After running out of steam at SCG: Las Vegas and finding out that I will not be able to make SCG: Dallas in April 2014, I decided going to an invitational qualifier would be the best way to get my next invite and/or some points to go toward an invite.
The only downside was that I would have to play standard and I had access to exactly 2 decks - Mono Black and Mono Blue. After the Invitational went so poorly with Mono Black the decision to switch was an easy one. Plus I love Islands.
My list was pretty stock though I cut the Aetherlings from the sideboard for 2 Dispels.
R1 - Mono Black (1-2)
G1 -T/S into x2 removal spells, into desecration demon, into gray merchant gets there.
G2 - I curve out and get Thassa into play.
G3 - I get Thoughtseized and he takes a UU guy over one of my 2 Thassa's. Then I draw 2 Thassa's and he is able to kill all my guys so I can never get devotion.
R2 - UW Control (2-0)
G1 - I curve out but dont overextend.
G2 - He sphinxes and plays supreme verdicts but I just commit 2 guys at a time and keep attacking.
R3 - UW Control (2-0)
G1 - Jace + Sphinx takes over the game.
G2 - I sideboard in all the counters and they really pay off while I just tempo him out.
G3 - Dispel counters his sphinx and he dies.
R4- GRW (Chris Jabr) (2-0)
G1 - I tempo him out and kill him with Thassa.
G2 - I just jam dudes every turn and his hate isnt enough. He shows me 4 Misctutter Hydraw and 4 Skylasher after the game.
R5 - Maze's End (2-1)
G1 - He completes his set.
G2 - Dispel wins me the game when he upkeep fogs me.
G3 - Dispel wins me the game when he upkeep fogs me.
I sneak into top 8 as the 8th seed!
Quarters - UW Control
G1 - He mulls to 6 and I have an aggressive start. Eventually I get there but I am patient with my spells.
G2 - I really stumble on mana and never get to trip UUU to cast the 3 nightveils in my hand.
G3 - He keeps a loose one and I attack him to death. Despite him sphinxing for 5.
Semis - Red Sligh (Festus)
G1 - I play blue cards he cannot interact with.
G2 - I play more blue cards he cannot interact with. I end both games at 16 life.
Finals - Esper
We chop prize and I get the invite. Thanks!
The Decklist:
Creatures (28)
- 4 Cloudfin Raptor
- 4 Frostburn Weird
- 4 Judge's Familiar
- 4 Master of Waves
- 4 Nightveil Specter
- 4 Tidebinder Mage
- 4 Thassa, God of the Sea
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
Spells (5)
- 2 Domestication
- 1 Cyclonic Rift
- 2 Dispel
- 2 Dissolve
- 4 Gainsay
- 1 Rapid Hybridization
- 1 Bident of Thassa
- 2 Jace, Architect of Thought
Sideboard
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=62164
Not a bad day for my first time out with the deck. Islands are pretty much the best.
-Cheers-
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