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Quote from darksteel88 »

Here's a short tournament report from a weekly event I played in yesterday. I played a fairly stock list, one Liliana of the Veil in the main, two in the board. 4 Opts, 2 Serum Visions, 4 Thought Scour, and 18 lands.

Round 1 Blue Moon Breach

Game 1 I assumed he was on Blue Moon from seeing the Desolate Lighthouse, didn't recognize it was this Breach variant. I haven't been keeping up with Modern lately so I just assumed stock Blue Moon, especially when he played a guru land (assumed a pet deck of some rich kid). Anyway, in game 1 he just didn't draw any of the important cards, no Breach, no Blood Moon, no Emrakul, so yeah it was pretty smooth sailing. In game 2, he drew Blood Moon but I had a basic Swamp in play and a fetch land to find an Island. That pretty much nullified his Blood Moon and the game was pretty easy for me afterward.

Record: 1-0


Round 2 vs Counters Company

Game 1 I just had all the right answers, and eventually some creatures finished out the game. In game two, I didn't really draw any creatures and had far too many lands. My opponent just ran away with that one, I couldn't keep up with the wide array of creatures (I was still live to Anger of the Gods). In game 3, my opponent mulled and struggled a bit on lands, and it gave me enough room to find my own creatures. I got to the point I was putting him into lose-lose situations.

Record: 2-0


Round 3 Ad Nauseam

Game 1 my opponent led off with double Lotus on the play, and I thought it would go poorly for me. However, he basically ran out of steam with my early discard. After his double Lotus came off, I ended up casting Inquisition with the Lightning Storm in his hand... that was the end of that game, I won shortly after. In the second game my opponent mulled and then ran out of steam. He ended up having to go for an Ad Nauseam with no way to protect himself at 5 life, and flipped over a Leyline immediately.

Basically, the combination of counters and discard were good here. Kept my opponent off of doing what he needed, and I had early creatures. The fact they're 100% on a combo plan is nice because it makes me not care whatsoever about burning myself out to make DS bigger.

Record: 3-0


Round 4 vs Grixis Death's Shadow

We were both 3-0 and I offered to split, my opponent didn't want to. Alright then, we'll play out the mirror, which I haven't lost yet.

Game 1 I have turn 1 Tasigur and a bunch of removal backup, my opponent bricked on lands: game ended without too much trouble In game 2 my opponent bricked on lands early, but found some later on, enough to stabilize. I didn't have enough pressure and he just had a good hand of removal and dudes to overturn it. He was extremely low but I just couldn't find the last few points. In game 3, I got off to a good start. He played Young Pyromancer but couldn't do enough with it (only one dude), and eventually I just ran him over with some big dudes.

Record: 4-0


Was pretty pleased considering I haven't really been playing Modern much lately. I think a second Stubborn Denial in the side (I played only 3 total) would be good. I found in the mirror, I didn't have enough cards to board in (I board out all the removal that Tasigur/Gurmag dodge and the discard), so probably some more cards that are just good against them is ideal. I'm still not sure whether 18 lands is correct, it's definitely better than 19, but I think maybe with the right amount of Scry, you can manage drawing too many lands. I'm also somewhat tempted to dump the Kolaghan's because I think it is hard to cast with Snapcaster, and you can more easily play fewer lands without it.

Quote from Ruffys »

Yeah this primer is really not looking good. Matchup info is like one of the more important things and its totally missing

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Quote from kanoe1218 »

Is this a primer or what is it? Because viewing other primers, the intro of this seems a little outdated compared to others. Just curious that is all, no need to start an argument.

It would help if you pointed out exactly what is "outdated".

Quote from Cedarconcepts »

So my record against Abzan Midrange variants is something like 1-20. Lingering Souls gets me every darn time! I'm pretty sure I have enough answers to it, but I just cannot win. I'm starting to think I'm taking the wrong role in the match-up. Has anybody else had a similar experience? I'm also wondering how you approach the match-up. Do you shock yourself aggressively or do you try to play a slower game? Thanks all!