goblinsplayer
07-21-2014, 10:19 PM
Well, I decided to head out to SCG Baltimore Saturday with my brother because it was a reasonable 4-5 hours from my home, and I wanted to play some legacy. I chose to play the deck I always play, which is UWR Delver. Here's the list
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 True-Name Nemesis
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
Sb
4 Meddling Mage
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Rest in Peace
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Flusterstorm
1 Wear/Tear
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Swords to Plowshares
I drove down to the event site on Saturday, and played in the legacy open trial. I went 3-0-1, beating Sneak and Show 2-1, Miracles 2-0, Cloudpost MUD 2-1 and IDed with Lands so I could leave and eat dinner. I got a good night's sleep and was ready to face 9 rounds of legacy tomorrow.
Round 1 vs Manaless Dredge
G1: He chooses to be on the draw, which reveals the fact he is playing manaless dredge. I keep a relatively loose hand. He discards Phantasmagorian and kills me a couple turns later.
G2: His dredges are relatively bad and I crush him with two flipped Delvers. I remember StPing and Ichorid or two.
G3: I mull to 5 and keep: Brainstorm, 2 Wastelands, a STP and a Rest in Peace. I pass after playing a wasteland, he discards a nether shadow and passes. I draw my card... and it's a scalding tarn. Just what I needed. I slam the rest in peace and he picks his cards up.
1-0
Round 2 vs Burn
G1: Not much to say here. I daze and spell pierce his important spells and smash his face with delver.
G2: Much like game 1, but a stoneforge mystic involved.
2-0
Round 3 vs Jund
G1: I have lethal on board with a TNN and a Jitte. He Lilys me and makes me sac a TNN. I play another and pass the turn. He finds an edict on top of his deck and makes me sac my other TNN. I scoop and move on to game 2.
G2: I make the mistake of tapping out when he had ancient grudge in his hand and I had a batterskull. He takes over the game with lilianna. He actually was the Jund player that made top 2 of the open.
2-1
Round 4 vs Death and Taxes
G1: I kill his stuff and I have an active jitte with a true-name. He scoops.
G2: I keep a 1-land hand with brainstorm on the draw. I FOW his t1 vial and I play a volcanic and pass. He attempts to wasteland the volcanic and I brainstorm in response. I find no lands, and I scoop it up and get ready for game three.
G3: Much like game one, except there was a point where either one of us had to topdeck something to win. He got a batterskull, and missed the living weapon trigger and passed the turn. He returns it to his hand and I FOW it the following turn. I land a TNN the next turn.
3-1
Round 5 vs Dan Signorini with a hybrid of Shardless BUG and BUG Delver
G1: I have early pressure with two delvers in play, and I remember him decaying one. He topdecks tombstalker the following turn. Crap. He proceeds to take the game over with that and a Deathrite.
G2: I slam rest in peace, and he has null rod after I have tutored up a Sword of Feast and Famine. Damn. We do nothing and I beat with Stoneforges for a few turns before I play a delver and flip it.
G3: I play a rest in peace turn two, it resolves. He plays a bunch of dumb creatures like strix and sharless agent into thoughtseizes. He destroys rest in peace and the graveyard filled up relatively quickly. I have double grims out, and he has a shardless agent and a strix on board. He slams a tombstalker. God dammit, again? He kills me in two brief turns.
3-2
At this point, I get a little tilted, since there is no way I would be making top 8 with two losses. Well, might as well play it out.
Round 6 vs Justin Uppal on RUG Delver
G1: I have a batterskull with a Jitte that has a counter, and he has two goyfs. I attack and he blocks with two 4/5 goyfs. I pump in response and I divide the damage as 5 on a goyf and one on the other. I bolt the surviving goyf and remove a Jitte counter and kill it. He plays a mongoose, and a couple turns later, he scoops.
G2: Not much to say here. I keep a mediocre hand that can't deal with mongoose, he has 2 mongooses.
G3: I have a TNN in play and I am at 5. I play delver and flip it. He however, has two mongooses in play. I play another delver. With the delver trigger on the stack he bolts me. I go to 2. He bolts me. I spell pierce. I attack with delver and pass. A couple turns later, he dies to a delver attack and a bolt.
4-2
Round 7 vs Burn
G1: I win by killing his goblin guides and countering his spells. I slam a stoneforge and grab a batterskull.
G2: He wins by being too fast and my cantrips giving me a billion lands.
G3: I counter his early spells and I don't have any pressure on board. He slams an eidolon and I sit there with a flusterstorm and a pierce in hand. He goes price of progress into fireblast a couple turns later. Well, at least still can win 50 dollars.
4-3
Round 8 vs BUG Delver
G1: He plays deathrite shaman, I kill it. He decays my stoneforge and his goyf cleans up.
G2: I play true name and suit it up with Jitte. He draws relatively poorly and I take the game.
G3; He plays t1 DRS, I have a T1 Delver. He plays another and passes. I kill both of them and proceed to flip delver. The following turn, I probe him. He reveals a lot of lands and a golgari charm. I play stoneforge grabbing batterskull. He does not have an answer.
5-3
Round 9 vs Dragon Stompy.
G1: He mulls to 5 on the play. He goes T1 chalice on 1 and I kept a hand with about 4 one drops. fuck. Well, he plays a magus of the moon the following turn and a rakka mar after that.
G2: I play delver, he tries chalice. I daze. I play another delver, he trinisphere. I proceed to win through a trinisphere because I have delvers and he did not have an answer.
G3: I probe him and see: Koth, Bonfire, Magus of the moon, and 3 Mountains. I play delver and pass. I play stoneforge after that. After he plays his Magus, I bolt it. I also remember killing a Siege-Gang Commander. I end up killing him with delvers.
6-3
Well, not too bad. Good enough for 50 bucks. Changes I'd make to this list are none. The list performed fine. I misplayed a little and my opponents got a little lucky. Overall, the tournament went okay and I will be playing this deck in SCG Syracuse a couple weeks later. Thanks for reading!
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 True-Name Nemesis
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
Sb
4 Meddling Mage
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Rest in Peace
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Flusterstorm
1 Wear/Tear
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Swords to Plowshares
I drove down to the event site on Saturday, and played in the legacy open trial. I went 3-0-1, beating Sneak and Show 2-1, Miracles 2-0, Cloudpost MUD 2-1 and IDed with Lands so I could leave and eat dinner. I got a good night's sleep and was ready to face 9 rounds of legacy tomorrow.
Round 1 vs Manaless Dredge
G1: He chooses to be on the draw, which reveals the fact he is playing manaless dredge. I keep a relatively loose hand. He discards Phantasmagorian and kills me a couple turns later.
G2: His dredges are relatively bad and I crush him with two flipped Delvers. I remember StPing and Ichorid or two.
G3: I mull to 5 and keep: Brainstorm, 2 Wastelands, a STP and a Rest in Peace. I pass after playing a wasteland, he discards a nether shadow and passes. I draw my card... and it's a scalding tarn. Just what I needed. I slam the rest in peace and he picks his cards up.
1-0
Round 2 vs Burn
G1: Not much to say here. I daze and spell pierce his important spells and smash his face with delver.
G2: Much like game 1, but a stoneforge mystic involved.
2-0
Round 3 vs Jund
G1: I have lethal on board with a TNN and a Jitte. He Lilys me and makes me sac a TNN. I play another and pass the turn. He finds an edict on top of his deck and makes me sac my other TNN. I scoop and move on to game 2.
G2: I make the mistake of tapping out when he had ancient grudge in his hand and I had a batterskull. He takes over the game with lilianna. He actually was the Jund player that made top 2 of the open.
2-1
Round 4 vs Death and Taxes
G1: I kill his stuff and I have an active jitte with a true-name. He scoops.
G2: I keep a 1-land hand with brainstorm on the draw. I FOW his t1 vial and I play a volcanic and pass. He attempts to wasteland the volcanic and I brainstorm in response. I find no lands, and I scoop it up and get ready for game three.
G3: Much like game one, except there was a point where either one of us had to topdeck something to win. He got a batterskull, and missed the living weapon trigger and passed the turn. He returns it to his hand and I FOW it the following turn. I land a TNN the next turn.
3-1
Round 5 vs Dan Signorini with a hybrid of Shardless BUG and BUG Delver
G1: I have early pressure with two delvers in play, and I remember him decaying one. He topdecks tombstalker the following turn. Crap. He proceeds to take the game over with that and a Deathrite.
G2: I slam rest in peace, and he has null rod after I have tutored up a Sword of Feast and Famine. Damn. We do nothing and I beat with Stoneforges for a few turns before I play a delver and flip it.
G3: I play a rest in peace turn two, it resolves. He plays a bunch of dumb creatures like strix and sharless agent into thoughtseizes. He destroys rest in peace and the graveyard filled up relatively quickly. I have double grims out, and he has a shardless agent and a strix on board. He slams a tombstalker. God dammit, again? He kills me in two brief turns.
3-2
At this point, I get a little tilted, since there is no way I would be making top 8 with two losses. Well, might as well play it out.
Round 6 vs Justin Uppal on RUG Delver
G1: I have a batterskull with a Jitte that has a counter, and he has two goyfs. I attack and he blocks with two 4/5 goyfs. I pump in response and I divide the damage as 5 on a goyf and one on the other. I bolt the surviving goyf and remove a Jitte counter and kill it. He plays a mongoose, and a couple turns later, he scoops.
G2: Not much to say here. I keep a mediocre hand that can't deal with mongoose, he has 2 mongooses.
G3: I have a TNN in play and I am at 5. I play delver and flip it. He however, has two mongooses in play. I play another delver. With the delver trigger on the stack he bolts me. I go to 2. He bolts me. I spell pierce. I attack with delver and pass. A couple turns later, he dies to a delver attack and a bolt.
4-2
Round 7 vs Burn
G1: I win by killing his goblin guides and countering his spells. I slam a stoneforge and grab a batterskull.
G2: He wins by being too fast and my cantrips giving me a billion lands.
G3: I counter his early spells and I don't have any pressure on board. He slams an eidolon and I sit there with a flusterstorm and a pierce in hand. He goes price of progress into fireblast a couple turns later. Well, at least still can win 50 dollars.
4-3
Round 8 vs BUG Delver
G1: He plays deathrite shaman, I kill it. He decays my stoneforge and his goyf cleans up.
G2: I play true name and suit it up with Jitte. He draws relatively poorly and I take the game.
G3; He plays t1 DRS, I have a T1 Delver. He plays another and passes. I kill both of them and proceed to flip delver. The following turn, I probe him. He reveals a lot of lands and a golgari charm. I play stoneforge grabbing batterskull. He does not have an answer.
5-3
Round 9 vs Dragon Stompy.
G1: He mulls to 5 on the play. He goes T1 chalice on 1 and I kept a hand with about 4 one drops. fuck. Well, he plays a magus of the moon the following turn and a rakka mar after that.
G2: I play delver, he tries chalice. I daze. I play another delver, he trinisphere. I proceed to win through a trinisphere because I have delvers and he did not have an answer.
G3: I probe him and see: Koth, Bonfire, Magus of the moon, and 3 Mountains. I play delver and pass. I play stoneforge after that. After he plays his Magus, I bolt it. I also remember killing a Siege-Gang Commander. I end up killing him with delvers.
6-3
Well, not too bad. Good enough for 50 bucks. Changes I'd make to this list are none. The list performed fine. I misplayed a little and my opponents got a little lucky. Overall, the tournament went okay and I will be playing this deck in SCG Syracuse a couple weeks later. Thanks for reading!