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

[Lemnear]

Just in case anyone cares, i posted my TR at the TR page of this site.
10-4-1 with TES at GP Kyoto 17-19 April 2015.

^_^

First: Congratulations!

One thing that bugs me in this report is that you missed out at least two times to check for your opponents hand (and ergo their deck) if you have a T1/2 combo by Duress or Probe to see how to board for game 2. I consider this a pretty big disadvantage compared to your opponents position for sideboarding. I also did not get the following:

I suddenly remembered Kai’s stat about the 40% thingy

[Bryant Cook]

Just in case anyone cares, i posted my TR at the TR page of this site.
10-4-1 with TES at GP Kyoto 17-19 April 2015.

^_^

Added to the opening post. Also, congrats!

I also did not get the following:

Maybe he's referring to the fact that the opponent only has roughly 40% to open a Force of Will in their initial seven?

[Lemnear]

Maybe he's referring to the fact that the opponent only has roughly 40% to open a Force of Will in their initial seven?

Makes no sense as the hand did not have business if I remember correctly. Maybe he meant my "40% Mana" statement instead :/

[paeng4983]

40% chance of of him having a Force of Will plus a pitch card in his opening seven or six.

@lem, Good Luck for GP Lilie!

*cough* playmat top *cough*

[Lemnear]

When no one is watching TES wins a big tournament! Congratz to whereever you are

[H]

When no one is watching TES wins a big tournament! Congratz to whereever you are

Dustin is a friend of mine and we rode together to Dallas. He isn't a forum kind-of-guy, but if anyone has specific questions, I can ask him and pass on the answers.

On the list, he is a long time (all 3 years I have known him and I know he played it at least 1-2 years before that too) TES player, so he is pretty experienced. Almost all his matches were not even close though, as far as I recall, he only lost 3 games on the day (one was in the top 4 where he literally told his opponent to Reanimate Iona and name Red because he wouldn't be able to win through it).

[andrewgioia]

Dustin is a friend of mine and we rode together to Dallas. He isn't a forum kind-of-guy, but if anyone has specific questions, I can ask him and pass on the answers.

Congrats to Dustin on the win! I was hoping someone could post his sideboard as the SCG decklist left it out for some reason, would you mind asking him for that? His list looks interesting.

[Lemnear]

Congrats to Dustin on the win! I was hoping someone could post his sideboard as the SCG decklist left it out for some reason, would you mind asking him for that? His list looks interesting.

His SB was:

1 Tendrils, 1 Empty, 1 pif, 1 Infernal Tutor, 1 Massacre, 1 Pyroclasm, 2 Chain of Vapor, 2 Abrupt Decay, 2 carpet of flowers, 2 Xantid Swarm, 1 Tropical Island

He was kind to comment on the matter in the TES Facebook group. :)

Edit quoting Dustin:

Thanks for the add to the group. Here is deck and match results from my win in dallas.

Rd 1- bug delver 2-1
Rd 2- rw painter 2-1
Rd 3- aluren 2-1
Rd 4- uwr delver 2-0
Rd 5- ur delver 2-0
Rd 6- miracle 2-1
Rd 7 & 8 id
Top 8 - miracle 2-1
Top 4- reanimator 2-1
Top 2- ur delver splash white 2-0

[Ebonclaw]

Hey H, I was the other TES player that was hanging out with Dustin in Dallas between rounds; we ran into each other quite accidentally as I'd never met him before. I scrubbed out due to topdeck hero reanimator, but told him I'd be looking for him in top 8 after I left, so tell him congrats for me! He gave me some good tips. Of note, the two cabal rituals in place of the 3rd mox and pushing 1 IT to the 'board, and how good carpet of flowers was against delver. Also interesting was the mainboard Badlands. He mentioned he's been very happy with the manabase, but sometimes misses the versatility of Gemstone Mines. Also of note, his entire deck is Japanese except the FBB duals, it's really a classy, beautiful deck! I hope he attends GP Dallas so I have another TES player to chat with between rounds, you guys were really cool to hang with. BTW, Duress can't take Meddling Mage.

[H]

Hey H, I was the other TES player that was hanging out with Dustin in Dallas between rounds; we ran into each other quite accidentally as I'd never met him before. I scrubbed out due to topdeck hero reanimator, but told him I'd be looking for him in top 8 after I left, so tell him congrats for me! He gave me some good tips. Of note, the two cabal rituals in place of the 3rd mox and pushing 1 IT to the 'board, and how good carpet of flowers was against delver. Also interesting was the mainboard Badlands. He mentioned he's been very happy with the manabase, but sometimes misses the versatility of Gemstone Mines. Also of note, his entire deck is Japanese except the FBB duals, it's really a classy, beautiful deck! I hope he attends GP Dallas so I have another TES player to chat with between rounds, you guys were really cool to hang with. BTW, Duress can't take Meddling Mage.

I will let him know for you. I don't expect us to be going to the GP, none of us play Limited, Dustin only plays Legacy now.

I guess eventually the luck caught up to the Reanimator player, games two and three he had to mulligan and Dustin had strong openings that, even after Thoughtsiezes, let him strip any resistance from him.

When I heard about that Duress I literally face-palmed. Josh should have known better. In fact, I am pretty sure he actually does, so I don't know what even happened there...

[Ebonclaw]

I will let him know for you. I don't expect us to be going to the GP, none of us play Limited, Dustin only plays Legacy now.

I guess eventually the luck caught up to the Reanimator player, games two and three he had to mulligan and Dustin had strong openings that, even after Thoughtsiezes, let him strip any resistance from him.

When I heard about that Duress I literally face-palmed. Josh should have known better. In fact, I am pretty sure he actually does, so I don't know what even happened there...

I think he hadn'the slept for over 24 hours and just brain farted. I can't give him too much crap, he was nice enough to bum me a smoke. :)

[vercadium]

bum me a smoke

Let me guess - another American 'expression' I'm not familiar with...

[JPoJohnson]

Gave him a cigarette.

[Bryant Cook]

TES Website is live! It's still a work in progress, I have some things I need to do and some ideas for cool things. Feel free to message me with thoughts, ideas or ways to improve. Thanks!

http://www.theepicstorm.com/

PS. I will be deleting the OP of this thread in the upcoming weeks

[Bryant Cook]

This just in, we have to cut Infernal Tutor from our deck: http://www.starcitygames.com/article...e-Part-II.html

[alaska]

This just in, we have to cut Infernal Tutor from our deck: http://www.starcitygames.com/article...e-Part-II.html

Behind a paywall for me, but judging from comments, he claims that TES doesn't/can't run Infernal Tutor?

Well there's a head-scratcher.

[Spam]

This just in, we have to cut Infernal Tutor from our deck: http://www.starcitygames.com/article...e-Part-II.html

So that's why my version didn't work!

[JPoJohnson]

It continues to shock me that people pay money for articles on Magic.

[ManCharm]

Hey all, sorry it took me so long to report. I played at the IQ in Dallas as well, missed my win and in for top 8 as follows:

BUG Delver 2-1
Mono Red Painter 2-0
Omnitell 2-1
Miracles 1-2
ANT 0-2
RW Painter 2-0
Food Griffin 2-0
Miracles 0-2

After realizing I was barely boarding for any matchups besides Miracles, I agree with Dustin's board changes to fight the miracles matchup, as the 3rd Xantid swarm is not as relevant in the Show and Tell and Reanimator matchups. The 3rd Abrupt Decay is occasionally valuable, but is 99% of the time fine because of the second Chain of Vapor.

Another note: I was not wastelanded once during the event. might be worth considering, depending on what you see in your area.

[Tokugawa]

Bryant Cook had 7-2 at SCG Open Worcester and advanced to Day2.