im really disappointed no one but me used the exile zone as a resource.
I did try a couple of angles with this, but couldn't find anything that wasn't extremely clunky. Riftsweeper needed heavy support to use it as part of an engine rather than just to set up hideaway, and Mirror of Fate is really slow by PHM standards (and again, requires a ton of support if you want it to be more than a one shot effect.)
8: 6-0: Bloom -> Tradewinds bounces Bolas, then Sneak wins.
You have to Tradewinds a permanent of your own. That's gonna be a land. (If you Eureka'd out Chancellor, Nicol stole it; if you Eureka's out Sneak, Nicol killed it; if you Eureka'd out both, Nicol killed Sneak, which kills your combo.) Doing so sets you a turn back. Which is just enough time for me to get in a lethal attack.
You're right; I didn't pay attention to the fact that your hand win t3. I've updated my original post.
9: 3-3: When I play first, I have t2 Sneak-Emrakul, which SeeNamed Person can't stop. When I play second, things are more complicated. SeeNamedPerson casts t1 Exploration (exiling Infernal Harvest), and then I cast t1 Summer Bloom (exiling Chancellor). SeeNamedPerson ends t2 with Plains, 2x Island, and Forest on the battlefield, then casts Containment Priest on my t2 upkeep (exiling Denial). Priest would kill me the turn before I could hardcast Emrakul, so I bounce it with Tradewinds (exiling Sneak Attack). SeeNamedPerson casts t4 Karn (exiling Priest), then Thwarts my Thwart and wins.
You're giving me a 7th card in hand to exile for Thwart, there. (I was assuming we have to exile and bounce at the same time, and so that doesn't work. Does it?)
I'm also not sure why you have me casting Containment Priest proactively before I've bounced Islands. I think I wait to play it in response to Sneak Attack activation, making you waste a card in hand and mana.
That said, I can cast Karn (with containment/denial back-up) on turn 5, keeping up Thwart to bounce islands for fuel should you tradewinds, and containment priest. I think that ultimating Karn is a faster win condition, and I think I still win that way.
As noted by HerziQuerzi, costs can be paid in any order.
The reason I had you cast Priest proactively is because your alternatives are Priest in response to casting Sneak (if Sneak actually resolves, then I can activate Sneak in response to Priest to at least rebuy Bloom) + Denial or Denial + Thwart, and I think of Denial as your second-worst card in the matchup (following Infernal Harvest). That said, the line of Forest, Exploration, Island, Island, Island, Thwart, Denial is cleaner.
WhammeWhamme: Chancellor of the Tangle / Chancellor of the Tangle / Azusa, Lost but Seeking / Thwart / Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite / Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
vs. 01 Artscrafter: Turn 1 Azusa with Thwart backup can't be killed, Emrakul FTW. 6-0
vs. 02 bubblecat2: OTP, fast... Chancellor? OTD, I can't see a win. Head hurts. 3-3?
vs. 03 Feyd_Ruin: Turn 1 Azusa -> Emrakul. 6-0
vs. 04 HerziQuerzi: Turn 1 Azusa -> Turn 5 Emrakul. 6-0
vs. 05 Mogg: OTP, I counter Summer Bloom and can RACE Sneaky Emrakul. 3-3
vs. 06 nerdyjoe: Azusa can't be Pathed until he has Arcane Denial backup (thwart), so big guys stomp. 6-0
vs. 07 Piato: If he Eurakas, he loses. 6-0
vs. 08 Rush_Clasic: ...wow, I think I can't handle City/Eureka. 0-6
vs. 09 SeeNamedPerson: OTP, Azusa and counter exploration FTW. 3-3
vs. 10 SwapGo Tron: Plan "B" of Chancellor + Elesh Norn seems solid here. 6-0
vs. 11 tidalslimshady: Azusa/Emrakul requires Skinrender, but Lifeforce/Skinrender/anything loses to Norn. 6-0
vs. 12 Tomsloger: OTP, counter Riftsweeper. 3-3
4v1 - Thrun is too fast for Restore Balance 0-6
4v2 - I'm pretty sure we draw. Reality Strobe handles Allosaurus, your Abrupt Decay handles my Molten Vortex, and Mental Misstep handles Helix Pinnacle. 2-2
4v3 - I think you win this one. Deprive's handle my control cards, and Decree+Elixir should race Vortex. 0-6
X
4v5 - I can slow you down but not stop you. 0-6
4v6 - Can't stop Thrun. 0-6
4v7 - Free mana boosted spells get past my early game counters. 0-6
4v8 - Bolas casually destroys my enchantments, then wins. 0-6
4v9 - On your play, your counters can shut me down. On my play, I drop Vortex and Trade Routes before you can stop me. Karn and Vortex eat each other, then Priest wins. 0-6
4v10 - Mental Misstep handles Nature's Claim, Vortex and Trade Routes drop beore Thought-Knot and win me the game. 6-0
4v11 - Spell Snare eats Arcane Denial, Restore Balance handles True-name Nemesis, and Trade Routes + Vortex wins the game. 6-0
4v12 - On your play, I can't stop anything. On my play, Spell Snare shuts down Riftsweeper. 3-3
4v13 - Azusa dodges my counters 0-6
Chancellor of the Tangle shenanigans abound, dodging my early game focused counter spells.
2-3: 0-6: Decree outraces Pinnacle w/ counter protection for Dack. Rider loses to Decree recursion, and bb2 doesn't have enough green cards for Rider + Pinnacle.
2-6: 0-6: Pte > Rider, Thrun > Pinnacle.
2-9: 0-6: bb2 devotes too many resources to forcing Dack onto the battlefield, and Priest wins.
2-11: 2-2: tnn can't outrace rider, but it can block.
2-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
3-6: 0-6: t1 tokens + t2 thrun vs. t1 elixir + t4 floodbringer + deprive. Thrun + tokens are too fast; Feyd needs Floodbring to survive for Elixir/Decree recursion.
You're right; I didn't pay attention to the fact that your hand win t3. I've updated my original post.
As noted by HerziQuerzi, costs can be paid in any order.
The reason I had you cast Priest proactively is because your alternatives are Priest in response to casting Sneak (if Sneak actually resolves, then I can activate Sneak in response to Priest to at least rebuy Bloom) + Denial or Denial + Thwart, and I think of Denial as your second-worst card in the matchup (following Infernal Harvest). That said, the line of Forest, Exploration, Island, Island, Island, Thwart, Denial is cleaner.
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vs. 01 Artscrafter: Turn 1 Azusa with Thwart backup can't be killed, Emrakul FTW. 6-0
vs. 02 bubblecat2: OTP, fast... Chancellor? OTD, I can't see a win. Head hurts. 3-3?
vs. 03 Feyd_Ruin: Turn 1 Azusa -> Emrakul. 6-0
vs. 04 HerziQuerzi: Turn 1 Azusa -> Turn 5 Emrakul. 6-0
vs. 05 Mogg: OTP, I counter Summer Bloom and can RACE Sneaky Emrakul. 3-3
vs. 06 nerdyjoe: Azusa can't be Pathed until he has Arcane Denial backup (thwart), so big guys stomp. 6-0
vs. 07 Piato: If he Eurakas, he loses. 6-0
vs. 08 Rush_Clasic: ...wow, I think I can't handle City/Eureka. 0-6
vs. 09 SeeNamedPerson: OTP, Azusa and counter exploration FTW. 3-3
vs. 10 SwapGo Tron: Plan "B" of Chancellor + Elesh Norn seems solid here. 6-0
vs. 11 tidalslimshady: Azusa/Emrakul requires Skinrender, but Lifeforce/Skinrender/anything loses to Norn. 6-0
vs. 12 Tomsloger: OTP, counter Riftsweeper. 3-3
6 3 6 6 3 6 6 0 3 6 6 3
Mental Misstep / Spell Snare / Restore Balance / Trade Routes / Reality Strobe / Molten Vortex
4v2 - I'm pretty sure we draw. Reality Strobe handles Allosaurus, your Abrupt Decay handles my Molten Vortex, and Mental Misstep handles Helix Pinnacle. 2-2
4v3 - I think you win this one. Deprive's handle my control cards, and Decree+Elixir should race Vortex. 0-6
X
4v5 - I can slow you down but not stop you. 0-6
4v6 - Can't stop Thrun. 0-6
4v7 - Free mana boosted spells get past my early game counters. 0-6
4v8 - Bolas casually destroys my enchantments, then wins. 0-6
4v9 - On your play, your counters can shut me down. On my play, I drop Vortex and Trade Routes before you can stop me. Karn and Vortex eat each other, then Priest wins. 0-6
4v10 - Mental Misstep handles Nature's Claim, Vortex and Trade Routes drop beore Thought-Knot and win me the game. 6-0
4v11 - Spell Snare eats Arcane Denial, Restore Balance handles True-name Nemesis, and Trade Routes + Vortex wins the game. 6-0
4v12 - On your play, I can't stop anything. On my play, Spell Snare shuts down Riftsweeper. 3-3
4v13 - Azusa dodges my counters 0-6
Chancellor of the Tangle shenanigans abound, dodging my early game focused counter spells.
X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 | PT
4 | 0 2 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 0 | 16
1| X 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 6 6 2 6 0 | 34 | 283
2| 0 X 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 4 2 0 3 | 14 | 117
3| 6 6 X 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 | 30 | 250
4| 0 2 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 0 | 16 | 133
5| 6 6 6 6 X 6 6 3 3 6 6 6 3 | 60 | 500
6| 2 6 6 6 0 X 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 | 50 | 417
7| 6 3 6 6 0 0 X 6 6 6 6 0 0 | 42 | 350
8| 6 3 6 6 3 0 0 X 6 6 6 0 6 | 46 | 383
9| 0 6 6 6 3 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 3 | 34 | 283
0| 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 3 0 | 03 | 25
1| 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 X 0 0 | 10 | 83
2| 0 6 6 3 0 6 6 6 6 3 6 X 3 | 48 | 400
3| 6 3 6 6 3 6 6 0 3 6 6 3 X | 50 | 417
2-3: 0-6: Decree outraces Pinnacle w/ counter protection for Dack. Rider loses to Decree recursion, and bb2 doesn't have enough green cards for Rider + Pinnacle.
2-6: 0-6: Pte > Rider, Thrun > Pinnacle.
2-9: 0-6: bb2 devotes too many resources to forcing Dack onto the battlefield, and Priest wins.
2-11: 2-2: tnn can't outrace rider, but it can block.
2-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
3-6: 0-6: t1 tokens + t2 thrun vs. t1 elixir + t4 floodbringer + deprive. Thrun + tokens are too fast; Feyd needs Floodbring to survive for Elixir/Decree recursion.
3-9: 0-6: t4 Karn + Thwart / t5 Karn + Thwart + Denial.
3-11: 6-0: tnn + leylines + denial / dack loses to deprive + floodbringer + infinite elixir life gain.
3-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
6-9: 6-0: t2 thrun.
6-11: 6-0: tokens + Thrun + Denial + Chancellor > Leyline + tnn + Denial.
6-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
9-11: 6-0: t4 Karn + Denial / Priest to chump Skinrender.
9-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
11-12: 0-6: t2 emrakul.
Mogg wins.
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GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
piato475 486 431 350 | 1742
WhammeWhamme488 271 177 417 | 1353
nerdyjoe388 129 354 417 | 1288
Rush_Clasic438 171 285 383 | 1277
tomsloger375 329 108 400 | 1212
Grumsh375 286 431 XXX | 1092
Feyd_Ruin400 414 XXX 250 | 1064
SeeNamedPersonXXX 457 262 283 | 1002
Mogg450 XXX XXX 500 | 0950
Madmanquail238 243 354 XXX | 0835
Artscrafter200 XXX 338 283 | 0821
tixxonXXX 414 200 XXX | 0614
bubblecat2138 157 169 117 | 0581
HerziQuerzi163 193 XXX 133 | 0489
tidalslimshady050 171 185 083 | 0489
SwapGoTronXXX XXX 415 025 | 440
MechanicalMech325 XXX XXX XXX | 0325
xStormaggedonx175 XXX 138 XXX | 0313
Tarox_Bladewing038 264 XXX XXX | 0302
XirekXXX 121 XXX XXX | 0121
Convoy_Avenger075 XXX XXX XXX | 0075
piato wins PHML 44 with an average score of 436!
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy