Hey all, I took jeskai (the list posted on the previous page) to a PPTQ this past weekend and made top 8 with a record of 5-0-1 before losing in the top 8. I know a lot of people like UW better right now but man did jeskai feel strong.
Quick write up:
R1: 2-0 Green-red stompy
This was more or less a brew. G1 he never played a 2nd land and conceded to my 4th land drop + azcanta.
G2: I keep a kinda slow 6 and get rewarded. After supreme verdict on 4 he was out of gas and the game was easy.
R2: 1-1-1 Bant Knightfall
G1 I keep a 7 with 5 burn spells and no red mana. t3 i field of ruin to turn on my hand. Opponents draw felt clunky and once i could cast my spells he couldnt keep up.
G2 was going similarly to g1 (except no mana-woes) and then I lost a judge call when i drew my card and then went to flip azcanta. Left me with 3 blue up instead of 4 and let his GideonAOZ slip through, cost me the game.
G3 I just couldnt win in time
R3: 2-0 storm
G1 my opponent cast about 9 cantrips and then couldnt beat cryptic+logic knot when they finally tried to go off. bolt+snap was very good.
G2 opponent empties for 8 goblins on t4. I ripped EE and was beating down with clique. they emptied for 10 more but bolt+snap and clique had them DoB.
R4: 2-0 bant counters company
G1 i just killed everything and they conceded to azcanta+teferi.
G2 Went more or less the same way except secure into cryptic tap their team was GG.
R5: 2-0 bant spirits
G1 they have no play until t2 and i just pick their board apart. i never fell below 13.
G2 was almost a carbon copy of g1. Saw 0 hierarchs the whole match.
R6: 2-1 Jund
G1 after a LotV, discard spells, and my burn all trade off it was a topdeck war. Unanswered teferi won me the game
G2 we reached a topdeck war again and I drew 5 straight lands to die to ravine+bob.
G3 Was, again, a topdeck war ans I slammed a verdict on the last possible turn to not die and then ripped teferi to take over the game. secure the wastes let me win in t3 of extra turns.
Top8: 1-2 Burn
G1 i drew all 3 helix and 2 snaps, he just couldnt kill me in time for azcanta to take over.
G2 I mull to 6 and keep on the back of helix. He never drew a 4th land and i died.
G3 see g2.
Overall the deck really felt like it just couldnt lose to creature decks. And the opts felt amazing all day
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Quick write up:
R1: 2-0 Green-red stompy
This was more or less a brew. G1 he never played a 2nd land and conceded to my 4th land drop + azcanta.
G2: I keep a kinda slow 6 and get rewarded. After supreme verdict on 4 he was out of gas and the game was easy.
R2: 1-1-1 Bant Knightfall
G1 I keep a 7 with 5 burn spells and no red mana. t3 i field of ruin to turn on my hand. Opponents draw felt clunky and once i could cast my spells he couldnt keep up.
G2 was going similarly to g1 (except no mana-woes) and then I lost a judge call when i drew my card and then went to flip azcanta. Left me with 3 blue up instead of 4 and let his GideonAOZ slip through, cost me the game.
G3 I just couldnt win in time
R3: 2-0 storm
G1 my opponent cast about 9 cantrips and then couldnt beat cryptic+logic knot when they finally tried to go off. bolt+snap was very good.
G2 opponent empties for 8 goblins on t4. I ripped EE and was beating down with clique. they emptied for 10 more but bolt+snap and clique had them DoB.
R4: 2-0 bant counters company
G1 i just killed everything and they conceded to azcanta+teferi.
G2 Went more or less the same way except secure into cryptic tap their team was GG.
R5: 2-0 bant spirits
G1 they have no play until t2 and i just pick their board apart. i never fell below 13.
G2 was almost a carbon copy of g1. Saw 0 hierarchs the whole match.
R6: 2-1 Jund
G1 after a LotV, discard spells, and my burn all trade off it was a topdeck war. Unanswered teferi won me the game
G2 we reached a topdeck war again and I drew 5 straight lands to die to ravine+bob.
G3 Was, again, a topdeck war ans I slammed a verdict on the last possible turn to not die and then ripped teferi to take over the game. secure the wastes let me win in t3 of extra turns.
Top8: 1-2 Burn
G1 i drew all 3 helix and 2 snaps, he just couldnt kill me in time for azcanta to take over.
G2 I mull to 6 and keep on the back of helix. He never drew a 4th land and i died.
G3 see g2.
Overall the deck really felt like it just couldnt lose to creature decks. And the opts felt amazing all day