GTC Draft Debate - Round 7 vs. Elaine, and Final Results

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

13 March 2013

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Matchup

GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

SCORE: 6 | 169 COMMENTS | 3174 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

vs.

Elaine's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

5 COMMENTS | 689 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

Comments from KrazyCaley in italics.

Comments from Elaine in bold.

Game 1

Tappedout wins the toss and plays first. It mulligans a hand of Island, Metropolis Sprite, Frontline Medic, 2x Shambleshark, Prophetic Prism, Rust Scarab

Boooooo.

Elaine keeps a hand of 3x Swamp, Island, Grisly Spectacle, Agoraphobia, Sage's Row Denizen.

Tappedout keeps a hand of Island, Forest, Shambleshark, Gridlock, Rust Scarab, Simic Charm.

Turn 1

T plays Island and passes.

E draws Mindeye Drake, plays Island, and passes.

Oh, is blue a Magic: The Gathering color? I forgot it existed, what with all our opponents' decks.

Turn 2

T draws Hands of Binding, plays Forest, and passes.

E draws Wight of Precinct Six, plays Swamp, casts the Wight, and passes. End step, T flashes in Shambleshark.

Turn 3

T draws Plains and plays it. He casts Hands of Binding targeting the Wight, and ciphers it onto the shark. He attacks with shark and hits, declining to cast a cipher copy of Hands. (T 20, E 18). He passes.

E draws Dimir Guildgate. She plays Swamp and casts Sage's Row Denizen, then passes.

The mill deck went 6-0, eh? Well, we can't have it going 7-0.

Turn 4

T draws Island and plays it. He attacks with Shambleshark. E blocks with Sage's Row Denizen.

Caley wouldn't make this play if he didn't have a combat trick, but it's probably either Bloodrush or Simic Charm. If it's Bloodrush, then he loses a creature for it, which is fine, and if it's Simic Charm, then that's going to stop me from using Grisly Spectacle and Agoraphobia, so getting it out of the way is also fine. The only way this is a bad play is if Caley would have tapped out to cast something if I hadn't blocked, but I think this is the percentage play.

T pumps Shambleshark with Simic Charm. The Denizen dies. T passes.

E draws Cloudfin Raptor and plays Swamp. She puts Agoraphobia on the Shambleshark, making it a -3/2. She attacks with Wight of Precinct Six and hits. (T 19, E 18). She passes.

I've learned to use Agoraphobia before anything else because you can bring it back, and Grisly Spectacle is a good thing to save for later.

Turn 5

T draws Island and plays it. He casts Rust Scarab and passes.

Just what I need to get rid of the pesky Agoraphobia.

E draws Swamp and plays Dimir Guildgate. She casts Grisly Spectacle on Rust Scarab, killing it and milling Forest, Island, Wasteland Viper, Frontline Medic. Wight of Precinct Six is a 4/4. She attacks with it and hits. (E 18, T 15). She passes.

Best to do this while he has no mana.

Oh, that hurts.

Turn 6

T draws Frilled Oculus and casts it. Shambleshark becomes a -2/2. He passes.

E draws Island and plays it. She casts Cloudfin Raptor, then Mindeye Drake evolving the Raptor to 1/2. Then she passes.

Going to hang back with the Wight for now. The fliers should be sufficient, and I'd like to guard against any ridiculously pumped attacks.

Turn 7

T draws Ivy Lane Denizen. He casts it and passes. Shambleshark is -1/3.

I can build up a nasty board if I can survive a little while.

E draws AEtherize. She plays Swamp. She attacks with her fliers and passes. (E 18, C 12).

Turn 8

T draws Frontline Medic. He casts it. Shambleshark is 0/4. He passes.

E draws Devour Flesh. She attacks with her fliers and passes. (E 18, C 9).

Turn 9

T draws Island. He attacks with all his creatures except Shambleshark. E casts AEtherize returning Medic, Denizen, Oculus to hand. T recasts Oculus and Medic, evolving Shambleshark to 2/6.

This deck is pretty brutal. I am not defeated yet, though.

E draws Island. She recalls Agoraphobia to hand. Then she casts Devour Flesh. T sacs Frilled Oculus. E recasts Agoraphobia on Shambleshark and it stays 2/6. Wight of Precinct Six is a 5/5. E attacks with her fliers and hits. (E 18, T 6).

Turn 10

T draws Rapid Hybridization. He casts Ivy Lane Denizen and passes.

E draws Island. She attacks with her fliers. T casts Rapid Hybridization on Mindeye Drake, which mills away Cloudfin Raptor, Shambleshark, Ivy Lane Denizen, Scab-Clan Charger, Forest. Wight of Precinct Six is a 9/9. Cloudfin Raptor evolves to 2/3 and hits. (E 18, T 4). E passes.

FROG LIZARD IS TOO SAD ABOUT HAVING TO MAKE THAT PLAY TO MAKE A FROG LIZARD JOKE.

Turn 11

T draws Simic Charm. He attacks with all his creatures, bouncing the Frog Lizard with Simic Charm first. Wight blocks Frontline Medic; shark and denizen hit. (E 14, T 4). T passes.

E draws Keymaster Rogue. Entering combat, T taps all her creatures with Gridlock. E casts Keymaster Rogue returning Wight of Precinct Six to hand. She recasts that, plays an Island, and passes.

Turn 12

T draws Nimbus Swimmer and casts it for 4. Shark is a 3/7. Denizen puts the counter on herself, now 3/4. T passes.

I am probably lost, but I can buy another turn by chop blocking the Wight.

E draws Devour Flesh. She attacks with Keymaster Rogue and hits. (E 14, T 1). She passes.

Turn 13

T draws Shambleshark. He attacks with all his creatures. Frontline Medic is blocked by Wight of Precinct Six. Everything else hits. (E 3, T 1). T passes.

Augh, so close. Flashing down the Shambleshark wouldn't win, and is best saved for if she makes the mistake of attacking with only the Wight.

E draws Grisly Spectacle. She attacks with Wight of Precinct Six and Keymaster Rogue, and T concedes.

He scared me for a minute there; I thought he had AEtherize.

Sideboarding

T removes a Metropolis Sprite for Hands of Binding

I originally toyed with putting in Hydroform, but that card just isn't better, even in this matchup, than other options that are already there.

E makes no changes.

Mortus Strider might make sense, but it's just too slow against Simic.

Game 2

T plays first and keeps an opening hand of 3x Island, 2x Forest, Gridlock, Frontline Medic.

Not a great hand, but I have to keep it rather than risking going to six. I sense defeat is impending with this, though.

E keeps 3x Island, Swamp, Dimir Guildgate, Wight of Precinct Six, Devour Flesh.

This is a risky hand to keep. I will need to draw spells quickly or be overwhelmed.

Turn 1

T plays Island and passes.

E draws Island, plays Dimir Guildgate, and passes.

Turn 2

T draws Simic Guildgate, plays it, and passes.

E draws Sage's Row Denizen, plays Island, casts Wight of Precinct Six, and passes.

Turn 3

T draws Island and plays it. He passes.

E draws Cloudfin Raptor and plays Island. She casts Sage's Row Denizen and passes.

I would attack, but Shambleshark would be a bad trade for the wight.

Turn 4

T draws Rapid Hybridization. He plays Forest and passes.

E draws Swamp and plays it. She casts Cloudfin Raptor and Sage's Row mills away Island and Scab-Clan Charger. Wight is 2/2. E attacks with Sage's Row Denizen alone, and hits. (E 20, T 18). E passes.

Turn 5

T draws Drakewing Krasis. He casts it and passes. End step, E casts Devour Flesh and the Krasis dies. (E 20, T 19). Wight is 3/3.

E draws Devour Flesh. She attacks with Denizen and Wight, and hits. (E 20, T 14). She passes after playing Swamp.

Turn 6

T draws Gyre Sage and casts it. He passes. E casts Devour Flesh and the Sage dies. (E 20, T 16). Wight is 4/4. T passes.

This is not going well.

E draws Lord of the Void. She plays Island. She attacks with Denizen and Wight, and hits. (E 20, T 10). She passes.

Turn 7

T draws Wasteland Viper. He plays Forest and casts it. Then he passes.

E draws Keymaster Rogue.

Should I set up the continuous milling with Rogue and Denizen, or should I cast Lord of the Void? He has a bunch of land and cards, so he might have an answer, but even if he does, I'm still fine. Lord.

E casts Lord of the Void. She attacks with Sage's Row Denizen, and C blocks with Wasteland Viper, killing both. Wight is 5/5.

How about damage on the stack, Elaine, just for this game? Not that it would help much.

E passes. End step, C casts Rapid Hybridization on Lord of the Void.

FOR HATE'S SAKE, FROG LIZARD SPITS HIS LAST BREATH AT THEE.

Turn 8

T draws Shambleshark. He passes.

E draws Paranoid Delusions. She casts it, milling Simic Charm, Frilled Oculus, Island. (Wight is 6/6). She ciphers onto the Wight. Entering combat, T taps down all her creatures with Gridlock. E casts Keymaster Rogue bouncing itself. Denizen mills 2x Forest. E passes. End step, T flashes down Shambleshark.

You've got this, Shambleshark

Turn 9

T draws Nimbus Swimmer and casts it for 5. Shark is 3/2. T passes.

E draws Swamp and plays it. She attacks with Wight of Precinct Six. T double-blocks it with Nimbus Swimmer and Shambleshark. The Swimmer and the Wight die. E casts Keymaster Rogue bouncing itself twice, then passes. The milled cards are Shambleshark, Prophetic Prism, Rust Scarab, Forest. 14 cards left in T's library.

Turn 10

T draws Forest, does nothing, and passes.

E draws Island and plays it. She attacks with 3/3 Frog Lizard. She hits. (E 20, T 7). She casts Keymaster Rogue bouncing itself twice, milling 2x Ivy Lane Denizen, Prophetic Prism, Plains. She passes.

Turn 11

T draws Forest and concedes. E wins the match 2-0.

No path to victory. 8 cards left in the library, and I will not kill her or stop her from using the Rogue in two turns.

Thoughts

Ouch. Absolutely dominated. But this was by far the worst run our deck has had, and could not have come at a worse time.

Your deck was a good deck, but from what I saw it had too many tricks and not enough creatures. Maybe those were just some bad draws; casting NOTHING for the first part of that second game seemed like pretty bad luck.

Results

Elaine def. Tappedout 2-0

Lee def. P.T. 2-1

Grim def. Muton 2-1

Sectoid def. Bernard 2-1

Final Standings

1st Place - Elaine (7-0)

Elaine's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

5 COMMENTS | 689 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

U/B Mill/Control

2nd Place - Grim (6-1)

Grim's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

2 COMMENTS | 499 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

W/B Extort/Control

3rd Place - Tappedout (5-2)

GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

SCORE: 6 | 169 COMMENTS | 3174 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

U/G/w Aggro

4th Place - Lee (4-3)

Lee's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

417 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

R/G Beatdown

5th Place - Bernard (2-5, wins tiebreaker with Sectoid)

Bernard's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

416 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

W/B/R Control/Midrange

6th Place - Sectoid (2-5, loses tiebreaker with Bernard)

Sectoid's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

384 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

W/R/G Beatdown

7th Place - P.T. (1-6, wins tiebreaker with Muton)

P.T.'s GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

460 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

W/R/G Beatdown

8th Place - Muton (1-6, loses tiebreaker with P.T.)

Muton's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

412 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

W/B Extort/Midrange

Stay tuned for the wrapup article, which will have interviews and some analysis.