I'm posting my take on Doran. Why? Because it's hard to find an updated list and I want to help new and old players. This may not be the best list around, but it's the best I can come up with and still manage to win from time to time.
If I remember correctly this is not the first decklist I used, I think I've played Doran in a Feb tourney.
I still don't own Savannah, Bayou, Arid Mesa, Windswept, Linvala, and Jitte.
And I still have Ohran Viper and Birthing Pod on that list.
But I still made it to Top 16.
IN:
Mox Diamond - Bought one finally! Another accel.
Sword of War and Peace - Testing this because of the protection and damage output OUT:
Fauna Shaman - underwhelming atm
Thrun, the Last Troll - Underwhelming atm
IN:
Mana Tithe - Surprise card OUT:
Sword of War and Peace - Life gain is good but still underwhelming atm, even against Marath
IN:
Bojuka Bog - GY hate, lots of reanimators
Fauna Shaman - I need a search engine, and I don't know why I removed it
Imp's Mischief - testing this against Geist, TNN, reanimation and removal OUT:
Murmuring Bosk - it will always cipt, unless a few very good treefolk gets printed
Bloom Tender - a very good ramp but there are times that it's just too much
Courser of Kruphix - I find it underwhelming atm
IN:
Sylvok Replica - it's a shaman so it's uncounterable with Cavern, it deals 3 with Doran out. Removal against mono blue's Vedalken Shackles OUT:
Mana Tithe - the only card I can think of removing for the Replica
IN:
Pendelhaven - puts a dork on a different level and saves against Pyroclasms
Tree Top Village - to push damage after a board wipe
Mesmeric Fiend - tutorable 'discard'
Weathered Wayfarer - because Dust Bowl is a boss! And Cavern against blue OUT:
Snow-Covered Forest - irrelevant atm
Herald of Torment - nice pump and evasion but still underwhelming
Imp's Mischief - I concede, maybe another time another meta hate
Smallpox - it's always overkill or it just gets stuck in my hand
IN:
Brain Maggot - finally bought one minutes before the tourney! another tutorable 'discard'
Banishing Light - another O-Ring is nice OUT:
Weathered Wayfarer - I think it's not the card for me, haha
Orzhov Charm - the life loss hurts, reanimation not so great, and bounce is rarely used. But still a versatile card.
IN:
Mana Tithe - and the surprise card is back
Distress - I can't remember why this card
Maelstrom Pulse - another all around removal, wipes tokens too (Talrand overwhelmed me with drakes last time) OUT:
Brain Maggot - underwhelming last tourney
Mesmeric Fiend - underwhelming last tourney
Sylvok Replica - my theory was good but did not happen
IN:
Courser of Kruphix - it's a threat w/ Doran out, Enlightened Tutorable, and I need life gain!
Brain Maggot - I realized that I need to push hand disruption
Mesmeric Fiend - because Maggot OUT:
Shizo, Death's Storehouse - I think 37 lands is fine, and the evasion is almost always irrelevant
Eladamri's Call - not very helpful and I think the crit tutors are enough
Distress - I really can't remember why this card
IN:
Faerie Macabre - tutorable, zero-to-cast instant GY hate that doubles as a flyer if you need one OUT:
Skinshifter - the only card I can think of cutting atm. Sure it's a beast with or without Doran but it's mana intensive. I'm sorry Nicolas Cage.
IN:
Reclamation Sage - 'easier' to cast, is a SHAMAN and has 2 power if Doran's not around OUT:
Harmonic Sliver - Reclamation Sage is better, unless I'm playing other Slivers
IN:
Worldly Tutor - I've finally realized that this build is really toolbox disruption. Against control or slow decks, the earlier the Braids the better.
Toxic Deluge - I finally got to buy one and wanted to test it, and I think it's good against Marath, Geist, TNN and elves. OUT:
Cataclysm - this is the most strongest spell in our arsenal and cannot be replaced, very sad it got banned.
Faerie Macabre - Oloro's banning means lesser reanimator MUs
IN:
Bloodstained Mire - finally got one! OUT:
Gemstone Mine - thanks for helping me with mana, but DRS will be stronger with the Mire
IN:
Mana Confluence - finally got one!
Council's Judgment - we hate untargetables! OUT:
Wooded Bastion - the only cuttable land atm for Confluence.
Banishing Light - It's either this or Fiend Hunter for CJ, but the Hunter is a crit.
IN:
Putrefy - Meta shift to aggro
Shizo, Death's Storehouse - Meta shift to aggro OUT:
Castigate - to make way for Putrefy
Bojuka Bog - tapped land and reanimators dwindled after Oloro banning
IN:
Castigate - it perfectly fits the curve and I still need disruption coz of Maggot and Fiend's removal
Skinshifter - needs cheap beater
Putrid Leech - needs cheap beater
Wooded Bastion - I find 38 lands comfortable OUT:
Brain Maggot - aggro meta shift
Mesmeric Fiend - aggro meta shift
Fauna Shaman - aggro meta shift, she's just too slow
Mirran Crusader - red decks are a trend now
IN:
Diabolic Intent - extra tutor OUT:
Skullclamp - Whenever I use Skullclamp, it's to draw gas while killing a dork, with Intent we tutor directly to an answer.
IN:
Polluted Delta - I'll try the 9th fetch! OUT:
Urborg - no disadvantage for not using it
IN:
Brain Maggot - It's back! I need a pinpoint hand disruption OUT:
Hymn to Tourach - I find it underwhelming. Sure it's powerful but I want a hand disruption that lets me see the opponents hand
***Mesmeric Fiend also made it back to the deck, i don't know what I took out for it though. ***
Round 1 Mimeoplasm 2-0
Both games I was able to turn 1 discard him, netting a counter on Game 1, and a Sylvan Library on Game 2.
And he also got mana screwed in addition to my LD.
Round 2 GAA 2-1
His Gilded Drake showed in all 3 games!
Game 1- Gilded Drake on Doran, he got a Gideon Jura... I managed to stall him with Braids and SoFaI but I eventually lost.
Game 2- Another Gilded Drake on Doran mid game, but I killed it next turn, dorks and Geddon won me the game.
Game 3- He's on the play. My 1st turn Bob (thanks Mox Diamond) got Gilded Draked! I dropped Doran, he Vapor Snagged the drake then draked DORAN!!! I killed Doran, he starts to bleed due to Bob, I beat down with Gilded drake He managed to cast Jace, AOT but forgot that his +1 doesn't matter while Doran is in play
Round 3 Geist(Tempo) 2-0
Game 1- A turn 2 Doran to a turn 3 Tangle Wire plus discards won the game.
Game 2- He mulls to 4, but manages a turn 2 Stoneforge Mystic fetching SoFaF.
But I got turn 1 dork, turn 2 dork and Mother of Runes, turn 3 Inquisition of Kozilek and Liliana of the Veil, turn 4 Vindicate and Skinshifter, beat down and LOTV for the win!
Round 4 Skithiryx 1-2
Game 1- So much removal! And I got so few card draw engines
Game 2- He got delayed by a turn 3 Braids, Tangle Wire and Geddon FTW!
Game 3- He keeps top decking removals. I think I misplayed when I Demonic Tutored for Braids instead of Armageddon, he killed Braids EOT,cast Skittles, and I draw no removal
Round 5 Wydwen 2-1
Game 1- Turn 1 Dork and Mox Diamond.Mana Tithehis Distress,turn 2 Doran, turn 3 Tanglewire. Beatdown FTW!
Game 2- He got a turn 2 Standstill Too much card advantage on his part.
Game 3- A Mirran Crusader turn 3 got all the way!
Removal for Wydwen was key here, and Doran shut down his Hatred
Round 6 Oloro(Reanimator) 0-2
Game 1- I turn 2 Beast Within one of his lands, turn 3 Doran. But he got removals for Doran. He managed to beat me down with the Beast token, and eventually reanimates a Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. I got left behind in card advantage.
Game 2- I turn 1 dork, turn 2 dork and Stoneforge fetching SoFaF, turn 3 play then equipped SoFaF to one of the dorks, attacked, he discards Jin-Gitaxias. On his 3rd turn, he casts Show and Tell, I respond with Eladamri's Call and settled for Fiend Hunter because I think it's the safest card to put into play. But he drops Ashen Rider exiling SoFaF. Fiend Hunter exiles the big cat. On my turn I cast Doran. On his turn he casts Supreme Verdict! And I start to lose
Round 7 Geist(Polymorph Emrakul) draw
Game 1- Turn 1 Thoughtseize and turn 2 Inquisition of Kozilek got me the upperhand. A Reweave to Emrakul in response to a discard happened sometime during mid game, but I have Oblivion Ring Eventually won with Doran and Skinshifter beatdown plus Armageddon.
Game 2- Turn 1 Thoughtseize and turn 2 Castigate stripped her hand for answers, but she already got a suspended Ancestral Vision turn 1 She got lots of cantrips, counters and bounce to delay me, and proceed to beatdown with Geist.
Game 3- Last 5 turns got announced on her 3rd turn We settled that I get the win because I have a higher chance to qualify for Top 8.
But I only got 9th place, which is not bad.:p
21 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS
Round 1 Marath 2-0
Game 1 - both t1 dorks. His t2 was Domri Rade. I t2 hymn netting two lands, attack Domri.
He t3 Marath, and missed land drop. I t3 Duress and Doran. He got stuck on 3 lands for the next 3 turns! Doran and Skinshifter wins me the game!
Game 2 - I t1 DRS, t2 Doran. He t2 Survival of the Fittest.
On his 3rd turn, he starts searching for the KJ combo pieces. (He admitted after that he had forgotten about DRS.)
I t3 Mox Diamond plus Tangle Wire and Doran beats all the way for the next turns.
Round 2 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-0
Game 1 - I t2 Tidehollow Sculler getting Apocalypse. He topdecks Fastbond! And drops 5 lands!
I t3 Doran, I have Smallpox and Braids,Cabal Minion in hand. He t3 Wanderer, cascading to Farseek and Acidic Slime. Attacks with Wanderer.
T4, I topdeck Orzhov Charm, kills the Slime, attack. On his t4, he does not attack with Wanderer.
T5, I draw and cast Skinshifter. He cast Parallax Tide on his turn, and exiles 2 of my lands, I'm left with only 2 lands.
T6, I draw Tectonic Edge, and destroy his UG karoo, he P Tide his land in response. I attack with Shifter, he blocks with his general.He can't recast it next turn.
T7, I attack for lethal!
Game 2 - I t1 Duress discarding a signet, t2 Sylvan Library, t3 Doran, t4 Hymn getting a land and ramp.
He still has no green source at this point.
On my t4 he cracked Crystal Vein to cast Fact or Fiction. I give him Forest+Brainstorm vs Steam Vents+Frost Titan+Jokulhaups. He picks forest and brainstorm.
His t5 was Oracle of Mul Daya. My t5 was Qasali Pridemage and attack with Doran, he does not block. Eot Brainstorm.
His t6, nothing. My t6, attack again with Doran, oracle blocks and dies. Eot he Mystical Tutor for Fire//ice.
His t7, nothing. My t7, he Ice Doran, I Imp's Mischief to ice his land.
His t8, Garruk, makes a beast. My t8, Herald of Torment on Doran, attack for lethal commander damage!
Round 3 Talrand 1-1
Game 1 - Lost to Vedalken Shackles on Doran and lots o counters.
Game 2 - Doran got countered twice. I resolved Armageddon. He Commandeer's my GSZ for 2.
I topdeck Sylvan Library! A Herald of Torment equipped with Sword of Fire and Ice wins me the game eventually.
Run out of time for game 3.
Round 4 Vendilion Clique 2-0
Game 1 - Doran beats ftw!
Game 2 - T1 Duress, t2 hymn, land and Long Term Plans, t3 Doran, t4 Braids!
Round 5 Geist draw
At this point, we're the only players without losses, so we're sure of making the top 4.
TOP 4
Prossh
Wanderer
Doran
Geist
SEMIS Prossh 2-1
Game 1 - Doran equipped w/ Sword of feast and Famine plus Mother of Runes ftw!
Game 2 - T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Stoneforge Mystic fetching SOFAI.
His t4, Rakdos's Return for 4! I'm left with no cards in hand.
T4, I topdeck Cataclysm!
His t5, he Dismembered Doran.
He eventually casts Prossh, and Coat of Arms.
Game 3 - T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Duress getting Persecute, T4 Smallpox, T6 Tec Edge his land.
His T7, Prossh. EOT, I Orzhov Charm his general. I have 3 lands in play and Cataclysm on hand.
T8, I draw land and cast Cataclysm, attacks with Doran, he blocks with kobold.
He got no removal this time,no blockers and Doran attacks for lethal commander damage!
Geist beats Wanderer.
FINALS Geist 0-2
Both games, he got lots of removals and counters for Doran and other threats.
And he killed me with Geist backed with Maze of Ith, so I can't block and kill Geist with dorks
32 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS
April 13, 2014
Round 1 Karador 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. t1 Thoughtseize, t2 Hymn to Tourach. Sometimes around turn 4 or 5 I Dust Bowl his only source of white, and he got screwed Eventual Scavenging OOze FTW!
Game 2 - His t1 Mother of Runes, My t1 Birds.
I t2 Doran, he t3 LOTV, I sac BoP.
I t3 Blossom. After a few turns, I killed LOTV with faeries, wasn't able to attack with ground dudes because he got to cast alot of his crits including Karador.
He get to sac Academy Rector to Carrion Feeder, fetching Curse of Death's Hold! And that happened after i fetched Skullclmap with SFM.
I cast Catac sometime, he misplayed by leaving Dryad Arbor and not his general. Me, I was left with Scav Ooze, which lead me to winning!
Round 2 Oloro (Reanimator) 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. I t1 BoP, he t2 Magus of the Bazaar.
I topdeck Fiend Hunter! Removed his Magus and he got stuck on 2 lands for a while!
Doran and Phyrexian Arena comes down and took over the game.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Gaddock, t3 Castigate.
He Gilded Draked Gaddock, I eqquiped SOFAF to GDrake,
He sacd Gaddock to Phyrexian Tower, casts Geddon (because he got 2 rocks, my dork was Arbor Elf), I kept attacking with GDrake w/ SOFAF, he found no removal, He Buried Alive sometime, but I draw Scav Ooze next turn.
Round 3 Geist 2-1
Game 1 - I got color screwed, he got Parallax Wave, lots of counters, and his general.
Game 2 - He got mana screwed this time. He was stuck on a white land and a Mox Diamond the whole game.
Game 3 - I t1 IoK discarding Annul, he still has a Remove Soul in a hand. T2 I drop Sylvan Library!
T3 a dork ate Remove Soul, but then I cast another dork and Mother!
He casts Geist, I cast Doran.
He got stuck on 3 lands, I Smallpox, he Into the Roiled Geist, I cast KOTR next turn and searches Dust Bowl the turn after that. Kept destroying his lands FTW!
Round 4 Mimeoplasm draw
Intentional draw for Top 8
QUARTER Oloro (Reanimator) 2-1
It's the same guy on Round 2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Vindicate his land, t3 Dust Bowl!
I kept destroying his lands except for Flagstones.
Game 2 - He t3 Buried Alive for Rune-Scarred Demon, Norn and Jin; Exhumes next turn retuning the demon, search Reanimate then casts it on Norn.
Game 3 - T1 dork, T2 Fauna, T3 Doran, enemy's eot search for Braids, T4 braids, my eot he Intuition for Flash, Frantic Search and GDrake, I gave him Frantic, on his upkeep he Frantic Searched discarding Sun Titan and something else, Enlightened for Animate dead! Animates Sun Titan bringing back GDrake swapping with my Braids. T5 I searched for Fiend Hunter exiling his titan, passes the turn, he sacs Braids but was stuck on 2 lands.
SEMIS the other Oloro (Reanimator) 1-2
Game 1 - On the draw. he got lots of removal for Doran, I draw no LD, he resolves Griselbrand.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Fauna, t4 Braids! Next Game!
Game 3 - I mulled to 4 and they were all lands!
I kept drawing lands and few threats, those he dealt with.
He lands JTMS,and gets the Ashen Rider, Sun Titan, Recurring Nightmare, Karmic guide loop.
Marath beats Prossh, and the Top 2 split the prize.
12 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
April 19, 2014
Round 1 Vorosh 1-1
Game 1 - He got lots of removal for Doran and I can't kill his t5 Prophet.
He flashed Oona somewhere, and out of its 4 activations (Oona for 6,6,7,7 naming white, white, white, black respectively) he only got 3 faeries!!!
I killed Oona eventually with removal, and the faeries with SOFAI, but I didn't find removal for Vorosh which killed me.
Game 2 - I t1 discard, t2 Bob, t3 Gaddock, t4 Doran, and proceeds beating face backed up with lots of removal.
Sadly last 5 turns was called so we draw.
Round 2 Doran!!! 2-1
Game 1 - I t1 dork and Mox Diamond, t2 Doran. He t1 dork, t2 Courser of Kruphix.
I t3 Hymn, he t3 Doran. I draw no removal until he got a SOFAF equipped to his Doran and he also got Phyrexian Arena. i got overwhelmed by his card advantage.
Game 2 - We both had t1 dorks, but i got t2 Mirran Crusader! he t2 Doran, I t3 Doran.
He Catacs, I leave Mirran he leaves Doran. He Demonic Tutors for something and I thought it was STP but it was not.
I eventually draw dorks and SOFAF to take over the game!
Game 3 - I t1 mox and Bob. His 2nd land drop is Dryad Arbor.
I reveal LOTV, cast it and he sacs the Arbor. It was late before he found another green source.
I got Sylvan and Mirran+SOFAF again!!!
Round 3 Animar* 2-0
Game 1 - These are the Only crits I saw on his side: Animar, Phyrexian Metamorph (copying Bob), Soul of the Harvest and Phyrexian Ingester (exiled Linvala).
I draw lots of removal for his crits except for Animar, and kept attacking with Doran, dorks and other small crits!
Game 2 - I automatically kept my hand with LOTV and SFM.
He t2 Sylvan! I t2 Bob, t3 LOTV, he sacs Arbor but he still has a dork. He had no red source.
He eventually found Sylvan Caryatid.
I cast KOTR, he casts Animar next turn.
He sacd Caryatid to LOTV, I search Dust Bowl for his lone red source. He's stuck with no red again.
I cast SFM, search Jitte, equip, attack, kill animar, beat face, dust bowl, beat face, dust bowl, etcetera etcetera.
*"the dreaded match-up". Luckily, Animar is not very popular around here in Manila.
Round 4 Oloro (Doomsday) draw
Intentional draw for Top 4
TOP 4
Oloro Doomsday
Geist
Doran
Doran
SEMIS Oloro (Doomsday) 2-1
Game 1 - t2 Doran+ t4 SOFAF FTW!!!
Game 2 - I t1 dork, he t2 Duress. My hand: Beast Within, Armageddon, Aven Mindcensor, Castigate and 2 lands. he discards Beast Within.
I t2 Castigate his Demonic Tutor.
T3 I cast a drawn Fauna Shaman, which he O Rings.
T5 I Duress him, revealing Embargo and Damnation! I discard Embargo.
Next turn I draw E Wit, return Duress and discards his Damnation.
I can't remember the specifics but it eventually came down to this board:
I have Doran, Braids, Skinshifter, E Wit, Sylvan Library and 5 lands including Stirring Wildwood.
He has Jace TMS (it survived because he got to cast his general, Oloro just died because of a 0/8 plant) and 4 lands.
He Doomsdays on his turn which leaves him at 21 life. Sadly, I am tapped out because of the Doran+Skinshifter attack, and I still have the Aven Mindcensor in my hand!!!
He brainstorms with Jace, leaving 4 cards in his library.
On my turn, I sac E wit, drew land and SOFAF (Sylvan, the other card was Bob).
Equipped then attacked, killing JTMS and he discards Pact of Negation.
On his turn, draws, Frantic Search, cantrip, Lab Man, cycle Street Wraith!
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Inqui and Fauna, t3 Doran, and was stucj on 2 lands.
I get to attack twice with Doran, before he attempted to Hero's Downfall the tower, but I Imp's Mischiefed it to Fauna.
I attacked with Doran again next turn, he has 15 general damage.
But then he lands Embargo!!!
I still get to flash Aven Mindcensor in response to his fetchland activation.
I continue drawing dorks and small crits (with the help of either Arena or Library) to push damage. (He's not gaining life anymore because of Embargo)
I got him down to 8 life, he casts Oloro, I STP him eot. He's back to 12 life.
I attack with Stirring Wildwood which I drew and played last turn. Down to 8.
He Vindicates my manland.
I played a creature (can't remember which but it has 3 toughness, maybe it was Sylvok Replica), I still have LOTV in my hand but I can't find a 2nd black source.
End of my turn I think he casts Skeletal Scrying for 3. Down to 5 life.
He casts Oloro again.
I draw a 2nd black source and Elves of Deep Shadow! Cast LOTV, he sacs Oloro! Attack for 3! Cast the dork. He's down to 1 life!
He draws nothign relevant and concedes! Woohoo!
Meanwhile,Doran beats Geist.
We both split the top 2 prizes and goes home happy!
30 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS
April 27, 2014
Round 1 Wanderer 1-2
Game 1 - "We" forgot "I" have Gaddock Teeg in play after I've split his Fact or Fiction pile, judge ruled that the damge is already done so we continue with it resolving, I lost because he got ramp
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Tanglewire, enough for me to take over the game!
Game 3 - He t1 Fastbond, drops 3 extra lands and a Wall of Roots!
I t1 dork.
He topdecks Ral Zarek and kills my dork.
I have Castigate and Hymn which was useless because he was at topdeck mode.
I t3 Doran. he casts MW next turn cascading to Acidic Slime and ramp, and attacks.
I can't attack Ral because of the Wall of Roots! I cast 2 dorks.
He topdecks Anger of the Gods! But I still believed there's hope for me because I still have the Cataclysm from my opening hand.
But I was stuck on 3 lands, no dorks, and he eventually casts Wildfire!
I'm left with only Doran, he still has MW, 2 rocks,1 land the Wall of Roots and Ral Zarek set to ulti next turn
Round 2 Skullbriar 2-1
Game 1 - My t3 Doran got killed but then I topdeck Mirran Crusader next turn! He can't remove it and it went all the way!
Game 2 - He t2 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave, t3 LD one of my lands.
I t3 Doran but he kills it eot. He LD again next turn.
I cast a creature (I can't remember what), but then he kills that too next turn.
I died to general damage.
Game 3 - He t1 dork.
I t2 Bitterblossom, he t2 Skullbriar.
I t3 LOTV and he sacs the dork.
On his t3, he Cruel Edicts to remove my Faerie blocker and kills LOTV.
I t4 Inquisition, he got Eternal Witness, Innocent Blood and Chain of Acid. I discard E Wit.
Cast Doran.
He topdecks Creeping Mold and destroys Blossom.
We proceeded attacking with our generals on the next turns. But I also added MOR and a dork to my board, compared to my opponent only topdecking lands.
After he had already taken 15 damage from Doran, I topdeck Okina for the 21 damage.
Round 3 Jenara 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Tanglewire.
He misplayed because he had cast Qasali Pridemage t2 and could have destroyed Tanglewire.
He concedes after 2 Doran attacks.
Game 2 - I mulliganed 6 cards from my starting 7, leaving only Bob, and was lucky to draw lands and relevant cards.
Enemy had no blue the whole game and conceded after I've done these to his board: STP an Oracle of Mul Daya, Vindicate a Stirring Wildwood and Smallpox leaving him with only 2 lands and a dork.
Round 4 Gesit 0-2
Game 1 - I t1 BOP, t2 Tidehollow Sculler which got countered.
T3 Castigate, he V Cliques in response, looks at my hand and ships back nothing.
T4, I GSZ for E Wit, gets back Castigate, cast it, he Enlightened Tutors for Jitte in response!
He proceeded to beat me down with V Clique equipped with Jitte until I've drawn STP for it.
BTW Doran ate removal after the turn I've cast it.
I eventually draw Sylvok Replica for Jitte.
He then proceeds to beat me down with Celestial Colonnade.
I draw no removal for his manland and I can't race him as my life was significantly lower.
Game 2 - I t2 Bob, t3 Doran.
T4 I reveal Braids from Bob, cast it but got Complicated, cycled!
He t4 TNN and plays Maze of Ith!
T5 I reveal 'Geddon (why you doin this Bob???), cast it but got countered too!
The TNN attacks and Bob keeps eating at my life!
I cast Duress at some point, he Delays it, I Imp it, he tries to Miscalculate but I pay that one. Duress resolves but he only had Brimaz left on his hand.
He casts Brimaz on his turn.
I topdeck GSZ and searches for KOTR.
He casts Geist on his turn.
I search Dust Bowl for Maze on my turn.
From what I remember, I had these in play: Bob, Gaddock, Qasali, Doran, and a 4/4 KOTR. My enemy had Geist, Brimaz and TNN.
On his turn, he casts Seal of Cleansing, Detention Sphere for Doran,and destroys D Sphere with Seal in response. (I was all tapped out so my Qasali was useless.)
He attacks, Geist dies but I was left with only 9 life.
I cast Doran next turn but cannot attack because of Brimaz. He attacks again with TNN and I'm down to 8.
I can't remember what I did on my turn. But I believe I still can't attack because of Brimaz.
He topdecks SOFAI on his next turn! Equip to TNN, attacks and shoots me. I'm down to 3.
I also topdeck SOFAI! Equip to Doran, attacks, he did not block, and I draw land.
I die next turn.
Round 5 Geist 2-0
My opponent conceded because he said he's already tired.
I only got 11th place.
In the top 8 there we're 4 Oloro Reanimators, and one of them won the tournament.
12 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS
May 11, 2014
Round 1 Wydwen 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Inquisition, discarding his Mana Leak. He has Miscalculation, Far//Away and 4 lands.
I t2 Bob. My t3 Blossom got the Miscalc.
T4 Doran, eot he casts Away, I sac Doran.
T5 Sculler, in response he Mystical Tutors, and I flash Mindcensor ir to that! He still gets Think Twice and Sculler sees only lands.
He kept drawing lands and I kept playing critters!
Beatdown FTW!
Game 2 - My t2 Bob got countered, t3 Doran got killed, and t4 Library got countered as well.
My t5 Tutelage resolves, and flash Wydwen eot.
T6 I play Dust Bowl and destroys his Command Tower, w/c was his only black source atm.
He never got another one after that.
T7 LOTV resolves and removes Wydwen.
Doran lands and the beatdown continued til he conceded.
Round 2 Thraximundar 1-2
Game 1 - This was a long game but I managed to kill him with crits!
Game 2 & Game 3 - Both of these games we're fast, meaning he landed Thrax early, kept countering spells and killing my board.
Round 3 Thraximundar(ANOTHER ONE!!!) 1-2
Game 1 - He got stuck on 3 lands the whole game despite having Phyrexian Arena.
And I just proceeded to beat face.
Game 2 - He got lots of removals and counters on the early turns to slow me down, and eventually casts Thrax.
I topdecked LOTV w/c resolves and removes his general. And Mesmeric Fiend on the same turn nets a Rooftop Storm!!!
End of his turn I Tainted Pact and settles for Cataclysm.
I Catac on my turn, he Sudden Deaths the Fiend and flash Snapcaster. I cast Tutelage and passes the turn.
And I suddenly find myself low on life because of the Snapcaster beats and unlucky Tutelage reveals.
I eventually stabilize my board with Doran and 2 other crits... but drew no life gain or anyway to deal massive damage fast.
Alas! He casts Cruel Ultimatum when I was down to 3, ending my suffering.
Game 3 - I t1 Wayfarer.
T2 attacked with the Wayfarer, w/c probably cost me the game.
T3 Doran got countered.
T4 I Dust Bowled one of his lands and I got stuck on 3 lands since.
He drops Ral Zarek and killed the Wayfarer!
I still managed to destroy his ramp but when Frost Titan joins his board, and Thrax the following turn, I was a s good as assassinated. Not to mention Ral gets to ultimate too.
Round 4 Jenara 1-1
Game 1 - This game was loooooooooooong!
In short, Doran got killed twice, I got low on life, I managed to cast Catac sometime but he eventually killed me with a SOFAI-equipped Trygon Predator.
Round 5 Keranos!!! 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox Diamond and Bob.
T2 Doran got countered. T3 Phyrexian Arena resolves.
Fast forward to him casting Keranos, God of Storms. He's empty handed at this point.
I recast Doran.
He topdecks TNN!!!
I keep attacking with Doran and other crits. (He bolts my crits with Keranos but I keep replacing the ones that die.)
I eventually cast Catac and proceeds to beatdown with Treetop Village.
He couldn't get rid of the manland and couldn't race me. (He still managed to bring me down to 8 life w/ the help of Keranos!)
Game 2 - I t1 Inqui and t2 Castigate. T3 Doran ate a counterspell.
On his t4, he missed his land drop and casts Goblin Electromancer.
T4 I drop Tangle Wire.
On his t5 upkeep, he casts Fact or Fiction and I gave him Boseiju, Magma Jet and Memory Lapse VS Smash to Smithereens and Mountain. He took the latter and played the mountain.
T5 I Beast Within his only blue source and casts a crit. He Smashes Tangle Wire eot.
He eventually manages to stabilize his board with Keranos, a board sweep and Sulfuric Vortex to eat at our lives.
But I got through with Doran 3 times: 1st 5 damage, 2nd 7 damage with SOFAI ,3rd 9 damage with SOFAF. 21 commander damage FTW! (I would have died on my next turn. )
I finished 6th overall.
20 PLAYERS I THINK (at least) 5 ROUNDS
June 22, 2014
Round 1 Wydwen 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - Doran got killed twice in this game. But I kept the pressure throughout the game.
Early Bob and mid-game Tutelage ate at my life slowly.
Got attacked by Wydwen equipped with Runechanter's Pike for 7 at some point which got me down to 4, and Cataclysm revealed by Bob next turn killed me.
Game 2 - I've assembled a very aggressive board early: there was Voice, a 5/5 token from it, Doran, Gaddock Teeg, Brain Maggot (t2 netting a Damnation), and a dork.
He topdecked Decree of Pain the following turn after Teeg landed and wipe my board clean except for Doran.
He killed doran on his next turn. But at this point he was down to 4!
I got attacked by a Faerie Conclave equipped with the Pike again for 11 damage at some point!
A Stoneforge eqquipped with Skullclamp and Eternal Witness tried to push through, but Venser bounced the Clamp, and SFM died, but E Wit got him down to 2!
I tried to cast O Ring, he Forced Spiked, I paid, O Ring resolves exiling his lone blocker, win!
(I could not have won except that he mislplayed on that last one. )
Game 3 - And then we run out of time.
Round 2 Athreos! 2-1
Game 1 - T1 dork, t2 Doran. She discarded my Blossom turn 2.
I landed Tanglewire t3, and Vindicated a land t4! Doran damage FTW!
Game 2 - I t2 Maggot, but then she topdecks LOTV next turn and casts it.
I got Wrench Minded stripping my hand bare, and assembled the following: Athreos, Blossom, SoLaS, Geralf's Messenger. In short I lost.
Game 3 - Got attacked by Carnophage and Vampire Lacerator all throughout the game (except when Doran was in play).
I don't remember the specifics, but I remembered removing Athreos to stop her crit return shenanigans, and topdecking SFM searching for SOFAF to take over the game!
Round 3 Talrand 2-1
Game 1 - I mulled to 6 without a green source.
My t2 Bob got Into the Roiled on his turn. I recast Bob t3.
T4 Sculler got his Cryptic Command.
He casts Isochron Scepter next turn, imprinting Muddle the Mixture.
Draw a land that produces green! I cast something to remove the Scepter and resolves.
I don't remember what he did next turn but he tapped out.
So I cast Cataclysm and he conceded!
Game 2 - T1 he Gitaxian Probed me. T2 Library got countered.
He casts Phyrexian Revoker t2 naming SOFAF.
T3 I topdecked Cavern of the Souls! Cast Doran.
He casts Talrand t4.
I kept trying to kill his Revoker but everything I tried got countered.
Soon, there were a lot of drakes and they beat my face.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Library which got Mana Leaked, I need to bait a counter because I want the Catac in my hand to resolve.
T4 I topdecked Mana Tithe, I cast Cataclysm, he tries to Dissolve it and I cast Mana Tithe!
T5 I played Dryad Arbor.
He Merchant Scrolls next turn for Vapor Snag.
T6 Courser of Kruphix and he concedes next turn.
Round 4 Oloro(Reanimator) 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - We both mull to 5.
I t2 Voice, t3 Doran, t4 Phyrexian Arena.
he still managed to kill Doran twice, but I kept a very aggressive board throughout the game, protected by Teeg!
Game 2 - He t1 Careful Study! Discard Rune-Scarred Demon and something else.
My t1: Played land, Bojuka Bog! Mox Diamond and a dork.
My t2 Hymn got countered, but t3 Doran resolves.
T4 topdecked Courser of Kruphix, cast it and resolved. Attack with Doran.
He bounced Doran on my next attack.
I cast Doran again next turn plus Dark Tutelage. He Intuitions eot for Griselbrand, Iona and Ashen Rider. I put GBrand to his hand.
He casts Necromancy reanimating Iona on his turn naming black.
I Banishing Light Necromancy next turn and attacks for 10!
He gets to discard GBrand with something I don't remember.
Eot of my next turn he Makeshift Mannequins Ashen Rider removing Doran.
He reanimates Iona again, still naming black and reanimates Gbrand too!
I Fiend Hunter Iona, and Pulseed GBrand, he draws 7 in response.
But he still managed to reanimate Iona again at some point and proceeded to beat my face along with the Big Cat!
I drew SFM fetching Clamp attempting to draw answers to his board but there were nothing but lands.
I died on my upkeep with Tutelage revealing Mesmeric Fiend while I'm at 1 life.
Game 3 - Run out of time again.
Round 5 Oloro(Control) 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - Opponent t1 Personal Tutor for Toxic Deluge!
And gets to Personal Tutor again for Identity Crisis with Snapcaster's help
I kept a slow hand but resolved Sylvan Library, and managed to Qasali Pridemage his Seat of the Synod and Tectonic Edge another land, effectively delaying him.
I cast Doran eating Toxic Deluge.
When he got to 4 lands again, I cast Eternal Witness returning Tec Edge
I eventually won with DRS equipped with SoFaF and SoFai.
Game 2 - He kept answering my threats including a t2 Sylvan Library.
He gets to cast Elspeth, Sun's Champion and proceeds with the soldier beatdown.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Maggot getting Impulse, t3 something threatening to bait counter , and t4 Braids!
I kept beating him down to 8 life and 20 commander damage, but then he wiped my board clean and time was called.
We agreed that I take the win because I have higher win percentage than him.
And I made it to Top 8!!!
Top 8:
Marath
Oloro
Skittles
Geist
I forgot the other one
and THREE Doran!
Quarterfinals Doran 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mom!
He casts Doran t3 and I Dismember it eot. (I kept my opening hand because of that card.)
He got to destroy my Sylvan Library and a fetched Jitte at some point.
My board became this: Doran, Mom, Qasali Pridemage, a dork and Phyrexian Arena.
I got to remove his Doran a second time with Fiend Hunter, and eventually win with Doran damage!
Game 2 - His t1 land is Dryad Arbor.
I t1 dork.
He only played land t2.
I t2 LOTV, I made him sac his land.
He only plays land t3.
I t3 Doran.
He t4 Doran, but I have Mana Tithe.
On the next turns I played the following: KotR, Bob, Voice and Demonic Tutor getting Armageddon.
Win!
Top 4:
Marath, Oloro and TWO Doran.
The Top 4 split the prizes!
14 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
July 5, 2014
Round 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-0
Game 1 - I play Arbor as my first land. T2 I cast a dork.
Luckily he doesn't Pyroclasm He ramps t2.
T3 I cast Courser, he only ramps next turn.
T4 I cast Doran, Mox Diamond and DRS, attack for 6. He casts Worn Powerstone and another ramp next turn.
T5 I cast Bob, Abrupts the Powerstone, attack for 11.
He casts Wanderer next turn cascading into Cyclonic Rift, bouncing Doran, and Worldly Tutor, searching for Inferno Titan. He attacks. EOT he loses 2 life from DRS.
T6 I recast Doran, attack for 7.
During his upkeep, he Mysticals for Devastation. Attacks, sac Wanderer to High Market, and proceeds to wipe the board I still made him lose 2 life from DRS. He's down to 2.
Strategically, I kept 2 lands and played them on the following turns. I also topdecked Teeg which killed him.
Game 2 - I t1 Inquisition discarding a ramp.
he topdecked Sylvan Library and casts it t2!
T2 I Night's Whisper, drawing Mox Diamond and a land, play the Mox.
T3 Doran.
T4 attack, Doran got Into the Roiled, then Catacs!
T5 I cast SFM fetching SOFAI.
T7 I draw Braids, played it then started attacking with her equipped with SOFAI on the next turns.
He cast Bribery at some point here, and he settled for Knight of the Reliquary which I killed.
Braid beatdown plus Dustbowl FTW!
Round 2 Prossh 2-0
Game 1 - I kept a hand with Mirran Crusader and SFM.
T2 I cast SFM fetching SOFAI.
T3 Crusader.
T4 Tangle Wire, attack with Crusader. EOT he Beast Within Tangle Wire.
T5 I cast Maggot eating a Parallax Nexus. Attack with Crusader.
He cast Prossh next turn.
T6 I attack with Crusader equipped with SOFAI, killing 2 Kobolds and drawing 2 cards.
He Maelstrom Pulse the sword next turn. Attacks with Prossh.
T7 I draw SOFAF and cast it; attack with Crusader, beast token and Maggot. He blocks with 3 Kobolds. Cast Doran.
He only passes the turn.
T8 I draw Dismember. His only crits are Prossh and a Kobold. I play SOFAF, equip to Crusader, Dismember the Kobold, and attack with Crusader for lethal damage!
Game 2 - He ramps t2. I play Bitterblossom.
He ramps twice t3! I cast Doran.
He plays Prossh! I draw Go for the Throat and passes the turn.
He attacks with everything. Dismembers a Faerie token. I GFFT Prossh. He casts Run, forgetting Doran's ability , I block 2 Kobolds and take 4.
I draw SOFAF, equip to Doran and attack. Green Sun for Harmonic Sliver destroying a rock.
He Damnations.
I topdeck Dust Bowl and destroys a land. he does nothing next turn.
Next turn I equip SOFAF to a Faerie token, destroy a land, attack, untap, destroy another land!
I did it again the next turn and he concedes.
Round 3 Oloro Doomsday 1-2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 discard.
EOT he activates a fetchland and I flash Aven Mindcensor. He found no land.
I eventually land Phyrexian Arena and won through card advantage and board prescence.
Game 2 - I managed to beat him down to 19 life, but then I tapped out for Cataclysm which got countered. I have the Mindcensor in hand, and he got away with Perplex to Doomsday to win.
Game 3 - He t1 discards my Bob.
I t2 Night's Whisper.
I t3 Doran.
I only attack on t4. He EOT Fact or Fiction. And time got called.
Extra turn 1 - He cast Doomsday.
Extra turn 2 - I cast Braids.
Extra turn 3 - He Supreme Verdicts.
Extra turn 4 - I recast Doran.
Extra turn 5 - He wins.
Round 4 Olivia LD 2-0
Game 1 - I t2 Blossom.
T3 Doran got killed EOT.
He t4 olivia.
I draw GFFT, cast Maggot getting Volcanic Fallout(he still has a 2 cmc spot removal,a 5cmc spot removal/LD and an edict in hand), killed Olivia and attacks.
He plays a mana rock.
I attack. He still does nothing.
On my next turn I tried to equip SOFAF to a crit, he killed the Maggot and Fallouts.
I draw Teeg next turn and equip with SOFAF. And from there I proceeded to win!
Game 2 - He t1 Dark Ritual, Duress discarding my Mox Diamond and Coldsteel heart naming red.
I play Forest, played Inquisition (thanks to his Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth) and discarded a removal.
He only plays land next turn.
I play Gemstone Mine and casts SFM fetching SOFAI.
He Dust Bowls the Mine.
I topdeck a land producing white! And passes the turn.
He Dust Bowls my new land. I put SOFAI into play.
I topdeck another land! cast Mesmeric Fiend getting a removal.
He Dust Bowls the new land again.
I equip SOFAI to Fiend and attacks. I draw removal.
He cast Olivia next turn.
I draw land again! Attack, draw, killed Olivia.
Eventually I get to cast Doran, find removal for his blocker, and attack with the SOFAI-equipped Fiend FTW!
Cut to Top 4 after 4 Rounds, and I made it!
Top 4:
Oloro Doomsday
Oloro Reanimator
Maelstrom Wanderer
Doran!!!
SEMIS Oloro Doomsday 2-0
It's the same one on Round 3
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Dust Bowl his Command Tower (his other land's a fetch).
He Wastelands my Dust Bowl next turn.
Doran got killed.
I t5 KOTR.
And t6 Geddon to seal the deal!
Game 2 - He t1 THoughtseize my Bob, and t2 Inquisition my Sylvan Library.
I t2 Pridemage.
He missed his 3rd land, and he got no blue source.
T3, I attack with Pridemage and cast Doran.
He still got no 3rd land.
I t4 KOTR. Attack with Doran.
He got his 3rd land, Flooded strand fetching Underground Sea.
T5 I Inquisition him for something, fetch Dust Bowl with KOTR and destroys his lone blue source. Attack with Doran again.
He concedes on his next turn.
FINALS Oloro Reanimator 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
T1 fetch for Savannah and pass the turn.
He Careful Study t1 which I Mana Tithe.
I t2 Fauna Shaman.
I t3 play a discard netting something I can't remember, attacks, cast Jitte.
T4 I cast Doran which resolves and does not attack.
T5 Equip Doran with Jitte, attack, pass the turn.
T6 Attack with Doran, pump with Jitte. Play Tangle Wire.
He concedes after finding no solution to my board.
He got land light too if i remember correctly.
The reason I'm leaving Fauna Shaman activations free on some turns is that if he tries to reanimate a monster, I can fetch for Faerie Macabre.
Game 2 - I t2 Sylvan Library
He Ponders and got his 3rd land.
I t3 Vindicate one of his lands.
I t4 Doran.
T5 attack with Doran. Cast Braids. EOT he Intuitions for Magister of Worth, Elesh Norn and GBrand. I give him Magister.
He reanimates GBrand on his turn and draws 7, discards and passes the turn.
T6 I sac Doran to Braids, play Tangle Wire, and O-Ring GBrand, he draws 7 in response but O-Ring resolves. I attack with Braids but got exiled.
At some point he Entombs end of my turn, I respond with Tainted Pact looking for Faerie Macabre (I was tapped out, he was tapped out) and ended up exiling 3/4 of my library hahaha.
Doran got killed and countered as well as other threat left in my library.
He made me use the Macabre on Elesh and Ahen Rider by casting Inquisition on me, he responded by flashing Necromancy reanimating Ashen Rider exiling my Sylvan Library, eot he exiles my lone dork in play.
I concede.
Game 3 - This is the most epic game I've played with Doran so far and it still very unrealistic!
I mulligan to 6:2 lands, Blossom, Mindcensor, Duress, Inquisition.
T1: Play land.Duress. His hand - Miscalculation, Daze, Exhume, Careful Consideration, Toxic Deluge, 2 lands. I discard Miscalculation.
He plays land next turn.
T2: Topdeck land. Play land. Inquisition. He drew a land. I discard Daze.
He plays land next turn.
T3: Topdeck Thoughtseize. Play land. Cast Thoughtseize. He drew another land. I discard Toxic Deluge. Cast Blossom. I only have Mindcensor in hand.
He topdecks LOTV! We both discard. He discards Exhume.
T4: I topdeck LOTV too! He discards a land. He only has careful Consideration, but only 3 lands.
He topdecks a land! And casts Careful Consideration. He made me sac a faerie token.
T5: I topdeck Maggot! Cast it and got Compulsive Research, the other card is Impulse with got discarded with my LOTV.
He topdecks Night's Whisper and casts it. He got Bob and plays it. The other card I don't remember, he discards with LOTV.
T6: I draw land, play it, cast Doran, made him sac Bob, and attack LOTV with faeries down to 1 loyalty.
He topdecks Skeletal Scrying, cast it for 3, played his 5th land and pass the turn.
T7: I draw land, play it, killed his LOTV, and made him discard with my LOTV.
He does nothing on his turn except playing his 6th land which was Cephalid Coliseum.
T8: I draw Dust Bowl! Play it. Attack with all my crits. Discard with LOTV. Destroyed a land on my 2nd main phase.
He activated the Coliseum to dig for an answer. I can't remember what he did, he got tapped out.
T9: I topdeck Vindicate. Ultimate LOTV leaving him with two lands, and Vindicate his only black source. Attack!
And we shake hands on his turn.
Yay, my first win! Got a Taiga.
11 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
July 19, 2014
Round 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 dork, t2 Doran, his t2 I eot Worldly Tutor for Braids.
T3 Braids. He concedes.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Castigate exiling removal, t3 Doran, t4 upkeepEnlightened Tutor for Tangle Wire, attack and cast tangle Wire.
T5 I cast Bob.
He still gets to cast Tezzeret searching for mana rock. I attack Tezz next turn.
He casts Frost Titan tapping Doran. I cast Courser of Kruphix.
He played Nissa Worldwaker uptaps 2 Forests and attacks with the titan still tapping Doran.
I kill Nissa with Courser and killed the titan with Beast Within.
But then he gets to play Wanderer cascading to Upheaval and Xenagos.
I draw no removal and he still kept ramping, I conceded.
Game 3 - I t1 dork and t2 Vindicate his Tropical Island which was his only green source atm.
T3 Doran, T4 Maggot got Pyroclasm (he still has Cryptic Command in his hand) and pulsed a signet.
He gets to cast Upheaval at some point.
I reformed my board with the addition of Braids.
He fires the Maggot w/c still got Clasm, clasmed the board leaving Doran.
He's down to 7 and time got called.
I topdecked SOFAI, cast and equip to Doran, attack for lethal.
Round 2 Jenara 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play again.
T1 mox, land and Bitterblossom.
T2 Doran ate swords eot.
T3, I cast a dork and Phyrexian Arena.
He casts Jenera w/c ate swords too eot.
Eventually he recasts Jenara again, and I got to cast Braids and [CARD=linvala, keeper of silence]Linvala/CARD] next turn.
His board consisted of Jenara, 2 dorks and 3 lands after upkeep. He attacks with his general, I forgot that he cannot pump Jenara so i did not block with my angel.
I sacrificed a land on my upkeep, drew SFM, cast it, searched for SOFAI, played it, equip to Linvala, attacked with everything except Braids, and his 2 dorks died after combat.
He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - He played a GW land on his first turn.
I t1 Thoughtseize, he cast Tithe in response fetching Tundra because he had no blue source. His hand: Snapcaster Mage, Force Spike, Ancestral Vision, Brainstorm, Tundra and Wasteland. I discarded his Snapcaster.
I t2 dork.
T3 Hymn got Memory Lapsed. I cast Qasali Pridemage too.
T4 I cast Hymn again,he Brainstorms in response, Hymn gets Ancestral Vision and Mana Leak. Attack with Pridemage.
T5 I cast Doran, attack with Pridemage again.
He eventually casts Jenara, I kept attacking with Doran until he leveled up his general eot with 3 counters.
He played Jitte. I played Mirran Crusader. Eot he Enlightened Tutor for O-Ring. He casts O-Ring for the Pridemage, I destroyed Jitte in response.
I dropped Gaddock Teeg next turn and attacks with Crusader. He's down to 12.
I topdecked Vindicate on my next turn, killing a big Jenara and attacked for lethal!
Round 3 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the draw.
I t1 Mom and t2 Abrupt Decay his mana rock.
He Slagstorms on his t3 killing Mom.
I t3 Doran. T4 Bob.
He casts Wanderer t5! Cascades to Consec then to Devastation wiping the board. I float 2 black mana and Dismembers his general.
I kept drawing lands and gets to cast KOTR.
I draw Dryad Arbor played it, sac to KOTR's ability fetching Dust Bowl, then destroyed one of his lands.
He still got to pplay lots of mana rocks but I kept destoying his lands.
Eventually, I aatack with an 11/11 KOTR twice, killing him.
Game 2 - He t4 Wanderer! Cascades to Upheaval then Frost Titan.
I killed Wanderer with Dismember again (I kept it in my opening hand) but still died to the titan.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran.
He t1 Island, t2 City of Traitors, Basalt Monolith and Coalition Relic!
T3 I Pulsed the Relic!
T4 I Castigate him getting Frost Titan (he still has Venser in hand) and played Sylvan Library. Eot he untaps Monolith.
T5 I attack with Doran w/c he bounced with Venser.
End of his turn I tutored for Tangle Wire and cast it on my turn as well as Doran.
End of his next turn, I searched for Geddon.
On my turn, Sylvan Library revealed KOTR, so I drew it and played it first. I assessed that he still can't cast his general on his next turn.
Next turn I cast Geddon.
I kept bashing FTW!
Round 4 Doran DRAW
Since we're the only undefeated players at this point we agreed to draw because we're already sure of making the top 4.
Top 4:
2 Doran
1 Wanderer
1 Jenara
SEMIS Wanderer
The same guy in Round 3.
Game 1 - I get to play first.
I t1 dork to t2 Doran.
He ramps t2.
I t3 Fauna Shaman and Sylvan Library, attack with Doran.
He ramps again and played his own Sylvan Library.
T4 I see no 4th land, I could have search for Braids with Fauna.
I draw Reclamation Sage and destroys his Library.
He does his super ramp turn again. Eot I searched for Gaddock in case he casts Wanderer next turn, blanking his MLD/Time Warps.
T5 I play Teeg and attacks. I only saw dorks with the Library. Eot he Worldly Tutors for Inferno Titan.
The titan lands, i find no removal for it, Wanderer joins his side of the board and i die in short order.
Game 2 - If I remember correctly, this was my opening hand:
Gemstone Mine, Avacyn's Pilgrim, GSZ, Duress, Tangle Wire, Swords and Arbor Elf.
And guess what? I mulliganed down to 3 cards! Haha, I realized midgame that that opening hand is still very good.
lesson learned.
T1 Gemstone Mine, Avacyn's Pilgrim. My other card was Pridemage.
I draw Sylvan Library and cast Pridemage next turn.
I draw Sunpetal Grove plays it, play Library, Mine goes to the yard, attack for 3.
I still believed I had a fighting chance... but his general comes into play along with Venser bouncing the Library. I draw removals for Wanderer in the next turns, but he has way too much mana and kept casting it every turn. I concede eventually.
The other Doran moves to the Finals! And the Top 2 split the prizes.
35 PLAYERS 6 rounds
July 27, 2014
Round 1 Jor Kadeen 1-1
Game 1 - I t1 Mox Diamond and a dork, t2 Doran. I aggro him out as I have removal for his crits.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox D again, land and Maggot w/c got Elspeth 1.0.
He topdecks Goblin Welder and plays it. I play Doran next turn.
Fast forward! He eventually got a board of Welder, Etched Champion,Magus of the Moon and a Myr Retriever in the GY.
I have BOP, Doran and another crit, played SOFAI, equip to BOP attack with it alone and pinged the Champion, he swapped the Champion with Retriever. I should've pinged the Welder.
I attack with BOP again, and pinged the Magus so I can cast LOTV. He swaps Retriever with the Champion. I cast LOTV and he sac'd Welder.
He attacked LOTV next turn with the Champion equipped with Batterskull.
Obiously, he had metalcraft early, the only removal I draw is Swords.
I can't race him because of lifelink and eventually lost.
Game 3 - Time got called after 2 turns. Draw.
Round 2 Azami 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox D,dork and land again.
He t2 V Shack! I t2 Courser.
He steals Courser on his turn revealing Master of the Waves.
I played Doran next turn.
He untaps V Shack and steals Doran on his turn.
I draw Banishing Light and casts it for V Shack. Attack!
I eventually assembled a board consisting of Doran, dorks, Courser, Voice, Arena and Tutelage.
Too much card advantage and too much damage output!
Game 2 - I mull to Inqui, Bob, Courser and 2 lands.
He t1 Telepathy.
I t1 Inqui revealing Mindbreak Trap and lands.
I t2 Bob. I cast Library t3 w/c got countered.
T4 Courser got Mindbreak Trapped, then i cast BOP.
He tapped out for Azami next turn.
T5, I E Tutored for SOFAI, draw and cast it, He draws with Azami andDazed SOFAI, I paid but can't equip it.
T6, I reveal Geddon (ouch!), equip SOFAI to Bob, attacked and killed Azami. I cast Geddon but it got Remanded.
He played MOMA on his turn. Good thing Azami is dead.
T7, attack again, recast Geddon and Doran, both resolves.
He keeps tapping Doran with MOMA on my next 2 attacks, but eventually died to lethal damage from Bob+SOFAI and 2 dorks.
Round 3 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - End of his turn, I Worldly for Sculler.
I cast it on T2 but got Remanded.
I recast Sculler t3 but got Dazed, I didn't played land, haha!
T4, stuck on 3 lands but resolved a Blossom.
T5, I draw land, cast Duress discarding FOW. He only got Gilded Drake and lands left in his hand. Then I cast SFM searching for Skullclmap.
He Tec Edged and Wastelanded me on his turn.
T6, I draw a dork. Cast Skullclamp, clamp a faerie, and I draw a land! Cast the dork.
T7, I resolved Braids. He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - I have 2 fetchlands and a filter land in hand and I fear Stifle, luckily I draw Pendlehaven and cast BOP with it. But the bird got Force Spiked.
I t2 Hymn and discarded V Clique and Dismal Failure.
T3 Library resolves.
He casts V Shack on his turn. Eot I Worldly for Reclamation Sage.
I see a land and Pridemage on top along with the Sage.
Played Sage but he got the Stifle!
I draw Pridemage and the land. Cast the cat and destroyed V Shack.
He Pondered and played Academy Ruins.
I cast Doran and Teeg. Attack. Eot he returned V Shack on top of his library.
Played V Shack.
I played Maggot w/c got Muddle the Mixture and O-Ringed V Shack! Attack!
He played Talrand on his turn.
I attack with everything on my turn, he blocked the Maggot with Talrand, and I pumped it with Pendelhaven.
He died on my next attack.
Round 4 Skittles 2-0
Game 1 - T1 Teple Garden and Arbor Elf.
He t2 Massacre!
I t2 Mom and another dork.
T3 Doran.
He t4 he cast Nev's Disk.
T4, attack! Vindicate the Disk!
He played Vampire Nighthawk. He's stuck on 4 lands.
T5, attack with Doran, blocks with Nighthawk, gave Doran prot with Mom.
He GFFT Mom on his turn.
T6, attack again!
he tried to cast something on his turn but I have Mana Tithe countering it.
Died to lethal on my next attack.
Game 2 - He mulled to 4!
I t2 Sculler getting Dystopia!
T3 KOTR w/c is a 4/4.
He Toxic Deluged on his turn.
T4 Braids.
T5 Doran. He cast Dystopia on his turn.
I kept drawing something to feed Braids and also got to equip her with SOFAF. Braids beatdown FTW!
I still managed to give me 5 poison counters because of his t1 Inkmoth Nexus.
Round 5 GAA 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Inqui discarding Prohibit.
He played a mana rock t2.
I t2 Hymn, discarding SOFAF and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
He plays GAA t3.
I t3 Teeg and a dork. He attacks on his turn.
T4 I cast Doran and Clamp. Clamped the dork.
He played Kor Haven.
I play Voice on my turn.
I Beast Within GAA.
Fast forward! He recasted his general, Voice died, he kept tapping my City of Brass.
I draw KOTR, fetched Dust Bowl sac'd City of Brass to destroy his Kor Haven.
He draws SFM fetching SOFAI, but my KOTR is 6/6. I draw Reclamation Sage destroying SOFAI.
The Voice token eventually became 6/6. Big crits beatdown!
But the key card here was Teeg, I think he got mass removal in hand but found no way to remove Teeg.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 dork and Scavenging Ooze, t3 Doran, attack for 4.
I think his first play was t4 Spiketail Drakeling. His lands we're only Islands.
Eot I cast Worldly, he sac'd the Drakeling to counter it.
T4 I cast Jitte, equip to Doran and attack with everything! He takes 9.
He only plays Wasteland next turn.
T5, attack again with everything, pump Doran twice with Jitte. He's down to 4.
He found no answer next turn.
Round 6 Skittles DRAW
Sure Top 8!
Top 8 after Swiss
Skittles
Doran
GAA
Geist
Mimeoplasm
Kaalia
Maelstrom Wanderer
Krenko
QF Maelstrom Wanderer
Game 1 - I t2 Library, t3 Beast Within a land that cipt and produces 2 mana.
T4 Doran. End of his turn Worldly for Braids.
T5 attack with Doran, no blocks. Cast Braids. Eot he Thirst for Knowledge.
Sac'd the beast to Braids, played 4th land and passes the turn.
I attack with Doran and Braids, he cast Venser, Shaper Savant bouncing Doran and blocking Braids. I pump braids with Okina.
I can't remember what happened but he eventually got to cast Karn!
He even Phyrexian Metamorphed Braids, haha. I still did not sac'd my Braids.
He did not sac'd his braids as well, attacked with it, I block with Braids but pumped her again with Okina. But he has Volcanic Fallout.
I recast Doran twice, w/c got exiled twice by Karn. I kept drawing dorks and creature removal.
He eventually gets to cast Wanderer and I die.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox dork and land. I have no land left in hand. But I have Blossom, Tangle Wire and Geddon.
T2 I draw Toxic Deluge. I cast Blossom.
He cast Library t2.
T3 I still draw no land. I cast Doran.
T4 I still draw no land. I cast Tangle Wire.
Fast forward! I still draw no land.
He wiped my board with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift, lands Karn again, and played Frost Titan.
I finally draw a land! Hooray!
I die to the titan.
Semis
GAA beats Wanderer.
Geist beats Krenko.
They then split the prizes.
19 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS Ranking after Swiss
August 3, 2014
Round 1 Sliver Overlord 2-0
Game 1 - He mulliganed to 5, and he only had 1 land 'til he conceded.
I T1 dork T2 Doran, attacked twice, pumping the dork with Pendelhaven, before his concession.
Game 2 - I T1 GSZ for Dryad Arbor, T2 Doran, T3 Pulsed the sliver that gives haste.
On his turn he played a sliver that gives other slivers some ability, then I T4 Linvala, what-a-curve!
I then proceed to win!
Round 2 Skittles 2-1
Game 1 - To summarize this game, he had perfectly disrupted my plays (I mulled to 4) and I draw no removal for Skittles.
Game 2 - I T1 Mom, T2 Library, T3 Doran, T4 Bob.
He BSZ for 2 two turns later, and I Worldly for Braids end of his turn.
Cast Braids and he Edicts in response. I attack with my 0/3 Doran but he Edicts again!
He casts Skittles on his turn. I exile it with Fiend Hunter.
He casts a tutor on his turn and I flashed Mindcensor in response. he found nothing relevant.
I tutor for Geddon on my turn and cast it.
He draw no land and I regained my board.
Game 3 - He got a T1 Inqui and T2 Thoughtseize, disrupting my early plays.
But he got stuck on 2 lands for 2 consecutive turns!
He found Urborg for his 3rd land, but I topdeck Vindiacte next turn and destoyed his Urborg.
Doran and another crit ate at his life, until he casts Skittles and blocks Doran. He clears the board on his next turn.
End of that turn, I Beast Within one of my lands!
He found no removal for the Beast and that gave me the win!
Round 3 Maelstrom Wanderer 1-2
Game 1 - I T1 DRS, T2 Doran.
He Worldly Tutors on his upkeep for Magus of the Moon and casts it!
I draw no removal and no basic haha. Managed to bring him down to 9 life but that's it.
He eventually casts his general, cascading to Inferno Titan and something else. I still die of course.
Game 3 - I T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Bob.
He clears the board except for Doran.
He bounced Doran on my next attack.
He lands Primeval Titan next turn. I draw nothing relevant.
He casts Wanderer, cascades to mass removal and another big crit.
Round 4 Marath 1-1
Game 1 - Forgot the specifics.
I managed to aggro him down to 13, but it was a very long game.
I tapped out for my turn and forgot about the KJ combo.
I have Tainted Pact in hand and could have searched for removal.
Game 2 - I T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 discard and Teeg.
I kept killing what he lands and continued my attack til he died.
Game 3 - Time got called. I gave the win to him since he got better tie-breaks.
Top 6 after Swiss get M15 packs. Marath gave me one of his packs and I pulled a Chord of Calling!
9 PLAYERS 3 ROUNDS Ranking after Swiss
August 10, 2014
Round 1 Thalia 1-0
Game 1 - I T1 dork to T2 Doran. He T2 Renounce the Guilds.
Doran died twice more during this game. Bob and Blossom eventually got me down to 1 life, along with some Library extra draws.
I draw GSZ and search for Scavenging Ooze and ate 2 of my crits in the gy! I live!
I get to kill 2 of his crits next turn thanks to GffT and E Wit returning it. And ate those two crits again.
I draw GSZ again next turn and searched for Courser.
And draw Jitte and proceeds to swarm him on the following turns!
Game 2 - I T1 BoP then T2 Inqui getting his Nevermore!
I T3 Doran, then time got called.
Round 2 Sigarda 0-1
Game 1 - I can't remember the early game, but we eventually had a super board stall.
He has Acidic Slime, Mom, Saffi, Resto Angel, a dork, Sigarda and Yavimaya Hollow.
I have Doran, E Wit, Sculler, Voice, Blossom(eternal blocker to Sigarda) and LOTV(which only emptied our hands ages ago).
I got him down to 5 life and only needed to hit with Doran one last time (SOFAF got destroyed twice already).
I already got 15 damage from his general. I draw GSZ and was torn between Scav Ooze or BoP. I searched for the Ooze.
Alas! He topdecked Okina!!! Pumped Sigarda, gave her protection from black and I die.
Game 2 - Time got called.
Round 3 Doran 1-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. He T1 cipt land, I T1 Mom.
He T2 Maggot getting my Hymn. I T2 dork.
We both cast Doran on our respective T3, but I get to Dismember his.
I T4 Tangle Wire and attack.
He got to recast his general again but I have STP.
I draw SOFAF, equip to Doran and attack. He casts Pridemage next turn and destroys the sword.
I attack next turn and he blocks. He cast Linvala on his turn.
I draw E Wit next turn, returned SOFAF, equipped to Doran again then attacked, no blocks.
On my next turn I draw Beast Within and killed his Linvala, I declare attackers, he Abrupt Decays the sword, but I gave Doran prot with Mom! Win!
Game 2 - Both Dorans died once early in the game. But I get to recast mine.
At some point, I Tainted Pact end of his turn, searched for Geddon
I cast Geddon next turn, he kills Doran and flashes in Mindcensor.
I'm left with E Wit and Fiend Hunter, and he still has SOFAI and the bird.
He eventually got to 2 lands and equip SOFAI to the bird, I draw no land and/or removal.
Game 3 - I mulliganed everything and got a good hand with Crusader!
I T1 dork, T2 Doran, but got killed. I T3 Crusader but it got killed too.
Then time got called.
The organizers were using 40 minute rounds.
Top 3 players after rankings got M15 packs.
19 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS Ranking after Swiss
August 16, 2014
Round 1 Rosheen 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I play land t1. And end of his turn I Enlightened for Mox.
T2, play Mox and cast Doran.
T3, Mesmeric Fiend and Blossom. Attack Doran.
On his turn, he uses Elvish Spirit Guide to cast Rosheen.
T4, I GSZ for Teeg. And tutored for SOFAF.
He found no answers and I beat him down with Doran+SOFAF.
Game 2 - He mulls to four and I keep my seven: 4 lands,Pulse, Crusader and Fiend Hunter.
He just plays a land T1.
I topdeck a dork! and cast it T1.
He got stuck on one land.
I proceed to drop threat after threat and he concedes.
Round 2 Marath 1-2
Game 1 - He's on the play. He only played land T1.
My first land is Dryad Arbor.
He plays Lotus Cobra T2.
I killed the Cobra on my turn and played a dork.
He plays Marath T3.
I draw Vindicate, kill Marath with it, and played another dork. He only played land on his turn.
T4, I play SOFAF, equip to a dork, attack then played Doran. He Chords for a dork end of my turn.
He cast Karmic Guide and returns the Cobra.
I kill the Guide and equips SoFAF to Doran, attack.
He found no removal.
Game 2 - He t1 dork, to t2 SFM fetchong the collar.
I had a slow start. He plays Marath and equip the Collar.
I eventually draw Vindicate to remove the collar but I'm already low on life.
And he returned the Collar again with E Wit.
I found no further answer to stop his board.
Game 3 - Another slow start for me, and he got a T2 Sylvan Library!
Last 5 turns got called and he still got to combo with Kiki-Jiki and Zealous Conscripts.
Round 3 Radha 1-2
Game 1 - He T1 dork to T2 Dwarven Blastminer!
I t3 Doran.
He kept destroying my lands until I've assembled my 3 basic lands.
I managed to put him down to 6 life, but he stabilized with blockers every turn.
I eventually died to Stormbreath Dragon.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Bob.
He played slower than the previous game and I eventually overwhelm him.
Game 3 - I cannot remember the specifics, besides Doran getting killed twice (once with Combust) and I did not get another chance to recast him.
He eventually overran me with crits.
Round 4 Skullbriar 0-2
Both games were too fast!!! He kept recasting his general after I removed it and he had lots of removals for my crits. Too fast!!!
Round 4 Thraximundar 2-1
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 discard and Bob, t4 Tangle Wire. he concedes.
Game 2 - I had early discards and Teeg but he still found removal for my crits and he eventually landed Thrax.
I found no answer and got assassinated.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran. he got stuck on 2 lands and a mana rock.
he concedes after I cast Geddon.
I finished 10th. And concluded that I'm removing the Maggot and M Fiend on my next tourney. Faster aggro is becoming a bad mu
10 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
September 20, 2014
Round 1 Mimeoplasm 1-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. He t1 Inqui discarding my dork.
He t3 Sylvan Library which I destoyed on my turn.
I T4 Scavenging Ooze. He swaps my Ooze with Gilded Drake on his turn. I didn't know why but I killed the Ooze with removal.
He casts his general next turn, it etb as Terastodon and destoys 3 of my lands!
I attack for 9! played land and cast Tangle Wire.
He found no mass removal and I draw removal for his general, so I got to beat him down ftw!
Game 2 - My t1 Mox got Force Spiked but I paid. Then I t2 Bob.
End of my t3 I flashed Mindcensor ir to his fetchland activation.
It still became a drawn out game becoz he managed to wipe my board twice.
I still got to Mana Tithe an Intuition at some point though.
I eventually got him down to 12 life, but he got to animate Griselbrand. I STP it eot and he draws 7 ir.
He stabilized by answering my threats. He Duressed me at some point, removing GSZ, and proceeded to do the Necrotic Ooze combo on his next turn.
Game 3 - Time got called.
Round 2 GAAIV 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork and Mox. He STPed the dork on his turn.
I t2 Doran. And he got stuck on 2 lands!
I attack next turn but he has Into the Roil. I cast KOTR.
He draws Seat of the Synod and plays it.
I searched for Dust Bowl on my turn and destroys his Tundra. I play DRS but it got countered.
Still stuck on two lands, he conceded next turn.
Game 2 - My t1 dork ate STP again!
But my t2 Teeg resolved and was not killed.
T3, I draw my 3rd land and luckily a 2nd black source. I cast Hymn but got countered.
He played his general on his turn.
I Dismember GAAIV on my turn and attack with Teeg.
He does nothing on his next turn.
I attack again with Teeg and cast Doran.
He only had a draw spell on his turn.
I attack with Teeg, Doran and Stirring Wildwood.
He cast Banishing Light for Teeg.
I Geddon and it resolved! I kept attacking with Doran ftw!
Round 3 Doran 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I t1 GSZ for Dryad Arbor, t2 Duress his Sylvan Library and played Voice.
T3, I Vindicate his GW land which delayed him.
T4, I play Doran and Bob.
T5, attack with everything and play KOTR.
T6, I searched for Dust Bowl and destroyed another land. Attack!
He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - He t1 BoP to t2 Doran.
I t2 Hymn discarding a land and Library.
Then he t3 LOTV but does nothing with her. Attack with Doran.
T3, I play Courser.
Courser got sac'd to LOTV, and he attacks.
T4, I play Bob and Leech.
Leech blocks his Doran on his next attack. And he played Ooze. He's stuck on 2 lands.
T5, I play Doran and a dork.
I sac Bob to LOTV and he passes the turn.
I attack with my Doran and he blocks with his Doran only. He did not see Okina and his general dies.
He kept playing crits to block Doran and his LOTV's still in play!
I play Phyrexian Arena even though I'm down to 9 life.
Eventually I draw removal and got to equip Doran with SOFAI, killed a lone blocker, attack him and killed LOTV with the 2 damage from SOFAI!
He got stuck to 4 lands and cannot recast his general.
I finally tutored for SOFAF and proceded to win!
Round 4 Krenko draw
Intentional draw coz we're sure to make it to Top 4.
Top 4
Krenko
Doran
Jhoira
Mimeo
Semis Jhoira 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Duress discarding Ruination!
Then t2 Inqui discarding Miscalculation!
T3 Doran.
T4 I cast Bob, attack.
He cast Jhoira. End of his turn I Tainted Pact and settled for Sculler.
T5 cast Sculler, ir he bounced Doran, Sculler got something scary (I forgot, but it was scary), attack with Bob, then recast Doran.
He passes the turn.
I attack with Doran next turn, he didn't block. I killed Jhoira and suspends 2 scary spells ir. Then I play another beater.
He found no further answer to my board and died after two attacks!
Game 2 - I t1 dork. He t2 Izzet signet.
I destroyed the signet on my turn.
he misses his 3rd land.
I t3 Doran.
He plays his 3rd land and casts Blood Moon!
But i have Mana Tithe.
I attack next turn and casts Geddon. he concedes.
Meanwhile, Mimeo beats Krenko.
Mimeo and I split the Top 2 prizes!
8 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS Ranking after Swiss
September 28, 2014
Round 1 Skittles 1-0
Game 1 - He's on the play. He t1 Thoughtseize my STP.
Then t2 Dark Ritual, Thran Dynamo and Mind Stone!
I t2 Castigate his Sign in Blood.
He t3 Skittles.
I draw Maelstrom Pulse and pulsed his general!
He passes the turn.
I play Inqui revealing Damnation. And destroys the Dynamo.
He plays Expedition Map. (I have Urborg in play.)
I play Doran and Teeg. He searched for Cabal Coffers eot.
Played Coffers.
I attack for 8 next turn.
He plays land and passes the turn.
Attack! He killed Teeg. He's down to 12 life.
He casts Damnation on his turn.
I recast Doran.
He casts Skittles, gives it haste and attacks. Then casts Infernal Darkness.
I attack too. Down to 7.
He pays for the upkeep on the enchantment, down to 6. He passes the turn.
I pass the turn too.
Cumulative upkeep, down to 4. He draw a tutor. Tutored for something. Attack with Skittles and pumped it (or tried to) with Funeral Charm, forgetting Doran's ability.
So I live to kill him next turn.
Game 2 - Game 1 was surprisingly long!
I had an early Sylvan Library and draw aggressively off of it. Luckily had lots of removals for his general and other infect crits. And when last 5 turn got called, I casted Geddon.
Round 2 Marath 2-1
Game 1 - I mulled to 5 and it was a poor hand vs Marath.
He t1 dork. I t1 Dryad Arbor.
He played another dork and GSZed for another dork!
I played my dork off the Arbor.
He played Marath and killed my crits.
I still managed to cast Doran at some point, but it got killed by a single point of Marath burn plus Flametongue Kavu.
I was overwhelmed soon.
Game 2 - Can't remember the specifics, but I remember casting Toxic Deluge which wiped his board clean at some point. I then attacked his mana base and proceded to win!
Game 3 - He t1 dork. I kill it.
He t2 Bloom Tender, and I killed it too.
He missed his 3rd land and passed the turn.
I play Doran.
He got stuck on 2 lands and had no removal. I deal 21 general damage fast.
Round 3 Mimeo 2-1
Game 1 - Early disruption, Doran and other crits, card draw engine, enemy having mana problems... planets aligned and I won!
Game 2 - Mimeo etb as Griselbrand with him still at 17 life.
I conceded after I draw nothing relevant the turn after that.
Game 3 - T1 dork, t2 Doran... fast forward to Geddon resolving! He found no further lands and removal.
Round 4 Geist draw
Intentional draw, but we still played best of 3.
Game 1 - Luckily I draw two of the cards that can kill Geist, Toxic Deluge and Council's Judgment.
Deluge resolved, and also killed my crits except for Doran. Though he still killed Doran.
He recasted Geist next turn. I topdeck Council, he bounced Geist. Recasted his general again.
I recast Doran and got countered.
The Geist+angel assault started to eat at my life.
My dork blockers were irrelevant, and I die fast.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Courser, t3 Doran.
He played Geist and blocked Doran at some point.
He draws no removal and died fast.
Game 3 - He got stuck on 3 lands and no blue.
I t1 dork, t2 Teeg, t3 Doran and a t4 SOFAI.
Luck ftw!
I won the tourney! Yay!
14 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
October 11, 2014
Round 1 Geist 2-1
Game 1 - I t2 Qasali Pridemage. He t2 SFM fetching SOFAF.
T3 Doran. He have STP for Doran.
T4 I attack. Attempted to cast a discard but got countered, I play Jitte.
He played a land and passes his turn.
T5 I attack and cast Braids. Eot he flashed Venser but I have Mana Tithe.
On his upkeep, he flashed in SOFAF and sac'd SFM. Played a fetchland and passes the turn.
On my upkeep, I flashed in Mindcensor, ir he cracks the fetch and Enlightened Tutors for Parallax Wave.
I sac'd a land, played BoP and attacks.
He sac'd SOFAF, draws and played Parallax Wave,he exiles Braids, Mindcensor and BoP. Eot I try to destroy the Parallax with Pridemage but he has Stifle.
I draw and play a dork.
He played Geist. Exiles my dork with Parallax Wave.
After I draw, he flashed in V Clique, he let me keep Abrupt Decay. I pass the turn.
He attacks with Geist, V Clique and Celestial Colonnade!
I cast Doran.
Parallax leaves play returning 4 of my crits. He only attacks with V Clique.
I play Dust Bowl and destroys his manland. Equip Jitte to Doran and attack. I kill Clique with Jitte's ability.
He draws no answer for my board and can't race me. Beatdown ftw!
Game 2 - My t2 Sylvan Library and t3 Dark Tutelage got countered.
He cast Geist. I cast Doran.
He enchants Geist with Steel of the Godhead then attack for 8!
I attack with Doran and Vindicates his manland.
He attack again for 8! I'm down to 9.
I draw Abrupt Decay and destroys the Godhead. Attack with Doran. I play a crit.
He still attacks with Geist, I block Geist with a dork. Down to 5. He plays Sun Titan but I have Mana Tithe.
I attack and he blocks Doran.
He attacks again, I block Geist and he dies. Down to 1! He then cleans the board with Wrath of God.
I play Linvala and a dork on my turn. Eot he Mystical Tutors for Supreme Verdict.
He wiped the board clean again.
I play Fiend Hunter and Jitte.
He played Geist again.
Equip Jitte to Hunter and attack. I gain 4 life. Down to 5 again!
He attacks with Geist, I flashed in Mindcensor and block Geist. I still have 2 open mana.
I Dismembered the angel paying 2 life. Down to 3.
I'm tapped out and he has Mana Tithe for my removal. I die.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Mox Diamond and SOFAF!
He got mana screwed. Win!
Round 2 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 BoP. T2 Doran got Force Spiked.
He tapped out on his turn with draw spells.
I t3 Vindicate a land.
He bounced the BoP on his turn and casts another draw spells. Tapped out again.
T4 Beast Within another land and recast BoP.
he just attacks me with the beast next turn.
I topdeck LOTV! he sacs the beast.
He's stuck on 2 lands.
I recast Doran and discards with LOTV.
I eventually assembled a board consisting of Doran, BoP, DRS, SFM, Arbor Elf, an equipped Jitte, an UNequipped SOFAI and LOTV.
I aggro him out of the game despite having Damping Matrix in play blanking my equipments.
Game 2 - T2 Bob got Remanded.
T3 Inquisition got countered. Bob resolves but got bounced eot.
T4, 3rd Bob attempt got countered. Luckily, I draw Sylvan Library. It resolves.
T5, I play Phyrexian Arena which ate another counter. I play Skinshifter.
He plays Talrand which left him tapped out.
I draw SOFAI, play it, equip to Skinshifter, shocked talrand.
He found no answer to my 6/6 trampling, card-drawing and shocking beater.
Round 3 Thalia 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork. He t1 Soldier of the Pantheon!
I t2 Doran. He t2 Thalia.
T3, I O Ring the Soldier of the Pantheon. Attack!
He starts Dust Bowling my lands, but I already have a steady mana base.
I played Bob, Courser and LOTV on my next turns.
He draws nothing relevant and can't keep up with my card advantage and damage output!
Game 2 - He mulled to 6 and I found out he played a one land hand.
He draws no 2nd land.
He dies fast.
Round 4 Geist draw
We're sure to make it to Top 4!
Top 4
Doran
Geist
Thalia
Krenko
Semis Krenko
I win by default.
We think the Krenko player did not know he made the cut, so he just went home.
Meanwhile, Geist beats Thalia 2-1.
Geist (Sharky) and I split the Top 2 prizes, store credits and booster packs!
6 PLAYERS 3 ROUNDS
October 17, 2014
Round 1 Merieke 2-0
It's an Oloro Reanimator deck!
but the pilot's not familiar with the deck and he said it's his first time playing duel.
Game 1 - Can't remember much... early disruption and aggro him out.
Game 2 - I get to remove his Avacyn and Ashen Rider at some point!
I was left with Doran, Sculler and Jitte.
He plays Lab Man and Tainted Pact on his turn, he got tapped out and no free draw spell.
I attack and kill Lab Man next turn.
Round 2 Geist 0-2
It's Sharky.
Game 1 - We aggro each other out; I got him down to 7 and he got me down to 8.
Alas! he equips Geist with SOFAF ftw.
Game 2 - Again he stabilizes midgame, this time with Parallax Wave. I lost of course.
Round 3 Purphoros 2-0
Game 1 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 dork and Tangle Wire. He concedes.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Braids!
Braids got burned and he plays Smokesatck!
I keep drawing fodder to the stack and he eventually dies.
I ended up 2nd to Sharky.
14 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
October 26, 2014
Round 1 Doran 2-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. No t1 play.
I draw Thoughtseize and discards his Sylvan Library.
I get to kill his t3 Doran. And kills my Doran too.
Fast forward to him dropping Mom, Arbor Elf and kotr in a single turn.
I draw Linvala.
he clamps the elf on his turn, draws Tainted Pact, cast it and finds removal for my angel.
I eventually got overwhelmed by hid Doran equipped with Batterskull and a big Kotr, he also had Maze of Ith and Kor Haven in play.
Game 2 - I t1 Thoughtseize discarding his Tainted Pact.
I t2 Hymn netting 2 lands, he kept playing lands though.
I t3 Doran, he plays Dark Tutelage.
I attack next turn and plays Putrid Leech. He Toxic Deluged to wipe the board.
I kept playing threats and answers for his threats.
Doran + Shizo and his Dark Tutelage killed him eventually.
Game 3 - He t1 DRS, I t1 dork.
He t2 Inquisition discarding my Sylvan Library.
He's practically Mono Black and I still don't have white. So I play Tangle Wire t2.
He Tainted Pacts on his upkeep finding a fetchland.
I cast my own Tainted Pact on my upkeep searchinf for a white source.
He played Doran, and killed it on my turn.
I eventually get to play my Doran and equipped it next turn with SOFAF!
Got to attack twice before he O Ringed my sword.
I topdeck Qasali Pridemage to destroy the O Ring!!! Woohoo, Win!
Round 2 - Prossh 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. I t1 dork.
He t2 City of Traitors and Dark Tutelage.
I t2 Courser of Kruphix.
He t3 Basalt Monolith and played a land, sacrificing City of Traitors.
T3, I GSZ for Pridemage, attack for 3 with Courser, then destroyed the Monolith.
He missed his land drop and passes the turn.
T4, play Doran, attack for 4!
He played his 3rd land and cast Distress discarding my Mana Tithe.
T5, I attack for 10!
He played another land and a man rock.
T6, I attacked and he killed Doran. He's down to 6 life. I play Linvala.
He looses 3 life to his Tutelage. Cast Prossh.
I draw Beast Within, killed Prossh, attack with Linvala.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox Diamond.
He t2 Distress, I Mana Tithe it.
T2, I Beast Within one of his lands.
He plays a tapped mana rock and attacks.
T3, I O Ring his mana rock.
He Krosan Grips my Mox since I missed my land drop.
T4, I draw a land. Play LOTV, he sacs the beast.
He plays his own LOTV, we discard.
T5, I draw Phyrexian Arena, play it and we discard.
He only made us discard.
T6, I draw a dork and a land! Played the dork and Doran, then discard.
He -2 his LOTV, I sac the dork. Plays mana rock.
T7, I draw land and Mom. Kill his LOTV with Doran.
He misses his land drop and has only 5 mana.
T8, I draw Demonic Tutor! Attack with Doran and tutored for Tangle Wire, cast it and +1 LOTV.
He concedes after drawing no answer.
Round 3 - Zurgo 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Courser, t3 Braids, t4 Doran!
He concedes.
Game 2 - I t1 Avacyn's Pilgrim, t2 Doran, t3 Armageddon!
He Dismembered Doran though.
I play Shizo and attack with my dork.
He Distressed my Putrid Leech.
I draw no land then pass the turn.
He cast Blightning but I have Mana Tithe!
He played his 4th land.
I draw a fetch and searched for a green producing land and played Teeg.
He reached 5 lands, play Zurgo and smashed me for 7!
I draw Jitte, play it, attack with dork and Teeg.
I got smashed by Zurgo again, and he Wastelands my green source
I equip Jitte to Teeg, attack and killed Zurgo with the equipment.
He plays Bitterblossom.
Attack with dork and Teeg again.
He plays his 6th land.
I -1/-1 his faerie, attack and pumped Teeg. He's down to 7.
Down to 6. He plays 7th land, cast Zurgo then attacks. I -1/-1 his general with Jitte. I'm down to 7.
I kill the faerie with the remaining Jitte counter, attack with Teeg. Killed Zurgo with the 2 Jitte counters. Down to 4.
Down to 3. He concedes after drawing no answer.
Round 4 Mimeoplasm draw
Intentional draw since we're sure to make Top 4.
Cut to Top 4
Doran
Mimeoplasm
Prossh
Geist
Semis Geist 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox and dork.
T2 Doran. Lucky he doesn't have Force Spike or Mana Tithe.
T3 attack with Doran and played a crit (can't remember what).
I think he played Aven Mindcensor but I have Mana Tithe for it.
I played something (probably a sword), and attacked for 11. he's down to 1.
He finds no answer.
Game 2 - I can't remember all of the specifics.
My t2 Night's Whisper got countered. Then he cast Nevermore naming Doran.
Geist lands.
He cast V Clique removing Braids, which let me draw Teeg, Teeg enters the battlefield.
He cast Banisher Priest removing Teeg. Attack with Geist.
I cast Putrid Leech which got countered. I resolved Fiend Hunter removing his B Priest freeing Teeg.
He stopped attacking with Geist because I have blockers for it, some dorks.
My 2nd white source land got Tectonic Edged, and I found no 2nd white source for a long time. And I still have the Council's Judgment from my starting hand.
I start attacking with Teeg, giving it fear with Shizo and pumping it with Okina.
He starts attacking with his Colonnade until I'm down to 10!
Luckily, I draw Dust Bowl! Attack with Teeg! Activate Bowl to destroy his manland but got Trickbinded.
Celestial Colonnade attacked again. I'm down to 6.
Dust Bowl his manland again and it resolves. Attack with Teeg!
He attacks with Geist, I chump block it, GftT the angel but it got Remanded. I'm down to 2! But Geist dies.
He played Weathered Wayfarer and Kor Sanctifier. Killed the Kor end of his turn.
I destroyed another land on my turn and attacked with Teeg again.
He searched for Wasteland destroying my Dust Bowl. He casts Geist again, but I have Mana Tithe for it!
Attack with Teeg again! Then play DRS.
He enchanted the Wayfarer with Aqueous Form and attacks. I'm down to 1. Eot I gained 2 life with DRS.
I attack with everything, except DRS, dealing 6 damage!
He passes the turn. Eot DRS made him lose 2 life. He's down to 4 I'm down to 3!
I attack with everything again, Teeg with fear and +1/+1 pump, Fiend Hunter and a dork.
He flashed Restoration Angel, blocks 2 of my crits with his 2 crits, Teeg deals 3 damage. Then activate DRS to finish him off! Yay!
Meanwhile, Mimeoplasm beats Prossh 2-0
Mimeo and I split the Top 2 prizes!
6 PLAYERS 3 ROUNDS
November 7, 2014
Round 1 Jhoira 2-0
Fast start for me and removal for Jhoira in both games.
We played extra games, and in one game I t3 Vindicate one of his lands, he Chaos Warp it ir, and got a Blightsteel Colossus, I only have SFM in play and am tapped out, haha.
Round 2 Wydwen 2-0
I know his deck has no mass removal from watching his games in round 1.
So I just aggro him out both games.
Round 3 Marath 0-2
Game 1 - He t1 dork, t2 Marath. I have Abrupt Decay.
I t3 Doran and he recasts Marath next turn.
I killed Marath again!
He recasts Marath again and I still had removal!
I draw Sculler getting his Kiki Jiki!
He topdecks GSZ and searches for Prime Time.
But I draw no relevant threat, stuck on 3 lands, and he got boatloads of mana to recast Marath over and over again. I die of course.
Game 2 - I mulliganed to 4.
T1 dork, t2 dork and Inquisition and I see Linvala and Xenagos.
Linvala eventually lands, then Xenagos, then Marath. GG.
8 PLAYERS 3 ROUNDS
November 9, 2014
Round 1 Zurgo 1-2
Game 1 - I managed to bring him down to 13, then he plays Ajani Vengeant killing my Sculler, freeing Damnation.
I draw removal for Ajani but the board gets wiped clean next turn.
I play a crit, but hen he plays Elspeth Sun's Champion!
Too many blocker for me to kill his walker and eventually ultimates to attack me for lethal.
Game 2 - We aggro each other out, but I draw enough removal to win the attrition!
Game 3 - Early removals from both sides then a Geddon to reset the board.
He stabilized with LOTV. Then Vengeant. Then Elspeth SC.
Round 2 Geist 0-2
Game 1 - My t1 and t2 plays got countered.
He t3 Geist, I t3 Doran.
He t4 Steel of the Godhead on Geist! Fast clock.
I eventually get to destroy Steel with Abrupt Decay but I'm already at low life.
I die to the Geist's Angel eventually.
Game 2 - Another very aggressive start from him and I draw no relevant threat.
Round 3 Mimeo 2-1
Game 1 - He keeps drawing into more card draws and I just aggro-disrupt him.
Game 2 - I got another fast start, but then he Toxic Deluge t4.
T5 he pulls off the Necrotic Ooze combo.
Game 3 - T2 Mindcensor delays him!
And Doran+SOFAI wins me the game!
8 PLAYERS 3 ROUNDS
November 15, 2014
Round 1 Mimeo 0-2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran.
He t3 Show and Tell, he puts Jin into play, I only got Dark Tutelage.
I draw removal for his Praetor, and attacks.
He Dance of the Dead Jin.
I draw removal again! attack! He kills Doran.
He puts Jin into play again this time with Animate Dead.
I draw no removal this time and discards my hand.
I draw Toxic Deluge next turn and it kills Jin.
He Reanimates Griselbrand!!!
I die from there haha.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran. Eot he Entombs for Gbrand and reanimates it next turn.
My removal got countered next turn and from there everything got countered.
I die to Gbrand.
Round 2 Prossh 1-2
Game 1 - T3 Magus of the Moon and I have no removal.
Prossh lands eventually and I concede after drawing a land.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Dust Bowl destoying his only black source.
I cast tangle Wire next turn and he concedes.
Game 3 - Doran dies early but I still keep pressuring him with Mindcensor and Bitterblossom faeries.
Xenagos' satyrs slowly ate at my life though.
I eventually killed Xenagos! He uses Survival of the Fittest despite Mindcensor in play and still nets Xenagod!
I draw duress and sees a Craterhoof too!
I managed to bring him down to 13 with my flying crits and Doran+Shizo.
Prossh lands.
I can only bring him down to 4 on my next attack, so I just fortified my defense.
But who I am kidding, Craterhoof next turn hahaha!
Round 3 Thrun 2-1
Game 1 - Thrun + Boar Umbra + Ulvenwald Tracker!
I draw removal for the Tracker but he gives the troll trample with some aura, and a monstrous companion with Wolfir Silverheart.
Game 2 - He mulls to 4 and got stuck on 1 land too long. he dies fast.
Game 3 - Fast start for both of us but I have Mom on my sides! I can block Thrun forever!
But then he gives the troll trample.
I Council Judgment the troll but then he lands Hall of Gemstones next turn.
I managed to play around the Hall with a dork though.
Eventually won through general damge with Doran+SOFAF!
10 TEAMS 4 ROUNDS
November 16, 2014
This a Team 1v1 tourney, Player 1 of Team A battles Player 1 of Team b, P2 vs P2, P3 vs P3.
I teamed up with Sharky Geist and Maelstrom Wanderer
Round 1 Thrax 0-2
Game 1 - t1 dork, t2 Doran. he kills everything with Toxic Deluge.
Sylvan Library resolves. As well as Dark Tutelage later.
He casts Thrax but I have Mana Tithe.
Phyrexian Arena joins my card draw retinue.
I had to Abrupt Decay my Tutelage eventually haha!
I kept playing threats and aggro him out!
Game 2 - T1 fetch got Stifled and I got stuck on 2 lands and no green source.
Game 3 - T1 dork, t2 dork and Castigate which got countered, t3 Braids got Dismembered.
He Fire//Ice my 2 dorks next turn, and again I got stuck on 2 lands,
Thrax lands, I have removal but he plays Rooftop Storm next turn and recasts Thrax.
I die fast.
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Wydwen, MW loss vs Geist. Team standing 0-1
Round 2 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - The usual lots-o-counters early game.
We eventually came to topdeck mode.
Doran resolves, as well as Jitte and Voice of Resurgence.
Game 2 - T2 Skinshifter, t3 Courser, t4 Vindicate a land.
Braids got countered though, as well as Geddon.
Doran joins the fun, followed by Bitterblossom and LOTV!
Tanglewire got countered, making way for SOFAF.
Discard+beatdown ftw!
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Radha, MW draw vs Anafenza. Team standing 1-1
Round 3 Prossh 1 -2
Game 1 - I mulled to 4 and still found no green for 4 turns.
Prossh lands. Next game!
Game 2 - All I remember is that I simply aggro him out.
Game 3 - We slowly assembled our boards. And when Prossh landed I was forced to Toxic Deluge on my turn.
He plays Domri, I O Ring it.
He plays Xenagos, I Beast Within it.
But eventually I died to my own Dark Tutelage.
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Niv-mizzet Dracogenius, MW win vs Ezuri. Team standing 2-1.
Round 4 MW 1-2
Game 1 - It came to the point when he had to Jokulhaups because I have a very lethal board.
I recovered fast with dorks and small crits! Aggro out!
Game 2 - He t1 Fastbond playing 4 extra lands!
I t1 dork.
He t2 Skyshroud Claim.
I t2 Doran.
He t3 MW, cascading to Cycloning Rift bouncing Doran and LD.
Game 3 - A relatively slow start for me. T3 Doran got bounced.
T4 recast Doran, eot he Fact or Fiction revealing 2 extra turn cards.
He extra turn next turn and cast Garruk leaving 4 untapped lands.
I cast Geddon on my turn but he has Cryptic Command! I have Hymn in hand and should have casted that first.
He cats MW next turn cascading to Wildfire and something else.
He eventually removes Doran from the battlefield and I die.
Meanwhile... Geist loss vs Sen Triplets Reanimator, MW loss vs Vendilion Clique. Team standing 2-2.
We managed to place 5th but only the Top 4 move to the next round of battle.
Later, we were thinking how come we got paired with an undefeated team in rd4, it seems there still 2 undefeated teams, hahaha, I'm just a sore loser.
19 PLAYERS 5 ROUNDS
November 30, 2014
Round 1 Oona 2-0
Game 1 - T2 dork, t3 Braids, t4 Doran, t5 Sculler getting a BSZ.
He found no other removal so i just aggro him out.
Game 2 - I t1 dork. He plays Dimir Aqueduct as his t2 land.
Naturally, I Vindicate his lone land t2.
He was effectively delayed so I just played threats till he conceded.
Round 2 Radha 1-2
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. He t1 dork, t2 LD, t3 removal for my crit, t4 LD, t5 LD... I can't play much.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, He t1 dork. I t2 Doran, he t2 Magus of the Moon.
T3 I Dismember the Magus. I kept drawing into threats and disruption to overwhelm him this game.
Game 3 - He t1 dork, t2 Magus again!
I had no removal this time so I die fast.
Round 3 Sigarda 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran. Sigarda lands on his 4th turn so I Deluged next turn.
I Vindicate his lone white source next turn.
I play Courser next turn revealing Tectonic Edge which destoyed a newly played non-basic white source.
Sigarda was not recasted after and I just overwhelm him with crits.
Game 2 - I t2 Dork, t3 Beast Within one of his lands. I still have no black source at this point.
I draw a black source and cast Inquisition discarding Armadillo Cloak.
He fetches eot and I flash Mindcensor and he finds no land.
He casts Silent Arbiter.
I have no removal so I did not cast Doran, but since I draw SOFAI I cast-equip it to Mindcensor and attacks.
He casts Sigil of the Empty Throne! I know he still has 2 auras!
I attack again with the equipped bird, draws Sylvan Library and plays it.
He plays O Ring exiling SOFAI and gets a 4/4 flying angel.
I draw Abrupt Decay and passes the turn.
He enchants the angel with 2 auras and gets 2 new angels. He attacks with the 'super' angel and I Abrupt it.
I draw Linvala and play her. He casts Sigarda and attacks with an angel.
I draw Shizo, play it, give Linvala evasion and attacks. He's down to 1 life.
He draws no removal and concedes.
Round 4 Narset 1-1
Game 1 - I t1 Duress discarding a counter but he still got 2 of those.
I draw Castigate and he Memory Lapsed it. I cast it again next turn and gets countered.
He gets to play Narset but I Deluged on my turn.
I reassembled my board again and he recasts Narset. On his next attack, he reveals a mass removal and casts it to wipe the board again.
Again, I reassembled my board, this time Teeg included.
He recasts Narset again and on his next attack, reveals 'blank' spells because of Teeg.
I attack with everything next turn but only manages to deal 18 damage, bringing him down to 1!
He attacks with Narset, and reveals STP. Teeg got exiled. He casts an extra turn spell.
Casts a board wipe and started filling the board with walkers.
I lost after 45 minutes of Game 1.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 dork + Voice, t3 Doran.
He got stuck on 2 lands.
I keep drawing land, but I just aggro him out with those 4 crits.
Game 3 - Time got called after my t2.
Round 5 Kaalia 1-2
Game 1 - I draw no removal, Kaalia gets to attack putting Rune Scarred Demon in play.
He played Sneak Attack next turn and sneaks in Ashen Rider exiling Doran and a land.
I conceded next turn.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Vindicate a land and t4 flash Mindcensor ir to fetch activation. Aggro time!
Game 3 - I t1 dork, he t2 Bob, I t2 KOTR.
He t3 Necromancer's Stockpile.
I t3 fetch for Dust Bowl and destroyed one of his lands.
He played a cipt land and passes the turn.
I destroyed another land and played my own Bob. Attack with KOTR.
He plays another land but cannot cast Kaalia because he got no white source. He plays Goblin Bombardment, discards Phyrexian Delver to Necro Stockpile and pings my lone dork.
I cast Doran, and attacks with Bob and KOTR. He's down to 16.
Then he Buried Alives next turn for KJ, Resto and Karmic Guide.
Animate Dead Phyrexian Delver, returning KG, returning KJ, copy KG returning Resto blinking KJ or whatever, rinse repeat for a lot of flyers.
I only managed to place 10th.
8 PLAYERS 4 ROUNDS
December 3, 2014
Round 1 GAAIV 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I t2 Voice. T3 Vindicate resolves destroying his lone white source.
T4 Doran resolves. He's still mono blue but still countered 2 of my next spells giving me 2 elementals.
He eventually gets his white and taps out for GAAIV.
I Tainted Pact on my turn searched for removal, kills GAAIV and attacks for lethal!
Game 2 - T1 dork, T2 Courser got Memory Lapsed.
T3 Courser resolves. T4 tangle Wire gets countered.
T5 Doran + Bitterblossom and he DOJs next turn.
T6 Doran again. He casts his general too.
T7 Inquisition revealing Cyclonic Rift, Dig Through Time and Sun Titan. Cyclonic discarded.
He draws CJ and exiles Blossom.
T8 I attack. Eot he DTT.
He wipes the board with Supreme Verdict.
T9 I recast Doran again.
He passes the turn.
T10 I attack with Doran and manland. He bounces Doran. But he's down to 5 at this point. I recast Doran from my hand.
He cracks a fetch going down to 4 and casts Sun Titan returning a land.
T11 I attack with Doran and manland again, he blocks Doran with Sun Titan but I have a Dismember which resolves. He's down to 1.
He draws for his turn and concedes.
Round 2 Mimeo 1-2
Game 1 - My t1 BOP got Mental Misstepped.
I t3 Doran and he t3 Gbrand. I draw no removal and dies fast.
Game 2 - T1 Inquisition, t2 maggot, t3 Mindcensor, t4 Dust Bowl effectively disrupts him.
Doran lands and I just aggro him out.
Game 3 - I t1 dork. Eot he Entombs for Gbrand.
T2 I Demonic Tutor and settles on Dust Bowl... I should have searched for something else, like Mindcensor
He passes the turn.
T3 I play Doran. Eot he Intuitions for reanimation spells.
Gbrand lands again and once again I draw no removal.
Round 3 Sidisi 2-0
My friend has to go home already so he just gave me the win.
Round 4 Marath draw
Intentional draw since he's sure to place 1st and me 3rd. No play-offs after the Swiss.
We stil played of course.
Game 1 - I t1 dork, he t1 dork.
I t2 Doran, he t2 CJ for Doran.
I t3 SFM getting SOFAF.
He t3 Linvala though.
I t4 Diabolic Intent sacrificing the dork and tutored for STP and killed Linvala.
He tapped out on his turn with Marath and kills SFM. I flashed SOFAF ir.
T5 I cast Sculler getting something scary and equipped it with SOFAF.
He 'kill's Marath and recasted it.
T6 I'm still stuck on 4 lands and only attack with Sculler.
He plays his own SOFAF next turn, equip to Marath and attacks.
T7 I draw my 5th land, cast Doran, attack with Sculler. I try equipping my SOFAF to Doran post combat but he has STP. he kills Sculler too and frees the scary card.
I die.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 removal for Marath.
Fast forward to me DI for Geddon and casting it same turn.
I'm left with Doran only, and he got Acidic Slime and Vexing Shusher.
I eventually get to play 2 lands,a dork and LOTV.
He also got to play 2 lands and one was Cradle.
He also draws removal for Doran, killed LOTV with Slime, play Marath and draw into Birthing Pod. I conceded.
How is this different from Emether's list? Looks similar.
Well it's not, because I "grew up" here reading Emether's decks
Just wanted to chronicle my experience in playing the Siege Tower.
And to gain knowledge from you DC lovers through your suggestions on my take on Doran.
If you want to log your experiences somewhere other than the main thread, I'd suggest using the blog system for your account. you can link to it easily enough without clogging the DC subforum with another thread.
If you want to log your experiences somewhere other than the main thread, I'd suggest using the blog system for your account. you can link to it easily enough without clogging the DC subforum with another thread.
Wow, I don't know why the first two comments other than mine are 'disapproving'.
I don't know if I've broken a rule here somewhere.
Emether's list is not updated, and I only wanted people to see an updated list.
I thought I'm helping people here, but apparently I'm 'clogging' the DC sub forum, great job.
I was looking for a current list yesterday and now this is here. The entire format is less creative without emether but we do need an updates doran list with a op who will update their list. At first I thought about clogging the inter tubes but I think this will be good. Bedsides we havnt seen a doran top 8 a major tournament since the bannings in January. Maybe more discussion is needed or maybe it just needs to be easy to find updates lists.
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The main point of this thread is for an updated Doran list.
This may not be the best list, but I always try my best to win.
Next tourney here in Manila will be this coming Sunday April 27 with Polluted Delta and Mind Seize deck as the two top prizes, so I think a lot of people may join.
I'm happy that DC is picking up here (although not at a fast pace), but a tourney almost every week attests to its rising popularity.
What I'm hoping to happen here is something like what happens in France, with the REALLY big prizes and such!
Emether's list is not updated, and I only wanted people to see an updated list.
I understand the desire to have an updated list front and center, but my main concern is the two years' worth of testing in the old thread just being cast aside. I can read that thread front to back and still learn something.
I think the best solution is for a mod to reassociate the OP in the old thread with a new author, so the old debates are not lost while new sets are still shown to be relevant. If that is not an option in the new forums, they can easily edit in a new list that the thread crowd sources together.
I in no way think you're doing something wrong, but as much as we love Emether's deck building skills and gameplay, I'm equally apprehensive about just starting fresh when we don't have to.
... we havnt seen a doran top 8 a major tournament since the bannings in January. Maybe more discussion is needed or maybe it just needs to be easy to find updates lists.
I think the main reason that Doran has slipped to the outskirts of the meta is that the top control list was banned while a midrange/combo deck was introduced. Given that Doran absolutely thrives against control decks, it lost it's footing somewhat while the meta was still very fluid.
Personally, I love that the deck has slipped from the spotlight because it can come out of nowhere to wreck the meta at a moment's notice with a skilled pilot; it has that much power and versatility that it doesn't need recent winnings to stay releveant.
Nah. It'll be weird for someone else taking over someone's thread. Just let ninja make link stating that this thread is a continuation of Emether's so that the new guy can provide fresh view based on current meta and continuing Doran's legacy.
IF a mod or a new 'author' will be happy to take over Emether's thread, consolidating current facts and tourney reports, I'm very OK with it.
But that's an if...
I don't mean to 'offend' avid contributors and lurkers in the other thread because I love that thread and that's where I started with my deck.
I'll eventually add more details to make this worth a reader's time.
The main problem with the other thread is the lack of an updated list.
And players, specially the new ones, can't have clear apprehension of the deck's take on a meta at a certain time.
At least I can offer my views here as a player who plays this deck regularly and competitively too.
With it, you can pick up where Emether left. With that in mind, other Doran players can keep up the meta while the new players can address old and new questions with new and fresh perspective without looking at 20+ pages from other established yet the OP went retired from it.
IF a mod or a new 'author' will be happy to take over Emether's thread, consolidating current facts and tourney reports, I'm very OK with it.
But that's an if...
I like this option best. I agree that the thread has to change, but we should do our best not to discard all that progress. I'd be willing to take over OP, as I'm sure you are too, we just need a mod to step in to see if it's doable.
Well, he's still a good beater.
But the deck has just enough beaters and with the current meta here in Manila, Oloro Reanimator is the deck to beat.
I wonder if Marath will see a lot of play soon here because of the "new" Marath top 8 lists, the enchantress and elfball builds... if that trend happens here, I fear for the aggro decks because it will probably cause more mass removals being played.
Can this deck function without fetchlands? Or will it severely undermine the power of the deck?
After playing this deck for about 3 months now, at least 5 fetches is ok
having the right color at the right time is very crucial in playing the deck. double white and double black requirements comes as early as t2 or t3, and that's besides the fact that t1 green is needed.
And DRS benefits alot from fetches specially if it's your t1 dork. Oh KOTR too.
Fetchlanda are VERY crucial here
You can however use a budget version... Like adding ramps like Rampant Growth. It can work but it'll decrease its effectiveness in a competitive setting plus you have to remove some are just for those ramps.
***Note: This is a supplement. A continuation of the legacy started by Emether***.
Hello!
I'm posting my take on Doran. Why? Because it's hard to find an updated list and I want to help new and old players. This may not be the best list around, but it's the best I can come up with and still manage to win from time to time.
Enjoy.
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
LANDS (38):
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brushland
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Caves of Koilos
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Dust Bowl
1 Fetid Heath
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Mana Confluence
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Pendelhaven
1 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
1 Savannah
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Swamp
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 Tree Top Village
1 Twilight Mire
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Arbor Elf
1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Brain Maggot
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Mother of Runes
1 Putrid Leech
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Skinshifter
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Voice of Resurgence
INSTANTS (9):
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Beast Within
1 Dismember
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Go for the Throat
1 Mana Tithe
1 Putrefy
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Armageddon
1 Castigate
1 Council's Judgment
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Duress
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Night’s Whisper
1 Thoughtseize
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Vindicate
ARTIFACTS (5):
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Tangle Wire
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
ENCHANTMENTS (5):
1 Bitterblossom
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Sylvan Library
PLANESWALKER (1):
1 Liliana of the Veil
and will automatically go in the deck if I have them.
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
LANDS (37):
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bayou
1 Brushland
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Caves of Koilos
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Dust Bowl
1 Fetid Heath
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Godless Shrine
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Savannah
1 Shizo, Death’s Storehouse
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Swamp
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 Twilight Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Arbor Elf
1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloom Tender
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Herald of Torment
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Skinshifter
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Voice of Resurgence
INSTANTS (9):
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Beast Within
1 Dismember
1 Eladamri’s Call
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Go for the Throat
1 Orzhov Charm
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Armageddon
1 Castigate
1 Cataclysm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Duress
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Night’s Whisper
1 Smallpox
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vindicate
ARTIFACTS (5):
1 Skullclamp
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Tangle Wire
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
ENCHANTMENTS (5):
1 Bitterblossom
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Sylvan Library
PLANESWALKER (1):
1 Liliana of the Veil
If I remember correctly this is not the first decklist I used, I think I've played Doran in a Feb tourney.
I still don't own Savannah, Bayou, Arid Mesa, Windswept, Linvala, and Jitte.
And I still have Ohran Viper and Birthing Pod on that list.
But I still made it to Top 16.
IN:
Mox Diamond - Bought one finally! Another accel.
Sword of War and Peace - Testing this because of the protection and damage output
OUT:
Fauna Shaman - underwhelming atm
Thrun, the Last Troll - Underwhelming atm
IN:
Mana Tithe - Surprise card
OUT:
Sword of War and Peace - Life gain is good but still underwhelming atm, even against Marath
IN:
Bojuka Bog - GY hate, lots of reanimators
Fauna Shaman - I need a search engine, and I don't know why I removed it
Imp's Mischief - testing this against Geist, TNN, reanimation and removal
OUT:
Murmuring Bosk - it will always cipt, unless a few very good treefolk gets printed
Bloom Tender - a very good ramp but there are times that it's just too much
Courser of Kruphix - I find it underwhelming atm
IN:
Sylvok Replica - it's a shaman so it's uncounterable with Cavern, it deals 3 with Doran out. Removal against mono blue's Vedalken Shackles
OUT:
Mana Tithe - the only card I can think of removing for the Replica
IN:
Pendelhaven - puts a dork on a different level and saves against Pyroclasms
Tree Top Village - to push damage after a board wipe
Mesmeric Fiend - tutorable 'discard'
Weathered Wayfarer - because Dust Bowl is a boss! And Cavern against blue
OUT:
Snow-Covered Forest - irrelevant atm
Herald of Torment - nice pump and evasion but still underwhelming
Imp's Mischief - I concede, maybe another time another meta hate
Smallpox - it's always overkill or it just gets stuck in my hand
IN:
Brain Maggot - finally bought one minutes before the tourney! another tutorable 'discard'
Banishing Light - another O-Ring is nice
OUT:
Weathered Wayfarer - I think it's not the card for me, haha
Orzhov Charm - the life loss hurts, reanimation not so great, and bounce is rarely used. But still a versatile card.
IN:
Mana Tithe - and the surprise card is back
Distress - I can't remember why this card
Maelstrom Pulse - another all around removal, wipes tokens too (Talrand overwhelmed me with drakes last time)
OUT:
Brain Maggot - underwhelming last tourney
Mesmeric Fiend - underwhelming last tourney
Sylvok Replica - my theory was good but did not happen
IN:
Courser of Kruphix - it's a threat w/ Doran out, Enlightened Tutorable, and I need life gain!
Brain Maggot - I realized that I need to push hand disruption
Mesmeric Fiend - because Maggot
OUT:
Shizo, Death's Storehouse - I think 37 lands is fine, and the evasion is almost always irrelevant
Eladamri's Call - not very helpful and I think the crit tutors are enough
Distress - I really can't remember why this card
IN:
Faerie Macabre - tutorable, zero-to-cast instant GY hate that doubles as a flyer if you need one
OUT:
Skinshifter - the only card I can think of cutting atm. Sure it's a beast with or without Doran but it's mana intensive. I'm sorry Nicolas Cage.
IN:
Reclamation Sage - 'easier' to cast, is a SHAMAN and has 2 power if Doran's not around
OUT:
Harmonic Sliver - Reclamation Sage is better, unless I'm playing other Slivers
IN:
Worldly Tutor - I've finally realized that this build is really toolbox disruption. Against control or slow decks, the earlier the Braids the better.
Toxic Deluge - I finally got to buy one and wanted to test it, and I think it's good against Marath, Geist, TNN and elves.
OUT:
Cataclysm - this is the most strongest spell in our arsenal and cannot be replaced, very sad it got banned.
Faerie Macabre - Oloro's banning means lesser reanimator MUs
IN:
Bloodstained Mire - finally got one!
OUT:
Gemstone Mine - thanks for helping me with mana, but DRS will be stronger with the Mire
IN:
Mana Confluence - finally got one!
Council's Judgment - we hate untargetables!
OUT:
Wooded Bastion - the only cuttable land atm for Confluence.
Banishing Light - It's either this or Fiend Hunter for CJ, but the Hunter is a crit.
IN:
Putrefy - Meta shift to aggro
Shizo, Death's Storehouse - Meta shift to aggro
OUT:
Castigate - to make way for Putrefy
Bojuka Bog - tapped land and reanimators dwindled after Oloro banning
IN:
Castigate - it perfectly fits the curve and I still need disruption coz of Maggot and Fiend's removal
Skinshifter - needs cheap beater
Putrid Leech - needs cheap beater
Wooded Bastion - I find 38 lands comfortable
OUT:
Brain Maggot - aggro meta shift
Mesmeric Fiend - aggro meta shift
Fauna Shaman - aggro meta shift, she's just too slow
Mirran Crusader - red decks are a trend now
IN:
Diabolic Intent - extra tutor
OUT:
Skullclamp - Whenever I use Skullclamp, it's to draw gas while killing a dork, with Intent we tutor directly to an answer.
IN:
Polluted Delta - I'll try the 9th fetch!
OUT:
Urborg - no disadvantage for not using it
IN:
Brain Maggot - It's back! I need a pinpoint hand disruption
OUT:
Hymn to Tourach - I find it underwhelming. Sure it's powerful but I want a hand disruption that lets me see the opponents hand
***Mesmeric Fiend also made it back to the deck, i don't know what I took out for it though. ***
Round 1 Mimeoplasm 2-0
Both games I was able to turn 1 discard him, netting a counter on Game 1, and a Sylvan Library on Game 2.
And he also got mana screwed in addition to my LD.
Round 2 GAA 2-1
His Gilded Drake showed in all 3 games!
Game 1- Gilded Drake on Doran, he got a Gideon Jura... I managed to stall him with Braids and SoFaI but I eventually lost.
Game 2- Another Gilded Drake on Doran mid game, but I killed it next turn, dorks and Geddon won me the game.
Game 3- He's on the play. My 1st turn Bob (thanks Mox Diamond) got Gilded Draked! I dropped Doran, he Vapor Snagged the drake then draked DORAN!!! I killed Doran, he starts to bleed due to Bob, I beat down with Gilded drake He managed to cast Jace, AOT but forgot that his +1 doesn't matter while Doran is in play
Round 3 Geist(Tempo) 2-0
Game 1- A turn 2 Doran to a turn 3 Tangle Wire plus discards won the game.
Game 2- He mulls to 4, but manages a turn 2 Stoneforge Mystic fetching SoFaF.
But I got turn 1 dork, turn 2 dork and Mother of Runes, turn 3 Inquisition of Kozilek and Liliana of the Veil, turn 4 Vindicate and Skinshifter, beat down and LOTV for the win!
Round 4 Skithiryx 1-2
Game 1- So much removal! And I got so few card draw engines
Game 2- He got delayed by a turn 3 Braids, Tangle Wire and Geddon FTW!
Game 3- He keeps top decking removals. I think I misplayed when I Demonic Tutored for Braids instead of Armageddon, he killed Braids EOT,cast Skittles, and I draw no removal
Round 5 Wydwen 2-1
Game 1- Turn 1 Dork and Mox Diamond.Mana Tithehis Distress,turn 2 Doran, turn 3 Tanglewire. Beatdown FTW!
Game 2- He got a turn 2 Standstill Too much card advantage on his part.
Game 3- A Mirran Crusader turn 3 got all the way!
Removal for Wydwen was key here, and Doran shut down his Hatred
Round 6 Oloro(Reanimator) 0-2
Game 1- I turn 2 Beast Within one of his lands, turn 3 Doran. But he got removals for Doran. He managed to beat me down with the Beast token, and eventually reanimates a Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. I got left behind in card advantage.
Game 2- I turn 1 dork, turn 2 dork and Stoneforge fetching SoFaF, turn 3 play then equipped SoFaF to one of the dorks, attacked, he discards Jin-Gitaxias. On his 3rd turn, he casts Show and Tell, I respond with Eladamri's Call and settled for Fiend Hunter because I think it's the safest card to put into play. But he drops Ashen Rider exiling SoFaF. Fiend Hunter exiles the big cat. On my turn I cast Doran. On his turn he casts Supreme Verdict! And I start to lose
Round 7 Geist(Polymorph Emrakul) draw
Game 1- Turn 1 Thoughtseize and turn 2 Inquisition of Kozilek got me the upperhand. A Reweave to Emrakul in response to a discard happened sometime during mid game, but I have Oblivion Ring Eventually won with Doran and Skinshifter beatdown plus Armageddon.
Game 2- Turn 1 Thoughtseize and turn 2 Castigate stripped her hand for answers, but she already got a suspended Ancestral Vision turn 1 She got lots of cantrips, counters and bounce to delay me, and proceed to beatdown with Geist.
Game 3- Last 5 turns got announced on her 3rd turn We settled that I get the win because I have a higher chance to qualify for Top 8.
But I only got 9th place, which is not bad.:p
Round 1 Marath 2-0
Game 1 - both t1 dorks. His t2 was Domri Rade. I t2 hymn netting two lands, attack Domri.
He t3 Marath, and missed land drop. I t3 Duress and Doran. He got stuck on 3 lands for the next 3 turns! Doran and Skinshifter wins me the game!
Game 2 - I t1 DRS, t2 Doran. He t2 Survival of the Fittest.
On his 3rd turn, he starts searching for the KJ combo pieces. (He admitted after that he had forgotten about DRS.)
I t3 Mox Diamond plus Tangle Wire and Doran beats all the way for the next turns.
Round 2 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-0
Game 1 - I t2 Tidehollow Sculler getting Apocalypse. He topdecks Fastbond! And drops 5 lands!
I t3 Doran, I have Smallpox and Braids,Cabal Minion in hand. He t3 Wanderer, cascading to Farseek and Acidic Slime. Attacks with Wanderer.
T4, I topdeck Orzhov Charm, kills the Slime, attack. On his t4, he does not attack with Wanderer.
T5, I draw and cast Skinshifter. He cast Parallax Tide on his turn, and exiles 2 of my lands, I'm left with only 2 lands.
T6, I draw Tectonic Edge, and destroy his UG karoo, he P Tide his land in response. I attack with Shifter, he blocks with his general.He can't recast it next turn.
T7, I attack for lethal!
Game 2 - I t1 Duress discarding a signet, t2 Sylvan Library, t3 Doran, t4 Hymn getting a land and ramp.
He still has no green source at this point.
On my t4 he cracked Crystal Vein to cast Fact or Fiction. I give him Forest+Brainstorm vs Steam Vents+Frost Titan+Jokulhaups. He picks forest and brainstorm.
His t5 was Oracle of Mul Daya. My t5 was Qasali Pridemage and attack with Doran, he does not block. Eot Brainstorm.
His t6, nothing. My t6, attack again with Doran, oracle blocks and dies. Eot he Mystical Tutor for Fire//ice.
His t7, nothing. My t7, he Ice Doran, I Imp's Mischief to ice his land.
His t8, Garruk, makes a beast. My t8, Herald of Torment on Doran, attack for lethal commander damage!
Round 3 Talrand 1-1
Game 1 - Lost to Vedalken Shackles on Doran and lots o counters.
Game 2 - Doran got countered twice. I resolved Armageddon. He Commandeer's my GSZ for 2.
I topdeck Sylvan Library! A Herald of Torment equipped with Sword of Fire and Ice wins me the game eventually.
Run out of time for game 3.
Round 4 Vendilion Clique 2-0
Game 1 - Doran beats ftw!
Game 2 - T1 Duress, t2 hymn, land and Long Term Plans, t3 Doran, t4 Braids!
Round 5 Geist draw
At this point, we're the only players without losses, so we're sure of making the top 4.
TOP 4
Prossh
Wanderer
Doran
Geist
SEMIS Prossh 2-1
Game 1 - Doran equipped w/ Sword of feast and Famine plus Mother of Runes ftw!
Game 2 - T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Stoneforge Mystic fetching SOFAI.
His t4, Rakdos's Return for 4! I'm left with no cards in hand.
T4, I topdeck Cataclysm!
His t5, he Dismembered Doran.
He eventually casts Prossh, and Coat of Arms.
Game 3 - T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Duress getting Persecute, T4 Smallpox, T6 Tec Edge his land.
His T7, Prossh. EOT, I Orzhov Charm his general. I have 3 lands in play and Cataclysm on hand.
T8, I draw land and cast Cataclysm, attacks with Doran, he blocks with kobold.
He got no removal this time,no blockers and Doran attacks for lethal commander damage!
Geist beats Wanderer.
FINALS Geist 0-2
Both games, he got lots of removals and counters for Doran and other threats.
And he killed me with Geist backed with Maze of Ith, so I can't block and kill Geist with dorks
April 13, 2014
Round 1 Karador 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. t1 Thoughtseize, t2 Hymn to Tourach. Sometimes around turn 4 or 5 I Dust Bowl his only source of white, and he got screwed Eventual Scavenging OOze FTW!
Game 2 - His t1 Mother of Runes, My t1 Birds.
I t2 Doran, he t3 LOTV, I sac BoP.
I t3 Blossom. After a few turns, I killed LOTV with faeries, wasn't able to attack with ground dudes because he got to cast alot of his crits including Karador.
He get to sac Academy Rector to Carrion Feeder, fetching Curse of Death's Hold! And that happened after i fetched Skullclmap with SFM.
I cast Catac sometime, he misplayed by leaving Dryad Arbor and not his general. Me, I was left with Scav Ooze, which lead me to winning!
Round 2 Oloro (Reanimator) 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. I t1 BoP, he t2 Magus of the Bazaar.
I topdeck Fiend Hunter! Removed his Magus and he got stuck on 2 lands for a while!
Doran and Phyrexian Arena comes down and took over the game.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Gaddock, t3 Castigate.
He Gilded Draked Gaddock, I eqquiped SOFAF to GDrake,
He sacd Gaddock to Phyrexian Tower, casts Geddon (because he got 2 rocks, my dork was Arbor Elf), I kept attacking with GDrake w/ SOFAF, he found no removal, He Buried Alive sometime, but I draw Scav Ooze next turn.
Round 3 Geist 2-1
Game 1 - I got color screwed, he got Parallax Wave, lots of counters, and his general.
Game 2 - He got mana screwed this time. He was stuck on a white land and a Mox Diamond the whole game.
Game 3 - I t1 IoK discarding Annul, he still has a Remove Soul in a hand. T2 I drop Sylvan Library!
T3 a dork ate Remove Soul, but then I cast another dork and Mother!
He casts Geist, I cast Doran.
He got stuck on 3 lands, I Smallpox, he Into the Roiled Geist, I cast KOTR next turn and searches Dust Bowl the turn after that. Kept destroying his lands FTW!
Round 4 Mimeoplasm draw
Intentional draw for Top 8
Round 5 Sigarda draw
Same with Mimeo
TOP 8
Doran
Mimeoplasm
Sigarda
Oloro Reanimator
Geist
Marath
Prossh
Oloro Reanimator
QUARTER Oloro (Reanimator) 2-1
It's the same guy on Round 2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Vindicate his land, t3 Dust Bowl!
I kept destroying his lands except for Flagstones.
Game 2 - He t3 Buried Alive for Rune-Scarred Demon, Norn and Jin; Exhumes next turn retuning the demon, search Reanimate then casts it on Norn.
Game 3 - T1 dork, T2 Fauna, T3 Doran, enemy's eot search for Braids, T4 braids, my eot he Intuition for Flash, Frantic Search and GDrake, I gave him Frantic, on his upkeep he Frantic Searched discarding Sun Titan and something else, Enlightened for Animate dead! Animates Sun Titan bringing back GDrake swapping with my Braids. T5 I searched for Fiend Hunter exiling his titan, passes the turn, he sacs Braids but was stuck on 2 lands.
Prossh beats Mimeoplasm.
Marath beats Sigarda.
Oloro Reanimator(the other one) beats Geist
SEMIS the other Oloro (Reanimator) 1-2
Game 1 - On the draw. he got lots of removal for Doran, I draw no LD, he resolves Griselbrand.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Fauna, t4 Braids! Next Game!
Game 3 - I mulled to 4 and they were all lands!
I kept drawing lands and few threats, those he dealt with.
He lands JTMS,and gets the Ashen Rider, Sun Titan, Recurring Nightmare, Karmic guide loop.
Marath beats Prossh, and the Top 2 split the prize.
April 19, 2014
Round 1 Vorosh 1-1
Game 1 - He got lots of removal for Doran and I can't kill his t5 Prophet.
He flashed Oona somewhere, and out of its 4 activations (Oona for 6,6,7,7 naming white, white, white, black respectively) he only got 3 faeries!!!
I killed Oona eventually with removal, and the faeries with SOFAI, but I didn't find removal for Vorosh which killed me.
Game 2 - I t1 discard, t2 Bob, t3 Gaddock, t4 Doran, and proceeds beating face backed up with lots of removal.
Sadly last 5 turns was called so we draw.
Round 2 Doran!!! 2-1
Game 1 - I t1 dork and Mox Diamond, t2 Doran. He t1 dork, t2 Courser of Kruphix.
I t3 Hymn, he t3 Doran. I draw no removal until he got a SOFAF equipped to his Doran and he also got Phyrexian Arena. i got overwhelmed by his card advantage.
Game 2 - We both had t1 dorks, but i got t2 Mirran Crusader! he t2 Doran, I t3 Doran.
He Catacs, I leave Mirran he leaves Doran. He Demonic Tutors for something and I thought it was STP but it was not.
I eventually draw dorks and SOFAF to take over the game!
Game 3 - I t1 mox and Bob. His 2nd land drop is Dryad Arbor.
I reveal LOTV, cast it and he sacs the Arbor. It was late before he found another green source.
I got Sylvan and Mirran+SOFAF again!!!
Round 3 Animar* 2-0
Game 1 - These are the Only crits I saw on his side: Animar, Phyrexian Metamorph (copying Bob), Soul of the Harvest and Phyrexian Ingester (exiled Linvala).
I draw lots of removal for his crits except for Animar, and kept attacking with Doran, dorks and other small crits!
Game 2 - I automatically kept my hand with LOTV and SFM.
He t2 Sylvan! I t2 Bob, t3 LOTV, he sacs Arbor but he still has a dork. He had no red source.
He eventually found Sylvan Caryatid.
I cast KOTR, he casts Animar next turn.
He sacd Caryatid to LOTV, I search Dust Bowl for his lone red source. He's stuck with no red again.
I cast SFM, search Jitte, equip, attack, kill animar, beat face, dust bowl, beat face, dust bowl, etcetera etcetera.
*"the dreaded match-up". Luckily, Animar is not very popular around here in Manila.
Round 4 Oloro (Doomsday) draw
Intentional draw for Top 4
TOP 4
Oloro Doomsday
Geist
Doran
Doran
SEMIS Oloro (Doomsday) 2-1
Game 1 - t2 Doran+ t4 SOFAF FTW!!!
Game 2 - I t1 dork, he t2 Duress. My hand: Beast Within, Armageddon, Aven Mindcensor, Castigate and 2 lands. he discards Beast Within.
I t2 Castigate his Demonic Tutor.
T3 I cast a drawn Fauna Shaman, which he O Rings.
T5 I Duress him, revealing Embargo and Damnation! I discard Embargo.
Next turn I draw E Wit, return Duress and discards his Damnation.
I can't remember the specifics but it eventually came down to this board:
I have Doran, Braids, Skinshifter, E Wit, Sylvan Library and 5 lands including Stirring Wildwood.
He has Jace TMS (it survived because he got to cast his general, Oloro just died because of a 0/8 plant) and 4 lands.
He Doomsdays on his turn which leaves him at 21 life. Sadly, I am tapped out because of the Doran+Skinshifter attack, and I still have the Aven Mindcensor in my hand!!!
He brainstorms with Jace, leaving 4 cards in his library.
On my turn, I sac E wit, drew land and SOFAF (Sylvan, the other card was Bob).
Equipped then attacked, killing JTMS and he discards Pact of Negation.
On his turn, draws, Frantic Search, cantrip, Lab Man, cycle Street Wraith!
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Inqui and Fauna, t3 Doran, and was stucj on 2 lands.
I get to attack twice with Doran, before he attempted to Hero's Downfall the tower, but I Imp's Mischiefed it to Fauna.
I attacked with Doran again next turn, he has 15 general damage.
But then he lands Embargo!!!
I still get to flash Aven Mindcensor in response to his fetchland activation.
I continue drawing dorks and small crits (with the help of either Arena or Library) to push damage. (He's not gaining life anymore because of Embargo)
I got him down to 8 life, he casts Oloro, I STP him eot. He's back to 12 life.
I attack with Stirring Wildwood which I drew and played last turn. Down to 8.
He Vindicates my manland.
I played a creature (can't remember which but it has 3 toughness, maybe it was Sylvok Replica), I still have LOTV in my hand but I can't find a 2nd black source.
End of my turn I think he casts Skeletal Scrying for 3. Down to 5 life.
He casts Oloro again.
I draw a 2nd black source and Elves of Deep Shadow! Cast LOTV, he sacs Oloro! Attack for 3! Cast the dork. He's down to 1 life!
He draws nothign relevant and concedes! Woohoo!
Meanwhile,Doran beats Geist.
We both split the top 2 prizes and goes home happy!
April 27, 2014
Round 1 Wanderer 1-2
Game 1 - "We" forgot "I" have Gaddock Teeg in play after I've split his Fact or Fiction pile, judge ruled that the damge is already done so we continue with it resolving, I lost because he got ramp
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Tanglewire, enough for me to take over the game!
Game 3 - He t1 Fastbond, drops 3 extra lands and a Wall of Roots!
I t1 dork.
He topdecks Ral Zarek and kills my dork.
I have Castigate and Hymn which was useless because he was at topdeck mode.
I t3 Doran. he casts MW next turn cascading to Acidic Slime and ramp, and attacks.
I can't attack Ral because of the Wall of Roots! I cast 2 dorks.
He topdecks Anger of the Gods! But I still believed there's hope for me because I still have the Cataclysm from my opening hand.
But I was stuck on 3 lands, no dorks, and he eventually casts Wildfire!
I'm left with only Doran, he still has MW, 2 rocks,1 land the Wall of Roots and Ral Zarek set to ulti next turn
Round 2 Skullbriar 2-1
Game 1 - My t3 Doran got killed but then I topdeck Mirran Crusader next turn! He can't remove it and it went all the way!
Game 2 - He t2 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave, t3 LD one of my lands.
I t3 Doran but he kills it eot. He LD again next turn.
I cast a creature (I can't remember what), but then he kills that too next turn.
I died to general damage.
Game 3 - He t1 dork.
I t2 Bitterblossom, he t2 Skullbriar.
I t3 LOTV and he sacs the dork.
On his t3, he Cruel Edicts to remove my Faerie blocker and kills LOTV.
I t4 Inquisition, he got Eternal Witness, Innocent Blood and Chain of Acid. I discard E Wit.
Cast Doran.
He topdecks Creeping Mold and destroys Blossom.
We proceeded attacking with our generals on the next turns. But I also added MOR and a dork to my board, compared to my opponent only topdecking lands.
After he had already taken 15 damage from Doran, I topdeck Okina for the 21 damage.
Round 3 Jenara 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Tanglewire.
He misplayed because he had cast Qasali Pridemage t2 and could have destroyed Tanglewire.
He concedes after 2 Doran attacks.
Game 2 - I mulliganed 6 cards from my starting 7, leaving only Bob, and was lucky to draw lands and relevant cards.
Enemy had no blue the whole game and conceded after I've done these to his board: STP an Oracle of Mul Daya, Vindicate a Stirring Wildwood and Smallpox leaving him with only 2 lands and a dork.
Round 4 Gesit 0-2
Game 1 - I t1 BOP, t2 Tidehollow Sculler which got countered.
T3 Castigate, he V Cliques in response, looks at my hand and ships back nothing.
T4, I GSZ for E Wit, gets back Castigate, cast it, he Enlightened Tutors for Jitte in response!
He proceeded to beat me down with V Clique equipped with Jitte until I've drawn STP for it.
BTW Doran ate removal after the turn I've cast it.
I eventually draw Sylvok Replica for Jitte.
He then proceeds to beat me down with Celestial Colonnade.
I draw no removal for his manland and I can't race him as my life was significantly lower.
Game 2 - I t2 Bob, t3 Doran.
T4 I reveal Braids from Bob, cast it but got Complicated, cycled!
He t4 TNN and plays Maze of Ith!
T5 I reveal 'Geddon (why you doin this Bob???), cast it but got countered too!
The TNN attacks and Bob keeps eating at my life!
I cast Duress at some point, he Delays it, I Imp it, he tries to Miscalculate but I pay that one. Duress resolves but he only had Brimaz left on his hand.
He casts Brimaz on his turn.
I topdeck GSZ and searches for KOTR.
He casts Geist on his turn.
I search Dust Bowl for Maze on my turn.
From what I remember, I had these in play: Bob, Gaddock, Qasali, Doran, and a 4/4 KOTR. My enemy had Geist, Brimaz and TNN.
On his turn, he casts Seal of Cleansing, Detention Sphere for Doran,and destroys D Sphere with Seal in response. (I was all tapped out so my Qasali was useless.)
He attacks, Geist dies but I was left with only 9 life.
I cast Doran next turn but cannot attack because of Brimaz. He attacks again with TNN and I'm down to 8.
I can't remember what I did on my turn. But I believe I still can't attack because of Brimaz.
He topdecks SOFAI on his next turn! Equip to TNN, attacks and shoots me. I'm down to 3.
I also topdeck SOFAI! Equip to Doran, attacks, he did not block, and I draw land.
I die next turn.
Round 5 Geist 2-0
My opponent conceded because he said he's already tired.
I only got 11th place.
In the top 8 there we're 4 Oloro Reanimators, and one of them won the tournament.
May 11, 2014
Round 1 Wydwen 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Inquisition, discarding his Mana Leak. He has Miscalculation, Far//Away and 4 lands.
I t2 Bob. My t3 Blossom got the Miscalc.
T4 Doran, eot he casts Away, I sac Doran.
T5 Sculler, in response he Mystical Tutors, and I flash Mindcensor ir to that! He still gets Think Twice and Sculler sees only lands.
He kept drawing lands and I kept playing critters!
Beatdown FTW!
Game 2 - My t2 Bob got countered, t3 Doran got killed, and t4 Library got countered as well.
My t5 Tutelage resolves, and flash Wydwen eot.
T6 I play Dust Bowl and destroys his Command Tower, w/c was his only black source atm.
He never got another one after that.
T7 LOTV resolves and removes Wydwen.
Doran lands and the beatdown continued til he conceded.
Round 2 Thraximundar 1-2
Game 1 - This was a long game but I managed to kill him with crits!
Game 2 & Game 3 - Both of these games we're fast, meaning he landed Thrax early, kept countering spells and killing my board.
Round 3 Thraximundar(ANOTHER ONE!!!) 1-2
Game 1 - He got stuck on 3 lands the whole game despite having Phyrexian Arena.
And I just proceeded to beat face.
Game 2 - He got lots of removals and counters on the early turns to slow me down, and eventually casts Thrax.
I topdecked LOTV w/c resolves and removes his general. And Mesmeric Fiend on the same turn nets a Rooftop Storm!!!
End of his turn I Tainted Pact and settles for Cataclysm.
I Catac on my turn, he Sudden Deaths the Fiend and flash Snapcaster. I cast Tutelage and passes the turn.
And I suddenly find myself low on life because of the Snapcaster beats and unlucky Tutelage reveals.
I eventually stabilize my board with Doran and 2 other crits... but drew no life gain or anyway to deal massive damage fast.
Alas! He casts Cruel Ultimatum when I was down to 3, ending my suffering.
Game 3 - I t1 Wayfarer.
T2 attacked with the Wayfarer, w/c probably cost me the game.
T3 Doran got countered.
T4 I Dust Bowled one of his lands and I got stuck on 3 lands since.
He drops Ral Zarek and killed the Wayfarer!
I still managed to destroy his ramp but when Frost Titan joins his board, and Thrax the following turn, I was a s good as assassinated. Not to mention Ral gets to ultimate too.
Round 4 Jenara 1-1
Game 1 - This game was loooooooooooong!
In short, Doran got killed twice, I got low on life, I managed to cast Catac sometime but he eventually killed me with a SOFAI-equipped Trygon Predator.
Game 2 - I t1 Thoughtseize,t2 Castigate, t3 Doran, t4 killed Jenara, t5 Geddon, and he concedes.
Game 3 - Run out of time.
Round 5 Keranos!!! 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox Diamond and Bob.
T2 Doran got countered. T3 Phyrexian Arena resolves.
Fast forward to him casting Keranos, God of Storms. He's empty handed at this point.
I recast Doran.
He topdecks TNN!!!
I keep attacking with Doran and other crits. (He bolts my crits with Keranos but I keep replacing the ones that die.)
I eventually cast Catac and proceeds to beatdown with Treetop Village.
He couldn't get rid of the manland and couldn't race me. (He still managed to bring me down to 8 life w/ the help of Keranos!)
Game 2 - I t1 Inqui and t2 Castigate. T3 Doran ate a counterspell.
On his t4, he missed his land drop and casts Goblin Electromancer.
T4 I drop Tangle Wire.
On his t5 upkeep, he casts Fact or Fiction and I gave him Boseiju, Magma Jet and Memory Lapse VS Smash to Smithereens and Mountain. He took the latter and played the mountain.
T5 I Beast Within his only blue source and casts a crit. He Smashes Tangle Wire eot.
He eventually manages to stabilize his board with Keranos, a board sweep and Sulfuric Vortex to eat at our lives.
But I got through with Doran 3 times: 1st 5 damage, 2nd 7 damage with SOFAI ,3rd 9 damage with SOFAF. 21 commander damage FTW! (I would have died on my next turn. )
I finished 6th overall.
June 22, 2014
Round 1 Wydwen 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - Doran got killed twice in this game. But I kept the pressure throughout the game.
Early Bob and mid-game Tutelage ate at my life slowly.
Got attacked by Wydwen equipped with Runechanter's Pike for 7 at some point which got me down to 4, and Cataclysm revealed by Bob next turn killed me.
Game 2 - I've assembled a very aggressive board early: there was Voice, a 5/5 token from it, Doran, Gaddock Teeg, Brain Maggot (t2 netting a Damnation), and a dork.
He topdecked Decree of Pain the following turn after Teeg landed and wipe my board clean except for Doran.
He killed doran on his next turn. But at this point he was down to 4!
I got attacked by a Faerie Conclave equipped with the Pike again for 11 damage at some point!
A Stoneforge eqquipped with Skullclamp and Eternal Witness tried to push through, but Venser bounced the Clamp, and SFM died, but E Wit got him down to 2!
I tried to cast O Ring, he Forced Spiked, I paid, O Ring resolves exiling his lone blocker, win!
(I could not have won except that he mislplayed on that last one. )
Game 3 - And then we run out of time.
Round 2 Athreos! 2-1
Game 1 - T1 dork, t2 Doran. She discarded my Blossom turn 2.
I landed Tanglewire t3, and Vindicated a land t4! Doran damage FTW!
Game 2 - I t2 Maggot, but then she topdecks LOTV next turn and casts it.
I got Wrench Minded stripping my hand bare, and assembled the following: Athreos, Blossom, SoLaS, Geralf's Messenger. In short I lost.
Game 3 - Got attacked by Carnophage and Vampire Lacerator all throughout the game (except when Doran was in play).
I don't remember the specifics, but I remembered removing Athreos to stop her crit return shenanigans, and topdecking SFM searching for SOFAF to take over the game!
Round 3 Talrand 2-1
Game 1 - I mulled to 6 without a green source.
My t2 Bob got Into the Roiled on his turn. I recast Bob t3.
T4 Sculler got his Cryptic Command.
He casts Isochron Scepter next turn, imprinting Muddle the Mixture.
Draw a land that produces green! I cast something to remove the Scepter and resolves.
I don't remember what he did next turn but he tapped out.
So I cast Cataclysm and he conceded!
Game 2 - T1 he Gitaxian Probed me. T2 Library got countered.
He casts Phyrexian Revoker t2 naming SOFAF.
T3 I topdecked Cavern of the Souls! Cast Doran.
He casts Talrand t4.
I kept trying to kill his Revoker but everything I tried got countered.
Soon, there were a lot of drakes and they beat my face.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Library which got Mana Leaked, I need to bait a counter because I want the Catac in my hand to resolve.
T4 I topdecked Mana Tithe, I cast Cataclysm, he tries to Dissolve it and I cast Mana Tithe!
T5 I played Dryad Arbor.
He Merchant Scrolls next turn for Vapor Snag.
T6 Courser of Kruphix and he concedes next turn.
Round 4 Oloro(Reanimator) 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - We both mull to 5.
I t2 Voice, t3 Doran, t4 Phyrexian Arena.
he still managed to kill Doran twice, but I kept a very aggressive board throughout the game, protected by Teeg!
Game 2 - He t1 Careful Study! Discard Rune-Scarred Demon and something else.
My t1: Played land, Bojuka Bog! Mox Diamond and a dork.
My t2 Hymn got countered, but t3 Doran resolves.
T4 topdecked Courser of Kruphix, cast it and resolved. Attack with Doran.
He bounced Doran on my next attack.
I cast Doran again next turn plus Dark Tutelage. He Intuitions eot for Griselbrand, Iona and Ashen Rider. I put GBrand to his hand.
He casts Necromancy reanimating Iona on his turn naming black.
I Banishing Light Necromancy next turn and attacks for 10!
He gets to discard GBrand with something I don't remember.
Eot of my next turn he Makeshift Mannequins Ashen Rider removing Doran.
He reanimates Iona again, still naming black and reanimates Gbrand too!
I Fiend Hunter Iona, and Pulseed GBrand, he draws 7 in response.
But he still managed to reanimate Iona again at some point and proceeded to beat my face along with the Big Cat!
I drew SFM fetching Clamp attempting to draw answers to his board but there were nothing but lands.
I died on my upkeep with Tutelage revealing Mesmeric Fiend while I'm at 1 life.
Game 3 - Run out of time again.
Round 5 Oloro(Control) 1-1 DRAW
Game 1 - Opponent t1 Personal Tutor for Toxic Deluge!
And gets to Personal Tutor again for Identity Crisis with Snapcaster's help
I kept a slow hand but resolved Sylvan Library, and managed to Qasali Pridemage his Seat of the Synod and Tectonic Edge another land, effectively delaying him.
I cast Doran eating Toxic Deluge.
When he got to 4 lands again, I cast Eternal Witness returning Tec Edge
I eventually won with DRS equipped with SoFaF and SoFai.
Game 2 - He kept answering my threats including a t2 Sylvan Library.
He gets to cast Elspeth, Sun's Champion and proceeds with the soldier beatdown.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Maggot getting Impulse, t3 something threatening to bait counter , and t4 Braids!
I kept beating him down to 8 life and 20 commander damage, but then he wiped my board clean and time was called.
We agreed that I take the win because I have higher win percentage than him.
And I made it to Top 8!!!
Top 8:
Marath
Oloro
Skittles
Geist
I forgot the other one
and THREE Doran!
Quarterfinals Doran 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mom!
He casts Doran t3 and I Dismember it eot. (I kept my opening hand because of that card.)
He got to destroy my Sylvan Library and a fetched Jitte at some point.
My board became this: Doran, Mom, Qasali Pridemage, a dork and Phyrexian Arena.
I got to remove his Doran a second time with Fiend Hunter, and eventually win with Doran damage!
Game 2 - His t1 land is Dryad Arbor.
I t1 dork.
He only played land t2.
I t2 LOTV, I made him sac his land.
He only plays land t3.
I t3 Doran.
He t4 Doran, but I have Mana Tithe.
On the next turns I played the following: KotR, Bob, Voice and Demonic Tutor getting Armageddon.
Win!
Top 4:
Marath, Oloro and TWO Doran.
The Top 4 split the prizes!
July 5, 2014
Round 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-0
Game 1 - I play Arbor as my first land. T2 I cast a dork.
Luckily he doesn't Pyroclasm He ramps t2.
T3 I cast Courser, he only ramps next turn.
T4 I cast Doran, Mox Diamond and DRS, attack for 6. He casts Worn Powerstone and another ramp next turn.
T5 I cast Bob, Abrupts the Powerstone, attack for 11.
He casts Wanderer next turn cascading into Cyclonic Rift, bouncing Doran, and Worldly Tutor, searching for Inferno Titan. He attacks. EOT he loses 2 life from DRS.
T6 I recast Doran, attack for 7.
During his upkeep, he Mysticals for Devastation. Attacks, sac Wanderer to High Market, and proceeds to wipe the board I still made him lose 2 life from DRS. He's down to 2.
Strategically, I kept 2 lands and played them on the following turns. I also topdecked Teeg which killed him.
Game 2 - I t1 Inquisition discarding a ramp.
he topdecked Sylvan Library and casts it t2!
T2 I Night's Whisper, drawing Mox Diamond and a land, play the Mox.
T3 Doran.
T4 attack, Doran got Into the Roiled, then Catacs!
T5 I cast SFM fetching SOFAI.
T7 I draw Braids, played it then started attacking with her equipped with SOFAI on the next turns.
He cast Bribery at some point here, and he settled for Knight of the Reliquary which I killed.
Braid beatdown plus Dustbowl FTW!
Round 2 Prossh 2-0
Game 1 - I kept a hand with Mirran Crusader and SFM.
T2 I cast SFM fetching SOFAI.
T3 Crusader.
T4 Tangle Wire, attack with Crusader. EOT he Beast Within Tangle Wire.
T5 I cast Maggot eating a Parallax Nexus. Attack with Crusader.
He cast Prossh next turn.
T6 I attack with Crusader equipped with SOFAI, killing 2 Kobolds and drawing 2 cards.
He Maelstrom Pulse the sword next turn. Attacks with Prossh.
T7 I draw SOFAF and cast it; attack with Crusader, beast token and Maggot. He blocks with 3 Kobolds. Cast Doran.
He only passes the turn.
T8 I draw Dismember. His only crits are Prossh and a Kobold. I play SOFAF, equip to Crusader, Dismember the Kobold, and attack with Crusader for lethal damage!
Game 2 - He ramps t2. I play Bitterblossom.
He ramps twice t3! I cast Doran.
He plays Prossh! I draw Go for the Throat and passes the turn.
He attacks with everything. Dismembers a Faerie token. I GFFT Prossh. He casts Run, forgetting Doran's ability , I block 2 Kobolds and take 4.
I draw SOFAF, equip to Doran and attack. Green Sun for Harmonic Sliver destroying a rock.
He Damnations.
I topdeck Dust Bowl and destroys a land. he does nothing next turn.
Next turn I equip SOFAF to a Faerie token, destroy a land, attack, untap, destroy another land!
I did it again the next turn and he concedes.
Round 3 Oloro Doomsday 1-2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 discard.
EOT he activates a fetchland and I flash Aven Mindcensor. He found no land.
I eventually land Phyrexian Arena and won through card advantage and board prescence.
Game 2 - I managed to beat him down to 19 life, but then I tapped out for Cataclysm which got countered. I have the Mindcensor in hand, and he got away with Perplex to Doomsday to win.
Game 3 - He t1 discards my Bob.
I t2 Night's Whisper.
I t3 Doran.
I only attack on t4. He EOT Fact or Fiction. And time got called.
Extra turn 1 - He cast Doomsday.
Extra turn 2 - I cast Braids.
Extra turn 3 - He Supreme Verdicts.
Extra turn 4 - I recast Doran.
Extra turn 5 - He wins.
Round 4 Olivia LD 2-0
Game 1 - I t2 Blossom.
T3 Doran got killed EOT.
He t4 olivia.
I draw GFFT, cast Maggot getting Volcanic Fallout(he still has a 2 cmc spot removal,a 5cmc spot removal/LD and an edict in hand), killed Olivia and attacks.
He plays a mana rock.
I attack. He still does nothing.
On my next turn I tried to equip SOFAF to a crit, he killed the Maggot and Fallouts.
I draw Teeg next turn and equip with SOFAF. And from there I proceeded to win!
Game 2 - He t1 Dark Ritual, Duress discarding my Mox Diamond and Coldsteel heart naming red.
I play Forest, played Inquisition (thanks to his Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth) and discarded a removal.
He only plays land next turn.
I play Gemstone Mine and casts SFM fetching SOFAI.
He Dust Bowls the Mine.
I topdeck a land producing white! And passes the turn.
He Dust Bowls my new land. I put SOFAI into play.
I topdeck another land! cast Mesmeric Fiend getting a removal.
He Dust Bowls the new land again.
I equip SOFAI to Fiend and attacks. I draw removal.
He cast Olivia next turn.
I draw land again! Attack, draw, killed Olivia.
Eventually I get to cast Doran, find removal for his blocker, and attack with the SOFAI-equipped Fiend FTW!
Cut to Top 4 after 4 Rounds, and I made it!
Top 4:
Oloro Doomsday
Oloro Reanimator
Maelstrom Wanderer
Doran!!!
SEMIS Oloro Doomsday 2-0
It's the same one on Round 3
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Dust Bowl his Command Tower (his other land's a fetch).
He Wastelands my Dust Bowl next turn.
Doran got killed.
I t5 KOTR.
And t6 Geddon to seal the deal!
Game 2 - He t1 THoughtseize my Bob, and t2 Inquisition my Sylvan Library.
I t2 Pridemage.
He missed his 3rd land, and he got no blue source.
T3, I attack with Pridemage and cast Doran.
He still got no 3rd land.
I t4 KOTR. Attack with Doran.
He got his 3rd land, Flooded strand fetching Underground Sea.
T5 I Inquisition him for something, fetch Dust Bowl with KOTR and destroys his lone blue source. Attack with Doran again.
He concedes on his next turn.
FINALS Oloro Reanimator 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
T1 fetch for Savannah and pass the turn.
He Careful Study t1 which I Mana Tithe.
I t2 Fauna Shaman.
I t3 play a discard netting something I can't remember, attacks, cast Jitte.
T4 I cast Doran which resolves and does not attack.
T5 Equip Doran with Jitte, attack, pass the turn.
T6 Attack with Doran, pump with Jitte. Play Tangle Wire.
He concedes after finding no solution to my board.
He got land light too if i remember correctly.
The reason I'm leaving Fauna Shaman activations free on some turns is that if he tries to reanimate a monster, I can fetch for Faerie Macabre.
Game 2 - I t2 Sylvan Library
He Ponders and got his 3rd land.
I t3 Vindicate one of his lands.
I t4 Doran.
T5 attack with Doran. Cast Braids. EOT he Intuitions for Magister of Worth, Elesh Norn and GBrand. I give him Magister.
He reanimates GBrand on his turn and draws 7, discards and passes the turn.
T6 I sac Doran to Braids, play Tangle Wire, and O-Ring GBrand, he draws 7 in response but O-Ring resolves. I attack with Braids but got exiled.
At some point he Entombs end of my turn, I respond with Tainted Pact looking for Faerie Macabre (I was tapped out, he was tapped out) and ended up exiling 3/4 of my library hahaha.
Doran got killed and countered as well as other threat left in my library.
He made me use the Macabre on Elesh and Ahen Rider by casting Inquisition on me, he responded by flashing Necromancy reanimating Ashen Rider exiling my Sylvan Library, eot he exiles my lone dork in play.
I concede.
Game 3 - This is the most epic game I've played with Doran so far and it still very unrealistic!
I mulligan to 6:2 lands, Blossom, Mindcensor, Duress, Inquisition.
T1: Play land.Duress. His hand - Miscalculation, Daze, Exhume, Careful Consideration, Toxic Deluge, 2 lands. I discard Miscalculation.
He plays land next turn.
T2: Topdeck land. Play land. Inquisition. He drew a land. I discard Daze.
He plays land next turn.
T3: Topdeck Thoughtseize. Play land. Cast Thoughtseize. He drew another land. I discard Toxic Deluge. Cast Blossom. I only have Mindcensor in hand.
He topdecks LOTV! We both discard. He discards Exhume.
T4: I topdeck LOTV too! He discards a land. He only has careful Consideration, but only 3 lands.
He topdecks a land! And casts Careful Consideration. He made me sac a faerie token.
T5: I topdeck Maggot! Cast it and got Compulsive Research, the other card is Impulse with got discarded with my LOTV.
He topdecks Night's Whisper and casts it. He got Bob and plays it. The other card I don't remember, he discards with LOTV.
T6: I draw land, play it, cast Doran, made him sac Bob, and attack LOTV with faeries down to 1 loyalty.
He topdecks Skeletal Scrying, cast it for 3, played his 5th land and pass the turn.
T7: I draw land, play it, killed his LOTV, and made him discard with my LOTV.
He does nothing on his turn except playing his 6th land which was Cephalid Coliseum.
T8: I draw Dust Bowl! Play it. Attack with all my crits. Discard with LOTV. Destroyed a land on my 2nd main phase.
He activated the Coliseum to dig for an answer. I can't remember what he did, he got tapped out.
T9: I topdeck Vindicate. Ultimate LOTV leaving him with two lands, and Vindicate his only black source. Attack!
And we shake hands on his turn.
Yay, my first win! Got a Taiga.
July 19, 2014
Round 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 dork, t2 Doran, his t2 I eot Worldly Tutor for Braids.
T3 Braids. He concedes.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Castigate exiling removal, t3 Doran, t4 upkeepEnlightened Tutor for Tangle Wire, attack and cast tangle Wire.
T5 I cast Bob.
He still gets to cast Tezzeret searching for mana rock. I attack Tezz next turn.
He casts Frost Titan tapping Doran. I cast Courser of Kruphix.
He played Nissa Worldwaker uptaps 2 Forests and attacks with the titan still tapping Doran.
I kill Nissa with Courser and killed the titan with Beast Within.
But then he gets to play Wanderer cascading to Upheaval and Xenagos.
I draw no removal and he still kept ramping, I conceded.
Game 3 - I t1 dork and t2 Vindicate his Tropical Island which was his only green source atm.
T3 Doran, T4 Maggot got Pyroclasm (he still has Cryptic Command in his hand) and pulsed a signet.
He gets to cast Upheaval at some point.
I reformed my board with the addition of Braids.
He fires the Maggot w/c still got Clasm, clasmed the board leaving Doran.
He's down to 7 and time got called.
I topdecked SOFAI, cast and equip to Doran, attack for lethal.
Round 2 Jenara 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play again.
T1 mox, land and Bitterblossom.
T2 Doran ate swords eot.
T3, I cast a dork and Phyrexian Arena.
He casts Jenera w/c ate swords too eot.
Eventually he recasts Jenara again, and I got to cast Braids and [CARD=linvala, keeper of silence]Linvala/CARD] next turn.
His board consisted of Jenara, 2 dorks and 3 lands after upkeep. He attacks with his general, I forgot that he cannot pump Jenara so i did not block with my angel.
I sacrificed a land on my upkeep, drew SFM, cast it, searched for SOFAI, played it, equip to Linvala, attacked with everything except Braids, and his 2 dorks died after combat.
He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - He played a GW land on his first turn.
I t1 Thoughtseize, he cast Tithe in response fetching Tundra because he had no blue source. His hand: Snapcaster Mage, Force Spike, Ancestral Vision, Brainstorm, Tundra and Wasteland. I discarded his Snapcaster.
I t2 dork.
T3 Hymn got Memory Lapsed. I cast Qasali Pridemage too.
T4 I cast Hymn again,he Brainstorms in response, Hymn gets Ancestral Vision and Mana Leak. Attack with Pridemage.
T5 I cast Doran, attack with Pridemage again.
He eventually casts Jenara, I kept attacking with Doran until he leveled up his general eot with 3 counters.
He played Jitte. I played Mirran Crusader. Eot he Enlightened Tutor for O-Ring. He casts O-Ring for the Pridemage, I destroyed Jitte in response.
I dropped Gaddock Teeg next turn and attacks with Crusader. He's down to 12.
I topdecked Vindicate on my next turn, killing a big Jenara and attacked for lethal!
Round 3 Maelstrom Wanderer 2-1
Game 1 - I'm on the draw.
I t1 Mom and t2 Abrupt Decay his mana rock.
He Slagstorms on his t3 killing Mom.
I t3 Doran. T4 Bob.
He casts Wanderer t5! Cascades to Consec then to Devastation wiping the board. I float 2 black mana and Dismembers his general.
I kept drawing lands and gets to cast KOTR.
I draw Dryad Arbor played it, sac to KOTR's ability fetching Dust Bowl, then destroyed one of his lands.
He still got to pplay lots of mana rocks but I kept destoying his lands.
Eventually, I aatack with an 11/11 KOTR twice, killing him.
Game 2 - He t4 Wanderer! Cascades to Upheaval then Frost Titan.
I killed Wanderer with Dismember again (I kept it in my opening hand) but still died to the titan.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran.
He t1 Island, t2 City of Traitors, Basalt Monolith and Coalition Relic!
T3 I Pulsed the Relic!
T4 I Castigate him getting Frost Titan (he still has Venser in hand) and played Sylvan Library. Eot he untaps Monolith.
T5 I attack with Doran w/c he bounced with Venser.
End of his turn I tutored for Tangle Wire and cast it on my turn as well as Doran.
End of his next turn, I searched for Geddon.
On my turn, Sylvan Library revealed KOTR, so I drew it and played it first. I assessed that he still can't cast his general on his next turn.
Next turn I cast Geddon.
I kept bashing FTW!
Round 4 Doran DRAW
Since we're the only undefeated players at this point we agreed to draw because we're already sure of making the top 4.
Top 4:
2 Doran
1 Wanderer
1 Jenara
SEMIS Wanderer
The same guy in Round 3.
Game 1 - I get to play first.
I t1 dork to t2 Doran.
He ramps t2.
I t3 Fauna Shaman and Sylvan Library, attack with Doran.
He ramps again and played his own Sylvan Library.
T4 I see no 4th land, I could have search for Braids with Fauna.
I draw Reclamation Sage and destroys his Library.
He does his super ramp turn again. Eot I searched for Gaddock in case he casts Wanderer next turn, blanking his MLD/Time Warps.
T5 I play Teeg and attacks. I only saw dorks with the Library. Eot he Worldly Tutors for Inferno Titan.
The titan lands, i find no removal for it, Wanderer joins his side of the board and i die in short order.
Game 2 - If I remember correctly, this was my opening hand:
Gemstone Mine, Avacyn's Pilgrim, GSZ, Duress, Tangle Wire, Swords and Arbor Elf.
And guess what? I mulliganed down to 3 cards! Haha, I realized midgame that that opening hand is still very good.
lesson learned.
T1 Gemstone Mine, Avacyn's Pilgrim. My other card was Pridemage.
I draw Sylvan Library and cast Pridemage next turn.
I draw Sunpetal Grove plays it, play Library, Mine goes to the yard, attack for 3.
I still believed I had a fighting chance... but his general comes into play along with Venser bouncing the Library. I draw removals for Wanderer in the next turns, but he has way too much mana and kept casting it every turn. I concede eventually.
The other Doran moves to the Finals! And the Top 2 split the prizes.
July 27, 2014
Round 1 Jor Kadeen 1-1
Game 1 - I t1 Mox Diamond and a dork, t2 Doran. I aggro him out as I have removal for his crits.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox D again, land and Maggot w/c got Elspeth 1.0.
He topdecks Goblin Welder and plays it. I play Doran next turn.
Fast forward! He eventually got a board of Welder, Etched Champion,Magus of the Moon and a Myr Retriever in the GY.
I have BOP, Doran and another crit, played SOFAI, equip to BOP attack with it alone and pinged the Champion, he swapped the Champion with Retriever. I should've pinged the Welder.
I attack with BOP again, and pinged the Magus so I can cast LOTV. He swaps Retriever with the Champion. I cast LOTV and he sac'd Welder.
He attacked LOTV next turn with the Champion equipped with Batterskull.
Obiously, he had metalcraft early, the only removal I draw is Swords.
I can't race him because of lifelink and eventually lost.
Game 3 - Time got called after 2 turns. Draw.
Round 2 Azami 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox D,dork and land again.
He t2 V Shack! I t2 Courser.
He steals Courser on his turn revealing Master of the Waves.
I played Doran next turn.
He untaps V Shack and steals Doran on his turn.
I draw Banishing Light and casts it for V Shack. Attack!
I eventually assembled a board consisting of Doran, dorks, Courser, Voice, Arena and Tutelage.
Too much card advantage and too much damage output!
Game 2 - I mull to Inqui, Bob, Courser and 2 lands.
He t1 Telepathy.
I t1 Inqui revealing Mindbreak Trap and lands.
I t2 Bob. I cast Library t3 w/c got countered.
T4 Courser got Mindbreak Trapped, then i cast BOP.
He tapped out for Azami next turn.
T5, I E Tutored for SOFAI, draw and cast it, He draws with Azami andDazed SOFAI, I paid but can't equip it.
T6, I reveal Geddon (ouch!), equip SOFAI to Bob, attacked and killed Azami. I cast Geddon but it got Remanded.
He played MOMA on his turn. Good thing Azami is dead.
T7, attack again, recast Geddon and Doran, both resolves.
He keeps tapping Doran with MOMA on my next 2 attacks, but eventually died to lethal damage from Bob+SOFAI and 2 dorks.
Round 3 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - End of his turn, I Worldly for Sculler.
I cast it on T2 but got Remanded.
I recast Sculler t3 but got Dazed, I didn't played land, haha!
T4, stuck on 3 lands but resolved a Blossom.
T5, I draw land, cast Duress discarding FOW. He only got Gilded Drake and lands left in his hand. Then I cast SFM searching for Skullclmap.
He Tec Edged and Wastelanded me on his turn.
T6, I draw a dork. Cast Skullclamp, clamp a faerie, and I draw a land! Cast the dork.
T7, I resolved Braids. He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - I have 2 fetchlands and a filter land in hand and I fear Stifle, luckily I draw Pendlehaven and cast BOP with it. But the bird got Force Spiked.
I t2 Hymn and discarded V Clique and Dismal Failure.
T3 Library resolves.
He casts V Shack on his turn. Eot I Worldly for Reclamation Sage.
I see a land and Pridemage on top along with the Sage.
Played Sage but he got the Stifle!
I draw Pridemage and the land. Cast the cat and destroyed V Shack.
He Pondered and played Academy Ruins.
I cast Doran and Teeg. Attack. Eot he returned V Shack on top of his library.
Played V Shack.
I played Maggot w/c got Muddle the Mixture and O-Ringed V Shack! Attack!
He played Talrand on his turn.
I attack with everything on my turn, he blocked the Maggot with Talrand, and I pumped it with Pendelhaven.
He died on my next attack.
Round 4 Skittles 2-0
Game 1 - T1 Teple Garden and Arbor Elf.
He t2 Massacre!
I t2 Mom and another dork.
T3 Doran.
He t4 he cast Nev's Disk.
T4, attack! Vindicate the Disk!
He played Vampire Nighthawk. He's stuck on 4 lands.
T5, attack with Doran, blocks with Nighthawk, gave Doran prot with Mom.
He GFFT Mom on his turn.
T6, attack again!
he tried to cast something on his turn but I have Mana Tithe countering it.
Died to lethal on my next attack.
Game 2 - He mulled to 4!
I t2 Sculler getting Dystopia!
T3 KOTR w/c is a 4/4.
He Toxic Deluged on his turn.
T4 Braids.
T5 Doran. He cast Dystopia on his turn.
I kept drawing something to feed Braids and also got to equip her with SOFAF. Braids beatdown FTW!
I still managed to give me 5 poison counters because of his t1 Inkmoth Nexus.
Round 5 GAA 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Inqui discarding Prohibit.
He played a mana rock t2.
I t2 Hymn, discarding SOFAF and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
He plays GAA t3.
I t3 Teeg and a dork. He attacks on his turn.
T4 I cast Doran and Clamp. Clamped the dork.
He played Kor Haven.
I play Voice on my turn.
I Beast Within GAA.
Fast forward! He recasted his general, Voice died, he kept tapping my City of Brass.
I draw KOTR, fetched Dust Bowl sac'd City of Brass to destroy his Kor Haven.
He draws SFM fetching SOFAI, but my KOTR is 6/6. I draw Reclamation Sage destroying SOFAI.
The Voice token eventually became 6/6. Big crits beatdown!
But the key card here was Teeg, I think he got mass removal in hand but found no way to remove Teeg.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 dork and Scavenging Ooze, t3 Doran, attack for 4.
I think his first play was t4 Spiketail Drakeling. His lands we're only Islands.
Eot I cast Worldly, he sac'd the Drakeling to counter it.
T4 I cast Jitte, equip to Doran and attack with everything! He takes 9.
He only plays Wasteland next turn.
T5, attack again with everything, pump Doran twice with Jitte. He's down to 4.
He found no answer next turn.
Round 6 Skittles DRAW
Sure Top 8!
Top 8 after Swiss
Skittles
Doran
GAA
Geist
Mimeoplasm
Kaalia
Maelstrom Wanderer
Krenko
QF Maelstrom Wanderer
Game 1 - I t2 Library, t3 Beast Within a land that cipt and produces 2 mana.
T4 Doran. End of his turn Worldly for Braids.
T5 attack with Doran, no blocks. Cast Braids. Eot he Thirst for Knowledge.
Sac'd the beast to Braids, played 4th land and passes the turn.
I attack with Doran and Braids, he cast Venser, Shaper Savant bouncing Doran and blocking Braids. I pump braids with Okina.
I can't remember what happened but he eventually got to cast Karn!
He even Phyrexian Metamorphed Braids, haha. I still did not sac'd my Braids.
He did not sac'd his braids as well, attacked with it, I block with Braids but pumped her again with Okina. But he has Volcanic Fallout.
I recast Doran twice, w/c got exiled twice by Karn. I kept drawing dorks and creature removal.
He eventually gets to cast Wanderer and I die.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox dork and land. I have no land left in hand. But I have Blossom, Tangle Wire and Geddon.
T2 I draw Toxic Deluge. I cast Blossom.
He cast Library t2.
T3 I still draw no land. I cast Doran.
T4 I still draw no land. I cast Tangle Wire.
Fast forward! I still draw no land.
He wiped my board with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift, lands Karn again, and played Frost Titan.
I finally draw a land! Hooray!
I die to the titan.
Other matches:
Geist beats Mimeoplasm.
GAA beats Kaalia.
Krenko beats Skittles.
Semis
GAA beats Wanderer.
Geist beats Krenko.
They then split the prizes.
August 3, 2014
Round 1 Sliver Overlord 2-0
Game 1 - He mulliganed to 5, and he only had 1 land 'til he conceded.
I T1 dork T2 Doran, attacked twice, pumping the dork with Pendelhaven, before his concession.
Game 2 - I T1 GSZ for Dryad Arbor, T2 Doran, T3 Pulsed the sliver that gives haste.
On his turn he played a sliver that gives other slivers some ability, then I T4 Linvala, what-a-curve!
I then proceed to win!
Round 2 Skittles 2-1
Game 1 - To summarize this game, he had perfectly disrupted my plays (I mulled to 4) and I draw no removal for Skittles.
Game 2 - I T1 Mom, T2 Library, T3 Doran, T4 Bob.
He BSZ for 2 two turns later, and I Worldly for Braids end of his turn.
Cast Braids and he Edicts in response. I attack with my 0/3 Doran but he Edicts again!
He casts Skittles on his turn. I exile it with Fiend Hunter.
He casts a tutor on his turn and I flashed Mindcensor in response. he found nothing relevant.
I tutor for Geddon on my turn and cast it.
He draw no land and I regained my board.
Game 3 - He got a T1 Inqui and T2 Thoughtseize, disrupting my early plays.
But he got stuck on 2 lands for 2 consecutive turns!
He found Urborg for his 3rd land, but I topdeck Vindiacte next turn and destoyed his Urborg.
Doran and another crit ate at his life, until he casts Skittles and blocks Doran. He clears the board on his next turn.
End of that turn, I Beast Within one of my lands!
He found no removal for the Beast and that gave me the win!
Round 3 Maelstrom Wanderer 1-2
Game 1 - I T1 DRS, T2 Doran.
He Worldly Tutors on his upkeep for Magus of the Moon and casts it!
I draw no removal and no basic haha. Managed to bring him down to 9 life but that's it.
He eventually casts his general, cascading to Inferno Titan and something else. I still die of course.
Game 2 - I T1 DRS and Mox Diamond, T2 Doran.
End of his turn, I Enlightened Tutor for Tangle Wire and cast it on my turn.
End of his turn again, I Worldly Tutor for Braids. He concedes.
Game 3 - I T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 Bob.
He clears the board except for Doran.
He bounced Doran on my next attack.
He lands Primeval Titan next turn. I draw nothing relevant.
He casts Wanderer, cascades to mass removal and another big crit.
Round 4 Marath 1-1
Game 1 - Forgot the specifics.
I managed to aggro him down to 13, but it was a very long game.
I tapped out for my turn and forgot about the KJ combo.
I have Tainted Pact in hand and could have searched for removal.
Game 2 - I T1 dork, T2 Doran, T3 discard and Teeg.
I kept killing what he lands and continued my attack til he died.
Game 3 - Time got called. I gave the win to him since he got better tie-breaks.
Top 6 after Swiss get M15 packs. Marath gave me one of his packs and I pulled a Chord of Calling!
August 10, 2014
Round 1 Thalia 1-0
Game 1 - I T1 dork to T2 Doran. He T2 Renounce the Guilds.
Doran died twice more during this game.
Bob and Blossom eventually got me down to 1 life, along with some Library extra draws.
I draw GSZ and search for Scavenging Ooze and ate 2 of my crits in the gy! I live!
I get to kill 2 of his crits next turn thanks to GffT and E Wit returning it. And ate those two crits again.
I draw GSZ again next turn and searched for Courser.
And draw Jitte and proceeds to swarm him on the following turns!
Game 2 - I T1 BoP then T2 Inqui getting his Nevermore!
I T3 Doran, then time got called.
Round 2 Sigarda 0-1
Game 1 - I can't remember the early game, but we eventually had a super board stall.
He has Acidic Slime, Mom, Saffi, Resto Angel, a dork, Sigarda and Yavimaya Hollow.
I have Doran, E Wit, Sculler, Voice, Blossom(eternal blocker to Sigarda) and LOTV(which only emptied our hands ages ago).
I got him down to 5 life and only needed to hit with Doran one last time (SOFAF got destroyed twice already).
I already got 15 damage from his general. I draw GSZ and was torn between Scav Ooze or BoP. I searched for the Ooze.
Alas! He topdecked Okina!!! Pumped Sigarda, gave her protection from black and I die.
Game 2 - Time got called.
Round 3 Doran 1-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. He T1 cipt land, I T1 Mom.
He T2 Maggot getting my Hymn. I T2 dork.
We both cast Doran on our respective T3, but I get to Dismember his.
I T4 Tangle Wire and attack.
He got to recast his general again but I have STP.
I draw SOFAF, equip to Doran and attack. He casts Pridemage next turn and destroys the sword.
I attack next turn and he blocks. He cast Linvala on his turn.
I draw E Wit next turn, returned SOFAF, equipped to Doran again then attacked, no blocks.
On my next turn I draw Beast Within and killed his Linvala, I declare attackers, he Abrupt Decays the sword, but I gave Doran prot with Mom! Win!
Game 2 - Both Dorans died once early in the game. But I get to recast mine.
At some point, I Tainted Pact end of his turn, searched for Geddon
I cast Geddon next turn, he kills Doran and flashes in Mindcensor.
I'm left with E Wit and Fiend Hunter, and he still has SOFAI and the bird.
He eventually got to 2 lands and equip SOFAI to the bird, I draw no land and/or removal.
Game 3 - I mulliganed everything and got a good hand with Crusader!
I T1 dork, T2 Doran, but got killed. I T3 Crusader but it got killed too.
Then time got called.
The organizers were using 40 minute rounds.
Top 3 players after rankings got M15 packs.
August 16, 2014
Round 1 Rosheen 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I play land t1. And end of his turn I Enlightened for Mox.
T2, play Mox and cast Doran.
T3, Mesmeric Fiend and Blossom. Attack Doran.
On his turn, he uses Elvish Spirit Guide to cast Rosheen.
T4, I GSZ for Teeg. And tutored for SOFAF.
He found no answers and I beat him down with Doran+SOFAF.
Game 2 - He mulls to four and I keep my seven: 4 lands,Pulse, Crusader and Fiend Hunter.
He just plays a land T1.
I topdeck a dork! and cast it T1.
He got stuck on one land.
I proceed to drop threat after threat and he concedes.
Round 2 Marath 1-2
Game 1 - He's on the play. He only played land T1.
My first land is Dryad Arbor.
He plays Lotus Cobra T2.
I killed the Cobra on my turn and played a dork.
He plays Marath T3.
I draw Vindicate, kill Marath with it, and played another dork. He only played land on his turn.
T4, I play SOFAF, equip to a dork, attack then played Doran. He Chords for a dork end of my turn.
He cast Karmic Guide and returns the Cobra.
I kill the Guide and equips SoFAF to Doran, attack.
He found no removal.
Game 2 - He t1 dork, to t2 SFM fetchong the collar.
I had a slow start. He plays Marath and equip the Collar.
I eventually draw Vindicate to remove the collar but I'm already low on life.
And he returned the Collar again with E Wit.
I found no further answer to stop his board.
Game 3 - Another slow start for me, and he got a T2 Sylvan Library!
Last 5 turns got called and he still got to combo with Kiki-Jiki and Zealous Conscripts.
Round 3 Radha 1-2
Game 1 - He T1 dork to T2 Dwarven Blastminer!
I t3 Doran.
He kept destroying my lands until I've assembled my 3 basic lands.
I managed to put him down to 6 life, but he stabilized with blockers every turn.
I eventually died to Stormbreath Dragon.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Bob.
He played slower than the previous game and I eventually overwhelm him.
Game 3 - I cannot remember the specifics, besides Doran getting killed twice (once with Combust) and I did not get another chance to recast him.
He eventually overran me with crits.
Round 4 Skullbriar 0-2
Both games were too fast!!! He kept recasting his general after I removed it and he had lots of removals for my crits. Too fast!!!
Round 4 Thraximundar 2-1
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 discard and Bob, t4 Tangle Wire. he concedes.
Game 2 - I had early discards and Teeg but he still found removal for my crits and he eventually landed Thrax.
I found no answer and got assassinated.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran. he got stuck on 2 lands and a mana rock.
he concedes after I cast Geddon.
I finished 10th. And concluded that I'm removing the Maggot and M Fiend on my next tourney. Faster aggro is becoming a bad mu
September 20, 2014
Round 1 Mimeoplasm 1-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. He t1 Inqui discarding my dork.
He t3 Sylvan Library which I destoyed on my turn.
I T4 Scavenging Ooze. He swaps my Ooze with Gilded Drake on his turn. I didn't know why but I killed the Ooze with removal.
He casts his general next turn, it etb as Terastodon and destoys 3 of my lands!
I attack for 9! played land and cast Tangle Wire.
He found no mass removal and I draw removal for his general, so I got to beat him down ftw!
Game 2 - My t1 Mox got Force Spiked but I paid. Then I t2 Bob.
End of my t3 I flashed Mindcensor ir to his fetchland activation.
It still became a drawn out game becoz he managed to wipe my board twice.
I still got to Mana Tithe an Intuition at some point though.
I eventually got him down to 12 life, but he got to animate Griselbrand. I STP it eot and he draws 7 ir.
He stabilized by answering my threats. He Duressed me at some point, removing GSZ, and proceeded to do the Necrotic Ooze combo on his next turn.
Game 3 - Time got called.
Round 2 GAAIV 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork and Mox. He STPed the dork on his turn.
I t2 Doran. And he got stuck on 2 lands!
I attack next turn but he has Into the Roil. I cast KOTR.
He draws Seat of the Synod and plays it.
I searched for Dust Bowl on my turn and destroys his Tundra. I play DRS but it got countered.
Still stuck on two lands, he conceded next turn.
Game 2 - My t1 dork ate STP again!
But my t2 Teeg resolved and was not killed.
T3, I draw my 3rd land and luckily a 2nd black source. I cast Hymn but got countered.
He played his general on his turn.
I Dismember GAAIV on my turn and attack with Teeg.
He does nothing on his next turn.
I attack again with Teeg and cast Doran.
He only had a draw spell on his turn.
I attack with Teeg, Doran and Stirring Wildwood.
He cast Banishing Light for Teeg.
I Geddon and it resolved! I kept attacking with Doran ftw!
Round 3 Doran 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I t1 GSZ for Dryad Arbor, t2 Duress his Sylvan Library and played Voice.
T3, I Vindicate his GW land which delayed him.
T4, I play Doran and Bob.
T5, attack with everything and play KOTR.
T6, I searched for Dust Bowl and destroyed another land. Attack!
He conceded next turn.
Game 2 - He t1 BoP to t2 Doran.
I t2 Hymn discarding a land and Library.
Then he t3 LOTV but does nothing with her. Attack with Doran.
T3, I play Courser.
Courser got sac'd to LOTV, and he attacks.
T4, I play Bob and Leech.
Leech blocks his Doran on his next attack. And he played Ooze. He's stuck on 2 lands.
T5, I play Doran and a dork.
I sac Bob to LOTV and he passes the turn.
I attack with my Doran and he blocks with his Doran only. He did not see Okina and his general dies.
He kept playing crits to block Doran and his LOTV's still in play!
I play Phyrexian Arena even though I'm down to 9 life.
Eventually I draw removal and got to equip Doran with SOFAI, killed a lone blocker, attack him and killed LOTV with the 2 damage from SOFAI!
He got stuck to 4 lands and cannot recast his general.
I finally tutored for SOFAF and proceded to win!
Round 4 Krenko draw
Intentional draw coz we're sure to make it to Top 4.
Top 4
Krenko
Doran
Jhoira
Mimeo
Semis Jhoira 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Duress discarding Ruination!
Then t2 Inqui discarding Miscalculation!
T3 Doran.
T4 I cast Bob, attack.
He cast Jhoira. End of his turn I Tainted Pact and settled for Sculler.
T5 cast Sculler, ir he bounced Doran, Sculler got something scary (I forgot, but it was scary), attack with Bob, then recast Doran.
He passes the turn.
I attack with Doran next turn, he didn't block. I killed Jhoira and suspends 2 scary spells ir. Then I play another beater.
He found no further answer to my board and died after two attacks!
Game 2 - I t1 dork. He t2 Izzet signet.
I destroyed the signet on my turn.
he misses his 3rd land.
I t3 Doran.
He plays his 3rd land and casts Blood Moon!
But i have Mana Tithe.
I attack next turn and casts Geddon. he concedes.
Meanwhile, Mimeo beats Krenko.
Mimeo and I split the Top 2 prizes!
September 28, 2014
Round 1 Skittles 1-0
Game 1 - He's on the play. He t1 Thoughtseize my STP.
Then t2 Dark Ritual, Thran Dynamo and Mind Stone!
I t2 Castigate his Sign in Blood.
He t3 Skittles.
I draw Maelstrom Pulse and pulsed his general!
He passes the turn.
I play Inqui revealing Damnation. And destroys the Dynamo.
He plays Expedition Map. (I have Urborg in play.)
I play Doran and Teeg. He searched for Cabal Coffers eot.
Played Coffers.
I attack for 8 next turn.
He plays land and passes the turn.
Attack! He killed Teeg. He's down to 12 life.
He casts Damnation on his turn.
I recast Doran.
He casts Skittles, gives it haste and attacks. Then casts Infernal Darkness.
I attack too. Down to 7.
He pays for the upkeep on the enchantment, down to 6. He passes the turn.
I pass the turn too.
Cumulative upkeep, down to 4. He draw a tutor. Tutored for something. Attack with Skittles and pumped it (or tried to) with Funeral Charm, forgetting Doran's ability.
So I live to kill him next turn.
Game 2 - Game 1 was surprisingly long!
I had an early Sylvan Library and draw aggressively off of it. Luckily had lots of removals for his general and other infect crits. And when last 5 turn got called, I casted Geddon.
Round 2 Marath 2-1
Game 1 - I mulled to 5 and it was a poor hand vs Marath.
He t1 dork. I t1 Dryad Arbor.
He played another dork and GSZed for another dork!
I played my dork off the Arbor.
He played Marath and killed my crits.
I still managed to cast Doran at some point, but it got killed by a single point of Marath burn plus Flametongue Kavu.
I was overwhelmed soon.
Game 2 - Can't remember the specifics, but I remember casting Toxic Deluge which wiped his board clean at some point. I then attacked his mana base and proceded to win!
Game 3 - He t1 dork. I kill it.
He t2 Bloom Tender, and I killed it too.
He missed his 3rd land and passed the turn.
I play Doran.
He got stuck on 2 lands and had no removal. I deal 21 general damage fast.
Round 3 Mimeo 2-1
Game 1 - Early disruption, Doran and other crits, card draw engine, enemy having mana problems... planets aligned and I won!
Game 2 - Mimeo etb as Griselbrand with him still at 17 life.
I conceded after I draw nothing relevant the turn after that.
Game 3 - T1 dork, t2 Doran... fast forward to Geddon resolving! He found no further lands and removal.
Round 4 Geist draw
Intentional draw, but we still played best of 3.
Game 1 - Luckily I draw two of the cards that can kill Geist, Toxic Deluge and Council's Judgment.
Deluge resolved, and also killed my crits except for Doran. Though he still killed Doran.
He recasted Geist next turn. I topdeck Council, he bounced Geist. Recasted his general again.
I recast Doran and got countered.
The Geist+angel assault started to eat at my life.
My dork blockers were irrelevant, and I die fast.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Courser, t3 Doran.
He played Geist and blocked Doran at some point.
He draws no removal and died fast.
Game 3 - He got stuck on 3 lands and no blue.
I t1 dork, t2 Teeg, t3 Doran and a t4 SOFAI.
Luck ftw!
I won the tourney! Yay!
October 11, 2014
Round 1 Geist 2-1
Game 1 - I t2 Qasali Pridemage. He t2 SFM fetching SOFAF.
T3 Doran. He have STP for Doran.
T4 I attack. Attempted to cast a discard but got countered, I play Jitte.
He played a land and passes his turn.
T5 I attack and cast Braids. Eot he flashed Venser but I have Mana Tithe.
On his upkeep, he flashed in SOFAF and sac'd SFM. Played a fetchland and passes the turn.
On my upkeep, I flashed in Mindcensor, ir he cracks the fetch and Enlightened Tutors for Parallax Wave.
I sac'd a land, played BoP and attacks.
He sac'd SOFAF, draws and played Parallax Wave,he exiles Braids, Mindcensor and BoP. Eot I try to destroy the Parallax with Pridemage but he has Stifle.
I draw and play a dork.
He played Geist. Exiles my dork with Parallax Wave.
After I draw, he flashed in V Clique, he let me keep Abrupt Decay. I pass the turn.
He attacks with Geist, V Clique and Celestial Colonnade!
I cast Doran.
Parallax leaves play returning 4 of my crits. He only attacks with V Clique.
I play Dust Bowl and destroys his manland. Equip Jitte to Doran and attack. I kill Clique with Jitte's ability.
He draws no answer for my board and can't race me. Beatdown ftw!
Game 2 - My t2 Sylvan Library and t3 Dark Tutelage got countered.
He cast Geist. I cast Doran.
He enchants Geist with Steel of the Godhead then attack for 8!
I attack with Doran and Vindicates his manland.
He attack again for 8! I'm down to 9.
I draw Abrupt Decay and destroys the Godhead. Attack with Doran. I play a crit.
He still attacks with Geist, I block Geist with a dork. Down to 5. He plays Sun Titan but I have Mana Tithe.
I attack and he blocks Doran.
He attacks again, I block Geist and he dies. Down to 1! He then cleans the board with Wrath of God.
I play Linvala and a dork on my turn. Eot he Mystical Tutors for Supreme Verdict.
He wiped the board clean again.
I play Fiend Hunter and Jitte.
He played Geist again.
Equip Jitte to Hunter and attack. I gain 4 life. Down to 5 again!
He attacks with Geist, I flashed in Mindcensor and block Geist. I still have 2 open mana.
I Dismembered the angel paying 2 life. Down to 3.
I'm tapped out and he has Mana Tithe for my removal. I die.
Game 3 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Mox Diamond and SOFAF!
He got mana screwed. Win!
Round 2 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play.
I t1 BoP. T2 Doran got Force Spiked.
He tapped out on his turn with draw spells.
I t3 Vindicate a land.
He bounced the BoP on his turn and casts another draw spells. Tapped out again.
T4 Beast Within another land and recast BoP.
he just attacks me with the beast next turn.
I topdeck LOTV! he sacs the beast.
He's stuck on 2 lands.
I recast Doran and discards with LOTV.
I eventually assembled a board consisting of Doran, BoP, DRS, SFM, Arbor Elf, an equipped Jitte, an UNequipped SOFAI and LOTV.
I aggro him out of the game despite having Damping Matrix in play blanking my equipments.
Game 2 - T2 Bob got Remanded.
T3 Inquisition got countered. Bob resolves but got bounced eot.
T4, 3rd Bob attempt got countered. Luckily, I draw Sylvan Library. It resolves.
T5, I play Phyrexian Arena which ate another counter. I play Skinshifter.
He plays Talrand which left him tapped out.
I draw SOFAI, play it, equip to Skinshifter, shocked talrand.
He found no answer to my 6/6 trampling, card-drawing and shocking beater.
Round 3 Thalia 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork. He t1 Soldier of the Pantheon!
I t2 Doran. He t2 Thalia.
T3, I O Ring the Soldier of the Pantheon. Attack!
He starts Dust Bowling my lands, but I already have a steady mana base.
I played Bob, Courser and LOTV on my next turns.
He draws nothing relevant and can't keep up with my card advantage and damage output!
Game 2 - He mulled to 6 and I found out he played a one land hand.
He draws no 2nd land.
He dies fast.
Round 4 Geist draw
We're sure to make it to Top 4!
Top 4
Doran
Geist
Thalia
Krenko
Semis Krenko
I win by default.
We think the Krenko player did not know he made the cut, so he just went home.
Meanwhile, Geist beats Thalia 2-1.
Geist (Sharky) and I split the Top 2 prizes, store credits and booster packs!
October 17, 2014
Round 1 Merieke 2-0
It's an Oloro Reanimator deck!
but the pilot's not familiar with the deck and he said it's his first time playing duel.
Game 1 - Can't remember much... early disruption and aggro him out.
Game 2 - I get to remove his Avacyn and Ashen Rider at some point!
I was left with Doran, Sculler and Jitte.
He plays Lab Man and Tainted Pact on his turn, he got tapped out and no free draw spell.
I attack and kill Lab Man next turn.
Round 2 Geist 0-2
It's Sharky.
Game 1 - We aggro each other out; I got him down to 7 and he got me down to 8.
Alas! he equips Geist with SOFAF ftw.
Game 2 - Again he stabilizes midgame, this time with Parallax Wave. I lost of course.
Round 3 Purphoros 2-0
Game 1 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 dork and Tangle Wire. He concedes.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Braids!
Braids got burned and he plays Smokesatck!
I keep drawing fodder to the stack and he eventually dies.
I ended up 2nd to Sharky.
October 26, 2014
Round 1 Doran 2-1
Game 1 - He's on the play. No t1 play.
I draw Thoughtseize and discards his Sylvan Library.
I get to kill his t3 Doran. And kills my Doran too.
Fast forward to him dropping Mom, Arbor Elf and kotr in a single turn.
I draw Linvala.
he clamps the elf on his turn, draws Tainted Pact, cast it and finds removal for my angel.
I eventually got overwhelmed by hid Doran equipped with Batterskull and a big Kotr, he also had Maze of Ith and Kor Haven in play.
Game 2 - I t1 Thoughtseize discarding his Tainted Pact.
I t2 Hymn netting 2 lands, he kept playing lands though.
I t3 Doran, he plays Dark Tutelage.
I attack next turn and plays Putrid Leech. He Toxic Deluged to wipe the board.
I kept playing threats and answers for his threats.
Doran + Shizo and his Dark Tutelage killed him eventually.
Game 3 - He t1 DRS, I t1 dork.
He t2 Inquisition discarding my Sylvan Library.
He's practically Mono Black and I still don't have white. So I play Tangle Wire t2.
He Tainted Pacts on his upkeep finding a fetchland.
I cast my own Tainted Pact on my upkeep searchinf for a white source.
He played Doran, and killed it on my turn.
I eventually get to play my Doran and equipped it next turn with SOFAF!
Got to attack twice before he O Ringed my sword.
I topdeck Qasali Pridemage to destroy the O Ring!!! Woohoo, Win!
Round 2 - Prossh 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. I t1 dork.
He t2 City of Traitors and Dark Tutelage.
I t2 Courser of Kruphix.
He t3 Basalt Monolith and played a land, sacrificing City of Traitors.
T3, I GSZ for Pridemage, attack for 3 with Courser, then destroyed the Monolith.
He missed his land drop and passes the turn.
T4, play Doran, attack for 4!
He played his 3rd land and cast Distress discarding my Mana Tithe.
T5, I attack for 10!
He played another land and a man rock.
T6, I attacked and he killed Doran. He's down to 6 life. I play Linvala.
He looses 3 life to his Tutelage. Cast Prossh.
I draw Beast Within, killed Prossh, attack with Linvala.
Game 2 - I t1 Mox Diamond.
He t2 Distress, I Mana Tithe it.
T2, I Beast Within one of his lands.
He plays a tapped mana rock and attacks.
T3, I O Ring his mana rock.
He Krosan Grips my Mox since I missed my land drop.
T4, I draw a land. Play LOTV, he sacs the beast.
He plays his own LOTV, we discard.
T5, I draw Phyrexian Arena, play it and we discard.
He only made us discard.
T6, I draw a dork and a land! Played the dork and Doran, then discard.
He -2 his LOTV, I sac the dork. Plays mana rock.
T7, I draw land and Mom. Kill his LOTV with Doran.
He misses his land drop and has only 5 mana.
T8, I draw Demonic Tutor! Attack with Doran and tutored for Tangle Wire, cast it and +1 LOTV.
He concedes after drawing no answer.
Round 3 - Zurgo 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Courser, t3 Braids, t4 Doran!
He concedes.
Game 2 - I t1 Avacyn's Pilgrim, t2 Doran, t3 Armageddon!
He Dismembered Doran though.
I play Shizo and attack with my dork.
He Distressed my Putrid Leech.
I draw no land then pass the turn.
He cast Blightning but I have Mana Tithe!
He played his 4th land.
I draw a fetch and searched for a green producing land and played Teeg.
He reached 5 lands, play Zurgo and smashed me for 7!
I draw Jitte, play it, attack with dork and Teeg.
I got smashed by Zurgo again, and he Wastelands my green source
I equip Jitte to Teeg, attack and killed Zurgo with the equipment.
He plays Bitterblossom.
Attack with dork and Teeg again.
He plays his 6th land.
I -1/-1 his faerie, attack and pumped Teeg. He's down to 7.
Down to 6. He plays 7th land, cast Zurgo then attacks. I -1/-1 his general with Jitte. I'm down to 7.
I kill the faerie with the remaining Jitte counter, attack with Teeg. Killed Zurgo with the 2 Jitte counters. Down to 4.
Down to 3. He concedes after drawing no answer.
Round 4 Mimeoplasm draw
Intentional draw since we're sure to make Top 4.
Cut to Top 4
Doran
Mimeoplasm
Prossh
Geist
Semis Geist 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 Mox and dork.
T2 Doran. Lucky he doesn't have Force Spike or Mana Tithe.
T3 attack with Doran and played a crit (can't remember what).
I think he played Aven Mindcensor but I have Mana Tithe for it.
I played something (probably a sword), and attacked for 11. he's down to 1.
He finds no answer.
Game 2 - I can't remember all of the specifics.
My t2 Night's Whisper got countered. Then he cast Nevermore naming Doran.
Geist lands.
He cast V Clique removing Braids, which let me draw Teeg, Teeg enters the battlefield.
He cast Banisher Priest removing Teeg. Attack with Geist.
I cast Putrid Leech which got countered. I resolved Fiend Hunter removing his B Priest freeing Teeg.
He stopped attacking with Geist because I have blockers for it, some dorks.
My 2nd white source land got Tectonic Edged, and I found no 2nd white source for a long time. And I still have the Council's Judgment from my starting hand.
I start attacking with Teeg, giving it fear with Shizo and pumping it with Okina.
He starts attacking with his Colonnade until I'm down to 10!
Luckily, I draw Dust Bowl! Attack with Teeg! Activate Bowl to destroy his manland but got Trickbinded.
Celestial Colonnade attacked again. I'm down to 6.
Dust Bowl his manland again and it resolves. Attack with Teeg!
He attacks with Geist, I chump block it, GftT the angel but it got Remanded. I'm down to 2! But Geist dies.
He played Weathered Wayfarer and Kor Sanctifier. Killed the Kor end of his turn.
I destroyed another land on my turn and attacked with Teeg again.
He searched for Wasteland destroying my Dust Bowl. He casts Geist again, but I have Mana Tithe for it!
Attack with Teeg again! Then play DRS.
He enchanted the Wayfarer with Aqueous Form and attacks. I'm down to 1. Eot I gained 2 life with DRS.
I attack with everything, except DRS, dealing 6 damage!
He passes the turn. Eot DRS made him lose 2 life. He's down to 4 I'm down to 3!
I attack with everything again, Teeg with fear and +1/+1 pump, Fiend Hunter and a dork.
He flashed Restoration Angel, blocks 2 of my crits with his 2 crits, Teeg deals 3 damage. Then activate DRS to finish him off! Yay!
Meanwhile, Mimeoplasm beats Prossh 2-0
Mimeo and I split the Top 2 prizes!
November 7, 2014
Round 1 Jhoira 2-0
Fast start for me and removal for Jhoira in both games.
We played extra games, and in one game I t3 Vindicate one of his lands, he Chaos Warp it ir, and got a Blightsteel Colossus, I only have SFM in play and am tapped out, haha.
Round 2 Wydwen 2-0
I know his deck has no mass removal from watching his games in round 1.
So I just aggro him out both games.
Round 3 Marath 0-2
Game 1 - He t1 dork, t2 Marath. I have Abrupt Decay.
I t3 Doran and he recasts Marath next turn.
I killed Marath again!
He recasts Marath again and I still had removal!
I draw Sculler getting his Kiki Jiki!
He topdecks GSZ and searches for Prime Time.
But I draw no relevant threat, stuck on 3 lands, and he got boatloads of mana to recast Marath over and over again. I die of course.
Game 2 - I mulliganed to 4.
T1 dork, t2 dork and Inquisition and I see Linvala and Xenagos.
Linvala eventually lands, then Xenagos, then Marath. GG.
November 9, 2014
Round 1 Zurgo 1-2
Game 1 - I managed to bring him down to 13, then he plays Ajani Vengeant killing my Sculler, freeing Damnation.
I draw removal for Ajani but the board gets wiped clean next turn.
I play a crit, but hen he plays Elspeth Sun's Champion!
Too many blocker for me to kill his walker and eventually ultimates to attack me for lethal.
Game 2 - We aggro each other out, but I draw enough removal to win the attrition!
Game 3 - Early removals from both sides then a Geddon to reset the board.
He stabilized with LOTV. Then Vengeant. Then Elspeth SC.
Round 2 Geist 0-2
Game 1 - My t1 and t2 plays got countered.
He t3 Geist, I t3 Doran.
He t4 Steel of the Godhead on Geist! Fast clock.
I eventually get to destroy Steel with Abrupt Decay but I'm already at low life.
I die to the Geist's Angel eventually.
Game 2 - Another very aggressive start from him and I draw no relevant threat.
Round 3 Mimeo 2-1
Game 1 - He keeps drawing into more card draws and I just aggro-disrupt him.
Game 2 - I got another fast start, but then he Toxic Deluge t4.
T5 he pulls off the Necrotic Ooze combo.
Game 3 - T2 Mindcensor delays him!
And Doran+SOFAI wins me the game!
November 15, 2014
Round 1 Mimeo 0-2
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran.
He t3 Show and Tell, he puts Jin into play, I only got Dark Tutelage.
I draw removal for his Praetor, and attacks.
He Dance of the Dead Jin.
I draw removal again! attack! He kills Doran.
He puts Jin into play again this time with Animate Dead.
I draw no removal this time and discards my hand.
I draw Toxic Deluge next turn and it kills Jin.
He Reanimates Griselbrand!!!
I die from there haha.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran. Eot he Entombs for Gbrand and reanimates it next turn.
My removal got countered next turn and from there everything got countered.
I die to Gbrand.
Round 2 Prossh 1-2
Game 1 - T3 Magus of the Moon and I have no removal.
Prossh lands eventually and I concede after drawing a land.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Dust Bowl destoying his only black source.
I cast tangle Wire next turn and he concedes.
Game 3 - Doran dies early but I still keep pressuring him with Mindcensor and Bitterblossom faeries.
Xenagos' satyrs slowly ate at my life though.
I eventually killed Xenagos! He uses Survival of the Fittest despite Mindcensor in play and still nets Xenagod!
I draw duress and sees a Craterhoof too!
I managed to bring him down to 13 with my flying crits and Doran+Shizo.
Prossh lands.
I can only bring him down to 4 on my next attack, so I just fortified my defense.
But who I am kidding, Craterhoof next turn hahaha!
Round 3 Thrun 2-1
Game 1 - Thrun + Boar Umbra + Ulvenwald Tracker!
I draw removal for the Tracker but he gives the troll trample with some aura, and a monstrous companion with Wolfir Silverheart.
Game 2 - He mulls to 4 and got stuck on 1 land too long. he dies fast.
Game 3 - Fast start for both of us but I have Mom on my sides! I can block Thrun forever!
But then he gives the troll trample.
I Council Judgment the troll but then he lands Hall of Gemstones next turn.
I managed to play around the Hall with a dork though.
Eventually won through general damge with Doran+SOFAF!
November 16, 2014
This a Team 1v1 tourney, Player 1 of Team A battles Player 1 of Team b, P2 vs P2, P3 vs P3.
I teamed up with Sharky Geist and Maelstrom Wanderer
Round 1 Thrax 0-2
Game 1 - t1 dork, t2 Doran. he kills everything with Toxic Deluge.
Sylvan Library resolves. As well as Dark Tutelage later.
He casts Thrax but I have Mana Tithe.
Phyrexian Arena joins my card draw retinue.
I had to Abrupt Decay my Tutelage eventually haha!
I kept playing threats and aggro him out!
Game 2 - T1 fetch got Stifled and I got stuck on 2 lands and no green source.
Game 3 - T1 dork, t2 dork and Castigate which got countered, t3 Braids got Dismembered.
He Fire//Ice my 2 dorks next turn, and again I got stuck on 2 lands,
Thrax lands, I have removal but he plays Rooftop Storm next turn and recasts Thrax.
I die fast.
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Wydwen, MW loss vs Geist. Team standing 0-1
Round 2 Talrand 2-0
Game 1 - The usual lots-o-counters early game.
We eventually came to topdeck mode.
Doran resolves, as well as Jitte and Voice of Resurgence.
Game 2 - T2 Skinshifter, t3 Courser, t4 Vindicate a land.
Braids got countered though, as well as Geddon.
Doran joins the fun, followed by Bitterblossom and LOTV!
Tanglewire got countered, making way for SOFAF.
Discard+beatdown ftw!
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Radha, MW draw vs Anafenza. Team standing 1-1
Round 3 Prossh 1 -2
Game 1 - I mulled to 4 and still found no green for 4 turns.
Prossh lands. Next game!
Game 2 - All I remember is that I simply aggro him out.
Game 3 - We slowly assembled our boards. And when Prossh landed I was forced to Toxic Deluge on my turn.
He plays Domri, I O Ring it.
He plays Xenagos, I Beast Within it.
But eventually I died to my own Dark Tutelage.
Meanwhile... Geist win vs Niv-mizzet Dracogenius, MW win vs Ezuri. Team standing 2-1.
Round 4 MW 1-2
Game 1 - It came to the point when he had to Jokulhaups because I have a very lethal board.
I recovered fast with dorks and small crits! Aggro out!
Game 2 - He t1 Fastbond playing 4 extra lands!
I t1 dork.
He t2 Skyshroud Claim.
I t2 Doran.
He t3 MW, cascading to Cycloning Rift bouncing Doran and LD.
Game 3 - A relatively slow start for me. T3 Doran got bounced.
T4 recast Doran, eot he Fact or Fiction revealing 2 extra turn cards.
He extra turn next turn and cast Garruk leaving 4 untapped lands.
I cast Geddon on my turn but he has Cryptic Command! I have Hymn in hand and should have casted that first.
He cats MW next turn cascading to Wildfire and something else.
He eventually removes Doran from the battlefield and I die.
Meanwhile... Geist loss vs Sen Triplets Reanimator, MW loss vs Vendilion Clique. Team standing 2-2.
We managed to place 5th but only the Top 4 move to the next round of battle.
Later, we were thinking how come we got paired with an undefeated team in rd4, it seems there still 2 undefeated teams, hahaha, I'm just a sore loser.
November 30, 2014
Round 1 Oona 2-0
Game 1 - T2 dork, t3 Braids, t4 Doran, t5 Sculler getting a BSZ.
He found no other removal so i just aggro him out.
Game 2 - I t1 dork. He plays Dimir Aqueduct as his t2 land.
Naturally, I Vindicate his lone land t2.
He was effectively delayed so I just played threats till he conceded.
Round 2 Radha 1-2
Game 1 - I'm on the draw. He t1 dork, t2 LD, t3 removal for my crit, t4 LD, t5 LD... I can't play much.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, He t1 dork. I t2 Doran, he t2 Magus of the Moon.
T3 I Dismember the Magus. I kept drawing into threats and disruption to overwhelm him this game.
Game 3 - He t1 dork, t2 Magus again!
I had no removal this time so I die fast.
Round 3 Sigarda 2-0
Game 1 - I t1 dork, t2 Doran. Sigarda lands on his 4th turn so I Deluged next turn.
I Vindicate his lone white source next turn.
I play Courser next turn revealing Tectonic Edge which destoyed a newly played non-basic white source.
Sigarda was not recasted after and I just overwhelm him with crits.
Game 2 - I t2 Dork, t3 Beast Within one of his lands. I still have no black source at this point.
I draw a black source and cast Inquisition discarding Armadillo Cloak.
He fetches eot and I flash Mindcensor and he finds no land.
He casts Silent Arbiter.
I have no removal so I did not cast Doran, but since I draw SOFAI I cast-equip it to Mindcensor and attacks.
He casts Sigil of the Empty Throne! I know he still has 2 auras!
I attack again with the equipped bird, draws Sylvan Library and plays it.
He plays O Ring exiling SOFAI and gets a 4/4 flying angel.
I draw Abrupt Decay and passes the turn.
He enchants the angel with 2 auras and gets 2 new angels. He attacks with the 'super' angel and I Abrupt it.
I draw Linvala and play her. He casts Sigarda and attacks with an angel.
I draw Shizo, play it, give Linvala evasion and attacks. He's down to 1 life.
He draws no removal and concedes.
Round 4 Narset 1-1
Game 1 - I t1 Duress discarding a counter but he still got 2 of those.
I draw Castigate and he Memory Lapsed it. I cast it again next turn and gets countered.
He gets to play Narset but I Deluged on my turn.
I reassembled my board again and he recasts Narset. On his next attack, he reveals a mass removal and casts it to wipe the board again.
Again, I reassembled my board, this time Teeg included.
He recasts Narset again and on his next attack, reveals 'blank' spells because of Teeg.
I attack with everything next turn but only manages to deal 18 damage, bringing him down to 1!
He attacks with Narset, and reveals STP. Teeg got exiled. He casts an extra turn spell.
Casts a board wipe and started filling the board with walkers.
I lost after 45 minutes of Game 1.
Game 2 - I t1 dork, t2 dork + Voice, t3 Doran.
He got stuck on 2 lands.
I keep drawing land, but I just aggro him out with those 4 crits.
Game 3 - Time got called after my t2.
Round 5 Kaalia 1-2
Game 1 - I draw no removal, Kaalia gets to attack putting Rune Scarred Demon in play.
He played Sneak Attack next turn and sneaks in Ashen Rider exiling Doran and a land.
I conceded next turn.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 Vindicate a land and t4 flash Mindcensor ir to fetch activation. Aggro time!
Game 3 - I t1 dork, he t2 Bob, I t2 KOTR.
He t3 Necromancer's Stockpile.
I t3 fetch for Dust Bowl and destroyed one of his lands.
He played a cipt land and passes the turn.
I destroyed another land and played my own Bob. Attack with KOTR.
He plays another land but cannot cast Kaalia because he got no white source. He plays Goblin Bombardment, discards Phyrexian Delver to Necro Stockpile and pings my lone dork.
I cast Doran, and attacks with Bob and KOTR. He's down to 16.
Then he Buried Alives next turn for KJ, Resto and Karmic Guide.
Animate Dead Phyrexian Delver, returning KG, returning KJ, copy KG returning Resto blinking KJ or whatever, rinse repeat for a lot of flyers.
I only managed to place 10th.
December 3, 2014
Round 1 GAAIV 2-0
Game 1 - I'm on the play. I t2 Voice. T3 Vindicate resolves destroying his lone white source.
T4 Doran resolves. He's still mono blue but still countered 2 of my next spells giving me 2 elementals.
He eventually gets his white and taps out for GAAIV.
I Tainted Pact on my turn searched for removal, kills GAAIV and attacks for lethal!
Game 2 - T1 dork, T2 Courser got Memory Lapsed.
T3 Courser resolves. T4 tangle Wire gets countered.
T5 Doran + Bitterblossom and he DOJs next turn.
T6 Doran again. He casts his general too.
T7 Inquisition revealing Cyclonic Rift, Dig Through Time and Sun Titan. Cyclonic discarded.
He draws CJ and exiles Blossom.
T8 I attack. Eot he DTT.
He wipes the board with Supreme Verdict.
T9 I recast Doran again.
He passes the turn.
T10 I attack with Doran and manland. He bounces Doran. But he's down to 5 at this point. I recast Doran from my hand.
He cracks a fetch going down to 4 and casts Sun Titan returning a land.
T11 I attack with Doran and manland again, he blocks Doran with Sun Titan but I have a Dismember which resolves. He's down to 1.
He draws for his turn and concedes.
Round 2 Mimeo 1-2
Game 1 - My t1 BOP got Mental Misstepped.
I t3 Doran and he t3 Gbrand. I draw no removal and dies fast.
Game 2 - T1 Inquisition, t2 maggot, t3 Mindcensor, t4 Dust Bowl effectively disrupts him.
Doran lands and I just aggro him out.
Game 3 - I t1 dork. Eot he Entombs for Gbrand.
T2 I Demonic Tutor and settles on Dust Bowl... I should have searched for something else, like Mindcensor
He passes the turn.
T3 I play Doran. Eot he Intuitions for reanimation spells.
Gbrand lands again and once again I draw no removal.
Round 3 Sidisi 2-0
My friend has to go home already so he just gave me the win.
Round 4 Marath draw
Intentional draw since he's sure to place 1st and me 3rd. No play-offs after the Swiss.
We stil played of course.
Game 1 - I t1 dork, he t1 dork.
I t2 Doran, he t2 CJ for Doran.
I t3 SFM getting SOFAF.
He t3 Linvala though.
I t4 Diabolic Intent sacrificing the dork and tutored for STP and killed Linvala.
He tapped out on his turn with Marath and kills SFM. I flashed SOFAF ir.
T5 I cast Sculler getting something scary and equipped it with SOFAF.
He 'kill's Marath and recasted it.
T6 I'm still stuck on 4 lands and only attack with Sculler.
He plays his own SOFAF next turn, equip to Marath and attacks.
T7 I draw my 5th land, cast Doran, attack with Sculler. I try equipping my SOFAF to Doran post combat but he has STP. he kills Sculler too and frees the scary card.
I die.
Game 2 - T1 dork, t2 Doran, t3 removal for Marath.
Fast forward to me DI for Geddon and casting it same turn.
I'm left with Doran only, and he got Acidic Slime and Vexing Shusher.
I eventually get to play 2 lands,a dork and LOTV.
He also got to play 2 lands and one was Cradle.
He also draws removal for Doran, killed LOTV with Slime, play Marath and draw into Birthing Pod. I conceded.
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Created By: DarkNightCavalier
Well it's not, because I "grew up" here reading Emether's decks
Just wanted to chronicle my experience in playing the Siege Tower.
And to gain knowledge from you DC lovers through your suggestions on my take on Doran.
Wow, I don't know why the first two comments other than mine are 'disapproving'.
I don't know if I've broken a rule here somewhere.
Emether's list is not updated, and I only wanted people to see an updated list.
I thought I'm helping people here, but apparently I'm 'clogging' the DC sub forum, great job.
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier
Modern
No clue
RIP Twin
MTGS Olde Name:
Hruen (apparently it was taken, probably by me about 10 years ago.........)
The main point of this thread is for an updated Doran list.
This may not be the best list, but I always try my best to win.
Next tourney here in Manila will be this coming Sunday April 27 with Polluted Delta and Mind Seize deck as the two top prizes, so I think a lot of people may join.
I'm happy that DC is picking up here (although not at a fast pace), but a tourney almost every week attests to its rising popularity.
What I'm hoping to happen here is something like what happens in France, with the REALLY big prizes and such!
I understand the desire to have an updated list front and center, but my main concern is the two years' worth of testing in the old thread just being cast aside. I can read that thread front to back and still learn something.
I think the best solution is for a mod to reassociate the OP in the old thread with a new author, so the old debates are not lost while new sets are still shown to be relevant. If that is not an option in the new forums, they can easily edit in a new list that the thread crowd sources together.
I in no way think you're doing something wrong, but as much as we love Emether's deck building skills and gameplay, I'm equally apprehensive about just starting fresh when we don't have to.
I think the main reason that Doran has slipped to the outskirts of the meta is that the top control list was banned while a midrange/combo deck was introduced. Given that Doran absolutely thrives against control decks, it lost it's footing somewhat while the meta was still very fluid.
Personally, I love that the deck has slipped from the spotlight because it can come out of nowhere to wreck the meta at a moment's notice with a skilled pilot; it has that much power and versatility that it doesn't need recent winnings to stay releveant.
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier
But that's an if...
I don't mean to 'offend' avid contributors and lurkers in the other thread because I love that thread and that's where I started with my deck.
I'll eventually add more details to make this worth a reader's time.
The main problem with the other thread is the lack of an updated list.
And players, specially the new ones, can't have clear apprehension of the deck's take on a meta at a certain time.
At least I can offer my views here as a player who plays this deck regularly and competitively too.
With it, you can pick up where Emether left. With that in mind, other Doran players can keep up the meta while the new players can address old and new questions with new and fresh perspective without looking at 20+ pages from other established yet the OP went retired from it.
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier
I like this option best. I agree that the thread has to change, but we should do our best not to discard all that progress. I'd be willing to take over OP, as I'm sure you are too, we just need a mod to step in to see if it's doable.
How do you summon a mod?
Duel Commander: Marath, Will of the Wild
Tiny Leaders: Zo-Zu the Punisher
Modern: Burn, liege Rhino, and Zoo
Legacy: Zombardment
@BoltMage : I think Brimaz is not necessary I've tested it but I find it underwhelming.
Anyway, the next tournaments near me will be next weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday!
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier
But the deck has just enough beaters and with the current meta here in Manila, Oloro Reanimator is the deck to beat.
I wonder if Marath will see a lot of play soon here because of the "new" Marath top 8 lists, the enchantress and elfball builds... if that trend happens here, I fear for the aggro decks because it will probably cause more mass removals being played.
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier
- H. L. Mencken
French Duel Commander
WBR Kaalia of the Vast WBR
RUG Maelstrom Wanderer RUG
After playing this deck for about 3 months now, at least 5 fetches is ok
having the right color at the right time is very crucial in playing the deck. double white and double black requirements comes as early as t2 or t3, and that's besides the fact that t1 green is needed.
And DRS benefits alot from fetches specially if it's your t1 dork. Oh KOTR too.
Fetchlanda are VERY crucial here
Duel Commander
URG [Primer] Maelstrom Wanderer [Primer] URG
Duel Commander Current Projects:
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
BRXMogis, God of SlaughterBRX
RWxIoras, God of VictoryRWx
WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
Created By: DarkNightCavalier