Tom T
12-13-2010, 01:49 PM
Hey guys,
yesterday I participated in my first legacy tournament ever. :laugh:
It has been 3 years since the last tournament (standard).
I expected a lot of tendrills-decks and aggro.
The list:
Sharp Goblins
//Mainboard
Lands [22]
15 Mountain
4 Wasteland
3 Rishadan Port
Standard Package [26]
4 Vial
4 Lackey
4 Piledriver
4 Warchief
4 Matron
4 Ringleader
2 Siege-Gang Commander
Flexibel Slots [12]
3 Gempalm Incinerator
3 Mogg War Marshal
1 Goblin Chieftain
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Skirk Prospector
3 Lightning Bolt
//Sideboard [15]
3 Relic of Progenitus (Random GY-hate)
4 Chalice of the Void (TES, AnT, Thresh, Stiflenaught)
4 Pyrokinesis (UG-Survival, GW-Survival, Goblins, Merfolk, Zoo, Elves, <insert random small aggro-deck>)
3 Pithing Needle (CounterTop, Equipment, Survival, Grindstone, Affinity, a lot more)
1 Tuktuk Scrapper (Equipment, Dreadnaught, other scary artifacts)
With this list I tested A LOT against (Small) Zoo, Big Zoo, Affinity, GW-survival, UGW-Survival and URg-Thresh.
The first 5 decks were a pain in the butt all the time, but I knew these were my baddest match-ups. This mindset kept me from losing faith in the deck. :smile: It quickly became clear that post-board Pyrokinesis really shined against a lot of match-ups. :cool:
There were 28 enthousiasts who came all the way to Eindhoven for a couple of games. In the same store there was a Constructed PTQ with like 60 participants.
Before the tournament began I took a look around to see what I could expect from the other players.
I saw some The Rock, Zoo and UG-Survival. There also were a lot of Goblin-decks (5 out of 28).
But! No TES/AnT! :laugh:
[Round 1] Tristan with UG-Survival
Game 1)
As I head to my first opponent I recognize him as the UG-Survival player.
This is my chance to test my skills against the deck.
We both mull to 6.
I start of with a Lackey, but he has a Rootwalla that keeps preventing free goblins.
He gets a jitte online, while I matron for a Skirk Prospector. He thinks it's an odd choice, until I
block-sac a goblin for the first time.
For three turns this keeps his jitte from getting counters.
In that time I build a small army. He gets Survival and with 4 lands
(one of them is a Gaea's Cradle) he gets there with the Vengevines.
Out: 3 Mogg War Marshal, 1 Goblin Chieftain, 1 Gempalm Incinerator
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
He mulls to 5 and I keep my 7.
I start of with mountain lackey go.
He plays a Forest, Noble Hierarch
I attack with lackey, he blocks, and I play a Vial.
He plays Mongrel and passes.
The next few turns we are both mana screwed and both stick at 2 lands.
I keep him of 2 mana with port and can build my army because of Matron->Skirk Prospector.
In the meantime I vial in some warchiefs and ringleaders which only reveal other Ringleaders.
Eventually I kill him with some Piledrivers after destroying his Jitte with Tuktuk.
Out: 1 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Piledriver, 1 Vial
In: 3 Pithing Needle
Game 3)
He mulls to 3, I mull to 6.
He plays forest go
I play mountain lackey go.
He plays a Tropical Island and passes
I play wasteland, Pithing Needle @ survival, waste his Tropical Island, Pyrokinesis his Rootwalla,
attack with Lackey and get myself a Matron, which gets a Sharpshooter.
He plays a land and a mongrel.
I keep him of mana with port (with a waste as backup), keep his
hand empty by bolting his Mongrel and build my army. Later on I swing for the win.
1-0
[Round 2] Joost with Zoo
I knew this guy played Zoo and besides I tested a lot against the
deck I must say I was quite sad with the second 'bad match-up for goblins'.
Game 1)
I get to play first and we both keep our original 7.
I play mountain vial go.
He fetches a Taiga, Nacatl, go
I play Rishadan Port go.
The next few turns I mess up his mana with the Rishadan port and
2 Wasteland. I get a couple of hits from his nacatl, which
eventually dies to a Sharpshooter with a MWM trigger. He burns a
lot of my creatures and eventually scoops.
Out: 2 Piledriver, 2 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Chieftain
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
We both mull to 6
He plays 1st turn Grim lavamancer. I get a Lackey which he destroys using Lightning Helix.
I waste his non-basic, leaving him with a mountain and a lavamancer.
He plays Horizon Canopy and Lavamancer attacks.
Next turn I get to port his Mountain and he has no land drop.
He attacks with his Lavamancer and after I waste his Horizon Canopy he has to use Path to Exile on his own Lavamancer.
From here on I win the game because of MWM and Piledriver.
2-0
I'm going nuts here. :eek: My first tourney, 2 bad matchups and I won 2 times already. Wonderful feeling!
[Round 3] Steven with Dreadstill
Game 1)
I forgot if we mulled or not.
I start of with mountain, vial, go.
He starts off with Underground Sea, go
I play Rishadan Port go
In his upkeep I tap his Sea and he plays an Island and Ponder.
EOT I vial in Lackey. He sighs.
My turn I waste his sea and connect with Lackey into Warchief
He gets a land but can't stop piledriver, lackey, warchief.
Out: 3 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Chieftain, 1 MWM
In: 4 Chalice of the Void, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
He gets manascrewed and my single wasteland, 2 piledriver,
warchief and MWM end the round.
After this I test against his TES-deck. He tells me how the deck works, apart from winning quickly by a massive storm-count. He
also explains his sideboard, hate and anti-hate. What a great guy!
I prepared a bit for this match-up but the only combodecks around were 2 Solidarity-decks.
3-0
[Round 4] Really nice guy but I forgot his name with (Big?)
Zoo with Noble Hierarch
It's his second tournament and since it's my first tournament we don't know if we can draw intentionally.
We ask some veterans and decide to draw.
After this we play a round which i win 2-0 because of Wasteland/Port/MWM/Lightning Bolt/Pyrokinesis(!!!)/Vial
3-0-1
[Round 5] Brenda with BGW Rock + Mox Diamond, Maze of Ith
Because she is first with 11 points and I'm second with 10 points, we decide to draw.
Because she's hungry we only play 1 game (without board).
First few turns I have Vial and keep her of 3 mana with Rishadan Port.
She has Maze of Ith to prevent some damage.
She keeps on playing discard spells like Thoughtseize, Hymn to Tourach and Inquisition of Kozilek.
Eventually she gets 4 mana while I keep attacking with just one
Piledriver. She topdecks 2 Goyf and 2 KotR, while she's on 8
life. I get Sharpshooter thanks to matron and keep on blocking with goblins like
MWM, while I shoot damage with sharpshooter.
Eventually I attack with 3 creatures when she's on 3 life.
I shoot her to 0 life with Sharpshooter as my goblins die in
combat.
I really feared StP at that moment.
3-0-2
I'm Top8! Wow! :laugh:
Funny thing was that 4 out of 5 of my opponents went top8. I don't know if this is common or not, though.
[Top8, Quarterfinals] Nice guy with U/B Merfolk
Game 1)
I mull to 6 and he keeps his 7.
He gets to play first. Turn1 underground sea, Vial
I waste his U-sea and pass
He gets Island and pass
I play mountain and get lackey
Next turn he has vial@2 and I'm about to attack with Lackey, but choose not to.
He EOT vials in a Coralhelm Commander.
Later on I have to break a Standstill and from here on it looks bad for me.
He finishes me with three lords and some other fish.
Out: 3 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Mogg War Marshal, 1 Skirk Prospector
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
We both get 2 vial in the first and second turn. He has a lot of lords and I have 2 piledrive and a Warchief.
I'm waiting for more goblins to go lethal with port backup for his Mutavault.
I get Pyrokinesis (too late) but no goblins.
He taps my warchief before he stomps me out of Top8 with 4 lords, Cursecatcher and a Mutavault.
I win a Scalding Tarn and end a succesful first legacy tournament with a 5th place. :smile:
I realized that Wasteland and Rishadan Port are even better than I thought they were. Zoo is even an easy match-up with the
manadenial-plan, MWM and Lightning Bolt.
Merfolk isn't a hard match-up for Goblins I've heard, but I didn't know how to play the game. Next time I'll be prepared.:smile:
Grt, Tom
yesterday I participated in my first legacy tournament ever. :laugh:
It has been 3 years since the last tournament (standard).
I expected a lot of tendrills-decks and aggro.
The list:
Sharp Goblins
//Mainboard
Lands [22]
15 Mountain
4 Wasteland
3 Rishadan Port
Standard Package [26]
4 Vial
4 Lackey
4 Piledriver
4 Warchief
4 Matron
4 Ringleader
2 Siege-Gang Commander
Flexibel Slots [12]
3 Gempalm Incinerator
3 Mogg War Marshal
1 Goblin Chieftain
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Skirk Prospector
3 Lightning Bolt
//Sideboard [15]
3 Relic of Progenitus (Random GY-hate)
4 Chalice of the Void (TES, AnT, Thresh, Stiflenaught)
4 Pyrokinesis (UG-Survival, GW-Survival, Goblins, Merfolk, Zoo, Elves, <insert random small aggro-deck>)
3 Pithing Needle (CounterTop, Equipment, Survival, Grindstone, Affinity, a lot more)
1 Tuktuk Scrapper (Equipment, Dreadnaught, other scary artifacts)
With this list I tested A LOT against (Small) Zoo, Big Zoo, Affinity, GW-survival, UGW-Survival and URg-Thresh.
The first 5 decks were a pain in the butt all the time, but I knew these were my baddest match-ups. This mindset kept me from losing faith in the deck. :smile: It quickly became clear that post-board Pyrokinesis really shined against a lot of match-ups. :cool:
There were 28 enthousiasts who came all the way to Eindhoven for a couple of games. In the same store there was a Constructed PTQ with like 60 participants.
Before the tournament began I took a look around to see what I could expect from the other players.
I saw some The Rock, Zoo and UG-Survival. There also were a lot of Goblin-decks (5 out of 28).
But! No TES/AnT! :laugh:
[Round 1] Tristan with UG-Survival
Game 1)
As I head to my first opponent I recognize him as the UG-Survival player.
This is my chance to test my skills against the deck.
We both mull to 6.
I start of with a Lackey, but he has a Rootwalla that keeps preventing free goblins.
He gets a jitte online, while I matron for a Skirk Prospector. He thinks it's an odd choice, until I
block-sac a goblin for the first time.
For three turns this keeps his jitte from getting counters.
In that time I build a small army. He gets Survival and with 4 lands
(one of them is a Gaea's Cradle) he gets there with the Vengevines.
Out: 3 Mogg War Marshal, 1 Goblin Chieftain, 1 Gempalm Incinerator
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
He mulls to 5 and I keep my 7.
I start of with mountain lackey go.
He plays a Forest, Noble Hierarch
I attack with lackey, he blocks, and I play a Vial.
He plays Mongrel and passes.
The next few turns we are both mana screwed and both stick at 2 lands.
I keep him of 2 mana with port and can build my army because of Matron->Skirk Prospector.
In the meantime I vial in some warchiefs and ringleaders which only reveal other Ringleaders.
Eventually I kill him with some Piledrivers after destroying his Jitte with Tuktuk.
Out: 1 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Piledriver, 1 Vial
In: 3 Pithing Needle
Game 3)
He mulls to 3, I mull to 6.
He plays forest go
I play mountain lackey go.
He plays a Tropical Island and passes
I play wasteland, Pithing Needle @ survival, waste his Tropical Island, Pyrokinesis his Rootwalla,
attack with Lackey and get myself a Matron, which gets a Sharpshooter.
He plays a land and a mongrel.
I keep him of mana with port (with a waste as backup), keep his
hand empty by bolting his Mongrel and build my army. Later on I swing for the win.
1-0
[Round 2] Joost with Zoo
I knew this guy played Zoo and besides I tested a lot against the
deck I must say I was quite sad with the second 'bad match-up for goblins'.
Game 1)
I get to play first and we both keep our original 7.
I play mountain vial go.
He fetches a Taiga, Nacatl, go
I play Rishadan Port go.
The next few turns I mess up his mana with the Rishadan port and
2 Wasteland. I get a couple of hits from his nacatl, which
eventually dies to a Sharpshooter with a MWM trigger. He burns a
lot of my creatures and eventually scoops.
Out: 2 Piledriver, 2 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Chieftain
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
We both mull to 6
He plays 1st turn Grim lavamancer. I get a Lackey which he destroys using Lightning Helix.
I waste his non-basic, leaving him with a mountain and a lavamancer.
He plays Horizon Canopy and Lavamancer attacks.
Next turn I get to port his Mountain and he has no land drop.
He attacks with his Lavamancer and after I waste his Horizon Canopy he has to use Path to Exile on his own Lavamancer.
From here on I win the game because of MWM and Piledriver.
2-0
I'm going nuts here. :eek: My first tourney, 2 bad matchups and I won 2 times already. Wonderful feeling!
[Round 3] Steven with Dreadstill
Game 1)
I forgot if we mulled or not.
I start of with mountain, vial, go.
He starts off with Underground Sea, go
I play Rishadan Port go
In his upkeep I tap his Sea and he plays an Island and Ponder.
EOT I vial in Lackey. He sighs.
My turn I waste his sea and connect with Lackey into Warchief
He gets a land but can't stop piledriver, lackey, warchief.
Out: 3 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Goblin Chieftain, 1 MWM
In: 4 Chalice of the Void, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
He gets manascrewed and my single wasteland, 2 piledriver,
warchief and MWM end the round.
After this I test against his TES-deck. He tells me how the deck works, apart from winning quickly by a massive storm-count. He
also explains his sideboard, hate and anti-hate. What a great guy!
I prepared a bit for this match-up but the only combodecks around were 2 Solidarity-decks.
3-0
[Round 4] Really nice guy but I forgot his name with (Big?)
Zoo with Noble Hierarch
It's his second tournament and since it's my first tournament we don't know if we can draw intentionally.
We ask some veterans and decide to draw.
After this we play a round which i win 2-0 because of Wasteland/Port/MWM/Lightning Bolt/Pyrokinesis(!!!)/Vial
3-0-1
[Round 5] Brenda with BGW Rock + Mox Diamond, Maze of Ith
Because she is first with 11 points and I'm second with 10 points, we decide to draw.
Because she's hungry we only play 1 game (without board).
First few turns I have Vial and keep her of 3 mana with Rishadan Port.
She has Maze of Ith to prevent some damage.
She keeps on playing discard spells like Thoughtseize, Hymn to Tourach and Inquisition of Kozilek.
Eventually she gets 4 mana while I keep attacking with just one
Piledriver. She topdecks 2 Goyf and 2 KotR, while she's on 8
life. I get Sharpshooter thanks to matron and keep on blocking with goblins like
MWM, while I shoot damage with sharpshooter.
Eventually I attack with 3 creatures when she's on 3 life.
I shoot her to 0 life with Sharpshooter as my goblins die in
combat.
I really feared StP at that moment.
3-0-2
I'm Top8! Wow! :laugh:
Funny thing was that 4 out of 5 of my opponents went top8. I don't know if this is common or not, though.
[Top8, Quarterfinals] Nice guy with U/B Merfolk
Game 1)
I mull to 6 and he keeps his 7.
He gets to play first. Turn1 underground sea, Vial
I waste his U-sea and pass
He gets Island and pass
I play mountain and get lackey
Next turn he has vial@2 and I'm about to attack with Lackey, but choose not to.
He EOT vials in a Coralhelm Commander.
Later on I have to break a Standstill and from here on it looks bad for me.
He finishes me with three lords and some other fish.
Out: 3 Gempalm Incinerator, 1 Mogg War Marshal, 1 Skirk Prospector
In: 4 Pyrokinesis, 1 Tuktuk
Game 2)
We both get 2 vial in the first and second turn. He has a lot of lords and I have 2 piledrive and a Warchief.
I'm waiting for more goblins to go lethal with port backup for his Mutavault.
I get Pyrokinesis (too late) but no goblins.
He taps my warchief before he stomps me out of Top8 with 4 lords, Cursecatcher and a Mutavault.
I win a Scalding Tarn and end a succesful first legacy tournament with a 5th place. :smile:
I realized that Wasteland and Rishadan Port are even better than I thought they were. Zoo is even an easy match-up with the
manadenial-plan, MWM and Lightning Bolt.
Merfolk isn't a hard match-up for Goblins I've heard, but I didn't know how to play the game. Next time I'll be prepared.:smile:
Grt, Tom