4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons

[tirrit]

Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype, comment:
I really liked that I got to play boseiju and use it to suspend baloth, then bounce it to get the rotfarm into play and eventually use it as a pseudo assassin's trophy. I had some other deck ideas but I was always going to play some version of this one because of how nicely the pieces work together.



dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, comment:
3-3. On the play I can just barely race your flyer because the baloth comes into play just in time on turn 6. On the draw I get destroyed. I thought that Boseiju meant I would win against the dreadnought decks, but I was really leaning hard on blocking to let my card advantage take over since my 5/5s are slower.

Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho, comment:
6-0. My 5/5s come down faster.

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake, comment: Maybe my entry's legal?
6-0. Boseiju hitting dreadship reef wins.

FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought
6-0. On the draw: you attack with dreadnought clone on turn 3 putting me to 8 and I kill it on my turn 3 with Boseiju. You attack with prototype on turn 4 putting me to 3, and then I play my own prototype and block until baloth comes down. Then I can attack with one 5/5 while holding the other back to win.

Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, comment: twelve is too large
3-3. The turn 3 Boseiju mirror where whoever gets to boseiju the other's land first wins. I actually do get to make one 5/5 on the draw but it's not as big as your 12/12 and it comes down afterward, so definitely still losing.

GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter, comment: Goblin smash!
6-0. On the play I hit one of your lands before you cast any spells, winning. On the draw if you cast plaguecrafter first, I discard prototype and boseiju a land to keep you off the mutant and then baloth eventually wins. If you cast mutant first then I boseiju a land to keep you off of plague crafter. You get to hit me once and then I play prototype to block and once baloth comes down my 2 5/5s can get into the red zone.



30 points

[FTW]

FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought

I submitted City of Traitors, which was better but illegal - too fast OTP. I quickly changed to Peat Bog without time to think it through. This build is a bit too slow now. I didn't want a 1BB threat because it must be played before Nought. I wanted Gilded Drake, but Skerry was banned. I considered LD but it was a turn too fast in this configuration with a depletion land. T3 Boseiju was smart.


dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens
You must sequence T2 Master first, otherwise I have more threats than you. I thought that would give me the edge, but flying matters more.
OTP you can block with T3 Nought at 8 life, then block Lupine with Master.
OTD you can block before I get a life advantage, then Master is free to race in the air.
DL 1-4

Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho
Dreadnought is fast.
WW 6-0

Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype
OTP you stabilize at 3 life after T3 Boseiju T4 Lupine, then Baloth wins.
OTD I can troll you by not playing Nought, then you have to hold back Boseiju and Lupine can't attack. Eventually Baloth resolves though, forcing my action.
LL 0-6

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake
OTP T2 Lupine + suiNought / no Drake yet
T3 hold up mana & attack with Lupine
Now if you steal Lupine, I respond with Mycosynth Gardens X=2 activation making a 2nd Lupine. Then I have Drake + Lupine vs Lupine.
OTD I awkwardly can't play anything into Gilded Drake, Lupine isn't hellbent, then the Church kills me.
WL 3-3

Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought
LL 0-6
Edit: Boseiju needs 1 charge counter. Dreadnought needs 2 if you use Boseiju. Speed helps me!

OTP T2 Nought, T3 Lupine & Attack 12 [S=8]. Then you must Boseiju. T4 Lupine attack [S=3]. Not enough mana for Dreadnought yet. W

OTD T2 Lupine. Not worth Boseiju & you don't have Nought mana yet. T3 Nought [S=15].
Now if you Boseiju mine (1 charge left), Lupine attacks [S=10], you charge again, Lupine attacks [S=5], now Dreadnought. But Dreadnought can't attack. Draw.
If you instead do T4 Nought to challenge mine, I attack into it. If you don't block, Nought + Lupine wins on next attack before you have Boseiju mana. So you must give up Nought and play for the draw here too.
WD 4-1

GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter
T2 Lupine first, then T3 Nought. Then I'm protected from Plaguecrafter.
WW 6-0

20 points (6 wins, 2 draw, 4 loss)

[dte]

dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, comment:
Me, playing dreadnought

Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho, comment:
6-0
6

Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype, comment:
3-3
9

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake, comment: Maybe my entry's legal?
6-0, I play only master
15

FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought
4-1, fllying take it OTP
19

Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, comment: twelve is too large
6-0, twelve is too slow, see below
25

GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter, comment: Goblin smash!
6-0
31

It's close with tirrit with so many MUs maybe miscalculated. Bosejiu was so not on my radar. I am surprised to see no chancellor of the annex nor kozilek though.
I am also surprised with the difference between lupine and master, I thought lupine was better vs chancellor while master was better in the mirror which mattered more, but it seems suite different - or I got some MUs wrong. I think FTW should 3-3 Silkster though, not 0-6, lupine can attack twice before dreadnought comes down.

Vs Silkster OTP
S1 grove
d1 bog
S2 G1, gardens
d2 master
S3: bosejiu or dreadnought or wait

S3 bosejiu
d3 S15
S4 G1
d4 S10
S5 G2
d5 S5
S6 dread too late

S3 bosejiu as land, dreadnought
d3 dreadnought, S15
S4 attack, trade, master takes it

S3 wait, G2
d3 dreadnought, S15
S4 dreadnought would trade, S4 bosejiu on dreadnought is the same as bosejiu T3

[tirrit]

dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens
You must sequence T2 Master first, otherwise I have more threats than you. I thought that would give me the edge, but flying matters more.
OTP you can block with T3 Nought at 8 life, then block Lupine with Master.
OTD you can block before I get a life advantage, then Master is free to race in the air.
DL 1-4

I think this is 2-2:
With dte on the play dte plays master on 2, FTW dreadnought. dte makes a tapped dreadnought on 3 and attacks FTW to 15. FTW puts dte to 8 and makes a 5/5. dte can hold back to block at this point and draw, but suppose he attacks with both: ftw chumps dreadnought with his 5/5 and takes 12 going to 3 and then wins on the crackback. If dte attacks with only dreadnought, ftw can take it and survive at 3 and win on the crackback. If dte attacks with only master ftw goes to 10 and attacks with both. Dte must block and trade dreadnoughts and go to 3. Now he can't attack as he doesn't have lethal and FTW does.

[dte]

I think this is 2-2:
With dte on the play dte plays master on 2, FTW dreadnought. dte makes a tapped dreadnought on 3 and attacks FTW to 15. FTW puts dte to 8 and makes a 5/5. dte can hold back to block at this point and draw, but suppose he attacks with both: ftw chumps dreadnought with his 5/5 and takes 12 going to 3 and then wins on the crackback. If dte attacks with only dreadnought, ftw can take it and survive at 3 and win on the crackback. If dte attacks with only master ftw goes to 10 and attacks with both. Dte must block and trade dreadnoughts and go to 3. Now he can't attack as he doesn't have lethal and FTW does.

Dreadnought doesn't have to be tapped, you can choose if you keep the copy or the original.

The mirror is the reason I chose master :)

[FTW]

It's close with tirrit with so many MUs maybe miscalculated. Bosejiu was so not on my radar. I am surprised to see no chancellor of the annex nor kozilek though.
I am also surprised with the difference between lupine and master, I thought lupine was better vs chancellor while master was better in the mirror which mattered more, but it seems suite different - or I got some MUs wrong. I think FTW should 3-3 Silkster though, not 0-6, lupine can attack twice before dreadnought comes down.

You're right. Silkster has the answers but speed matters. It's even WD 4-1, since I can force silkster into a position where Dreadnought must stay on defense to stop Lupine.

I was in a similar ballpark to you. Other idea:
Chancellor of the Annex, charge land, Field of Ruin, 2nd creature

But T4 LD seemed slow (T3 beats the ceiling with Chancellor). Dreadnought + Lupine got under it.

Considered Kozilek. Shelldock can activate at instant speed ambushing Intrepid Hero, so the ceiling deck can only draw. Other enablers seemed worse than Dreadnought. Flying matterred with so many 5/5s played!

[Wrath of Pie]

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake, comment: Maybe my entry's legal?

dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, comment: - LL
Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho, comment: - LL
Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype, comment: - LL
FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought - WL
Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, comment: twelve is too large - LL
GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter, comment: Goblin smash! - LL

1w = 3 points

Karakas ended up being useless other than being a white source.

[GoblinSmashmaster]

GoblinCraftmaster Results for Round Artifat

dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, comment:
12/12 smash :( 0-6

Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho, comment:
Goblin smash! 6-0

Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype, comment:
Baloth smash :( 0-6

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake, comment: Maybe my entry's legal?
Goblin smash! 6-0

FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought
12/12 smash :( 0-6

Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, comment: twelve is too large
12/12 smash :( 0-6

GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter, comment: Goblin smash!
That's me, being crafty with Goblins!

12 goblin points vs 12/12s!

[tirrit]

Dreadnought doesn't have to be tapped, you can choose if you keep the copy or the original.

The mirror is the reason I chose master :)

I was so focused on the fact that the land copy doesn't have the trigger that I didn't think of saccing it to pay the other's trigger.

[silkster]

Round - Dreadnought Boogey Man

dte: Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, comment:
I assumed Dreadnought was the card to beat and I thought so much about ways to kill it that I overlooked playing a second threat. You are much too fast for me.
I remember thinking that Master of the Feast would be good in 4cb when it got spoiled, but then I forgot about it. And then it got played this season, and I still wasn't thinking of it.
0-6

Reeplcheep : Oversoul of Dusk, Oversoul of Dusk, Hollow Trees, Fountain of Cho, comment:
I'm fast enough here to remove a land on T3 and play Dreadnought on T6.
6-0

Tirrit: Boseiju, Who Endures, Durkwood Baloth, Golgari Rotfarm, Lupine Prototype, comment:
The Boseiju mirror is WL. I appreciate the elegant use of resources.
3-3

Wrath of Pie: Karakas, Dreadship Reef, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Gilded Drake, comment: Maybe my entry's legal?
Killing the blue source protects my threat.
6-0

FTW: Peat Bog, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Lupine Prototype, comment: CopyNought
I think I can get a draw on the play, regardless of whether you play Prototype or Dreadnought on turn 2.
1-4

Silkster: Rushwood Grove, Boseiju, Who Endures, The Mycosynth Gardens, Phyrexian Dreadnought, comment: twelve is too large


GoblinSmashmaster: Sandstone Needle, Peat Bog, Goblin Mutant, Plaguecrafter, comment: Goblin smash!
On the play, I disrupt your lands. On the draw, you lead on the Mutant on turn 3, then I hit a land, you hit me on turns 4, 5, and 6, then I land Dreadnought. But I'm at too little life to attack, and the Mutant specifies untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
4-1

[tirrit]

You're right. Silkster has the answers but speed matters. It's even WD 4-1, since I can force silkster into a position where Dreadnought must stay on defense to stop Lupine.

I was in a similar ballpark to you. Other idea:
Chancellor of the Annex, charge land, Field of Ruin, 2nd creature

But T4 LD seemed slow (T3 beats the ceiling with Chancellor). Dreadnought + Lupine got under it.

Considered Kozilek. Shelldock can activate at instant speed ambushing Intrepid Hero, so the ceiling deck can only draw. Other enablers seemed worse than Dreadnought. Flying matterred with so many 5/5s played!

Kozilek is legal but you have to play forbidden orchard so that the hero deck can attack into the ambush with a 1/1 you had to give in order to discard kozilek. This made it feel a lot weaker since it basically only has annihilator 2 on the first swing. Might be good enough, might not. Also you don't win vs dreadnought on the draw even when the annihilator trigger would be enough

[silkster]

Looks like Master of the Feast takes the round to become the next floor deck.

Master of the Feast, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Peat bog, The Mycosynth Gardens,

Also banned:
Saprazzan Skerry,
Gemstone Mine,
Intrepid Hero,
Will-o'-the-Wisp

[silkster]

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Taking a look. Pms will be sent as necessary.

[silkster]

Round 7

GoblinSmashmaster: Tarnished Citadel, Sarpadian Simulacrum, Ingot Chewer, Wispmare, comment: Goblin smash!
dte: King's Assassin, Vesuva, Shivan Gorge, Dwarven Hold, comment:
Reeplcheep : Vivid Meadow, Goldmeadow Dodger, Mistblade Shinobi, Mistblade Shinobi, comment: Limbo
Tirrit: Remote Farm, Duskrider Falcon, Twining Twins, Island of Wak-Wak, comment: This is my anti-vesuva deck, so I very much look forward to seeing no one on vesuva this week.
Silkster: Holdout Settlement, Arcbound Worker, Wispmare, Ingot Chewer, comment: hunting parasites
FTW: Rainbow Vale, Magus of the Vineyard, Stormkeld Vanguard, Stormkeld Vanguard, comment: Oops! All Creatures
Wrath of Pie: Island of Wak-Wak, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Mercadian Bazaar, Shivan Gorge, comment:

[silkster]

GoblinSmashmaster: Tarnished Citadel, Sarpadian Simulacrum, Ingot Chewer, Wispmare, comment: Goblin smash!
Wispmare, Ingot Chewer, Beluna's Gatekeeper, Sidisi's Faithful, and Stromkeld Vanguard were the only cards I could think of for quite a while. I see you're playing around them with the very nicely chosen goblin. But I can never evoke my Ingot Chewer.
6-0

dte: King's Assassin, Vesuva, Shivan Gorge, Dwarven Hold, comment:
I forgot about Vesuva this round, despite working so hard to play it in previous rounds. Oops.
0-6

Reeplcheep : Vivid Meadow, Goldmeadow Dodger, Mistblade Shinobi, Mistblade Shinobi, comment: Limbo
I somehow forgot about Goldmeadow Dodger despite it being played a few rounds ago. I had the 1/1 Shadow in on of my lists. I also was not going to think of this, bending over backwards to sneak under the big creatures.
2-2

Tirrit: Remote Farm, Duskrider Falcon, Twining Twins, Island of Wak-Wak, comment: This is my anti-vesuva deck, so I very much look forward to seeing no one on vesuva this week.
I totally forgot about Island of Wak-Wak, despite your prior waksing about it!
I thought this was DD, but when you're on the play you're only one turn behind in the race, and flickering my guy gets you ahead.
4-1.

Silkster: Holdout Settlement, Arcbound Worker, Wispmare, Ingot Chewer, comment: hunting parasites
The one other thing I thought to play was a quick Hex Parasite. I had a hard time finding a deck with a charge land, so I went with counters on a creature. It didn't matter though.

FTW: Rainbow Vale, Magus of the Vineyard, Stormkeld Vanguard, Stormkeld Vanguard, comment: Oops! All Creatures
Artifact removal. Phew!
6-0
Edit: oops. I noticed you giving mana to others but not me.
0-6

Wrath of Pie: Island of Wak-Wak, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Mercadian Bazaar, Shivan Gorge, comment:[/QUOTE]
Oh man, I forgot about Tabernacle too! The oops all lands is quite nice.
0-6

A perfectly balanced 50% record! -no longer balanced :(

I thought I'd do better this round, but I'm pleased by the diversity of decks. Some doubling of ideas in Shivan Gorge and evoke shatter+demistify, but carried out differently.

[FTW]

FTW: Rainbow Vale, Magus of the Vineyard, Stormkeld Vanguard, Stormkeld Vanguard, comment: Oops! All Creatures

"Oops!" as in I don't have lands to recast my creatures or pay taxes, and you get +3 mana to cast more creatures!

GoblinSmashmaster: Tarnished Citadel, Sarpadian Simulacrum, Ingot Chewer, Wispmare
Bear Down kills your Goblin, but Magus + Rainbow Vale gives you mana to hardcast Wispmare (1 short of Ingot). Citadel puts you too far behind to race, but Wispmare can block.
DD 2-2

dte: King's Assassin, Vesuva, Shivan Gorge, Dwarven Hold
If I cast Magus, you get Rainbow Vale, copy it with Vesuva, and cast Assassin. Then Magus can't attack you anymore or Assassin's ability kills it. Gorge kills me.
LL 6-0

Reeplcheep : Vivid Meadow, Goldmeadow Dodger, Mistblade Shinobi, Mistblade Shinobi
If I cast Magus, you get mana to cast both Shinobis. Then your 3 creatures beat my 1. I also can't replay Magus after bounce.
LL 6-0

Tirrit: Remote Farm, Duskrider Falcon, Twining Twins, Island of Wak-Wak
Rainbow + GG isn't enough to let you cast the 4/4, so it's just our 1/1s. DD
Edit: OTP or OTD you can play Falcon right after I play Magus. Magus attacks first. You could block to trade. But you can fog 1 attack with Swift Spiral (instant), so Falcon races in the air by 1 turn.
LL 6-0

Silkster: Holdout Settlement, Arcbound Worker, Wispmare, Ingot Chewer
Same as GSM, except you don't lose life, so you win the race with Wispmare.
LL 6-0

Wrath of Pie: Island of Wak-Wak, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Mercadian Bazaar, Shivan Gorge
I can't pay for Tabernacle.
LL 6-0

32 points (10 loss, 2 draw)

Edit: Matches I thought were draws are losses.
I feared Bear Down might kill too much. But I also couldn't find any good artifact or enchantment creatures that beat the target deck in some narrow way (Hex Parasite seemed too strong).

[dte]

GoblinSmashmaster: Tarnished Citadel, Sarpadian Simulacrum, Ingot Chewer, Wispmare, comment: Goblin smash!
6-0
6

dte: King's Assassin, Vesuva, Shivan Gorge, Dwarven Hold, comment:
Me. I hesitated between that, a T1 hex parasite deck, FTW's deck, a deck with waterfrount bouncer that used a depletion land, and gobs deck but with Etherium Pteramander instead of the gob. I chose this one because I thought there would be less draws. I am happy not to have chosen parasite, it seems it would have been pretty bad.

Reeplcheep : Vivid Meadow, Goldmeadow Dodger, Mistblade Shinobi, Mistblade Shinobi, comment: Limbo
6-0. Nice deck! Loses to hex parasite, and really target the big.
12

Tirrit: Remote Farm, Duskrider Falcon, Twining Twins, Island of Wak-Wak, comment: This is my anti-vesuva deck, so I very much look forward to seeing no one on vesuva this week.
I am here on vesuva!
But I think this is still 6-0, no?
18

Silkster: Holdout Settlement, Arcbound Worker, Wispmare, Ingot Chewer, comment: hunting parasites
6-0, worker too good.
24

FTW: Rainbow Vale, Magus of the Vineyard, Stormkeld Vanguard, Stormkeld Vanguard, comment: Oops! All Creatures
0-6, I was afraid of this one. It is very good versus wispmares.

Wrath of Pie: Island of Wak-Wak, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Mercadian Bazaar, Shivan Gorge, comment:
0-6. The mirror, but better at the mirror thing!
24

[tirrit]

I am here on vesuva!
But I think this is still 6-0, no?

Yeah I messed up my deck submission. The remote farm was supposed to be a bounce land in order to force me to expose wak wak to vesuva. Oops! Don't submit decks late at night while tired, kids.

[dte]

Yeah I messed up my deck submission. The remote farm was supposed to be a bounce land in order to force me to expose wak wak to vesuva. Oops! Don't submit decks late at night while tired, kids.

Makes more sense then!
targeting hex parasite with farm made sense too.

[tirrit]

Makes more sense then!
targeting hex parasite with farm made sense too.

You're right. I had a previous decklist that was thinking about hex parasite (remote farm, immolating soul eater, flicker adventure, island of wak-wak) and once I decided I wanted to beat vesuva I re-used the answers but when I went to submit I put the wrong land.