Damn, What a Pre-Release!
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Posted on Sept. 21, 2014, 1:31 a.m. by GoldGhost012
Khans of Tarkir is absolutely awesome. Just wanted to throw that out there.
Earlier today (well, techinically yesterday), I attended a 2HG Khans of Tarkir pre-release. It was my second time in the store, I didn't know anyone there, and I didn't come with a partner, so I was paired up with someone I didn't know.
Anyway, I ended up picking Temur as my clan and playing Temur midrange and my mysterious partner took a Jeskai box to play Jeskai control. Really the only noteworthy card I pulled was a Bloodstained Mire .
Our first game wasn't too note-worthy- I just kept dropping threats while my partner took care of our opponents' cards. I don't even remember what our opponents were playing.
Our second game was more interesting. One of our opponents delved 7 for Dead Drop (which my partner thankfully Disdainful Stroke d), but it gave him an 11/11 Rakshasa Vizier , after we had just dealt with a normal Vizier and cast Suppression Field on a Longshot Squad . So my life-saving partner Crippling Chill ed the Vizier and drew Warden of the Eye .
Then I had a plan.
I Naturalize d the Suppression Field and he used the Warden of the Eye to get the Field back and exiled the Rakshasa Vizier . We won shortly after, and I didn't think we could get a more awesome play.
I was wrong.
The third game was dull, since I was completely mana flooded and our opponents' Mardu and Temur out aggroed us before we could stabilize.
The fourth game was where the Magic happened. It was an intense game. Our opponents were playing Mardu midrange and 4-color control, and almost everything I played was answered. There were many Cancel s, Crippling Chill s, and "Control player says no" or "Control player will allow it"s being thrown around, mostly by my partner. I really wasn't allowed to keep anything around until I landed Sagu Mauler , but it wasn't very effective since my opponents had small armies of Warriors and Kin-Tree Warden and Roar of Challenge was stolen by Kheru Spellsnatcher . I slammed them with a Crater's Claws for 12, putting them at 8, but we had timed out, was on the third turn of overtime, and my partner was going to draw the last card of his library- a land. There was one card in my 5-card library that I had to draw, otherwise we would lose. So end of turn I cracked an Embodiment of Spring , saw the card I needed was on the top, fetched a land, shuffled, handed my library to my opponent, who shuffled, said a quick prayer, and flipped the top card, slamming it onto the battlefield.
Barrage of Boulders for the win.
This little 3-drop sorcery gave us a 3-1 record and won us 3rd place and 6 prize packs. I got a bit more value, mostly a Polluted Delta (the last prize pack I cracked) and Savage Knuckleblade . The owner also gave me a free M15 pack because I was new, and I pulled Avacyn, Guardian Angel .
I felt bad for my partner though- he attended an earlier pre-release and this one, and he didn't pull a single fetch land.
i had sooo much fun at the release too. i had a lot of really crazy games. i can't wait for the next one. i got that Surrak Dragonclaw and i am planning on fusing the clans flavor with my simic edh and naming him commander. it'll make all those janky cards like Gelatinous Genesis more playable too and i love me some ooze jank. Savageborn Hydra ? yeah he can come along. now he has trample and "Savageborn Hydra can't be countered."
September 21, 2014 3:32 a.m.
BlueEyesRedMage says... #4
I had a blast too, this set is really sweet for limited. I got an Abzan box, low on rares but EXTREMELY high on synergy. I was running an almost pure outlast deck, with at least one of every one of the outlast "lord" guys, giving deathtouch and flying and trample and first strike all over the place :D
Abzan games can really take a while, so my first game went to a draw but The rest of my rounds went really well...until double Rakshasa Deathdealer s just completely wrecked my face in the final round XD
September 21, 2014 5:08 a.m.
This was my first event ever and I had tons of fun. Summary here, with my deck: First Pre-Release. I did pretty good with pulls, noteworthy ones including 2x Wooded Foothills , Surrak Dragonclaw , and Savage Knuckleblade .
September 21, 2014 5:24 a.m.
I had a lot of fun in the pre-release. I end up going 1-3 with a midiocre 4 colour deck(RWBG). I opened a End Hostilities ,Deflecting Palm ,2 ascedancys(sultai and mardu) and Villainous Wealth . Also, i won one more booster and i opened...Polluted Delta !!!!!!!
September 21, 2014 6:41 a.m.
Indigoindigo says... #7
I had a really good time myself! Played Sultai and pulled a Sultai Ascendancy in my seeded pack, and it was great! Free scry each turn and making my Delve-spells cheaper, i several times cast Become Immense for just one mana. Does anyone think it will see competitive standard play?
September 21, 2014 9:49 a.m.
I totally spanked with Mardu blitz and got 1st, opening a box with 7 fetches :')
September 21, 2014 10:40 a.m.
quesobueno123 says... #11
I picked mardu was going 0-3 then decided to fuck with my deck and added blue, then swept my last two games. So 2-3
GoldGhost012 says... #2
Damn, I keep mixing up Suppression Field and Suspension Field .
September 21, 2014 1:36 a.m.