Draw, Pass, Kill, Repeat
Standard*
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FNM 1/23/15 —Jan. 24, 2015
Finally lost a round. 2-1, resulting in a sanctioned record of 12-1-2. It was really a matter of time until I got a loss, so I'm not really upset.
Round 1
Opponent: Mono Black Midrange
Game 1: Controlled the board until I could land a Sorin, Solemn Visitor and an Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Game was over fast.
Game 2: Quickly made him discard his hand with 2xThoughtseize and 2xRakshasa's Secret. Won with Sorin, Solemn Visitor again.
Round 2
Opponent: Sidisi Whip
Game 1: Dragged on as I was trying to control Whip of Erebos with Banishing Light and Utter End that I was fetching up with Lilliana Vess. He managed to get there with Silumgar, the Drifting Death and Sagu Mauler since I was busy fetching up answers to whip and not hexproof creatures.
Game 2: I got there in a relatively early win. He was giving me the beats with a Sagu Mauler, but I stopped that and locked down the whip. I then used Empty the Pits for 4 zombies, followed up by Sorin, Solemn Visitors +1 to swing for 12 damage 2 turns in a row.
Game 3: Really similar to game 2. Battled through 3 Disdainful Strokes and finally landed another Empty the Pits for 4 zombies. Luckily, they were again followed up by Sorin for the win.
Round 3
Opponent: Mardu Aggro
Game 1: Controlled the board and let Elspeth, Sun's Champion do her thing.
Game 2: I was quickly nuked down by a few creatures I couldn't answer due to having 3 tap lands. I used Thoughtseize and saw 2xLightning Strike while at 7 and a creature on board, so I scooped em up.
Game 3: I had finally stabilized and whittled her hand down. Sadly, my hand was also virtually empty. She ended up topdecking a little better and saw several Mardu Shadowspear. The only answers I found were sorcery speed in Anger of the Gods and Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker.
I feel the matchup was very winnable, but I just saw the wrong cards. If I would have found instant speed removal the game would have continued, and if I had found Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Empty the Pits, or even Nyx-Fleece Ram, I probably would have come out with the win.