Hi all, went to a local event, 4 rounds - went 2-2-0. I haven't played in a long time so I certainly made a few mistakes, and I started to lose focus as the rounds went on.
List:
4x Noble Hierarch
4x Blighted Agent
4x Glistener Elf
4x Invigorate
4x Brainstorm
3x Gitaxian Probe
3x Spell Pierce
3x Vines of Vastwood
3x Daze
2x Berserk
2x Force of Will
2x Crop Rotation
1x Ponder
1x Become Immense
1x Sylvan Library
Lands (19):
4x Inkmoth Nexus
1x Pendelhaven
1x Wasteland
4x Tropical Island
1x Forest
4x Misty Rainforest
4x Windswept Heath
SB:
2x Grafdiggers Cage
2x Hydroblast
2x Pithing Needle
2x Krosan Grip
2x Flusterstorm
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Piracy Charm
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Divert
1x Mizzium Skin
R1 - Elves - Win (1-0):
G1 (1-0): Probe and see a slow hand, but with NO. A couple of turns later I swing (forget if it was inkmoth or blighted...) and invigorate + berserk FTW.
G2 (1-1): We both have slower hands, eventually he gets a Regal Force, refills and finds a Behemoth.
G3 (2-1): Probe shows me GSZ, NO, Nettle, Visionary, 2 forest and a heath. T1 cage feels so dirty. He manages to get a small glimpse chain going but inkmoth, noble and a Become Immense get there.
R2 - Onmishow - Win (2-0):
note: Playing against a good friend here, the guy I play the most mtg with.
G1 (1-0): I think he mulled, but when I probed he had an Emrakul, Omniscience, DTT, and Cunning wish and a brainstrom. He had 1 land in play. I slowly chip away before finishing with a kicked vines.
G2 (1-1): My hand is a bit land heavy, but that means I won't draw any lands right? NOPE. I get flooded while he quickly and easily assembles show, omni, emmy.
G3 (2-1): I have a decent hand, get a couple nobles and a blighted out, pinging 3 a turn. He probes me and sees I have nothing, but on my draw step I draw a spell pierce. He EoT DTTs, which I have the pierce for. Saved my bacon. The blighted takes me home.
R3 - Punishing Jund - Lose (2-1):
G1 (0-1): He gets deathrite and an early Jitte, and punishing fire. Punishing is the word of the match.
G2 (0-2): He gets deathrite and engineered plague, then a second engineered plague. Krosan grip makes my blighted agents useful again. He gets 2 deathrites in play, I drop and pop engineered explosives for 1. Then he lands a jitte, much to my dismay. Double brainstorm finds the second krosan, hey this might work! But then this is where I make a huge mistake, or many huge mistakes maybe. He was looking at graveyards to figure out how big a goyf would be and put a "goyf die" down to remind himself. I (I wasn't on drugs I swear. Just tired...) think he plays a goyf. There is no goyf on the table yet I play as if there is. He has 2 Dark Confidants in play. This leads me to the pritical mistake, thinking the game is over next turn (2X bob and a 6/7 goyf, me at 10), I attack with blinkmoth and invig and kick vinves for 9 infect to show how close I was. Then I almost concede, and he keeps asking why. So I say play it out. He flips a punishing fire with the bobs, and THEN PLAYS THE GOYF. FML. If I hadn't been dumb I would have attacked for 1 poison, then saved the pump for the next turn. Ahh well.
R4 - Food Chain - Lose (2-2):
G1 (1-0): I probe to see a FoW, BS, Deathrite, and Decay, and some lands. I get the job done with an invig.
G2 (1-1): I probe and see decay, strix, fow, food chain, misty. I manage to get a few poison in with an inkmoth but he gains superiority with strix and misty and beats me down.
G3 (1-2): His T1 deathrite, 2x strix and a timely misdirection of my spell piere keep me from doing much. Then he goes INFINI mana, hooded hydra, vela, infini damage. GG.
I love the deck but need more practice!!! Would greatly appreciate thoughts on the list I used.
All star SB cards for me were krosan grips. Pithing Needles and Cages were good when I had them, Engineered explosives really shined the one time I got it, but didnt see or use much else.
