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Nice job Bryant!! The next time I'm in Ohio for a GP I won't drink the night before so I can play in it.
Nice job beating out several difficult matchups, including all of the decks with blue in them (Merfolk, Thopter, Landstill, New Horizons, etc).
congrats, ... ari lax was a cocky mf - but he is good.
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Originally Posted by Bryant Cook
Best part of the report. That's the true power of the Grapeshot.Quote:
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Great work! I must say you're the poster child for dedication to a deck. I can only admire that kind of passion and resolve because I'll never have it. Well done, sir!
Nice Job Bryant, way to go. Congrads to everyone else that made Day 2. Go C'use.
yawg07 always speaks highly of you, and I thought to myself, "I wonder If Im gonna come across the best combo ever). Well I guess I sat next to you in round 8, and didnt even know it! Good Job Bryant. Congrats
Congratulations on your finish, Bryant.
I was the asian guy watching your ridiculous game against Sneak Attack in R12; I was behind him so when he Brainstorm'ed at the end and found nothing, I knew the match was yours. It was a pleasure to meet you.
I play with Ari locally.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauce
He is a complete and total douchebag and he isn't very good at the game. He has better players make him decks that win.
And even if you decide to argue that point, it doesn't change the fact that everyone here hates him (and the entire RIW crew for that matter. . .Brian Demars (sp?), Patrick Chappin, etc.)
Congrats Bryant and great report!
Grats dude.
I think I almost fell out of my chair when I was looking at the top 8 list.
Any one read the coverage?
OMG.
Stopped reading there...Quote:
Cook led with Scalding Tarn for Underground Sea into Ponder. Durward sacrificed Wasteland to destroy the Underground Sea. Durward played a turn-two Gemstone Mine and his second Ponder. Durward followed with Noble Hierarch on his second turn. Turn-three for Cook consisted of Brainstorm, bringing the Gemstone Cavern down to one counter
I noticed that too. However, I can't fix that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeKo
Were there any situations when you wished Chant/Silence was Xantid Swarm?
Chant was insane for me both days.Quote:
Originally Posted by kicks_422
Did you ever pay the kicker, or more to the point, need to? I've built the deck on MTGO and Silence seems to do the trick (it's – financially speaking – much cheaper than Chant, of course) and with the new white Leyline being increasingly boarded, I wonder if Silence isn't a better choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryant Cook
Did you even read my report?Quote:
Originally Posted by MMogg
Awesome job dude!!!
Pimp report, and great job on the finish!
lol.Quote:
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Even after that long rant to me about a perfect game you ate. I wondered what was going on in the top 8...
As I thought. I guess Swarm's better days are very much over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryant Cook
I know you've cut IGG from the MD long ago. From then until the GP, did you ever miss it in the main? Or was Inf.Tutoring for Ad Nauseam much better even with a low life total? I don't understand the IGG in the SB, though I see you've used it once in the GP. Wouldn't you most of the time have no Tutors in the GY if you'll be Wish'ing for it, since Wish gets RFG'd?
I don't want to go down to two storm Engines (Ad Nauseam and Returns) it's far too dangerous, there were a few situations I had LED's in hand with Wish and Ad Nauseam, if I could've gotten one more mana I couldve Wished for Ill-Gotten Gains to get back Ad Nauseam and cast it.Quote:
Originally Posted by kicks_422
Ill-Gotten Gains is also very good against discard which I didn't play against.
Good job rolling out like a boss. Good report. Shoulda suffered through it and had your hunger keep you sharp for the T8. :P
You should start slapping yourself in the face between games like Saito
Man, haven't you watched Bull Durham? Don't EVER mess with a winning streak!
Good to see you do well....top 8 out of 1300 people is nuts....
Later EddieO
Damned good job.
Congrats Bryant. I especially enjoyed when you killed the gobos player with a horde of goblins.
And you seem to have a love affair with buffalo chicken :)
Congrats
Surprising that you never killed with IGG, but used Returns so many times.
Congrats Bryant!
Congrats dude! You deserve it for sure.
Absolutely awesome, congratz!
peace,
4eak
Congrats man. You were an awesome opponent.
Best. Line. Ever.Quote:
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Second best. Line. Ever.Quote:
I tell Colin, “They’re going to need this room to contain my ego for after I win”.
You don't even need to read the whole thing, Ctrl+F is your friend.Quote:
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Congrats dude! You can spend your money to buy your missing Jap foils.
Great job Bryant! Sourcers were clamoring for a BC feature match on ggs. You had a cheering squad behind you all the time don't cha know :P
EDIT:
YOU DESERVE THOSE 4 DAMN GREEN BARS! IT'S ABOUT TIME BRO! FOR REAL.
Very well done Bryant. Us Ann Arbor crew was happy a Sourcer made it.
gz! great result! Did you punt somewhere?
I had the same problem like you against the Belcher guy...Opp is MonoW and has NOTHING but lets me do the Combo for like 10 minutes when I just wanna scoop it up and run to the toilet..:D Imagine you playing CounterThopters in that situation ^^
Anyways, one last question: How was the Eye for you?
Congrats Bryant great show as usual! I was rooting for you. I'm kinda sad I could make it up to the GP this time around, I had TES sleeved up and everything... oh well.
Gj bryant! I've got a question though, isn't E.truth a good card to bring in against Belcher? For when they are obliged to go for ETW.
Great report and great result !!