Brought the deck to FNM, here's how it went:
Round 1: Grixis Control
I chose to be on the draw and he immediately knew I was playing MD and mourned that he had chaeted on his graveyard hate. So, Game 1 I actually had a terrible hand/dredges, and wasn't able to win until turn13 or something, which is really really slow for this deck. But win I did. Game 2 was, surprisingly, a bit harder. I assembled a trio of creatures quickly but he countered my dread return, and I also somehow ran out of dredgers. He also exiled 2 then 3 of my bridges by sacking/blocking with his creatures. I realized I would have to go on the beatdown, and so I did, finally killing him with chords, zombies, shadows, and 2 narcomoebas.
Result: 2-0
Round 2: Omni-Tell
Fortunately I know how omni-tell works pretty well, so I knew what to expect, and his deck was more or less your typical omni-tell. Game 1, I drew this ridiculousness: 1 Street Wraith, 2 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Chancellor of the Annex, 1 good dredger, and a few other cards, I think 2 Bridge from Below and a Balustrade Spy. He put down Volcanic Island and then passed to me due to COTA's tax. I drew and then discarded my dredger, then passed to him. He played a land and then played ponder, also paying the 1 from chancellor. At the end of his turn, i cycled street wraith, dredging a couple of beaters and some other stuff. For my upkeep, I brought back a nether shadow, then dredged for the draw step and with the 2 gitaxian probes. The dredges rewarded me with a Narcomoeba , some bridges, and a Phantasmagorian, which I used to get the other bridges from my hand into the yard. I knew he had some Force of Will so I cabal therapied them, subsequently shredded his hand, too. I then had plenty of creatures for a Dread Return, so I DR'ed Balustrade Spy and won. Turn 2 win!! Game 2 was even more interesting. I had another chancellor in my hand, which I made sure to save in case he played Show and Tell. I used phantasmagorian to get stuff in the GY quickly, but I couldn't assemble 3 creatures for a DR due to a lack of bridges. So I decided to aggressively cabal therapy him; actually, I may have cabal therapies myself first so I could get a spy in the GY, although that might have been a different game; so I cabal therapies him blindly naming Omniscience and hit one, also revealing a Cunning Wish and a draw spell or 2. Now both of us were slowed down, me due to lack of creatures and him due to his missing combo piece. He eventually drew a show and tell and played it, so I put in Chancellor of the Annex and he put in Omniscience. At this point the other people who were watching laughed, one saying, "He's got a thalia," and my opponent remarked, "Well this makes things a bit more difficult for me. Uh, let me think for a second..." He couldn't combo off because he actually had to pay for his spells, so I was saved, at least for the time being. He played a few draw spells, then passed to me. I was able to assemble a decent army of creatures, which if I am remembering correctly was: 1 Narcomoeba, the chancellor, an Ichorid, and a Nether Shadow. I swung for 10, bringing him down to 1 life, then I attempted a Cabal Therapy (it might have been a dread return), but he countered by casting FoW for free due to omniscience, although he did have to pay 1 due to chancellor. Ichorid died at the end of turn, leaving me with just chancellor and narco. I passed to him, and he played cunning wish into Swords to Plowshares on my chancellor. He played some dig through times and brainstorms but ultimately did not have enough/the right cards to complete the combo. He was killed by a little flying jellyfish!! :D
Result: 2-0
Round 3: UR Delver
He knew already what I was playing, and he told me that he would have to read some of my cards because he wasn't totally familiar with how the deck worked. I quickly smashed him with the regular combo game 1, and 1 spectator joked, "Do you have a license plate for that truck? Cuz you just rammed him." Game 2 was unfortunate, as he opened with a Grafdigger's Cage and I was powerless to stop him. Game 3 was another interesting one. I didn't want to get smashed by cage again, so I figured I'd better do something. I sided in 2 Unmask and went on the play. AS luck would have it, I drew one, so I decided to play it, targeting him. Ironically, he had no grave hate in his hand, but he did have a ponder, 2 swiftspears, and a Delver of Secrets
Flip, so I took away the delver and prayed that he wouldn't draw into any grave hate and that I could survive long enough to draw enough cards and start dredging. His 'spears smashed repeatedly, but on the 4th turn I was finally able to discard. From there, I used a probe and a bauble to quickly fill up my graveyard, but 2 turns later he got me down to 1 and passed the turn to me. I was able to get together 3 creatures for a DR, but I only had 1 DR in my graveyard, and the probe had revealed a force of will. I also had no cabal therapy; either that, or I had to use the only one I had on myself to get a spy in the GY; so I thought I was going to lose at this point. I figured I had nothing to lose from trying a DR, so I did so on spy, and lo and behold he did not counter it! I think he didn't really understand that I would immediately win once I got out spy. In fact, nobody I played against was familiar with the spy-flayer-troll kill, I think; one guy even asked me repeatedly if I was done with my turn, when I was right in the middle of the spy combo. And so, with one life remaining, I DR'ed the spy and then won!
Result: 2-1
I was the only undefeated player left at this point going into the 4th an final round.
Round 4: Lands (Eternal Garden)
I knew what deck this guy was playing because I had played a casual game against him once, so I knew I'd have to play through bojuka bogs, among other stuff. Game 1 I don't remember seeing any bogs, but he did manage to pull off a dark depths-thespian's stage combo to get a 20/20 flyer. Fortunately, I had a narcomoeba, who has flying, so i blocked the 20/20 and I quickly combed off with balustrade spy. He kept asking if it was his turn--the combo caught him by surprise. Game 2 was tough. I made a misplay, using phantasmagorian too aggressively, as he followed with bojuka bog and so i did not get in another dredge for a number of turns. By the time I got a discard in, he got the 20/20 combo again, and he swung in on his turn. I cycled street wraith in response, hoping to find a narcomoeba to save the day, but didn't find one. Game 3 was even worse. He kept bogging me down Wink and he landed a the tabernacle at pendrell vale and a glacial chasm, so I kept pinging him with beaters but it wasn't very effective, and i couldn't build up enough of a GY to combo off, as he kept using crop rotation into bog. He brought out the 20/20 and won the match.
Result: loss 1-2
Final Result: 3-1 (Tiebreaker: 3rd place, but i had the highest game win %)
Not bad for the first outing!
