I bought a Rain of Filth and replaced my Cabal Ritual.
I was researching the deck in the day so I have a better clue as to what to do with my sideboard.
I might put Infernal Contract so that I can Burning Wish, LED, Infernal.
I am also curious as to how Time Spiral works from the SB. Apparently it helps vs massive discarding.
Round 1 vs Lands (from the previous day)
Game 1, I got locked out by Chalice at 1 and 0, and thought that I could Cabal Ritual and Doomsday it back but I forgot that Doomsday gets rid of threshold. =/
I had a Misdirection maindeck as 2 FOW 1 Misdirection split but that ultimately backfired when I could not Force of Will the Chalice. A good reason to at least go 3 FOW, 1 Misd/FOW in the side.
Game 2, I played through a Sphere of Resistance to double Dark Ritual into Doomsday and go for the maniac kill which would need 4 mana. My land was tapped by Rishadan Port but I had Thought Scour in hand to push the combo through the upkeep. I won on the following turn.
Game 3, time was called before we started. I cast a turn 1 Doomsday. I assembled the Lab maniac but he tapped down my Island which would have drawn Thoughtscour for the win. We ended up with a draw after he declined to concede. The "would you like to concede" shit doesn't work.
0-0-1
Round 2 vs D&T
I didn't have a good feeling vs this matchup since it runs Karakas, has Thalia and has Swords to Plowshares, essentially having outs vs all my kills unless Ito run a Chromatic Sphere for the Lab Maniac kill which should, in my understanding, bypass removals since the mana ability comes with a split-second-type draw.
Game 1, I tried to buy time with a Burning Wish for Massacre but my opp dropped 3/3s and I eventually died to those.
Game 2, my opponent had Thalia out with a Karakas so I banked on the Maniac kill but it was hit by Swords to plowshares. It was difficult to slow play it as my opponent had double Rishadan port.
0-1-1
Round 3 vs Sneak and Show
Game 1, I had Force of Will backup and I went for the Lab Maniac kill since I had 2 draws, 3 mana.
Game 2, I cast Flusterstorm turn 1 vs a turn 2 Show and Tell. I Force of Willed a Sneak Attack but I could not get gas. A Sneak Attack eventually resolved and I scooped. I had an Emrakul mid-game, hoping that he would draw another Show and Tell but I couldn't get that lucky break.
Game 3, I Duressed away a Force of Will and he had a poor hand of double Lotus Petal post mulligan. I eventually just went for a Lab Maniac kill but passed the turn as I did not have the extra draw, opening myself to a Pyroblast which would decide the game. It was his card for the turn after so I got through.
1-1-1
Round 4 vs RUG
Game 1, my opp's hand developed into a very UR burn type of hand and I managed to sit around and build up, midway getting a Cabal Therapy to knock out 2x Stifles. Eventually, I stormed with 4 life left facing a Lightning Bolt.
Game 2, my Sensei's top got hit by Spell Pierce, my land was stifled, my opponent played goyf and tapped out twice. On my third land drop, I cast Duress, holding it for a turn to take away Force of will, facing Stifle, Daze, Bolt but my opponent was tapped out.
I had exactly enough mana to go off on my setup. I had double LED, Rain of Filth, U, Doomsday, Brainstorm.
I could do the Tendrils kill but my sequence until Brainstorm could not afford to get hit by Daze.
I went for it anyway. Since there is only two windows to use Daze.
I cast Doomsday, floating U. Cast LED, LED (so I was clear by here). I cast Brainstorm and sac-ed both LEDs and went for the storm kill and he saw the mistake there.
2-1-1
Got a KTK Windsweapt Heath (in the future) for my finish.
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