MTG Salvation

Any updated lists so far? I believe Saskia deserves a revisit and revamp.

TOURNAMENT REPORT

EVENT: Duel Commander Philippines Super Series 2016 Finals
Host/TO: Xtreme Hobby Cafe, Manila
Date: December 4, 2016
Number of Participants: 34
Tournament Structure: 6 rounds of swiss, modified top 8 playoffs

METAGAME BREAKDOWN:
Saskia the Unyielding x3
Breya, Etherium Shaper x3
Jace, Vrynn's Prodigy x3
Titiania, Protector of Argoth x3
Jenara, Asura of War x2
Geist of Saint Traft x2
Queen Marchesa x2
Surrak Dragonclaw x2
Vendilion Clique x2
Thrun, the Last Troll
Vial Smasher the Fierce/Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Vial Smasher the Fierce/Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Vial Smasher the Fierce/Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
Vial Smasher the Fierce/Thrasios, Triton Hero
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Zurgo Bellstriker
Radha, Heir to Keld
The Gitrog Monster
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Ruhan of the Fomori
Animar, Soul of Elements

TOP 8 Rankings (after swiss)
1. Ste Villaraza - Vial Smasher the Fierce/Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
2. Earl Castel - Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
3. Simon Floreza - Vial Smasher the Fierce/Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
4. Yves Bausa - Breya, Etherium Shaper
5. Martin Marcelo - Vendilion Clique
6. Richmund Lim - Titania, Protector of Argoth
7. Jeffrey Leal - Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
8. Blas Yu - Vial Smasher the Fierce/Reyhan, Last of the Abzan

STAGE 1:
TABLE A: Marcelo (V. Clique) vs. Yu (Vial/Reyha)
TABLE B: Lim (Titania) vs. Leal (Selvala)

Yu and Leal win.

STAGE 2:
TABLE A: Yu (Vial/Reyhan) vs. Floreza (Vial/Sidar)
TABLE B: Leal (Selvala) vs. Bausa (Breya)

Floreza and Bausa win.

STAGE 3:
TABLE A: Floreza (Vial/Sidar) vs. Villaraza (Vial/Kraum)
TABLE B: Castel (Grenzo) vs. Bausa (Breya)

Villaraza and Castel win.

I'm running a list quite in between the Imperial and Goodstuff version. Personally, I like Llawan, at the very least, she's an able-bodied 2/3, and if paired with Painter's Servant, steals games easily.

As for the non-creature card choices, I would also not run anything beyond Brainstorm, Gitaxian Probe, (Gush sometimes).

Happy Brewing.

With that being said, we can get a breeze here by somehow reducing our mana curve. I'm actually thinking of removing those 6cmc+ Timewalk effects, and adding quite a bit of useable lands.

@Lemonbuster

Yeah, by critical, I meant hard-to-do and hard-to-include

Caustic Caterpillar is fine in a sense that it seems appropriate in the Animar curve, but still Reclamation Sage is way better. I like the redundancy idea though, most especially Jitte and the Swords are sticking around still.

Although this card functions differently and a little subpar compared to its Grandpa (Survival of the Fittest), and seems to be also quite relevant, adding another non-creature card in our Animar list is deemed to be critical.

But I firmly believe this card deserves some testing.

I think it's about time to be back to the drawing board.

Ancestral Statue seems to be worth the test.

Preparing for the Next Leg! and more players!

I think in the last quarter of 2014, he tried testing Rofellos and Oracle of Mul-daya. In this regard, was also thinking what did he cut considering those inclusions.

Attended a 13-man Duel Commander with Jester's List, emerged 3-0-1

Round 1 VS. Mimeoplasm: G1 won with Animar Swings, G2 lost with Necrotic Ooze Combo, G3 won by stealing a turn-two Griselbrand (Gilded Drake).

Round 2 VS. Mimeoplasm: G1 won Biggie Animar Swings, G2 lost to reanimated Griselbrand Swings, unable to finish G3 so Draw.

Round 3 VS. Sigarda: G1 won via Turn 4 Ulamog and Biggie Animar, G2 won with Biggie Animar, with opponent flooded with lands.

Round 4 VS. Marath: G1 lost via Combo (Reveillark + Karmic Guide Shiz), G2 won via Animar Beats + Ulamog (due to paying too much life also from opponent's Sylvan Library), G3 won by turn 4 Ulamog and the rest is history.

Cut to Top 4 VS Prossh: G1 lost with early Craterhoof Behemoth (even without Prossh), G2 opponent conceded considering that I can already draw my whole deck and untap land shenanigans, G3 lost with Craterhoof off a Tutored Pattern of Rebirth.

I'm trying to test more relevant cards (considering our meta here in Philippines) and weighing out cards to temporarily cut.

Any cards from FRF worth testing?

Would love to hear Jester's input again as well.

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GP Manila Duel Commander side event
January 2, 2015
GP Manila, PHILIPPINES

27 players
3 Animar
3 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Anafenza
2 Marath
2 Narset
1 Dralnu
1 Griselbrand
1 Heliod
1 Jenara
1 Kaalia
1 Kamahl
1 Krenko
1 Maelstrom Wanderer
1 Mimeoplasm
1 Prossh
1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
1 Teysa 2.0
1 Thraximundar
1 Thrun
1 (unknown)

5 rounds, no play-offs
Top 8 after Swiss
Geist
Marath
Mimeoplasm
Geist
Geist
Anafenza
Animar
Narset

** a lot of duel commander players were present at the venue but I think they've already spent they're money buying cards and stuff

Guilty of this ^

I hope we can come up with something big again this February. Cheers!

Hmmm, Nissa's a good choice, though you have to pave way for more Forests.

Any helpful cards in M15? I'm still going over the set.