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6-0 Tourney Report

9 people, 4 rounds, TES Wins! w00t


The List:

4x Lion's Eye Diamond
4x Chrome Mox
4x Lotus Petal
4x Simian Spirit Guide
4x Rite of Flame
4x Dark Ritual
2x Cabal Ritual

4x Brainstorm
2x Ponder
2x Infernal Contract

4x Infernal Tutor
4x Burning Wish

4x Orim's Chant

1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Ill-Gotten Gains
1x Diminishing Returns

1x Tarnished Citadel
1x Undiscovered Paradise
4x Gemstone Mine
4x City of Brass


The Sideboard:

4x Pyroblast
3x Duress
1x Pyroclasm
1x Shattering Spree
1x Hull breach
1x Infernal Contract
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Ill-Gotten Gains
1x Diminishing Returns


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Round 1

Opponent: R/G Goblins


Game 1

This was kind of wild, my opening hand had a lot of mana and some draw, I kept.
I draw, then play Brainstorm. More mana and a land. Okay, cool, need a wincon :/
He starts getting his army together and I'm searching, I've played Brainstorm,
and now I get a ponder with IGG, land, LED and on my last turn to live.

I could shuffle and hope, OR I can do this ...

Petal, Ritual, Ritual, LED, SSG, Rite, Rite, IGG breaking LED for UUU and picking up LED, Ponder, and Brainstorm.
Ponder and see the two I'd seen before plus another LED, blah. Shuffle. Draw LED, okay sweet.
Brainstorm now, see land, land, INFERNAL TUTOR YEAH!!!!!

I proceed to win game phase and we go to SB.


Game 2 - SB in 3x Duress, SB out 2x Ponder and 1x SSG

He goes first and drops Fetch, Lackey, Chalice at 0 ... son of a bitch.
Well, my hand was LED, Petal, Petal, Chrome with stuff. Ugh.
Long story short, Lackey brings out the family and I die without getting together my shit.


Game 3 - No Change

Mull to 6. Open up with land, brainstorm ... okay I can win next turn barring Chalice at 0.
He plays Fanatic and passes, I win with mana spells and 2x LED B.Wish.



Round 2

Opponent: R/G Goblins #2


Game 1

My opener is great, so I keep. He plays a Lackey and passes.
I play a land and Brainstorm. Okay cool, next turn D.Returns with B floating and 7 spells I do believe.
He does non-relevant stuff and passes the turn.
Okay I draw an LED it enabled me to just win.


Game 2 - No Change, as far as I knew he didn't play Chalice

Okay, suck. Mull to 5 and it is still not so hot, but keepable.
We do our thing, he puts me on my last turn and I D.Returns at 4 storm and B floating.
Draw Petal, Petal, LED, Ritual, Chrome, SSG, Chant ... Wow, damn.



Round 3

Opponent: [i]G/B Rock Variant


Game 1

Okay, he mulls to 5 and I lay land and pass the turn.
He doesn't do land, duress/thoughtseize. He goes to waste my land and I brainstorm.
I go Turn 2 D.Returns as 6th spell with none floating and find my win with ...
Chrome removing contract, Dark Rit, LED, Tutor


Game 2 - SB in 3x Duress, SB out 2x Ponder and 1x SSG

I mull to 6 and have a keeper, was gonna just go rit-contract and see how it went.
He opens with a Cabal Pit, Duress and takes my Infernal Contract. :(
Okay, drop land and pass. He puts down treetop village and passes.
Lets see ... Chrome imprinting SSG and Wish for Contract.
He Thoughtseizes the Contract o___0
SIGH. We go a few more turns and he drops E.Witness and picks up Duress.
I duress it from him, but I'm taking it in the butt from Treetop Village still.
I eventually draw an out and take it away.



Round 4

Opponent: G/B Rock Variant #2


Game 1

Holy shit, I mull to 4, I have no choice.
He pins me down with discard and goyfs me to death :/


Game 2 - SB in 3x Duress, SB out 2x Ponder, 1x SSG

I don't remember exactly what happened, but I ended up winning on turn 2 with double LED dumbness.


Game 3 - No Change

Wow. Crazy game. We both like our 7 and keep.
He opens with Cabal Pit and Duresses me.
Ugh he takes my Brainstorm I needed :/ Oh well, I draw and go land, SSG, Wish for Contract.
He lays another Pit and Hymns me ... takes IGG and Contract ... WTF is with people today!?!
Okay, play another land and pass. He passes. I pay ANOTHER land and pass.
Goes to him and he HYMNS ME AGAIN, but plays no land and is at 15.
Well, I'm left with EtW in my hand. I draw a petal and I have 3 lands, hmm, looks like the best play to me.
Petal, tap 3, EtW for 4 guys. He goes and does nothing.

I Draw a Brainstorm, swing and put him at 11. Okay, I play Brainstorm and see LED, Petal, SSG, nice.
He goes and it is a repeat of his last turn. I go and draw petal, swing for 4 more, then cast SSG.
He is at 7 and still can't produce a good turn. I draw the LED and crack him down to 1.

He can no longer win as he can't tap a land. Game is mine.



FINALS

Round 1

Opponent: UG/w Threshold


Game 1

Alright then, 2x chant, mana, and a Brainstorm. Excellent! HE MULLS TO 5! :D
Okay, Brainstorm into a third chant, Rite #2, and a Tutor.
Pass my turn and he lays a land and passed it back.

I chant, it resolves, I get 14 gobs and he lays his hand back on top and concedes.


Game 2 - SB in 4x Pyroblast, 2x Duress - SB out 2x Ponder, 2x Cabal, 1x Tutor, 1x Chrome

Okay, I mull to 6 and he keeps. He drops a land and passes.
Hmm, lets see here, I do the same. He drops another land, plays Meddling Mage and names Orim's Chant.
My turn I go 2x LED, Petal, Chrome imprinting Tutor. IGG is unforturnately in my hand.
I crack petal and tap my land to play Infernal Tutor and crack the LEDs, he dazes and I pay with my Mox.
I go EtW for 14, and he agrees. He Brainstorms on his turn and says THERE they are! And shows Fow, 2x Spell Snare.
He loses and I move to Top 2.


Opponent is Goblins, I don't offer the draw because I should beat Gobs no probs, right?
Yep, you're right :D


Game 1

Can't remember it all, but I get it on turn 3 thanks to a timely Chrome imprinting Ponder, Petal, Rit, D.Returns into the win.
He did stuff, too, and had it almost perfectly done, but game one he has to have a PERFECT game or he loses.

Game 2 - SB in 3x Duress (found out he DOES play chalice between rounds) out 2x Ponder, 1x SSG

Wow, opener had a ton of mana and a Brainstorm, so I kept. So what if it doesn't work out, I've got game 3 by going first.
He starts out strong, wastes 2 of my lands and I'm not drawing anything relevant.
SLAMS me down to 2 and has a Fanatic and I have a City of Brass.

My hand, you ask?

Petal
Petal
Rite
Rite
Dark Rit
Dark Rit
Duress

My draw, you are just as curious?

INFERNAL FUCKING TUTOR AHHHHH YEAHHHH!!!!


Petal, Rite, Rite (3, RRRR)
Petal, Rit, Rit (6, RRRRBBBBB)
Duress (7, RRRRBBBB)
Infernal (8, RRRBBB)
Infernal (9, RRBB)
TENDRILS (10)



Collect up my prize and play some EDH. Good day, today :D