Fear The One It Obeys

Standard Spinifex

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4-0 TNM: Feels good! —May 19, 2015

Finally won my first standard tournament! The deck performed well, but there is still space for improvement.

The Games

• 2-1 against mono-black aggro. Lost first game badly with a slow hand, sided-in Kolaghan's Command and two-for-one him a few times thanks to it. Nearly lost the second game when he bestowed my Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury with a Gnarled Scarhide to prevent her from blocking. Interesting play!

• 2-1 against Green aggro splashing white for Dromoka's Command. Again, lost first game badly thanks to his perfect hand: Elvish Mystic into Boon Satyr into Surrak, the Hunt Caller into a bestowed Boon Satyr. I brought in my Valorous Stance but they only came up once. The two other games I manage to keep pressure up with Arashin Foremost.

• 2-1 in a mirror match (yes, there was actually another Mardu warrior deck!). Frankly, I believe he might have had the better deck, but he was forced to mulligan down to 4 second game and down to 5 third game. Still, he came far too close for comfort in the second game (he drew two Butcher of the Horde and one Bloodsoaked Champion, allowing him to gain 5 life each turn).

• 2-0 against Esper Dragons control splashing for Dragonlord Dromoka. I drew three Bloodsoaked Champion (and scryed one away) in the first 4 turns of game 1, so that ended quickly. The second lasted quite a bit longer. I was a bit mana-screwed in the early turns, but I had a couple of Duress in my starting hand, getting rid of a Silumgar's Scorn and one Dig Through Time. I managed to get an Athreos, God of Passage and one Outpost Siege out: the pressure was simply too much for him after that, though he did give a good show.

I also opened an Ajani Steadfast and one Bloodstained Mire in my victory packs. A good day all-in-all.