mishima_kazuya
12-30-2011, 06:01 PM
Due to schoolwork and research and some more responsibilities I had to disappear from the PTQ and Legacy scene. Having not played magic since October I figured Top Deck Game's first big Legacy tournament was a good place to start.
// Lands
1 [MR] Plains (4)
4 [A] Tundra
2 [MR] Island (4)
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [TE] Wasteland
2 [A] Underground Sea
4 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (4)
1 [WWK] Creeping Tar Pit
1 [A] Scrubland
// Creatures
2 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
3 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
// Spells
3 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 [IA] Swords to Plowshares
4 [IA] Brainstorm
3 [AL] Force of Will
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
2 [LRW] Thoughtseize
2 [ROE] Inquisition of Kozilek
4 [OD] Standstill
1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
1 [ALA] Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 [MM] Counterspell
1 [MBS] Go for the Throat
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
SB: 2 [CFX] Path to Exile
SB: 2 [PT] Wrath of God
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 [TE] Disenchant
SB: 2 [TE] Perish
SB: 3 [PS] Meddling Mage
I decided the cut the Stoneforge Mystics as the format is full of Punishing Fires and Delver decks with a million burn spells.
Round 1: UG Tempo
One for one with removal, draw a lot of cards with Standstill and Jace and giggle.
1-0 matches
Round 2: Esperblade
Don't remember much from this match except that I screwed up game 2 with how I played Vendillion Clique and Snapcaster Mage and barely won game 3 on time.
2-0 in matches
Round 3:UR Delver aggro
I kept 2 Standstills on the draw, not knowing what he was playing. Then he played a turn 1 delver and I drew another Standstill and lost pretty quickly.
I sided in both Path to Exiles and won game 2 without casting a single removal spell when he mana screwed and I milled him with Jace.
Game 3 I kept a hand with 2 Swords to Plowshares. I slowrolled my Swords to play around Daze and got blown out by Surgical Extraction for Swords to Plowshares.
2-1 in matches
Round 4: Canadian thresh with Delver
I got Stifled and Wastelanded out of mana when I made some greedy choices for my mana.
I drew a million removal spells game 2 and 3 and won those pretty easily, this time playing around both Daze and Surgical Extraction.
3-1
Round 5: ID with UGRb Counterbalance
3-1-1
Top 8: Bant
I won this match, but I did screw up game 3 when I played a little too fast and ran out a Standstill into his Misty Rainforest. He somehow did not have a Dryad Arbor in his Maindeck which surprised him and myself.
Top 4: UGRb counterbalance
I won game 1 by crushing him with 2 for 1s.
Games 2 and 3 were pretty lopsided as he had REBs and Pyroblasts to win counterwars. I didn't side in all 3 Surgical Extractions thinking it was a bad idea to give him more 1 drops to counter with Counterbalance. But in hindsight I probably should have sided in Surgical Extrations to extract his Pyroblasts.
Overall it was a good experience. Top Deck Games had a very beautiful interior and plenty of game space. The prices on the supplies and cards were competitively priced too. If it wasn't for school I would probably come back for the weekly Monday Night Legacy tournaments. Props to Nick Coss for creating a great place for gaming.
// Lands
1 [MR] Plains (4)
4 [A] Tundra
2 [MR] Island (4)
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [TE] Wasteland
2 [A] Underground Sea
4 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (4)
1 [WWK] Creeping Tar Pit
1 [A] Scrubland
// Creatures
2 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
3 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
// Spells
3 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 [IA] Swords to Plowshares
4 [IA] Brainstorm
3 [AL] Force of Will
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
2 [LRW] Thoughtseize
2 [ROE] Inquisition of Kozilek
4 [OD] Standstill
1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
1 [ALA] Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 [MM] Counterspell
1 [MBS] Go for the Throat
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
SB: 2 [CFX] Path to Exile
SB: 2 [PT] Wrath of God
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 [TE] Disenchant
SB: 2 [TE] Perish
SB: 3 [PS] Meddling Mage
I decided the cut the Stoneforge Mystics as the format is full of Punishing Fires and Delver decks with a million burn spells.
Round 1: UG Tempo
One for one with removal, draw a lot of cards with Standstill and Jace and giggle.
1-0 matches
Round 2: Esperblade
Don't remember much from this match except that I screwed up game 2 with how I played Vendillion Clique and Snapcaster Mage and barely won game 3 on time.
2-0 in matches
Round 3:UR Delver aggro
I kept 2 Standstills on the draw, not knowing what he was playing. Then he played a turn 1 delver and I drew another Standstill and lost pretty quickly.
I sided in both Path to Exiles and won game 2 without casting a single removal spell when he mana screwed and I milled him with Jace.
Game 3 I kept a hand with 2 Swords to Plowshares. I slowrolled my Swords to play around Daze and got blown out by Surgical Extraction for Swords to Plowshares.
2-1 in matches
Round 4: Canadian thresh with Delver
I got Stifled and Wastelanded out of mana when I made some greedy choices for my mana.
I drew a million removal spells game 2 and 3 and won those pretty easily, this time playing around both Daze and Surgical Extraction.
3-1
Round 5: ID with UGRb Counterbalance
3-1-1
Top 8: Bant
I won this match, but I did screw up game 3 when I played a little too fast and ran out a Standstill into his Misty Rainforest. He somehow did not have a Dryad Arbor in his Maindeck which surprised him and myself.
Top 4: UGRb counterbalance
I won game 1 by crushing him with 2 for 1s.
Games 2 and 3 were pretty lopsided as he had REBs and Pyroblasts to win counterwars. I didn't side in all 3 Surgical Extractions thinking it was a bad idea to give him more 1 drops to counter with Counterbalance. But in hindsight I probably should have sided in Surgical Extrations to extract his Pyroblasts.
Overall it was a good experience. Top Deck Games had a very beautiful interior and plenty of game space. The prices on the supplies and cards were competitively priced too. If it wasn't for school I would probably come back for the weekly Monday Night Legacy tournaments. Props to Nick Coss for creating a great place for gaming.