Daily Dose 52 - Standard

Daily Dose of Standard

KrazyCaley

13 April 2013

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SwiftDeath, you are up next, by this coming Wednesday. Heartpiercer, you are after that.

Opposing Bolas today is:

It's Wizarding Time!

Modern ShimmerVoid

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Your pinch hitting community pilot today is Elaine.

BEING Bolas today is:

Bolas for a Better Tomorrow

Standard* KrazyCaley

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Game 1

Caley wins the toss and plays first. He keeps an opener of Dragonskull Summit, Drowned Catacomb, Desolate Lighthouse, 2x Barter in Blood, Gilded Lotus, Counterflux.

Elaine keeps an opener of Hallowed Fountain, Hinterland Harbor, Sunpetal Grove Izzet Staticaster, 2x Forbidden Alchemy, Unsummon.

C1

C plays Drowned Catacomb tapped and passes.

E1

E draws Stomping Ground. She plays Hallowed Fountain tapped and passes.

C2

C draws Mystic Retrieval. He plays Dragonskull Summit tapped and passes.

E2

E draws Cavern of Souls. She plays Stomping Ground tapped and passes.

C3

C draws Dreadbore. He plays Desolate Lighthouse and passes.

Unexpectedly thin on land here.

E3

E draws Stomping Ground. She plays Hinterland Harbor and passes.

C4

C draws Drowned Catacomb. He plays it tapped and passes. End step, E casts Forbidden Alchemy. She keeps Havengul Lich and throws away 2x Searing Spear and a Nightshade Peddler.

The heck is this?

E4

E draws Clone. She plays Cavern of Souls naming Wizard and passes.

C5

C draws Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. He does nothing and passes. End step E casts Forbidden Alchemy, keeping Watery Grave and discarding three other lands.

Going to need some land. One more will do to get me to the Lotus.

E5

E draws Nightshade Peddler. She plays Sunpetal Grove and casts the Peddler, then passes.

C6

C draws Mystic Retrieval. He does nothing and passes.

E6

E draws Steam Vents and plays Watery Grave untapped. (C 20, E 18). She attacks with the Peddler and hits. (C 19, E 18). She casts Havengul Lich, bonded to Peddler, and passes.

Unsummon ready.

Probably Dispel or Unsummon waiting for me if she played that untapped. Dispel only hits instants, though.

C7

C draws Mountain and plays it. He casts Barter in Blood. E responds with Unsummon on Havengul Lich. The peddler dies. C passes.

E7

E draws Unsummon. She plays Steam Vents tapped, then casts Havengul Lich and passes.

C8

C draws Watery Grave and plays it untapped. (E 18, C 17). He casts Gilded Lotus, then casts Dreadbore on Havengul Lich, but it gets Unsummoned again. C passes.

Thank god for Mystic Retrieval.

E8

E draws Izzet Staticaster. She plays Stomping Ground untapped. (C 17, E 16). She casts Havengul Lich, then activates its ability to bring in Nightshade Peddler, bonding it to the Lich. She passes.

Basically hoping for no Barter here. And no Bolas. And not more than one kill spell. This probably won't end well, I guess. But I don't have any other choice. I can't just sit here.

C9

C draws Island and plays it. He casts Barter in Blood and everything dies. Then he casts Mystic Retrieval on Barter in Blood. He passes.

E9

E draws Snapcaster Mage. She does nothing and passes.

C10

C draws Dreadbore. He casts Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. Bolas blows up Cavern of Souls and goes to 8. C passes. End step, E casts Snapcaster Mage targeting Searing Spear, which she casts at C redirecting to Bolas, who goes to 5.

E10

E draws Nightshade Peddler. She attacks Bolas with Snapcaster Mage and hits. Bolas goes to 3. E casts Clone copying Snapcaster Mage and targeting the other Searing Spear, which E casts and redirects to Bolas to finish him off. She passes.

Awesome. THAT is how you kill a Bolas. Still in this game.

That was a good play, but it is probably futile; I have strong control over the board at this point thanks to my gobs of mana and my Mystic Retrievals. Killing Cavern of Souls reactivates Counterflux, also, and the presence of Desolate Lighthouse means enduring card advantage. My defeat in this game is unlikely.

C11

C draws Dragonskull Summit and plays it. He casts Barter in Blood to kill everything, then passes.

E11

E draws Kessig Wolf Run. She plays it and casts Nightshade Peddler, then passes.

C12

C draws Island. He casts Dreadbore on Nightshade Peddler, then passes.

E12

E draws Farseek. She casts it and puts in Blood Crypt, then passes. End step, C uses the Lighthouse and draws Watery Grave, discarding the same.

C13

C draws Dragonskull Summit and plays it. He passes.

E13

E draws Nightshade Peddler. She casts it and passes. End step, C activates Lighthouse. He draws Swamp and discards it.

C14

C draws Swamp and plays Island. He casts Mystic Retrieval on Dreadbore. He casts Dreadbore on Nightshade Peddler, then passes. End step, E flashes back Forbidden Alchemy, keeping Izzet Staticaster and discarding three lands.

Ok, obvious that I have to go for the Wolf Run staticaster victory now.

E14

E draws Breeding Pool and plays it tapped. She casts Izzet Staticaster, but it runs into Counterflux. She casts another Izzet Staticaster. She attacks with it and activates Kessig Wolf Run for 1 and hits. (C 16, E 16). She passes.

C draws Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. He casts it and E concedes.

Sideboarding

C boards in 2x Grafdigger's Cage and 3x Slaughter Games. He boards out 3x Mystic Retrieval and 2x Think Twice.

E boards in 1x Counterflux, 2x Negate, 2x Thragtusk, 1x Slaughter Games. She boards out 4x Nightshade Peddler, 2x Unsummon, 1x Searing Spear.

Game 2

E plays first. She mulligans a six-land hand.

C keeps a hand of Mountain, Swamp, Think Twice, Grafdigger's Cage, Dreadbore, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, and Barter in Blood.

Risky, but worthwhile with her mull to six.

E keeps a hand of Watery Grave, Rootbound Crag, Searing Spear, Forbidden Alchemy, Clone, Restoration Angel.

E1

E plays Rootbound Crag tapped and passes.

C1

C draws Murder, plays Swamp, and passes.

E2

E draws Blood Crypt, plays Watery Grave tapped, and passes.

C2

C draws Watery Grave, plays it untapped. (E 20, C 18), and passes.

E3

E draws Stomping Ground. She plays Blood Crypt untapped. (E 18, C 18) and passes. End step, C casts Think Twice, drawing Murder.

C3

C draws Gilded Lotus. He plays Mountain and passes. End step E casts Forbidden Alchemy, keeping Thragtusk and ditching Restoration Angel, Deathrite Shaman, and Sacred Foundry.

E4

E draws Breeding Pool and plays it tapped. She passes. End step C flashes back Think Twice drawing Dreadbore.

C4

C draws Murder. He casts Grafdigger's Cage and passes, discarding Murder to get to 7.

E5

E draws Farseek. She plays Stomping Ground and casts the Farseek, putting in Steam Vents.

I want to have some mana open when I cast Thragtusk to scare him. I can afford this because he looks mana screwed.

C5

C draws Counterflux. He does nothing and passes, discarding Counterflux to get to 7.

E6

E draws Breeding Pool and plays it untapped. (C 18, E 16). She casts Thragtusk and passes. (E 21, C 18). End step, C casts Murder on it and E gets the token.

C6

C draws Swamp and plays it. He casts Dreadbore on the token and passes.

E7

E draws Hinterland Harbor and plays it. She does nothing and passes.

C7

C draws Chromatic Lantern. He casts it and passes. End step E flashes down Restoration Angel.

E8

E draws Restoration Angel. She casts Clone copying Restoration Angell, then attacks with the old Angel, hitting. (E 21, C 15). She passes.

C8

C draws Counterflux. He casts Barter in Blood and everything dies. He passes. End step, E flashes down another Restoration Angel.

E9

E draws Cavern of Souls and plays it naming Wizard. She attacks with the Angel and hits. (E 21, C 12). She passes.

C9

C draws Sulfur Falls and plays it. He casts Gilded Lotus and passes.

E10

E draws Negate. She attacks with the angel. C tries to kill it with Murder but E Negates it. The angel hits. (E 21, C 9). E casts Searing Spear to C's face. (E 21, C 6). She passes.

C10

C draws Chromatic Lantern. He casts Bolas. Bolas steals the angel. C passes.

E11

E draws Restoration Angel.

Yes! Oh wait, it has to be my own, and not an angel. Crap.

E does nothing and passes.

C11

C draws Watery Grave. He plays it tapped and casts Chromatic Lantern. Bolas blows up Cavern of Souls and goes to 6. C passes. End step, E flashes down Restoration Angel.

E11

E draws Searing Spear. She casts it at C but he stops it with Counterflux. She passes.

C11

C draws Mountain and plays it. He kills the opposing angel with Dreadbore. Bolas blows up Watery Grave and goes to 9. C passes.

E12

E draws Thragtusk and casts it. (E 26, C 6). She passes.

C12

C draws Grafdigger's Cage. Bolas blows up Blood Crypt and goes to 12. C passes.

Crap, no more black. Not like it matters.

E13

E draws Izzet Staticaster and casts it. She attacks Bolas with Thragtusk. C blocks with Restoration Angel. The Angel and Thragtusk die, and E gets the token. E passes.

C draws Counterflux. He casts Dreadbore on the token, and then activates Bolas' -9 ability. E concedes. C wins the match 2-0.

Comments

Another day of killing everything at the Bolas office.

I think you need to reconsider some choices in this deck. I think it is trying to be a midrange deck, but it's just too slow to live against an aggro deck, and control decks are going to kill it, like happened here. It needs to be faster, I guess is what I'm saying.