Few Words about My Pre-release
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Posted on Sept. 21, 2014, 5:33 p.m. by Absinthman
Hi guys, I'm gonna keep this short because there are lot of other pre-release reports and I don't even have time to write a thorough accounting of what happened.
I went to a small store with something over 20 attendants, so we had 5 rounds. I took Sultai, but opened a crap promo (Villainous Wealth
), and after inspecting the other boosters, I decided to ditch blue completely, fill with white and splash a bit of red removal. The final deck I played is below:
When Sultai Turn Out Abzan (KTK Pre-release) Playtest
Pre-release
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 1 VIEWSIt performed very well. I ended up losing only one game in round 1, which concluded a tie between me and my opponent. All other rounds were 2-0. I won't go into individual card evaluation because the quality of most cards in my deck is pretty obvious (e.g. Crater's Claw, Siege Rhino ) and I've seen other threads discussing these. However, I want to talk about a single card that seems a bit obscure - Trail of Mystery . This card, my dear friends, was absolutely bonkers in my deck. I had 7 morphs, and every time I got that card in early game (which was surprisingly often), it fetched me 3-4 lands and made it nearly impossible for my opponents to attack into my morphs. This card advantage/deck filtration and an ability to umorph any of my guys with +2/+2 was a game deciding factor. It obviously loses much of its power and reaches unplayability if you happen to be low on morph creatures, but 7 of them is quite enough from my experience. Do you have any other obscure/strage cards to report on?
Thanks for reading.
GoldGhost012 says... #3
Barrage of Boulders won me 2 games and let my 2HG team win 3rd place.
Warden of the Eye was also a game changer.
September 21, 2014 7:06 p.m.
Nigeltastic says... #4
I think you are severely undervaluing Villainous Wealth ... Mark my words, that card is going to wreck people in Constructed, and it seems pretty good in Limited too. Pay 7 mana to flip 4 cards off their deck. Unless you hit 4 lands (really unlikely), you're going to get some pretty sick value. It gets even better the later the game goes.
September 21, 2014 7:29 p.m.
andymaul123 says... #5
I picked Mardu and pulled some insane cards (Sarkhan, foil fetch, normal fetch). I went 3-1, but the card that won every game I used it in? The lowly common Rush of Battle . I had a warrior sub-theme; playing Rush usually net me minimum 9 life and wrecked the opponent's field. I dropped a Trumpet Blast along side Rush one time, too, to great effect.
September 21, 2014 8:16 p.m.
Villainous Wealth doesnt say until end of turn, so the judge at my event ruled that they could be cast whenever they could normally be casted even on another turn. I cant find an offical ruling on gatherer, but it Allowed be to use kill spells, that i would not of been able to use at the time.
September 21, 2014 9:33 p.m.
Villainous Wealth also doesn't say "...as long as they remain in exile." like Kheru Spellsnatcher . So I assume they had to be casted that turn.
I chose Sultai. Kheru Lich Lord was my Promo and I was lucky enough to pull Sidisi, Brood Tyrant from a pack in my prerelease box and my god, she wrecked face with zombies. 2x Mystic of the Hidden Way and 2x Icefeather Aven where hard to deal with. I went 3-0, drew to top 4 and we split top 4 (there was low attendence so we had 4 rounds). My matches were against Jeskai, Temur, and then Temur again.
The first Temur match I almost lost, but a Turn 1 Despise your Surrak Dragonclaw in game 3 saved my butt. It was the only match I went 2-1 in, other 2 rounds were 2-0.
kilgrave says... #2
I went 3-2, which I was very satisfied with, since it was my first ever event. I went with Mardu. My unexpectedly awesome card was Master of Pearls , it wasn't even on my radar going into the event, but it caused some absolute blowouts, whenever I unmorphed him. I won every game I was able to pull him off.
September 21, 2014 6:02 p.m.