[Report] Vial Birds top 8's at 1k Binghamton event

[TheBirdMan]

My list is an exact copy of Di's Survival list:

Land:20
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bayou
3 Savannah
3 Forest
2 Taiga

Non Land:40
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Thoughtseize
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Nimble Mongoose
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Masticore
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Darkheart Sliver
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Eternal Witness
1 Anger
1 Genisis
1 Shriekmaw

SB:15
3 Krosan Grip
3 Extirpate
3 Engineered Plague
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Spike Feeder
1 Yixid Jailer
1 Vexing Shusher

Here's my matchup's I am sorry if i didn't get your source name I didnt start asking till round 4:

Round 1: Levi (Ramptoniin) playing Tombstone

Game 1
Not too much action here he swords one or two of my creatures but he mulled to 6 and didnt get a great draw and I got survival online early and win game 1
SB: -1 Masticore -1 Darkheart Sliver -1 Top +3 Extirpates

Game 2: I get wrecked pretty hard when he plays punishment for 2 and destroys goyf and survival and I never recover.

Game 3: This game is were my board choices were terrible, not only did I not play or need extirpates, I controlled the game decently with hand destruction and swords but with lethal damage on my board I died to a confidant when I was at 2 life and flipped confidant with no way to kill it with masticore or life gain with sliver, I beat myself here.

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Round 2: Nick playing EPIC painter

Game 1
I win this game by eventually resolving goyf and confidant on board.

SB: -2 Top, -1 Quirion Ranger, -1 Confidant, -1 Masticore, -1 Shriekmaw
+ 3 Krosan Grip +3 Extirpate

Game 2 This game he gets a good draw and controls the game well swinging with Trinket Mage for a few turns then eventually grinding my library away.

Game 3 This was a great game for me, Turn 1 Birds, Turn 2 Thoughtseize Daze and cast Goyf, Turn 3 K grip servant and swing for 5, Turn 4 Play Goyf 2 and swing for 5, Turn 6 attack for 10. My opponent did see an unhealthy amount of land but a fun game for me nonetheless.

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Round 3: Ben playing UG

Game one I keep a two land hand, get wastelanded only drawing one more land and drawing with anger, masticore and genisis in my hand which was awesome

SB: -1 Top, -1 Masticore, -1 Quirion Ranger, -1 Confidant + 3 Extirpate +1 Shusher

Game two: This is the game I shouldn't have won, been knocked out and not made top 8, After failing to gain control the whole game i get put at one with nothing but survival on board and hes at 6. I return squee and draw mongoose. His mongoose and serendib is tapped and he has one card in hand and 2 mana idk if both were blue though. I cast goose he says ok, I dont think he has counter maybe a land at this point, I go for it and cast my goyf and he says ok, In my head I am like yesss, I say attack for 7 he says how? I respond with "Anger." He tops sees he has a fow on top shows me the counterspell in his hand and says I forgot about anger. Happy Times for me..

Game 3: This game goes well for me establishing an early Survival and only losing 3 points of life the whole game.

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Round 4: David (Freakish777) with Aluren

Game 1
I Thoughtseize him turn 1 and he Fow's with an intuition so I think hes playing epic painter and then turn 2 he Plays wall of roots so i realize its aluren. I then rip a 2nd seize and take out his aluren and therapy the recruiter. He casted Aluren off the top and with no cards left in hand. I eot 2 Birds into play and my turn cast Survival get Anger and squee into yard and cast a free Harmonic winning the rest of the game with a pair of Goyfs

SB: -2 Top, - 3 Confidant, -1 Genisis, -1 Quirion Ranger, -1 Big Game Hunter
+2 Gaddock Teeg, +3 Krosan Grip, +3 Extirpate

Game 2 I get turn 2 Teeg on board and my opponent doesn't draw more than 2 lands so I win this game.

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Round 5: Chris(Cwt1220) playing Imperial Painter
This matchup sucked because I had to play my friend I rode with and knew one of us wouldn't make t8

Game 1: He Resolves and Early Magus of the Moon but I got a basic forest turn 1 and a Birds of paradise and keep him off the combo with hand destruction. Tarmagoyf swings in for the win

SB: -1 Top, -1 Quirion Ranger, -1 Mongoose, -1 Big Game Hunter, -2 Confidant, +3 Krosan Grip, +3 Extirpate

Game 2: I take this game pretty easily since Chris mulliganed to 6 and had a pretty loose hand with multiple blasts but couldn't find a servant.

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Round 6: ID
This was kinda risky since it was kind of sketchy if I would make it but I ended up 8th after round 6 and got to split the prize with everyone else.


Props:
-Di for a great Survival list
-Kyle M who drove me and played Stasis with 1 morphling as the only win condition and actually winning a round, also for only getting 2 warnings from Binghamton University Police
-Eli for another great event and finding enough stuff in my binder for 4 Fbb Bayou and 1 Fbb Taiga
-My 3rd round opponent for forgetting Anger
-The T8 splitting the prize

Slops:
-Having to play Chris round 5
-Chris for losing Round 6 by not playing Magus of the Moon when his opponent taps all 3 of his non basic lands
-Kyle M for not running Illusions/Donate in his Stasis Board
-Me sideboarding out the creatures that I need like always