[Deck] Canadian Threshold (aka RUG Delver, Tempo Thresh)

[FullTimeDan]

6/24/19 Legacy 4-0 (top 8 wanted to split as it was late)

edit: forgot to add my list

Main:

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Nimble Mongoose
2 Tarmogoyf

2 Wrenn and Six

1 Sylvan Library

4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Forked Bolt
2 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
4 Stifle
4 Daze
1 Dismember
4 Force of Will

3 Polluted Delta
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Waterlogged Grove
1 Fiery Islet
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
1 Ghost Quarter

Sideboard:

2 Ancient Grudge
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Cindervines
1 Rough // Tumble
1 True-Name Nemesis
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Flusterstorm
2 Winter Orb
1 Izzet Staticaster


RD1 ANT Storm 2-1

GM1 - Slowed down my opponent with Ghost Quarter on their only black source swamp. Was able to stop opponents first combo attempt with FoW. Opponent Ad Naus’d down to 1 life and my hand of 3 stifles was enough to ensure they couldn’t storm through hand disruption.

- 2 Lightning Bolt
- 2 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Sylvan Library
- 1 Forked Bolt
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Wasteland
+ 2 Red Elemental Blast
+ 2 Surgical Extraction
+ 2 Cindervines
+ 2 Flusterstorm

GM2 - Stopped first combo attempt, and risked tapping out for one turn to land Cindervines when my opponent was on 4 cards. Turns out they drew the nuts twice in a row and killed me that turn.
GM3 - Landed a turn one delver. Opponent made a mistake of casting Swarm before duress. Hand of Bolt, Fluster, Spell Snare, Daze led me to victory.


RD2 Show and Tell 2-1

GM 1 - My opponent t1 SnT’d a Griselbrand and I had no FoW

- 4 Lightning Bolt
- 2 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Sylvan Library
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Forked Bolt
- 1 Dismember
+ 2 Red Elemental Blast
+ 2 Cindervines
+ 2 Flusterstorm
+ 2 Winter Orb
+ 2 Surgical Extraction


GM 2 - Opponent didn’t know what I was playing as gm1 didn’t last long enough. Was able to land 2 Nimbles and counter his relevant spells. Game ended when I ghost quarter his mountain, and stifled his only activation of Sneak Attack.
GM 3 - Opponent spent a removal spell and double FoW to kill my T1 Delver. Left him on near empty. Landed a Wrenn and Six and waste land locked him out of the game.


RD3 Black Vise Burn 2-1

Was a less experienced player and actually helped them remember a lot of eidolon triggers and sequence spells correctly. (I used to play Burn)

GM1 - Had a land disruption heavy hand, and mono mountain burn did its thing, capped off with a massive Price of Progress.

- 1 Sylvan Library
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Wasteland
- 4 Stifle
- 2 Winter Orb
- 2 Cindervines
- 2 Flusterstorm
- 1 Rough // Tumble

GM2 - Opponent flooded out pretty heavily, and my Nimble and Cindervines was able to widdle him down with plenty of disruption in hand.
GM3 - Opponent was pretty mana screwed, and double Cindervines, Nimble took it home.


RD4 Standstill Merfolk 2-0

GM1 - An Early Nimble and Delver, a FoW for Standstill, and no lords from my Opponent got the win

- 4 Stifle
- 1 Sylvan Library
- 1 Wasteland
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
- 2 Ancient Grudge
- 2 Cindervines
(can’t remember if I boarded more than this, but I for sure did this at least)

GM2 - A t1 Delver. Had a large counter fight over my opponents Chalice of the Void on one, which left them nearly empty handed. I followed with a Wrenn and Six to waste his Mutavaults and keep him low on mana got there.


Conclusion

I was lucky to get paired against favorable matchups, and dodged DnT, Karn, and Maverick. Overall, though I was matched up against decks that are pretty resilient to land disruption, Wrenn and Six and my token Ghost Quarter really shined. W+6 even though they didn’t lock out our opponent most times, alleviated pressure from my life total as well as helping thin my deck and provide chip damage in very close matches. I think Fiery Islet and Waterlogged Grove is too much. There were a few hands I had to mulligan and situations that were sketchy to be in because daze was a dead card with them. I think I might go up a dual and cut one of them. Because the recurring card draw is nice when I can set it up. I would have liked to test against some of my worse matchups to test out my side board plan, but overall I was very pleased with how I played and how the deck performed for me. Let me know your thoughts.