FNM at The Game Academy - Orlando

Jimhawk, 11 years ago

4-1-1 for a 3rd place finish. Yay!

Sideboard updates.

ranzino, 11 years ago

Sideboard updates -1 lifebane zombie for +1 Mizzium Mortars -1 Dark Betrayal for + 1 Mizzium Mortars -1 Devour Flesh for + 1Burning Earth

fnm

henley519, 11 years ago

1st place at fnm 11/16

FNM #1 11/15/13

Oddjob9, 11 years ago

Ok so this is pretty ridiculous to report that this deck has now gone #1 2 weeks in a row. It's just so resilient, strong early game, strong mid game, my final match against mono red I was down to 3 life and Archangel of Thune completely swung the board in my favor and I won that, too.

So here's how it went:
Round1 vs Izzet burn/counter: His deck was focused on counter, burn removal, and complimented by Hypersonic Dragon , Spellheart Chimera and Nivix Cyclops. Game 1 he removed a good bit of my early board, made a pretty massive Spellheart Chimera, swung with it, and I responded with a Celestial Flare, he didn't draw a creature again and I overwhelmed the board against him fairly quickly. Game 2 he got out a Hypersonic Dragon tapping all his mana to do so, I was thinkin in my head "Swing!! Swinggggg!!!" because this time he was going to play a bit smarter and only swing when he had counter mana?? Nope, he swung, once again Celestial Flare saves the day and his flying is cleared, and again I win soon after. 2-0

Round2 vs Azorius Control: My worst matchup, I thought for sure I was a goner, my sideboard is pretty weak for control. Game 1 I was stuck w the useless Celestial Flare in hand but I managed to play a creature almost every turn, Soldier of the Pantheon put in early work, Precinct Captain managed to spawn 3 tokens before a Supreme Verdict cleared me, I had another Precinct Captain in hand and he and his soldier tokens won me game 1 soon after. Game 2 went even more quickly in my favor, I had him down to 7 life fairly quickly, this time in a last ditch effort he Quicken then Supreme Verdict during my attack phase, wiping me again, but next out was Archangel of Thune after my combat and his mana was wiped, couldn't counter. When I swung with her he tried to Azorius Charm but Gods Willing protected my angel, next turn he was dead as he had no more answers. 2-0

Round3 vs Selesnya aggro: This was my toughest match of the night. The guy shuffled the heck out of my deck for the cut and I swear gave me poor hands all 3 games. Game 1 he got out Fleecemane Lion turn 2, Loxodon Smiter turn 3, I drew 0 Soldier of the Pantheon, he won fairly quickly. Game 2 I get to go first, turn 2 Precinct Captain I let his turn 2 Fleecemane Lion get by on its swing, turn 3 Boros Reckoner slows him down and he stops swinging, Perfect for me because I know my mid-game is going to pull it through for me, sure enough turn 6 I had an Archangel of Thune out, and the turn 4 Ajani, Caller of the Pride gave the turn 5 Gideon, Champion of Justice flying and double strike on turn 7 where I won with both flyers. Game 3 went to draw because this guy was taking easily 5 minutes per turn of his, flipping his cards around in his hand constantly, it doesn't bother me but I don't get why people do that, you know what you have in hand, stop flipping them. I dunno, I always keep my hand in order of cmc and spell vs creature, and I always am plotting my options without even having to look at my hand. Plus he was making me a little nervous because he was shaking, both his arms, he wanted sooo badly not to screw up, and pushed us into out of time turns because he couldn't make decisions ughhh /rant off. He ended up with 2 Voice of Resurgence out he used as blockers, spawned a couple tokens, used mutavaults to buff the tokens to swing on me, I stabilized my board with 2 Fiendslayer Paladin 1 Boros Reckoner 2 Precinct Captain and 1 soldier token. We stale-mated for about another 10 turns with no swings, I was waiting to topdeck one of several cards that would have won me the game , Brave the Elements would have allowed me to swing for the win in one shot, Ajani, Caller of the Pride could have got my flying double strike on, Elspeth, Sun's Champion would have flooded the board, eliminated his 4/4+ voice tokens and Loxodon Smiters, and even Gideon, Champion of Justice would have let me start to swing for huge indestructible each turn and I had a Gods Willing to protect him from Selesnya Charm. Long story short, I didn't draw any of these cards and we went to turns, and at the end of turn 5 neither of us had died, match finishes in draw 1-1-1.

Round4 vs Azorius Heroics: Game 1 I go first, get board in my favor fairly quickly, easily survive the shenanigans with Boros Reckoner discouraging her from attacking me, I had 2 Brave the Elements in hand and had her to 16 from 2 early swings of Soldier of the Pantheon. Once I was able to swing for 8+, I did so 2 turns in a row for unblockable with the pro from Brave the Elements, and won. Game 2 she got out a Fabled Hero with Ethereal Armor and Aqueous Form as well as bestowed a Hopeful Eidolon on him, 2 swings and I was dead fast as heck, I drew no Celestial Flare to answer it. Game 3 she gets out a similar situation but this time not till after I get out Spear of Heliod. I let her 4/4 Fabled Hero swing past my defenses and kill it with the spear. I knew I had won at this point, I had her down to 1 card in hand and the board stabilized in my favor while I still had 17 life left, I play heroics, (Heroic Soldiers Shenanigans #1FNM) I know if you survive the initial rush, pretty much any decent mid-range game will pull out the win. And so mine did, I got a turn 6 Archangel of Thune, attacked once with her by herself to +counters all my other creatures, and on the following turn finished her off with a Brave the Elements swing out. 2-1

Round5 vs Monored with a splash of green for Domri Rade: My Nemesis! I play this guy in one of my final 2 games seemingly every week. He ended up finishing #2 tonight behind me. Game 1 I got out on top of him quick, swinging my Soldier of the Pantheon past his Frostburn Weird repeatedly down to 14 life, Boros Reckoner then hit the board for me, then Ajani, Caller of the Pride and a couple turns later I swung for doublestrike flying to win. Game 2 he overwhelmed me a bit early with Ash Zealot on turns 2 and 3, and all I had to block with was Soldier of the Pantheon which I wasn't about to give up, knowing all the multi he plays. Turn 4 I topdecked a Boros Reckoner and played him to discourage further attacks for several turns. He and I both trade summons for several turns, then he plays a Fanatic of Mogis to hit me for 9, and swings out to bring me to 3. I still had Fiendslayer Paladin in hand to play and topdecked a 2nd one, played both the following turn with Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, knowing all he needed was a Lightning Strike or another Fanatic of Mogis to finish me. Then it happened, my next turn I drew Archangel of Thune and he was pissed! The following turn I swing with just the angel, giving all my creatures tokens, and he scoops before I can even finish him the following turn. 2-0

I mainboarded the 3 Celestial Flare tonight because of how much aggro is currently being run in my FNM, it seems like just a month ago half a dozen people were playing Esper control. The only time I sideboarded was to bring in 3 Judge's Familiar for the flares against the azorius control matchup in round 2.

I won 5 packs of Theros again, and I pulled total crap in all 5, but what I did win was a promo foil Grisly Salvage The kid that won 3rd place pulled a foil Stormbreath Dragon I was jelly and told the shop keeper he gave me the wrong packs. I congratulated the guy tho, it was a nice pull. Then the guys who finished #2 and #4 played each other for an unopen pack, which one of their friends decided to open for them in the middle of their game and it had a dang Hero's Downfall in it, making one of the guys pretty nervous and the other ended up winning, that was kinda neat.

All in all a good night, I got a couple good trades in and bought a mint Elspeth, Sun's Champion off this guy who was desperate for money for $15, score! This makes 2 #1 wins in a row with this deck, and between this and my Heroic Soldiers Shenanigans #1FNM I've finished #1 three times in the last four weeks, crazy! I usually play a deck that goes #1 until someone beats me, but I'm going to back burner this deck next week to try something else. I'm not sure which deck yet but it'll be one of the ones I have on my profile, and when I do play it, I will give a rundown of how it did.

TLDR: Final record 4-0-1, Final rank #1

FNM Update (11/16/13)

Cleric, 11 years ago

Tonight in standard I got 2nd again! Updates haven't been every week because they've been alternating 2-headed giant standard. I lost to white weenies. Had some land issues that match, went 0-2 against him, then we played a 3rd and I beat him. :) Other decks I saw included a devotion to black deck, 2-0. Red deck wins, 2-1, and I think the other one was black... I don't remember because I 3rd turned him twice and won 2-0. Thanks for the upvotes everyone, and for following. I'm putting up new decks soon. Much Love, ~Cler

corneal35, 11 years ago

+2 Rubblebelt Raiders: I added her in because she seemed more useful than the stunach-hearted warriors and she doesn't need to be targeted by a spell to gain counters which was a big plus for me. I might add a 3rd

-2 Warriors' Lesson: I had to drop this card because it honestly felt useless at the times i needed it most

,+2 Bow of Nylea: I finally got a few copies

+2 Nylea, God of the Hunt:She's a major improvement over the guildmages

, -2 skarrg guildmages: They die easily

-1 Ordeal of Nylea: I had to make some temporary space but I might add it back in

+3 Gruul Charm: I found them really useful aganist decks that didn't run a lot of flyers

More Heroic Triggers

JamestheJoo, 11 years ago

So, I swapped out Celestial Flares for Gods Willing and am hardily considering Blessing and Swift Justice for pumping. The speed of this deck is really quite quick.

First Round Tweaks

NobiusRyaxion, 11 years ago

Removed: Gift of Immortality, Coastline Chimera, Griffin Sentinel, 2x Concordia Pegasus Added: Sphere of Safety, 2x Azorius Charm, 2x Skymark Roc

First FNM with this deck

NobiusRyaxion, 11 years ago

Fail. Miserable Fail. 1-3, with the only "win" being a bye in the third round.

Transguild Promenade may be the worst land in the known planes. Mana was never fixed. Made the following changes:

Removed: 4x Transguild Promenade, 2x Daxos of Meletis, 1x Plains, 1x Island

Added: 4x Temple of Mystery, 2x Breeding Pool, 1x Gift of Immortality, 1x Lavinia of the Tenth

1st FNM run

ntourntourekas, 11 years ago

3-1 on the night

game 1 - Mono-white control. Banisher preists and pacifisms galore. Splashed blue for detention sphere. I won the first game, but after sideboarding in a bunch of controlly things I couldn't win. 1-2

game 2 - Selesnya Aggro. Fleecemane Lion, Voice of Resurgence, etc. Game one to me, because I pacified and protected against the fleecemanes before they were hexproof, and I got lucky with a 7/7 eidolon on turn 2. Game two was rough, mana flood to the max. Lost because I didn't have a board. Game 3 was won by extort. Gridlock and I was just running her life down. 2-1

game 3 - Boros Batallion. Easy win. Pacifisms and banisher preists all around. Battalion is useless, and I can get fliers with gift of orzhova. 2-0

game 4 - Boros Super Aggro. Tough game. Mirrored alot of my cards like Precinct Captain and has an Assemble the Legion. Lost game 1 hard, side boarded in more flares and divine verdicts. Games 2 and 3 were super close, won by Archangel of Thune flying in over his head. 2-1

FNM

yo_ninja, 11 years ago

Match 1 - Showed up late, bought a couple Garruk's and playtested once. Playtest won against boros aggro. Match 2 - Played Junk Midrage, won both games. (Turn 4 worldspine game 1 made his jaw drop) Match 3 - Lost both games to a trashy sliver deck because I couldn't draw anything but mana. Match 4 - Won both games against Selesnya Aggro All in all the deck runs pretty well. It is almost a guaranteed worldspine if you can get Garruk onto the battlefield. The deck seems very mana efficient and there's enough removal to usually safely play a Garruk and/or Worldspine. Any thoughts comments questions or concerns are greatly appreciated!

1st at FNM (yet again)

kingshanks, 11 years ago

Well, another week with another 4-0, didn't lose a match this time though. The event had like 38 people so it wasn't too small either. Round 1 I played against Esper Control and in both games he wasn't able to do much before I had bashed in a bit too hard. (1-0) Round 2 my opponent had to leave pretty much right after the round had started so I got that in 2 (2-0). Round 3 I played against a blue white agrroish deck which I was able to just stomp in both games. (3-0) Round 4 I played against Junk Midrange and game 1 my ramp got me into Stormbreath dragon and some other good monstrosities to beat in with, and game 2 I did roughly the same thing but he almost stabilized when he got out his archangel of Thune but by then I already had a monstrous Stormbreath dragon. (4-0) So yeah, I 4-0ed again with no loses... I love this deck and it has been performing awesomely. Thanks and don't forget to +1.

FNM 1-3

Tabu34, 11 years ago

This FNM was a bunch of fun. I didn't do particularly well but I never felt totally out of it until the last turn or so.

Round 1: 0-2 (L) - Red/White/Black

The first game I spent most of the time countering or burning his creatures. The game went really long but he finally pulled out an Assemble the Legion and got it in play. There's nothing in this deck for Enchantment removal, so at that point the clock was ticking. I got a Spellheart Chimera out but he killed it with various 3 damage removal spells multiple times. 2 or 3 turns later and he swung for lethal.

Game 2 he Rakdos's Return me for like 4 after Thoughtseizeing away my Opportunity. I made him pay with 2 Lightning Strike and a Magma Jet but I still lost a ton of cards. I couldn't really recover from that, and he finished me off with an Obzedat, Ghost Council.

Note: I managed to kill 2 or 3 Stormbreath Dragons and a Desecration Demon which must have been very frustrating.

Round 2: 2-1 (W) - Black

The first game went on for almost 30 minutes as I continued to counter his creature cards, and he used various removal on my Young Pyromancer and Spellheart Chimeras. I finally got him low enough for two turns worth of burn spells to finish him off.

I don't remember how game 2 went, but it was still fairly long. He got enough creatures on the board and I couldn't get enough burn spells in my hand to take them out.

The tiebreaker game came with not a ton of time left in the round, but I spent most of it countering everything he tried to play or killing it before it got a chance to swing. I took 2 damage the whole game. In the end I won by swinging with a 11 power Spellheart Chimera two turns in a row which put the game away on extra turn 1.

Round 3: 0-2 (L) - Red/Green

This was against a fairly standard Red/Green mid-game deck. I don't remember many of the specifics but I got beaten pretty solidly both games. Scavenging Ooze was a big nuisance. He managed to get Ember Swallower monstrous which pretty much ended that game since I was only on 4 land.

Round 4: 1-2 (L) - Red/Green

The first game I tried my best to stop his ramp but it just got out of control with Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. I don't remember the specifics but he had a ton of creatures on the board. I held out as long as I could with my Young Pyromancer tokens but it wasn't enough.

Game 2 I got my counter game going early and kept him off the board for most of the game. The game ended after I played 2 Spellheart Chimeras at 6 power which then turned into 7 power. One of them swung in and died to Ruric Thar, the Unbowed which left the other one to swing for his last 7 life on the next turn.

Game 3 I couldn't get anything going. I got a bunch of tokens out but never got enough control of the board and things kept getting more and more crazy. A timely Nylea, God of the Hunt gave him the trample that he needed to get through my tokens.

Overall, the deck was very fun to play. I feel like Spellheart Chimera might be too vulnerable to removal/burn spells. I'm not totally sold on Young Pyromancer either, although it did buy me a ton of time in a couple of games. Steam Augury is always a bunch of fun to drop on an opponent, especially if you get to do it a bunch of times a game. Although it did backfire when I got 4 land and a Spellheart Chimera. Very unfortunate. Also, Turn / Burn is a great card and is very flexible.

Win!

Diresam12, 11 years ago

I win my local FNM in Montreal this friday. Played against UR Delver Tempo, Mono-Black Discard and Gruul Aggro :3 Every card in the deck and the side did well! Bojuka Bog too against Snapcaster Mage!

Dispersify, 11 years ago

3-1 in FNM [Standard] (11/15/13) Match 1 - LOSS VS Azorius Control Match 2 - WIN VS Black Devotion Match 3 - WIN VS Selesnya Tokens Match 4 - WIN VS Golgari Whip

It's fantastic.

JagmanJohn, 11 years ago

After around a week of playtesting the proxies, I went out and purchased all these cards, and let me tell ya'. This deck couldn't make me happier. Infect is so much fun.

New wurms and more!

ArcticGator, 11 years ago

I realized this deck had a lot of weaknesses, so I've completely revised it.

3 Round Modern Tournament

conflictingMuck, 11 years ago

I went 1-5 at my local FNM today, drawing 1-1 against a BW deck that was primarily lifegain (ran out of time on the third game), and losing 0-2 to a GU ramp control deck and an Esper deck that ran Dark Confident. I lost several times to Blades of _ and _ equipped to flying creatures. I might get some Roofstalker Wights to put in my sideboard in case of this sort of thing. All in all I think my sideboard needs to be much better than it is currently. Suggestions for improving my sideboard or my deck in general are very much welcome.

Another FNM

RLintu, 11 years ago

Went 2-2 this time. 1-2 against Esper Control 2-0 against a sort of green ramp deck 2-0 against a Simic +1/+1 token/evolve deck 0-2 against a GW Aggro deck

fnm 3-1

feyn_do_alduin, 11 years ago

went 3-1 at fnm!!!

I was late getting there, so I had to take a loss.

second round was a R/B deck that runs the Tenacious Dead and Bubbling Cauldron combo. his first and last mistake was to traitorous act my Manaweft Sliver and sac it with the cauldron. I then creamed him BADLY. after he played above combo, I then later played the following; Galerider Sliver, Sentinel Sliver, Growing Ranks, Megantic Sliver, and progenitor mimc (cloning Megantic Sliver.

after I played Progenitor Mimic, I passed turn. He played Vampire Nighthawk (which isnt standard, but I let him get away with it). Upon my upkeep, Progenitor Mimic triggered, generating a token of itself, then Growing Ranks triggered, generating another token. By now, My creatures all have +12/+12 flying and vigilance, I then swung for 57 damage!

game 2 I swarmed him with 1/1s and played my counter-kill cards when necessary. won on T4.

subsequent rounds were against the B/U heroic event deck, I ramped out too quickly for them to do anything.

Unuunilium, 11 years ago

Out: Lightning Greaves

In: Swiftfoot Boots

Sideboarding

Nifarious, 11 years ago

Vs Mono Blue: Hydra for Demon (provisional), Needle for Vraska, Gaze for Thoughtseize, Charm for Thoughtseize Vs Mono Black Needle for Vraska, Charm for Chant, Maybe Duress? Vs Red Dev/Aggro Gaze for Vraska, Whip for Chant, Charm for Demon, Maybe Duress? Vs Esper Hydra for Demon, Duress for Ultimate Price, Caryatid for Needle, Whip & Charm for Caryatid, Devour Flesh for Satyr (optional), Vs Green/Green Red Gaze for Charm, Zombie forThoughtseize, (Needle for Shaman?) Vs Red/White and White/Green Gaze for Vraska, Zombie for Thoughtseize

stoytcho23, 11 years ago

Its sick