On the Sealed train again, in hopes of at least a single win. I got in the Phantom queue again and got the following card pool<\/p>\n
[d]
\nCreatures
\n1 Mistcutter Hydra
\n1 Nessian Asp
\n1 Nylea’s Emissary
\n1 Nessian Courser
\n1 Staunch-Hearted Warrior
\n1 Nemesis of Mortals
\n1 Pharika’s Mender
\n1 Keepsake Gorgon
\n1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
\n1 Erebos’s Emissary
\n1 Cavern Lampad
\n1 Blood-Toll Harpy
\n1 Returned Phalanx
\n1 Polis Crusher
\n1 Baleful Eidolon
\n1 Spearpoint Oread
\n1 Purphoros’s Emissary<\/p>\n
Spells
\n1 Sip of Hemlock
\n1 Lash of the Whip
\n1 Whip of Erebos
\n1 Read the Bones
\n1 Boon of Erebos
\n1 Titan’s Strength<\/p>\n
Land
\n1 Unknown Shores
\n9 Swamp
\n3 Mountain
\n4 Forest<\/p>\n
Sideboard
\n1 Yoked Ox
\n1 Setessan Battle Priest
\n1 Triton Shorethief
\n1 Omenspeaker
\n1 Nimbus Naiad
\n1 Annul
\n1 Lost in a Labyrinth
\n1 Priest of Iroas
\n1 Deathbellow Raider
\n1 Bronze Sable
\n1 Fleetfeather Sandals
\n1 Ordeal of Heliod
\n1 Ordeal of Erebos
\n1 Last Breath
\n1 Felhide Minotaur
\n1 Triton Tactics
\n1 Dissolve
\n1 Agent of Horizons
\n1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
\n1 Scholar of Athreos
\n1 Aqueous Form
\n1 Silent Artisan
\n1 Coastline Chimera
\n1 Meletis Charlatan
\n1 Crackling Triton
\n1 Chronicler of Heroes
\n1 Vaporkin
\n1 Shredding Winds
\n1 Stymied Hopes
\n1 Demolish
\n1 Thassa’s Bounty
\n1 Witches’ Eye
\n1 Commune with the Gods
\n1 Hunt the Hunter
\n1 Glare of Heresy
\n1 Peak Eruption
\n1 Ephara’s Warden
\n1 Boon of Erebos
\n1 March of the Returned
\n2 Vulpine Goliath
\n1 Spark Jolt
\n1 Hopeful Eidolon
\n1 Arena Athlete
\n1 Chosen by Heliod
\n1 Battlewise Valor
\n1 Anax and Cymede
\n2 Two-Headed Cerberus
\n2 Minotaur Skullcleaver
\n2 Wingsteed Rider
\n2 Dauntless Onslaught
\n1 Portent of Betrayal
\n1 Divine Verdict
\n1 Nylea’s Presence
\n1 Dragon Mantle
\n1 Staunch-Hearted Warrior
\n[\/d]<\/p>\n
In hindsight, I think I should have gone with two colors \ud83d\ude42
\nI think I maybe even could have gone with a green-white Heroic or a red-white Heroic.<\/p>\n
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Match #1<\/strong><\/p>\n In the first round I got run over by his big blue fliers. I tried sideboarding in a Shredding Winds amonst other things, but he then ran me over on the ground. Bummer, score 0-1.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Match #2<\/strong><\/p>\n The first round went back and forth, but in the end I got pulled down by fliers and then a lethal [mtg_card]Gray Merchant of Asphodel[\/mtg_card]. I tried taking out the red cards and lands and putting in some more black and green cards, but out of nowhere my opponent pulls out an [mtg_card]Abhorrent Overlord[\/mtg_card] and 5 tokens. Again, I got nothing to mop up the fliers, but a Sip of Hemlock and only five lands on the table. A late [mtg_card]Nessian Asp[\/mtg_card] couldn’t save… <\/p>\n Match #3<\/strong><\/p>\n Going into this match I could feel how much I wanted to win and at the same time how unlikely I thought it would be. <\/p>\n Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n So what can I take with me, besides a 1-2 result? Well, my deckbuilding is still flawed, but at least I tried to stay the course with some normal sideboarding underway. I guess what I need is to practice, practice and practice some more. I’m going on vacation, which seems like a perfect time to listen to some Limited Resources<\/a> and get my game leveled up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With dedication On the Sealed train again, in hopes of at least a single win. I got in the Phantom queue again and got the following card pool [d] Creatures 1 Mistcutter Hydra 1 Nessian Asp 1 Nylea’s Emissary 1 Nessian Courser … Continue reading
\nOh well, score is now 0-2 \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
\nMy opponent played a white-green Heroic deck, showing a solid opening. He fielded a [c]Phalanx Leader[\/c], a [c]Leonin Snarecaster[\/c] (tapping down my [c]Nessian Courser[\/c]) and a [c]Staunch-Hearted Warrior[\/c]. After a few turns of me taking damage and us trading off creatures, the game slowly swung back in my favor thanks to my [c]Pharika’s Mender[\/c] and [c]Polis Crusher[\/c]. My Crusher then went to town on him, making him decide to trade off three creatures for it relatively fast. A few turns later I finally won the first round.
\nI boarded in a [c]Hunt the Hunter[\/c] and the [c]Shredding Winds[\/c] only to discover he was now playing a green-blue Heroic deck. He rolled out a [c]Vaporkin[\/c] and put on an [c]Ordeal of Thassa[\/c] and I was dead by turn 8. Ouch!
\nOk, final game. I got a nice draw with a [c]Mistcutter Hydra[\/c], [c]Felhide Minotaur[\/c] (which I had boarded in) and plenty of land. We only got to turn 4, when my opponent rage quit after only playing lands. Apparently a [c]Stymied Hopes[\/c], scry for one wasn’t enough for him. Thank you [c]Mistcutter Hydra[\/c] \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
\nLars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"