Road to MOCS 2014 Day 4 (2 QP)

I couldn't make it at night on Saturday so I tried waking up early instead. Unfortunately, I suppose many of the players were at the PT or something for there to be so few players in the morning timeslot that used to fire frequently. I joined and the count dwindled down from 12. I have no idea why people just cannot seem to wait for 20 mins before leaving to see if people would fill up. The legacy DE following that had 15 people (I could not play in that) and it too dwindled into oblivion.

In any case, I managed to get into a Vintage DE at night.

Round 1, I am facing a blue deck and I win game 1 on the back of Library of Alexandria.

Game 2, I face Library on my side and get whopped when my opponent has a boatload of counters.
Game 3, my mediocre spells do not do much against an unstopped slew of powerful spells.

Round 2, I face a bob deck and I get a landful hand but all my Underground Seas get Wastelanded and my opponent resolves Ancestral Recall and I struggle to do anything.

Next game, I get a Deathrite Shaman out but my land gets Wastelanded and I do not resolve Ancestral Recall. Deathrite Shaman died to Abrupt Decay and I lose in a short order.

0-2 drop.

I then join a Legacy DE with a Punishing Fires-less build of my control deck.

I face merfolk in round 1, losing game 1 without getting my green mana and I mess up game 2 where I would have gotten a turn 3 Marit Lage token if I did not use my Deathrite Shaman. =/

Might be some mental fatigue from losing 2 rounds in Vintage.

Round 2, I face elves which kills me game 1 with a Natural order into a RG guy who deals 6 damage if the opponent casts a non-creature spell. I cast Intuition for triple Jace, went down to 1 life and a Darkblast for his Wirewood Symbiote but he had a Dryad Arbor show up and end it.
Game 2, I have a very strong removal heavy hand with counters. I kill a bunch of creatures and I managed to take the game when my lands miraculously show up at the best possible timings.
Game 3, I use Toxic Deluge twice and my opponent gives up.

Round 3 is against UW miracles and I lose game 1 to 2x Angel tokens.
Game 2, I get to an overwhelming position with Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Life from the loam. I try not to reveal my tricks as I easily finish the opponent off with Deathrite Shamans.
Game 3, I lose a counter war for Keranos and I almost lose the game (vs an active Jace) but I draw Maelstrom Pulse and my Isochron Scepter plus Counterspell lets me get back into the game. It drags out to the point where I offload counters of Dark Depths but I need about 2 more seconds to initiate the attack with my Marit Lage token but I time out. Zzz.

Miserable day. I think I would need to relook at my Vintage deck. I do have a Standstill deck on standby so maybe that might do better. =/ Oh well, no returns today.