I had the fortune of some time Sunday evening to go up to Game Hunters in Frederick for a little weekly Legacy. It nearly didn't fire, but they found an 8th to make it happen. Normally they have over 10 for their weekly, so it was slightly weird to barely make the 8 person field up.
I rolled out with my Edralzi aggro deck, which has been treating me fairly well recently. I still need to pick up some minor pieces to round it out, but overall, I like its make up. I think one of the few decks it has little or no game against is SnS. (ironically) Pieces to be found, another Mishra's Factory, and another Matter Reshaper.
Honestly, I have yet to cast a Dismember. Weird.
Round 1 vs goblins (Mike Shank)
Game 1: I mulliganed on the play, and still applied a lot of pressure. The turn 1 eye to Mimic was good. Turn 2 Thought-Knot was even beter. From there I just keep the gas pedal mashed down and kept rolling.
Game 2: He did what goblins does with an Aether vial, and then successfully Ported me in to the stone ages. Hard to get creatures out when you have no mana. Blech.
Game 3: Continued with my previous weeks theme of having Ancient Tombs dealing a bunch of damage to myself. Seems to be the theme, and really couldn't stop the Goblins from leaking in the edges. I had a small crack to stabilize and kept blanking on the draws. Tombs, damnit.
Round 2 vs Pox (Travis from the Legacy Pit!)
He and I were chatting before the round about the state of Legacy and where he was going. He also mentioned how he was going to eat Jerry Mee under the Sushi table this coming weekend at the LaL Open.
Game 1: He does what Pox does, just strips all my threats to I get him to 2. He slaps a Ensnaring Bridge down and I am just peeling cards off to the top hoping for a Walking Ballista. No such luck. Though I did feel good about Wastelanding his Tabernacle. I call that a moral victory if nothing else.
Game 2: Eldrazi SMASH... well, somewhat smash. Spyglass names Lilly Last Hope. Early pressure, then he somewhat stabilizes, until I top 2 Smashers. I have his life totals go like this: 20-18-12-8-3.
Game 3: See game 1. Seriously. He had an ultimate Lilly Last Hope, and I had a board of critters that could not attack through TWO Bridges. I had some outs, Ratchet Bomb, or Walking B. Nothing happening like that.
As it was an 8 person grouping and another person had dropped, there was no point for me to stick around. Not the results I was hoping for, but it is what happened.
I think next time I head up there, I am running SnS. Apparently the meta up there doesn't handle that very well. Combo it is!
Though I was secretly hoping to play the Dredge player who was there. Bring it! (Leylines, HOOOOOO!)
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