Anyhow, I thought it might do better just bringing the pain to the current meta. Chalice is good, it either has to be answered or totally screws plenty of decks. The one downside to Eldrazi is its mana base, it can be hosed by Blood Moon or Back to Basics. I wasn't entirely worried about them to be honest. The only deck I would be really worried about would be a mono-red prison or b/r reanimator.
Round 1 vs Burn
Nice player, moved over from Modern to try out Legacy. Was his 3rd Legacy 'event' ever. Pretty sure he loves playing burn in Modern as he foiled out everything he could.
Game 1- Early bolts to my head were answered by a turn two Thorn, followed by a turn 3 Chalice on 1. Shut down the offensive. I turned creatures sideways, and got there.
Game 2- I boarded in my 4 Leyline of Sanctity. I had a no-land mulligan, down to 6. Kept that one, scry and saw a Leyline- bottom. Doh. He kept a very sketchy hand, which was made worse by a turn 1 Chalice by me. He scooped after turn 3
We played some more games afterwards, I offered up either DnT or SnS. He choose SnS. (mental Timmy thought- alright! Lets crush with stupid big cards!) We never sideboarded, but he beat me 2 out of 3. It wasn't even close in the 2 games he won. Well, at least I got that out of the way.
Mental note- take Blood Moons out, put Omniscience back in.
Round 2 vs UR Delver
Thought about the match: Chalice is a hell of a card.
Game 1- Early Chalice wasn't answered, and Cavern of Souls allows my things to enter the field to crush. Did see he was trying out Pteramander. So I thought, ya know, lets put in the Leyline of the Void to keep that thing from being cheaty.
Game 2- It was the most interesting game of the night. My opening hand had 2 Leylines, a Chalice, and other things. I got out an early Chalice on 1, then he promptly drops a Blood Moon. DOH! He had a Pteramander, which was the only threat for a while. He found a Young Pyromancer the turn before I found a Chalice to put on 2. From there it was a game of, "Can Phil remember Chalice triggers?!" Which the answer was yes, yes I could. I also, for the only time it could happened, cast a Simian Spirit Guide. Between that and an early Matter Reshaper, I had threats on board. My Warping Wail removed his Pryo, but not before he created cannon fodder for my threats.
Eventually I got a nice Endless One out, and he just could not keep up with the pressure. Hell, I even activated the Eye of Ugin to fetch up a Smasher.
Round 3 vs Grixis Delver
Thought about the match: Cavern of Souls is a hell of a card.
Before we played, I asked if he was 2-0, and if he was- did he want to split and play for fun. He said he was 1-1, which meant I was paired down. He also said he wanted to play it out as he was trying to get reps with the deck. Normally he is a dedicated DnT player, but this week- he was trying other things as DnT is not great right now.
Game 1- I landed 3 Thought-Knot Seers, powered out by Cavern of Souls. Turns out, blue decks really don't like seeing creatures hit the board unchecked. I simply picked off his hand, presented threats, and ignored his True-Name Nemesis. It, was, glorious.
Game 2- Boarded in Warping Wail and Ratchet Bombs. Early Chalice put the clamps on his early threats. He did blow it up with an Engineered Explosives, but it was way too late. I had big hairy threats out via Cavern, and he could not remove them.
6-0 in games. Not too shabby. I can play for the next 3 weeks for free, and that's the goal. If I have a winning record next week, I will cash in for something. Maybe a Natural Order, or a Life from the Loam. Or even maybe some Ultimate Masters packs, oooooooooo.
Notes from the night:
- I never once drew a Mimic. *shrug*
- The day before I cut two of my finger tips and had Band-Aids on them. Had no idea how much that would impact shuffling. Damnit.
- My two of Cavern of Souls felt like 4, super duper effective.
- At least 2, likely 3, players were running burn with Light Up the Stage. I know 1 guy is a super dedicated burn player. (someone has to be, right?)
- Apparently I was playing the wrong version of big eldrazi from 2 weeks ago, I should have run the green splash version. Without prompting, a couple guys were talking about how they got CRUSHED by it over the weekend. Might have to throw that together. Hmmmmm
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