Gamerz Pair-A-Dice, San Antonio

Match-ups:

• 2-0 vs. Gruul Wolves. An embarrassingly easy match-up.
• 2-0 vs. Grixis Emerge. Easy match-up ... that deck is just very slow.
• 0-2 vs. Mardu Control. A terrible match-up ... just too much removal, too many counterspells, and WAY too many Gearhulks for my deck.
• 1-2 …

Match-ups:

• 1-2 vs. UW Flash (my opponent actually had a Jeskai manabase, but all three games were over very quickly so I don't have any idea what the Red cards were). Game 1 was hilariously ugly. I had to mul' to 5 and then got stuck on 1 Land. …

I was traveling for work during the week and found time to play twice! And then I was able to play both Sat and Sun this weekend!

Overall, I went 6-8 (though one of those was a bye), but I got to play a bunch of new decks and learned …

0-2 versus Mardu Vehicles 0-2 versus Control Delirium 2-0 versus Grixis Control 0-2 versus RW equipment 2-0 versus Wolves 3-3 in pick up games throughout the night

I have an extremely favorable matchup against RW equipment, but ended up horribly mana screwed in both games, getting stuck at two mana …

A very bizarre day, in that almost everybody in my Control-oriented meta was running an Aggro deck. Match-ups were:

• 2-1 vs. BR Madness. An easy match-up, post-board.
• 1-1 vs. the Mirror. My opponent was one of just a couple people I don't enjoy playing against. If he wins …

Matches:

• 0-2 vs. Esper Control. This is a better match-up than the score indicates. Game 1 is generally terrible, but the Temur sideboard has proven very effective post-board. But I unfortunately didn't draw any of my 'nope'. In retrospect, I probably should have mulliganed more aggressively on Game 2, …

I was able to play Friday after all, and ended the evening 3-2 (#12 of 28).

Overall impressions: Even in the wins, the maindeck felt a little sluggish. The deck wants to run fast and I need to let it, so will be making changes accordingly. I loved the Temur …

After tuning the deck for Control match-ups, I didn't play a single Control deck all day! Nevertheless, the deck played nicely and I ended up #12 of 35.

The matches were ...

• 2-1 vs. RG Artifacts. A really interesting brew, with lots of Vehicles and Artifact Creatures, plus a …

The match-ups were ...

• 1-2 vs. Jund Control. This was actually a pretty good matchup. Winning a game against the #2 player in the store felt great, and the third game was VERY close despite me having to mul' to 5. Felt like I needed one or two more …

Some notes ...

• 0-2 vs. Spirits. This was the first time I'd ever played against UW Spirits. Ouch.
• 1-2 vs. Dragons (an independent brew, but very close to Recycled Dragons). I think I was too cautious with my counterspells in Game 2.
• 1-2 vs. Spirits. …

I love Izzet, so I've been looking forward to playing this deck ever since the Pro Tour. I finally got a chance to try it out in paper, and it's even more fun to play than I was expecting!

Some notes ...

• 0-2 vs. Jund Delirium. This was probably …

The matches were ...

• 0-2 vs UR Eldrazi: Ouch, but a better matchup than the score indicates. I made a bad misplay that probably cost me Game 2 ...
• 0-2 vs BG Emerge: A terrible match up. The deck went tall fast and I had no answers.
• …

The deck's back (after the failed experiment of last FNM)! And though the final tally wasn't that impressive, I'm super-pleased with how it played. Holding off ~$600 4C Rally decks and an ~$800 Grixis Control deck was just immensely satisfying! :-)

Match-ups and results

0-1-1 v. Grixis Control. I …

This was a very frustrating day for this deck... Did add in one Smothering Abomination in place of a Butcher of the Horde. I wont give as detailed of a breakdown as I fought through a massive headache from matches 2-5, but will give a brief idea of what happened. …

Tried it out with some people during gameday. It did OK, still needs tweaking.

Clever Impersonator did better than expected when it copied Planeswalkers and Shaman of the Great Hunt.

Counters were more useless, needed more creature counters for the decks I played. Will probably try nullify in future versions.