So we've been playing a bunch of Standard lately with tourneys each of the last two weekends. The first was RtR Game Day, which Nick also wrote about below. It was my first sanctioned Standard since playing in Games and Stuff's PTQ this past summer. I hadn't played any new Standard yet as I didn't like any of the top decks until I found a Naya list that did well at a SCG IQ in Ijamsville, MD. It didn't hurt that I had opened the required Mythics out of my two boxes when the new set came out. Here's the list I ran that day:
1 Clifftop Retreat
7 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Mountain
2 Plains
3 Rootbound Crag
3 Sunpetal Grove
4 Temple Garden
4 Arbor Elf
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
3 Bonfire of the Damned
3 Pillar of Flame
3 Borderland Ranger
3 Loxodon Smiter
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Restoration Angel
2 Sigarda, Host of Herons
4 Thragtusk
2 Armada Wurm
1 Angel of Serenity
Sideboard:
3 Purify the Grave
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Ray of Revelation
2 Sundering Growth
2 Centaur Healer
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
Round 1 I lost to a Steelers fan playing Red Deck Wins. I took the first game easily with Thragtusk and Bonfire. Centaur Healers and a Mizzium Mortars came in for game two, in which I kept a land light hand with multiple mana dorks... dorks died and then so did I as I couldn't find lands. Game 3 lasted a bit longer, but I eventually died with two Bonfires and two Pillars in my hand and no red lands :(
0-1
Round 2 I played against a Junk Reanimator/Midrange thing that wasn't very focused. He had Jarad's Orders and lots of odd one-of's like Deathrite Shaman, Jarad, and like 2 each of Mulch and Grisly Salvage. The guy seemed new and took FOREVER to take each turn. It was just a game-day tourney and because he seemed new I didn't hound him about it. I took game one after he dealt with my first Armada Wurm (and token) but I followed with another. Second game he was able to cast Angel of Serenity the turn before I would have won and I couldn't claw back. Game three we drew in extra turns without either of us doing much as the first two games took so long.
0-1-1
Round 3 I was paired up against a 1-1 playing B/R Vampires. Just straight Vampires... with like 3 and 4-drop Stromkirk Noble-like guys. Neither game was eventful or close.
1-1-1
Round 4 I get paired up again against Pete at 2-1. He's playing Epic Experiment! I'm able to Bonfire a couple times to take out pre-experiment Spirits and Soldiers and take game 1. Game 2 Pete makes a lot of tokens, takes a bunch of extra turns and takes me down. Game 3 Pete starts to experiment and makes Soldier tokens but not enough to get me dead through my blockers even though he takes 3 straight turns. And he's not able to make more soldiers during his extra turns thanks to a Purify the Grave taking out both of his Increasing Vengeance's. Pete chumps for a few turns before realizing he has no win conditions left in his deck and scoops.
2-1-1
Round 5 I'm paired up against Jimmy at 2-0-2. The winner of our match will make top 8, but needed to get out of there and buy green pants for my Peter Griffin costume before a Halloween party that night. I scooped to Jimmy and he said he'd split with me. Since he ended up making the finals with Nick I get 4 packs for my $5 entry fee! Not bad at all, especially starting at 0-1-1.
GPT report in the next post!
-Eric
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