Re: Volrath, the Shapestealer - Clones
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:39 pm
I got a game in online against a few different decks. A couple people scooped early so I don't want to go into too much detail. But I had a few plays that I want to call out.
Grist, the Hunger Tide created a bunch of tokens and I had Carnifex Demon in hand. However, They were able to give all their tokens a counter thanks to Oran-Rief, the Vastwood and I didn't have the mana to just kill the tokens outright so I bided my time. I never got a chance to cast and activate the Demon unfortunately.
I did get stuck on lands pretty hard and part of this was because the 3 decks I was facing were pretty aggressive so I couldn't just use a clone on my Wood Elves to ramp more. I needed them to copy my Ravenous Chupacabra which would have been really good except for one major misplay:
I was in a position where I was losing pretty hard and I was facing the last opponent. They had a good board, a bunch of equipment, and Puresteel Paladin letting them equip everything for free. They also had a Koll, the Forgemaster which plays heavily into my misplay. I countered their Sword of Feast and Famine with Mana Drain to give me some extra mana. I cast Sublime Epiphany on my turn to bounce their Sword of Light and Shadow and copy my Chupacabra. And draw a card. I used this to blow up their Paladin but Koll just gave it right back to them. I should have blown up Koll first.
Then I cast Phantasmal Image copying Chupacabra which I then also copied with Bramble Sovereign to blow up Koll and another creature. But this left them with Puresteel in hand which let them equip their Colossus Hammer for free and Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder gave their creature double strike to one shot me since they had a way to get back the Sword of Feast and Famine I countered so I couldn't block.
I think I was in a bad spot either way since I couldn't seem to get to any of my wraths/bounce but I still would have preferred playing it correctly. I still had fun with the deck even ignoring the fact that I just couldn't get to my ramp so hopefully that doesn't happen next time.
Grist, the Hunger Tide created a bunch of tokens and I had Carnifex Demon in hand. However, They were able to give all their tokens a counter thanks to Oran-Rief, the Vastwood and I didn't have the mana to just kill the tokens outright so I bided my time. I never got a chance to cast and activate the Demon unfortunately.
I did get stuck on lands pretty hard and part of this was because the 3 decks I was facing were pretty aggressive so I couldn't just use a clone on my Wood Elves to ramp more. I needed them to copy my Ravenous Chupacabra which would have been really good except for one major misplay:
I was in a position where I was losing pretty hard and I was facing the last opponent. They had a good board, a bunch of equipment, and Puresteel Paladin letting them equip everything for free. They also had a Koll, the Forgemaster which plays heavily into my misplay. I countered their Sword of Feast and Famine with Mana Drain to give me some extra mana. I cast Sublime Epiphany on my turn to bounce their Sword of Light and Shadow and copy my Chupacabra. And draw a card. I used this to blow up their Paladin but Koll just gave it right back to them. I should have blown up Koll first.
Then I cast Phantasmal Image copying Chupacabra which I then also copied with Bramble Sovereign to blow up Koll and another creature. But this left them with Puresteel in hand which let them equip their Colossus Hammer for free and Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder gave their creature double strike to one shot me since they had a way to get back the Sword of Feast and Famine I countered so I couldn't block.
I think I was in a bad spot either way since I couldn't seem to get to any of my wraths/bounce but I still would have preferred playing it correctly. I still had fun with the deck even ignoring the fact that I just couldn't get to my ramp so hopefully that doesn't happen next time.