Game 1 was close, he had Myr Superion with equipped Basilisk Collar smashing me every turn being double Exalted with 2 Hierarchs. Fortunately until then I've made quite strong force. 2 Marshals, 2 WLL and Dryad went bonkers. After some time I drew Selfless Spirit and Spectral Procession afterwards and finished him off from air.
Game 2 wasn't even close. Little Thalia + Stony Silence and he was pretty much done as he was on 4 mana and couldn't cast CoCo while I was amassing my force.
Match 2 vs Jeskai Control - won 2:0
Game 1 went smooth. Pushed on turn 5 with 4 dudes and when he wanted to Bolt my Marshal I flipped WLL with Windbrisk and won. 2 Selfless Spirits were on board too prefenting him from wiping me with Supreme Verdict.
Game 2 I went turn 1 Dryad, turn 2 little Thalia, slowed him down a lot. Electrolyze on my little Thalia just to be prevented by Eiganjo was pure gold. He drew a lot of removal too though and after 5 turns we went on topdeck war again. Big Thalia was topdecked and defended with everything I got, she dealt like 15 dmg. Again Lightning Bolted her just to be prevented by Eiganjo. I guess 1st time wasn't enough to learn.
After that we played 2 more casual games, all stomped easly. Stuff like Pathing my own SotP so Cryptic Commandwouldn't resolve were fun.
Match 3 vs Storm, lost 1:2
Game 1 he went all defence killing my Dryad with turn 2 Grapeshot and making 6 goblins with Empty the Warrens early on. I just couldn't break through and in ~5-6 turn he combo'ed off.
Game 2 was a stomp from my side, little Thalia was on board and he couldn't get rid of her successfully preventing him to go off.
Game 3 he killed me on turn 3. Bonkers. I kept hand with no Dryads and little Thalias but with 2 SotP, I hoped their lifegained from Manamorphose should be enough, and they actually got me 8 life. Wasn't enough though. Need to mulligan vs this deck more agressivelly. Lesson learned.
This deck is so fun! The more I play it the more I realise you are right about it. Most of the time at least.
I still think Wilt-Leaf Liege isn't good enough to be in this deck. The only way I'm guaranteed to discard her is very unusual and while being 4 mana 4/4 anthem is strong it never felt gamebreaking. Leonin-Relic Warders were subbed in G2 and G3 and in G1 one of them just ate a single Myr Superion. Not that gamebreaking, didn't fight against any sort of prison deck. By himself he really didn't do any relevant beating. I really believe that artifact/enchantment removal is needed in this deck but this guy isn't what's needed here. Probably I'll swap him.
Problem is I still don't see any good stuff to swap them for right now. Hero of Bladehold was suggested by the Jeskai player but he doesn't impact the board immediatly and that sucks. Ranger of Eos is my idea but there aren't any crucial 1 drops to make it relevant. Thought about going Gideon package as Kytheon is already in the deck and they are decent beaters that have some nice utility and relevant abilities, mostly about Gideon of the Trials - he's strong against combo decks and shuts down a relevant beater. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar is very flexible being either an anthem or token maker but he's more questionable.
I'll try 1 Gideon of the Trials in spot of 1 WLL next friday. Leonin Relic-Warder has to stay for now.
Another FNM, another games, this time went 2/1 with this variation:
1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
3x Kytheon, Hero of Akros
1x Legion's Landing
4x Soldier of the Pantheon
3x Leonin Relic-Warder
2x Selfless Spirit
3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3x White Shield Crusader
2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4x Wilt-Leaf Liege
4x Spectral Procession
1x Eiganjo Castle
4x Flagstones of Trokair
4x Ghost Quarter
8x Plains
2x Shefet Dunes
3x Windbrisk Heights
2x Kataki, War's Wage
2x Kor Firewalker
4x Path to Exile
2x Rest in Peace
2x Stillmoon Cavalier
2x Stony Silence
Match 1 vs some wacky Bant Toolbox - won 2:0
This guy always plays this deck, it's some weird homebrew Collected Company toolbox with Birds of Paradise, Noble Hierarchs, Spell Quellers, Myr Superions, Knight of Autumns, Chord of Callings, Whir of Inventions and Trinket Mages that looks for stuff like Engineered Explosives, Walking Ballista and Basilisk Collar. Also has Pili-Pala and Grand Architect as one of the win cons. Just because.
Game 1 was close, he had Myr Superion with equipped Basilisk Collar smashing me every turn being double Exalted with 2 Hierarchs. Fortunately until then I've made quite strong force. 2 Marshals, 2 WLL and Dryad went bonkers. After some time I drew Selfless Spirit and Spectral Procession afterwards and finished him off from air.
Game 2 wasn't even close. Little Thalia + Stony Silence and he was pretty much done as he was on 4 mana and couldn't cast CoCo while I was amassing my force.
Match 2 vs Jeskai Control - won 2:0
Game 1 went smooth. Pushed on turn 5 with 4 dudes and when he wanted to Bolt my Marshal I flipped WLL with Windbrisk and won. 2 Selfless Spirits were on board too prefenting him from wiping me with Supreme Verdict.
Game 2 I went turn 1 Dryad, turn 2 little Thalia, slowed him down a lot. Electrolyze on my little Thalia just to be prevented by Eiganjo was pure gold. He drew a lot of removal too though and after 5 turns we went on topdeck war again. Big Thalia was topdecked and defended with everything I got, she dealt like 15 dmg. Again Lightning Bolted her just to be prevented by Eiganjo. I guess 1st time wasn't enough to learn.
After that we played 2 more casual games, all stomped easly. Stuff like Pathing my own SotP so Cryptic Commandwouldn't resolve were fun.
Match 3 vs Storm, lost 1:2
Game 1 he went all defence killing my Dryad with turn 2 Grapeshot and making 6 goblins with Empty the Warrens early on. I just couldn't break through and in ~5-6 turn he combo'ed off.
Game 2 was a stomp from my side, little Thalia was on board and he couldn't get rid of her successfully preventing him to go off.
Game 3 he killed me on turn 3. Bonkers. I kept hand with no Dryads and little Thalias but with 2 SotP, I hoped their lifegained from Manamorphose should be enough, and they actually got me 8 life. Wasn't enough though. Need to mulligan vs this deck more agressivelly. Lesson learned.
This deck is so fun! The more I play it the more I realise you are right about it. Most of the time at least.
I still think Wilt-Leaf Liege isn't good enough to be in this deck. The only way I'm guaranteed to discard her is very unusual and while being 4 mana 4/4 anthem is strong it never felt gamebreaking.
Leonin-Relic Warders were subbed in G2 and G3 and in G1 one of them just ate a single Myr Superion. Not that gamebreaking, didn't fight against any sort of prison deck. By himself he really didn't do any relevant beating. I really believe that artifact/enchantment removal is needed in this deck but this guy isn't what's needed here. Probably I'll swap him.
Problem is I still don't see any good stuff to swap them for right now. Hero of Bladehold was suggested by the Jeskai player but he doesn't impact the board immediatly and that sucks. Ranger of Eos is my idea but there aren't any crucial 1 drops to make it relevant. Thought about going Gideon package as Kytheon is already in the deck and they are decent beaters that have some nice utility and relevant abilities, mostly about Gideon of the Trials - he's strong against combo decks and shuts down a relevant beater. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar is very flexible being either an anthem or token maker but he's more questionable.
I'll try 1 Gideon of the Trials in spot of 1 WLL next friday.
Leonin Relic-Warder has to stay for now.