Legacy week #33

A couple buddies from north of the city made their way down, a VERY long way down, to play in the MTG First weekly. I was able to attend, and it was a very good evening.

Went to the store last night, did well enough... but when I went to pay with credit at the store, I was super pleasantly surprised. I told the guy my info, said I was going to pay with store credit, and his response was, "You have $40 left in credit." I thought I misheard him, and said, "come again?"

Yup- something happened, and I had, somehow, $50 in store credit. I asked him to double check because it seemed like a mistake. He said, nope- you have that much.

So I did well enough for the evening, and was able to get a bunch of cards I was not expecting to.

The cards are for a smattering of things. The cheapest ones are for a possible cloudpost Eldrazi deck. Not saying it is good, but it will be interesting at the very least.
The Sphere of Resistence is a possible additional piece for my Eldrazi Stompy deck. If Thorns are good, and they are, then more taxing effects should be fun. Mud it up. The Displacers are for a white Eldrazi build I am trying to figure out. I will never have the Mox Diamonds which it would REALLY need to hum, but I'm kicking around the idea of Astrolabe instead.

Even after paying for the event, buying these cards, and going 2-1, I still have about $25 in credit. Not too shabby.


On to the results from the evening! I was running my Eldrazi Stompy with Once Upon a Time, which is turning out to be really good.


Round 1 vs 3 color reanimator?

He admitted before we started that he threw the deck together 30 minutes before he came to the weekly.

Game 1- Don't remember a lot, I smashed him with Eldrazi pretty good and I didn't see much from his deck. I honestly wasn't sure what he was doing and didn't put my Leyline of the Void.

Game 2- He got his combo going, and I had WAY too much land. I got crushed.

Game 3- I wasted his early mana source, and he didn't find another for a while. I played it slower to build up the threats and just crushed hopes and dreams. My Thorn won me the match. He couldn't save himself from a horrible death due to the tax. Sweet.


Round 2 vs buddy Dan on Elves

Game 1- Don't recall how this went to be honest, I think I won? Did I go 1-2 or 0-2? If I went 1-2, then I won this game... *shrug*

Game 2- I thought I had a chance, I really did. Got him down to like 4 life. Had threats on the board, but as Elves does, I got Natural Order into Hoof.

Game 3-  Also thought I had a chance. Got a Chalice on board at 1, which locked out most of his Elves... Wastelanded his Cradle but then he found his Scooze. Which allowed him to eat countered creatures, gain life, and stay afloat long enough for me to make a mistake. Which is how I usually lose to Elves.


Round 3 vs Sam on Lands/Field of Dead
Nice guy, he apparently only plays Lands. Came up from Manassas VA to play. Which is a LONG way to travel for a legacy weekly.
We were both 1-1

Game 1- He is on the play, gets Exploration down. He is not entirely sure what I was on when he saw Once Upon A Time, and I dropped a Chalice on 1. I hadn't actually seen the Field of the Dead build of Lands, but I knew I had to just keep the pressure on. Find a Wasteland, and hope to hell he didn't find a second Field. He was able to clear my Mimics with the Grove/P.Fire combo. But I found an Endbringer and that sealed the deal.

Game 2- I removed all my Chalices, and put in Leylines. About the only thing I could think of that made sense in this match up. My opening hand had 2 Leyline, lands, and a Smasher. Felt decent. Drop the Leylines. We both went land-go for 3 turns, I dropped my Smasher, he dropped a Drop of Honey. I topped a second Smasher and just crushed hopes and dreams.
To be honest, I think Smasher was really the only good solution to the Drop problem, and to get 2 is insane. Rather be lucky than good.

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Really cool idea some of the regulars did at the local last night. They did a White Elephant legacy deck exchange. You enter, saying you will partake, then build a viable legacy deck, and you blindly pick a deck (not the one you brought) and play it for the evening. I saw two Sneak and Show decks and a merfolk. No clue what else was brought, but a very cool and fun way to play. Props!


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Bonus goodness, during their annual "Gavmas" podcast (#268)- Leaving a Legacy podcast interviews Gavin Verhey. They asked folks to submit questions either via Twitter or their FB group. I submitted two thinking they would never get asked, but LO-AND-BEHOLD, they did!
Check them out starting at 51:54.

Muahaahahahaha! Everything is coming up Milhouse!