Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
I realy wanted tot talk about my Jund deck now I have played it for some tourments. The list is from a SCG event from serval months ago and seemed very stable. I have ofc added other cards from the orginal one. The deck seems okey in the meta I am playing and it's a blast to play.
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
3 Forest
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Mountain
2 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Badlands
1 Phyrexian Tower
2 Bayou
4 Veteran Explorer
2 Eternal Witness
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Thragtusk
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Punishing Fire
2 Pernicious Deed
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Painful Truths
SB: 2 Slaughter Games
SB: 2 Golgari Charm
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 Thoughtseize
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Surgical Extraction
SB: 1 Pernicious Deed
3 Sensei's Divining Top
This is autoinclucde like the Cabal and Vets. I am always happy to see this card in my start hand or when I draw it. I almost want a 4th one so I got it more often
2 Eternal Witness
I wanted one from the start but I start to like have two. Even there is Deathrite E Witness is still strong card. To pick up anything from the grave is great
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
So fun and a good card. It really takes over the battlefield and make it more stable. Almost want a third one before Commander 2015 came out instead of Thrun.
1 Scavenging Ooze
Go to have grave hate in main but I feel I got to little green sometimes for this guy. He is the best two we can get.
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Toxic Deluge
Deed is geart but slow and I am a bit afried for Tasigur and Agular. We use Deed mostaly to kill creture so I swap a deed for a Toxic instead. I think this is a good change and I have a deed in sideborad to matchup where it is better.
1 Painful Truths
I was not so big fan of it until I got to draw three cards witht his. The old list had 4 P Fire but it was one to many so I wanted one other card there. Fire I wanted a Top but when BFZ came and people started to play with this card I had to try. It's good.
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Commander 2015 gave us a good four drop. Even if we don't get the creture into battlefield, to get a creture to your hand every turn it's good. She can only be remove by Swords and give us value.
1 Broodmate Dragon
This is a beast and I have won many close game by casting this guy. Mirales have really hard time to take care of this card.
1 Deathrite Shaman
I wanted a one drop for GSZ that was not Vet and Deathrite is really good.
@Arianrhod: I wanted a other good three drop in the deck that was not E Witnes or Corurser. 7 lands are a lot to make her flip I think. Did you flip it all the time?
Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
Would be a good idea to change 1 basic Mountain to a Badlands. With 2 mountain and 2 colorless lands you might have some bad openener that color screw you. 1 mountain should be enough to fully support the deck with only basics.
The Ob Nixious is decend. I would prefer Vraska, but it is kinda obnoxious not seeing Liliana in a Jund list while Tasigur/Angler are a problem. Remove Ob and add 2 Liliana going to 61 MB.
And a note to all, please arrange your lists, it is kinda hard reading thru a randomly organised list.
@ Arianrhod, pity it went sour. Getting results with NicFit is an achievement on it's own. I don't think Pod is going to make it better, as a matter of fact, if your Meta knows your on NicFit it does not matter what version anyhow. Mostly i switch to Mud (or from Mud to NicFit). Currently i am working on Aggro Loam. Switch to so many other archetypes that there actually isnt an archetypr i havent played. In the end NicFit is to coolest thing to play.
Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
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Originally Posted by
Bobmans
Would be a good idea to change 1 basic Mountain to a Badlands. With 2 mountain and 2 colorless lands you might have some bad openener that color screw you. 1 mountain should be enough to fully support the deck with only basics.
The Ob Nixious is decend. I would prefer Vraska, but it is kinda obnoxious not seeing Liliana in a Jund list while Tasigur/Angler are a problem. Remove Ob and add 2 Liliana going to 61 MB.
And a note to all, please arrange your lists, it is kinda hard reading thru a randomly organised list.
@ Arianrhod, pity it went sour. Getting results with NicFit is an achievement on it's own. I don't think Pod is going to make it better, as a matter of fact, if your Meta knows your on NicFit it does not matter what version anyhow. Mostly i switch to Mud (or from Mud to NicFit). Currently i am working on Aggro Loam. Switch to so many other archetypes that there actually isnt an archetypr i havent played. In the end NicFit is to coolest thing to play.
Oh, I forgot Ob.
Ob has been good to me. Only time he is not good when you paly him and the oppment has a lot of cretures out. I had Garruk first but GGG is harder to cast then BB.
Lillana is okey but I don't find room for her and I will not have 61 cards i MD.
I just copy past from Cockatrice. Sorry about htat.
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Originally Posted by
Ganfar
I realy wanted tot talk about my Jund deck now I have played it for some tourments. The list is from a SCG event from serval months ago and seemed very stable. I have ofc added other cards from the orginal one. The deck seems okey in the meta I am playing and it's a blast to play.
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
3 Forest
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Mountain
2 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Badlands
1 Phyrexian Tower
2 Bayou
4 Veteran Explorer
2 Eternal Witness
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Thragtusk
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Punishing Fire
2 Pernicious Deed
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Painful Truths
SB: 2 Slaughter Games
SB: 2 Golgari Charm
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 Thoughtseize
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Surgical Extraction
SB: 1 Pernicious Deed
3 Sensei's Divining Top
This is autoinclucde like the Cabal and Vets. I am always happy to see this card in my start hand or when I draw it. I almost want a 4th one so I got it more often
2 Eternal Witness
I wanted one from the start but I start to like have two. Even there is Deathrite E Witness is still strong card. To pick up anything from the grave is great
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
So fun and a good card. It really takes over the battlefield and make it more stable. Almost want a third one before Commander 2015 came out instead of Thrun.
1 Scavenging Ooze
Go to have grave hate in main but I feel I got to little green sometimes for this guy. He is the best two we can get.
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Toxic Deluge
Deed is geart but slow and I am a bit afried for Tasigur and Agular. We use Deed mostaly to kill creture so I swap a deed for a Toxic instead. I think this is a good change and I have a deed in sideborad to matchup where it is better.
1 Painful Truths
I was not so big fan of it until I got to draw three cards witht his. The old list had 4 P Fire but it was one to many so I wanted one other card there. Fire I wanted a Top but when BFZ came and people started to play with this card I had to try. It's good.
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Commander 2015 gave us a good four drop. Even if we don't get the creture into battlefield, to get a creture to your hand every turn it's good. She can only be remove by Swords and give us value.
1 Broodmate Dragon
This is a beast and I have won many close game by casting this guy. Mirales have really hard time to take care of this card.
1 Deathrite Shaman
I wanted a one drop for GSZ that was not Vet and Deathrite is really good.
1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
Ob has been good to me. Only time he is not good when you paly him and the oppnent has a lot of cretures out. I had Garruk first but GGG is harder to cast then BB. Ob is hard to kill with 5 loyalties and gives you cards.
@Arianrhod: I wanted a other good three drop in the deck that was not E Witnes or Corurser. 7 lands are a lot to make her flip I think. Did you flip it all the time?
Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
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Originally Posted by
Ganfar
Oh, I forgot Ob.
Ob has been good to me. Only time he is not good when you paly him and the oppment has a lot of cretures out. I had Garruk first but GGG is harder to cast then BB.
Lillana is okey but I don't find room for her and I will not have 61 cards i MD.
I just copy past from Cockatrice. Sorry about htat.
So you don't want to play 61 in a tutor control deck? It's a shame, you could ;)
I think I'm going to shove 2 Liliana back in and give it a whirl again (Jund), once exams are over. I yearn for Friday.
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Originally Posted by
Ganfar
Oh, I forgot Ob.
Ob has been good to me. Only time he is not good when you play him and the opponent has a lot of creatures out. I had Garruk first but GGG is harder to cast then BB.
Yeah, Ob looks interesting. But like i said, i would prefer Vraska the Unseen. The abilities compliment the deck's tactic. Some say it is a poor Vindicate, but this Vindicate will win the game if left unchecked. The CMC 5 can be heavy, but being BG makes up for it. I suppose that is the most easy combination to get. But at 5 CMC getting double color shouldn't be hard either. Vraska does not draw cards, but destroy a wider range of stuff (non-land). Her Ultimate just wins games. The one from Ob to, but it takes time/is more conditional. The +1 from Ob is pretty solid. Vraska's +1 is weird, which is why i probably like it so much. If it doesn't do anything, then your board state is good. But if your opponent has board presence, weird shit happens. Now, planeswalkers in general don't like it when you have nothing to support them with. So for a walker a board full with creatures is not nice. But the fun thing about Vraska is, that they will have to deal with it. If they do, they gonna lose creatures. If they don't, they'll eventually lose the game. Plus can eat up Batterskull, Jace, Ugin or Angler and whatnot. The problem is, however, space.. In Jund NicFit i really like having 3 Liliana, tried 2 once and i was missing the card a lot... On the other hand, running to much one-off also kinda sucks. In a list without 2x Stormbreath Dragon i might squeeze her in again. And i want that 4th PFire and i want this and that... Anyway, Vraska is probably one of my favorite cards. The looks on peoples faces during tournament playing this deck is golden, especially with all those readers like Vraska being Japanese haha.
Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
Concerning Courser: Run into burn.dec just once and you'll be convinced you won't be able to live without it.
Sure in most MU's you want it post turn 5 or so, but vs. Burn get it out ASAP. It eats Goblin Guides, stops Eidolons from attacking instantly and helps you stabilize/survive long enough to start powering out rhinoes and taking over the game.
Vs. all others decks I'm never unhappy to see it. But that might be b/c I run more shuffling effects than most and skip on Tops/Libraries.
Concerning Painful Truths: It's amazing. I run 2 and wouldn't run more, but @2 it's great. It allows you to pull right back into the game. It's also one of the reasons I'm adding a Starved Rusalka over DRS #3 so I can more easily assemble the Meren + Eternal Witness + sac outlet engine (a single Rusalka gives me 5 extra virtual sac outlets. Have I said I tend to overuse/abuse GSZ?).
Concerning Evolutionary Leap: No. Just... no. Just run a Diabolic Intent in the slot you intend to use for that card. At least you know what you'll get after you sacrifice your critter. And it might just get you that instant/sorcery/any other silver bullet that blows your opponent straight out of the water rather than your next DRS. Yes, yes, cornercases, I don't give a shit. Just take it from a guy that has run 4 of those things MD for over 10 years. It's the tits.
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Originally Posted by
Echelon
Concerning Evolutionary Leap: No. Just... no. Just run a Diabolic Intent in the slot you intend to use for that card. At least you know what you'll get after you sacrifice your critter. And it might just get you that instant/sorcery/any other silver bullet that blows your opponent straight out of the water rather than your next DRS. Yes, yes, cornercases, I don't give a shit. Just take it from a guy that has run 4 of those things MD for over 10 years. It's the tits.
Yep after spending some minits in virtual games in my head... i came with the same solution..
but its sweet, cute and tasty
I can imagine some pretty cool situation...
But yea... posibility for second Karakas, next Deluge,Swords,Sigarda,Gaddock.... is just better :(
Leap need more support to be overpowered... something like Bloodghast. That could be funny deck :) but ... not in nic fit shell, not in present form
But just casual sac veteran and pray for rhino... its just not enough
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I've tested Leap, it's a nice strategy but don't change much deck's mu than Birthing Pod. It's slow, mana hungry, but nice and strong vs midrange and control.
@Nebraska War: i've brought Bug Pod again. Ended 5-2 drop, i had to come back to my home and my rating sucked so i didn't play the last two turns.
Grixis PyroDelver: 2-1
Shardless 2-0
Don't-remember-what 2-0
Junk 0-1
Jund 1-2
Sigh. So disappointing to lose from two good Mu like these... nothing to say, i've made 1 error against Junk and i've been punished (of course, he had a little luck... just a little...), Jund always has started with t1 shaman t2 liliana t3 confidant+discard and so on, i've lost g3 shuffling away 2 Surgical Extraction with Brainstorm... in the next 4 draws i've picked up: surgical, land, land, surgical. LOL
Infect 2-1
RG Lands 2-0
Re: [Primer/Deck] Nic Fit
Played in our weekly Thursday night Legacy event again. They're pretty small and time constraints limit them to 3 rounds but it's still weekly Legacy. I improved my 1-2 record from last week to 1-0-2. Draws were a big problem, it just felt like I couldn't close games out fast enough.
Round 1 was against Esper Stoneblade. I lost game 1, took game 2, and I was behind in game 3 when turns put an end to it (opponent had a Batterskull, I had killed the token, 5 mana total, I had nothing on board, only removal in hand)
Round 2 was against Miracles. I took game 1 as I usually do but lost game 2. I was probably going to win game 3 but it would be close. My opponent had Karakas/Venser and 7 life but I had 8 mana, a Siege Rhino/Meren in hand, and he couldn't find a 4 drop, and an entire 1 life. We both had tops but I also had a Library that I had taken 16 damage from that game (out of about 30 life total), but sadly every card I took was a land.
Round 3 was against Shardless BUG. I won this 2-0. One of those games was close but I won it with a Deed in part because my opponent didn't realize an activated Creeping Tar Pit would die to the Deed, though I probably still would have won it without that misplay because of Courser/Top advantage. Game 2 was a very long grind with my opponent and I in topdeck mode for about 10 turns each but I had a top to his nothing so I was pretty favored to win that battle which I eventually did. During the topdecks my opponent was able to get a couple 7/8 Goyfs onto the field but I had been keeping removal on top of my library so once a threat came down I had the answer.
This is what I played
Land 22
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Windswept Heath
3 Marsh Flats
2 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Plains
2 Bayou
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
Creatures 16
4 Veteran Explorer
2 Deathrite Shaman
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Eternal Witness
2 Courser of Kruphix
3 Siege Rhino
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
Spells 16
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Path to Exile
1 Painful Truths
Enchantment 4
3 Pernicious Deed
1 Sylvan Library
Artifact 3
3 Sensei's Divining Top
Sideboard 15
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Dryad Militant
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Rest in Peace
1 Choke
1 Golgari Charm
1 Carpet of Flowers
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Krosan Grip
1 Engineered Plague
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Shriekmaw
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Hymn to Tourach
Here's what I learned from playing it:
1. Sylvan Library should just be another Painful Truths.
2. My sideboard is atrocious. Choke should be Tsunami, Rest in Peace should be another Nihil Spellbomb, Baneslayer Angel should be anything that does things, and no one plays Elves locally so Engineered Plague isn't very good, the most use I get out of it is naming Monk or Wizard against Miracles. Has anyone ever tried Night of Soul's Betrayal?
3. I want a Maelstrom Pulse.
And a question:
1. Instead of Hymn, would something like Thalia be better? It's easier to cast and actually contributes to killing my opponent.
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Originally Posted by
Brael
And a question:
1. Instead of Hymn, would something like Thalia be better? It's easier to cast and actually contributes to killing my opponent.
I'm not that big a fan of Hymn in Nic Fit. BB is hard to come by turn 2/3. I'd replace them with Duress.
Thalia seriously messes with your stuff too and can't be GSZ'd, which is a big no-no for silver bullets with legs.
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Originally Posted by
Echelon
I'm not that big a fan of Hymn in Nic Fit. BB is hard to come by turn 2/3. I'd replace them with
Duress.
Thalia seriously messes with your stuff too and can't be GSZ'd, which is a big no-no for silver bullets with legs.
Brael, what city do you live in? Tell us about the meta.
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Originally Posted by
Echelon
I'm not that big a fan of Hymn in Nic Fit. BB is hard to come by turn 2/3. I'd replace them with
Duress.
Thalia seriously messes with your stuff too and can't be GSZ'd, which is a big no-no for silver bullets with legs.
Ya, the BB is an issue. It's not impossible to do but it tends to extract a price in terms of limiting your other plays. I could go to Duress, but I'm not sure those are even what I'm looking for. Taking the idea of wanting more silver bullets in the sideboard how are Sylvan Safekeeper, Scryb Ranger, Quirion Ranger, and Ichneumon Druid? At first glance it looks to me like Safekeeper is a good way to stop removal, I find there's usually lands to sacrifice eventually. The Rangers are similar but they can combo with Dryad Arbor or Deathrite Shaman to accelerate a bit in one turn at the cost of having less later on and picking up lands to retrigger with Courser of Kruphix sounds neat. And last the Druid seems interesting against Storm but I've never played against that deck in Legacy (atleast with Nic Fit), is it too slow to GSZ for without other disruption?
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Originally Posted by
Brael
I can understand why you have trouble closing doen games. Only 4/5 creatures that complete the job.
Looking to include SFM package might be worth trying. It puts on pressure more early and it cuts the need of having soo much library manipulation. I find that 3 sdt, 1 intent/truths/library is a lot.
So shave of 4 or 5 slots.
Yes, that SB gonna give problems.
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Originally Posted by
Bobmans
I can understand why you have trouble closing doen games. Only 4/5 creatures that complete the job.
To be honest, he also runs a Sigarda
But that doesn't have to be a problem. You just need to play enough spot removal to clear the road or some more beef. I'd switch Courser #2 for Rhino #4 and Sylvan Library for Path to Exile #3.
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Originally Posted by
Echelon
To be honest, he also runs a Sigarda
But that doesn't have to be a problem. You just need to play enough spot removal to clear the road or some more beef. I'd switch Courser #2 for Rhino #4 and Sylvan Library for Path to Exile #3.
Yes, meren was the doubtfull 5th. 3 rhino and sigarda is 4. Anyway, still needs more beefy cards, not sure if 4th Rhino instead of 2nd Courser is enough.
On another note, Chandra, flamecaller: that design is super sweet. Cmc 6 with RR is a pain in the butt. Still im gonna test 1 in my signature pfire list. That list is built to support RR on the mid/late.
+1: 2x 3/1 haste until eot.
0: draw 1, filter more
-x: variable Pyroclasm
all abilities are relevant, they + and - work good together and she can win games on her own.
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Originally Posted by
Bobmans
I can understand why you have trouble closing doen games. Only 4/5 creatures that complete the job.
Looking to include SFM package might be worth trying. It puts on pressure more early and it cuts the need of having soo much library manipulation. I find that 3 sdt, 1 intent/truths/library is a lot.
So shave of 4 or 5 slots.
Yes, that SB gonna give problems.
I run a similar creature package (no courser +1drs +1thrun) and I have no problems in closing games to be honest
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Originally Posted by
Bobmans
On another note, Chandra, flamecaller: that design is super sweet. Cmc 6 with RR is a pain in the butt. Still im gonna test 1 in my signature pfire list. That list is built to support RR on the mid/late.
+1: 2x 3/1 haste until eot.
0: draw 1, filter more
-x: variable Pyroclasm
all abilities are relevant, they + and - work good together and she can win games on her own.
Iam not sure about her...
+1 is just not enough for 6 mana.... for 6 mana get 3/1 elemental until end of turn is poor
+0 this looks better, BUT when u cast Chandra, your hand is probably empty...
-x she has 4 counters... she cant kill even goyf
In my oppinion there are much better 6mana bombs...
or just better planeswalkers
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rubblekill
I run a similar creature package (no courser +1drs +1thrun) and I have no problems in closing games to be honest
I have similar decklist +2x Stoneforge mystiq with sword and Skull
for example now i have played against BUG
g1: very slow, but when i hit 5 mana i start bombing with 3x rhinos...
g2: much closer, creeping tar was rly enoying, but thanks Sword of fire and ice on little DtShaman was enough, draw with him sigarda, next Stonefroge for batterskull and .... 2:0
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Originally Posted by
Nargoron
Iam not sure about her...
+1 is just not enough for 6 mana.... for 6 mana get 3/1 elemental until end of turn is poor
+0 this looks better, BUT when u cast Chandra, your hand is probably empty...
-x she has 4 counters... she cant kill even goyf
In my oppinion there are much better 6mana bombs...
or just better planeswalkers
I have similar decklist +2x Stoneforge mystiq with sword and Skull
for example now i have played against BUG
g1: very slow, but when i hit 5 mana i start bombing with 3x rhinos...
g2: much closer, creeping tar was rly enoying, but thanks Sword of fire and ice on little DtShaman was enough, draw with him sigarda, next Stonefroge for batterskull and .... 2:0
Hmm, goyf meets Decay.
Overall i think this is pretty heavy. Sweep board, pound with 6 power. Miracles especially is not gonna like this card.
You may not be conviced, and the cmc is too much. But this card is really well designed aside its casting cost.
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I figured I'd drop a quick write-up of my weekly legacy event from last night. I ran Rhino Fit.
Deck
4 Veteran Explorer
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Eternal Witness
2 Siege Rhino
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
2 Grave Titan
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Path to Exile
3 Hymn to Tourach
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Liliana of the Veil
3 Pernicious Deed
1 Vindicate
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Windswept Heath
3 Bayou
2 Savannah
1 Badlands
3 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Plains
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Phyrexian Tower
SB:
2 Carpet of Flowers
1 Choke
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Extirpate
1 Hymn to Tourach
2 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Engineered Plague
1 Karakas
1 Golgari Charm
Round 1 vs. Storm (0-2)
Game one was actually pretty interesting and interactive. I was able to get Dark Petition off of a cabal therapy, fired off a hymn, and my opponent made the mistake of playing double LED and passing, so I was able to capitalize by playing Deed and blowing it for 0. That said, my rhino and friends got him down to 6 and he naturally drew the past in flames and went off.
SB: +1 Gaddock Teeg, +1 Hymn, +2 Thoughtseize, +1 Leyline, +1 Ooze, +1 Extirpate // -2 Pernicious Deed, -2 Grave Titan, -1 Courser, -1 Path, -1 Abrupt Decay
Game two was quick off of my own misplay. I tried to get cute with a turn one Dryad Arbor to accelerate into turn two Vindicate on his LED when I could have sequenced T1 pass, T2 hymn, T3 GSZ for Gaddock Teeg. He took advantage and the game was over.
Round 2 vs. Aggro Loam (2-0)
Game One: My opponent tried the Wasteland plan, which slowed me down until the original Nice Fit (Explorer and Therapy) got me in business. I had a turn one DRS and a scooze this game so his graveyard wasn't much of a resource for him. Siege Rhino eventually closed the game out for me.
SB: +1 Extirpate, +1 Leyline of the Void, +1 Ooze, +1 Sigarda, +1 Golgari Charm, +1 Abrupt Decay // -1 Rhino, -1 Grave Titan, -2 Liliana, -2 Hymn
Game Two: We both kept hands with lots of disruption and low threat density - my opponent starts with Leyline of the Void -, so this game was a bit of a grind. My opponent was able to get both Loam and Punishing Fire going but I was able to deploy Sigarda with an active Top to find a few Decays and the game was over.
Round 3 vs. Interesting BUG Delver (2-1)
Game One: My opponent mulligans to four and begins playing out slowly, leading me to believe he's on Shardless BUG or a brew (Turn 2 Hymn) so my Therapy names Shardless Agent and reveals land, Tombstalker, Ponder. My turn three I am completely blown out by Daze while trying to fetch up Titania. His Tombstalker goes the distance.
+1 Choke, +1 Leyline, +1 Scooze, +1 Abrupt Decay, +1 Sigarda // -2 Grave Titan, -1 Hymn, -1 Vindicate
Game Two: I start the game with Leyline, which is important in keeping his early Tarmogoyfs nice and small. My opponent over-commits into Pernicious Deed. A million Top activations plus a million Liliana activations and an ultimate, and Siege Rhino draws the concession.
Game Three: My opponent builds out his board and I am able to sequence Decay, Decay, Eternal Witness targeting Decay, Decay, Deed. I'm also able to constrain his mana with Choke, and he's down to 2 Bayous untapped. I'm out of removal at this point and we are joined by another Tombstalker. I begin racing with Courser of Kruphix, Siege Rhino, and a Veteran Explorer. We go to turns, I play Sigarda on turn three, and am able to attack for lethal on turn five.
Round 4 vs. Tin Fins (2-1)
Game One: My opponent is not able to put together the combo before Siege Rhino and Qasali Pridemage win the day. Cabal Therapy and Hymn play a part in slowing him down, but since he's a Reanimator deck, there's always a danger to firing off a Hymn.
+2 Carpet of Flowers, +1 Leyline, +1 Extirpate, +1 Scavenging Ooze, +2 Thoughtseize // -1 Courser, -1 Rhino, -2 Grave Titan, -1 Pernicious Deed, -2 Abrupt Decay
Game Two: My opponent and I draw highly disruptive hands and the game is slow. I eventually have a board of Rhino + Titania with a fetch land in play; my opponent is functionally hellbent and dead unless he draws exactly Toxic Deluge, and my opponent draws Toxic Deluge. He's able to reanimate Griselbrand, but Nic Fit is so grindy (I fire off a Liliana ultimate somewhere in here) that he isn't able to win outright. He ends up winning the game after also Reanimating Jin Gitaxias and, finally, Emrakul.
Game Three: My sequence is Thoughtseize, Explorer + Therapy, Eternal Witness, Rhino, Green Sun's for Meren. My opponent top decks and Entomb, and puts Jin Gitaxias in the graveyard. I untap, Green Sun's Zenith for Scooze, eat the Jin Gitaxias, and my opponent concedes.
No major lessons learned this week, just a few misplays I'll store in my memory and not make again. I'm largely happy with the 75 and there isn't anything in the deck that I know I want to change other than finding room for a third Top, probably at the expense of Courser or Vindicate. I know my deck is considerably more "old school" than many that are championed in this forum, but I'm a firm believer in playing powerful, consistent, and disruptive cards that get us to our unbeatable mid and late game plan of playing Standard and Modern cards in Legacy. Let me know what you think!
