[Deck] T.E.S. - The EPIC Storm

[RaNDoMxGeSTuReS]

Is there a link? I was too busy getting raped at GP KC to watch the coverage.

[JJ-JKidd]

Congratulations to Mr Cook yet again!

[phazonmutant]

Is there a link? I was too busy getting raped at GP KC to watch the coverage.

Until blip gets updated, here's a link to twitch at the right timestamp: http://www.twitch.tv/scglive/b/427147076?t=2h32m30s

[PartyMonster]

Fuck yeah Bryant.

[sconnell]

Just watched that TES mirror. I was so hoping you were kidding about how bad the commentators are. That was fucking painful - they spent more time talking about how pretty the decks are than strategy!

"I think these two are friends because they have the exact same 75."

[Kayradis]

Im at work and I only have sound (shitty old computer) but damn. I feel like listening to baseball on the radio.

Dumb commentaries.
Wish they would just name the spells they are casting.

[Asthereal]

Yeah the commentators were terrible. Both had no idea what was going on. I actually preferred them to talk about how great the decks looked, because those comments actually made sense.

By the way, they were bad in general, not just during the TES mirror. In the Maverick vs. Tempo Thresh match afterwards one mentioned that Maverick was a good matchup for Thresh. Well, it isn't. It's definitely winnable, but it's definitely not good.

[Kich867]

Yeah the commentators were terrible. Both had no idea what was going on. I actually preferred them to talk about how great the decks looked, because those comments actually made sense.

By the way, they were bad in general, not just during the TES mirror. In the Maverick vs. Tempo Thresh match afterwards one mentioned that Maverick was a good matchup for Thresh. Well, it isn't. It's definitely winnable, but it's definitely not good.

I'm fairly certain they said the opposite, actually--that Maverick is the one with the good Thresh matchup. The sequencing was them talking about how Maverick had fallen out of favor due to a poor combo matchup (which is also patently untrue, Maverick has an amazing matchup vs combo against anything not winning on turn 1 and even then it sort of depends) and that it's current matchup, RUG, is actually pretty good for it. Which is an understatement, Maverick shits on RUG much like The Rock does.

[Asthereal]

Ah I guess I misunderstood them after all the nonsense the spat out.

[Lemnear]

Hmmm ... i'm curious about Bryant's game 3 hands in the Quarterfinals. Mull to 5 is rough here. May enlight me, pal?

[Bryant Cook]

Hmmm ... i'm curious about Bryant's game 3 hands in the Quarterfinals. Mull to 5 is rough here. May enlight me, pal?

No manas equals no keeps.

[Kayradis]

No manas equals no keeps.

Words 'o wisdom.

[phazonmutant]

Wow, I need to brush up on the deck. Just went 2-2 in my local. Lost a close match to Sneak and Show where I misassigned my role and lost a game I probably shouldn't have. I Probed and saw Misdirection, Intuition, Griselbrand x2, and a land, and then with Gemstone as my only land I stacked my Ponder: <top> | Rite of Flame | Cabal Therapy | Ponder | <bottom>. I had RoF, IT, BW, DR, LP in hand, so 7 mana once I untapped, just a mana or a color shy of a Past in Flames loop. I wasted my next turn Therapying Griselbrand because I wanted to disrupt him, then of course he drew the Force when I Pondered into a means to attempt to go off. I should have stacked Ponder above and waited on the Therapy until I was ready to go off.

Also lost to UWR beats. Game 1 lost to a timely Wasteland and Stoneforge which beat my 12 goblins. Game 2 I lost to mostly me being tired, but also Meddling Mage on Burning Wish. I can see why Bryant had trouble with this archetype in the top 8.


I'm trying to decide what to play at the Somerset invitational, how do you guys feel about TES's positioning in that meta? Bryant, how do you feel about TES in the invi meta after the Atlanta Invitational?

[Lemnear]

<top> | Rite of Flame | Cabal Therapy | Ponder | <bottom>. I had RoF, IT, BW, DR, LP in hand, so 7 mana once I untapped, just a mana or a color shy of a Past in Flames loop. I wasted my next turn Therapying Griselbrand because I wanted to disrupt him, then of course he drew the Force when I Pondered into a means to attempt to go off. I should have stacked Ponder above and waited on the Therapy until I was ready to go off.

- Stack RoF on top, Therapy 2nd, draw RoF and ship the turn
- Draw Therapy for turn
- Petal (storm1)
- Tap Mine for R and cast RoF (storm2) for RR
- Crack Petal for B and cast DR (storm3) for RRBBB
- Infernal for RoF #3 (RBB left) (storm4)
- RoF #2 for RRRBB (storm5)
- RoF #3 for RRRRRRBB (storm6)

Option a)

- Therapy for FoW (storm7) with RRRRRRB left
- Burning Wish for EtW (storm8)
- EtW for 18 Goblins
- flashback Therapy for Griselbrand or Intuition

Option b)

- Wish for PIF (storm7) with RRRRBB left
- PIF (storm8) RB left
- RoF RRRRB (storm9)
- RoF RRRRRRB (storm10)
- RoF RRRRRRRB (storm11)
- DR RRRRRRRBBB (Storm12)
- infernal for Wish
- Wish for Tendrils

Option a) is pretty Save but gives him 2 turns to lucksack (even if i can't come up with 2 draws which would Flip over the game in his favor). Option b) gambles that he does not draw a counterspell in his Single turn.

Can't explain why you choose to Therapy for Grizz and slowroll :/ (except my math was wrong, because RoF always confused me a bit ^_^)

[DarkJester]

- Stack RoF on top, Therapy 2nd, draw RoF and ship the turn
- Draw Therapy for turn
- Petal (storm1)
- Tap Mine for R and cast RoF (storm2) for RR
- Crack Petal for B and cast DR (storm3) for RRBBB
- Infernal for RoF #3 (RBB left) (storm4)
- RoF #2 for RRRBB (storm5)
- RoF #3 for RRRRRRBB (storm6)

Option a)

- Therapy for FoW (storm7) with RRRRRRB left
- Burning Wish for EtW (storm8)
- EtW for 18 Goblins
- flashback Therapy for Griselbrand or Intuition

Option b)

- Wish for PIF (storm7) with RRRRBB left
- PIF (storm8) RB left
- RoF RRRRB (storm9)
- RoF RRRRRRB (storm10)
- RoF RRRRRRRB (storm11)
- DR RRRRRRRBBB (Storm12)
- Cabal Therapy for xyz (storm13)
- infernal for Wish
- Wish for Tendrils

Option a) is pretty Save but gives him 2 turns to lucksack (even if i can't come up with 2 draws which would Flip over the game in his favor). Option b) gambles that he does not draw a counterspell in his Single turn.

Can't explain why you choose to Therapy for Grizz and slowroll :/ (except my math was wrong, because RoF always confused me a bit ^_^)

Option B should not be possible, because it requires 4 B if you want to cast your Therapy before the Infernal, so Option A is the correct one imo.

[Lemnear]

Option B should not be possible, because it requires 4 B if you want to cast your Therapy before the Infernal, so Option A is the correct one imo.

Indeed, so just skip the useless Therapy in Option b) and it works

Edit: I was free to remove it :)

[Bryant Cook]

Leaving A Legacy: Storming To Worchester by Bryant Cook

Opening post now contains new links.

[Opaco]

Leaving A Legacy: Storming To Worchester by Bryant Cook

Opening post now contains new links.

Congrats for the result!

In Round One, Game two: after Probing and seeing no hate, instead of therapying the Ringleader, fetch Sea, imprint Mox with Therapy/Decay and ITutor for DRirual. Next turn double DRit from Mox for Ad Nausem with 16 lives and a land drop plus whatever is drawn for the turn. Is that line of play reasonable enough or is strictly better to take out Ringleader as we will have better outs drawing the following turns?

[Bryant Cook]

Congrats for the result!

In Round One, Game two: after Probing and seeing no hate, instead of therapying the Ringleader, fetch Sea, imprint Mox with Therapy/Decay and ITutor for DRirual. Next turn double DRit from Mox for Ad Nausem with 16 lives and a land drop plus whatever is drawn for the turn. Is that line of play reasonable enough or is strictly better to take out Ringleader as we will have better outs drawing the following turns?

That's a fine line of play. However, I wanted to cripple the opponents chances of winning as well. I figured with most of the deck being mana I would've drawn one over the several turns I was attacked for two.

[phazonmutant]

- Stack RoF on top, Therapy 2nd, draw RoF and ship the turn
- Draw Therapy for turn
- Petal (storm1)
- Tap Mine for R and cast RoF (storm2) for RR
- Crack Petal for B and cast DR (storm3) for RRBBB
- Infernal for RoF #3 (RBB left) (storm4)
- RoF #2 for RRRBB (storm5)
- RoF #3 for RRRRRRBB (storm6)

Option a)

- Therapy for FoW (storm7) with RRRRRRB left
- Burning Wish for EtW (storm8)
- EtW for 18 Goblins
- flashback Therapy for Griselbrand or Intuition

That line definitely is correct. I fixated on casting Tendrils instead of realizing that Empty could just win with disruption, so I kept thinking I needed to IT for DR instead of realizing that IT for RoF is net +1.

Hell, I could read the guy like a book, I could even take his Intuition and Griselbrands if I didn't put him on Force. The only reason I went for it into his Force was I had already burned 2 rituals by the time I got a strong read, so I just hoped my read was wrong.


Bryant - congrats on the top 8!