Can’t Quite Get There…
So, another Friday and Saturday happened, and I was obviously playing Magic. The Friday tournament was Standard and I had heard of a Dragonstorm deck and was instantly planning to throw it together for the tournament.
I put together the deck and the tournament begins. In round one I play my brother playing RG Mana Ramp. Now, I’ve been told this matchup is good, but I don’t know how good. In game one he doesn’t kill me before turn five when I decided I can combo and throw out a Dragonstorm for the win. In game two I suspend a Lotus Bloom, that resolves and gets targeted to be destroyed. I cast a Hellkite in response putting him at 15. On my next turn I attack, (10), Shock him (8), which turns on my Spinerock Knolls, I use both, playing Incinerate and Shock (3). He packs when I show him a Rift Bolt.
In round two I play against Scott, we were going to split, but I wanted to play the games to see how the mirror was, so we decided to play. Both games he just doesn’t have anything to combo before I can. So I get the match 2-0.
In the last round before the Top 8, I get paired against Chris Carman, who is borrowing my RB Husk deck. In game one he beats me to 2 life, and I combo him. He wins games two and three, but I don’t remember what actually happened.
I make the Top 8 regardless, and get paired against Tommy. I get beat by a savage hand game one, and I get mana screwed game two once he plays Mwon. Acid Moss on my storage land. So, he gets it 2-0, and moves on. Too bad I suppose.
For the Vintage event I was going to play TarmoGush, but I didn’t really want to make it again, so I took someone’s Turbo Fog deck and added Type 1 cards and played it.
In round one I play against Tracy, playing Empty Gush, which is my deck without main Goyfs. He wins game one since I don’t draw the Constant Mists to fog until I can deal with his Goblins and Colossus. I would have won game two, but ran out of time to kill him. So he gets it 1-0-1. In round two I get to play against Goblins, which is like a dream matchup. I won 2-0 through Fog/Chant lock, and making an 18/18 Ajani token. In round three I play against a cycling deck. He loses to my Angel’s Graces both times.
I make the Top 8, and play against a RG Aggro deck. Game one I barely pull through with Tarmogoyfs, and Chants to stop counterattacks. In game two I resolve an Ajani post Pyrostatic Pillar. He eventually plays another one, and I just keep gaining life with Ajani. I win because he can’t play spells without dying and I have Goyf and Ajani. In the Top 4 I play against Scott, who is also a RG deck, but a better list. I concede to him and have him play Tracy in the finals to get half of his prize, and end up with $25, and a pack of cards. Nice type two deck huh?
