I’ve got the Power!
So, yesterday was the final event in the Antiquity Magic tournaments. This was the event for the Mox Jet, and I was really hoping to win even though I thought John. A would beat me. The previous events were every other Sunday and here were my results in them.
Type 0 #1 – UW Control 3rd Place.
Type 0 #2 – UW Control 1st Place.
Type 0 #3 – RB Goblin Burn Scrubbed Out.
Type 0 #4 – UW Control 1st Place.
Today again I was playing UW Control because Josh had decided to give up on Type 0 the week I played RB Goblins. I got an Icy Manipulator from Grayson before the event began, and then started.
In round one I played against Grayson, who was also playing UW Control. In game one I had a strong start with Library of Alexandria and some Mishra’s Factories. I killed him pretty quickly. In game two I counter some of his spells, and try to deck him with a Braingeyser for 23, but he had used Feldon’s Cane and I couldn’t get enough cards. He beats me with the awesome seven cards he had left after the draw spell. In game three I beat him to one life, and then he manages to stabalize. Time ends the match with a draw. M 0-0-1, G 1-1-1
In round two I play against Curtis who is playing White Weenie. In game one he starts with three Crusades, and no creatures. His hand is way too slow, and I have all the time I need to set up my board and kill him. In game two I just draw the cards I need to counterattack his every play. M 1-0-1 G 3-1-1
In round four I play against someone I don’t know playing a WBR Underworld Dreams deck. In game one I draw a Mirror Universe and trade lives keeping me alive and beating him with Mishra’s Factories. In game two I am forced to counter a third Underworld Dreams and he has Wheel of Fortune to kill me. In game three he sees a slow hand, and I Disenchant his first two Underworld Dreams. I don’t remember ever being at a life total I was concerned about and eventually kill him. M 2-0-1, G 5-2-1
In the last round before the Top 4, I was playing Shane and his BRw Aggro deck. He beats me game one with a Hymn to Tourach, and then a Mind Twist to hit my whole hand. I bring in Greater Realm of Preservations, and a third Control Magic. I win the next game with Greater Realm, Icy Manipulator, and Maze of Ith. In the last game he has a weak hand I pretty much smash him. M 3-0-1, G 7-3-1.
I make the Top 4 along with Shane, Curtis, and the Underworld Dreams player so I am feeling pretty good about this result.
Semifinals. I play against Shane again. In game one he plays Hymn to Tourach on turns 2, 3, and 4. I make an epic comeback at 2 life. I end the game over twenty life because of Ivory Tower. In game two his whole game was basically a stall tactic. I try to deck him with Braingeyser, but he has three Red Elemental Blasts and wins the counter war. I eventually kill him with two cards left in my deck.
Finals. I get to play Curtis with White Weenie again, which is honestly the deck I wanted to play against. I can’t remember all the plays, but I do remember that I won game one with an insane hand. In game two I cast three Wrath of Gods, and Balance. He came close to killing me but I made a trade with Mirror Universe, and eventually finished him off.
So, I left with a nifty glass trophy thing, and a Mox Jet. Yay me!
