[Primer] Nic Fit

[Yutao]

Hey guys. Just finished Top 8 at Gaming for Gains (Charity Legacy Tournament) with this pile. Shoutout to Sam Higgins for helping me out with the list.

22 Lands
4x Verdant Catacombs
3x Windswept Heath
2x Bayou
2x Scrubland
1x Savannah
3x Forest
2x Swamp
2x Plains
1x Phyrexian Tower
1x Volrath's Stronghold
1x Karakas (oops)

17 Creatures
4x Veteran Explorer
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Tireless Tracker
1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1x Eternal Witness
3x Siege Rhino
1x Thrun the Last Troll
1x Thragtusk
1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
1x Dragonlord Dromoka


10 Sorcery
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Green Sun's Zenith
1x Night's Whisper
1x Vindicate

6 Instant
3x Path to Exile
2x Abrupt Decay
1x Abzan Charm

4 Enchantment
3x Deed
1x Sylvan Library

1 Planeswalker
1x Kaya, Ghost Assasin

15 Sideboard
1x Abrupt Decay
3x Thoughtseize
1x Golgari Charm
1x Pithing Needle
1x Choke
2x Surgical Extraction
1x Extirpate
1x Gaddock Teeg
1x Melira
1x Ashen Rider
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Toxic Deluge

Round 1 vs Pox.
In game 1, I keep a double veteran explorer with a cabal therapy against his 2 sinkhole, 2 smallpox hand. He is never able to cast his sinkholes nor keep me off mana, so we sit there each with 4-6 lands trying to draw relevant cards. Eventually he lands a LOTV, but I rip Decay off the top. I eventually resolve a Sigarda, which makes it incredibly hard for him to win. Game 2, I hit no Vets, get savagely sinkholed down to two lands and he casts Ob Nixilis Reignited against me. Not the best game. In game three he keeps a one lander while I go DRS, into Tracker, into Rhino, into Thrun. He eventually hits the 2nd lands for a Smallpox, but ends up taking 15 on the swing back.
(1-0) (Phantom Tiger)

Round 2 vs Post-MUD.
In game 1, I double therapy, double veteran explorer his hand into oblivion and resolve Dragonlord. It's good enough to kill him. In game 2, he gets off to a fast start with Chalice on 1, Lodestone, and Wurmcoil. I manage to trade off my Scooze with his Lodestone allowing me to go Nissa, Flip her, Rec Sage his Chalice, Path your Wurmcoil. He then goes Platinum Angel, Chalice on Three, Kuldotha. I respond my finding Kaya, Path, and Abrupt Decay. Kaya+Rec Sage means no fun for MUD, but he was at a healthy 32 from Wurmcoil+Batterskull. Batterskull was eventually removed by the Kaya -2 and I managed to ultimate Nissa Vastwood to swing in for 40+. Planeswalkers are strong man.
(2-0) (Zombie Mob)

Round 3 vs Eldrazi-Post.
I therapy away his major threats, while his Eldrazi Scion cowers in the face of my Siegeing Rhinos. In game 2, I end up mulling to 4. End up going thoughtseize into a Rhino. He goes Ugin and later a Chalice on 4. Ugin>Rhino for some reason. I then run Kaya into another Rhino off the TOP. He Ugin -4s to 1 loyalty. I pass. He bolts me. I slam a Scooze. He -2 Ugin for some reason and I draw the greatest GSZ known to man. Managing to nimbly ignore his Chalice, I find my last Rhino and he has no answer. AHA UGIN, TAKE A RHINO TO THE FACE. Pernicious Deed was also clutch here, being able to take out his Thran Dynamos and Grim Monoliths as well as Eldrazi Scions.
(3-0)

Round 4 vs BR Reanimator/Storm.
T2 Iona,I concede. Game 2, t3 empty for 10. I block, and eventually stabilize at 4 with a Swagtusk. He top decks lotus petal, tendrils. Er. What. Yup.
(3-1) (Aphetto Exterminator)

Round 5 vs Enchantress.
Game 1, I end up one sided board wiping with a P-Deed, while also drawing cards off of Nissa Vastwood Seer. Siege Rhino not doing damage, but not targeted life drain was clutch. He ends up casting Emrakul, but loses on his upkeep to my Siege Rhino under his Parallax Wave. Rhino>Spaghetti. Game 2, I end up Thoughtseizing and Therapying away most of his relevant cards while he drew a lot of Lands. A pair of Rhinos combined with a key Golgari Charm managed to trample over his 0/1s.
(4-1) (Dan Dan)

Round 6 vs Lands.
OH BOY. A fast 20/20 forces a Path out of my hand. He then does it again. Jesus Marit Lage, won't you stay exiled? Abzan Charm deals with that. Aaaaaand another one. Welp. I GSZ for Scooze to stop him from Loaming. Then I slam Kaya to go to 22. He 20/20s on my end step and oh goody here she is again. I fall down to 2, eat my vet with my scooze and Kaya away his slightly larger than usual creature. He then savagely rips it again (by savagely rips I mean crop rot into it), but it's on his main phase. I'm at 1, he's at 3. WHAT'S ON TOP OF THE DECK. E-wit for Path. Oh that's nice. For game 2, things were slightly less exciting. I end up pathing his first 20/20. Surgical his Thespian Stage (he had a depths on board). I then hit him for increments of 2, because he kept Mazing my Rhino. Eternal witness did close to 14 damage that game and a GSZ for Rhino sealed the deal.
(5-1) (Yavimaya Ants)

5-1 is good enough for a first place seed into top 8!

Round 7 vs Food Chain
Game 1, I didn't find enough Rhinos and lose. Game 2, I get crushed. Oh Well. (Note: I did get to name Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII against him. Which makes me the real winner here)
(5-2) (Myojin of Night's Reach)

I am now a divine spirit from Kamigawa, which was enough for 5th place at Gaming for Gains.

I really like Kaya in the main. It seems good against any form of prison/control.
Teeg never got to come in, but I did manage to dodge SnS and Storm all day.
3 Surgicals and 3 TS were mad clutch.
Top 8 was Aluren, SnS, Pox, Storm, Food Chain, B/R Reanimator/Storm, U/R Delver, and of course Rhino Fit.