[Deck] The Rock

[Dzra]

I played again today and had a rather disappointing finish. I might do a more in depth report later but here is the gist.

Round 1: Countertop

Game 1: I win due to drawing three Wastelands and two Vindicates, easily keeping him off his mana.

Board: -4 Thoughtseize, -2 EE, +2 Choke, +1 Pernicous Deed, +3 Extirpate

Game 2: I play a Bob and a Goyf, everything gets countered and I stall out.

Game 3: Ends in a draw. We both have Goyfs on the board. No win in sight for either of us.

Round 2: Fairie Ninja Standstill

lol, it's a homebrew one of my friend's made. It runs a lot like Merfolk except it uses ninja tricks to sneak out bigger creatures.

Game 1: I land Bob, Top, and Knight and stabalize around 6.

Board: -4 Thoughtseize, -2 EE, +4 Engineered Plague, +2 Choke

Game 2: I wasteland then land a Choke and he scoops.

Round 3: Countertop Thopter

Game 1: Exactly like g1 against the other Countertop. I kill his land and win.

Board: Same as the other.

Game 2: It is back and forth for a little while until he lands a Jace and starts peaking at my top card. I scoop before he can go ultimate.

Game 3: Back and forth for a while. I land Elspeth. He can't do anything. Time is called. When he is at 5 life, he rips an O-Ring off the top and we draw.

Round 4: Affinity

Game 1: I lose to 3 Ravagers.

Board: -4 Dark Confidant, -1 Thoughtseize, +2 Path to Exile, +2 Diabolic Edict, +1 Deed

Game 2: I keep a hand with a Vindicate, a Swords, and an Edict but I should have mulled into EE or Deed. He rolls me before I can stabalize with two Ravagers and some Frogmites.

1 : 1 : 2
Bleh. I feel like I played much better than that looks. Those draws really were frustrating. I had no game against Affinity today though, so the loss was totally my fault.

I'm thinking about dropping the Diabolic Edicts for 2 more Deeds in the SB. That should give me a lot better game VS Affinity and should also help Countertop. Other than boarding Grips (that just feels redundant to me with Vindicates), is there anything I could do to help make my Countertop MU more solid? Perhaps boarding out Thoughtseize was a bad idea.