Legacy week #28

Back at it with Eldrazi Stompy. Thankfully MTG First was open and ready. Fancy change, they have table clothes. Lets see how long that lasts.

I made one change to the deck list, I dropped the Ulamog for the Jitte. I just don't see how I will ever have the mana to cast it even with the Temples and sol lands.
One thing I have noticed is that I am just about always dropping the Sower and Endbringer in game 2. Might have to think about effectiveness in 60.
I might drop a Sower and Endbringer in favor of 2 Dismembers... or some other hate. They feel pretty ineffective. For now, a Spatial Contortion in, Sower out in the main.
Might drop a Blast Zone for a Karakas main. Not entirely sure.

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Round 1 vs TES (Shawn)

Shawn is someone I usually talk with between rounds, good guy. He is 98% of the time on TES. And he admits, this is one of his toughest matchups.

Game 1
Don't recall much of how it went, got down a Chalice on 0 and hosed his plans good, like tried to play an LED into. Wasted his Sea. Dropped a Thought-Knot, picked off a Past in Flames, better once than twice? He really didn't have much else to choose from. Just beat him up good, and he couldn't get there.

Game 2
Mimic, into 4/4 Endless one, into Smasher. Got him to 1 with a Chalice on 1. However, Hurkyl's Recall is a lifesaver. He got there, and I lost.

Game 3
Dropped a Leyline pre-game... then turn 2, I think, I dropped a Spyglass. In response, he Brainstormed and hid some things. I looked at his hand, I named Scalding Tarn as he had TWO. So he sat there as I dropped more hate, a Chalice on 0, a Thorn, and proceeded to beat his face. He couldn't find his Recall to save his hand. It was a massive mistake with the Brainstorm response to Spyglass. eep.


Round 2 vs Hogaak/bomberman?
Not Hogaak/depths, thankfully.

Game 1
My deck poops on my opening 7, and second 7... I got to 5 cards, and really couldn't do much. He took control and beat my face. I really didn't have anything working.

Game 2
WAY better. I had all the answers this time. Leyline pregame, Chalice, Thorn. All out by turn 3. He then proceeded to drop Hogaak. ALRIGHT! I had put a sideboard Karakas in for this. I had drawn it the turn before. I almost guarantee he was not expecting it. I proceeded to wipe his board state, and just beat it all up. Galaxy brain for the win.

Game 3
Had the Leyline again, and he tried to go wide with a Young Pyro. I had the answers again. There was a state where he could live. On my turn he generated a bunch of tokens hoping to block my Eldrazis about to turn 90. What did I have in my hand? Ratchet Bomb for the win.

My deck felt purpose built for the meta in that room. So much hate, just so much hate. Chalice, Thorn, Leyline, Bomb... I wanted to take on one of the two W6 decks in the room.


Round 3 vs R/U Delver (Logan)
While I was 2-0, he was 1-1. I offered to split so he could at least get his entry money back and we would play for fun.

I don't recall game 1-2 to be honest. We split.
Game 3 he drew 2 critical sideboard cards, Price of Progress and Smash to Smithereens. It was a coin toss to be honest. We were both at below 10 life. Considering it was a Delver deck, I was happy with the result.
I do recall Blast Zone being good in one game I won. Lol.

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Before leaving the store, I picked up my 3rd Thorn I needed. (still have $20 in credit, leaving it as credit for now) Gonna borrow two Cavern of Souls from a buddy of mine. Thats it. Got everything else.