Legacy week #23

Back at it again, MtG First weekly. Really good showing, 20+ players. Lots of variety in the field. One interesting turn of events- D&T has shown a resurgence due to no small feat in that equipment has shown to be REALLY good again. With the rise of the w/u decks with Stoneforge, Jitte and Batterskull have taken charge. I think there were at least 3, maybe 4, different pilots of D&T at the weekly. I have much love for D&T, and still have my deck sleeved up. (It is still my only non-proxy involved deck) Honestly though, I haven't played it in about 3 months.
Though, having a True-Name equipped with a Jitts is, pardon the pun, truly horrifying. Oh, and to top it off, saw someone running u/w vial version of stoneblade. Yup.

Couple notes from the night:

• Never drew a single Spirit Guide. Never sided it out, just never drew it.
• When I had decent mana sources, life was good. When mana was bad, life was bad. 
• Weird match 3 vs g/b dark depths. Just weird.

Match 1 vs Grixis Delver (Frank)

Game 1- Good player knows his match-ups, and he did against me. I kept a hand in which I had a turn 1 Chalice, which was forced. When he saw a turn 2 Mimic, he removed it. That card can get out of hand in an Eldrazi deck. Seriously, it is my all-star card, with Cavern of Souls coming in a CLOSE second. He got a Delver out, and proceeded to "protect the queen." What really did me in though was a key wasteland on my Eldrazi Temple. I was 'stuck' on a Tomb, which helped kill myself. He seemed to have all the answers for my threats, which sucks- but that's what Grixis delver does. 

Game 2- Flip the script on him. I found my Cavern of Souls, and left his counter magic just floating in his hand. He couldn't deal with the flow Eldrazi coming at his face. It also helped I had a Walking Ballista named on my second Cavern. That helped remove his Strix problems. 

Game 3- Honestly, I don't recall how this game went. I believe I got stuck on mana a bit. I recall the game ending with him having a True-Name and flipped Delver. He was on like 1 life at the end. That's how Eldrazi rolls sometimes. 

Match 2 vs 4 color something

Game 1- I spent most of the game trying to figure out what exactly he was doing. I thought maybe he was on agro-loam when he launched Punishing Fire at my Mimic. But that theory went out the window when he played Dack Faden. Apparently he had no counterspells, which made my life a lot easier. So I wound up beating up any creatures he landed, and mauling the planeswalkers. I did land a Thought-Knot and saw two MORE planeswalkers in Jace and can't remember. 

So, for the first time in a while, I had perfect mana. In that I played an Eye of Ugin, then Urborg, then City of Traitors. I was able to cast an Oblivion Sower off that! 

Best play of the night, I went to attack with a Thought-Knot against his Dack, he flashed in Snapcaster, punishing fired my Thought-Knot. I responded to the Snap trigger by Dismembering it with perfect black mana, THANKS URBORG!

Game 2- I wasn't exactly sure what to side in, but Leyline of the Void seemed good against any Punishing Fire build. Adding in the Thorn of Amethyst also felt good for his army of non-creature spells. 

I don't recall most of the game to be honest. What I do recall is that I smashed face with Eldrazi creatures, and he killed himself with a Punishing Fire. I respect that. 

Match 3 vs g/b Depths

Game 1- It was a weird game. Both of us had nothing normal. My opening hand had creatures, and 3 lands. But they were an odd mix. Wasteland, Cavern, and Mishras. Not great for the explosive start you want with Eldrazi. I kept it, because of Mimic, and other critters which could get there. He had 2 Mox Diamonds in his opening hand. And then drew, dare I say, nothing else. I just kept smashing and he had nothing else in terms of combo pieces, tutoring pieces, just blanked. 

Game 2- He had everything, and I had nothing. Basically I could draw in to a Karakas as my only out, and I died to a Flying indestructible black Avatar. It happens.

Game 3- My opening hand was 6 lands. And I kept it. Why? It had a Wasteland, it had a Ratchet Bomb. And most importantly, it had a Karakas. My one of Karakas. From the top I just drew in to threats, which helped. I landed a Thorn. He found a Bob, which helped him find pieces. I put him in a position at the final turn where I had a Smasher from the previous turn, and I top decked a second Smasher. I turned them sideways, he flopped the 20/20 on the board, killed one smasher, then chumped the other. I went to second main, and dropped my Karakas to return his Legendary critter. Whew. (moral of the story, that's why you play Karakas in Eldrazi. And I should have a second in my SB)

Lesson learned for the night- Ratchet Bomb does nothing against indestructible.