brenden2000
10-17-2016, 08:30 AM
So my name is Brenden McCarley, I am 15 and live in Pennsylvania. I never really stick with the same legacy deck as I don't have money for my own cards, generally relying on borrowing cards from a few of my friends who collectively have every deck built but lands. I have been playing Grixis Delver Recently because I believe it is one of the best decks in the format.
My list for reference
Main (60)
8 Blue Fetches
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
4 Wasteland
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Young Pyromancer
2 Gurmag Angler
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Brainstorm
1 Dismember
1 Spell Pierce
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
2 Cabal Therapy
Sideboard (15)
1 Forked Bolt
1 Snuff Out
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Pyroblast
2 Pithing Needle
2 Winter Orb
2 Baleful Strix
2 Cabal Therapy
RD 1 Zombardment?? (2-1)
I sit down against my opponent and notice he has barely any numbers in his DCI, indicating he has been playing a long time. He sits across from me and proceeds to drop his deck on the ground and have trouble shuffling. Makes a remark about new sleeves. I feel something fishy but say nothing and just shuffle his deck after he presents. He is playing a fully foreign and almost fully foiled deck. Foil Fetches, Foil Japanese Carrion Feeders, everything. I lose Game 1. The next 2 games are standard delver on 1 plus interaction and I win fairly easily.
RD 2 Enchantress (2-0, Backup Feature Match)
I make a little bit of small talk with my opponent and start playing. Game 1 I have a pyromancer and counter everything he does, fairly easy game. Game 2 he resolves a doom wake giant and begins to kill my delvers by playing 2 enchantments. I bolt him down to 2 and topdeck another bolt to win. This matchup seems fairly easy for the delver side but that is only anecdotal evidence.
RD 3 Jeskai Stoneblade?? (0-2)
I begin with delver on 1 and he arid mesa's for a mountain and bolts my Delver. Internally I am thinking he is playing burn. That changes when he plays a volcanic and then a tundra and a true-name. Game 2 he jams a true name on 3 and I have no countermagic for it and lose quickly.
RD 4 Elves (0-2)
Traditionally a good matchup, and I know the person i was playing against. Game 1 I have him dead the next turn and theraoy his hand, 3 lands. He topdecks Natural Order and wins. Game 2 I spend too much time wastelanding and not applying a clock and lose.
RD 5 BUG (2-1)
Game 1 I play multiple wastelands and use my DRS to eat lands in response to his DRS trying to eat lands. I probe him and he concedes to preserve information. I assume he is on aluren or food chain and board accoridngly. Game 2 I keep a 1 lander and 3 brainstorms and 1 ponder never get me there. Game 3 I realize he is playing a generic BUG list with Leovold over Shardless Agent. I win fairly easily as Delver on 1 and a few dazes is great.
RD 6 (2-1) ANT
Also a good matchup, game 1 I have a single counterspell in pierce, I tap out for a pyromancer and he probes me and then goes off. Game 2 I mulligan to 4 and manage to win. Drew a very timely wasteland and he is forced to Ad Nauseum at 4 life and doesn't get there. Game 3 I play delver on 1 and hold up pierce and pyroblast. Counter his Ad Nauseum and the game is basically over.
RD 7 Infect (2-0)
Game 1 I am able to bolt his creatures and apply pressure with pyromancer tokens and a Delver. Game 2 I pithing needle inkmoth, therapy blighted agent, bolt hierarch, and wasteland inkmoth. Very satisfyinh turn. He ends up spending 3 mana to invigorate my pyromancer as I swing for lethal.
RD 8 Maverick (2-0)
Game 1 I win simply because he forgot to activate a DRS end of my turn and that would have been enough that he could attack and kill me. Game 2 I wasteland him 3 times and snuff out his KOTR.
RD 9 Miracles (ID)
By Drawing we each get 140 which I am content with.
Overall I feel pretty confident about how I did although I would have liked to do better (Went X-2 at EE3 and X-2 for Legacy and X-2 for Modern at EE4). I am sure this is probably not the greatest tournament report ever but if you guys have any questions about the event or suggesitons on how I can improve my report that would be appreciated. Also to not I might have gotten the match numbers mixed up but I believe that was the order I played them in.
My list for reference
Main (60)
8 Blue Fetches
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
4 Wasteland
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Young Pyromancer
2 Gurmag Angler
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Brainstorm
1 Dismember
1 Spell Pierce
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
2 Cabal Therapy
Sideboard (15)
1 Forked Bolt
1 Snuff Out
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Pyroblast
2 Pithing Needle
2 Winter Orb
2 Baleful Strix
2 Cabal Therapy
RD 1 Zombardment?? (2-1)
I sit down against my opponent and notice he has barely any numbers in his DCI, indicating he has been playing a long time. He sits across from me and proceeds to drop his deck on the ground and have trouble shuffling. Makes a remark about new sleeves. I feel something fishy but say nothing and just shuffle his deck after he presents. He is playing a fully foreign and almost fully foiled deck. Foil Fetches, Foil Japanese Carrion Feeders, everything. I lose Game 1. The next 2 games are standard delver on 1 plus interaction and I win fairly easily.
RD 2 Enchantress (2-0, Backup Feature Match)
I make a little bit of small talk with my opponent and start playing. Game 1 I have a pyromancer and counter everything he does, fairly easy game. Game 2 he resolves a doom wake giant and begins to kill my delvers by playing 2 enchantments. I bolt him down to 2 and topdeck another bolt to win. This matchup seems fairly easy for the delver side but that is only anecdotal evidence.
RD 3 Jeskai Stoneblade?? (0-2)
I begin with delver on 1 and he arid mesa's for a mountain and bolts my Delver. Internally I am thinking he is playing burn. That changes when he plays a volcanic and then a tundra and a true-name. Game 2 he jams a true name on 3 and I have no countermagic for it and lose quickly.
RD 4 Elves (0-2)
Traditionally a good matchup, and I know the person i was playing against. Game 1 I have him dead the next turn and theraoy his hand, 3 lands. He topdecks Natural Order and wins. Game 2 I spend too much time wastelanding and not applying a clock and lose.
RD 5 BUG (2-1)
Game 1 I play multiple wastelands and use my DRS to eat lands in response to his DRS trying to eat lands. I probe him and he concedes to preserve information. I assume he is on aluren or food chain and board accoridngly. Game 2 I keep a 1 lander and 3 brainstorms and 1 ponder never get me there. Game 3 I realize he is playing a generic BUG list with Leovold over Shardless Agent. I win fairly easily as Delver on 1 and a few dazes is great.
RD 6 (2-1) ANT
Also a good matchup, game 1 I have a single counterspell in pierce, I tap out for a pyromancer and he probes me and then goes off. Game 2 I mulligan to 4 and manage to win. Drew a very timely wasteland and he is forced to Ad Nauseum at 4 life and doesn't get there. Game 3 I play delver on 1 and hold up pierce and pyroblast. Counter his Ad Nauseum and the game is basically over.
RD 7 Infect (2-0)
Game 1 I am able to bolt his creatures and apply pressure with pyromancer tokens and a Delver. Game 2 I pithing needle inkmoth, therapy blighted agent, bolt hierarch, and wasteland inkmoth. Very satisfyinh turn. He ends up spending 3 mana to invigorate my pyromancer as I swing for lethal.
RD 8 Maverick (2-0)
Game 1 I win simply because he forgot to activate a DRS end of my turn and that would have been enough that he could attack and kill me. Game 2 I wasteland him 3 times and snuff out his KOTR.
RD 9 Miracles (ID)
By Drawing we each get 140 which I am content with.
Overall I feel pretty confident about how I did although I would have liked to do better (Went X-2 at EE3 and X-2 for Legacy and X-2 for Modern at EE4). I am sure this is probably not the greatest tournament report ever but if you guys have any questions about the event or suggesitons on how I can improve my report that would be appreciated. Also to not I might have gotten the match numbers mixed up but I believe that was the order I played them in.