Dragons Den

4-0 set, 7-1 overall.

2-1 Ub 2-0 Valakut 2-0 Uw 2-0 RDW

I went 1-3 with a close game 3 against u/w control round one that could have gone either way.

Round 1 vs u/w controlGame 1 I pushed in with Ichor Rats and played a waiting game for a good number of turns before punching in with Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon and Contagion Clasp proliferate for the win.

Game two I got smashed with mass sweep and counter and couldn't get him beyond four or five poison counters...

Game three I got in early points but missed a chance to resolve a turn 5 Steady Progress and lost about ten turns later with my opponent at 9 poison counters.

Round 2 vs u/w controlI don't remember much about this matchup, but I do know that it took us a real long time to finish and it took us three games courtesy of my trusty friend Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon .

Round 3 vs Quest for the Holy RelicA straight up beatdown via my Ichor Rats , Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon , and Contagion Clasp . I 2-0'd the round easily.

Round 4 vs u/w/g AlliesGame one I got outrun by turn 4. Game two I handled with a turn 5 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon ... Game 3 I let him rush me into a hand with one black and Tectonic Edge for land, a really poor decision. I got beat down by turn seven with one black and four land drops.

Tournament Stats:

Placed 3rd out of 26 players.

Game 1: 2-0-0 against G/W Artifact

Game 2: 2-0-0 against Red Burn

Game 3: 2-0-1 against Vampires

Game 4: 1-1-1 against U/B/Infect/Control

Game 5: 2-0-1 against Jace + Psychosis Crawler

Game 6: 1-0-2 against U/B Infect/Control

I finished in 5th place with a record of 3-1

Game 1 was a pretty easy matchup against a Mono-White Aggro... Took games 1 and 2 riding on Phyrexian Crusader .

Game 2 was a blowout in the favor of Esper Control. A game two misplay on a Mana Leak to avoid Inquisition of Kozilek turn four ended up costing me the leak and the Preordain on top of the six card mulligan led to stalling out with no blue and a quick end to the round.

Game 3 was a pretty pedestrian 2-1 where I coughed up game two on a misplayed Mana Leak and got overrun by Sarkhan the Mad ripping lands and some lethal Dragonmaster Outcast .

Game 4 was a grinder against RUG where I took game one by a turn and lost game two with a crucial Mana Leak going to the bottom of my deck because I accidentally drew two cards. Game three was close, but I outwaited my opponent and managed to pull through on the back of a Phyrexian Crusader and two Contagion Clasp .

Went 0-2 with a bye....

Abysmal showing with a rough loss to RUG game 3 in round 1. Bye for round 2, and round 3 I lost in 3 games to samhgreen's Mono Green Aggro. I need better ways to deal with green fatties. When ramp takes over I have a hard time holding out.

Went 2-2 An unremarkable Round One went by with a win via Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon ... Round Two was lost 1-2 to B/R Vampires with a lack of removal to deal with Bloodghast s and a mistake in moving in with Inkmoth Nexus and Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon with my opponent at 3 poison when I needed the inkmoth to block on game 3. Round Three was a 1-2 split on Mono-White Knights; an error in attacks led to a loss again when I lost track of the soldier tokens produced by Hero of Bladehold . Round 4 was a win on account of my opponent not showing. The deck performs well overall, but doesn't recover from mistakes easily.

10th Place @ 2-1. The Breakdown:

Match 1: Lost 1-2 against RDW mirror match. Opponent had 2 life left and I drew a Goblin Guide which he burned, then I lost to an active Shrine.

Match 2: 2-0'd Green/Blue infect.

Match 3: 2-0'd WW/Artifact Quest.

Weekly Monday night magic tournament. Ended up going 3-1 for a 4th place finish. Lost to Splinter Caw.

Went 3-0 total, going 2-0 against RDW, 2-1 against White/Blue control, 2-1 against Eldrazi Ramp.

Took 7th.