I, along with Nick Ditizio and Jimmy Peyton, went to the Star City Games (SCG) Independent Qualifier (IQ) held at "Thanks for Playing" in Ijamsville, MD.
About 44 people showed up for the event, so we would be playing 6 rounds with a cut to the top 8.
I took my Jund-Juggernaut deck.
Round 1:Dylan Jennings with U/W/B Tokens.
I did not get to see a great deal of Dylan's deck as he got flooded in both games (seriously flooded in the second game) The few threats he presented were dealt with by playing Bonfires for minimal cost to clear the board, then to attack.
2-0
Round 2: Jeremy Bowman with Jund
I remembered Jeremy from the Commander's Arsenal game at J&M from the last post.
Jeremy and I traded games one and two. In game three, he had me on the ropes, at 5 life with 4 creatures and a Kessig Wolf Run in play. I had Olivia Voldaren in play with 4 untapped lands, able to block an attacker, and kill whomever gets pumped by the Wolf Run. We play the blocks out for a bit, then Jeremy reminds me that I die during my upkeep when Huntmaster transforms. I reply that I can kill it with the trigger on the stack, but the trigger still resolves. I block for show, kill a guy then concede.
After the game, I thought about it and I misplayed completely. The Huntmaster trigger is to transform the huntmaster, when it resolves, the damage ability then triggers. I could have indeed killed the huntmaster (and his other creature) during my upkeep and live another turn. I am not saying the outcome of the game would have been different, but I would have had a chance to draw a card and force Jeremy to deal with my Thundermaw Hellkite and 9/9 Olivia Voldaren.
1-2
Round 3: Darryl Donaldson with G/W Seance.
In game one, Darryl curved out perfectly and layed a serious beatdown on me. He curved Farseek, Trostani, Thragtusk, then Armada Wurm. I scooped to the overwhelming life/board presence.
In game two, I sided into a control deck and started to get Slaughter Games going. Leafing through his deck, I notice that he is actually a reanimator deck with tons of self-mill spells, Seance, and Unburial Rites. My back-to-back Slaughter Games caused enough disruption to get me the game two win.
In game three, Darryl got out a Craterhoof Behemoth and hit me for a lot. I stabilized barring any other threats. He cast Restoration Angel on his turn targeting "The Hoof" and that was game. (I could block as long as nothing had trample)
1-2
Round 4: James Lawson with Mono-White Humans.
Now for the most disappointing match of the day.
Game one I get no green lands and die with six green cards in hand.
Game two I keep a two-land hand and turn two Farseek into three lands.
I die on turn eight with three lands, seven uncastable cards in hand, and several more in my graveyard.
I did not provide James with much of a match, casting about four spells total in two games.
0-2
At 2-0, 1-2, 1-2, 0-2 (1-3; 4-6) I dropped.
A very poor showing by me. I made a huge mistake in round 2 and probably MANY more in round 3, as I was unfamiliar how to handle his deck, should I have cast Rakdos's Return into reanimator?
I have a lot of work to do before the SCG Open, in Baltimore, coming up next weekend.
Until next time.
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