Sultai Best Stuff (Gerlander)
Highlander
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Tournament stats (2019) —Jan. 2, 2019
22.12 3-1
1st round against Golgari Midrange (0-2). 1st game my opponent had a fast ramp to Primeval Titan and he got Depths + Stage and I lost. 2nd game I mulliganed to 5 and drew only black cards but not black mana.
2nd round against Pox (2-0) 1st game my opponent used discarding..... but nothing else and my creatures won. 2nd game was like the first, only discard spells.
3rd game against Mardu Humans (2-0). 1st game my opponent played horizon land, City of Brass and from them Bob who smacked solid 7 to him with 2 triggers and I won with my super secret combo..... Gilded goose attacks -> ninjutsu -> slam 5 dmg -> win............ -> profit?. 2nd game I destroyed his synergy creatures so my creatures were better.
4th game against Abzan Midrange (2-0). 1st game I mulliganed to 5 but because I am so good at this game I had turn 2 azcanta with 3 counterspells from the top of my deck and won with card advantage. 2nd game I kept 7 and smashed my opponent by just completely destroying him and sended him to the shadow realm because he got so destroyed.
18.12 3-0
1st Round against Grixis Midrange (2-0). 1st game I almost lost everything because my first fetch got stiffled, deathrite shaman went to discard and my second land got sink holed and everything was lost..... almost because my opponent didn't pressure me and I managed to recover in time and won. 2nd game was mostly complete beating.
2nd Round against High Tide Storm (2-1). 1st game I stiffled his Wishclaw Talisman and my opponent couldn't combo becausd every line lakked one mana and when he didn't draw the right peases to his puzzle he conceaded. 2nd game my opponent mulliganed to 5 but he had mana drain with Back to Basics and Jace and I lost. 3rd game I played fast Tireless Tracker with Force of Negation back up and won by exiling his High Tide and won.
3rd game against Jeskai Blood Moon. 1st game we went to top deck war but I had Jace + Sylvan library and my opponent had only Dack Fayden so I won. 2nd game my opponent slammed turn 3 Magus of the Moon and Protected with Shalai, Voice of Plenty and I couldn't find an answer in time. 3rd game random wasteland happened and my opponent didn't have white and couldn't cast stuff in time and conceaded.
4.12 3-0
1st Round * Bye *
2nd Round against Blue Moon (2-0)
3rd Round against Grixis Tempo (2-1)
20.11 3-0
1st round against UW control with a twist (the twist was few force spike effects) (2-1) 1st game I played perfectly to my opponents twist and got force spiked few too many times. 2nd game I played around of counterspells and managed to hymn my opponent and he discarded 2 lands and he couldn't recover in time. 3rd game we went really the way and we both started top decking while he had Serra the Benevolent but I was better player and pulled better gas from top of my library.
2nd round against Big Red (2-1). 1st game we both mulliganed to 5 and I had a decent hand but when I checked my opponents hand with duress he had a Magus of the Moon that I couldn't deal with and I lost with lots of mountains. 2nd game I just destroyed and countered his mana rocks and he had only big things in hand. 3rd game my opponent mulliganed to 5 again and I used Oko to disrupt his mana rocks and again he had only big things.
3rd round against Jeskai Moon (1-0-1). 1st game I slipped slippery 1 mana planeswalker DRS and he destroyed my opponents graveyard and dealt 10 damages in several turns + my opponent couldn't cast his delve cards cause DRS says "No graves allowed". 2nd game we grinded 40 minutes + 4 extra turns took 15 minutes because we had so much to think about but in the end he couldn't find his whole combo and I won by passing last extra turn.
7.11 3-1.
1st round against Suicide Black (2-1)
2nd round against Esper Tempo (2-1)
3rd round against High Tide Storm (1-2) I played this so "well" because I lost the last game even though I managed to get my opponents High Tide to exile. Back to Basics is too strong.
4th round against Naya Aggro (2-0). I still have this blessing that I draw Toxic Deluge to my opening hand.
11.10 3-2. Bigger Tournament.
1st round against 4c Midrange without red (2-0)
2nd round against UW Control (0-2)
3rd round against Grixis Tempo (2-1)
4th round against mono blue staxx (1-2) I played like shit
5th round agains Blue Moon (2-1) I were really proud of my self because my opponent was my training buddy and because this is 45/55 match up.
8.9 3-0-1
1st round against Hightide Storm (2-1). 1st game I used Mana drain to his Saphire Medallion and got turn 3 Sculptor Jace and with the card advantage I got to disrupt him. 2nd game I got denied of information when he Mana drained my Inquisition of Kozilek and used that mana for Fact or Fiction and I made a horrible mistake by giving him 2 islands and card draw because I didn't know that he didn't have any lands and he stormed. 3rd game I disrupted by countering tutor effects and taking his High Tide and killing him.
2nd round against Jund Craterhoof Behemothdeck (2-1). 1st game I opened by taking 2 cards with 2 discards and killing his next 3 elves and he couldn't do anything. 2nd game I almost got my opponent but I tapped all of my mana and he resolver Green titan and slammed Marit Lage to my face. 3rd game I struggled with my mana and he were able to cast Decimator of the Provinces but I hold on thanks to Kalitas being there and winning me the game with loads of zombies.
3rd round against Grixis staxx (1-1-1) 1st game my opponent mulliganed to 4 but was still able to resolve turn 3 The Abyss and then got enough time to get Wildfire and I lost. 2nd game my opponent made a mistake to use Wheel of Fortune when he had a shit hand and didn't notice that I had only 1 card and with all of those cards I managed to win. 3rd game my opponent used Smokestack + Wildfire top deck to destroy all of my permanents but couldn't finish me and we had a tie.
4th round against UB control (2-0). 1st game I slipped turn 1 DRS and turn 2 Scooze and those two killed him because he only found counter spells. 2nd game I managed to bait my opponent to let me resolve Azcanta and Dig Through Time and my threats killed him.
28.8 3-0
1st round against UB Omnitell (2-0). 1st game I got to Wasteland my opponent twice and kept counterspells up and pressured him till he died. 2nd game my opponent wastelanded me and he took my second blue and tutored Show and Tell and then I did some sneaky stuff. My opponent knew that I didn't have blue cards and I used DT and he let it resolve even though he had FOW and I just simply passed and when he caster Show and thell and dropped Omniscience and I dropped Venser and he lost while having Omniscience and emrakul in hand
2nd round against abzan Academy Rector combo. 1st game I opened with can trips, removal and The Scarab God and when he casted his rector I used mana drain he passed turn and with 4 extra mana I just slammed Scarab god and exiled his rector and won the game. 2nd game I slowly traded resources until the game went to I cast Protean Hulk phase and obviously my opponent lost because he had to do that.
3rd game I had bye. Thanks reporter.
4.8 2-1
1st round against Sultai Tempo (1-2) When you flood then you flood
2nd round against Mono R Midrange (2-0) Usually hard match up thanks to Blood Moon effects and other land destruction but my opponent had borrowed this deck and wasn't the best at playing it.
3rd round agains UG midrange featuring Marit Lage (2-1). Very basic midrange grinding matches. Best thing was that I won on 3rd over time turn
13.4 I won bigger tournament with this deck (score was 5-0).
1st round against WB hatebears 2-0. My opponent came to this tournament because he wanted to play modern and his highlander was more casual so this win wasn't surprising.
2nd round against UB Doomsday storm combo 2-1. 1st game: I discarded my opponents hand and his game plan was ruined and he couldn't do anything. 2nd game: At this point I didn't know what his ultimate goal was and yeah I got Emrakuled with help of Shelldock Isle and lost. 3rd game: I didn't drew many disruption effects and only thing that I was able to do was pressure him with creatures but in the end the small amount of disruption was enough to slow him down.
3rd round against White Weenie 2-0. 1st game: I just slammed the door front of him from winning with double bodies, planeswalkers and life gain. 2nd game was interesting because we were in a situation where I only tried to survive because I was at 1 life multiple times but with lucky top deck in form of Abrupt Decay I managed to kill his biggest threat Brimaz, King of Oreskos and start hitting back and won.
4th game against Naya aggro 2-0. Okay I have this weird thing that most of my games against Naya aggro I have Toxic Deluge in hand or it is my second draw..... well in first game I drew it on turn 2 and won because he committed to board..... second game I had it in my starting hand and killed him by using planeswalkers and high toughness creatures (high meaning more than 2 in this case)
5th game against Red Deck Wins (RDW) 2-1. 1st game: Opponent mulligans to 5 and I got stuck to two lands but with my 2 mana interactions I managed to survive till next land drops and he ran out of gas (no surprises here). 2nd game my mana was clunky and I got traumas from Ankh of Mishra seriously fuck that card. 3rd game we both kept 7 but my mana was extremely clunky (my starting hand: Tarmogoyf, Inquisition of Kozilek, Mana Drain, Cast Down, Bloodstained Mire, Karakas and Fetid Pools) but I kept it because it was good enough then the best story begins.....
turn 3 I have tarmogoyf (5/6) and I have drawn Snapcaster and Counterspell (no double blue) and I say "Fuck this I am racing" opponents reaction "You know racing RDW is usually a bad idea" and then I started hitting him with my tarmo while he plays two 2/2 and am still hitting him with tarmo and snapcaster and he has to go defensive because my tarmo raced him too fast and I got really sweet victory with really sweet story (and Ugin).
17.3 3-1
1st round against Dark Jeskai (we named this deck 4c Niv Mizzet because it played the new Niv) 1-2. 1st game I won with keeping my head cool and slamming Tarmo on turn 2 and True-Name on turn 3 and then I only protected them. 2nd game my opponent controlled me out and casted Sphinx's Revelation with x being 7 and I scooped. 3rd game I started with 2 lands and mana dork but my opponent started with Mox Diamond + Wasteland and bolted my mana dork and I drew only 1 land after that.
2nd round agains GB rock 2-0. I have come in conclusion that Rock is good match up for this deck because some cards like The Scarab Godgrind games too well.
3rd round against Mono Black 1 drops that come back 2-0. 1st game my opponent started with 1 mana 2/1 and 2 mana 3/1 and I started with only Sylvan library and almost started to lose but then my savior Catacomb Sifter came to rescue with his 2 bodies and I started to roll out of his reach. 2nd game my opponent started playing his 1 mana dorks until he got Phyrexian Obliterator and I newer thought I would be in a situation where I would block Obliterator with 5 damage but there I was without lands but still won.
4th game against UB control 2-1. 1st game I starved to 3 mana and my opponent pressured me with his The Scarab God and Notion Thief . 2nd game we really grinded but in the end I was favored by my Scarab God and through his power I won. 3rd game my opponent flooded and he lost.
I was happy with these new changes because the deck feels more consistent and cards don't just sit in the hand.
13.1.2019 I was sick and I couldn't play sadly
6.1 3-0
1st round 2-1 Sultai Ramp. 1st game I was just too slow because turn 1 Lotus Bloomsuspended and turn 2 Grim Monolith and after bloom was casted my opponnet had enough mana for Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger . 2nd game my opponent had again Grim Monolith at turn 2 but now I had answer to it and he had to ramp slowly with signets and small ramp spells but he was dead when he got to cast anything meaningful. 3rd game I had perfect disruption hand with hand attack + Snapcaster Mage , wasteland and Hostage Taker for against signets and all of this with mana acceleration by Deathrite Shaman so I won because he wasn't able to do much.
2nd round 4c Blood 2-0. 1st Game we both flooded a "litle" (aka. we both had over 15 lands) but I had small amount of meaningful threats and won. 2nd game I starved but and my Liliana, the Last Hope got killed by Falkenrath Aristocrat and my tempo was shit but after that I managed to play True-Name Nemesis and kill that Falkenrath + other creatures and when I started hitting my land drops I got back to the game and won even though my opponent was able to use Tasigur, the Golden Fang over 8 times for card draw (funny thing I gave him Liliana of the Veil 3 times)
3rd Round 2-0 GB rock. 1st game was harsh because my opponent started with Wastelandand Hymn to Tourach but I was able to recover with 1 amazing top deck and it was called Jace, the Mind Sculptor that survived 1 turn and I got to untap with it and won with the card advantage. 2nd game my opponent had turn 2 hymn and turn 3 Wasteland and it was again harsh start but thanks to Deathrite Shaman I got to 4 mana and managed to deploy Thrun, the Last Troll and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet but he managed to destory them with sweep effect. After that I made board presence but he top decked sweep and after that I used The Eldest Reborn and made board again and he top decked his third sweep and started beating me down with Beast token from Thragtusk but luckily the last draw phase I had got me The Scarab God and I gloriously won.