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1st Place! - Standard FNM —May 17, 2013

8 players. 3 rounds.

Match 1: BR Vampires

Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip made a huge impact in this. Flipping back and forth, picking vampires off the board. He eventually resolved a Curse of Death's Hold and killed all my Nightshade Peddlers and Snapcaster Mages off. I kept the momentum up with Signal the Clans to look for Restoration Angel, Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip and Thragtusk and finished him off. Game 2 went pretty much the same way, he didn't draw any relevant removals (he drew Victim of Night which doesn't affect the huntmasters) so I took the game.

(2-0) Win

Match 2: BU Zombies

Played against the organizer. Been awhile since I've played him so it was really interesting. He had the zombie shell but splashed blue for Diregraf Captain and the like. First game ended for me badly, he smashed my face in with triple Diregraf Captain with his horde of zombies. Second game I sided in my Deathrite Shamans to deal with his zombies. Didn't draw them in the game though but I managed to pair a Nightshade Peddler with Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip and kept them alive with Unsummons and Restoration Angel. Game 3 went pretty much the same way but I managed to signal for a Deathrite Shaman using Signal the Clans and turned his Geralf's Messenger into a 0/1 weird without undying. This point in the game was crucial because he had another Messenger in hand and I was on 3 life. I blocked his 0/1 weird with my Deathrite Shaman and pinged his 2 Gravecrawlers with Izzet Staicaster. Went down to 1 life and I managed to signal for a Nightshade Peddler which got paired and finished his other Messenger off and while the undying trigger was on the stack, it got exiled with Deathrite Shaman's ability.

He eventually killed my Staticaster and resolved 2 Skirsdag High Priest to make a demon on the next turn. He was on 5 life though so attacking with my creatures proved too much for him and I got the game.

(2-1) Win

Match 3: BRU Control Tokens

This guy has been playing FNMs ever since I started and is quite experienced. His new deck revolves around Lingering Souls, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Boros Reckoner, Obzedat, Ghost Council, Restoration Angel and various burn spells like Mizzium Mortars and Warleader's Helix.

It was pretty tough and I got blown out in game 1 because of a misplay, by overextending and playing Havengul Lich when there was absolutely no need for it. His overloaded Mizzium Mortars took my board out and he proceeded to beat me down with Boros Reckoner x2 and double Warleader's Helix to the face.

Game 2, I expected some graveyard hate so I sided in Acidic Slime and Vraska the Unseen. It's also something to deal with his Oblivion Rings. I managed to ping most of his guys off with the paired Nightshade Peddler + Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip. Won Game 2 quite decisively as he got mana flooded.

Game 3 was the highlight of the day. I resolved a Deadbridge Chant and Vraska the Unseen. Vraska did a lot of work in that game by killing his Restoration Angel, High Priest of Penance and Boros Reckoner. He got really close to burning me out with all his life loss and burn but I managed to draw a Signal the Clans and signaled for a Restoration Angel / Thragtusk / Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip with another huntmaster in play and got a Thragtusk. Resolved it, and proceeded to win the game with Kessig Wolf Run.

(2-1) Win

Went 3-0, so I got first. Opened an Angelic Skirmisher and Whispering Madness along with a copy of the FNM promo of the month, Judge's Familiar.

Overall, I felt really good about how the deck has evolved. Signal the Clans has been invaluable and I'm definitely keeping it in.