivion Ring on Top I counter about 5 Spells (Crucible, Witness, Predator, Propaganda, Trinket Mage). He is out of gas and only draws lands, but has got a Zuran Orb, 2 Explorations and a Crucible in play already. I have 2 Goyf and 1 Enforcer and he has got a shitload of lands, 3 Mishra's Factory and 1 annoying Tabernacle at Predrell Vale.
Since those 3 Mishras can race me, I don't attack for about 12 turns and he has also nothing to do but to gain 4 or 6 life per turn with his boardposition.
I only need my fucking 3rd Needle which I obviously boarded in.
But then, when there were about 7 minutes remaining, he began to do this in EVERY EOT-step of mine:
1) Activate Mishra A
2) Activate Mishra B
3) Activate Mishra C
4) Mishra A pumps Mishra C
5) Mishra B pumps Mishra A
6) Mishra C pumps Mishra B
In this time, 3 judges gathered around us and were observing the whole thing.
I rip Wheel of Sun and Moon from the top which shuts off ALL his stupid recursion-engine-shenanigans and decide to dig for the 3rd Needle because I have to try it to win. I am successful, play Needle. He sacrafices all but 6 lands (3 and Mishras) and so I say "Mishra" and swing for 18, for 18, for 18 and in the 3rd Extraturn, he's done for it.
So it's 1-1, 1-0-1.
But some minutes afterwards, a Judge approaches and tells me that they are going to DQ my opponent for that Mishra-EOT-pump-gayness and that they will give me the 2-1 Win. I have to write a statement and get the 2-1 Win.
-> 2-1 Win, 2-0-0
3. Round: Manuel Faber with UBw Faeries
I hardly remember anything of this match, I only see Ruins, Shackles (-> solved my Pithing Needle) and some Vendilion Cliques that die immediately due to StoP in response to the CiP-trigger. I counter a Bitterblossom and have the biggest Goyfs ever seen.
Game 2 he seems to be screwed or flooded, I don't know, but I manage to bait him with Geese and resolve some Tarmogoyfs again which are larger than Faeries. I remember him having 5 mana, but EOT playing Enlightened Tutor for Chrome Mox (only 1 mana open), activates SDT and in response I play Predict and mill his Mox away. He scopps afterwards.
2-0 Win, 3-0-0
4. Round: Peter Hauck with RBg Vialgoblins
I know him from Hassloch and he has somehow got the routine to bash by head in with 2-3 Warren Wierding in a row.
But this time I have ALL my removalspells and soem counters, so I can also prevent him from recovering with Wort, Boggart Auntie. Enforcer beats him withing 3 Turns.
Game 2 I have even more removalspells (BEBs ftw.!) and more critters online. I Krosan Grip his Vial on which he was dependant and he has only got Mountain and Port. So he loses against 4 green men.
2-0 Win, 4-0-0
5. Round: Marius "wasteland" Hausmann With UWb Landstill (what else?)
Game 1 was sooo fucking close, I could manage to get some serious pressure after countering 2 or 3 Standstill or so and also managed to find my 2 Rings against his 2 Humilities. He tried to blow away my Goyf with 3 WoG (I daze 2 of them, I could not prevent the 3rd one) and then runs out of gas. Additionally, i resolve CB-Top while he has got 0 handcard. He draws ENGINEERED EXPLOSIVES and blows away my 2 Rings, getting 2 Humilities back. I scoop since I will now eventually lose.
But he really crapped his pants :-P (Quote him: "Phew. Frankly, you have been the best Threshold player I've ever seen by now.")
Game 2 I assemble CB and Gaddock PLUS Needle on Mishra, but I was still a littlebit pissed from Game 1 and forgot to stack the top cards with Ponder properly. So he simply plays StoP to handle Gaddock. -.-
And afterwards, he screwed me with his 1-of Dust Bowl.
2-0 Loss, 4-1-0
Whatever, Landstill is a match I may lose, but game 1 was still the bitterness.
6. Round: Christoph Weitkamp with UBg Faeries.
Last year I saw him playing Cephalid Breakfast and some months before I saw him on the 1st place at some random tourney with Aggroloam. So I keep a hand with CB-Top, Goyf, Ponder, Lands. But he does like 2nd turn Bitterblossom against which I somehow lose. Busted.
But I win Game 2 and 3 since I have Krosan grips against his Bitterblossoms and Counterbalance-Top for everything else. I also didn't saw any creatures but 1 Spellstutter Sprites and some Goyfs I counter. 7/8 Goyfs finish him off.
2-1 Win, 5-1-0
7. Round: Simon "Van Phanel" Ritzka with Solidarity
This was my personal waterloo that day. He is afraid of the matchup and offers me a draw, but I refuse since I am confident about the matchup. I was overconfidant.
Game 1 I have Counterbalance-Top and a Goose. But I fail to get Threshold because I've drawn crap like Needles and StoPs and additionally, he baits me with Turnabouts. I am stupid and counter them. The he goes Cryptic Command -> Win.
Game 2 I didn't mull and only had lands and critters.
2-0 Loss, 5-2-0. I did everything so wrong, I'm such a stupid retard...
8. Runde: Pascal Tschirner with RB Goblins
Game 1 he keeps a hand with a lot of Piledrivers and nothing else. I have enought removal for his Warchiefs and I ramp up to 6 mana and remove his last 2 Goblins with double-Ring and swing for 15 or so...
Game 2 I kept a way too reactive hand. i had like INFINITE Forces and Blasts and also all my Needles, but I only saw 1 Enforcer which gets fragged by a Warren Wierding.
Game 3 I have one big Enforcer and he has got again only a few Piledrivers.
With Enforcer on board, he plays Magus of the Moon which i ignore since I have the 6/6 Flyer. The next 3 draws were: Force, Blast, Blast (I already have the Island). So I really ignore it. He beats me with 1 lonely Piledriver and tries to resolve a Earwig Squad. With Badlands and Magus of the Moon in play. I then realized that he colorscrewed himself and beat him down. After the lethal damage resolved, he dropped his 3 card onto the table and extends his hand. I see 2 Squads and Warren Wierding. Colorscrewed HIMSELF, haha.
2-1 Win, 6-2-0
So I have 18 points and end up on place 10. Chris "Windux" Wilczek was on place 11 with ITF. He too ended up 6-2-0.
Although I fucked up 2 games, at least I didn't made any other faults in other games.
Well, so here's my list, I did not post the boardingplans since they should be obvious:
// Lands
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [B] Tundra
1 [A] Island
4 [B] Tropical Island
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
// Creatures
4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
2 [OD] Mystic Enforcer
// Spells
4 [MM] Brainstorm
4 [NE] Daze
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [B] Swords to Plowshares
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
3 [OD] Predict
4 [LRW] Ponder
3 [CS] Counterbalance
2 [10E] Pithing Needle
2 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [CS] Counterbalance
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 3 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 4 [B] Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 3 [SHM] Wheel of Sun and Moon
-> such a nice, pimp and strong deck. But I am still a retard. I could have easily go Top8 if I did not screw up the game against Solidarity or simply accept the ID.
Here a link to a compact coverage and Top8 lists:
http://www.planetmtg.de/articles/artikel.html?id=4288
Alex "mackaber" Mack went Top8 with a slightly modified build of BreathWeapons TarmoTog.
By the way, I won 6 Lorwyn Boosters... trash.
But overall, it was a good metagame, not influenced by any hypes and therefore balanced.
So Team SPOD's breakdown was:
10th Adan (UGw Gro): 6-2
36th Der_imaginäre_Freund (Loam): 4-2-2
53rd Locutus (Goblins): 4-4
85th DerHeiler (Rock): 3-3 drop
106th Yulyn (Aggro Loam): 2-6
119th spiritofthewretch (Rifter): 1-2-2 drop
140th ChefKoch (Pile): 0-3 drop
People who joined us on our "journey":
65th Brehn (Fetchland Tendrils): 3-4-1
69th MasterC on MTGSalvat (DStompy): 3-3 drop