It was a long day and I didn't take great notes, but here were my matchups:
Round 1 - Bogles (Lost 1-2, Record 0-1)
Not much to say. Game 1 I had a handful of useless removal. Game 2 ratchet bomb was the all-star. Game 3 I couldn't draw any hate and he had the protection from creatures aura.
Round 2 - G/R Nacatl/Bushwhacker aggro (Won 2-0, Record 1-1)
I've always found red aggro to be one of the deck's best matchups. You basically start at 10 life but once you land a Smasher or chain a couple of Thought-Knots there's not much they can do without 3 for 1'ing themselves.
Round 3 - 8-Rack (Won 2-1, Record 2-1)
This was a scary match. Game 1 I got absolutely wrecked by double shrieking afflictions. Game 2 he landed a blood moon which locked us both up for a while but I topdecked my swamp first and got there. Game 3 I don't really remember but I think I got there on souls beats.
Round 4 - Tron (Lost 0-2, Record 2-2)
Game 1 Ugin did me a million damage. Game 2 I hit a bunch of hate but not in the right order. Had an extirpate in my opener but couldn't find ghost quarter so I settled for exiling his Karns. From there I kept up one-for-one-ing his giant stuff with paths and unmaking but eventually ran out of gas and he got two walking ballistas out and killed me from 12
Round 5 - Jund (Won 2-0, Record 3-2)
Game 1 we traded discard spells for the first few turns but his inquisitions couldn't take my thought-knot. Game 2 fatal push on a goyf and souls beatdown got there. Notable sweet moment was sacrificing my reshaper to a LOTV minus and flipping a strangler which then killed her next turn.
Round 6 - Restore Balance (Won 2-1, Record 4-2)
Another scary match. I had the nut draw game 1 with t2 thought-knot, t3 smasher. Beat him down to 2 life and then he hit a restore balance off cascade and wiped my board. Games 2 and 3 were won by wasteland strangler processing his restore balance and stony silence shutting off his borderposts.
Round 7 - Lantern (Lost 0-2, Record 4-3)
A very difficult matchup. I have a lot of relevant hate cards available but once they get two or more mill rocks online it becomes almost impossible to draw them.
Game 2 I punted by cracking a relic with a souls in the graveyard while he still had cards in hand (the tokens could attack under the ensnaring bridge). I spent the rest of the game trying to get two removal spells to kill my own thought-knots and swing in but he locked me down.
Round 8 - Infect (Won 2-0, Record 5-3)
Our abundant discard and removal make this a good matchup. Game 2 I managed to contain my greed and path his elf when he was tapped out on my turn. Thoughtseize the next turn showed me that I avoided a probable lethal vines blowout.
Round 9 - Cheerios (Lost 1-2, Record 5-4)
Game 1 he tried to go off on turn one and fizzled. I managed to keep his engines in check with paths and pushes.
Game 2 I kept a greedy opening hand and died on turn 2 before doing anything. Game 3 I had a handful of removal but he managed to draw enough cards to find the swan songs he needed to protect his guys.
I had a great time playing the deck; I've never won this many matches in a day before, let alone knock on the door of day-2. The deck has game against a lot of different strategies and it always feels like you have a live draw available.
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4 Caves of Koilos
3 Concealed Courtyard
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Godless Shrine
2 Shambling Vent
1 Vault of the Archangel
1 Sea Gate Wreckage
2 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Wastes
Instants/Sorceries
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
4 Lingering Souls
2 Fatal Push
1 Collective Brutality
3 Path to Exile
1 Anguished Unmaking
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
3 Wasteland Strangler
3 Matter Reshaper
Artifacts
2 Mind Stone
3 Relic of Progenitus
Planeswalkers
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Stony Silence
1 Wrath of God
1 Pithing Needle
1 Zealous Persecution
2 Extirpate
1 Collective Brutality
1 Anguished Unmaking
1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1 Path to Exile
1 Ratchet Bomb
2 Disenchant
1 Blessed Alliance
It was a long day and I didn't take great notes, but here were my matchups:
Round 1 - Bogles (Lost 1-2, Record 0-1)
Not much to say. Game 1 I had a handful of useless removal. Game 2 ratchet bomb was the all-star. Game 3 I couldn't draw any hate and he had the protection from creatures aura.
Round 2 - G/R Nacatl/Bushwhacker aggro (Won 2-0, Record 1-1)
I've always found red aggro to be one of the deck's best matchups. You basically start at 10 life but once you land a Smasher or chain a couple of Thought-Knots there's not much they can do without 3 for 1'ing themselves.
Round 3 - 8-Rack (Won 2-1, Record 2-1)
This was a scary match. Game 1 I got absolutely wrecked by double shrieking afflictions. Game 2 he landed a blood moon which locked us both up for a while but I topdecked my swamp first and got there. Game 3 I don't really remember but I think I got there on souls beats.
Round 4 - Tron (Lost 0-2, Record 2-2)
Game 1 Ugin did me a million damage. Game 2 I hit a bunch of hate but not in the right order. Had an extirpate in my opener but couldn't find ghost quarter so I settled for exiling his Karns. From there I kept up one-for-one-ing his giant stuff with paths and unmaking but eventually ran out of gas and he got two walking ballistas out and killed me from 12
Round 5 - Jund (Won 2-0, Record 3-2)
Game 1 we traded discard spells for the first few turns but his inquisitions couldn't take my thought-knot. Game 2 fatal push on a goyf and souls beatdown got there. Notable sweet moment was sacrificing my reshaper to a LOTV minus and flipping a strangler which then killed her next turn.
Round 6 - Restore Balance (Won 2-1, Record 4-2)
Another scary match. I had the nut draw game 1 with t2 thought-knot, t3 smasher. Beat him down to 2 life and then he hit a restore balance off cascade and wiped my board. Games 2 and 3 were won by wasteland strangler processing his restore balance and stony silence shutting off his borderposts.
Round 7 - Lantern (Lost 0-2, Record 4-3)
A very difficult matchup. I have a lot of relevant hate cards available but once they get two or more mill rocks online it becomes almost impossible to draw them.
Game 2 I punted by cracking a relic with a souls in the graveyard while he still had cards in hand (the tokens could attack under the ensnaring bridge). I spent the rest of the game trying to get two removal spells to kill my own thought-knots and swing in but he locked me down.
Round 8 - Infect (Won 2-0, Record 5-3)
Our abundant discard and removal make this a good matchup. Game 2 I managed to contain my greed and path his elf when he was tapped out on my turn. Thoughtseize the next turn showed me that I avoided a probable lethal vines blowout.
Round 9 - Cheerios (Lost 1-2, Record 5-4)
Game 1 he tried to go off on turn one and fizzled. I managed to keep his engines in check with paths and pushes.
Game 2 I kept a greedy opening hand and died on turn 2 before doing anything. Game 3 I had a handful of removal but he managed to draw enough cards to find the swan songs he needed to protect his guys.
I had a great time playing the deck; I've never won this many matches in a day before, let alone knock on the door of day-2. The deck has game against a lot of different strategies and it always feels like you have a live draw available.