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By: TugaChampion, Guilherme Carmona Alexandrino
Apr 17 2015 12:00pm
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I'm still playing the same list from the last article:

 

M1G1:

 

He started with an Hexproof creature on turn 1 and by turn 3 he had enchanted it with 2 Rancor, Hyena Umbra and Daybreak Coronet. I was at 5 and him at 27 and only the only way to win that game was to Cryptic every turn until I had 8 lands. I had the mana to Cryptic him thanks to Sakura but I had no Cryptics so I conceded.

M1G2:

 

This is a bad match up and I think I have higher chances to win if I go to 6 cards instead of keeping 3 lands, Remand and 2 Snapcaster. My second hand only had one land so I went to 5 and kept 2 lands, Sakura, Pyroclasm and Scapeshift. He had a creature on turn 1 and I played Sakura on turn 2. He hand no second land and just a Spider Umbra. I blocked and got a land. I decided to Pyroclasm as it wasn't getting any better most likely. He had another Spider Umbra and I drew Cryptic. He played Rancor and I countered that. On his following turn he played Spirit Link and I Leaked it but I'm not sure that was correct because I needed 8 land to kill him anyway and it didn't increase the clock. Also, if he went over 36 life at any point it was very unlikely to matter so I should have just saved Leak. I drew another Scapeshift and used Lighthouse drawing Peer. He played Ethereal Armor and attacked for 4. Peer found a Cryptic and I drew Search so I was now one land away from winning. He played Rancor and I used Cryptic to tap and draw. I found another Search and that was enough to win.

M1G3:

 

I kept 5 lands, Remand and Scapeshift which is not great. It's a bit better than my first 7 of game 2 but it might still be a mulligan, especially on the draw. He started with a Hexproof guy and I drew Swan Song. He played Kor Spiritdancer which I didn't have anything to deal with in my hand. I didn't draw anything to kill it on my turn so I knew I was in a pretty bad spot. He played Hyena Umbra on his Spiritdancer followed by Spirit Link which I countered with Swan Song because he was at 18 and he played another Hyena Umbra before attacking for 7. He played Rancor and Spirit Link on his Spiritdancer and I conceded.

M2G1:

 

He started with a Young Wolf and I played Sakura. He played Voice of Resurgence and attacked for 1. I didn't need 4 mana the following turn so I decided to use Sakura to save more than 1 life. He played Cartel Aristocrat and this time I blocked Voice and got a land. I played Lighthouse and passed. He played another Cartel Aristocrat and Viscera Seer and attacked for 5. I used Lighthouse to loot finding a Bolt and discard an extra copy of Scapeshift. At my end step he turned his Young Wolf into a 2/2 to Scry with Seer. He played Abzan Ascendancy making his attacks lethal so I tapped his team with Cryptic. On my turn I played Serum Visions but only found a land with the Scry so I had to wait one more turn. I used another Cryptic to tap his team again and on my turn I won with Scapeshift.

M2G2:

 

He started with Doomed Traveler and I used Serum Visions to draw Lighthouse and leave Baloth on top. He attacked and passed after playing a tapped land and I played Sakura. He played Blood Artist and I should have sacrificed Sakura in response but I clicked F2 too fast so instead I had to block his attacker and search for a land. In the end this just gave him one extra life point and it shouldn't matter. He also played another Traveler. I played Baloth and he had Abzan Ascendancy but he didn't attack. I played Snapcaster to flashback Visions and drew a land and kept another Visions on top. He played Viscera Seer which meant up to -7 life to me and +7 to him at any point he wants to sacrifice his things so I needed 8 lands already. I played Visions drawing land. I put Scapeshift on bottom and Search on top as that would give me 9 lands the following turn, or 8 without sacrificing Sakura. On his turn he had Burrenton Forge-Tender and a second Blood Artist which meant he could kill me just by sacrificing everything. I still played Search and Scapeshift in case he messed up but he didn't and killed me.

M2G3:

 

He started with Tukatongue Thallid and I had a Sakura which blocked it and searched for a land. He had Voice on turn 2 but I played Baloth on turn 3. He played Blood Artist and passed. I drew and played Visions drawing Search and putting Scapeshift and Valakut on the bottom but that didn't really matter as I played Search right away, followed by Peer taking Electrolyze over Cryptic. He played Viscera Seer and Abzan Ascendancy. In response to the enters the battlefield trigger, he sacrificed his Thallid so he would get a flier with a +1/+1 counter. I drew Search which allowed me to get 8 lands and win right there with Scapeshift. I still would have won without drawing it because he could gain 6 life going to 19 and I would deal 18 and Electrolyze would finish the job.

M3G1:

 

I didn't have green mana but with Visions and Izzet Charm I was confidant I could find it on time. He started with Isolated Chapel and on turn 2 he played Inquisition of Kozilek which I Leaked but he followed it up with Thoughtseize which took Izzet Charm. I drew Bolt and passed. He played Pack Rat and I Bolted it on his end step. I played Visions and drew Flooded Grove which was the perfect green source. I put Peer and Breeding Pool on top and passed. My opponent finally found a third land and played Mirran Crusader which I Bolted thanks to Snapcaster. He played Sculler and I Leaked it. I Peered on his end step and took Repeal. I drew Cryptic and attacked. He played Lingering Souls which I countered. On my turn I played my seventh land and Sakura but I think I should have kept Sakura in hand. This would give me the option of using Lighthouse and discarding it or use Repeal on Snapcaster to replay it and flashback Mana Leak. He played Thoughtseize and I Repealed Snapcaster drawing Cryptic. He opted to take Snapcaster and flashbacked Lingering Souls. I drew Sakura and passed. He attacked and played Sorin, Solemn Visitor which I countered. On my turn I had 3 Sakuras in my hand so I used Lighthouse drawing an Island and discarding it and played a second Sakura. I attacked him down to 6 and passed. He played and equipped Sword of Light and Shadow which meant I couldn't win by attacking anymore. He returned Sculler to his hand but on my turn I drew Scapeshift and won.

M3G2:

 

He started with Thoughtseize taking Explosives over Visions, Sakura, Electrolyze and Sower. I drew Pyroclasm and played Visions drawing another Sakura and putting land and Baloth on top. He played Pack Rat and passed and I played Sakura. He played another Pack Rat and attacked. I blocked with Sakura and searched for a land. I drew land, played Pyroclasm and Sakura. He passed without play and I got a Forest. I played Baloth and he Pathed it. He played Lingering Souls and I killed them with Electrolyze and played another Baloth. This is where the replay gets messed up because one of the Spirits didn't die from Electrolyze. He Thoughtseized my Sower and I drew several lands never finding Scapeshift while losing to Sword and Gideon.

M3G3:

 

I suspended Search on turn 1 and at the end step of his second turn I Peered into a Cryptic. He played Lingering Souls and I Leaked it. He played Inquisition which could take Sakura, Pyre or Remand so I decided to Cryptic it drawing a land. He also played Thoughtseize and took Remand. After this he flashbacked Souls. I drew Scapeshift, played Sakura and passed. I took 2 from the tokens and he played Tidehollow Sculler conceding after seeing my hand.

M4G1:

 

I start by taking 3 cracking my fetch and getting Breeding Pool because my other lands didn't provide blue or green mana. I played Visions drawing Peer and putting one land on top and another on bottom. He played Signal Pest on turn 1 and on turn 2 Ravager which I Remanded and followed it up with Ornithopter. I played another Visions drawing Search and putting two lands on bottom. He played Master of Etherium and attacked me down to 14. I played Search because I didn't think he can kill me on the following turn but he did have Plating and put it on Master. I don't know why but I probably was very distracted, I didn't play Snapcaster to block it. All I can say is: brain, you let me down. I don't know if I would have won as I needed to survive until I had 7 lands and found Bolt + Scapeshift or just Scapeshift and get 8 lands but it would have given me a chance. I think I was so focused on starting to Cryptic on the following turn that when I saw he had Plating I conceded right away.

M4G2:

 

My first hand just had one land and the 6 cards hand had two but no green mana. I kept 5 which wasn't great but probably better than going to 4: Valakut, Flooded Grove, Lighthouse, Sakura and Scapeshift. He was able to play Ravager on turn 1 thanks to Mox Opal and had Ornithopter and Memnite as well. I drew green mana so I played Sakura. He played a second Ravager and attacked. I blocked the first and he sacrificed Memnite to it and I searched for a land. I played a land and passed and he attacked me to 15 playing Vault Skirge and Etched Champion after combat. I used Lighthouse at his end step drawing Search and discarding a land. On my turn I drew another land but I played wrong here. I should have played Grove and suspended Search. He played Welding Jar, activated Inkmoth Nexus and attacked with everything. He sacrificed everything to his Nexus leaving himself with just Jar and kills me for exactly 10 poison. I think this was a risky play that he didn't need to make as he was very ahead. I had 3 cards in hand and to kill him I'd need to have exactly Bolt or Electrolyze on his turn to put him in range of a 7 lands lethal Scapeshift (he was at 18 but he had Vault Skirge) and on my turn play land, Search or Sakura and Scapeshift. His play loses to me having Ancient Grudge.

Sadly I 2-2ed this one. I started by losing a very difficult match up and I was able to win the following two matches against some less know decks. In the final round the combination of bad play and bad luck led me to losing it. I hope you enjoyed this.