Couple weeks ago, was playing in a 3 player game. I was running Karador, facing off against Skullbriar and Jhoira. I end up going last. I decided to keep a one land hand, because a) it also contains a Sol Ring, and b) it's EDH, crazy **** can still happen.
1st turn, I play my land and drop Sol Ring.
2nd turn, I topdeck a land, play it, and drop Mindslicer.
3rd turn, I topdeck another land (although not really important until turn 6). Earlier, during his third turn, my opponent had played his Jhoira. I then drop Pernicious Deed.
So after this he has
Sol Ring
3 Lands
He was not pleased.
So yeah, I blow it off. Mindslicer dies, we all discard our hands and go into topdeck mode.
Scoeri, he didnt pop his deed. he blew off his opponent not being pleased with him for dropping a Deed.
Fourth turn, I topdeck Greater Good and put it into play.
Fifth turn, I topdeck Birthing Pod and do the same.
Sixth turn, I topdeck Bane of the Living. I cast it normally sans morph, sac it to Birthing Pod and tutor Lord of Extinction into play.
All of these cost 4, Xaios had 3 lands and a Sol Ring....
During my opponent's turn, I sacrifice Lord of Extinction to Greater Good and draw 35 cards. During my next turn, I throw down Reliquary Tower.
I took it to mean he popped the Deed the turn after playing it, seeing as he didn't have the mana to do anything useful with it that turn, which gave him the chance (thought it wasn't mentioned) to draw that 4th land.
Yesterday I was was playing my Rakdos the Defiler deck in a big seven player game.
On my turn four I cast Havok Festival, and against all odds it and I survived three rounds of the table. On Turn 7 with everyone in the game at 5 I cast Death Cloud for X=4. The blue player was dead cause someone had killed her after she hit five life. Then i cackled madly as everyone died the festival on their 7th upkeep.
Ok, me with nor in, my friend with Karn, ghave, and jarad.
I flip an early genesis chamber and start pooping out myr tokens. Nothing else really special until my Karn friend goes infinite off my chamber and dross scorpion and yada yada....
He makes 15,000 dudes, and passes the turn to me.
I hurriedly float 12 and WARP WORLD for 27 on my side. He exclaims, I just went infinite, I'll draw my deck and kill you with goblin cannon at instant speed...
I respond "good luck"
I flip valakut+ 8 land + 2 fetches
As well as
Siege gang commander+ war storm surge+ pandamonium+ gauntlet of power+ gauntlet of might+ Kiki jiki
I kill the Karn player with the valakut triggers and nuke everybody else when Kiki clones siege gang
Ok, me with nor in, my friend with Karn, ghave, and jarad.
I flip an early genesis chamber and start pooping out myr tokens. Nothing else really special until my Karn friend goes infinite off my chamber and dross scorpion and yada yada....
He makes 15,000 dudes, and passes the turn to me.
I hurriedly float 12 and WARP WORLD for 27 on my side. He exclaims, I just went infinite, I'll draw my deck and kill you with goblin cannon at instant speed...
I respond "good luck"
I flip valakut+ 8 land + 2 fetches
As well as
Siege gang commander+ war storm surge+ pandamonium+ gauntlet of power+ gauntlet of might+ Kiki jiki
I kill the Karn player with the valakut triggers and nuke everybody else when Kiki clones siege gang
I'm still kind of confused as to what exactly went on but did he have infinite mana at that point? It seems like you imply he did so he could have just goblin cannon'd you to death in response to the valakut triggers. Unless I'm missing something here.
I actually missed a couple turns, I apologize for the confusion. Going off of memory 2 weeks later tends to do that. I knew something was off, but I couldn't figure out what, so I actually went back and asked one of the other people that I played with.
In between blowing off Deed and playing Greater Good, there were 2 more turns where we all ended up just drawing land. I know this because the Jhoira player managed to get Time Stretch suspended with Jhoira before I went off, and he would have also needed another 2 more mana than he had in order to recast Jhoira.
Derp on my part. Carry on!
(I don't think I've ever gotten my "crazy plays" stories straight the first time. XD)
4 player game with Savra (me), Trostani, Sisters of Stone Death, and Olivia.
Olivia dropped a Havoc Festival and it went unanswered, so everyone's low on life. Eventually I manage to swing Olivia out but at that point I'm at 2 life and only have a single card in hand; High Market.
Trostani plays a bunch of guys and since Sisters has no board he decides to kill all the creatures on his turn.
My turn again, I draw a Swamp. I have a Swamp and High Market in hand, 2 life, and the only things I have in play are a Phyrexian Reclamation and a Black Market with 41 counters on it (Avenger tokens getting wrathed 3 times).
- Using the mana I play Savra and High Market. Use the High Market to sacrifice Savra gaining 3 life, putting me at 5.
- Pay 4 life to activate Reclamation twice, putting me at 1, to return Avenger of Zendikar and Fallen Angel to my hand.
- Play Savra and both creatures then sacrifice the 14 plants plus the Avenger to gain 30 life, putting me at 31.
- Use Reclamation twice again, putting me at 27, to return Avenger again and Skullmulcher.
- Cast Avenger, then Skullmulcher devouring the 14 tokens to draw 14 cards and gain 28 life.
P1: B/U/R Nicol Bolas control. Casts Wits End targeting player 2.
P2: W/U/B pauper Merieke Ri Berit control. Responds with Counterspell.
P1: Responds to Counterspell with Perplex.
P2: Digs for an answer and finds none, discards hand to perplex.
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Just finished up a game against Maelstrom Wanderer, Gwafa Hazid, another player whom I don't remember, and myself with Karador. Anyway, it was down to MW and myself. He had MW on the board and cast Hornet Queen, and I had Hermit Druid on the board along with Grave Betrayal (haven't used it much, I think I like it but Relic was out and ruining my fun), 5 cards in hand with around 28 life. Anyway, I cast Decree of Pain, thinking I'll refill my hand, get some offense, and hopefully make a comeback. He responds by activating his hideaway land. Viscous Shadows.
The other guys are still playing the game I got axed from for trying to win on turn 3. I offer 2nd place to my friend and target him with trade secrets. The chaos player swerves it changing it to himself. We draw tons of cards each. Stop resolving trade secrets and I play mox diamond, chrome mox(pitching a u/r card), sol ring, play dream halls due to the chaos player's helm of awakening. He plays sudden impact on me, I attempt to counter with cryptic command, he respond with cerebral vortex, and sadly I am out of responses to that since I have no other instants
My friend signed my trade secrets and wrote "swerve'd! CHAOS!" On it as well. Nice keepsake
If there is such a thing I played way too much EDH yesterday. In our last game of the night which started after 1am and was Saffi(me), Glissa the traitor(Jay),Azusa(Cole), Krenko(Steve). Cole leads with an early Azusa and plays greater good and beastmaster's ascension, but seems to be drawing dead after that, he gets killed first by pops from my aven mindcensor and some big attacks from Krenko. I nab leyline of serenity with academy rector(sac'd to high market) to prevent me from getting crypted or blasted with damage. I lock up Krenko with stonehorn dignitary for about 5 turns to buy some time.board gets wiped by nev's disk, so I lose leyline. Steve brings Jay down to one life, Jay decides to jesters mask Steve, giving him a hand of all lands. Steve isn't happy about that and ends up killing Jay after instead of keeping him around to help deal with me. I end up with spore frog, reveillark, karmic guide, Saffi in play for a fog effect every turn. Steve sits and makes tokens tokens tokens with Krenko equalling 19,328 1/1 goblins on his side the turn I finally draw another creature to survival for archon of justice so I can loop with guide, Saffi, lark, archon, mirror entity, to exile all his permanents. He accepts defeat, looks at his top 2 cards. 2nd is goblin bombardment! Killed him right on time!
If there is such a thing I played way too much EDH yesterday. In our last game of the night which started after 1am and was Saffi(me), Glissa the traitor(Jay),Azusa(Cole), Krenko(Steve). Cole leads with an early Azusa and plays greater good and beastmaster's ascension, but seems to be drawing dead after that, he gets killed first by pops from my aven mindcensor and some big attacks from Krenko. I nab leyline of serenity with academy rector(sac'd to high market) to prevent me from getting crypted or blasted with damage. I lock up Krenko with stonehorn dignitary for about 5 turns to buy some time.board gets wiped by nev's disk, so I lose leyline. Steve brings Jay down to one life, Jay decides to jesters mask Steve, giving him a hand of all lands. Steve isn't happy about that and ends up killing Jay after instead of keeping him around to help deal with me. I end up with spore frog, reveillark, karmic guide, Saffi in play for a fog effect every turn. Steve sits and makes tokens tokens tokens with Krenko equalling 19,328 1/1 goblins on his side the turn I finally draw another creature to survival for archon of justice so I can loop with guide, Saffi, lark, archon, mirror entity, to exile all his permanents. He accepts defeat, looks at his top 2 cards. 2nd is goblin bombardment! Killed him right on time!
I wish I hadn't passed out so I could have seen that! Sigh, I wish jay would learn how to use jesters cap correctly. He should have given steve answers to deal with you and a couple of cards that could have potentially benefited himself.
4 player game with Savra (me), Trostani, Sisters of Stone Death, and Olivia.
Olivia dropped a Havoc Festival and it went unanswered, so everyone's low on life. Eventually I manage to swing Olivia out but at that point I'm at 2 life and only have a single card in hand; High Market.
Trostani plays a bunch of guys and since Sisters has no board he decides to kill all the creatures on his turn.
My turn again, I draw a Swamp. I have a Swamp and High Market in hand, 2 life, and the only things I have in play are a Phyrexian Reclamation and a Black Market with 41 counters on it (Avenger tokens getting wrathed 3 times).
- Using the mana I play Savra and High Market. Use the High Market to sacrifice Savra gaining 3 life, putting me at 5.
- Pay 4 life to activate Reclamation twice, putting me at 1, to return Avenger of Zendikar and Fallen Angel to my hand.
- Play Savra and both creatures then sacrifice the 14 plants plus the Avenger to gain 30 life, putting me at 31.
- Use Reclamation twice again, putting me at 27, to return Avenger again and Skullmulcher.
- Cast Avenger, then Skullmulcher devouring the 14 tokens to draw 14 cards and gain 28 life.
End the turn with a full grip and 55 life.
Nope. Havoc Festival (links! :teach:) states players can't gain life.
Anyway, I cast Decree of Pain, thinking I'll refill my hand, get some offense, and hopefully make a comeback. He responds by activating his hideaway land. Viscous Shadows.
I didn't know shadows could be viscous. (vicious coughcough)
Yea, no need to be rude....
but lets walkthrough to show where he did that...
So after this he has
Sol Ring
3 Lands
Scoeri, he didnt pop his deed. he blew off his opponent not being pleased with him for dropping a Deed.
All of these cost 4, Xaios had 3 lands and a Sol Ring....
Now he has 4 lands and a Sol Ring
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyOn my turn four I cast Havok Festival, and against all odds it and I survived three rounds of the table. On Turn 7 with everyone in the game at 5 I cast Death Cloud for X=4. The blue player was dead cause someone had killed her after she hit five life. Then i cackled madly as everyone died the festival on their 7th upkeep.
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I flip an early genesis chamber and start pooping out myr tokens. Nothing else really special until my Karn friend goes infinite off my chamber and dross scorpion and yada yada....
He makes 15,000 dudes, and passes the turn to me.
I hurriedly float 12 and WARP WORLD for 27 on my side. He exclaims, I just went infinite, I'll draw my deck and kill you with goblin cannon at instant speed...
I respond "good luck"
I flip valakut+ 8 land + 2 fetches
As well as
Siege gang commander+ war storm surge+ pandamonium+ gauntlet of power+ gauntlet of might+ Kiki jiki
I kill the Karn player with the valakut triggers and nuke everybody else when Kiki clones siege gang
His lands could have been Ancient Tomb/City of Traitors and 2 G/B lands.
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I'm still kind of confused as to what exactly went on but did he have infinite mana at that point? It seems like you imply he did so he could have just goblin cannon'd you to death in response to the valakut triggers. Unless I'm missing something here.
In between blowing off Deed and playing Greater Good, there were 2 more turns where we all ended up just drawing land. I know this because the Jhoira player managed to get Time Stretch suspended with Jhoira before I went off, and he would have also needed another 2 more mana than he had in order to recast Jhoira.
Derp on my part. Carry on!
(I don't think I've ever gotten my "crazy plays" stories straight the first time. XD)
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well, it now appears that he had a couple turns after using deed.
I had just assumed his opponent had killed it to get it over with quickly.
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyOlivia dropped a Havoc Festival and it went unanswered, so everyone's low on life. Eventually I manage to swing Olivia out but at that point I'm at 2 life and only have a single card in hand; High Market.
Trostani plays a bunch of guys and since Sisters has no board he decides to kill all the creatures on his turn.
My turn again, I draw a Swamp. I have a Swamp and High Market in hand, 2 life, and the only things I have in play are a Phyrexian Reclamation and a Black Market with 41 counters on it (Avenger tokens getting wrathed 3 times).
- Using the mana I play Savra and High Market. Use the High Market to sacrifice Savra gaining 3 life, putting me at 5.
- Pay 4 life to activate Reclamation twice, putting me at 1, to return Avenger of Zendikar and Fallen Angel to my hand.
- Play Savra and both creatures then sacrifice the 14 plants plus the Avenger to gain 30 life, putting me at 31.
- Use Reclamation twice again, putting me at 27, to return Avenger again and Skullmulcher.
- Cast Avenger, then Skullmulcher devouring the 14 tokens to draw 14 cards and gain 28 life.
End the turn with a full grip and 55 life.
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What did you sac the plants and Avenger to?
Fallen Angel
it's kind of hard to follow what's happening without tags. reading isn't the problem.
P1: B/U/R Nicol Bolas control. Casts Wits End targeting player 2.
P2: W/U/B pauper Merieke Ri Berit control. Responds with Counterspell.
P1: Responds to Counterspell with Perplex.
P2: Digs for an answer and finds none, discards hand to perplex.
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My friend signed my trade secrets and wrote "swerve'd! CHAOS!" On it as well. Nice keepsake
I wish I hadn't passed out so I could have seen that! Sigh, I wish jay would learn how to use jesters cap correctly. He should have given steve answers to deal with you and a couple of cards that could have potentially benefited himself.
Nope. Havoc Festival (links! :teach:) states players can't gain life.
I didn't know shadows could be viscous. (vicious coughcough)
--- Meren of Clan Nel Toth --- Jhoira of the Ghitu --- Prime Speaker Zegana ---
--- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief --- Ghoulcaller Gisa --- Akroma, Angel of Fury --- Titania, Protector of Argoth ---
He says that he killed ("swung Olivia out") the controller/owner of Havoc Festival before this comeback turn happened.
GX Tron XG
UR Phoenix RU
GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
You'll note that he says he killed the person who cast it.
Edit: Nathed.
Ah, well that just wasn't very clear then.
Can't just say "I killed off the Olivia player" or something? lol
--- Meren of Clan Nel Toth --- Jhoira of the Ghitu --- Prime Speaker Zegana ---
--- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief --- Ghoulcaller Gisa --- Akroma, Angel of Fury --- Titania, Protector of Argoth ---
He essentially did.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Just not very well, apparently.
/tangent
--- Meren of Clan Nel Toth --- Jhoira of the Ghitu --- Prime Speaker Zegana ---
--- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief --- Ghoulcaller Gisa --- Akroma, Angel of Fury --- Titania, Protector of Argoth ---
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GAzusa, Lost but SeekingG
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RAshling the PilgrimR