Had a fun game with this deck last night – the explosiveness of the mana is kind of nutty when
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest lives. I was playing a 3 man versus
Miirym, Wyrm Sentinel and
Varina, Lich Queen – my deck that I loaned to a friend. Think Pokken's Varinaristocrats with about 10 cards different.
Mulliganned away a slow hand, and kept a risky 2 lander with
Hard Evidence and
Shark Typhoon to get me out of a pinch should I wind up in one. The hand also had
Tireless Tracker,
Cyclonic Rift, and
Ant Queen.
I led off with
Hard Evidence and drew into
Sylvan Offering
The next turn I didn't draw land, so I cracked my clue.
Lonis, Cryptozoologist and I started to sweat.
The next turn I drew
Sol Ring and played it as well as
Sylvan Offering for two. By that time, Miirym had deployed a
Parallel Lives off a
Sol Ring start, so the tokens went to Varina.
Varina had played out a few zombies, and Miirym played
Conjurer's Closet, still setting up.
The next turn I was still stuck on land 2, but I played Jaheira and had 4 bonus mana from the tokens I'd made to that point. I used them, and the remaining 1 mana to play
Clan rafter and cycle
Shark Typhoon for a shark and hopefully a land.
Old Gnawbone off the top.
Miirym had a wild turn, playing
Jeska's Will,
Miirym, Wyrm Sentinel and a
Wrathful Red Dragon that brought along 2 buddies. At end of turn, when she went to blink it, Varina played
Swift End on it.
I played
Tireless Tracker, a land, and
Parallel Lives
The next turn, Miirym blew up Parallel Lives, and 3 dragons swung, 10 damage to me, 6 to Varina.
Conjurer's Closet untapped the commander.
Varina then swung her team except the commander into Miirym's lone defender. The Wrathful Red Dragon triggers didn't go after Jaheira, instead blowing up the treefolk I'd gifted,
Withered Wretch and a saproling token. She followed this up with
Lilliana's Standard Bearer for a big draw.
On my turn, I deployed
Doubling Season and
Servo Schematic,and kept up counter magic (
Confirm Suspicions).
Miirym played
Scourge of the Throne and attacked again with the three dragons – this time making 5 copies of the Scourge as the
Conjurer's Closet went uninterrupted.
Varina played out some more zombies, but otherwise didn't do much.
On my turn, I went ham. I overloaded
Cyclonic Rift, played
Old Gnawbone and swung for 21 damage, making 42 treasures – passing the turn. From that point, it was mopping up, the other players redeployed, but the wrath attempt was countered, and Varina's end step I drew 20 cards, one of which was
Cyberdrive Awakener which was plenty lethal for both opponents.
