
Originally Posted by
Molz7
The last match was the first time I was really on camera even though I sat at the backup match 3 times ( 5 minutes verus Todd Stephens doesn't really count). This match I obviously got very lucky. You need to get lucky to win a tournament. Playskill and preparation are no where near enough. When I drew the council's judgement in game 2 as a huge out to solidly win the match I knew, and verbally said to my opponent 'I'm very lucky it seems'. Same when I drew the TNN after punting game 1 by not equipping strix with Jitte. The line went through my head and I just absolutely blanked. I was at 40 life, so likely I'd be fine, but still don't give them outs.
Imagine I draw the council's judgement (or any other card not in my deck) and I look down to basic island and swamp because he wasted me off of my non basics. Likely not winning that game.