The Unstoppable Unblockable Delver

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First Tournament Results —Nov. 23, 2012

Before I let you know what happened, there was a slight audible to the deck when making the actual build. When I went to get my Runechanter's Pikes I couldn't find them and had to figure something comparable out. I ended up going with Inquisitor's Flail, and I have to say it's MUCH better than the pike.

ROUND 1 - vs. Jund Mid-Range
My first pairing was against a pretty basic mid-range deck that flat out couldn't keep up. Even on the draw in game 1 I was able to out rush a turn 3 Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip and seal the deal with a Syncopate on a desperation Olivia Voldaren turn 5.
Game 2 just ended up being a great draw with a turn 2 Invisible Stalker, turn 3 miracle Blessings of Nature to hit for 5 and play my Inquisitor's Flail, and finally after my opponent shocked himself I ended with a Giant Growth on the stalker to swing for a lethal 16.
RESULT: W 2-0 (Overall 1-0)

Round 2 - vs. 4-Color Re-animator
This deck was actually put together extremely well and gave me some fits. I was able to aggro like crazy game 1 with help from a missed land drop by my opponent and win turn 7 with just a Latch Seeker enchanted with Rancor.
The second game I got slightly mana-screwed and couldn't beef up by more than 1 spell per turn so the pace slowed down. A miracle Bonfire of the Damned for 1 damage wiped my board and ended up losing the game for me.
Game 3 I had a team of 2 Stalkers and a flipped Delver steadily applying pressure while my opponent got flooded. When he finally hit a creature spell I Syncopated it and nipped it in the butt.
RESULT: W 2-1 (Overall 2-0)

Round 3: vs. Azorius Mid-Range Humans
My opponent called it "mid-range" but it was more aggro than anything else. The "humans" part was right though. Game 1 was a pure slobber-knocker and we traded huge blows back and forth until my turn 5 delver flip plus Giant Growth and Inquisitor's Flail won. Games 2 and 3 were pretty much both the same. I side-boarded out all of my control and went for faster aggro while he brought in heavier control to slow me down and pace. Both games I was able to get him to under 5 life before he swept my board with Cyclonic Rift and swung for the win.
RESULT: L 1-2 (Overall: 2-1)

Round 4: vs. 4-Color Superfriends
This was easily my hardest matchup. He ran 8 board sweeps main deck (4 Supreme Verdict, 2 Terminus, and 2 Cyclonic Rift) plus an extra 2 each of Terminus and rift in the sideboard. I had the opportunity to kill him Game 1, but made a bad misplay that led into a board kill and was dead from there out. Game 2 was much of the same, but without the misplay. Even with a good start, a turn 4 and turn 6 Supreme Verdict kept me completely unable to do anything while he made lots of planeswalker tokens and rushed in for the win.
RESULT: L 0-2 (Overall: 2-2)

I was actually pretty happy with the way the deck ran (especially after the swap for Inquisitor's Flail. I have a few ideas for some tweaks, but your suggestions are always welcome.