Ghost Dad's Circus Stampede
Standard*
SCORE: 71 | 64 COMMENTS | 19523 VIEWS | IN 35 FOLDERS Top 8: 05/10
FNM Report 5/3/13 —May 4, 2013
Alright back on track with the reports. I went 3-1 then drew the fifth round into 3-1-1 for Top 8! I finished 5th and we all decided to split the packs after much debate.
R1: RUG Elves (L1-2)
Agh. This deck again! And even better with DGM cards! Won game 1 because he couldn't get any lands after I Tragic Sliped his turn 1 Arbor Elf, which he was banking on using to cast his two Farseeks in hand. Quick game. Game 2 he was on the play and was able to get Acidic Slime out first, which ended it for me since shortly after he played Progenitor Mimic targeting the slime. GG. Game 3 was similar except instead he copied my own Loxodon Smiter before stabilizing. Also GG. This deck is legit.
R2: Bye (W 2-0)
Woot! Went to get some food and watched some people play.
R3: 4C Goodstuff (GUBW) (W 2-0)
He could not get it up in game 1. Was stuck on with all the lands of the colors he didn't want more of. Game 2 was also stupid. He wasn't able to hit his big creatures while I smacked him over and over with Thragtusk and Restoration Angel.
R4: Jund Midrange (W 2-1)
Wow. This round was intense! This guy is already good at MTG so I knew I was up for some beating. Beating came game 1 when I got him down to 5 life with my spirit tokens plus some emblems, but he drew and played a clutch Sire Of Insanity, making me discard my finisher hand of Blood Baron of Vizkopa, Thragtusk, Restoration Angel, and Thragtusk. (Blood Baron was online the next turn I play him since I was at 32. He continued to put salt on the wound by peeling Bonfire of the Damned off the top, killing my Sorin, Lord of Innistrad who was my only way out at the time. He eventually stabilized enough to ult Garruk, Primal Hunter with 7 loyalty counters on him. Game 2 was incredibly on luck for me. I mulligan'd to 6 cards, but accidentally drew 7. Being the competitor that the guy was, he said I was supposed to go down to 5 for that error and so I did. I thought this game was over since I ended up with only one land in the 5-hand, but I had to keep it anyway. Guess what? Turn 2, drew land. Turn 3, drew land. 3 mana was all I needed to get going early thanks to Lingering Souls and flashing it back the next turn. I swung hard at his life total while he set up with nothing on the board. Turn 5, land came and I played Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, knowing I need to shift to aggro at this point and so I made an emblem and swung in for 8 more. I eventually got to 5 mana and casted Obzedat, Ghost Council and tango'd with him for a while before he went to 2. He thought he was safe since he had blockers to stop my Ghost Dad....until I casted Cloudshift on my Ghost Dad after my upkeep. GG. Game 3 was somewhat slower. He played Olivia Voldaren after I played my Sorin, Lord of Innistrad with a token. He killed my token and knowing that Sorin was as good as dead next turn, I made an emblem out of him before letting him take one for the team. Seeing his open mana, I decided to not cast Thragtusk on the turn I got 5 mana since he could either triple ping him to death or play one more mana and ping then take him for keeps. I played Thragtusk on my 6th mana, leaving a mana open and ready for a Cloudshift. He decided to not kill the Thragtusk (not sure why) and decided to ping him once for the vampire marker and swing in at my life total instead, which let me swing in with Thragtusk. He decided to take his time and drew some cards with Underworld Connections and passing turn with 7-8 mana open. I flashed in Restoration Angel at the end of turn to bait his ability, which he bit hook, line, and sinker. He responded to my Resto trigger by trying to take control of Thragtusk, but I responded to that with Cloudshift, which he responded with another ping. Ping resolves. Then Cloudshift resolves, granting me a token and 5 life and the very important fact that the Thragtusk is no longer a vampire. Olivia Voldaren's ability whiffed, but so did Restoration Angel since her original target was no longer there. Still, I ended up with Thragtusk, Restoration Angel, and a beast token. I swung in and he blocked angel with Olivia Voldaren and took 10 thanks to sorin's emblem, putting him at 1. I then proceeded to play Staff of Nin during second main phase and activate it for the win. I feel like I made all the right plays in the games that I won this round and I am very proud of this fact.
R5: Rakdos Aggro (Draw into Top 8: 1-0-1) (W 2-1 in funsies)
Played the Rakdos Aggro deck for funsies since I never beat this guy before. He's fun to play with and he really knows how to play an aggro deck well so I was willing to play more to get experience. Game one he swung in hard with the usual curves when I couldn't get past 2 lands. Game 2 he was stuck with 3 lands for the longest time, but he still put on a ridiculous amount of pressure. My life total was hopping up and down thanks to Obzedat, Ghost Council and lifelinking tokens with emblem. I eventually did the math and double Cloudshifted Obzedat, Ghost Council to put me just out of range of his Hellrider in the event he hits his fourth land and plays it. He did hit it and played it but was not able to close the game and left me at 3 life while I just upkeep'd his 1 life away with Ghost Dad. Thanks, Ghost Dad! Game 3 was won thanks to both of my Golgari Charm in the opening hand taking care of Knight of Infamy and Lightning Mauler and saving me against quite a few points of damage since he had Hellrider on the board. Was finally able to resolve Thragtusk then Restoration Angel to put myself way out of reach and swung in for win.
Ended up in fifth place and I was perfectly fine with it since we split the packs in top 8 and I got my promo Judge's Familiar which was so friggin' darn cute.
That is all for tonight, guys!
P.S. OH I almost forgot! Earlier in the day, I decided to make a few changes to my deck as you may have noticed. The changes I made are as follows and probably will be changed further:
MB:
-2 Abrupt Decay
+2 Putrefy - such a good efficient kill spell and is much easier to cast than Murder
+1 Blood Baron of Vizkopa - wanted to give him a test drive. He seems a lot like a win-more card against most decks. Usually by the time I can get him online as a 10/10 flying, I have already won the game. He might be cut.
SB:
+1 Abrupt Decay - This thing came from the main, one of them was cut altogether
-1 Witchbane Orb - Probably don't need more than one since its use is quite limited.
Overall, I think Putrefy can perfectly sit pretty where it is, but some cards in my deck will need to me moved around to make room for the new DGM ones that I find useful.