Pilhas
06-14-2016, 06:55 PM
Hey guys,
I am sitting in the plane doing nothing so I am going to give an overrun of my path at GP Prague.
For this tournament our so-called team had a long run of testing leading to the GP. Unfortunately I left testing 2 weeks before since I was on vacation. During that time I kept a close eye here to gather some findings and knew I still had Friday to discuss with Niklas the optimal list. For this event we gather 9 people to the trip with the following decks plus results:
3 Miracles - Day 1 Drop
1 Grixis Delver - Day 1 Drop
Elves - Day 1(6-2-1), Day 2 Drop
Shardless BUG - Day 1(6-2-1), Day 2 Drop
Storm - Day 1(6-3), Day 2(10-5)
BUG Delver - Day 1(7-1-1), Day 2(11-3-1)
Not going to post the list I played in the trials but the results were awesome.
Trial 1: Elves(1-2)
Trial 2: TinFins(1-2)
Trial 3: Miracles(0-2)
So yeah, no more sinking money for me. I finish the tweaks in the deck with Niklas and we ended up with 74 Cards alike. I played the following list:
1 Forest
2 Bayou
1 Badlands
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
3 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Maze of Ith
1 Karakas
1 Barren Moor
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths
4 Wasteland
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Dark Confidant
4 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Punishing Fire
2 Life from the Loam
2 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
2 Sylvan Library
3 Liliana of the Veil
Sideboard:
2 Thoughtseize
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Containment Priest (Niklas was running Chandra)
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Pyroclasm
1 Golgari Charm
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Garruk Relentless
So about the list, we ended up cutting the 61st Card which ended up being the Deathrite Shaman(Missed him exactly 1 time), In the sideboard we went back to the Leylines since they are a safer plan against Graveyard and Pyroclasm as a sweeper(never used it). The containment Priest was a poor choice I think, either Chandra, Slaughter Games or even Revoker would be a better card since it can help against Miracles since I feel the matchup is not as good as it used to be.
Now to the rounds:
DAY 1
Round 1 - 4 Color Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Confidant, Library, Teeg, Depths
In: 3 Swords, Pyroclasm
1-0(2-0)
Notes: Pyroclasm was oversideboard.
Round 2 - Lands WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: 2 Lili(+1 otp), 1 Teeg, 3 Pfire, 4 Chalice(0 otp), (1 lib otp)
In: 3 Leylines, 1 Charm, 3 Swords, 1 Sage, 2 Thoughtseize(-2 otp)
2-0(4-1)
Notes: First game I slowed him down with a karakas, after he found a wasteland for it I slowed him with a Wasteland. When he finally found a wasteland to force the combo I activated the Knight and comboed also to stall the game. Ended up winning with 2 12/12 knights. Also should have taken Depths out in the sideboard since it is bad to draw it.
Round 3 - BUG Delver LOST 1-2
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, Confidant, Library,(Liliana 3rd Game)
In: 3 Swords, 1 Pyroclasm, (1 Charm 3rd game)
2-1(5-3)
Notes: Lost to Bitterblossom 2nd game and mana denial 3rd game and I also think I sb bad. Should keep library /confidant instead of pyroclasm and not oversudeboard against bitterblossom)
Round 4 - Merfolk WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, 2 Loam, 4 Chalice
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk, 1 Pyroclasm
3-1(7-3)
Notes: First time opening with first turn Chalice at 1 and it is Merfolk :(. Both games won with Depths and around Submerge. Also should have bring the Charm cause TNN.
Round 5 - BUG Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant, Chalice
In: 3 Swords
4-1(9-3)
Notes: Liked this sb a lot more.
Round 6 - Eldrazi WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant(+1 3rd Game), 4 Chalice, 1 Library(0 3rd Game)
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, Sage, Pyroclasm
5-1(11-4)
Notes: 1st game lost to a couple revokers on knight that locked me. 2nd game won on wastelock. 3rd game after loads of removal and pinging with pfire I almost threw the game by ticking up Lili and keeping only sword in hand. Thankfully he did not do the math and I killed him in response of a eye of ugin activation(ancient tomb).
Round 7 - Shardless BUG WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, 4 Chalice, Mox
In: 3 Swords, Garruk, Sage, Pyroclasm
6-1(13-5)
Notes: I could play this matchup every round and I would be happy with the new sideboard. It depends a bit on their sb config but it is almost a rollover.
Round 8 - Shardless BUG WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, 4 Chalice, Mox
In: 3 Swords, Garruk, Sage, Pyroclasm
7-1(15-5)
Notes: Chop Chop.
Round 9 - BUG Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant, Chalice
In: 3 Swords
8-1(17-5)
Notes: 2nd match was grindy as hell but he had no answer for the combo and was quite drained from the day.
After the 9 round I felt I could go on for hours. Played fast and except for 1 or 2 matches I finished with +20min on the clock.
DAY 2 - Let the spiral down begin
Round 10 - Merfolk LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, 2 Loam, 4 Chalice
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk, 1 Pyroclasm
8-2(17-7)
Notes: 2nd and last time I opened Chalice on t1, I am good at this. Lost 1st fame to TNN and did not bring Charm because I am an idiot. 2nd game I open Seize on TNN, leaving a Image and Spreading seas plus lands on his hand. He t4(wasteland set him back a turn) TNN and image TNN next turn.
Round 11 - Miracles LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox, Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
8-3(17-9)
Notes: Misplayed first game by baiting counterbalance trigger with loam(reveals sword) and playing a confidant instead of chalice.
Round 12 - Miracles LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox, Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
8-4(17-11)
Notes: Best player I faced in the tournament in regards to loam, I believe he understood he was the aggro-combo perfectly and excel the plan perfectly.
Round 13 - Miracles WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox(1 otd), Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize(1 otd), 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
9-4(18-12)
Notes: He went for the overload the board with enchantments which is easier to face imo. Last game he has ensnaring bridge and blood moon on the table and after a sage on the moon I killed him in last turn with pfire. Took him from 16 to 0 with only arbor and pfire.
Round 14 - 4C Delver LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: Confidant, Library, Teeg
In: 3 Swords
9-5(18-14)
Notes: I misplayed 1st game, after doing the math I needed to dredge 2 lands to kill on next turn(knew 1 was there due to lib), hit it, did the math again and attacked before killing his blocker and died to the top deck bolt.
Round 15 - Grixis Delver WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Who knows?
In: 3 Swords and a couple more things, I guess
10-5(18-14)
Notes: I only remember of opening an aggro land with 10 min in the clock. He mulled to 5 and I went double knight. He mana screwed me and returned a pyro killing a chalice with kolaghans. I ended up killing him with the combo.
Well day 1 was awesome and day 2 was a wreckage. Still happy with the tournament since it was my first day 2 and my first pro point. I think that's something.
As you noticed I did not face combo all GP but I think the deck is prepared to fight against Storm, Elves and Reanimator. All others are quite hard imo.
Great weekend in a great city and a great way to finish my 2 and a half weeks of holidays.
Keep loaming.
I am sitting in the plane doing nothing so I am going to give an overrun of my path at GP Prague.
For this tournament our so-called team had a long run of testing leading to the GP. Unfortunately I left testing 2 weeks before since I was on vacation. During that time I kept a close eye here to gather some findings and knew I still had Friday to discuss with Niklas the optimal list. For this event we gather 9 people to the trip with the following decks plus results:
3 Miracles - Day 1 Drop
1 Grixis Delver - Day 1 Drop
Elves - Day 1(6-2-1), Day 2 Drop
Shardless BUG - Day 1(6-2-1), Day 2 Drop
Storm - Day 1(6-3), Day 2(10-5)
BUG Delver - Day 1(7-1-1), Day 2(11-3-1)
Not going to post the list I played in the trials but the results were awesome.
Trial 1: Elves(1-2)
Trial 2: TinFins(1-2)
Trial 3: Miracles(0-2)
So yeah, no more sinking money for me. I finish the tweaks in the deck with Niklas and we ended up with 74 Cards alike. I played the following list:
1 Forest
2 Bayou
1 Badlands
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
3 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Maze of Ith
1 Karakas
1 Barren Moor
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths
4 Wasteland
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Dark Confidant
4 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Punishing Fire
2 Life from the Loam
2 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
2 Sylvan Library
3 Liliana of the Veil
Sideboard:
2 Thoughtseize
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Containment Priest (Niklas was running Chandra)
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Pyroclasm
1 Golgari Charm
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Garruk Relentless
So about the list, we ended up cutting the 61st Card which ended up being the Deathrite Shaman(Missed him exactly 1 time), In the sideboard we went back to the Leylines since they are a safer plan against Graveyard and Pyroclasm as a sweeper(never used it). The containment Priest was a poor choice I think, either Chandra, Slaughter Games or even Revoker would be a better card since it can help against Miracles since I feel the matchup is not as good as it used to be.
Now to the rounds:
DAY 1
Round 1 - 4 Color Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Confidant, Library, Teeg, Depths
In: 3 Swords, Pyroclasm
1-0(2-0)
Notes: Pyroclasm was oversideboard.
Round 2 - Lands WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: 2 Lili(+1 otp), 1 Teeg, 3 Pfire, 4 Chalice(0 otp), (1 lib otp)
In: 3 Leylines, 1 Charm, 3 Swords, 1 Sage, 2 Thoughtseize(-2 otp)
2-0(4-1)
Notes: First game I slowed him down with a karakas, after he found a wasteland for it I slowed him with a Wasteland. When he finally found a wasteland to force the combo I activated the Knight and comboed also to stall the game. Ended up winning with 2 12/12 knights. Also should have taken Depths out in the sideboard since it is bad to draw it.
Round 3 - BUG Delver LOST 1-2
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, Confidant, Library,(Liliana 3rd Game)
In: 3 Swords, 1 Pyroclasm, (1 Charm 3rd game)
2-1(5-3)
Notes: Lost to Bitterblossom 2nd game and mana denial 3rd game and I also think I sb bad. Should keep library /confidant instead of pyroclasm and not oversudeboard against bitterblossom)
Round 4 - Merfolk WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, 2 Loam, 4 Chalice
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk, 1 Pyroclasm
3-1(7-3)
Notes: First time opening with first turn Chalice at 1 and it is Merfolk :(. Both games won with Depths and around Submerge. Also should have bring the Charm cause TNN.
Round 5 - BUG Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant, Chalice
In: 3 Swords
4-1(9-3)
Notes: Liked this sb a lot more.
Round 6 - Eldrazi WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant(+1 3rd Game), 4 Chalice, 1 Library(0 3rd Game)
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, Sage, Pyroclasm
5-1(11-4)
Notes: 1st game lost to a couple revokers on knight that locked me. 2nd game won on wastelock. 3rd game after loads of removal and pinging with pfire I almost threw the game by ticking up Lili and keeping only sword in hand. Thankfully he did not do the math and I killed him in response of a eye of ugin activation(ancient tomb).
Round 7 - Shardless BUG WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, 4 Chalice, Mox
In: 3 Swords, Garruk, Sage, Pyroclasm
6-1(13-5)
Notes: I could play this matchup every round and I would be happy with the new sideboard. It depends a bit on their sb config but it is almost a rollover.
Round 8 - Shardless BUG WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, 4 Chalice, Mox
In: 3 Swords, Garruk, Sage, Pyroclasm
7-1(15-5)
Notes: Chop Chop.
Round 9 - BUG Delver WIN 2-0
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Confidant, Chalice
In: 3 Swords
8-1(17-5)
Notes: 2nd match was grindy as hell but he had no answer for the combo and was quite drained from the day.
After the 9 round I felt I could go on for hours. Played fast and except for 1 or 2 matches I finished with +20min on the clock.
DAY 2 - Let the spiral down begin
Round 10 - Merfolk LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: Teeg, Thicket, 2 Loam, 4 Chalice
In: 3 Swords, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk, 1 Pyroclasm
8-2(17-7)
Notes: 2nd and last time I opened Chalice on t1, I am good at this. Lost 1st fame to TNN and did not bring Charm because I am an idiot. 2nd game I open Seize on TNN, leaving a Image and Spreading seas plus lands on his hand. He t4(wasteland set him back a turn) TNN and image TNN next turn.
Round 11 - Miracles LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox, Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
8-3(17-9)
Notes: Misplayed first game by baiting counterbalance trigger with loam(reveals sword) and playing a confidant instead of chalice.
Round 12 - Miracles LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox, Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize, 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
8-4(17-11)
Notes: Best player I faced in the tournament in regards to loam, I believe he understood he was the aggro-combo perfectly and excel the plan perfectly.
Round 13 - Miracles WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: 2 Mox(1 otd), Wasteland, Maze, Ooze
In: Charm, 2 Seize(1 otd), 1 Sage, 1 Garruk
9-4(18-12)
Notes: He went for the overload the board with enchantments which is easier to face imo. Last game he has ensnaring bridge and blood moon on the table and after a sage on the moon I killed him in last turn with pfire. Took him from 16 to 0 with only arbor and pfire.
Round 14 - 4C Delver LOST 0-2
Sideboard
Out: Confidant, Library, Teeg
In: 3 Swords
9-5(18-14)
Notes: I misplayed 1st game, after doing the math I needed to dredge 2 lands to kill on next turn(knew 1 was there due to lib), hit it, did the math again and attacked before killing his blocker and died to the top deck bolt.
Round 15 - Grixis Delver WIN 2-1
Sideboard
Out: Who knows?
In: 3 Swords and a couple more things, I guess
10-5(18-14)
Notes: I only remember of opening an aggro land with 10 min in the clock. He mulled to 5 and I went double knight. He mana screwed me and returned a pyro killing a chalice with kolaghans. I ended up killing him with the combo.
Well day 1 was awesome and day 2 was a wreckage. Still happy with the tournament since it was my first day 2 and my first pro point. I think that's something.
As you noticed I did not face combo all GP but I think the deck is prepared to fight against Storm, Elves and Reanimator. All others are quite hard imo.
Great weekend in a great city and a great way to finish my 2 and a half weeks of holidays.
Keep loaming.