MTG Salvation

Mostly my local shop and big events. I used to play at one of my friend´s house, but neither of us have the time now.

I have tested it in Brad Nelson´s Junk reanimator:


I have to say, between it and Mulch, i did not need Tracker´s Insticts.

GPT Costa Rica at a local shop. This was my deck:



Quick summary:

Round 1: RG Tron 0-2
Bad and slow hands plus he comboed very quickly. I did not see any of my Blood Moon post sideboard.

Round 2: R/B Burn 1-2
First match was a race, the second i outrace him quickly, in the third i have no chance in damage speed.

Round 3: W/b Tokens 2-1
First and second match i outraced him, the second i mad e a mistake and get overwhelmed with tokens.

Round 4: Team America Delver 2-0
The deck worked like it is supposed to work, devilish fast.

Round 5: Kiki-pod w/Angel 0-2
Both games he comboed rather quickly.

Round 6: Affinity 1-2
Very contested matchs, we ended playing at topdeck.

2-4 for 6 rounds, a bad day, i have to make some changes to the deck.

Well, another South American GP for Brazil, we are still waiting here in Buenos Aires. At least Rio is nice in March, or so people tell me.

I agree about the phyrexian metamorph. Most of the times i copy a Dungrove or Acidic Slime, or some swords, but it is also very usefull copying very annoing opponent´s creatures or artifacts.

How was magic in 1999? More fun than now i am sure. Combo was not as wild as someone remember, and you can build a good deck for cheap.

Tranquilo just stole the words from my keyword, cool down retrigger, there is no need to fall in segregation. He wants to get laid with a goth girl? let him be. It is none of your concern if a goth girls wants to go with him or not.

My first experience with SCG, and i am very happy with it. Only 8 days to the cards to reach my home in Argentina. All well packed and in perfect state.

Bad FMN for my RDW deck. 04/20/2012 FMN, 2-2, and 11th place of 26 players.



Round 1: U/B Delver?
One girl joining her BF in their first FMN experience. She was really un corfortable, and we talk a bit while we play.


Game 1
Stormkirk noble and double Berserks ended the game very quickly.
In: Nothing. Out: Nothing

Game 2:
She GftT my creatures, and later do nothing more, and after a few turns i finished her off.

1-0

Round 2: RDW (Mirror)

Game 1
He keeps a good hand, but done see the second lands while i pund him quickly.
In: 1 Arc Trail. Out: 1 Ancient Grudge

Game 2:
I got mana flooded, and he lands Vulshock Refugee and later (for my surprise) a SoWaP that gives him the victory.
In: 3 Ancient Grudge. Out: 2 Volt Charge, 1 Grim Lavamancer.

Game 3:
We quickly began to hit each other with creatures and burn, i grugde his alter and play mine. He later forgets about the AG and plays his SoWaP, which i quickly destroy for the victory.

2-0

Round 3: U/B Zombies
Another girl ( weird thing for a FMN :D). She is another shop local, she usually plays with her BF.

Game 1
I mulliganed to 5, and her deck works at its peak giving her the victory.
In: 1 RSZ, 2 Nihil Spellbombs, 2 Surgical Extraction. Out: 2 Grim Lavamancer, 1 Ancient Grudge, 2 HoOR.

Game 2:
I got mana flooded (and she get color screwed, she showed my the 3 Diregraf Captain she had in hand). After a grueling game i left her in 4 life, but she have a Geralf Messenger with a counter and i was at 10. I attack with my Phoenix, leaving her at 2. She attacks and left me in 6. In my turn she Doom Blade my Phoenix, and i pass. She attacks for 4, leaving both in 2. I topdeck a Gutshot and concede.


2-1

Round 4: B/W Tokens

Game 1
I mulligan again to 5, and later get mana flooded. It is worrisome to get flooded so often in a 21 lands deck.
In: 1 Arc Trail, 2 Corrosive Gale, 2 Ratchet Bombs. Out: 2 Grim Lavamancer, 2 Volt Charge, 1 Ancient Grudge.

Game 2:
It was incredible, but after a very good start, i get mana flooded again, bluffing the lands i got in hand. Even a Corrosive Gale cant help me. Sorin, Vault of the Archangel and a lot of tokens gaves him the victory.

Second April´s FMN at 2de6. 6th of 20 players with a decent 3-1. I made some minor change to deck, moving a Arc Trail to the SB, and an Ancient Gredge to the MB. Also remove the Combust and Slagstorms for Surgical Extractions and Ratchet Bombs.


Round 1: U/W Spirits
A local player with his own interpretation of the Spirts deck, and very aggro deck.

Game 1
He got mana-screwed, and trampled him. The Dommed Travelers are very annoing.
In: 2 Ratched Bomb, 1 Arc Trail. Out: 1 Ancient Grudge, 2 Grim Lavamancer.

Game 2:
Now i got a mana flood, drawing 5 consecutive lands, and getting 3 Celestial Purges for my problems. He drops Drogskol Captain and GG.

Game 3:
Now is the contrary, i keep a very good hand but with one land, and saw the next in turn 3 (a Ghost Quarter) while he draw each and every one of his token producers. even after two Ratchet Bombs he got a lot of tokens, and overrun me.

0-1

Round 2: W/B Humans (?)A newcomer to the shop and to MTG, he was playing with a home brewed deck using some starter decks he bought.

Game 1
I began really fast, and the Stromkirk noble was the star here, while i burned his more dangerous humans.
In: 1 Arc Trail. Out: 1 Ancient Grudge.

Game 2:
Idem Game 1, Volt Charge with Noble, Berseker and Shrine in play is brutal. We ended chatting, and gave him some advice on improving his deck.

1-1

Round 3: Delver
A very experienced player here, playing one of the more competitive deck of the current meta.

Game 1
He surprises me using Mental Misstep mind deck, wich is bad news to me, but is even more surprising to see Surgical Extraction MD!!! Goodbye to my Nobles (1 in the cementery, 2 in hand the the last on the library). He quickly produce some tokens with a Lingering Souls, and after drop SoWaP, he tried to equip and i Gut Shooted the token. Next turn he drops Runechanter´s PIke and equip the other token, dealing 1 damage to me and 2 lifes for him. Now is when i topdeck the Ancient Grudge, and using my only Rootbound Crag in play i play it and flashback to eliminate the artifacts. The rest of the game was far easier with a Berseker and burn.
In: 2 Ancient Grudge, 2 Ratchet Bomb. Out: 2 Grim Lavamancer, 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge.

Game 2:
This time he got a little mana screwed, and after burning his Delvers i took the opportunity to race him in damage.

2-1


Round 4: Naya Pod
A rematch with my good friend to get even for the last FMN.

Game 1
Turn 1 Noble. Turn 2 Gut Shot and Berseker. Turn 3 Volt Charge and some mistakes from his side got me the game.
In: 2 Ancient Grudge, 1 Arc Trail. Out: 2 Grim Lavamancer, 1 Hero of Oxid Ridge.

Game 2:
Again, it was late in the night and made some mistakes that i capitalized to get the win. Burning his mana dorks was very important again.

3-1


Notes: I am very pleased how the deck is working. My main worry is to deal with tokens, witch thanks to Lingering Souls, Midnight Haunting and the likes seems to be endless.

First April FMN in 2de6, my local gaming spot. After a few month playing RG Ramp, i want to return to my RDW roots. I ended 3-1 in 4th place.



Round 1: Naya Pod
A good friend from the shop piloting his deck. He really knows how to play it well.

Game 1
Not much to say, he comboed really quick and an Elesh Norm and a few creatures finished me.
In: 3 Ancient Grudge, 2 Act of Aggression. Out: 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge, 2 Grim Lavamancer.

Game 2:
Even with an O-Ring to my very big Stromkirk Noble, a Timely Reinforcements and a Tree of Redemption i won the game.

Game 3:
Very close match, he drops an Elesh Norm and my 4/4 Stormblood Berserker survives. An Act of Aggression later on the Elesh i left him at 5 life with 2 Arc Trails in hand, and then i remember that i failed to ping him with a Goblin Arsonist that died when he played the Elesh. After making some calculation and not finding a solution (his next attack was letal) i concede.

0-1

Round 2: U/G Turbofog
Another habitue of the shop, he brings his later invention, apparently solid in testing, and with an experienced player behind the controls.

Game 1
Some quick Nobles, Bersekers and Volt Charge finished him before doing nothing.
No side-boarding for the next game.

Game 2
Again, i began really quick, and after surviving a Day of Judgment, i finished him. He saw no sideboard card (Celestial Purge, Timely Reinforcements, Witchbane Orb).

1-1

Round 3: R/B Zombies
Another good frined fromt he shop, his deck was not completed to his licking, but he played it anyways.

Game 1:
He began really fast, and multiple Messengers finished me off
In: 1 Red Sun´s Zenith, 2 Nihil Spellbomb. Out: 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge, 1 Grim Lavamancer.

Game 2:
I draw RSZ and Nihil in my initial hand, he began really slow, and he overflood in lands.

Game 3:
Again, he began really slow, and i get Noble and Bersekers fast and big with Volt Charge.

2-1

Round 4: Frites
Other local player. He knows his deck well, and it was a pleasure to play against him.

Game 1:
I killed all his mana dorks, and finished him quick. He didnt get the mana to play his bigger critters.
In: 2 Act of Aggression, 2 Nihil Spellbomb. Out: 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge, 2 Grim Lavamancer.

Game 2:
Again, i killed all his mana creatures, and activates the Spellbomb when he tries to flashback a Wurmcoil Engine.

3-1


Some notes, the current meta is not kind to the Grim Lavamancer, wich i prefered to side out almost all the time, and so far i did not have the chance to cast a Hero of Oxid Ridge.

Bigoted atheist? Once, but the guy was also an extremist comunist, so i think it was more a political thing.

Bigoted Hindi or Buddhist? Not enough contact with those religions.

Bigoted Jews? Yes, i have found them, and have a couple of bad experiences with them.

Each year the USA is looking like Iran more and more. I am lucky to live in a country, that while is not a superpower, we are getting more free from the trappings of forced religion.

I have some question about the mono-white Martyr Proc build. First, most of them use Wrath of God instead of Day of Judgment. Any another advantage aside the non-regeneration part? Another is the use of Mouth of Ronom. It is used as a colorless removal?

Maybe i dont hae your nutty-radar dcartist, but the lady does not appears "crazy" to me.