Me silkster: Caves of Koilos, Detention Vortex, Encroach, Death's Shadow
1. Asthereal (TO): Ancient Spring, Desert, Errant Ephemeron, Vindicate WW
2. jhhdk: Snow-Covered Swamp, Raven's Crime, Howltooth Hollow, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn DD
You can't make me discard until you've played both lands, but then your recurrence ends. And you can only cast Crime once in a turn, so I only need one fodder card to discard.
Can you lead on Howltooth and get enough discards in before I cast a threat? Here are the turns: HH, RC me, RC yourself, draw Emrakul, draw Swamp, draw RC and RC me, RC me. It looks like you're just fast enough that you can do it on the draw. If only I could mana burn or something. I think this is DD, but this is a weird and complicated matchup.
3. Reeplcheep: Bazaar of Baghdad , Basking rootwalla, Basking Rootwalla , VengevineWWWD Ugh, dte pointing out my weakness to flash blockers!
I was saving this deck for the creatures only season. :)
4. PJim: Volrath's Stronghold, Orzhov Basilica, Necrotic Sliver, Pithing Needle WW
5. Wrath of Pie: Breeding Pool, Swarm Shambler, Sea's Claim, Pithing NeedleWWWD Ugh, dte pointing out my weakness to flash blockers!
6. alphastryk: Bazaar of Baghdad, Basking Rootwalla, Basking Rootwalla, Vengevine WD Oooh, unlucky cards!
7. H: Concealed Courtyard, Mutavault, Bitterblossom, Stinkdrinker Bandit WW
8. GoblinSmashmaster: Lotus Petal, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Empty the Warrens LL
I knew and accepted that I would lose to this. :P
10. Tylert: Karakas, Lotus petal, Meddling mage, Chronomaton WL
11. dte: Simian Spirit guide, Simian Spirit guide, electrodominance, crashing footfallsWWUgh, that's really upsetting. DD
When I was considering my deck, one of the matchups I checked was this one. When I realized that I beat Electro-Footfalls by hitting to exactly 0 while at 1 life myself, I knew I had to submit this deck. Thanks for making it come true!
12. Serguei: Ancient Tomb, Simian Spirit Guide, Magus of the moon, Goblin Rabblemaster WL
I wondered about the Tomb/City lottery and whether multiple people would eschew City for Tomb.
13. maxx!: Tendo Ice Bridge, Scythe Tiger, Branchloft Pathway, Raze WD
14. FTW: Force of Negation, Judge's Familiar, Razorverge Thicket, Crashing Footfalls WDL
On your play, either one of us can decide that my removal must trade with your Familiar, so that's going to happen. And I can't attack through two Rhinos.
Familiar comes in clutch. :(
13W, 8D, 5L for 47 match points, and 4 found points for unplayed cards.
I didn't recognize anything as decks to beat, though I suspected a few usual decks to show up. I also felt pretty good about this deck because even if someone else decides to play Encroach, they're not going to match the rest of the deck. I did consider playing [cards]Tarnished Citadel[/strike], but I felt that it was important to be able to micromanage my life, as I thought was the cast against Rhinos. It looks like Citadel would have given me more points against jhhdk. I'm not sure Citadel would have cost me any points, so I think you're right.
The thing that interested me this round was trying to predict what decks others would play. I wondered if GoblinSmashmaster would play Empty the Warrens and if Tylert would play Aether Vial. I also wondered if everyone else would respect the fact that those two are the "owners" of those decks, in some sense, and kindly stay clear of them. I also wondered if everyone would respect the deck that I feel like is "my deck", though in the end Encroach felt too good not to play. In hindsight, I might have predicted that dte would be the one to play Electro-Footfalls.