Worthy Minotaurs

Modern Argy

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4th Place at FNM 5-6-0 —Aug. 4, 2017

I had some very strange draws tonight at FNM.

1-2 Control

First game I came out of the gate like a bullet, got quite a few early Creatures to stick, and finished him off quickly.

I didn't know how to Sideboard as I had beaten him so fast.

Game 2 he got his deck rolling along how he wanted it to and I could never get any real damage in.

Game 3 I was Creature screwed until the late game. By then he had enough mana up to counter anything I wanted to do.

1-1 Tokens

Our first game took fooooorever.

He kept getting a board full of Servos but then I would keep picking them off.

He eventually wore my life total down.

In Game 2 I got two Bloodrage Brawler on the field early, followed by a Neheb, the Worthy.

He held on for a little bit by blocking with Servos, but eventually ran out of blockers.

We ran out of time to finish our third match. I think I would have taken that one as I had a good board state and a lot of removal in hand.

2-1 Cat Tribal

This deck demolished me in the first game.

He had cats hitting the field all over the place.

I Sided in Hour of Devastation as a board wipe, and Magma Spray to Exile Creatures with Embalm.

That proved to be the right strategy because I was able to Exile one of the Creatures he counted on to Eternalise.

I then had enough removal options to keep getting rid of all his Cats one by one.

He started to get a stronger board presence than me so I wiped the field with Hour of Devastation. He had run out of cards, by that point, and could only play a land on his next turn.

I had held on to Neheb, the Worthy, and was able to cast, then give it Haste next turn.

He played Long Tusk Cub and was on six life.

I got Ahn-Crop Crasher out next Turn, with only an Hour of Devastation in hand.

I Exerted Ahn-Crop Crasher and hit him for nine.

In the final game he had Sided in Prowling Serpopard.

I had enough removal to destroy each Creature he played, before he was able to attack with it, while still playing Minotaurs.

He ended up conceding, because he said that he just didn't have enough cards in hand that would give him a win.

1-2 Angelic High

This is my partner's deck.

I took Game 1 due to having a perfect draw where I put Bloodrage Brawler out very early, followed by Metallic Mimic, Neheb, the Worthy, and a whole bunch of removal.

Game 2 I got mana screwed, and that was all she wrote.

Game 3 I used my removal to get rid of his early Creatures WHICH WAS A MISTAKE.

He got Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld on the field and started racking up life.

I was able to hit him for 15 one turn, which put him on two life.

He attacked with Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld for five, due to having Always Watching on the field. That put him on seven life.

I had out Neheb, the Worthy, a Metallic Mimic, a Bloodrage Brawler, and an Exerted Ahn-Crop Crasher.

I cast Unlicensed Disintegration on Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld. He then played Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip, protecting Gisela  ^Meld. D'OH! I got three damage through to him from Unlicensed Disintegration, leaving him with four life. I attacked with everything, he blocked Neheb, the Worthy, and the Bloodrage Brawler, so only Metallic Mimic got it's two damage through. I had more than one card in hand.

Next go I was on ten and he hit me for ten with his fliers.

This was the second time this deck beat me in the final. I was salty as.

What made it worse? I built this bloody deck for him.

My removal spells worked well tonight. I was happy with Hour of Devastation, which had its first outing, and did its job of clearing the board.

Ahn-Crop Crasher gives me a chance to win, if Neheb, the Worthy doesn't drop.

I played Neheb, the Eternal in one game, but I had basically already won by that stage, and my Opponent conceded.