Last night, I decided to go into the DE not playing my usual deck. It's not going to work if I can't have its core components bugged.
So I took a storm deck I put together and went into it. Surprisingly, there were people queuing and we fired the event.Game 1, we spend the first few turns setting up and disrupting each other. My opponent doesn't have the means to go off so I do.
Game 2, I sided in 2x Surgical Extractions and my opponent tried going off but he knows that I have one in hand via Gitaxian Probe. He manages to Ad Nauseum (forgetting to use his LED) into Past in Flames but he lacks the mana and his only way to go off on that turn is if he uses LED and dumps Past in Flames into the graveyard so he Duresses (I hid my Tendrils of Agony on top) and I kill him with a small Tendrils.
Round 2, I faced elves.
I go into the game knowing that the key card in this matchup will be Natural Order. (Since it will get the RG guy who shoots for 6 per noncreature spell).
Game 1, I do the math and kill my opponent without much problem. He had Cabal Therapy but I had Brainstorm.
Game 2, I just couldn't get the numbers I needed to win so I counted and recounted and ultimately decided to Duress since I would die to a Natural order. Unfortunately for my opponent, he did have it and he tried to bring my life down but I had more than sufficient mana to go off with a Past in Flames and not rely on Ad Nauseum.
For my first game, I try to go off but whiff after losing all my life to Ad Nausuem.
Game 2, I manage to Abrupt Decay Counterbalance and use discard to clear the way for the win.
Game 3, Abrupt Decay clears the way and I go off with an Ad Nauseum but I have one mana short of chaining 1 more storm. My opponent had a counter magic to survive being hit by the last copy. I realized that I did have that extra mana. Anyway, I manage to draw mana to go off with Past in Flames next turn without having to break my LED. I should win from there since I could flashback Past in Flames if I needed to.
Round 4, I face UWR Delver.
Game 1, I go slow and have nothing but double Duress. I play my Tropical Island and play out lands while trying to gain information, setting it up as though I am playing a BUG deck.
Game 2, I reveal myself and see with Gitaxian Probe that he has a weak hand against me. I set up and use Infernal Tutor on Dark Ritual and go off slowly with Burning Wish for Ill-gotten gains and reusing the Infernal Tutor for the game.
Game 3, throughout the game my opponent has a fury of business spells of double Spell Pierce, Force of Will, Counterspell, Snapcaster Mage, Ethersworn canonist and manages to beat down with Delvers.
He has just one more business spell than what I can handle (and I need 1 more mana). Rest in Peace comes down to seal the deal (against my Past in Flames) and I do not have life to Ad Nausuem. I do so anyway as there is a minimal chance that I can come back at 3 life if I draw Infernal Tutor, Lotus Petal, LED, LED, Lotus Petal and nothing else. Of course, I do not.
After the DE ended, another was starting so I got into it, running Miracles as I do not think that Storm is a very good deck to play late at night. I can do control and grindy plays so I should fare better with Miracles at 10pm.
Round 1, I face the mirror. =/
Game 1 I won in a rather grindy showdown but I get stuck without lands and a Jace on the other side in game 2.
Game 3, I come go in on Keranos and have Engineered Explosives to kill the Angel tokens who killed my Jace. It's quite tough for my opponent to come back against 2 cards a turn or just free bolts.
Round 2, I face the mirror again.
However, my opponent scoops very prematurely into the games after getting hit by early Spell Pierces.
Game 1 I have counterbalance. Game 2 we have a small counter war and he scoops after losing the war.
I end up 2-0 in a very short time span. Weird but I take free wins.
Round 3, I face the Carrion Feeder + the 2/1 zombie for 1 that you can cast from the graveyard if a zombie is in play.
Game 1, I spell pierce a Faithless Looting (afraid that it would be reanimator) and he casts the 2/1 zombie. I drop Snapcaster Mage to beat him and get an early Entreat the Angels for x=2. I beatdown for a quick win.
Game 2, I struggle against Carrion Feeder, the 2/1 zombie and Bloodghast. I eventually stabilize the game when I spin Sensei's Divining Top into a very strong setup and I get 3 Angel tokens down to block his team.
He makes feeder big and trades one of them and I go into beatdown while topdecking Swords to Plowshares to make the game further in my favor.
Round 4, I face RUG Delver.
I lose game 1 to a Nimble Mongoose that goes all the way plus a bolt while I keep trying to find Terminus.
Game 2, it goes along the same lines and I struggle to get back into the game while being light on lands.
Unfortunately things did not go too well for me.
With my double 3-1 results, I get +2 QPs for a total of 4 this week. I suppose just doing 4 every week and getting the minimum 15 QPs is good enough for someone who only gets to play minimally.
Anyway, if you want to watch the legacy DEs, I stream them at http://www.twitch.tv/tarmotog.
I'll post when I do so on twitter https://twitter.com/wnatog.
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