4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons

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FTW: Swamp, Rhystic Cave, Raven's Crime, The Rack, comment: Flying too close to the sun?

I expected anti-discard tech like Loxodon Smiter, so I wanted to mimic the deck, but was also nervous Rack was too good.

Also had T1 Dark Ritual Lost Soul, but it's illegal because it loses OTD to Inkmoth. Leyline + Tatterkite is a very clever solution to that problem!

dte: Mutagenic Growth, Legacy Weapon, Chancellor of the Tangle, Ghazbán Ogre
I can only get your hand below 3 cards for 1 turn, before you redraw Legacy Weapon. OTP I can play Rack & discard you before Ogre attacks once. But Ogre's "intervening if" won't trigger at 20 life, so Rack will deal 1 damage but it won't steal Ogre. Then Ogre attacks and you're always ahead on life. LL 6-0

Wrath of Pie: Mercadian Bazaar, Deadeye Duelist, Loxodon Smiter, Leyline of Sanctity
You don't reveal Leyline, and I can't dare Raven's Crime you. Bazaar charges to 1000 counters. Then Duelist races Rack at 1 damage. Rack would win on your upkeep, but you can respond to Rack trigger to kill me first. LL 6-0

GoblinSmashmaster: Chancellor of the Forge, Gut Shot, Boggart Birth Rite, Legacy Weapon
Your hand never goes below 3-4 cards, so Rack deals 0 damage. LL 6-0

Tirrit: Leyline of Anticipation, Lotus Petal, Dark Ritual, Tatterkite
3 damage vs 2 damage WW 0-6
I knew I was losing this match, but I thought this type of deck would be illegal, missing the Tatterkite trick to beat Inkmoth's first attack OTD.

Silkster: Havenwood Battleground, Melira, Sylvok Outcast, Noxious Revival, Providence
OTP T1 Crime (discard Providence) / tapped land.
T2 2nd Crime (discard Noxious to protect Melira) / Melira
T3 Rack / Melira attacks [F=18, S=23]
3 damage vs 2 damage, I win the race

OTD T1 tapped land / Crime (discard Providence)
T2 Melira / Rack (1 card in hand)
T3 attack with Melira [F=18, S=24] / 2nd Crime (in response, you Noxious putting back Providence)
T4 redraw, attack [F=16, S=19]
From there it's 2 damage vs 2 damage and you win the race at 1 life.
WL 3-3


reeplcheep: Blazing Rootwalla, Blazing Rootwalla, Tarnished Citadel, Ray of Revelation
If you do nothing, I can't win. Each Crime makes you a 1/1 and I'd lose. But if I don't cast Crime we draw. DD 2-2

23 points (7 loss, 2 draws, 3 wins)