MTG Salvation

Played in a 20 person FNM, capped at 4 rounds.

Round 1 vs. Skred. I make him discard some of his stuff. I play a Liliana of the Veil and he has the choice to double Bolt it or Goyf. He does Goyf and loses in the long run. I eventually ultimate Lily, despite him having 2 Thopter tokens from Pia and Kiran for the longest time. He chose not to attack Lily a bunch of times and eventually he wasn't able to anymore, as I used Fatal Push X 2 to kill the tokens so I wouldn't discard them to Lily. In next game, I lose to my creatures getting burned, then Chandra Torch and Koth abusing me. In the last game, I get to parity, despite a mulligan to 6 again. But he draws Koth, Chandra Torch, Goblin Rabblemaster, and Chandra Torch on 4 consecutive turns while Dark Confidant and draw steps got 5 lands and a Scavenging Ooze. I probably should have saved the Lily in my hand in this game because I had to discard a Tireless Tracker and a Dark Confidant earlier because I couldn't find lands, then I flooded out with lands later on. I was trying to get it above a potential Stormbreath Dragon attack from hand, but that wasn't smart. In these super long games, I drew 0 Assassin's Trophy. One of those could have changed a LOT. 1-2.

Round 2 vs. Amulet Breach. He gets double Amulet right away, but 3 Assassin's Trophy kept him from casting 2 Prime Time, 1 Emrakul, and 2 Through the Breach from hand. In the next 2 games, it is similar to game 1, but I have no Assassin's Trophy. In game 2, he has 2 Forest and a Coalition Relic with Amulet in play. A Karoo lets him cast Prime Time from his hand. I had already Fulminator Maged another land, but when I draw Thoughtseize for the turn, I go with Tireless Tracker, Clue, then Thoughtseize, hoping to fade a draw step by him. He had drawn a 3rd Prime Time and I can only take 1, so I lose after that. I could have played my 2nd Fulminator Mage and waited for him to draw another Karoo after the next draw step of Karoo gets blown up. I was planning on playing the Fulminator Mage after that, but I was hoping he didn't draw a card that could punish me and THEN the Karoo next turn. Sad times and definitely a punt. In the last game, I kept on Swamp, Field of Ruin, and 5 cards. Never drew a land and got crushed by the same hands as games 1 and 2. 1-2.

Round 3 vs. Hardened Scales. I blow up some stuff and ride a Kalitas to victory. It's a very good card against this deck. In the next game, I kept on Damnation and drew another one, saving me in time and he found nothing in his last 3 draw steps. It feels good to draw well finally. 2-0.

Round 4 vs. Lantern. There was actually a lot of play to this one, but Tracker, discard, Maelstrom Pulse, Dark Confidant, and Lily ultimate made this one hard for him. The next one is closer, but on turn 7, I am able to swing with a huge Tracker, Bob, and Goyf after I end step Assassin's Trophy a Bridge, then cracked clues, untap and Trophy again, swing for 17 after cracking clues and IoK my own Lily (P Needle on it) to make Goyf a 7/8. Got there. 2-0.

I finish 2-2. It was pretty rough. Outside of possible mulligan mistakes, I made 1 mistake that I really, really know of.