~~1st place, FNM.
~~Top 8, Gameday 5/27
~~Notes from my notebook, verbatim:
~~ FNM 5/25
- Lingering Souls + Enchantments Deck (is it called pillowfort?, maybe just Tokens Deck?)
2-1 Sided Ajani, killed faster.
- Aristocrats, won to his unlucky draws. 2-1
Can't recover from a Blasphemous Act. Be more careful when Boros Reckoner is out.
Watch for pyreheart wolf, overcomes first strike. Him plus stromkirk noble is tough.
Don't keep 5 land hands, despite geist + silverblade combo. Too fast against you.
- Dark Naya + Bonfire of the Damned (sided in just for you <3) 2-0
Rogues Passage Win. Side in Ajani + Immortal Servitude. Focus with flyers, deck has no answers. Bonfire of the damned is a bitch. Best game in your life. It feels good man.
~~~Gameday 5/26
Precinct captain shuts down lightning mauler. You can be successful when you mull to 5. Even if not on curve completely.
-Jund Midrange 2-0
Don't spell rupture before x cost is decided on bonfire of the damned. You are an idiot. Topdecked knight of glory is the only thing that saved you.
-Reanimator 2-0
Mikaeus + multiple guys works well, of course. Watch out for putrefy, especially when banking on frontline medic. Exalted + war falcon + silverblade win.
-Bant hexproof 2-1
Too close to feel like a win. When in doubt, play Thalia second turn, not knight of glory. 2 rancors on turn two is insane, even on a mana dork. Watch for other geist of saint trafts.
-Selesyna Tokens. 2-1
Renounce the guilds doesn't work very well against Voice of Resurgence. Fly over the tokens.
~~Top 8, single Elimination
-American Control
Concede game 1 and set. Never come back to the tournament again. Turn and burn is your worst enemy, kills 2 in a turn. Supreme verdict when you have fliers. Boros reckoner when you have no flyers. Will kill fliers. Will kill soldiers when you have war falcon out. Side them out next time, try to figure out win condition.
--- New strategy against control, play cavern of souls and aetherling. You should be able to win if you have their health still down.
Would like criticism on my sideboard strategy, or on better strategies against control decks. Still need to acquire cavern of souls x4
Old sideboard:
3x Nevermore (not that useful in turn 3, where it should be)
2x Rootborn Defenses (never got to see it)
3x Spell Rupture (No one expects it. Very easy to counter thragtusk)
1x Immortal Servitude (Cool when you can get it off, but you don't want to get to this point.)
2x Ajani, Caller of the Pride (Used to mainboard, now only for when speed is more necessary.)
2x Sublime Archangel (Saved for midrange decks without many fliers, only slows me down when against other aggro decks)
2x Bonds of Faith (used to mainboard, bad against decks with restoration angel in it.)
