So I might have played the trashiest iteration I've ever touched this last Monday. Sadly I didn't get to play out the last round and ultimately ended 2-0-1, but had a blast doing it.
Matches were:
2-1 against RG Ponza
Hiding behind Bridge game 3, I managed to land Karn and hold down the board until Obliterate locking down the board with Karn out sealed the deal.
2-1 against BW Bears
My loss here came from getting land screwed game 2. Otherwise, pretty standard match; Anger kills just about everything, and Koth ultimate is game.
Round 3 would have been against Gifts Storm, but rounds 1 and 2 had gone to time and my daughter was getting cranky. We agreed to a prize split while also agreeing on a grudge match on a later date.
It felt weird maxing out both SSG and Mind Stone, but having 8 ways to cheat out a walker on turn 3 felt okay. Ultimately, Mind Stone becomes a midgame cantrip, so it was never really dead.
Karn did work, but most of my wins were on the back of Chandra. Even though I didn't have Eternal Scourge, Chandra won multiple games by herself. Koth often read "+1: Add R to your mana pool", but the ability to -2 into Karn or Obliterate is real.
Obliterate was a sideboard piece from the last time I played this months back when I was seeing Jeskai Control and Mono-U Tron in the meta. I enjoy the card much more than I should, and in slower local meta, I love the idea of closing out a match against blue control by blowing up everything.
The board definitely needs a bit of tweaking. I'm looking to include a couple Ratchet Bomb and, despite my better judgment, a 3rd Obliterate. I'm also considering moving the 4th Moon to the board in favor of the 3rd Relic.
Right now, there's a benefit going on for my friend's brother, who was hospitalized earlier in the year:
On January 1st of this year my older brother Aaron was mugged and severely beaten. They crushed his skull and shattered his jaw.
He has been in ICU since that day, the doctors were able to repair most of the damage but it will be a long road to full recovery.
All proceeds will go to towards Aaron's considerable medical bills.
Naturally, as gamers, the best way we know to raise money (or whatever) is to host a big tournament. It's going down today, and there's Standard and Legacy, with commentation.
Standard is going on now, Legacy is schedules to start in 2 hours, although I'm told that the legacy stream won't start for another 1-2 hours after that.
I'll try to keep updates here and answer any questions, but really, I'm just putting this out there as a 1-of legacy stream on a Saturday.
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4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Stormbreath Dragon
Planeswalker
4 Koth of the Hammer
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn Liberated
Other Spells
4 Mind Stone
4 Blood Moon
2 Relic of Progenitus
4 Skred
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Obliterate
20 Snow-Covered Mountain
2 Scrying Sheets
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Relic of Progenitus
3 Dragon Claw
3 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ricochet Trap
2 Shatterstorm
Matches were:
2-1 against RG Ponza
Hiding behind Bridge game 3, I managed to land Karn and hold down the board until Obliterate locking down the board with Karn out sealed the deal.
2-1 against BW Bears
My loss here came from getting land screwed game 2. Otherwise, pretty standard match; Anger kills just about everything, and Koth ultimate is game.
Round 3 would have been against Gifts Storm, but rounds 1 and 2 had gone to time and my daughter was getting cranky. We agreed to a prize split while also agreeing on a grudge match on a later date.
It felt weird maxing out both SSG and Mind Stone, but having 8 ways to cheat out a walker on turn 3 felt okay. Ultimately, Mind Stone becomes a midgame cantrip, so it was never really dead.
Karn did work, but most of my wins were on the back of Chandra. Even though I didn't have Eternal Scourge, Chandra won multiple games by herself. Koth often read "+1: Add R to your mana pool", but the ability to -2 into Karn or Obliterate is real.
Obliterate was a sideboard piece from the last time I played this months back when I was seeing Jeskai Control and Mono-U Tron in the meta. I enjoy the card much more than I should, and in slower local meta, I love the idea of closing out a match against blue control by blowing up everything.
The board definitely needs a bit of tweaking. I'm looking to include a couple Ratchet Bomb and, despite my better judgment, a 3rd Obliterate. I'm also considering moving the 4th Moon to the board in favor of the 3rd Relic.
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Edit: For flaming via PM, the 3-day was upgraded to a ban.
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Right now, there's a benefit going on for my friend's brother, who was hospitalized earlier in the year:
He has been in ICU since that day, the doctors were able to repair most of the damage but it will be a long road to full recovery.
All proceeds will go to towards Aaron's considerable medical bills.
Naturally, as gamers, the best way we know to raise money (or whatever) is to host a big tournament. It's going down today, and there's Standard and Legacy, with commentation.
Standard is going on now, Legacy is schedules to start in 2 hours, although I'm told that the legacy stream won't start for another 1-2 hours after that.
I'll try to keep updates here and answer any questions, but really, I'm just putting this out there as a 1-of legacy stream on a Saturday.
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