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#2cd place @manawerx SCG IQ —March 8, 2013

Long long day with lots of good players, it was $25 to enter which meant a a lot less scrubs entered.

Match 1: opponent playing esper tokens. 2-0. Both games my life total got out of hand and he didn't run board wipes because he used the land that made his tokens life linkers and deathtouch. I just simply overwhelmed him with Triumph of Ferocity on the board one game I had stupid card advantage.

Match 2: opponent playing red black aggro. 2-1. This was a tough match for me because his deck was so fast, first game he blew me out and I side boarded Loxodon Smiter's to have advantage over burn spells. Round 2 turn 2&3 I dropped Loxodon Smiters and followed it up with a Silverblade Paladin for the kill. Round 3 he turn one apatite for brains to find a Sublime Archangel, Thragtusk, Loxodon Smiter, Garruk, Primal Hunter, 2 land and an Avacyn's Pilgrim, his expression was sadness and he said "fuck... man, what do I hit... the aggro deck is going to get out aggroed" which my first 3 draws were Silverblade Paladin, Sunpetal Grove and another Sublime Archangel it did in fact out aggro him and I went to game 3

Match 3: opponent playing naya midrange. 1-2. These games were sooo goddamn close game 3 I lost because my sideboarded Nevermore couldn't hit the 2 Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip in his hand because he was on the play and turn 1 land+Avacyn's Pilgrim followed by Farseek turn 2 and another land. He told me afterwards that if he didn't topdeck the land on turn 2 before his farseek, he would have been stuck with Thragtusk and 2 Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip in hand that he couldn't have cast. Sad face.

Match 4: opponent playing b/u zombies. 2-0. All my creatures were bigger, my lifegain was pretty powerful, and his biggest threat Drogskol Captain got to 3/3 and I Rancor on it and removed it with Selesnya Charm on turn 5 and swung for the kill.

Match 5: opponent playing w/u control. 2-0. One game he got land screwed and the second game; turn 1 land+Avacyn's Pilgrim go! - turn 2 I played Silverblade Paladin and land and passed - turn 3 land+Sublime Archangel paired with Silverblade Paladin and swung for 4/4 doublestrike no blocks - opponent played Augur of Bolas and pulled a Supreme Verdict and passed - I played Rancor on the first Sublime Archangel that was paired and he was scooping (4/3 now 6/3 + 2 exalted triggers 8/5 doublestrike in air for 16) and I was in the process of tapping my avacyn and other 3 land for another Sublime Archangel to swing for 24 in the air on turn 4 (4/3 + rancor2/0 = 6/3 exalted triggers from both sublimes x6 to make it 12/9 in the air with double strike...fucking beast). I actually felt pretty bad about it because he got land screwed the first game, but I really don't like fighting control so I was happy it passed quick.

Match 6: Intentional Draw. Went to top 8.

Match 7 top 8: opponent playing bant control. 2-1. Longest games ever. My opponent was using a lot of the same creatures I was but had the ability to board wipe and counter and with no time limit he took time to make his decisions. I lost the first game after getting him to 5 health because of double Thragtusk followed by Angel of Serenity. The second game he played Rhox Faithmender and I promptly responded with Nevermore naming Thragtusk because I couldn't outlast his lifegain and he drew 2 thragtusks after that. 3 rd game I named Supreme Verdict with Nevermore when he had 2 in hand and my pressure was constant.

Match 8 top 4: opponent playing b/u control some weird Mutilate Staff of Nin deck. 2-0. Pretty fast games actually, he controlled me and got me low on game 1 but my lifegain came back and I squeeked by on game 1 with some pro shit, he had 2 Staff of Nin in play he was shooting me with and at the end of his turn I played a Selesnya Charm to create a 2/2 vigilance token. I waited for him to respond and shoot it twice so I could respond with my other 5 mana and Gavony Township to pump it but he didn't. On my turn I Rancor on my token and he responded with shooting it, so I pumped it and swang for 5 which was his exact health. Game 2 he never got to his 4th swamp to mutilate my field which was 3 Restoration Angel's and an Avacyn's Pilgrim.

Match 9 top 2: I gave my opponent the win so he would get the invite and I got to take the prize support other than the invite, we played it out for fun and he ended up beating me 2-0, he was playing a really strong deck I think he called his fight-bear deck. Ulvenwald Tracker Predator Ooze is a beast ass combo, and he had other aggressive creatures but that was his main combo. I was able to remove his ooze a few times but the consistent pressure and use of the tracker kept my field empty for him to damage and most of the time trample in.

Really fun/stressful day but my deck performed very well, was overall super happy with the results!