I drafted some excellent bombs this time around, yet I lost my first match to some annoying Avacynian Priests constantly tapping down my werewolf army.
I felt okay being three-color with the amount of mana fixing I had: Caravan Vigil, ghost Quarter, Traveler's Amulet, and a Mulch that I cut from the deck after the first game.
One player dropped, so I had a bye the second round, and I cleaned house my third round. Unfortunately, this put me in... I think fourth place.
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Creatures 1x Doomed Traveler 1x Elder Cathar 2x Thraben Sentry 1x Kruin Outlaw 2x Tormented Pariah 2x Village Ironsmith 1x Ambush Viper 1x Elder of Laurels 1x Grizzled Outcasts 1x Hamlet Captain 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity 1x Villagers of Estwald | Other Spells 1x Blasphemous Act 1x Traitorous Blood 1x Caravan Vigil 1x Full Moon's Rise 1x Prey Upon 1x Spidery Grasp 1x Travel preparations 1x Inquisitor's Flail 1x Traveler's Amulet | Lands 2x Plains 6x Mountain 8x Forest 1x Ghost Quarter |
12/10 Sealed PTQ
Well, I had a very decent aggressive deck without any ****ing super bombs. My most threatening card was probably Creepy Doll which very easily got shut down by Bonds of Faith. When that happened, I just threw it at my Skirsdag Cultist, which was not too effective this tourney. I had no token-makers and only one creature control spell. I won my first two matches very easily, had two more tense matches I ultimately lost, and then lost the fifth and sixth matches. By that point, I was definitely out of the running for prizes, and so I dropped to go spend the rest of the night with my not-yet-boyfriend.
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Creatures 1x Diregraf Ghoul 1x Falkenrath Noble 1x Markov Patrician 1x Screeching Bat 1x Walking Corpse 1x Bloodcrazed Neonate 1x Hanweir Watchkeep 1x Skirsdag Cultist 1x Creepy Doll 1x Geistcatcher Rig 1x One-Eyed Scarecrow Other Spells 1x Bump in the Night 1x Corpse Lunge 1x Dead Weight 1x Ghoulcaller's Chant 1x Gruesome Deformity 1x Brimstone Volley 1x Furor of the Bitten 2x Nightbird's Clutches 1x Traitorous Blood 1x Blazing Torch 1x Mask of Avacyn | Lands 8x Swamp 7x Mountain 1x Ghost Quarter 1x Shimmering Grotto | Sideboard 1x Kessig Wolf 1x Geistcatcher Rig |
The bombiest card in my sealed pool was Olivia Voldaren again. Luckily my red was also pretty darn strong. I had Burning Vengeance but I had only one red card with flashback, so it wasn't worth it. I splashed green for Spidery Grasp since I didn't have much in the way of flying answers. At first I splashed a little more green and had two Forests, but I got color starved too much. I settled my deck on one Forest, one Traveler's Amulet, and the grasp, giving me a 5/6 chance of having the green when I needed it. I lost the first match, won the second, lost the third, and then dropped and went home so I could go to bed on time (failed).
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Creatures 1x Disciple of Griselbrand 1x Manor Skeleton 1x Morkrut Banshee 1x Vampire Interloper 2x Ashmouth Hound 2x Bloodcrazed Neonate 2x Kessig Wolf 1x Rage Thrower 1x Reckless Waif 1x Scourge of Geier Reach 1x Olivia Voldaren | Other Spells 1x Curse of Death's Hold 1x Dead Weight 1x Blasphemous Act 1x Brimstone Volley 1x Furor of the Bitten 2x Harvest Pyre 1x Spidery Grasp 1x Blazing Torch 1x Traveler's Amulet | Land 7x Swamp 8x Mountain 1x Forest |
I managed to build a pretty decent aggro deck. I think I'm getting better at keeping BREAK in mind. I wound up with a higher mana curve than I expected, so I went 17 lands (one of which was a Shimmering Grotto so I could access a blue to flashback Desperate Ravings in a pinch. First match I went 2-0, second match I got slaughtered 0-2, and third match was 1-1 when we ran out of time. out of 6 players, four of us (including me) tied for second place.
I built a pretty decent white/black weenie-ish deck, but I lacked good removal. I had a Geistflame I splashed red for (also towards my Rally the Peasants]' flashback cost), but that wasn't enough. I lost 0-2 my first match (but that was before I fired Endless Ranks of the Dead from my deck), I won 2-0 my second match, and I lost 0-2 my third match. I was tired, so I dropped before match 4. I pretty much won when Mikaeus or Liliana came out and lost when they didn't. I was so disappointed with Unbreathing Horde. I never had enough zombies on the field to make him worth it, and I only sometimes had enough so that he would not die from SBE.
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1x Avacynian priest 2x Chapel Geist 1x Cloistered Youth 1x Doomed Traveler 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch 1x Selfless Cathar 1x Unruly Mob 1x Village Bell-Ringer 1x Abattoir Ghoul 1x Diregraf Ghoul 2x Ghoulraiser 1x Rotting Fensnake 1x Unbreathing Horde 1x Vampire Interloper 1x Walking Corpse | Other Spells 1x Rally the Peasants 1x Urgent Exorcism 1x Liliana of the Veil 1x night Terrors 1x Tribute to Hunger 1x Geistflame 1x Blazing Torch 1x Mask of Avacyn Lnads 7x Plains 6x Swamp 1x Mountain 1x Clifftop Retreat 1x Ghost Quarter | Sideboard 1x Ghostly Possession 1x Sharpened Pitchfork |
I grabbed a very strong red and white pool (I really wanted to use Champion of the Parish), and not too many black vampires, but I opened Olivia Voldaren in a pack and had to grab her. So I splashed black for her. I didn't have too much mana fixing, but I did okay. IIRC, I won 2 match and lost 2 matches. I didn't get to pull of saccing a Traitorous Blooded creature though, sadly.
I had a lot of consistency in this deck: two-of of many of my creatures. I believe I went 1/2 on matches, but of course this is too long ago to remember. I could have really used a Kessig Wolf Run in this deck, with all my werewolves! This deck suffered a lack of removal. I had two removal spells.
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Creatures 2x Tormented Parirah 2x Ambush Viper 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim 2x Festerhide Boar 2x Gastalf Shepherd 2x Grizzled Outcast 1x Kindercatch 1x Lumberknot 2x Orchard Spirit 1x Somerwald Spider 2x Villagers of Estwald 1x Geistcatcher's Rig | Other Spells 1x Harvest Pyre 1x Caravan Vigil 1x Full Moon's Rise 1x Prey Upon 1x Demonmail Hauberk Lands 7x Mountain 10x Forest |
I attempted a self-mill token-making deck and originally included Cellar Door and Parallel Lives. I thought they would be so fun with Kessig Cagebreakers, but it just didn't work fast enough for the format with all the other non-tokens in the deck. I also went high on the card count due to the self-milling. I think I lost all three matches. I took so long getting around to posting this, that I have forgotten! And I never had enough creatures in my graveyard for my blue zombies
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Creatures 1x Village Bell-Ringer 1x Lantern Spirit 1x Mindshrieker 1x Delver of Secrets 1x Deranged Assistant 2x Selhoff Occultist 1x Skaab Goliath 1x Skaab Ruinator 1x Grave Bramble 1x Kessig Cagebreakers 1x Kindercatch 1x Ulvenwald Mystics 1x Villagers of Estwald 1x Woodland Sleuth | Other Spells 1x Curiosity 1x Forbidden Alchemy 1x Frightful Delusion 1x Think Twice 1x Caravan Vigil 1x Travel Preparations 1x Ghoulcaller's Bell Lands 2x Plains 6x Island 1x Swamp 7x Forest 1x Shimmering Grotto |
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