Originally Posted by
timmyod17
Yesterday split the top 4 of the TJ Collectibles Titanium Series event with my Maverick list. Had a few on stream feature matches including both quarterfinals and semifinals (which was a pretty heartbreaking loss to Miracles). Here is my list:
23 Lands:
2 Bayou
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Karakas
1 Plains
2 Savannah
1 Scrubland
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
4 Windswept Heath
24 creatures:
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Mother of Runes
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Renegade Rallier
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Scryb Ranger
2 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Tireless Tracker
13 Other Spells:
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sylvan Library
Sideboard:
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Blessed Alliance
1 Choke
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sanctum Prelate
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
3 Thoughtseize
2 Zealous Persecution
Can do a more complete tournament report later, but this is what I faced.
Rd 1 - Draw vs Deathblade (0-0-1)
Rd 2 - Win vs Omni-Sneak (1-0-1)
Rd 3 - Win vs 12 Post (2-0-1)
Rd 4 - Win vs Grixis good stuff (3-0-1)
Rd 5- Win vs Death & Taxes (4-0-1)
Rd 6 - Intentional draw (4-0-2)
Had the #7 seed going into top 8.
Top 8 - Win vs Grixis good stuff (same guy, Noah Walker, that I faced in rd 4)
Top 4 - Loss vs Miracles
Had a good mix of fair and unfair matches, and the deck performed really well, though I think I was luckier than usual with my draws. Have been running a one-of Renegade Rallier which really shined. It lets you just cast your potent game-changing two drops (Library, Jitte, Thalia) into obvious FoW and is backbreaking when you get them back next turn. Also I lived the dream and had double wasteland turns with Rallier in at least 2 matches. Cavern of Souls also overperformed - would maybe even like to go up to 2, but it's tough making the mana work since I run 2x Abrupt Decay in the main. Also was happy with 3 Abrupt Decays in the 75 - it has applications in nearly every matchup. Miracles as usual did me in, though I mulliganed to 4 (and kept a no-lander) in game 1. Also I played sort of loose since we had agreed to split prizes before the match :)