Sultai - The Gifts that Keep on Giving
Modern*
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Saturday Night Modern - 30+ players —Jan. 20, 2018
Round 1 Vs Sundial Mimic Vat 2-0 win
It was a young kid with an interesting budget brew. Answered everything and killed him with Thrun which I main decked tonight.
Round 2 Vs Burn 0-2 loss
Game one I know I have a horrible matchup and quickly lost. Game two I sided in some life gain cards like Collective Brutality. I was going to turn the corner with a Batterskull but he had a Destructive Revelry and I lost.
Round 3 Vs Abzan 1-2 loss
Game one we both mulliganed to 5 and I was able to get him with the academy ruins EE lock and had loam with both my man lands to win the game. My opponent said "Wow a modern Lands deck" haha. Game 2 I mulled to 5 while he kept 7. He got ooze out which is extremely good vs my deck I found out. Lost game two pretty quick. Game three we both kept 7. I played turn two Jace and he answered it with a collective brutality while also discarding my maelstrom pulse (huge swing). I played a turn four Thrun hoping he didn't have a Lilly but he also had that answer. I ended up losing to the unchecked Liliana. I still think this is a good matchup. His answered and discard just matched up well. Very fortunate for the opponent.
Round 4 Vs Rudget Rakdos Burn 2-1 win
I won easily game one and got a little cocky and didn't sideboard because I didn't see much of his deck. Game two I realized his deck was a little more aggressive and ended up losing to a fast start. Game three I side boarded and ended up winning the match.
Round 5 Vs Sultai Midrange 2-0 win
Gifts for the Ruins/EE Loam/Manland lock and traversed for Thrun. He played a ooze to try to break up the loop but I was able to gifts for 3 counters and a snapcaster Mage and countered it in response which was sweet. Game 2 I traversed for Thrun and won again pretty easily.
Results 3-2
I learned that my deck is way more reliant on the graveyard than I thought. I knew I used it but if a uncheck Ooze is out it hurts the loop, gifts, witness, Jace, snapcaster. So I need to find ways to not rely on the grave. Also found out that I need more siding for Burn.