Cook’s Kitchen – Storming into Jupiter pt. IV (NELC – 02/11/12) First Place

[Bryant Cook]

Report (http://jupitergamesonline.com/2012/1161/cooks-kitchen-storming-into-jupiter-iv-nelc-021112-first-place)

This is what a first place report looks like, ya nerds.

[rxavage]

Fantastic report. My wife thinks magic is nerdy, but she's a hairstylist into fashion and whatnot. Anyways, how does this zombies horde commander work?

[The Pharmacist]

Nice job on taking the tournament down!!! Great report also

[OurSerratedDust]

Mad respect.

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Sweet report and good job. Question though, in match 1 game 2, why didn't you go for the safe IGG win? Was it just for the chance to showboat into Grapeshot, or just to play around if he ripped a daze?

[Sloshthedark]

haven't lost to Goblins since 2007, lost G1 to monowhite =D

[The Pharmacist]

haven't lost to Goblins since 2007, lost G1 to monowhite =D

He also can"t beat mono green

[I am the brainwasher]

" Ad Nauseam reveals Tendrils, Ad Nauseam, and a bunch of other cards. It was a pretty bad Ad Nauseam. "

- Bryant Cook


Glad you figured that one out:wink:.
I wish there would be more Storm-players on such a high level, good job.

[Piceli89]

Nice report, even if I always seek very questionable plays from your opponents when watching videos where you play, which makes me a bit skeptical about the degree of "difficulty" in reaching the victory.

For example, the first round against the GWu Maverick, where he attacks with Qasali and then immediately after proceeds to crack the LED with it.
Why, on earth? Why not to wait at least until you play a Ritual and crack it with that on stack, so that it is more difficult for you to calculate if you have enough mana to combo off even without those 3 mana. Your only chance to bypass that step was having a tutor and other 3 non-rituals mana, something like land-petal-petal-tutor-LED cracked without passing priority.But you also mulled to 5, so it was less likely from you to manage to go for it the turn after.
Also, he taps his only source of blue mana (Tundra), whereas he could have bluffed Spell Pierce or Flusterstorm, which is videly played by those varieties of Maverick post-board and that could have made you think a little more about what to do. I mean, not trying to be a jerkoff, but it surely must be way easier to Storm out your opponents if they provide such clear signs of not having anything at all to stop you.

A similar argument can be made of the guy who decided to keep that Top-Balance-Delver-Daze-Pierce landless hand, which, even in the case of topdecking a land, would have either 1) assembled the lock in 2 turns but still being cold to any Duress or Pyroblast from you without a Force, 2) playing a clock if a land was found, but then being susceptible to any form of interaction/possibility to combo.
A good hand without lands against Storm Combo should be kept only in the(remote) case of having double active Force, and even in that case, you're very prone to be slowrolled until double/triple protection is found unless you find both the mana and the clock. I would have rather mulliganed another time than staying there doing absolutely nothing hoping that my opponent waits. Risky hands are to be shipped back when playing the control role.

I know these considerations fold to the usual "well said, but if you were there?" argument, but I find those mistakes rather relevant, given your premise that the Jupiter area is full of high quality- which I surely don't dare to doubt.
Perhaps it's because I'm a former Storm player and those patterns are automatic for me from the other side of the table, it could be.

Good job, nonetheless.

[Pelikanudo]

Relagted to "Game Three: Doug plays a Mother of Runes, I play a Volcanic and pass. Doug attacks and Wastelands me. I play a Gemstone Mine. Doug attacks again with his Mom [editor's note: Mom = Mother of Runes, Doug's mother did not attack Bryant]. I play a Chrome Mox (Imprinting: Burning Wish), Burning Wish for Past in Flames and pass. Doug plays an Aura of Silence, attacks, and passes. I draw and cast Brainstorm. Play a land, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, Past in Flames, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, Burning Wish, Tendrils of Agony!"

Is that posssible?
I don't think so.

[akmalik]

I don't see your point. Burning Wish was in his hand or whats the problem?

[KevinTrudeau]

Is that posssible?
I don't think so.

He had three Burning Wish in hand before fetching up PiF. That, or he topdecked the third one after grabbing PiF without knowing whether or not he'd have the immediate kill on the subsequent turn (hopefully the latter).

[Beatusnox]

He had three Burning Wish in hand before fetching up PiF. That, or he topdecked the third one after grabbing PiF without knowing whether or not he'd have the immediate kill on the subsequent turn (hopefully the latter).

I think the issue is not the burning wish, its that bryant had 2 mana sources, used both for wish, the his opponent blew up the mox, and bryant used his land after drawing brainstorm, if he plays a land he only has one land to cast both red and black rituals.

At least that is what the snippet seems to imply imo.

[KevinTrudeau]

I think the issue is not the burning wish, its that bryant had 2 mana sources, used both for wish, the his opponent blew up the mox, and bryant used his land after drawing brainstorm, if he plays a land he only has one land to cast both red and black rituals.

At least that is what the snippet seems to imply imo.

Dang, I didn't even see that, although Bryant never explicitly stated that his opponent actually blew up the Mox (maybe the opponent was fearful of LEDs for some reason). The actual occurrence probably got lost in transcription (great movie btw).

[Beatusnox]

Dang, I didn't even see that, although Bryant never explicitly stated that his opponent actually blew up the Mox (maybe the opponent was fearful of LEDs for some reason). The actual occurrence probably got lost in transcription (great movie btw).


I agree Bryant didn't say Either way, from the video, it looks like he played it and didn't sacrifice it, making it force artifacts and enchants to cost ::2:: more.

[GoblinSettler]

Relagted to "Game Three: Doug plays a Mother of Runes, I play a Volcanic and pass. Doug attacks and Wastelands me. I play a Gemstone Mine. Doug attacks again with his Mom [editor's note: Mom = Mother of Runes, Doug's mother did not attack Bryant]. I play a Chrome Mox (Imprinting: Burning Wish), Burning Wish for Past in Flames and pass. Doug plays an Aura of Silence, attacks, and passes. I draw and cast Brainstorm. Play a land, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, Past in Flames, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, Burning Wish, Tendrils of Agony!"

Is that posssible?
I don't think so.

Volcanic wastelanded. Gemstone Mine in play. Chrome Mox on Red. Use a Mine counter to wish for Past in Flames.

New turn.

Tap Mine for U, cast Brainstorm. Play land (that I assume taps for black). Tap Chrome Mox for R. Cast Rite of Flame x2. Now, tap the newly played land for B and Dark Ritual. That's RRRBBB in the pool, right?

Past in Flames leaves RB in the pool. Rituals again, back to RRRBBB. Burning wish for tendrils. RRBB (or whatever) in the pool. Cast Tendrils.

Seems Legit. Am I missing something?

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Volcanic wastelanded. Gemstone Mine in play. Chrome Mox on Red. Use a Mine counter to wish for Past in Flames.

New turn.

Tap Mine for U, cast Brainstorm. Play land (that I assume taps for black). Tap Chrome Mox for R. Cast Rite of Flame x2. Now, tap the newly played land for B and Dark Ritual. That's RRRBBB in the pool, right?

Past in Flames leaves RB in the pool. Rituals again, back to RRRBBB. Burning wish for tendrils. RRBB (or whatever) in the pool. Cast Tendrils.

Seems Legit. Am I missing something?

Other than the fact that 2 Rite is RRRR, that seems correct. From watching the video everything seems legit. Which is why videos will always be better than written stuffs.

[Bryant Cook]

So... has this been cleared up? I'm pretty positive I didn't cheat and this is a matter of not being able to count.

EDIT: Doug never blew up my mox, he wanted to stop future artifacts from coming down.

[GoblinSettler]

So... has this been cleared up? I'm pretty positive I didn't cheat and this is a matter of not being able to count.

EDIT: Doug never blew up my mox, he wanted to stop future artifacts from coming down.

The sequence of plays you described has no problems that I can see. Even with my counting off, it still worked.

[thefringthing]

You heard it here first, folks: Bryant Cook is the savagest of scumbags and has never won a match of Magic legitimately in his entire life.

[Water_Wizard]

Bryant,
Congrats on the win and thanks for the informative reports!
Quick questions-
Round 1 against BANT Maverick, why not bring in the Wipe Away and leave the Silent Departure in the board as a Burning Wish target?
Good luck in Indy!

[Bryant Cook]

1.) Wipeaway is three damage off of Ad Nauseam.
2.) Grapeshot is still in the sideboard to deal with other creatures.

[Water_Wizard]

Thank you!