Shamelessly steal FTW's deck from last round - lets see how that works out
1. Asthereal (TO): Great Furnace, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Triplicate Titan
Fury takes care of one of your 1/1s while Fiend takes care of the other. WW
6-0
2. alphastryk: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
me
3. PJim: Mercadian Bazaar, Fury, Squee, the Immortal, Boldwyr Heavyweights
Your long game beats me. LL
0-6
4. Reeplcheep: Golgari Rot-Farm, Volrath’s Stronghold, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Hex Parasite
Fiend takes Grist, Fury kills Hex Parasite but then it keeps coming back to force the draw. DD
2-2
5. Wrath of Pie: Botanical Sanctum, Rishadan Dockhand, Old-Growth Dryads, Old-Growth Dryads
Too many threats - I can Fury on Dryads and Fiend another, but I can't beat the 1/2 you have left with my 1/1 - you can always attack first and win the race because if I ever block I lose. LL
0-6
6. dte: Sheltered valley, Phantasmal image, True-name nemesis, Saprazzan skerry
Fiend takes your TNN, Fury kills your Image(Fiend) but I can't race Sheltered Valley. DD
2-2
7. RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
Turn 2 LD is blank. Fiend takes Reaver and Fury kills Plotter. WW
6-0
8. maxx!: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
The mirror! No way for either of us to make progress. DD
2-2
9. silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon
OTP I can take Gargadon with Fiend but I can't effectively interact with Blizzard-Herder without giving you a 2/2 that I can't beat. This is a really nice deck design. LL
0-6
10. GoblinSmashmaster: Great Furance, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Noxious Gearhulk
Fury takes care of one of your 1/1s while Fiend takes care of the other. WW
6-0
11. FTW: Saprazzan Skerry, Rainbow Vale, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
The last person I expected to beat to be honest, but turn 2 LD is blank. Fiend takes Reaver and Fury kills Plotter. WW
6-0
Total: 30 points by my math
5. Wrath of Pie: Botanical Sanctum, Rishadan Dockhand, Old-Growth Dryads, Old-Growth Dryads
1. Asthereal (TO): Great Furnace, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Triplicate Titan LL
2. alphastryk: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend WD
3. PJim: Mercadian Bazaar, Fury, Squee, the Immortal, Boldwyr Heavyweights WW
4. Reeplcheep: Golgari Rot-Farm, Volrath’s Stronghold, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Hex Parasite WL
6. dte: Sheltered valley, Phantasmal image, True-name nemesis, Saprazzan skerry DL
7. RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver DD
8. maxx!: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend WD
9. silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon LL
10. GoblinSmashmaster: Great Furance, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Noxious Gearhulk LL
11. FTW: Saprazzan Skerry, Rainbow Vale, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver DD
5w7d = 22 points
I was hoping for too much durdling it seems.
7. RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
1. Asthereal (TO): Great Furnace, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Triplicate Titan
OTP I swap our lands but can't play Plague Reaver, so we draw. OTD you get your combo. DL
2. alphastryk: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
You take Plague Reaver with the Fiend and Fury my Plotter. LL
3. PJim: Mercadian Bazaar, Fury, Squee, the Immortal, Boldwyr Heavyweights
I take your land and win with Plague Reaver, which is too big to be killed with Fury. WW
4. Reeplcheep: Golgari Rot-Farm, Volrath’s Stronghold, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Hex Parasite
You get Hex Parasite, but I can always play Plotter before you remove both counters from Skerry so we draw. DD
5. Wrath of Pie: Botanical Sanctum, Rishadan Dockhand, Old-Growth Dryads, Old-Growth Dryads
OTP I get Plague Reaver, but can't attack since you can trade your Dryads for it. You can't attack since Plague Reaver can eat your creatures. OTD you play Dockhand and tap one of my lands forever. DD
6. dte: Sheltered valley, Phantasmal image, True-name nemesis, Saprazzan skerry
OTP I take your Skerry and give you Tendo Ice Bridge after I use the counter, so you can't play anything and we draw since you gain life from Sheltered Valley. OTD you get True-name which is too much for me. DL
8. maxx!: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
You take Plague Reaver with the Fiend and Fury my Plotter. LL
9. silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon
OTP I play Plague Reaver and win before Gargadon comes into play. OTD you destroy one of my lands and I can't play anything. WL
10. GoblinSmashmaster: Great Furance, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Noxious Gearhulk
OTP I swap our lands but can't play Plague Reaver, so we draw. OTD you get your combo. DL
11. FTW: Saprazzan Skerry, Rainbow Vale, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
Whoever gets Plotter first wins. WL
4W 7D 9L = 19
I remembered this at the last minute so I copied a deck and hoped for the best. Turns out Tendo Ice Bridge is a lot worse than Undiscovered Paradise.
It is indeed. I forgot that both you and FTW can't cast Reaver after swapping lands. TNN instead of Reaver would have gotten you both a ton more points as well, I reckon.
Edited my results.
You're right of course. Using Welder EOT is very techy, and indeed allows me to respond to Image by Weldering again, making a land and a row of 3/3s, after which I can yet again Welder to make the 9/9 again.
My deck is much better than I thought it was.
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Same.
I think you (I)((we)) can force a draw here OTP. T1 evoke Fury, target itself with all the damage, then sac Fury to Tower with the trigger on the stack. Then you can Fiend Gargadon and have two 1/1s against the Akki. You can’t attack into it, but now silk can’t race. DL?
On second thought you can just attack with the Goblin token before saccing it, getting you a point ahead in the race. That should also force a draw.
Same here. OTP you can attack with the Goblin token before you sac, so the 1/2 has to stay back forever. DL
Agree with the rest of your results. 32 for both of us?
Agree. In scenarios like this you should be able to force draws and avoid losses, since you have turn 1 haste damage from the 1/1 token.
You have 2 options for turn 1 sacrifice fodder:
1) 1/1 token after it attacks
2) evoke Fury pre-combat (at opponent's turn 1 play or at itself), then attack with 1/1 token
The first line leaves Fury in hand to remove an opponent's threat. The second line leaves you two 1/1s. Both lines let the token deal damage on turn 1, so opponent should never be able to race with a non-haste 1/x (Fury can kill their turn 1 play).
I missed the line where you don't play your land.
F vs R OTD
T1 Hex Parasite / tapped Skerry
T2 don't play Rot-Farm to protect it / Plotter trades Rainbow Vale for Stronghold (in response, you tap Stronghold to remove 1 depletion counter)
Now you can still never cast Grist (Rot Farm returns Rainbow Vale to my hand) but I can't cast Plague Reaver.
DD agreed
Both maxx! and FTW are better at playing my deck than I am, will update the spreadsheet.
GoblinSmashmaster Results for Round
1. Asthereal (TO): Great Furnace, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Triplicate Titan
Goblin smash! 6-0
2. alphastryk: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
Fury :( 0-6
3. PJim: Mercadian Bazaar, Fury, Squee, the Immortal, Boldwyr Heavyweights
Fury :( 0-6
4. Reeplcheep: Golgari Rot-Farm, Volrath’s Stronghold, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Hex Parasite
Goblin smash! 6-0
5. Wrath of Pie: Botanical Sanctum, Rishadan Dockhand, Old-Growth Dryads, Old-Growth Dryads
Goblin smash! 6-0
6. dte: Sheltered valley, Phantasmal image, True-name nemesis, Saprazzan skerry
2NN 0-6
7. RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
LD 4-1
8. maxx!: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend
Fury 0-6
9. silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon
LD 3-3
10. GoblinSmashmaster: Great Furance, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Noxious Gearhulk
That's me, playing Goblin combo!
11. FTW: Saprazzan Skerry, Rainbow Vale, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
LD 4-1
Total: 29 points
Two disagreements.
Pretty sure I'm right vs FTW. Plague Reaver can't win until turn 6, and Heavyweights can land on turn 5 with Rainbow Vale. If Plotter is played it eats Fury and Reaver never lands. 2-2
Asthereal vs GSM is an obvious win for GSM OTP, as Reaver can kill Welder. So Asthereal OTP:
Furnace, Welder | Furnace, Welder
Discard, Recur Titan | Discard, Recur Gearhulk (Welder) 20-21
20-12 | Pass
20-3, Recur Furnace | Recur Gearhulk (Titan) 20-12
20-9 | Pass
20-6, Recur Furnace | Recur Gearhulk (Flyer) 20-9
Now Asthereal can't attack and Gearhulk can eventually recur twice more to kill the remaining tokens and win. 6-0 GSM. In retrospect there's a better line turning a token into a Great Furnace with Welder.
Assuming scores are all correct now, these are the standings for round 8:
1. silkster: 41 - 4,1
2. dte: 36 - 3,6
3. alphastryk: 32 - 3,2
3. maxx!: 32 - 3,2
5. Asthereal (TO): 29 - 2,9
5. GoblinSmashmaster: 29 - 2,9
7. PJim: 26 - 2,6
8. Wrath of Pie: 22 - 2,2
9. Reeplcheep: 20 - 2
10. RoosterCocoa: 19 - 1,9
11. FTW: 14 - 1,4
Which leads to these bannings:
Akki Blizzard-Herder
Chancellor of the Forge
Dunes of the Dead
Fury
Greater Gargadon
Mesmeric Fiend
Phantasmal image
Phyrexian Tower
Saprazzan skerry
Sheltered valley
True-name nemesis
(I'm locking these in now, as I am about to open the next round. Any changes in scores after now won't affect these bannings anymore.)
And the season now looks as follows:
1. PJim: 31,5
2. dte: 30,3
3. silkster: 28,8
4. Asthereal (TO): 23
5. RoosterCocoa: 21,7
6. Wrath of Pie: 20,1
7. Reeplcheep: 20
8. GoblinSmashmaster: 19,7
9. FTW: 19
10. maxx!: 18,5
11. alphastryk: 18,2
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I think silkster's results are correct, except vs WoP:
WoP OTP:
Land, Dryads | Mountain, Garg10
20-17, Dryads | Garg9, Dunes, Akki, Sac Dunes, Mountain, Garg7
Dockhand, trade Dryad for both dudes, 20-14 | Garg6
WoP races with 4 damage per turn.
Land, Dryads | Mountain, Garg10
20-17, Dryads | Garg9, Dunes, Akki, Sac Dunes, Mountain, Akki, Garg6
Chump with 2/2 and sac, Garg5, 20-14 | Garg4
WoP races with 6 damage per turn.
silk OTP:
Mountain, Garg10 | Land, Dryads
Garg9 Dunes, Akki, Sac Dunes, Mountain, Akki, Garg6 | 17-20
Garg5, 17-18 | 14-18
Garg4 | 2/2 chumps then sacs, Garg3
Gargadon will land with enough life left to attack safely.
So I make it 3-3. Doesn't change bannings at all.
Hello again. Busy week with school starting up. I didn't have that much faith in my deck because it lost to basically everything in my gauntlet, but also everything else in my gauntlet lost to Fury. Adding in the face that Fury likely still has room for innovation, I figured there would be lots of it. Let's have a look now. Disagreements against both Plotter decks.
Me: silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon
1. Asthereal (TO): Great Furnace, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Triplicate Titan WL
2. alphastryk: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend WD
3. PJim: Mercadian Bazaar, Fury, Squee, the Immortal, Boldwyr Heavyweights WW
4. Reeplcheep: Golgari Rot-Farm, Volrath’s Stronghold, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Hex Parasite WW
Oh, Hex Parasite! I almost played that this round!
I didn't realize that you could recur Grist until I started skimming everyone else's posts. Very cool!
5. Wrath of Pie: Botanical Sanctum, Rishadan Dockhand, Old-Growth Dryads, Old-Growth Dryads WL
6. dte: Sheltered Valley, Phantasmal image, True-Name Nemesis, Saprazzan Skerry WL
I thought this was WD, but I see now why my True-Name Nemesis decks looked so weak: no Sheltered Valley to let me store up life and get back on the offensive.
7. RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver WD
Same math as against FTW, except that you don't give me a land to sacrifice, so you get 1 more hit in, but I hold the fort at 2 life.
This was on my shortlist too. I'm glad to have been an inspiration and happy to have you confirm that I wasn't missing something that was obviously more powerful than Plague Reaver. I didn't like that this version couldn't trade away the Tendo before playing the Reaver unless you can trade for a black source, which seemed very unlikely.
8. maxx!: Chancellor of the Forge, Fury, Phyrexian Tower, Mesmeric Fiend WD
10. GoblinSmashmaster: Great Furance, Goblin Welder, Insolent Neonate, Noxious Gearhulk WL
I think this is WD. On the draw:
Skerry; Mountain, Suspend-10.
Reaver, passing the Vale; S-9, Dunes, Herder.
Reaver attacks into Herder, and I sacrifice Mountain, Dunes, Vale, and Herder (S-5, make a 2/2); S-4.
Reaver attacks into 2/2 (sacrificed, S-3); S-2.
Hit for 6; S-1.
Hit for 6; Gargadon. But it takes 3 hits to win and I die in 2, so we stare.
PS: Deck got stolen and made top 3. FeelBadMan
Thanks! I've been trying to make Blizzard-Herder work since the Peasant Banathon.
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