So the RPTQ went well, I top 4ed and got the invite to Dublin.
The list I went with had maindeck 4 Etched Champion, 1 MOE, 1 Spellskite. I can post the entire list later if anyone is interested.
Round 1: R/W Prison 2-0
Game 1, he had some removal such as bolt and helix but I eventually beat his down with an Inkmoth.
Game 2, opponent played Blood moon which isnt very good and I won with Etched Champion.
Round 2: Jeskai Nahiri 2-1
Game 1, I mulled to 6 and he had all the answers, then used Nahiri ult for Emrakul.
Game 2, opponent mulled to 5, T2 Etched, T3 plating and that game was over quickly.
Game 3, opponent mulls to 5 again, appearently keeping a hand with Supreme verdict and drew another. I had 2 Inkmoths with signal pest and won through poison.
Round 3: Grixis Kiki 2-1
Game 1, he mana leaks plating, bolts overseer, then drew too many cantrips and Skirge+Blinkmoth beat him down
Game 2, He K commands, then spell snare, then Izzet charm. He then cast snapcaster on spell snare and Kiki Jiki, for the rest of the game he was copying Spancaster for any answer he need and beat me down with the mages.
Game 3, opponent mulls to 5, I get double ravager and he didnt have enough answers.
Round 4: Eldrazi Tron 2-1
Game 1, T2 Ornithopter swinging with a plating and he couldnt do much.
Game 2, he gets chalice on 0 then chalice on 2. He had multiple dismembers and Endbringers.
Game 3, I get double ravager plus blinkmoth and was too fast for him.
Round 5 and 6 I intentional Draw into Top 8.
Top 8: Jeskai Prowess 2-1
Game 1, he gets stormchaser mage+Mantis Rider and I didnt have enough flying blockers or removal, so he rolls me.
Game 2, I get and early Etched Champion and go plating, plating.
Game 3, I keep a hand of Blinkmoth, Glimmervoid, Vault Skirge, Galvanic Blast, Arcbound Ravager, Steel Overseer, and Cranial Plating. He paths Spellskite and bolts Overseer, Bolts Ravager and Helix on Skirge. It was looking really bad for me when I was at 6 life and oppenent at 11, I had a couple Blinkmoth and an Memnite on Board with Blast in hand. Opponent had a Mantis Rider.
I try to Blast mantis Rider and he saves it with Mutagenic Growth, I swing with Memnite and the 2 Blinkmoth bringing Him to 8. Then cast Etched Champion.
Next turn he attacks with Mantis Rider, im at 3. Next turn I draw Vault Skirge, swing with Etched he goes to 6.
I am at this point dead to many of his draws, he draws goblin guide, I draw a Blinkmoth off of the guide trigger, I block Rider with Skirge and Guide with Blinkmoth, then pump blinkmoth to trade, I go to 4.
Now I am hoping for plating for the win but I draw a Citadel, I swing with Etched he goes to 4. He whiffs again, swings with Rider, I chump with Blinkmoth. Still 4-4.
I draw another Citadel, swing with Champion, he goes to 2. He draws another goblin guide, attacks with guide and Rider, I block Rider with the Blinkmoth and block guide with memnite.
On the last turn I draw Springleaf Drum, swing with Etched Champion 1 more time to deal the final 2 points, and he extends his hand in concession.
Ravenous Trap seems fine, but isnt it pretty much the same as Crypt, except it doesnt help turn on opals or add to the artifact count, the only advantage i see is that it cant be destroyed by Grudge.
But ill think I may cut a whipflare and throw a trap in there. Do you think 3 hate cards will be enough?
Just like others have stated, grid is good against decks that bring in stony silence, I also bring it in against grindy decks like abzan and jund. It did win a game for me against a polymorph deck, this is not a tier 1 deck but basically his strategy was to make tokens and cast polymorph on one and drop Emrakul. Grid completely shut him down.
I use the chalice mostly for infect, though it can also be good against mono red burn and jeskai. You can also put it in if you are on the play in the mirror.
Thanks Tupie-San. The back to nature is for boggles though it's not as big as I thought it might be. Another spellskite may be correct in that spot where it is still good against boggles as well as other matchups.
I think the welding jar is great, I took out a memnite for it. I haven't been in a situation where I had it out and would rather a memnite. The meta right now is heavy Jund and Jeskai Nahiri. I think Jar is good in metas where Champion is better than Master(Removal heavy metas).
Maindeck:
4x Darksteel Citadel
4x Inkmoth Nexus
4x Blinkmoth Nexus
4x Glimmervoid
1x Mountain
4x Cranial Plating
4x Springleaf Drum
4x Mox Opal
4x Galvanic Blast
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Etched Champion
4x Vault Skirge
3x Steel Overseer
2x Memnite
1x Spellskite
1x Master of Etherium
Sideboard:
1x Blood Moon
2x Thoughtseize
2x Ancient Grudge
1x Ravenous Trap
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Grafdigger's Cage
1x Dismember
2x Ghirapur Aether Grid
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Spellskite
1x Whipflare
1x Stubborn Denial
The list I went with had maindeck 4 Etched Champion, 1 MOE, 1 Spellskite. I can post the entire list later if anyone is interested.
Round 1: R/W Prison 2-0
Game 1, he had some removal such as bolt and helix but I eventually beat his down with an Inkmoth.
Game 2, opponent played Blood moon which isnt very good and I won with Etched Champion.
Round 2: Jeskai Nahiri 2-1
Game 1, I mulled to 6 and he had all the answers, then used Nahiri ult for Emrakul.
Game 2, opponent mulled to 5, T2 Etched, T3 plating and that game was over quickly.
Game 3, opponent mulls to 5 again, appearently keeping a hand with Supreme verdict and drew another. I had 2 Inkmoths with signal pest and won through poison.
Round 3: Grixis Kiki 2-1
Game 1, he mana leaks plating, bolts overseer, then drew too many cantrips and Skirge+Blinkmoth beat him down
Game 2, He K commands, then spell snare, then Izzet charm. He then cast snapcaster on spell snare and Kiki Jiki, for the rest of the game he was copying Spancaster for any answer he need and beat me down with the mages.
Game 3, opponent mulls to 5, I get double ravager and he didnt have enough answers.
Round 4: Eldrazi Tron 2-1
Game 1, T2 Ornithopter swinging with a plating and he couldnt do much.
Game 2, he gets chalice on 0 then chalice on 2. He had multiple dismembers and Endbringers.
Game 3, I get double ravager plus blinkmoth and was too fast for him.
Round 5 and 6 I intentional Draw into Top 8.
Top 8: Jeskai Prowess 2-1
Game 1, he gets stormchaser mage+Mantis Rider and I didnt have enough flying blockers or removal, so he rolls me.
Game 2, I get and early Etched Champion and go plating, plating.
Game 3, I keep a hand of Blinkmoth, Glimmervoid, Vault Skirge, Galvanic Blast, Arcbound Ravager, Steel Overseer, and Cranial Plating. He paths Spellskite and bolts Overseer, Bolts Ravager and Helix on Skirge. It was looking really bad for me when I was at 6 life and oppenent at 11, I had a couple Blinkmoth and an Memnite on Board with Blast in hand. Opponent had a Mantis Rider.
I try to Blast mantis Rider and he saves it with Mutagenic Growth, I swing with Memnite and the 2 Blinkmoth bringing Him to 8. Then cast Etched Champion.
Next turn he attacks with Mantis Rider, im at 3. Next turn I draw Vault Skirge, swing with Etched he goes to 6.
I am at this point dead to many of his draws, he draws goblin guide, I draw a Blinkmoth off of the guide trigger, I block Rider with Skirge and Guide with Blinkmoth, then pump blinkmoth to trade, I go to 4.
Now I am hoping for plating for the win but I draw a Citadel, I swing with Etched he goes to 4. He whiffs again, swings with Rider, I chump with Blinkmoth. Still 4-4.
I draw another Citadel, swing with Champion, he goes to 2. He draws another goblin guide, attacks with guide and Rider, I block Rider with the Blinkmoth and block guide with memnite.
On the last turn I draw Springleaf Drum, swing with Etched Champion 1 more time to deal the final 2 points, and he extends his hand in concession.
But ill think I may cut a whipflare and throw a trap in there. Do you think 3 hate cards will be enough?
4x Binkmoth Nexus
4x Inkmoth Nexus
4x Darksteel Citadel
4x Glimmervoid
1x Mountain
4x Mox Opal
4x Springleaf Drum
4x Cranial Plating
3x Galvanic Blast
1x Welding Jar
4x Vault Skirge
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Steel Overseer
3x Etched Champion
2x Master of Etherium
2x Memnite
Sideboard:
2x Ancient Grudge
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Etched Champion
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Grafdigger's Cage
1x Dismember
2x Ghirapur Aether Grid
1x Blood Moon
1x Thoughtsieze
2x Whipflare
2x Spellskite
The meta I am expecting includes, Infect, Dredge, RG Valakut, Eldrazi, Jund.
As for the maindeck, im not sure if welding jar is correct, I also considered a Spellskite or the third Memnite.
For the sideboard, i feel like im forgetting something, maybe 1 Whipflare is enough and maybe 2 Thoughsieze is correct.
What do you all think? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks Tupie-San. The back to nature is for boggles though it's not as big as I thought it might be. Another spellskite may be correct in that spot where it is still good against boggles as well as other matchups.
I think the welding jar is great, I took out a memnite for it. I haven't been in a situation where I had it out and would rather a memnite. The meta right now is heavy Jund and Jeskai Nahiri. I think Jar is good in metas where Champion is better than Master(Removal heavy metas).
LANDS
4x Darksteel Citadel
4x Blinkmoth Nexus
4x Inkmoth Nexus
4x Glimmervoid
1x Mountain
CREATURES
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Ornithopter
4x Vault Skirge
4x Signal Pest
3x Steel Overseer
3x Etched Champion
2x Memnite
2x Master of Etherium
INSTANTS & SORCERIES
4x Galvanic Blast
OTHER SPELLS
4x Mox Opal
4x Springleaf Drum
4x Cranial Plating
1x Welding Jar
SIDEBOARD
1x Grafdigger's Cage
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Whipflare
1x Stubborn Denial
1x Relic of Progenitus
2x Ghirapur Aether Grid
1x Chalice of the void
1x Dismember
1x Wear // Tear
1x Back to Nature
1x Etched Champion
1x Spellskite
RD. 1 - Jeskai Nahiri 1-0
RD. 2 - UG Infect 2-0
RD. 3 - Jeskai Nahiri 3-0
RD. 4 - Jund 3-1
RD. 5 - Naya Zoo 4-1
RD. 6 - Intentional Draw 4-1-1
Top 8
Blue Moon
Jund
UG Infect
I like they way this list plays, if I were to make a change it would likely be Tormod's Crypt for Relic of Progenitus
Im thinking a Vampire and Ludevic