Asylum Games: SCG Invitational Qualifier (Standard -
Boros Aggro May 3 2014)
The plan was to grind the SCG IQ to gather
up some more open points. To do this I would need to top 8.
Choosing a deck went like this - I don’t
play much standard and I didn’t buy in on sphinx’s revelation when it was
released because I wasn’t playing too much magic when it was spoiled.
Consequently, I have been shying away from sphinx’s revelation decks solely
because I don’t have the experience in the mirror matches (or v. aggro for that
matter). Also, nobody offered to loan me
a sphinxes revelation deck. I was offered Naya Hexproof (sans mana confluence)
as well as white weenie. I borrowed white weenie as a backup plan incase the
Naya Hexproof deck didn’t show up (previous Magic lessons learned, Magic
players are extremely unreliable). I wanted to splash a colour and I figured
the worst matchup for white weenie was probably control; this instantly led me
to indestructible white weenies via boros charm as opposed to the WB version. I
had a list that was several months out of date from the master of multiple
States (Ty). It still seemed fine, so with a few tweaks I arrived with the list
sans any new cards. I made a friend convince me to add an additional land into
the deck since my initial build was a pretty greedy 21 lands with 8 3 drops. I
added 1 mana confluence as my 22nd land and removed a 3 drop, since
I didn’t want a guild gate but wanted a 9th red source for among
other things Mizzium Mortars. My sideboard was horrible but I just didn’t have
the time or cards to fix it in time, many of the choices were right but the
specific cards were incorrect, i.e. wear//tear was fine since I wanted to fight
v enchantments but it would have been better as deicide.
Oh yeah and the Naya Hexproof deck never
showed up so Boros it was!
R1 (Mono Black) –
G1 -My opponent flips a card while
shuffling (we are both mulliganing). I look away but I see that it is an
underworld connections. I snap keep the following on the draw: Banisher Priest,
3 Plains, Mutavault, Scryland. My opponent goes Godless Shrine (take 2),
Thoughtseize you and takes my Banisher Priest. I win this game.
R2 – UWR Control
G1 – I use brave the elements to counter a
detention sphere and that gains me enough tempo to kill them with a boros charm
a turn or two later.
G2 – I have a guy in play and a mutavault
and they land Jace. I untap, attack jace for 1 and slam Manabarbs
Burning Earth. The next time they tap mana I redirect the damage to Jace and
kill him. From there I just grind out as much damage as possible without over
committing to the board.
R3 (Naya Mid-range) –
G1 – I nut draw with triple boros elite
into spear. GG
G2 – Soldier of pantheon does a lot of work
for me and I win the race while he struggles with his atrocious mana base.
R4 (Jund) –
G1 – I know he is on jund and play around
as many spells as possible. He overloads mizzium mortars and I brave then win.
G2 – He curves out and gets me with
multiple removal spells.
G3 – He has loads of removal but eventually
I run him out of removal and we both start racing I have just enough to kill
him on a final swing when we are both close to dead and busy racing back and
forth.
R5 – ID - go to Whataburger and grab some food.
R6 – ID
T8
GW Aggro
G1- I have no idea what he is playing and I
get man handled by courser of Kruphix and friends.
G2 – I know what he is playing and I get
man handled.
I definitely sideboarded incorrectly,
though it might not matter since it seems like a tough matchup.
Making top 8 was good for a couple more
open points and a little standard practice.
-Cheers-
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