Steel-Cannon Pummeler (KLD - Retired)

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1-2, 1-2, 2-2, and 2-2 (11/30-12/4) —Dec. 4, 2016

I was traveling for work during the week and found time to play twice! And then I was able to play both Sat and Sun this weekend!

Overall, I went 6-8 (though one of those was a bye), but I got to play a bunch of new decks and learned a ton, so I feel really good about it. Here's how it all went down ...

1-2 at Wed Standard (11/30). Incidentally, 3rd Coast Cards was a great store ... I will definitely return if I'm ever back in Houston.

• 1-2 vs. UW Control. The Temur sideboard was very ineffective in this match-up ... I should have stayed fully Aggro.
• 2-1 vs. UR Thermo-Fever. An easy match-up.
• 0-2 vs. UW Flash. I think this was the first time I ever played this deck IRL Ouch.

1-2 at Thurs Standard (12/1)

• 0-2 vs Jeskai Control. This is normally a pretty good match-up, but I kept a hand I probably should had mulliganed :-(
• 2-1 vs. Jeskai Control.
• 0-2 vs UW Flash. Ouch again ... though the games were much closer than Wed!

2-2 (though really 1-2) at Standard Showdown (12/3)

• 1-2 vs. Jeskai Control.
• Bye
• 2-0 vs. UW Flash. I think I finally figured out how to sideboard for this match-up: In 3x Weaver of Lightning, 2x Nature's Way / Out 3x Electrostatic Pummeler, 2x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1-2 vs. BG Delirium. This is usually a very even match up ... if I draw well, I'll get enough damage in to Trample over Ishkanah and her brood, and win before Emrakul arrives. And if my opponent draws better, I die in some hilarious manner.

2-2 at Sunday Standard. It was a relatively small field this afternoon, so this was good enough for my first-ever Top 8. Woot!

• 0-2 vs. Naya Superfriends. This was the first time I've ever played this deck, and I made some BAD strategic mistakes. First, I kept an iffy hand on Game 1, and I really should have trusted my instincts and mulliganed. Second, I really should have sideboarded in some Enchantment hate for Game 2 ... the manabase of the deck is really stretched, and removing an Oath of Nissa would probably have made all the difference. Finally, I had an opportunity to kill Nissa, Vital Force at one point and chose to swing at my opponent instead. Turns out that was a big mistake ... her 5/5 Elementals were just too much for me to handle.
• 2-0 vs. BW Lifegain. This deck has destroyed me in the past, so it was nice to turn the tables :-)
• 2-0 vs. RG Wolves.
• 0-2 vs. Mardu Vehicles. This was a better match-up than it looks. I had to mul' to 5 on Game 1 and still almost won, and Game 2 was a close fight all the way. I've been going back and forth all season on whether I should run Incendiary Flow in sideboard, and after this match I'm definitely going to do so ... I might not have drawn it of course, but exiling a Scrapheap Scrounger would have made a huge difference early game, and a three-to-the-face would have made all the difference late game.

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