Ghost Dad's Circus Stampede
Standard*
SCORE: 71 | 64 COMMENTS | 19523 VIEWS | IN 35 FOLDERS Top 8: 05/10
FNM Report 5/10/13 —May 11, 2013
So there were only 12 people playing tonight, which means "the money" is in the Top 4 as opposed to the usual top 8.
I went 2-2 and so I was out of the money, boooo. I am positive I still got top 8 though, given my tiebreakers. Anyway, I got the report:
R1: Naya Midrange/Aggro (W 2-1)
A naya midrange deck that ramps with dorks into things like Boros Reckoner, Savageborn Hydra, Aurelia, the Warleader, Thragtusk, etc. Lost game 1 when I ran out of steam late game and drew into lands 3 turns in a row while his monsters kept swinging in. Game 2 was close. He has a Savageborn Hydra with 3 counters and Unflinching Courage attached to him, making him a 5/5 lifelink trample double strike WITH his own Rhox Faithmender on the field. He jumped straight from 7 to 27 life in one swing but the game was won when I played Garruk, Primal Hunter and drawing 5 cards off of Thragtusk which got me Abrupt Decay to take out the hydra just in time. Next turn I casted Angel of Serenity that I drew from last turn and sealed the game. Game 3 was just bad luck for him as he couldn't get past 1 land and a couple mana dorks. I eventually got to 5 mana and casted Acidic Slime destroying his only land.
R2: Junk Rites (L 1-2)
Bah. I did great in the first game thanks to early Loxodon Smiter and Thragtusk getting it in before he got online. Game 2 was poop. Couldn't do anything when I wasn't drawing the right lands and the only green source I had to survive was destroyed by Acidic Slime. Game 3 shared the same fate thanks to timely Angel of Serenity.
R3: Jimhawk's deck:the-sunfist-brigade-dgm-update (L 0-2)
So this was the knock-out round for both of us. His usual aggro-ness was way too fast for my deck. He had the nuts both games with T1 Champion of the Parish into T2 Lightning Mauler into T3 whatever-the-hell else. It was way too much damage early for me to recover from since I didn't draw into any efficient removals. (Unfortunately, he didn't make Top 4..)
R4: RBW (Aristocrats?) (W 2-0)
It was a RBW deck but I didn't see any Falkenrath Aristocrat or Cartel Aristocrat or even Doomed Traveler. He ran Boros Reckoner, High Priest of Penance, Master of Cruelties, some other spells like Mizzium Mortars, Searing Spear, Boros Charm, Dreadbore, etc. He wasn't able to do much when I started gaining life with Thragtusk into Obzedat, Ghost Council into two Restoration Angels. The life gain was too much for him at that point. Game 2 ended even more swiftly when I was able to cast Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and he tried to Boros Charm it before I used his ability, which he couldn't do due to me having priority. Knowing his next play, I just made an emblem and let him kill Sorin anyway. Started swinging in with spirit tokens while chump-blocking Master of Cruelties. Eventually I had enough damage in the air for him to concede.
All in all, deck did alright tonight. Made more trades towards the secondary deck, deck:obliterate-the-mind. If I can get enough testing and tweaking done on this deck in the next week, I may even bench Ghost Dad for the first time in favor of the second deck to take to States next weekend!