slight intro. im playing this list with a couple of small changes
http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=12897&d=275028&f=MO
-1x ancestral visions
+1x cryptic command
mainly because i only have 1x ancestral visions from my edh pile. and this mana base
http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=12423&d=271445&f=MO
-1 glacial fortress
-1 sulfur falls
+1 mystic gate
+1 clifftop retreat
i wanted mystic gate so that i can cast wrath of god, cryptic command and counterflux more easier if this deck gets more popular. clifftop retreat is just to complment what im short of.
lets go!
round1 - nahiri chord
game1 what a grind. he had nahiri and began ticking her up but couldnt finish me cause i kept her down with snapcaster mage. it ended when i had my own nahiri and was ticking faster than my opponent. my opp still have to cast kikijiki to block my emrakul. i had a bolt for that and emmy got me there.
game2 i mulled to 5. opponent's nahiri was ticking but then when i tried to bolt his nahiri and he has a mana leak (!) nahiri ultimates and emmy got him there
game3 not enough time therefore ended in a draw
this matchup is such a grind. somemore is a pinoy pilot ><
round2 - faeries (apparently he is also another pinoy. also drew with a jund in round1)
game1 i had a timely reinforcement and his bitterblossom couldnt keep up.i had 3x 1/1 and was beating him and had more life than him. he then casted another bitterblossom but was bitterblossom locked. burn closed him out.
game2 early tasigur and ancestral vision got him there. too much pressure...
game3 not enought time therefore ended in a draw
this matchup is such a grind. somemore is a pinoy pilot ><
round3 - nahiri chord
game1 trading removals until theres a nahiri and then when i tried to hit his nahiri with my celestial colonnade and it got hit by a path to exile. nahiri ultimates and emmy got him there.
game2 tradin removals until i had a nahiri and multiple boardwipes (anger of gods and supreme verdicts) and nahiri ultimate and emmy got me there
game3 trading removals until i had a nahiri and then my flurry of serum visions and nahiri ticks pulled me so far ahead and then emmy got me there.
this match up is definitely a grind.
round4 infect (i lost to this matchup that day at the other GPT so i told myself not to make such mistakes again)
game1 i didnt bolt opponent's opening of breeding pool and noble hierarch cause i sensed infect. true enough. i killed 3x inkmoth and other infecr crits. traded 1 bolt for a mutagenic growth. end up kena beaten by a rancored noble hierarch.
game2 traded removals unitl i had a nahiri and nahiri ultimates and emmy got me there
game3 traded removals but then couldnt afford to tap out for threats because of an unanimated inkmoth nexus. expended my celestial colonnades to block but wasnt able to get enough mana to attack and block. therefore decided to play around dismember and drew.
round5 junk by pinoy champ
game1 tempo him out with vclique and snapcaster mage and won with burn.
game2 quite exciting. he gained quite a lot of life and at 24 and several souls tokens he is able to survive an emmy attack after blocking with a lingering souls token. colonnade beats went on until he topdecked a pithing needle on celestial colonnade. then kitchen finks and siege rhino got him there :(
game3 tempo him all the way until the final few turns when we were both out of cards. during last 4/5 turn i lightning helix his crit and snapcaster mage the lightning helix to his face. then during my turn i topdeck lightning bolt... :)
round6 krark clan ironworks combo by my friend
game1 tempo him out with vclique and snapcaster mage and won with burn
game2 brutal... serum visions into stony silence and geist of saint traft got me there.
so there you have it. 3-3-0. unbeaten. but somehow still ended up top16. this deck is good. more practise will prolly do me good
