I played in the open with D&T and saw Punishing Loam,Elves, Jarvis Yu on a 4c delver list with at least 3 Fatal Pushes, and Belcher. Had a rough day of it. Decided to switch to Sneak and Show for the classic and ended up playing the mirror 3 times. D&T was well positioned for the Classic for sure.
I'm playing 2 Prelate main. I think they're extremely good vs. a good amount of the field. Asides from the usual utility vs. Miracles, Storm, and Lands there's also just the fact that against fringe decks it's a house. Naming 3 vs Aluren makes them into a bad bug deck, 1 vs Painter sends them topdecking for an answer etc.
Prepping my list for Louisville next month for when I'll be traveling down for the GP. Any insights to the local meta? I have heard it's a hotbed for Elves and because of that I've been considering going back to the Red splash for Sudden Demise and Cunning Sparkmage. Any thoughts?
Even with Teeg in the SB, doesn't a silver bullet deck like this want GSZ? Even as a 1 or 2 of? Or does the Thalia, GOT+Tax package make it just infeasible?
@mykatdied He is playing 8 MB Legendaries, plus 2 more in the side. Maybe Karakas is that important to the deck?
Game 1 on the draw, he GSZ for 0 and I plow his Arbor on my main. He plays out a Nettle and a Heritage Druid and I Revoker it on my next turn. My opponent further develops his board with a Symbiote and Rec Sage and I put a MOM and Mystic into play grabbing Jitte, thinking that I may be able to squeeze myself into a win until my opponent morphs a Birchlore Ranger to gum up my Jitte and I die to A behemoth the turn after.
Out
4x Flickerwisp
2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
In
2x Ethersworn Canonists
2x Path to Exile
1x Containment Priest
1x Warping Wail
Game 2 I get stuck on 2 lands with a THC in hand and my opponent Craterhoofs me to 1, wiping my board in the process. I scoop.
Round 2 (1-1) Lands
Game 1 on the draw, opponent plays Grove of the Burnwillow into gamble, discarding Punishing Fire. Woof. I play out my hand and curve perfectly into a t3 Prelate naming 2, almost completely locking him out of the game. After a few Flickerwisps and Wastelands for his Mazes, I take game 1.
Out
I think I just took out Swords and subbed in 3x RIP and my extra Prelate.
Game 2 he has the same opener as the first, except this time I go T2 RIP and T3 Prelate on 2. I beat him to death with nerds. Opponent was salty. I ate a snack.
Round 3 (2-1) Punishing Jund
Game 1I'm on the Play, and I lead with Plains->Mom. My opponent goes Grove->Mox Diamond->Punishing Fire. Woof. We fight over resources but I Prelate on 2 and overwhelm him with Flyers, I kill him over 2x 9/9 Knights of the Reliquary.
Out
I think I cut Thalia, Guardian of Thrabens for Banisher Priest and 3x Rest In Peace and traded SOFI for SOWAP
Game 2
I stumble on lands (again) and my opponent crushes me with multiple Knights and DRS activations. He also plays the new SOI Liliana? Doesn't do a whole lot but does kill a few Flickerwisps. I stabilize but it's obvious I won't be able to hold on for 9 more minutes so I concede to go to Game 3
Game 3
Game goes pretty quick, we are both playing fast. He lands multiple Confidants and another new Liliana but I have an active MOM so I ignore it. Whoops. He ultimates the new Liliana right before we go to turns. He ends up with 3x zombies and I activate Mystic to put in a SOWAP and equip it to a Flickerwisp and we start racing. I connect, go up 5 and he goes from 18 to 9, he connects and I go to 10. I connect the next turn putting him to 1 with his Zombies representing way past lethal. His Confidant flips a DRS and I almost pass out.
Round 4 Shardless (2-2)
Game 1
Super long grind, it became pretty hazy but I know I had an active MOM and Prelate on 3 and I killed him with Serra Avenger
Out
Flickerwisps I think for another Prelate and RIPS
Game 2
Really missed Crusader in this game, it was close but he zapped me to death with DRS while gumming up the air with Strix. Didn't see a RIP.
Game 3
Opponent got 2 separate Shardless Agents into Ancestrals and I just died. Stuck on colored sources as well for a while. Bummer.
Round 4 Miracles (3-2)
Game 1
Revoker on tops and Batterskull+Mystic trading for his Mentor were the key plays. Flickerwisped the Batterskull off an active Vial and killed him.
Game 2
Opponent realized he had played a 65 card deck afterwards. I realized he messed up when t2 he ran out a counterbalance and I played a THC out through a Cavern. Resolved a Gideon and killed him with 2/2's
Round 5 Miracles (3-3)
Honestly don't remember much, except that he Mentor/Top killed me game 1 on T5 and then resolved his own Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and a JTMS during g2 and just beat me to death through my own Batterskull and MOM. Started to get a little fatigued.
Round 6 Shardless (3-3-1)
Opponent was really nice, Game 1 was a total beatdown though, kept him off lands and had some timely Plows that kept the air clear while I killed him with Avengers.
Out
Flickerwisps for RIPS and Prelate
Game 2 my opponent resolved every single Recall in his deck. He almost decked himself during a boardstall where he had multiple Strix and planeswalkers but no quality finishers thanks to a RIP. Eventually got there with 3x Shardless and plenty of LOTV activations.
Game 3 we went to time, couldn't find the Prelates for Decay and lost my Vial t2. We grinded it out with me Revokering every 'Walker he resolved but with multiple Strix's in the air I couldn't swing through because I kept drawing RIPS.
Dropped afterwards
Going forward I think I put the Crusader back in the SB, as it's a near must have for the Shardless matchup. Probably cut a RIP. Main Board I think I need one more Plains instead of 3x Recruiter, as the card adds little to the clock IMO and really serves mainly for Flickerwisp armies or extra copies of Prelate.
I'll be at the Legacy Open in Baltimore next month if anyone wants to talk about the Meta!
Even with Teeg in the SB, doesn't a silver bullet deck like this want GSZ? Even as a 1 or 2 of? Or does the Thalia, GOT+Tax package make it just infeasible?
@mykatdied He is playing 8 MB Legendaries, plus 2 more in the side. Maybe Karakas is that important to the deck?
4x Wasteland
4x Rishidan Port
3x Karakas
1x Horizon Canopy
8x Plains
2x Cavern of Souls
Little Idiots
3x Phyrexian Revoker
4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4x Mother of Runes
4x Stoneforge Mystic
4x Flickerwisp
3x Recruiter of the Guard
2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
2x Serra Avenger
1x Sanctum Prelate
4x Swords to Plowshares
4x Aether Vial
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Batterskull
1x Umezawa's Jitte
2x Ethersworn Canonist
1x Containment Priest
1x Sanctum Prelate
1x Banisher Priest
2x Path to Exile
1x Warping Wail
1x Council's Judgement
1x Pithing Needle
1x Sword of War and Peace
1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Round 1 (0-1) Elves
Game 1 on the draw, he GSZ for 0 and I plow his Arbor on my main. He plays out a Nettle and a Heritage Druid and I Revoker it on my next turn. My opponent further develops his board with a Symbiote and Rec Sage and I put a MOM and Mystic into play grabbing Jitte, thinking that I may be able to squeeze myself into a win until my opponent morphs a Birchlore Ranger to gum up my Jitte and I die to A behemoth the turn after.
Out
4x Flickerwisp
2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
In
2x Ethersworn Canonists
2x Path to Exile
1x Containment Priest
1x Warping Wail
Game 2 I get stuck on 2 lands with a THC in hand and my opponent Craterhoofs me to 1, wiping my board in the process. I scoop.
Round 2 (1-1) Lands
Game 1 on the draw, opponent plays Grove of the Burnwillow into gamble, discarding Punishing Fire. Woof. I play out my hand and curve perfectly into a t3 Prelate naming 2, almost completely locking him out of the game. After a few Flickerwisps and Wastelands for his Mazes, I take game 1.
Out
I think I just took out Swords and subbed in 3x RIP and my extra Prelate.
Game 2 he has the same opener as the first, except this time I go T2 RIP and T3 Prelate on 2. I beat him to death with nerds. Opponent was salty. I ate a snack.
Round 3 (2-1) Punishing Jund
Game 1I'm on the Play, and I lead with Plains->Mom. My opponent goes Grove->Mox Diamond->Punishing Fire. Woof. We fight over resources but I Prelate on 2 and overwhelm him with Flyers, I kill him over 2x 9/9 Knights of the Reliquary.
Out
I think I cut Thalia, Guardian of Thrabens for Banisher Priest and 3x Rest In Peace and traded SOFI for SOWAP
Game 2
I stumble on lands (again) and my opponent crushes me with multiple Knights and DRS activations. He also plays the new SOI Liliana? Doesn't do a whole lot but does kill a few Flickerwisps. I stabilize but it's obvious I won't be able to hold on for 9 more minutes so I concede to go to Game 3
Game 3
Game goes pretty quick, we are both playing fast. He lands multiple Confidants and another new Liliana but I have an active MOM so I ignore it. Whoops. He ultimates the new Liliana right before we go to turns. He ends up with 3x zombies and I activate Mystic to put in a SOWAP and equip it to a Flickerwisp and we start racing. I connect, go up 5 and he goes from 18 to 9, he connects and I go to 10. I connect the next turn putting him to 1 with his Zombies representing way past lethal. His Confidant flips a DRS and I almost pass out.
Round 4 Shardless (2-2)
Game 1
Super long grind, it became pretty hazy but I know I had an active MOM and Prelate on 3 and I killed him with Serra Avenger
Out
Flickerwisps I think for another Prelate and RIPS
Game 2
Really missed Crusader in this game, it was close but he zapped me to death with DRS while gumming up the air with Strix. Didn't see a RIP.
Game 3
Opponent got 2 separate Shardless Agents into Ancestrals and I just died. Stuck on colored sources as well for a while. Bummer.
Round 4 Miracles (3-2)
Game 1
Revoker on tops and Batterskull+Mystic trading for his Mentor were the key plays. Flickerwisped the Batterskull off an active Vial and killed him.
Game 2
Opponent realized he had played a 65 card deck afterwards. I realized he messed up when t2 he ran out a counterbalance and I played a THC out through a Cavern. Resolved a Gideon and killed him with 2/2's
Round 5 Miracles (3-3)
Honestly don't remember much, except that he Mentor/Top killed me game 1 on T5 and then resolved his own Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and a JTMS during g2 and just beat me to death through my own Batterskull and MOM. Started to get a little fatigued.
Round 6 Shardless (3-3-1)
Opponent was really nice, Game 1 was a total beatdown though, kept him off lands and had some timely Plows that kept the air clear while I killed him with Avengers.
Out
Flickerwisps for RIPS and Prelate
Game 2 my opponent resolved every single Recall in his deck. He almost decked himself during a boardstall where he had multiple Strix and planeswalkers but no quality finishers thanks to a RIP. Eventually got there with 3x Shardless and plenty of LOTV activations.
Game 3 we went to time, couldn't find the Prelates for Decay and lost my Vial t2. We grinded it out with me Revokering every 'Walker he resolved but with multiple Strix's in the air I couldn't swing through because I kept drawing RIPS.
Dropped afterwards
Going forward I think I put the Crusader back in the SB, as it's a near must have for the Shardless matchup. Probably cut a RIP. Main Board I think I need one more Plains instead of 3x Recruiter, as the card adds little to the clock IMO and really serves mainly for Flickerwisp armies or extra copies of Prelate.
I'll be at the Legacy Open in Baltimore next month if anyone wants to talk about the Meta!
Wins were Maverick, Lands, Miracles.
Losses were Shardless, Miracles, and Elves.
I'd write a report if anyone was interested.