So I've been playing Magic for over 2 years now and I finally decided to go to a GP. I plan on going to GP Toronto (Limited Format) next week, since this is my first time I don't know what to expect. For this GP it is possible to register online (which is what I plan on doing) so I was wondering if I register online, do I just show up to play on Saturday morning or do I have to do something else? I was also wondering about what I should expect in a GP? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
You too use Nivmagus Elemental; the main difference between your list and mine is you opted for more burn and I put in things like Voyage's End and Mizzium Skin. Just wondering, how aggressively do you mulligan hands without a creature?
Can someone tell me why Nivmagus is good? I tried him out and never ran into a situation (except to exile a countered spell) where I would rather give him +2/+2 instead of just using the spell. Not to mention it makes my spellhearts worse.
Oops typed the wrong card, I meant to put Guttersnipe not Nivmagus Elemental
Round 1: W 2-1 vs GR Midrange
Game 1: I got out an early Pyromancer and countered all his big threats and I eventually swung for the win with Pyromancer and elementals
Game 2: I stumbled on mana for a bit and he dropped a Ruric Thar on me, couldn't win from that point forward
Game 3: Went much like the first game I got out an early Pyromancer and countered his big threat, dropped a second Pyromancer and Guttersnipe later on and won the game from there
Round 2: W 2-0 vs Event Deck (it beat UW control in round 1)
Game 1:My opponent got mana screwed couldn't find white mana and I won pretty easily
Game 2: I got stuck on two mountains but I got down a turn 2 Pyromancer and turn 3 Pyromancer and burned all his creatures every turn after that while swinging in with my growing army of elementals
Round 3: L 0-2 vs RDW
Both games I was short on answers to deal with his creatures
Round 4: W 2-0 vs Grixis Control
Game 1: We traded cards back and forth for a while until I stuck a Chimera which my opponent couldn't find an answer to and I won the game with 2 swings
Game 2: My opponent got some early Goblin Electromancer beats in, but I got 2 Burning Earths down and he couldn't do anything
Top 8 match: W 2-1 vs Grixis Control
Yes same guy from before, I got mana screwed game 1, he got mana screwed game 2
Game 3: My opponent got a couple of hits in with Rakdos Keyrune early but I got a Guttersnipe down with counter spell back up, I proceeded to throw burn spells at his face while countering his spells. My opponent got down a Jace but I immediately used Pithing Needle on it and won the game
Top 4 match: L 0-2 vs RDW
Against the same guy I lost to in swiss. The games went better this time as I got down more burn, but I couldn't get a pyromancer to stick and he soon overwhelmed me with Boros Reckoners (both games)
What an ugly Top 8. So much for all that format diversity that Wizards keeps trying to talk about. It's one thing to keep telling us that Modern is diverse. It's another to actually see that top 8.
I was pretty lucky at a Sealed Event today ($50)
Got
1x Doubling Season
1x Aether Vial
1x Kira, the Great Glass Spinner
1x Yosei the Morning Star
1x Pyromancer's Swath
2x Eternal Witness
1x Spellsnare
1x Lightning Helix
Guys... c'mon we had this list months ago.
Spelling mistakes galore, banned card included (prior to printing), wrong number on tarmogoyf (i believe)
No need to investigate it "oh its fake becuase xyz" or "oh its real cause xyz"
its fake.
:lock::lock::lock:
edit:
i still cant beleive people go "oh BBE, oh second sunrise, its fake"
i bet money both those cards will be in the set.
Yeah but Wizards can make last minute changes to a set (like Emmara's last minute ability swap), so it wouldn't surprise me to see them in or not in the set
I went 5-2 with Orzhov (with Selesnya as a secret ally) finished 17th out of 91 players (my tie breakers sucked since I started 1-2), I actually thought I had a decent deck filled with a good amount of removal and some finishers
Gaze of Granite was the all-star of my deck and it helped me get 3 of my 5 wins, sometimes I used it when I was way behind on the board, to get back into the game but other times against things like aggro is was just a one sided board wipe
Oops typed the wrong card, I meant to put Guttersnipe not Nivmagus Elemental
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Guttersnipe
3 Spellheart Chimera
SPELLS
3 Izzet Charm
4 Steam Augury
2 Magma Jet
3 Lightning Strike
3 Syncopate
3 Dissolve
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Turn//Burn
2 Shock
9 Island
9 Mountain
2 Steam Vents
3 Izzet Guildgate
2 Cyclonic Rift
2 Rapid Hybridization
2 Negate
2 Essence Scatter
2 Shock
2 Pithing Needle
2 Burning Earth
1 Spellheart Chimera
Round 1: W 2-1 vs GR Midrange
Game 1: I got out an early Pyromancer and countered all his big threats and I eventually swung for the win with Pyromancer and elementals
Game 2: I stumbled on mana for a bit and he dropped a Ruric Thar on me, couldn't win from that point forward
Game 3: Went much like the first game I got out an early Pyromancer and countered his big threat, dropped a second Pyromancer and Guttersnipe later on and won the game from there
Round 2: W 2-0 vs Event Deck (it beat UW control in round 1)
Game 1:My opponent got mana screwed couldn't find white mana and I won pretty easily
Game 2: I got stuck on two mountains but I got down a turn 2 Pyromancer and turn 3 Pyromancer and burned all his creatures every turn after that while swinging in with my growing army of elementals
Round 3: L 0-2 vs RDW
Both games I was short on answers to deal with his creatures
Round 4: W 2-0 vs Grixis Control
Game 1: We traded cards back and forth for a while until I stuck a Chimera which my opponent couldn't find an answer to and I won the game with 2 swings
Game 2: My opponent got some early Goblin Electromancer beats in, but I got 2 Burning Earths down and he couldn't do anything
Top 8 match: W 2-1 vs Grixis Control
Yes same guy from before, I got mana screwed game 1, he got mana screwed game 2
Game 3: My opponent got a couple of hits in with Rakdos Keyrune early but I got a Guttersnipe down with counter spell back up, I proceeded to throw burn spells at his face while countering his spells. My opponent got down a Jace but I immediately used Pithing Needle on it and won the game
Top 4 match: L 0-2 vs RDW
Against the same guy I lost to in swiss. The games went better this time as I got down more burn, but I couldn't get a pyromancer to stick and he soon overwhelmed me with Boros Reckoners (both games)
Yeah it's pretty bad but they have Ben Stark twice and they don't have Josh McClain's deck
Got
1x Doubling Season
1x Aether Vial
1x Kira, the Great Glass Spinner
1x Yosei the Morning Star
1x Pyromancer's Swath
2x Eternal Witness
1x Spellsnare
1x Lightning Helix
Yeah but Wizards can make last minute changes to a set (like Emmara's last minute ability swap), so it wouldn't surprise me to see them in or not in the set
Rare: Wayfaring Temple
Uncommon: Brushstrider
Uncommon: Selesnya Keyrune
Uncommon: Risen Sanctuary
Common: Axebane Guardian
Common: Centaur Healer
Common: Druid's Deliverance
Common: Eyes in the Skies
Common: Trostani's Judgement
Common: Sundering Growth
Common:Rootborn Defenses
Common:Chorus of Might
Common: Giant Growth
Common: Trained Caracal
Common: Selesnya Guildgate
Gaze of Granite was the all-star of my deck and it helped me get 3 of my 5 wins, sometimes I used it when I was way behind on the board, to get back into the game but other times against things like aggro is was just a one sided board wipe
1x Axebane Guardian
1x Basilica Guards
1x Centaur Healer
1x Dutiful Thrull
1x Gutter Skulk
1x Korozda Gorgon
1x Risen Sanctuary
1x Scion of Vitu-Ghazi
1x Steeple Roc
1x Syndic of Tithes
1x Syndicate Enforcer
1x Thrashing Mossdog
1x Wayfaring Temple
1x Blind Obedience
1x Druid's Deliverance
1x Executioner's Swing
1x Eyes in the Skies
1x Far/Away
1x Fatal Fumes
1x Gaze of Granite
1x Knight Watch
1x One Thousand Lashes
1x Smite
1x Trostani's Judgement
1x Golgari Guildgate
2x Orzhov Guildgate
2x Selesnya Guildgate
4x Forest
4x Plains
4x Swamp
Second ability looks triggered to me
dodges Selesnya Charm even if it gets big, Selesnya Charm is white
Right, totally forgot about that
Ability doesn't work on planeswalkers