Mardu Midrange - Remove ALL THE Things!!
Standard
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FNM 2-2 —April 30, 2016
Took the deck to FNM last night as is and ended up going 2-2 (really 1-2 since my first opponent was a no-show).
First round: No-show, like I said.
Result: Undefeated, baby!
Second round, match one: Played against a B/G ramp deck that focused on Delirium and pulling Mindrack Demon from the deck. Pretty easy game. The removal was too much and my deck was firing on all cylinders. A late game Sin Prodder actually pulled it off for me.
Second round, match two: Because I'm not running a sideboard, I watched as he edited his. Not sure what he changed, but it almost worked for him - or I just had some bad luck. Ended up taking me down to 2 life with two Delirium'd Mindracks, but I had a Sin Prodder and a Dark-Dweller on the field, and with a nice top deck removal, knocked out one of his demons. Finished it with their menace.
Result: 2-0.
Round three, match one: Played against a pretty similar deck, but was WU control - also undefeated. The first round was a cakewalk. Every time he threw something down, I blew it up. He ended up scooping mid-way through.
Round three, match two & three: Both played out the same way. I was a turn behind on mana and just couldn't keep up. He was pumping out Planeswalkers faster than I could destroy them because he had some counters in his hand.
Result: 1-2 (I was his only loss on the night)
Round four, match one & two: WG human weenie deck. The only loss I'm actually upset about because this is a match up I should always, always win. Both games my screwy mana pool messed me up. I would have won the second round, but instead of drawing a mountain needed for a three damage Radiant Flames to clear his board, I drew Evolving Wilds, putting me a turn behind. Very sad times.
Result: 0-2.