The day of the Tournament I decide to roll with Belcher.
CRET Belcher
4 Charbelcher
4 Burning Wish
3 Empty the Warrens
4 Lotus Petal
4 Chrome Mox
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Land Grant
1 Taiga
1 Bayou
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rites of Flame
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Seething Song
3 Tinder Wall
4 Wild Cantor
SB
3 REB
2 Pyroblast
4 Shattering Spree
1 Duress
1 Simplify
1 Cave in
1 Pyroclasm
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Empty the Warrens
Round 1 Jeff Folinus (Gekoratel) Goblins
Game 1
I win the Die Roll.
I keep my hand, Drop Belcher burn for one and say go.
Turn 2 he gets Belched out.
Board
-2 Wild Cantor
-1 Dark Ritual
+3 Shattering Spree
Game 2
He opens with land -> Lackey.
I drop belcher and activate for the win
After the game he informs me that he was going to drop Seige Gang off of Lackey and play Chalice for 1 if he had gotten a turn 2. Luckily he didn't as I had a fist full of one mana accelerants and zero zero mana accelerants
Record
1-0
Round 2 Trevor (Getsickanddie) Affinity
Game 1
Trevor wins the die roll and goes Darksteel Citadel - > Arcbound Worker
I debate with myself for awhile trying to decide if I should go for the Belcher or Warrens kill and if he might be playing Force of Will. In the end I just drop belcher and activate and deal zero damage as the taiga is the top card. Trevor scoops anyway as the next activation will deal 102 damage.
Board
-2 Wild Cantor
-1 Dark Ritual
+3 Shattering Spree
Game 2.
Trevor mulligans to 5 while I keep a slow hand with no win conditions but with a shattering spree.
He drops a Citadel and a Chromatic Star.
I draw a mox and drop it imprinting Dark Ritual
Turn Two Trevor drops Tree of Tales, Disciplie of the Vault and Arcbound Worker.
I draw Belcher and activate it with the ability to activate again next turn off LED. It doesn't matter as it is for plenty
Record 2-0
Round 3 Matt Abold (bigbear) Survival
Matt wins the die roll and I have to mulligan. Before I can see my new 6 we get deck checked so both of us get new hands, his 7 mine 6.
He plays a bird.
I drop Belcher and screw up by using a lotus petal to cast it instead of a Simian Spirit Guide.
He drops Surival and passes the turn. I draw Tinder Wall which I can't cast off of Guide so the Desperate Ritual in my hand is stranded. He surivals for Vandal and destroys my Belcher.
That sucked.
Game 2 we both Mulligan and I put 10 Pro Player Cards into play turn 1
Matt has to both the next turn to stay alive, killing Carlos Ramano.
He doesn't draw E-Plague for his turn and loses.
Game 3 I don't have notes on mulligans but he goes first turn duress for the win condition in my hand (ETW or Wish). I draw a card play a land and pass.
He drops Roffelos. I draw belcher, play it and activate killing him. After the game he shows me the Zealot and E-plague that he had in hand.
Record
3-0
Round 4 Jim (jim) - Train Wreck
I get paired down against Train Wreck. From previous matchs against Train Wreck with TES I know how easy that deck can kill tokens so I figure this might be a very annoying match.
Game 1 -
Jim goes first and goes Land Top.
I drop and activate belcher for lethal.
Board
-2 Wild Cantor
-1 Dark Ritual
+3 Shattering Spree
Game 2 I have to mulligan.
I am able to drop belcher turn 1 but it uses up most of my hand and leaves me with no permanent sources of mana.
I draw more belchers, wishes, and warrens while he drops sphere of resistance and kills any creatures I play to store mana before eventually deeding away the belcher. He kills me at some point. For the longest time even with sphere out I was one Guide away from being able to activate the stupid thing.
Before Game 3 I desideboard as shattering spree on Sphere is not easy to cast and I would rather try to win quick and not have dead cards.
Game 3 he mulligans after I keep a hand with wish and what I thought was 5 mana. After I say I am keeping I realize that it is only 5 since chrome mox doesn't produce mana without another card.
I should have just past the turn and gone for the tokens turn 2 but I was worried about crime/punishment or deed. Instead turn two I wish for Duress and remove sphere from his hand. He doesn't have another relevant land in his hand so I hope, but he rips lands and proceeds to hymn me, extripate me, and so one. However, he can't kill me before time is called.
Record
3-0-1
Round 5 Colin (Diablos) - Survival
Game 1
I win the Die Roll and mulligan.
I still make 14 Pro Players Turn 1
Game 2
Diablos mulligans to 4 trying to find both land and disruption.
He opens with a therapy on belcher but my hand is double warrens, wish.
My turn 1 I imprint the warrens on moxes and burning wish for warrens making a butt ton of Pro Players. He draws a card and scoops.
Round 6 Geoff -Landstill
ID
Top 8 Cody (Ta Juggs) -43lands
I am worried about Tabernacle so my plan is try for belcher if I can.
Game 1
I win the die roll and Cody mulligans.
I make 10 Pro Players Turn 1.
He can't find Tabernacle before they beat his face.
Board
-2 Wild Cantor
-1 Dark Ritual
+3 Shattering Spree
Game 2
I Burning wish for Infernal and drop belcher.
Next Turn I activate it for 4 damage hitting Taiga.
He beats in with Factory.
I activate belcher again and kill him.
Top 4 Geoff - Landstill
Game 1
He wins the die roll. He keeps a poor hand but it has force of will.
I try to ramp up mana but an early Dark Ritual is countered. We play draw go for away as I try to get another way to generate 2 mana to cast Desperate Ritual while he is stuck on Plains- Factory.
Eventually I drop belcher and activate it for lethal.
Board
-3 Tinder Wall
-1 Wild Cantor
-1 Land Grant
+3 REB
+2 Pyroblast
Game 2
He drops Sea
I drop Lotus petal, Land Grant to which he Brainstorms, and drop Belcher and activate it, all with REB backup which stops the Force in his hand.
Top 2 Mulletus.
I scoop so we can leave and because I don't really care what duals I get since I already have a full set. Plus Mulletus actually has a good rating since I only do good at events that don't end up reported to the DCI.
Total Games 16, Total Mulligans by me 4. Total Mulligans by Opponents 8
Props
Kadilack for letting us stay at his place and running a great tournament
Jesse K, Gearhart, and Anwar for giving me their Negators. Big Negs provided a lot of morale support during the day.
Slops
It raining whenever I drove.
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