Lost Harbor is a relatively close venue to me, with a great casual magic crowd, fair prices, and an owner that is both rules-savvy and cordial. I was enthused to see a GPT Denver event there, as I plan on flying cross-country for the event to shower the Midwest with my Eldrazi goodness. We had 5 rounds with a cut to top 4, with a small showing, but quality players present. Everyone knew what I was playing. No big surprise there.

The List:

// Lands
4 [FNM] Cloudpost
4 [TSP] Vesuva
4 [SOM] Glimmerpost
3 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
4 [B] Tropical Island
1 [ZEN] Island (2)
1 [WWK] Eye of Ugin
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [CMD] Bojuka Bog
1 [IA] Glacial Chasm
1 [ZEN] Forest (1a)

// Creatures
1 [ROE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 [ROE] Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 [ROE] Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
4 [M12] Primeval Titan

// Spells
3 [US] Show and Tell
2 [5E] Brainstorm
4 [UL] Crop Rotation
4 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
2 [AQ] Candelabra of Tawnos
4 [ZEN] Expedition Map
4 [GP] Repeal
3 [10E] Pithing Needle
2 [ROE] All Is Dust

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [LG] The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
SB: 4 [CMD] Flusterstorm
SB: 2 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
SB: 2 [NPH] Beast Within
SB: 2 [VI] Elephant Grass
SB: 3 [ZEN] Mindbreak Trap
SB: 1 [NPH] Spellskite


Round 1: Andy with RuG

Game 1: An early goyf starts whapping at me for 3 followed up with a delver. However glimmerposts gain me 3, 4, 5, then 6 life, staving off the bleeding until a shown in Kozilek seals the deal. Props to Andy though, double stifles on annihilator nearly save his life, but alas not.

Game 2: I gain disgusting amounts of life off of a shown in Primeval Titan, while Andy has a hand of bolts and cantrips.


Round 2: Chance with Elves Combo

Game 1: Chance goes bonkers on turn 2 and draws his ENTIRE deck, as concordant crossroads is the last card in his library. He swings in with everyone for super super super lethal, but I crop rotate for a glacial chasm, and he scoops, dying in his next draw phase despite having gsz's to put back had it not gone all-in unnecessarily. I tell him that I had an All is Dust in 3 turns anyhow, so not to feel too bad.

Game 2: I open up a hand to 2x Flusterstorm, spellskite, mindbreak trap. Super keep. Double flusterstorm stops his glimpse, Spellskite then buys me two untaps from a Quirion Ranger and Wirewood Symbiote. I all is Dust when at 3 life, then cast Ulamog three times on one turn.


Round 3: Hatch with Dead Guy Ale brew

Game 1: I have a hand of 2x Primeval titan against zero pressure and a Candelabra. I super stupidly don't get enough mana to cast a Primeval Titan without using Candelabra the next turn, and then proceed to get eye of Ugin with the second candelabra untapped. He wastes the ugin, and then we play draw-go for 12+ turns where my only real outs are top into eldrazis. I punt hard and vow not to do this again in the next two games.

Game 2: I take some early thalia beats, but Primeval Titan scoops the game in my favor quickly.

Game 3: A hardcast Primeval titan on turn 3 thanks to a Candelabra yields me triple casting Ulamog on turn 5 to hit all his lands.


Round 4: Blake with Mono White Mangara Control

Game 1: A Judge's Familiar and then Serra Avenger beat on me for 5 turns, but I'm still at 19 life thanks to Glimmerpost hilarity. Kozilek gets Mangara'd, Ulamog gets Swords'd, but Emrakul avenged them both.

Game 2: Primeval titan gained me 12 life on turn 3, then Ulamog turned his life from 20 to 10 to 0. I love this deck. =D


Round 5: Dan with Infect

Game 1: He blows me out with a turn 3 kill. Hilariously I also had a turn 3 kill, but die rolls, ya know.

Game 2: I go to 4 Infect but then land Glacial Chasm via Primeval Titan, which doesn't even last one turn before I go infinite.

Game 3: 4 poison again, but I ride a Glacial Chasm pony from 21 life down to 1 over 5 turns, then take all the turns. huzzah =D


Top 4: Sean with Dead Guy Ale-ish Brew. Vraska, Sorin, and Vindicates

Game 1: I go upto 68 life after getting my eye of Ugin vindicated again because I am STUPID. Remind me to stop being dumb some day. Anyhow, I eventually just kill him with Primeval Titans.

Game 2: He Ultimates a Vraska on me and kills me with assassins 3 turns after I debate to name Sorin or Vraska on pithing needle. WRONG Name! I needed a single land tutor for so many turns, but his Hymns were hitting super well.

Game 3: Sorin applies some beats to me, but Emrakul is bigger than 1/1 lifelinkers. In one awkward turn I had to attack Sorin just incase he had answers and could ultimate onto Emrakul, stealing them.


Finals: Chance with Combo Elves. AGAIN
Have ever mentioned that I HATE HATE HATE Combo elves? I despise losing to them, I despise beating them, I DESPISE THEM! Where are all the Rug & Junk decks that should be OBLITERATING them!? However Chance is a great guy. STILL HATE ELVES THOUGH! ok. done. for now...

Game 1: He wins the die roll, and whoever got to turn 3 first won. Guess who it wasn't, THIS GUY! He goes super combo, and my 3rd mystery card via top had to be Crop rotate. It wasn't.

Game 2: Flusterstorm buys me one turn for all is Dust on his board, to Primeval Titan to Emrakul. Magical flow like Dub FX.

Game 3: I keep a hand on Fluster, Top, Trop. I draw Tabernacle, Yes please. Then I draw a Crop rotate, nom. I opt to crop rotate out my Tabernacle EoT to show & Tell in a Primeval Titan, which nets me a Glacial Chasm into infinite turns the next turn, with a Mindbreak Trap in hand for backup.