Road to MOCS 2014 Day 1 (1 QP)

Day 1 (1/8/14)
I got back to find out that the Vintage DE was empty.
So I loaded up my Legacy deck and played in the 10pm DE.
I tried out the Innistrad Garruk in my 15th slot.

Round 1 vs Elves
I won game 1 due to the opponent not having much other than a Quirion Ranger and me having removal.
I won a narrow game 2 because my opponent attacked into my Creeping Tar Pit with his Wirewood Symbiote, probably too obsessed with the Snapcaster Mage in my hand. I struggled to not die to Deathrite Shaman and my Toxic Deluges nor my Polluted Delta could be used at 1 life.

Round 2 vs Counterbalance
I won game 1 with a natural draw of the Marit Lage combo.
I had Force of Will in hand and blue cards to pitch.
Game 2, I won with an overwhelming board presence. It's quite tough to beat this setup.

Round 3 vs Storm
Game 1, he Thoughtseizes me and I hid a Counterspell on the top of the deck.
He went off that turn.
Game 2, I have semi reactive hand and my opponent ends up with Ad Nauseum not getting gas. I used Surgical Extraction on Dark Ritual to limit my opponent's options as I had Spell Snare in hand to prevent the next 2 mana spell (Cabal Ritual).
Game 3, I keep a questionable hand hoping that he plays slow. He doesn't and tries to go off turn 1. If I had Surgical Extraction or my Mindbreak Trap or Force of Will in hand, I would have won. Risky play on his end that turned out well.

Round 4 vs Workshops
I lose game 1, getting lead around by Lightning Greaves, Lodestone Golem, the tinkering construct into Sundering Titan (and I tried to get back with True Name Nemesis) but Wurmcoil Engine came down.
Game 2, I Abrupt Decay a Grim Monolith, Liliana a Metalworker and cast Garruk while my opponent loses lands to City of Traitors and my Wasteland messing it even more.
Game 3, I have a slow hand against his slow hand. I end up Intuitioning for 3x Jace but somehow clicked on Liliana for one of them but my opponent gives me Jace anyway and ends up regretting as he had Wurmcoil Engines. I get lucky with my opponent's inactivity and manage to Thoughtseize plus flashback on Sundering titan and the Forgemaster. With Jace in play, it's hard to come back on Wurmcoil Engines.

My first QP of the season and 2 miserable Vintage Master packs. (The payout is so bad.)

Anyway, you can catch me streaming the DE live on http://www.twitch.tv/tarmotog.

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