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TeenieBopper
10-08-2007, 12:00 AM
Goblins is not a deck to beat. What the fuck ever. I set out to prove that it was, indeed, still a good deck in the current metagame.

I scrubbed out during the grinder at comix zone with the shitty white build. Boo for not having the stuff I needed.

Here's what I played at the DLD

3 Cabal Therapy
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Piledriver
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
2 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin War-chief
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Siege Gang Commander
2 Patriarch's Bidding
2 Blood Crypt
2 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Badlands
4 Wasteland
6 Mountain

SB:
3 Anarchy
3 Smother(FUCK TARMAGOYF UP ITS STUPID FUCKING ASS)
3 Pithing Needle
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Price of Progress

I didn't take names, and since I really just started playing again, I don't know most of the out of towners.

Round one- U/G/w/r Thresh

I win game one. I end it at five life with a lethal Tarmagoyf on his side. Fuck Tarmagoyf. Highlight of the game: him tapping wearbears for mana to hardcast FoW on my Bidding.

Game two he pyroclasms away my board while beating down with 'goyf (fuck tarmagoyf). I cast Bidding. Yay Bidding!

Round two- RecSur (Brian Thomas)

I'm scared shitless that he's playing Belcher like yesterday. Thank god he's not.

He untaps with a Rofellos and casts Deranged Hermit. I kill Rofellos and therapy away Recurring Nightmare. I wreck his board with Goblin Sharpshooter and win.

Game two he mulls to five. I waste his land, kill his bird and therapy away his Walls of Roots while beating down.

Round three- Mono Black Storm combo (that I'm later told is Spanish Inquisition. Whatever the fuck that is)

He calculates wrong and can only Tendrils me for 18.

I rip apart his hand, taking Inferan Tutor and 2x Culling the Weak. He tries to go off facing down lethal, but can't.

Round four- Affinity (Getsickanddie)

I fuckign hate this match-up. It was shitty in Onslaught/Mirrodin standard and it's still shitty now.

He kills me.

He gets double Engineered Plague.

Round Five- Dryad Sligh

Game one is close. I fuck up, losing the game. Had I made the right play, half his deck was outs anyways.

I go nuts with ringleaders, matrons, and siege gangs game two. I does have a big ass Quirion Dryad though. But I win.

Game three, I therapy away Tarmagoyf. What does he do? Plays Tarmagoyf on turn two and three anyways. Fuck Tarmagoyf. I could deal with one. But not two. Especially not two backed up with a shit ton of burn.

Round six- Lands!

I'm psyched that a 4-2 is going to make it into top 8. I figure I have a chance because I'm in 10th and my opponent is in 9th.

Game one, I do stupid stuff and kill him, swinging for like 40 without Piledriver.

Game two he does stupid stuff and I end the game with zero permanents.

Game three, I open mountain, lackey, siege gang with wasteland back up. He rips mana bond off the top and plays both a Maze of Ith and Mishra's factory. He does stupid Life from the Loam things. I play Price of Progress, doing 18 damage. He's beating down with Factories. I rip Pithing Needle. Instead of making the right play of vialing out war-chief and playing Pithing Needle on Maze, I play Piledriver instead. Thankfully, he swings in again and I can play needle on my turn for the win.

So I'm 4-2, beat the guy that was in 9th, and two of my opponents are already in top 4. I figure I have a good shot, maybe losing out to the dude who was 7th with 12 points. I come in ninth. Instead of the guy who loss to Friendly Phil Stoltz, Tariq leapfrogs from like 14th place or some stupid bullshit like that. Fuck this game.

Quotes of the Day:

"Take your bandana off. What are you, a fucking insurgent?" Di (with a silent 'i') to WhiteGhost

"It's like a flesh quilt." Di, on cuddling with fat chicks after drunken beergoggle sex.

"I'm pretty sure I've contributed to the death of many senior citizens." Getsickanddie

"My dick burns. A lot. So if we could get this over with quick so I could go scratch." FakeSpam

"Don't believe him. Look at his eyes." Nightmare, in regards to the very asian Nantuko Shady

"If I had a choice between herpes and you, I'd probably take the herpes." Brian Thomas

"I never go to the movies. I'm Jewish. They're all made by Mel Gibson." LonelyBaritone

"Why'd I have to grow up with Dave Spector? I'm booting him. Zach is a much cooler Jew." Munkie


Highlight of the weekend:

Healing Salve, Healing Leaves, Sol Ring, spell, spell, Mind's Desire for Six. FTK your dude. Shock the FTK, turning it into Anger in the yard. Pyrexian Dreadnaugh, STIFLE!

-Nightmare kicking my ass in Mental Magic. I had it coming though. I Tendrils of Agony'ed him out for 18 the game before.

Props-
Goblins- For being awesome. I won so many games I really had no business winning. I love the little red men. Not a DtB my ass.
All the people who showed up- for making it a successful event.
Team Sexy/Epic- for reminding me how awesome the community surrounding this game is.
Matt and Zach- For running a good tourney
the venue- for having a bar on site for me to go drink my sorrows away
Nightmare and Fakespam- for buying the drinks that let me drink my sorrows away
Wastedlife- For beating Tariq. And winning. But mostly for beating Tariq.
Mental Magic- For being more fun than Type 4.
NickRIT, Nightmare, Wastedlife, and Getsickanddie- for letting me borrow cards.

Slops-
Tarmagoyf. Fuck you. Fuck you up your stupid ass. I hope your bitch ass gets smothered on sight.
Tie Breakers- Fuck Ninth place.
Nightmare and Di- for ID'ing in round two. How'd that work out?
Lorwyn- for being all hype and no substance with regards to Legacy goblins (that's right, I said it)

Kadishack
10-08-2007, 12:33 AM
Good job Mike for representing Team Sexy!!!

Sorry I couldn't make it to the tourney because the whole college thing, but maybe next time I can make it. Yay bidding!!!

FakeSpam
10-08-2007, 12:48 AM
Gobs w/black is the new Gobs/w green.

bigbear102
10-08-2007, 08:20 AM
Lorwyn- for being all hype and no substance with regards to Legacy goblins (that's right, I said it)

You're the one who was asking for that new land.

Whit3 Ghost
10-08-2007, 09:45 AM
I've really been a big fan of Black Goblins in the new meta, glad to see someone having some moderate sucess with it, and sorry to hear you missed out on top8.

And Di had a plethora of great quotes yesterday.

Shriekmaw
10-08-2007, 11:45 AM
Congrads on the finish mike. Too bad you got screwed again on tiebreakers. I'm glad to see that goblins is still just that good. I was also happy to see Vial Affinity in the top 8. Who said affinity isn't good in legacy?

I wish I was there when you got a bidding to resolved, that had to be pretty awesome. Hopefully you start playing at more big events. I should be there for the next one.

Later.

Peter_Rotten
10-08-2007, 01:15 PM
Who said affinity isn't good in legacy?

Me. And most people who play Legacy.

TeenieBopper
10-08-2007, 01:40 PM
Me. And most people who play Legacy.

I think it's been pretty well established that most people haven't the faintest idea what the hell they're talking about, though.

Tacosnape
10-08-2007, 01:40 PM
Congrads on the finish mike. Too bad you got screwed again on tiebreakers. I'm glad to see that goblins is still just that good. I was also happy to see Vial Affinity in the top 8. Who said affinity isn't good in legacy?


Not all Legacy players say Affinity is bad in Legacy. Just the ones with vocal chords.

Xero
10-08-2007, 01:50 PM
Me. And most people who play Legacy

It seems to top 8 a lot for a bad deck.

Zach Tartell
10-08-2007, 02:30 PM
It seems to top 8 a lot for a bad deck.

Affinity? Find me another important (read: six-round) tournament where affinity top-8'd.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's fragile.

Shriekmaw
10-08-2007, 03:32 PM
Affinity? Find me another important (read: six-round) tournament where affinity top-8'd.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's fragile.


I do agree that it is easy for the deck to be hated out, but who prepares for affinity. NO ONE That is why I think its a good deck to take into a large tournament because it has done very well in the past in larger events.


Also, Mike has never beaten affinity with goblins. :)

Citrus-God
10-08-2007, 03:34 PM
Affinity? Find me another important (read: six-round) tournament where affinity top-8'd.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's fragile.

I think Threshold is fragile because it dies to Rifter and Landstill and Chalice of the Void.

Turns out, Threshold beats the living piss out of 2 of the mentioned 3.

Xero
10-08-2007, 03:40 PM
Affinity? Find me another important (read: six-round) tournament where affinity top-8'd.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's fragile.

StarCityGames Duel for Duals III

The Mana Leak Open

StarCityGames Duel for Duals IV

April Iserlohn Legacy Tournament

2006 German Legacy Championship

Danish Legacy Champs 2006

And that's just the tournaments listed in the LMF.

Zach Tartell
10-08-2007, 03:45 PM
StarCityGames Duel for Duals III

The Mana Leak Open

StarCityGames Duel for Duals IV

April Iserlohn Legacy Tournament

2006 German Legacy Championship

Danish Legacy Champs 2006

And that's just the tournaments listed in the LMF.

You win this round, dopplegänger.

Whit3 Ghost
10-08-2007, 04:01 PM
I do agree that it is easy for the deck to be hated out, but who prepares for affinity. NO ONE
I had Serenity in my sideboard*, Burning wish survival packs meltdown/shattering spree/whatever, Price of Progress is really good against you, Magus of the Moon can give you problems and Null Rod can randomly wreck your day.

*Although I honestly doubt it would have mattered, I cannot beat Trevor to save my life.

Sims
10-08-2007, 04:53 PM
I believe the point was that not as many people rock the Affinity hate outside of cards that are already played against other decks. Krosan Grip? Yeah, that's hate but it's not put in the sideboard specifically FOR Ravager. Magus is used as hate on lots of decks in the format and Ravager definitely does take collateral damage for it, same with Price. But how many people pack Meltdown or very specific artifact-hate cards in their sideboards that aren't something like needle/chalice to hate on combos artifact mana?

The hate isn't as common as hate for other decks, when piloted by the right person in an appropriate meta the deck can flourish simply because the hate isn't there.... If the hate IS there on the other hand, well...that's problematic and the deck will likely fold.

KillemallCFH
10-08-2007, 05:34 PM
Affinity? Find me another important (read: six-round) tournament where affinity top-8'd.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's fragile.It got 2nd at a 44 person tournament in Hadley (http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?p=145700#post145700).

Shriekmaw
10-08-2007, 05:52 PM
Wow, I can't believe so many people found the need to trash affinity, like its some random deck that made top 8. The deck is very good, and although I agree it will never become a DTB, because it is so easy to hate out. The fact that this deck dominated standard and extended for a time says something about the deck.

I hate to keep on bringing up old results, but back in 2006 when I played it in a side event in Toronto, I did top 8 with it. The main reason behind the top 8 was that I expect a lot of threshold to show up and affinity smashes the crap out of that deck. I believe the matchup against goblins is in affinity's favor. When most of the metagame is made up of threshold and goblins, I believe the deck can do very well. It does beat random decks pretty well, because people don't play the hate that is available in the format.

The field for this side event was 56 people if someone want to say it wasn't a relevant tournament. They posted a thread at Star City about this top 8 achievement b/c the deck was pretty much given up after the results from GP: Philly.

Getsickanddie
10-09-2007, 12:17 AM
The hate isn't as common as hate for other decks, when piloted by the right person in an appropriate meta the deck can flourish simply because the hate isn't there.... If the hate IS there on the other hand, well...that's problematic and the deck will likely fold.

Listen to Corrupted Angel, he is a wise man.

I heard a lot of people at the EDLD say, "oh I was going to board such and such hate card (kataki, meltdown, etc) but I didn't think it was that important". And as the only person playing robot men it probably wasn't for most decks. The first time I had a major hate card played against me (B. Wish > Seeds of Innocence) I got beat, but it wasn't necessarily game breaking (E. Witnessing it back certainly was though....).

Magus of the Moon was actually played against me, and was fairly irrelevant. I do have Chrome Star, Vial, the fact that the majority of my deck costs colorless working for me.

Let's face it, if everybody starts packing Null Rods, Deeds, Kataki, Energy Flux, etc then Affinity players will be fucked. (Which is exactly why I don't play the deck on a regular basis at local Syracuse events.) With that in mind all of you can keep believing this deck is shit. In fact, I tell people that. The more people that believe this deck is terrible, the less shit like Null Rod I have to play against.

Back on topic....

Teeniebopper is the fucking man. Good work dude. Bad beats missing Top 8 on tiebreakers.
Let me say that I don't really give a fuck about how this website sorts decks. That said, if you don't recognize Goblins sheer power being influential in this format you're wrong. If you don't think it's a deck people SHOULD ALWAYS prepare for you're wrong.

bigbear102
10-10-2007, 11:55 PM
I don't really worry about Affinity because I think Survival has a decent game against it. Unless you get multiple Disciples and Ravager active early, then I just survival for artifact hate and play it over and over. FTK takes out your whole deck, minus a huge ravager, and then he just gets chumped. I just have to keep Disciple off the table (which is problematic w/ Shredder) and win the game.

Again, props to Mike for almost making top 8 in his return. Smother is really good right now. Engineered Plague ftw.