I'm behind in posting. Very behind.
Between catching up with travel, being sick, family stuff, school starting- basically life, just haven't had time to post any updates regarding recent results. (Ironically, can't make Legacy weekly next week due to more life stuff)
I've been slinging r/w Initiative each week with tweaking every time. From trying Saga, to not, to Boromir, to trying a stock build. Each time, the land base stayed the same... it was about 8 cards that were being swapped out. I honestly never really used Forth Eorlings! successfully until yesterday.
Interesting note about my deck- it can, crap its pants. By which, I've had streaks when I cannot find a colored mana source. Petal, Mox, or land. I've had times where I draw 1 land hands 9 out of 12 games vs my buddy Andy. To the point that I don't want to play magic. I don't know how it happens. Some matches the deck ceases to function. I don't know how to correct that other than learn how to draw better.
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Episode #9, Aug 16th
Match 1 vs MonoGreen Post
Very nice fella who only came back to Legacy, firs time in at least a year. I kinda felt bad because he had no clue what Initiative was.
Game 1- I was doing what the deck does, got Initiative out later than I had hoped. Slowed him down a smidge with Archon. However, he produced a 20/20, which I chumped, but due to the Undercity, I was able to Scrye away two bad cards and topped my one of Karakas.
Game 2- Things were progressing until I flooded the board with threats. Turns out, his deck has good answer of Glacial Chasm. Well- poop. We back and forth a bit until I topped a Magus of the Moon and swing for lethal.
Match 2 vs Delver
My notes only have "beat delver 2-1. Chalice is a hell of a card" I have no memory of this match. But I won, which helps.
Match 3 vs Cradle Control
I remember asking if he wanted to split or play it out, or split and play for fun. He decided he wanted the 3-0 and chance for the interview as top dog.
I know I've been able to handle his deck before as Archon REALLY screws up his game plans. But what I have in my notes is "deck shyte on itself." Which usually means color mana didn't show up.
The positive note was- I am still playing for free. And thats the goal. Show up, play for free, have some fun... rinse and repeat.
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Episode #10, Aug 23th
Interesting side note from this night, someone showed up with Mississippi River. Which is a deck like burn that can just show up, crush, and never be seen again because it will be hated out horribly.
This is the version of the deck ran, I believe.
Match 1 vs Lands
All I am going to say is, THIS IS A HORRIBLE MATCHUP. HORRIBLE.
You know how? Wasteland recursion with Tabernacle. Thats how. Not talking about that matchup because I honestly don't know how to beat it right now. (Armageddon in the SB? maybe?)
Match 2 vs Death Shadow
Only notes I have are "Won 2-1. It was not good magic"
Game 3, he mulliganed to like 5, forced my Chalice on 1, and proceeded to empty his hand to top deck mode. He felt like he could have won if he had found a Murktide, but what he didn't know was that I had a Solitude with white card as my answer. Kinda felt bad, but it is the breaks.
I do recall after the match, him saying "I should start playing Flesh and Blood." He was extremely salty.
Match 3 vs Painter
Again, no recall of how the games went, but I lost 1-2. Note was "game 3, drew so many lands."
What I do recall is that this version of Painter was running Reanimate, which I was not expecting. At all.
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Episode #11, August 30th
I decided to go with a VERY stock list from the on-line meta. Nearly the exact same 75 other than 2 cards. I don't own a 4th copy of Forth, so I put a Stella, Comet Pup in for fun. I wanted to see what it was like to jam what people consider the best build of the deck. No other reason.
Match 1 vs Moon Stompy
Game 1 I honestly really didn't know what he was on for about 3 turns. He Fury'd my Archon on his turn one, so I thought maybe Painter? It wasn't until the Goblin Rabblemaster'd me. I kinda thought it would be back and forth, and it was. He would blow up some of my stuff, I'd threaten some of his stuff. In the end, I got there.
Game 2, Out goes all my Chalices, in comes the Swords. Thats basically it. This is the first, and only game, where Forth shined BIG TIME. I could have won a bit earlier, but he pulled off the One Ring problem, and knocked out my other Caves. I was able to pull off casting Forth twice, the second sealing me the game. The first really put the screws to him, but he hard cast a Fury, and then a second. Thank goodness Fury doesn't have trample. Thats all I can say.
Match 2 vs 4c Depths?
Game 1, he had all the options to get all the methods for Depths combo and I had nothing to stop it. Without anything more than a Solitude, did not feel good.
Game 2, 1 land mulligan into 1 land City was as bad as it can get for me. I kept based on Petal and Monkey. I drew 2 Tombs and another City. My deck REALLY didn't want me to have colored mana. Literally I had no decisions in that game. Sigh.
Match 3 vs Storm
Game 1, I gambled BIG time on a hand that could produce a turn one Caves. Turns out it was the right call as he just couldn't deal with the EXTRA fast beats. 7 than 5 and another 7... he tried to storm out, but literally caught nothing even with Echos.
Game 2, I had all sorts of answers for his deck main and SB, I drew none in two 7s, but I felt okish to kept because he mulligan'd down to 5. Turned out to be the right call because I wound up topping a Magus and locked up his mana as he found no mana rocks and I just caught lightning to which he had no answers. Literally did nothing but played two fetch lands, and were pointless because he had no basics.
Back to 2-1 and playing again for free. Did pick up a single copy, the stores only, of Canoptek Scarab Swarm. Need to get a couple more for SBs
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