MTG Salvation

Match 1 vs Mono White Humans/Souls Sisters Brew (2-0): Opp was relatively new and had no interaction. Terminus and Thing in the Ice were great out of the board 2-0.

Match 2 vs RW Burn (2-0): Opp had a good start but I was able to trade some early Snapcasters with Eidolon and Goblin Guide. Starting comboing off on turn 6 with As Foretold and Exhaustion in same turn. Opponent had bolt and 1 land up, I had 4 life and never needed to crack my fetches. Eventually won after a casting Day's Undoing to get back Snappies and taking about 10 extra turns. Game 2 I kept a mull to 6 with Snapcaster + Thing in the Ice, scry Timely Reinforcements to the top. Thing + Timely + Snap made for a relatively easy game. Helped that Opp drew 5 lands and only 7 spells.

Match 3 vs Jund (0-2): Opp on the play had Inquisition to take Ancestral, then Dark Confidant, then Liliana of the Veil. I drew only Time Warps and Snapcaster. By the time I was looking to Snapcaster, they had a Scavenging Ooze going. Game 2 I mulled to 6 and lost to an almost identical start from the opponent. I brought in Ghostly Prison to slow down Raging Ravine and Bloodbraid beats, it was quite bad vs the Goyf, Confidant, Lili combo that killed me. They basically Junded me out the old fashioned way.

Match 4 vs UR Breach (1-2): This match was odd. Opponent got stuck on 1 land. I took Game 1 easily. Game 2 we both got stuck on 2 lands, but he eventually drew lands 3 and 4 and played Jace while I was pitching to hand size. Game 3 I mulled. He kept a hand with Remand, Jace, Through the Breach. I mulled to 6 and kept 4 lands with 2 Ancestral Vision, then proceeded to draw the other 2 Ancestrals and some more lands. Still think I would've had a chance had he not drawn a second Remand and had the quick Breach + Emrakul.

Match 5 vs Eldarazi Tron (2-1): Best match of the day. Game 1 was easy, he had no tron, no temples and he played Chalice on 1 not 0, allowing me to cast many Ancestral Visions. Game 2 I stumbled and he had a quick TKS into Reality Smasher. Game 3 he had all the hate but not much pressure, Relic of Progenitus, Grafdigger's Cage, Warping Wail and Surgical Extraction. He wailed my first Time Warp, then Surgicaled them all. I played an Exhaustion and he surgicaled those away immediately. Stony Silence bought me a ton of time as he drew Ratchet Bomb, Relic and 3 Mind Stones. Long story short, we went to time and I ended up -12ing Jace on turn 5 of extra turns then decking him with Ancestral Vision. I took turns 1,2,3 and 5 of extra turns thanks to a couple of clutch Temporal Masterys.

Match 6 vs Jund (2-0): This time I won the die roll, for the first time all day. Turn 1 suspend Ancestral then opponent played a small goyf and some discard spells taking away my early plays. I draw and play an As Foretold on turn 3 and my opponent plays Liliana of the Veil, then Liliana, the Last Hope. This gives me all the time I need to tick up the As Foretold and start going off on Turn 5. This time I only sideboarded 2 Timely Reinforcements (cutting a couple Temporal Mastery) I was able to chump block a Goyf and hold off a Confidant long enough to go start taking turns. Opponent didn't have any disruption except 1x Inquisition and 1x Collective Brutality. Eventually got there by Cryptic Command tapping down blockers and beating with a Soldier token and a couple Snapcasters.

Match 7 vs Soul Sisters (2-0): Opponent had a proper soul sisters deck and had some good hands but wasn't fast enough to kill me. This matchup seems great and I was very glad to see it this late in the day. I brought in Ghostly Prison, Terminus and Thing in the Ice for Game 2. Probably was more than necessary. 1 Terminus and the game was over.

Match 8 vs Ad Nauseum (1-2): Chalk this one up to inexperience, I went to Cryptic Command bounce his Phyrexian Unlife on his turn 4 end step when he had 6 mana available . He played Spoils of the Vault + Ad Nauseum in response. Bone head move on my part. Game 2 I land an early Stony Silence then just proceed to draw a ton of cards with Dictate of Kruphix and As Foretold in play. As soon as the opponent had mana to combo, I never tapped out. Always leaving up some combination of Cryptic Command, Dispel and Spell Pierce. Eventually, played a Jace and -12ed opponent out. Opponent said it was the Stony that won the game. Game 3 I mulled to 6, kept a 2 lander with 1 Dispel. Never drew a third land and opponent had 2 Lotus Blooms on turn 1 to combo off turn 4 with Pact of Negation backup.

Match 9 vs BR Hollow One (2-0): On the play for the second time all day. Opponent's start was good but there was no turn 1 Hollow One. He got me pretty low using Gurmag + Phoenix but then I chained Exhaustion into Time Warp into many more turns and some snapcaster beats. Game 2 I drew a clutch Ghostly Prison to stifle his attacks with Flameblade Adept as he had to choose between attacks or casting spells. A flipped Thing in the Ice sealed the deal. Really this was the only time Ghostly Prison was good all day.