played at the Toronto MCQ on Saturday to a 5-3 finish. The changes I made were -3
kolaghan's command +3
unearth in the main. In the side the changes were -2
wear//tear, -1
molten rain , -1
bontu's last reckoning, +2
blood moon, +2
celestial purge. Here's my report
Round 1 I lost to BW tokens 1-2. Game 1 I mulled to 5 because I couldn't get lands and I feel too far behind. Game 2 I outraced him. Game3 I beleive I mulled to 6 and I fell behind quickly. There wasn't much to this match.
0-1
Round 2 I quickly lose to 5 colour Niv Mizzet reborn. Game 1 I basically didn't bolt the bird and he resolved an early Niv which I couldn't deal with. Game 2 he resolved a turn 2 Wrenn and Sixx, which he top decked and I couldn't deal with. He hit the mana he needed and I couldn't keep up.
0-2, basically dead for top 8 but I wanted to see how I could recover, it actually gets really good from here.
Round 3 I quickly 2-0 storm. Game 1 was a combination of me effectively removing his mana reducers and him not drawing lands to go off without the cost reducers. Game 2 he kept a hand with multiple copies of empty the warrens and he kept having to go off for low numbers just to not die.
1-2, still not in good shape but I tell myself to take it round by round and see what happens
Round 4 I beat Cheerios 2-1. He goes off game 1 and I lose. Game 2 I applied enough pressure to kill him before he could do much. Game 3 he kept a hand with double paradoxical outcome and I run him over
2-2, getting better.
Round 5 I 2-1 Bant infect. Games 1 and 3 I basically kill any creature he has and I win. Him going to 5 cards game 1 helps. Game 2 he gets me with what I can't kill
3-2, winning 3 in a row has me in a great mood so that helped me go further
Round 6 I 2-1 some kind of Dimir prison deck running both 3 mana Lilies, chalice and the
Karn, the great creator package. Game 1 I took advantage of him stumbling on lands and I ran him over. Game 2 he has double
plague engineer and I can never recover. Game 3 he had several board wipes and
ensnaring bridge in hand after I thoughtseized something else important, I believe some kind of walker. Later on I took the bridge. The game plan that game for most of it was just bait the board wipe and not extend into it. I think he got confused and just played stuff that was easy for me to stop
4-2, I'm at a spot where I can prize if I keep winning
Round 7 I very easily crush humans. Game 1 we both mull and he keeps a slow 6 on the play that didn't do much other than a freebooter that he uses to take an unearth instead of discard or removal. Game 2 he mulls to 6 and probably takes more damage than he should before using the
deputy of detention I already knew about. He died not long after dropping the deputy
5-2, 27th after 7, with prizing down to top 32. I felt like I could probably draw last round but didn't offer it because my opponent was 35th
Round 8 I got run over by Izzet Phoenix. Game 1 I was close to stabilizing but then he drops
Aria of Flame and casts a lot of spells. Game 2 came down to him needing a way to deal the last 2 damage to me and he draws into a second Phoenix
5-3 finish, not bad after an 0-2 start. I finished 36th, so just missed top 32 prizing. an interesting note is that I avoided thopter sword and Hogaak all day, I'm assuming because of my 0-2 start causing me to play people with more losses throughout the day