*1v1's someone who talks about how bad he's going to wreck my slow durdly dragons*
*ramps into a turn 3 Sarkhan Vol with Coiling Oracle having his back while I build loyalty*
*Gets him to 6 and Beast Withins another threat to his loyalty total*
*Plays Dragon Tempest and ults for the win on turn 5*
"HOW IS DRAGON TEMPST FAIR?! HOW IS DRAGON TEMPEST FAIR?!! Man, **** dragons hahaha!"
My friend plays kicked rite of replication on my kokusho with more additional counterspell mana up. I just have 1 untapped swamp and nothing relevant in play. But I can tap my one swamp to cast sacrifice, and the sacrifice is a cost so he can't counter it!
Uncounterably-countered a 9cmc sorcery that would drain 25 from each opponent and gain 75, for 1 mana, in mono black
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The Kozilek player got a decent start, in particular ramping with Oblivion Sower by taking my lands. He eventually had more of my lands than I did! I built up a few times but got kept in check by sweepers and spot removal. Various Eldrazi appear and attacked. The Progenitus player tried to build up planeswalkers but also suffered from the sweepers.
Eventually, the Kozilek seemed to be in the dominant position. The Kruphix player had a bunch of mana floating but no hand because of his turn being controlled by the Kozilek player via Emrakul, the Promised End. The Progenitus player had a Silent Arbiter out, making it harder for the Kozilek player to murder us with Eldrazi.
It was late the game seemed effectively over. The Kozilek player misplayed and attacked me player with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre instead of with Emrakul, letting me block and survive. I had ten mana from countering Kozilek, the Great Distortion with Plasm Capture, as well as Vorel on the battlefield equipped with Swiftfoot Boots and Illusionist's Bracers. I cast Altered Ego and had a copy of Emrakul enter with nine +1/+1 counters. Because of the Boots, it attacked the Kozilek player and then grew to 49/49 after a Vorel activation, killing the Kozilek player despite the original Emrakul blocking.
I couldn't believe I'd managed to take out the player who been dominating for the whole game. He attacked me with annihilator 4 at least three times and with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger once.
I passed the turn and the Kruphix player untapped to topdeck a cantrip that found Walk the Aeons, which he copied with Mirari and payed the buyback cost. Because of Life from the Loam and Terrain Generator, he was then able to take sufficient turns to eliminate us with forced draw.
So in the end both the Kozilek's error and my splashy finishing move didn't do anything to change who won.
Game 1: Marchesa 2.0, Ghave(me), Jor Kadeem, Karametra
T1 I play nothing. Jor Kadeem player plays Sol Ring into Thought Vessel into some equipment.
T2 Stony Silence. Jor Kadeem leaves to go to another pod around T10ish as the Stony Silence is still on the field.
Turns 3 - 20ish: I have hardened scale + Oran-Rief out and despite board wipes every other turn am doing a good job constantly putting out 10-20 power a turn. However, it proves to be too much to overcome.
T20ish: After 8 board wipes (including a Cataclysm) I try to convince Karametra to scoop to Marchesa and start game 2. He declines, board wipe #8 kills all creatures including my blood artist; I kill Karametra and scoop.
Game 2: Purphoros, Odric 2.0(me), Karametra
Purphoros does his normal thing. Ruby Medallion, Goblin Recruiter. Odric does an inspiring job as Devout Chaplain exiles Purphoros and I have roughly 20 power of flying/first strike/vigilance/lifelink, but alas Burn At the Stake finishes me off as Krenko's third turn yields roughly 30 goblins on the field.
Game 3: Purphoros, Oloro (me), Karametra
This game Purphoros was a little slower. Karametra builds up an impressive resistance, with Pariah on Purphoros, Elderscale Wurm, Platinum Angel, and has 11 counters on Ugin and 9 on Agani, Mentor of Heroes. Elder-Scale Wurm has 9 +1/+1 counters as well. I exile Purphoros, then cast Thief of Blood. Next turn my 30/30 Thief of Blood kills Mr. Mono-Red, then Merciless Eviction clears the rest of the creatures. Sanguine Bond + Debt to the Deathless is enough to finish the game.
Playing with Pharika, God of Afflictions with an Oloro, Ageless Aescetic on the table. Oloro has an Auriok Champion out and an Archangel of Thune, and a pile of tokens from Elspeth, Sun's Champion. I have Earthcraft and Squirrel Nest out, but well, with the Angel, Champion and the pile of tokens, there's no way I'd break through him.
Still, at his end step, I pump out 500.000 squirrels, so I'll at least have the mana to try and do something, else he'd kill me anyway. So I get my army out, draw, use a bunch of squirrels for mana, play Eldrazi Conscription on Pharika which triggered my two enchantress effects...and get Fallen Ideal and Grave Pact. In the end, I attacked with a 1000021/1000021 Pharika with Flying, Annihilator 2 and Trample (From Rancor).
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras. Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power. Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza. Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall. Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana. Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die. Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
In response one of my opponents played Gather Specimens. Of course I didn't fail to find. I handed the dude my deck to choose dragons because he totally deserves that right.
In response one of my opponents played Gather Specimens. Of course I didn't fail to find. I handed the dude my deck to choose dragons because he totally deserves that right.
I like the plays there but most people would have chosen not to look for dragons after a resolved gather specimens. Unless it was part of your master plan.
The 6 player game had gone long and I had been sitting quietly with an active tree, my commander, a Dimir House Guard, a Pestilence, and an untapped Cryptolith Fragment, meaning I could kill any player at instant speed. I was playing topdeck durdle and just drawing into interesting cards to play while the rest of the table fought. And sitting on a pet card from this particular deck...
The Sigarda player had his commander online, giving him hexproof against my tree, and I had cast Dense Foliage a turn ago, so Sigarda couldn't be removed at this time.
We're on about turn 12 and Sigarda has a big board built up and decides to go for it. They pop off a Shaman of Forgotten Ways and everyone's life tanks to single digits. They have their commaner, an 11/11, and about ten good sized tokens. Move to combat to swing lethal at the table.
In response I sac all my creatures to the Dimir Guard to clear my board, and then cast the dumbest, most useless-card-in-any-other-deck I have: Shriveling Rot entwined! And follow with a Pestilence activation for 1. I'm at one life from tapping the cryptolith to pay for the Rot, but I blow out the entire table including Sigarda from nowhere.
Rafiq got off to a quick start while I and Progenitus player had mana issues. Leovold came down briefly. I wiped the board on turn six with Akroma's Vengeance. Medomai the Ageless and Rafiq teamed up to give the Rafiq player two extra turns. He used those to kill the Leovold player with Berserk. The Progenitus player got out Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Brago, King Eternal.
I cast Selenia and Soul Echo for one. The Rafiq player attacked me with Medomai. Selenia blocked and got activated eleven times to reduce me to zero life. The Progenitus player realized what was up. He untapped and cast Iona, Shield of Emeria, agonizing over which color to name. He ended up naming white.
Playing this past Saturday night. Three of us left in the pod. My board state is Scroll Rack, Coat of Arms, 6 Kobolds from Kher Keep, and a bunch of lands. I cast Deceiver of Form and use Scroll Rack to put Utvara Hellkite on top of my library, then move to combat. Deceiver triggers and all 6 kobolds become Utvara Hellkite, when I attack 6 Hellkites trigger 6 times to create a total of 36 dragons. Due to Coat of Arms being in play, all attacking Hellkites get +42/+42 swinging for easy lethal to both remaining players.
I was dead on board next turn to a friend of mine while playing my Shu Yun creature less voltron deck. I had a land in hand, and handt dealt any commander damage to him yet as I was focusing on other players. I drew into a Shadow Rift, and played it while setting Shu yun up for the double strike. Then I drew Leap! Yes! Then I drew a land.
I had some spare mana, so I looked at my board. I had Lsayers Stronghold, but that would only take me to 14 commander damagw total. Then I remembered I had a Reckless Charge in the graveyard! Flashback, putting Shu Yun to 11 power with the prowess triggers, and he lands the one hitter quitter.
I'm still figuring out whether or not the creature less version is fun (I might add some monks in like Homura, Monastery Mentor and Fleet footed Monk), but I was impressed with how it worked there.
I play a version that is almost creatureless. I run monastery mentor ( the 2/2 prowess that makes monks when casting non creatures), young pyromancer, and talrand. that's it! If I don't have the tokens to block, things get dicey in my meta quick. However, I have been considering adding medomai the ageless as a 4th creature.
Table of 5. Me with Prime Speaker Zegana, then going clockwise Olivia, Mobilized for War aggro, Karametra, God of the Harvest ramp, Yosei, the Morning Star lockdown and Sydri, Galvanic Genius control. Karametra had gone for a big field and Yosei decided to press the Nuke Board button (can't blame him), turns pass, I leave open a pile of mana and Sanctum of Ugin, Olivia does some chump damage, and Karametra is up again...and he has an insane board by the end of his turn (Mirari's Wake and 17 lands will do that), notably he had Panharmonicon and Soul of the Harvest. Yosei is fresh out of boardwipes, Sydri just prepares some defenses as I flash in Elder Deep-Fiend, sacrificing my sanctum to grab Emrakul, the Promised End.
My turn rolls around and I naturally drop Emrakul, targetting Karametra. Olivia does nothing of consequence and I take Karametra's turn, figuring I might just drop a boatload of creatures in an effort to deck him out. It is then I topdeck Tooth and Nail. The cheshire cat grin I got upon casting it and getting Avenger of Zendikar and Regal Force never quite left my face that game, netting him 18 tokens...x2 due to Panharmonicon...followed by Regal Force drawing 36 from just the tokens...nope, 72, + a pile from what he already had.
He just looked at me and went "You seriously just did that?" while I went back to my own seat.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras. Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power. Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza. Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall. Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana. Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die. Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I, on the other hand, won a game with Jaya Ballard, Task Mage that, by all rights, I should have lost.
I was playing against Roon of the Hidden Realm, Captain Sisay, Nekusar, the Mindrazer and Maelstrom Wanderer. The game was going badly for me, as I was constantly taking damage and unable to stabilize. I'd been able to take out the Roon player, the Sisay player and Nekusar (the creature) with a 10-damage Comet Storm during my upkeep on an earlier turn. The Maelstrom Wanderer had his commander out and a bunch of burly creatures. I had Gauntlet of Might, Sensei's Divining Top and Rings of Brighthearth. I guess he figured there was no rush to kill me, as he was at 18 life and I was at 2 life, so he took out the Nekusar player first.
I figured I was a goner. In desperation, I started using the Top's draw ability, doubling it with the rings, and recasting it. I drew into Past in Flames and Wild Ricochet, with just enough mana to flashback Comet Storm for 9 damage and double it.
I was playing a game with Maelstrom Wanderer group hug/chaos with no win conditions on MTGO a while back. Turn 4 I cast Wanderer cascading into Dream Halls and Forced Fruition. My opponent’s spells are now free and whenever they cast a free spell they draw 7 cards. Certainly there is no possible way I can win. First guy untaps and says he can’t figure out how Dream Halls works on the client. I explain how to use it clearly but he can’t figure it out, casts a spell using mana and passes. Second guy also has the same issue and I explain again but he also casts a spell with mana and passes. The third guy is playing Nekusar, the Mindrazer and demonstrates he does know how Dream Halls works by casting his commander. He then casts a free Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, certainly we are all dead finally! His next free spell is Phyrexian Tyranny and he aims all his Niv Mizzet triggers at another player which causes the other 2 guys to scoop. I point out that Phyrexian Tyranny also affects him. He realizes his error and concedes giving me the game and I win what is about the most unwinnable game possible despite my best efforts to try and lose (other than straight scooping).
So if I can remember the line of plays correctly:
It's a multiplayer game with remaining players Melek, Izzet Paragon vs Nekusar, The Mindrazer vs Odric, Lunarch Marshal (me). Nekusar had blasphemous acted so I have an Emeria Shepherd, Mirran Crusader and some other cards in the yard with a loxodon warhammer. Melek had also cyclonic rifted all other permanents to hand (including my commander) then played omniscience, drew a ton of cards, plays furnace of rath and dictate of the twin gods, then plays spawn of thraxes, rite of replication's (kicked) to knock out a big chunk of Nekusar and me. He finishes with a stasis all of us are tapped out. The Nekusar player goes to scoop and I say "why?" He responds "So you can deal with this board state with no mana? I look at 7 plains on the battlefield with Emeria, The Sky ruin and two plains in hand and go "yea" with a smirk. On my turn I return the shepherd to play with Emeria, play a plains to return the warhammer and pass to Melek. He has to sac stasis because he is tapped out. He swings the spawns at Nekusar to kill him and leaves one to "block" against me. On my turn I play Odric, play another plains, get back Crusader, attach the warhammer to the angel, trigger Odric and swing at him for 7/4 double-striking, trampling, quadrupled, life-linking damage. Man I love magic
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My all time favorite win and regrettable end of a night is with the king. Nekusar. I was playing in a massive 12 person game. Beat a player, get a pack. The winner takes the rest of the box. I played with no real expectation of winning as other people had REAL money decks and my opening hand was lands/mana rocks. I was left alone for being the new guy. Played a lot of mana rocks and got Nekusar out. Some player played Font of Mythos (lady to my right) and I drew into Glistening Oil, Reforge the Soul, Land, and Counter Spell. O_o
I cast the Glistening Oil....Opponents faces turn white.....Counter spell is used against Force of Will......Play my island.....Cast Reforge the Soul, Pass turn....Faces of Opponents are now RED. Infect is no joke. Neither is clean sweeping everyone and having to be asked to leave the shop as other players had issues. I had to leave to "subside the heat" as they called it.
*Plays Sarkhan Vol and snatches it*
*Feels IMMENSE satisfaction from watching a Emrakul, the Promised End chump block my Dragonlord Atarka*
Cast Jeleva on turn 4 hitting High Tide, Past in Flames and Vandalblast
Both opponents tap out and it comes back around to me.
Play Island (making the total 3)
Swing at the opponent without a flying blocker, Cast High Tide
Tap islands for Mind over Matter
Discard a land card to untap Island to cast Turnabout
Cast Walk the Aeons and proceed to second turn
Draw Whispering Madness
Cast Whispering Madness cipher onto Jeleva
Swing with Jeleva, on trigger casts Past in Flames
On Cipher trigger Flashback High Tide
Discard 2 Cards
Cast Notion Thief
Whispering Madness resolves I draw 21 cards
Draw into Laboratory Maniac and Windfall
*ramps into a turn 3 Sarkhan Vol with Coiling Oracle having his back while I build loyalty*
*Gets him to 6 and Beast Withins another threat to his loyalty total*
*Plays Dragon Tempest and ults for the win on turn 5*
"HOW IS DRAGON TEMPST FAIR?! HOW IS DRAGON TEMPEST FAIR?!! Man, **** dragons hahaha!"
Uncounterably-countered a 9cmc sorcery that would drain 25 from each opponent and gain 75, for 1 mana, in mono black
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The Kozilek player got a decent start, in particular ramping with Oblivion Sower by taking my lands. He eventually had more of my lands than I did! I built up a few times but got kept in check by sweepers and spot removal. Various Eldrazi appear and attacked. The Progenitus player tried to build up planeswalkers but also suffered from the sweepers.
Eventually, the Kozilek seemed to be in the dominant position. The Kruphix player had a bunch of mana floating but no hand because of his turn being controlled by the Kozilek player via Emrakul, the Promised End. The Progenitus player had a Silent Arbiter out, making it harder for the Kozilek player to murder us with Eldrazi.
It was late the game seemed effectively over. The Kozilek player misplayed and attacked me player with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre instead of with Emrakul, letting me block and survive. I had ten mana from countering Kozilek, the Great Distortion with Plasm Capture, as well as Vorel on the battlefield equipped with Swiftfoot Boots and Illusionist's Bracers. I cast Altered Ego and had a copy of Emrakul enter with nine +1/+1 counters. Because of the Boots, it attacked the Kozilek player and then grew to 49/49 after a Vorel activation, killing the Kozilek player despite the original Emrakul blocking.
I couldn't believe I'd managed to take out the player who been dominating for the whole game. He attacked me with annihilator 4 at least three times and with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger once.
I passed the turn and the Kruphix player untapped to topdeck a cantrip that found Walk the Aeons, which he copied with Mirari and payed the buyback cost. Because of Life from the Loam and Terrain Generator, he was then able to take sufficient turns to eliminate us with forced draw.
So in the end both the Kozilek's error and my splashy finishing move didn't do anything to change who won.
Game 1: Marchesa 2.0, Ghave(me), Jor Kadeem, Karametra
T1 I play nothing. Jor Kadeem player plays Sol Ring into Thought Vessel into some equipment.
T2 Stony Silence. Jor Kadeem leaves to go to another pod around T10ish as the Stony Silence is still on the field.
Turns 3 - 20ish: I have hardened scale + Oran-Rief out and despite board wipes every other turn am doing a good job constantly putting out 10-20 power a turn. However, it proves to be too much to overcome.
T20ish: After 8 board wipes (including a Cataclysm) I try to convince Karametra to scoop to Marchesa and start game 2. He declines, board wipe #8 kills all creatures including my blood artist; I kill Karametra and scoop.
Game 2: Purphoros, Odric 2.0(me), Karametra
Purphoros does his normal thing. Ruby Medallion, Goblin Recruiter. Odric does an inspiring job as Devout Chaplain exiles Purphoros and I have roughly 20 power of flying/first strike/vigilance/lifelink, but alas Burn At the Stake finishes me off as Krenko's third turn yields roughly 30 goblins on the field.
Game 3: Purphoros, Oloro (me), Karametra
This game Purphoros was a little slower. Karametra builds up an impressive resistance, with Pariah on Purphoros, Elderscale Wurm, Platinum Angel, and has 11 counters on Ugin and 9 on Agani, Mentor of Heroes. Elder-Scale Wurm has 9 +1/+1 counters as well. I exile Purphoros, then cast Thief of Blood. Next turn my 30/30 Thief of Blood kills Mr. Mono-Red, then Merciless Eviction clears the rest of the creatures. Sanguine Bond + Debt to the Deathless is enough to finish the game.
Still, at his end step, I pump out 500.000 squirrels, so I'll at least have the mana to try and do something, else he'd kill me anyway. So I get my army out, draw, use a bunch of squirrels for mana, play Eldrazi Conscription on Pharika which triggered my two enchantress effects...and get Fallen Ideal and Grave Pact. In the end, I attacked with a 1000021/1000021 Pharika with Flying, Annihilator 2 and Trample (From Rancor).
In response one of my opponents played Gather Specimens. Of course I didn't fail to find. I handed the dude my deck to choose dragons because he totally deserves that right.
I like the plays there but most people would have chosen not to look for dragons after a resolved gather specimens. Unless it was part of your master plan.
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The 6 player game had gone long and I had been sitting quietly with an active tree, my commander, a Dimir House Guard, a Pestilence, and an untapped Cryptolith Fragment, meaning I could kill any player at instant speed. I was playing topdeck durdle and just drawing into interesting cards to play while the rest of the table fought. And sitting on a pet card from this particular deck...
The Sigarda player had his commander online, giving him hexproof against my tree, and I had cast Dense Foliage a turn ago, so Sigarda couldn't be removed at this time.
We're on about turn 12 and Sigarda has a big board built up and decides to go for it. They pop off a Shaman of Forgotten Ways and everyone's life tanks to single digits. They have their commaner, an 11/11, and about ten good sized tokens. Move to combat to swing lethal at the table.
In response I sac all my creatures to the Dimir Guard to clear my board, and then cast the dumbest, most useless-card-in-any-other-deck I have: Shriveling Rot entwined! And follow with a Pestilence activation for 1. I'm at one life from tapping the cryptolith to pay for the Rot, but I blow out the entire table including Sigarda from nowhere.
Nicol Bolas Dragon Dick
Hanna, Ship's Navigator Heart-attack Stax
Oona, Queen of the Fae Fairy Dance
Vhati Il-Dal Tree of Woe
Scion of the Ur-Dragon Durgensturm
Jolrael, Empress of Beasts Jamuraa's Army
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Tariel, Reckoner of Souls Angelic Judgment
Maraxus of Keld player used Gratuitous Violence and Warstorm Surge with Caged Sun, then Tempt with Vengeance for 11. I have no idea WHY two of us were decided to get 11 elementals too, but we (three other players) get 33*2/2*2 = 132 divided damage immediately. Good game...
Rafiq got off to a quick start while I and Progenitus player had mana issues. Leovold came down briefly. I wiped the board on turn six with Akroma's Vengeance. Medomai the Ageless and Rafiq teamed up to give the Rafiq player two extra turns. He used those to kill the Leovold player with Berserk. The Progenitus player got out Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Brago, King Eternal.
I cast Selenia and Soul Echo for one. The Rafiq player attacked me with Medomai. Selenia blocked and got activated eleven times to reduce me to zero life. The Progenitus player realized what was up. He untapped and cast Iona, Shield of Emeria, agonizing over which color to name. He ended up naming white.
I untapped and cast Repay in Kind for the win.
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Sometimes your opponent casts Mutilate while they have Grave Betrayal on the field. Thanks for the upgrade!
I had some spare mana, so I looked at my board. I had Lsayers Stronghold, but that would only take me to 14 commander damagw total. Then I remembered I had a Reckless Charge in the graveyard! Flashback, putting Shu Yun to 11 power with the prowess triggers, and he lands the one hitter quitter.
I'm still figuring out whether or not the creature less version is fun (I might add some monks in like Homura, Monastery Mentor and Fleet footed Monk), but I was impressed with how it worked there.
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The best way to kill a player after they've gained an absurd amount of life is to Mirrorweave all your creatures into Malignus.
My turn rolls around and I naturally drop Emrakul, targetting Karametra. Olivia does nothing of consequence and I take Karametra's turn, figuring I might just drop a boatload of creatures in an effort to deck him out. It is then I topdeck Tooth and Nail. The cheshire cat grin I got upon casting it and getting Avenger of Zendikar and Regal Force never quite left my face that game, netting him 18 tokens...x2 due to Panharmonicon...followed by Regal Force drawing 36 from just the tokens...nope, 72, + a pile from what he already had.
He just looked at me and went "You seriously just did that?" while I went back to my own seat.
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage against Kresh the Bloodbraided, Glissa, the Traitor, and The Mimeoplasm. I somehow managed to get a Daretti, Scrap Savant emblem earlyish, which let me set up relatively unmolested. Board was Caged Sun, Torpor Orb, Basilisk Collar, Journeyer's Kite, Rings of Brighthearth, and about a dozen mountains. Gambled for Crucible of Worlds (discarding one of 5 mountains in hand), played it, played Inventors' Fair from the yard, used Fair to tutor up Akroma's Memorial, played that, and passed. Took a couple little hits down to 19, mostly from Kresh's Dragon Broodmother and token. Next turn I use Fair to tutor up and play Gauntlet of Might, then play Jaya. In response, Glissa cracks a Ratchet Bomb that he had inexplicably ticked up to 7 a couple turns earlier to take out Memorial. Equip Jaya with Collar and go to end step. In response to Memorial coming back in, Mimeo Reality Shifts Jaya and I lose to Pathbreaker Ibex and a bunch of dragon tokens.
I fully expect that to be the only time I ever see Ratchet Bomb used to take out Akroma's Memorial.
I was playing against Roon of the Hidden Realm, Captain Sisay, Nekusar, the Mindrazer and Maelstrom Wanderer. The game was going badly for me, as I was constantly taking damage and unable to stabilize. I'd been able to take out the Roon player, the Sisay player and Nekusar (the creature) with a 10-damage Comet Storm during my upkeep on an earlier turn. The Maelstrom Wanderer had his commander out and a bunch of burly creatures. I had Gauntlet of Might, Sensei's Divining Top and Rings of Brighthearth. I guess he figured there was no rush to kill me, as he was at 18 life and I was at 2 life, so he took out the Nekusar player first.
I figured I was a goner. In desperation, I started using the Top's draw ability, doubling it with the rings, and recasting it. I drew into Past in Flames and Wild Ricochet, with just enough mana to flashback Comet Storm for 9 damage and double it.
It's a multiplayer game with remaining players Melek, Izzet Paragon vs Nekusar, The Mindrazer vs Odric, Lunarch Marshal (me). Nekusar had blasphemous acted so I have an Emeria Shepherd, Mirran Crusader and some other cards in the yard with a loxodon warhammer. Melek had also cyclonic rifted all other permanents to hand (including my commander) then played omniscience, drew a ton of cards, plays furnace of rath and dictate of the twin gods, then plays spawn of thraxes, rite of replication's (kicked) to knock out a big chunk of Nekusar and me. He finishes with a stasis all of us are tapped out. The Nekusar player goes to scoop and I say "why?" He responds "So you can deal with this board state with no mana? I look at 7 plains on the battlefield with Emeria, The Sky ruin and two plains in hand and go "yea" with a smirk. On my turn I return the shepherd to play with Emeria, play a plains to return the warhammer and pass to Melek. He has to sac stasis because he is tapped out. He swings the spawns at Nekusar to kill him and leaves one to "block" against me. On my turn I play Odric, play another plains, get back Crusader, attach the warhammer to the angel, trigger Odric and swing at him for 7/4 double-striking, trampling, quadrupled, life-linking damage. Man I love magic
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I cast the Glistening Oil....Opponents faces turn white.....Counter spell is used against Force of Will......Play my island.....Cast Reforge the Soul, Pass turn....Faces of Opponents are now RED. Infect is no joke. Neither is clean sweeping everyone and having to be asked to leave the shop as other players had issues. I had to leave to "subside the heat" as they called it.
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