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12-02-2011, 07:42 PM
Next Level *****: double report weekend legacy
After the GP I only made 1change to this deck. I played the 4th spell snare(previously chaos warp) and played it in a 40 man tournament and lost in the finals vs. a teammate with Bant. Last weekend I decided to test out Life from the Loam in that slot and it worked out great as expected. Here is a quick report with my matches from both tournaments. I didn’t take too many notes so I will try to reconstruct the matches as good as I can. First off, the deck:
NLT: [Next Level *****]
4 scalding tarn
2 polluted delta
2 flooded strand
3 tropical island
3 volcanic island
4 wasteland
2 island
1 mountain
4 brainstorm
2 ponder
4 lightning bolt
1 fire//ice
2 jace,TMS
1 life from the loam
3 spell snare
4 force of will
2 counterspell
4 stifle
4 tarmogoyf
3 snapcaster mage
2 grim lavamancer
3 vendilion clique
SB:
4 REB
2 spell pierce
1 tormod’s crypt
2 relic of progenitus
1 grim lavamancer
3 submerge
2 mind harness
Saturday- Outpost Masters – Brussels(BE) 103 players
R1-Tempo ***** [2-0]
G1 he plays a t1 mongoose so I know what he’s playing, fetch basics and play around potential daze/stifle and eventually win a close game. G2 I keep him off his creatures and take over the game.
R2- Ichorid[2-0]
G1 I FoW his discard outlet and kill him some turns later. G2 2-3 goyfs finish it really quickly.
R3- UW Stoneblade[2-0]
G1 I think I have the game and decide to play clique EOT to kill his jace(instead of recasting goyf- which he bounced),but he top-decked a karakas. Some turns later I take his Jace down and win. G2 I have too much counters with reb’s etc,.. and take control of the game.
R4- Team America[1-2]
G1 I mull to 6 and he gets a goyf online at some point to finish it. G2 is a close game and now I win the counterwar and beat him with a goyf. G3 he kept a hand with 3goyfs. Unfortunately, 2 of them resolve along with a liliana…and I scoop it up.
R5- BG Control Homebrew [2-0]
Some things happen and Jace lands both games…^^ He played with veteran explorer ,recurring nightmare/witness etc..
R6- Imperial Painter[2-1]
I win g1 but he gets a t1-2 Blood Moon g2 and combos off some turns later. In G3 I mull to 5 with waste as my only land. I waste his land and draw a fetch 2turns later. He made a mistake here with painter in play and activating grindstone so I could respond with fetch-> REB painter. I FoW a SDT and Imperial Recruiter and eventually get my 2nd land and play 2 tarmogoyfs for the win.
R7-ID
QF- Pattern of Rebirth[2-0]
Both games I can LB, grim, snapcaster -> LB his guys and finish it.
SF- Combo elves[0-2]
G1 I mull to 6,counter a glimpse and cantrip but he combo’s off t3. In g2 I keep a decent hand with ponder,island,fetch,lb,goyf,clique and something else. Ponder gives me no land so I shuffle. Next turn I decide to fetch for volcanic to EOT LB his guy. But then I brainstorm into waste,goyf,goyf and I clique a goyf away 2turns later just to draw the 4th one ><
So I end up in 3th place and get a volcanic island and a FTV:Exiled box for my troubles. Team America (my R4 opponent) splits the 15 duals in final with the Combo Elves player.
Sunday – Dutch Legacy Championship-Eindhoven(NL) 145 players
R1-Rock[2-0]
G1 we trade some removal and I counter some spells and she lands a Bitterblossom somewhere but I am able to race with 2 goyfs and a grim lavamancer. In g2 I go t1 grim,t2 goyf,t3 clique and a t5 jace while fow’ing something in between.
R2- TES[2-0]
Same person I played in GP day2. One of the best combo players out there so I know I still have to focus. But I have a good MU and have enough counters both games. He also made t8.
R3- Reanimator[2-1]
This is a very good MU, as I was currently 12-0 against it in games . I win g1 with a V. Clique after stifling an animate dead and snaring an exhume but lose g2 against a t2 reanimate for Jin with double counter backup. G3 goes like it is supposed to go and I have way too many counters/disruption.
R4- NO rug[0-2]
G1 he gets out 2goyfs,one which he fow’ed trough and my jace gets active too late and I have to start chumping.. G2 I waste+stifle/bolt him down to just a single forest(he had 4cards in hand then) vs. my 5land in play and 2 submerge in hand. Unfortunately I draw 7 land in a row without fetching.. so I lose..This was very disappointing. He also made it to t8.
R5- ANT[2-0]
Good MU as usual so nothing exciting here. I have stifles for his fetches along with a big counterwall. He almost goes off g2 but I drew a clique somewhere to make sure that didn’t happen.
R6- UW Stoneforge[2-0]
We both counter stuff and I eventually get him down to 11,then my clique gets fire//ice’d. But I have enough card advantage already and proceed to burn him out with 3bolt+FI. In g2 the REB’s come in and I take control of the game again at some point. He played very solid, but my counters are cheaper and REB does its job post side..
R7- Burn[2-1]
I didn’t see this guy in the rounds before so I really had no idea what he was playing.. I expected something combo like because I didn’t get a chance to scout his deck.
In G1 I kept a hand with fetch,waste,other spells and drew 2 wastes so my Jace only landed t6 .I almost got back in the game with my Jace and Goyf but he had 1 turn to topdeck a burnspell, which he promptly did. G2 I can counter/remove his guys at the right time and finish him with a Goyf. G3 I have a good hand, but as it turned out I needed all my counters because he topdecked everything he needed(reb,pop,fireblast)… and I win in some very close games.
R8- ID
We decided to split t8 and each get 175 euro. At the end I was very satisfied with the deck and I will keep the MD like it is now. In the 4 tournaments I played this deck in post MM I am 30-8-4(W-L-D;t8 included).The loam was definitely worth the slot. It allowed me to come back in games and fetch the extra lands away. Besides that, it can just win or help a lot in certain MU’s like Team America or Tempo *****. I am testing some different cards in the SB at the moment, because the only things I don’t want to see are Tarmogoyfs and KotR’s and the submerges have been underperforming lately.
Thx for reading!
After the GP I only made 1change to this deck. I played the 4th spell snare(previously chaos warp) and played it in a 40 man tournament and lost in the finals vs. a teammate with Bant. Last weekend I decided to test out Life from the Loam in that slot and it worked out great as expected. Here is a quick report with my matches from both tournaments. I didn’t take too many notes so I will try to reconstruct the matches as good as I can. First off, the deck:
NLT: [Next Level *****]
4 scalding tarn
2 polluted delta
2 flooded strand
3 tropical island
3 volcanic island
4 wasteland
2 island
1 mountain
4 brainstorm
2 ponder
4 lightning bolt
1 fire//ice
2 jace,TMS
1 life from the loam
3 spell snare
4 force of will
2 counterspell
4 stifle
4 tarmogoyf
3 snapcaster mage
2 grim lavamancer
3 vendilion clique
SB:
4 REB
2 spell pierce
1 tormod’s crypt
2 relic of progenitus
1 grim lavamancer
3 submerge
2 mind harness
Saturday- Outpost Masters – Brussels(BE) 103 players
R1-Tempo ***** [2-0]
G1 he plays a t1 mongoose so I know what he’s playing, fetch basics and play around potential daze/stifle and eventually win a close game. G2 I keep him off his creatures and take over the game.
R2- Ichorid[2-0]
G1 I FoW his discard outlet and kill him some turns later. G2 2-3 goyfs finish it really quickly.
R3- UW Stoneblade[2-0]
G1 I think I have the game and decide to play clique EOT to kill his jace(instead of recasting goyf- which he bounced),but he top-decked a karakas. Some turns later I take his Jace down and win. G2 I have too much counters with reb’s etc,.. and take control of the game.
R4- Team America[1-2]
G1 I mull to 6 and he gets a goyf online at some point to finish it. G2 is a close game and now I win the counterwar and beat him with a goyf. G3 he kept a hand with 3goyfs. Unfortunately, 2 of them resolve along with a liliana…and I scoop it up.
R5- BG Control Homebrew [2-0]
Some things happen and Jace lands both games…^^ He played with veteran explorer ,recurring nightmare/witness etc..
R6- Imperial Painter[2-1]
I win g1 but he gets a t1-2 Blood Moon g2 and combos off some turns later. In G3 I mull to 5 with waste as my only land. I waste his land and draw a fetch 2turns later. He made a mistake here with painter in play and activating grindstone so I could respond with fetch-> REB painter. I FoW a SDT and Imperial Recruiter and eventually get my 2nd land and play 2 tarmogoyfs for the win.
R7-ID
QF- Pattern of Rebirth[2-0]
Both games I can LB, grim, snapcaster -> LB his guys and finish it.
SF- Combo elves[0-2]
G1 I mull to 6,counter a glimpse and cantrip but he combo’s off t3. In g2 I keep a decent hand with ponder,island,fetch,lb,goyf,clique and something else. Ponder gives me no land so I shuffle. Next turn I decide to fetch for volcanic to EOT LB his guy. But then I brainstorm into waste,goyf,goyf and I clique a goyf away 2turns later just to draw the 4th one ><
So I end up in 3th place and get a volcanic island and a FTV:Exiled box for my troubles. Team America (my R4 opponent) splits the 15 duals in final with the Combo Elves player.
Sunday – Dutch Legacy Championship-Eindhoven(NL) 145 players
R1-Rock[2-0]
G1 we trade some removal and I counter some spells and she lands a Bitterblossom somewhere but I am able to race with 2 goyfs and a grim lavamancer. In g2 I go t1 grim,t2 goyf,t3 clique and a t5 jace while fow’ing something in between.
R2- TES[2-0]
Same person I played in GP day2. One of the best combo players out there so I know I still have to focus. But I have a good MU and have enough counters both games. He also made t8.
R3- Reanimator[2-1]
This is a very good MU, as I was currently 12-0 against it in games . I win g1 with a V. Clique after stifling an animate dead and snaring an exhume but lose g2 against a t2 reanimate for Jin with double counter backup. G3 goes like it is supposed to go and I have way too many counters/disruption.
R4- NO rug[0-2]
G1 he gets out 2goyfs,one which he fow’ed trough and my jace gets active too late and I have to start chumping.. G2 I waste+stifle/bolt him down to just a single forest(he had 4cards in hand then) vs. my 5land in play and 2 submerge in hand. Unfortunately I draw 7 land in a row without fetching.. so I lose..This was very disappointing. He also made it to t8.
R5- ANT[2-0]
Good MU as usual so nothing exciting here. I have stifles for his fetches along with a big counterwall. He almost goes off g2 but I drew a clique somewhere to make sure that didn’t happen.
R6- UW Stoneforge[2-0]
We both counter stuff and I eventually get him down to 11,then my clique gets fire//ice’d. But I have enough card advantage already and proceed to burn him out with 3bolt+FI. In g2 the REB’s come in and I take control of the game again at some point. He played very solid, but my counters are cheaper and REB does its job post side..
R7- Burn[2-1]
I didn’t see this guy in the rounds before so I really had no idea what he was playing.. I expected something combo like because I didn’t get a chance to scout his deck.
In G1 I kept a hand with fetch,waste,other spells and drew 2 wastes so my Jace only landed t6 .I almost got back in the game with my Jace and Goyf but he had 1 turn to topdeck a burnspell, which he promptly did. G2 I can counter/remove his guys at the right time and finish him with a Goyf. G3 I have a good hand, but as it turned out I needed all my counters because he topdecked everything he needed(reb,pop,fireblast)… and I win in some very close games.
R8- ID
We decided to split t8 and each get 175 euro. At the end I was very satisfied with the deck and I will keep the MD like it is now. In the 4 tournaments I played this deck in post MM I am 30-8-4(W-L-D;t8 included).The loam was definitely worth the slot. It allowed me to come back in games and fetch the extra lands away. Besides that, it can just win or help a lot in certain MU’s like Team America or Tempo *****. I am testing some different cards in the SB at the moment, because the only things I don’t want to see are Tarmogoyfs and KotR’s and the submerges have been underperforming lately.
Thx for reading!