MTG Salvation

I appreciate the response. I see your point with bitterblossom. If only it added a fae when it entered the battlefield!

As for Pontiff, I really look forward to using him. Have you ever had the haunt ability be relevant?

I am not too pleased with the emergence of Leovold. I tested Reid's list at my local legacy event and it was silly.

I was traditionally running a creature heavy sideboard without council's judgement. It seems I have to adapt and not leave home without at least two in the side.

I really like the idea of splashing black for pontiff and perish. What are your thoughts on a singleton bitterblossom in the side for some help against miracles? I know gideon is better overall but an early bitterblossom could be easier to land if you have a Thalia out and are on the mana denial plan. I plan to try the build out this week.

I made day two of SCGBalt with a 61 card main! I finished the day in....61st place! I unfortunately couldn't physically make day 2 (had to watch my son, etc.)

4 Thalia 4 Swords 4 Wasteland
4 Mom 4 Vial 4 Port
4 SFM 1 Batterskull 3 Karakas
4 Wisp 1 Sword of Fire 3 CAVERNS
3 Recruiter 1 Jitte 9 Plains
3 Revoker
2 Serra Avenger
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Thalia 2.0
1 Prelate

Sideboard
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Rest in Peace
2 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Graf Cage
1 Sanctum Prelate
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Containment Priest
1 Mangara
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Wilt Leaf



Here is a brief report of my matches

Round 1- Kiran on Eldrazi Aggro.(1-0) So disappointed to see that my first match is Eldrazi. I lose game one in 4 minutes. I land timely wastelands and swords game 2 and 3. Very lucky to leave with a win.

Round 2- Michael on Eldrazi and Taxes.(2-0) I win a quick game one by taxes his mana. I never see any sign of it being eldrazi so I leave mother of runes in. Lose game 2 and side out all 4 moms quickly. Leon Relic Warder did work on Mox Diamond and Smuglers Copter.

Round 3- Bob on Bug Delver.(2-1) Bob seems to be a very good delver player. He has answers to every move I made. Just when I try to stabilize and turn the corner I get dismembered or decayed. I regret not having a magus in the side. I lose two games.
Round 4- Kyle on Lands. (3-1) I win game one by landing revoker on molten vortex and prelate on 2. I win game 2 by getting rid of his green sources early and landing rest in peace.

Round 5- John on Bug Delver. (4-1) I get things going with a quick game one win. I win game two with getting some good luck. With on mirran crusader on board, He allows his liliana of the veil with 2 counters die instead of just letting his delver of secrets die. I follow up with a rest in peace cutting off his DRS and Tarmogoyf

Round 6-Aggro Loam. (5-1) I win a fast game one by getting an early vial and taxing/swording any threats. Game two Sean leads with a mox diamond into a greensun for an dryad arbor. Seeing he misses his land drop, I immediately turn one swords the arbor. I get lucky and top deck 2 swords to kill a confidant and a ooze for the blow out. He asks for the slip because he didn't want to get "ticked off anymore". His signature was a hole in the sheet. This was my first interaction with a very angry and unpleasant opponent. I ignore everything and walk away.

Round 7- Kyle (different kyle) on Lands. (6-1) Very similar outcome to my earlier lands match game one. Recruiter to Prelate is amazing. Game two I mull to 5 and land an opener of plains plains 2 rest in peace and a vial? He blanks a few turns and I win.

Round 8- Ian on Aggro Loam (6-2) I win game one with a traditional start. I lose game two trying to stop liliana, tabernacle, and knight of the rel. I have my first MAJOR error of the day by missing LETHAL. I decided to draw and not pay the tabernacle trigger! How could I melt down like this.

Round 9- Jarvis on Grixis Delver (6-3). Wouldn't it be great to finish the day with a win vs local legacy guru Jarvis Yu. I knew that Jarvis was on Grixis and felt really good going into the match. We were back up feature match. I win a smooth game one. Game two I get blown out by a sulfur elemental. Game 3 I feel like I get a really good start but get destroyed by his timely dismember on avenger, bolt on crusader and 2 sulfur elementals! I wish I had a magus in this match up. I probably should have saved my swords for elemental and wasteland for his red sources. Maybe I tutor for revoker to dodge the white hate? None the less, he played very well.

Final thoughts- I really liked playing with 61 cards. I decided on 61 cards in order to keep Thalia 2.0. I wish I was greedy and put magus of the moon in the board because it would have stuck in many of the matches. I liked recruiter but often sided it out for threats like rest in peace. The mvp of the day was leonin relic warder. It did wonders in many of the sideboard games. 3 Caverns never backfired all day except during my last round when I was already about to die game 2 against jarvis (wasted both). I will always be more careful vs tabernacle.

I am sure you are right. I will probably go with 2 at the open unless greed sinks in!

My rationale for 3 caverns is I tend to use creature answers in the side like (mangara, Leonin Relic-Warder, etc). If I was running a non creature mana intensive sideboard (cata, judegment, etc) than 3 is way too much. I feel like recruiter and prelate have helped the miracles match up so much that hoping to resolve a gideon seems to be unnecessary. Also, cavern has done some serious work against delver in my meta. Making daze and force worthless is huge.

I am sure I am not getting the amount of games in that alot of you are. I may go on a bad streak but until then cavern on!

With the amount of humans in the deck, I cannot see how one cavern is still in most lists. I have been running 3 since the new conspiracy goodies and will not go back.

In a metagame full of eldrazi, is it unreasonable to try a single basilisk collar in the sideboard? I feel like giving our first strike creatures a deadly blow could be useful.

@mrjumbo03

I tried two in my green splash taxes. I ended up cutting one crusader and one revoker to accommodate the two copies. I liked her a lot but cant see myself ever running more than 2. Her slow down effect is nice but I feel like I prefer a more permanent tax. I will try running her as a singleton next time because I really do not like cutting the revoker.

Awesome job Medea. I have lurked for over two years and have always appreciated your insight.

Wonderful match. It looked just like my testing the other night against shardless. Good luck.

@curby Teeg was really good most of the day. I cut Armageddon the day before the tournament and I know it certainly could have helped in the loss to miracles. I never actually landed a sylvan library because it seemed too slow and caused me not to side it in. I am not sure what changes I will make but I think another Canonist seems like a good move.

4 Mother of Runes
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Serra Avenger
1 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Flickerwisp
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Mirran Crusader

4 AEther Vial
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice

3 Karakas
4 Wastland
4 Rishadan Port
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Horizon Canopy
4 Plains
4 Windswept Heath
2 Savannah

SB
1 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Rest in Peace
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Choke
1 grafdiggers cage
1 enlightened tutor
1 gaddock teeg
1 sword of war and peace
1 wilt leaf liege
1 runed halo
1 oblivion ring
1 pithing needle
1 absolute law
1 sylvan library

Greetings, I landed in 57th place at the Legacy Championship this past weekend in Philly. It was my second large tournament ever (scgdc). While sitting at 3-3, I was expecting to drop at 4 losses but had an incredible run of 5 wins to close the day! I ran two maindeck teegs and one in the sideboard.

Round 1(loss)-Miracles. I made many misplays, grabbed SoFaI instead SoWaP while my opponent was at single digit life. Entreat, swing for win.
Round 2(win)-Omnitell
Won game three via choke, wasteland, and Thalia.
Round 3(loss)-Lands
Got beat up from keeping a double vial, port and wasteland hand. Tabernacle wiped me both games.
Round 4(win)-Burn
2-0. Jitte and Batterskull both games.
Round 5(win)-Bug Delver
Won game 3 with a Karakas Thalia equipped with batterskull VS two 5/6 goyfs.
Round 6(loss)-Imperial Taxes
Won game one, lost two and 3. Vialing for recruiter was pretty nice. Close games.
Round 7(win)-Rug Delver
Grindy wins with vial and Thalia doing the work
Round 8(win)-Reanimator
Had the swords, Thalia, Revoker in response to Griselbrand. 2-0
Round 9(win)-Miracles
Lost game one. Won game two with teeg and thalia. Won game 3 on turn five with a spirit of the labyrinth with a SoFaI and SoWaP.
Round 10(win)-Dredge
Lost game one in 2 minutes. Game two cage and rest and peace in hand. Game 3 rest in peace.
Round 11(win)-Grixis
Aether Vial, Thalia, Wasteland and Port, Stoneforge for swords. 2-0

Does anyone have a good scan or wallpaper?

Also, does anyone know where to find Rishadan Port prints?

Hello,

I am just getting back into the magic scene and am looking to play test modern or legacy in the gaithersburg area.


-Pat

I allowed the local judge/singles dealer to inspect both of my plateau's and compare them to his. He believes that both of mine are real. Just like all of you are saying, he said that revised had a ton of variation. The only thing we noticed different was the white line on the right side of one of mine looked different under the jewelers loupe compared to the others. He said that the mana symbols are a good way to check if a card is fake. The ring on the plains symbol will not be clear on a fake. I feel much better for now! Thanks everyone who commented.