Hi again,<\/p>\n
Another Phantom event on the list, but I gotta say I’m not feeling super confident after the last few. The score has been looking terrible and I can’t imagine what my rating must be. Probably lousy.
\nBut hey, you can only go up when you are in a hole \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The Sealed pool<\/strong> The deck looked like this.<\/p>\n [d] Spells Land Sideboard <\/p>\n Match #1<\/strong><\/p>\n I went up against a WBG Heroic deck. Starting off with a nice draw, albeit a little low on land, I got my [c]Nimbus Naiad[\/c] out and pummelled the guy. He tried pumping his [c]Phalanx Leader[\/c] and [c]Time To Feed[\/c] my [c]Nylea’s Disciple[\/c] but I got him in the end, with my bestowed up Naiad. Needless to say the [c]Artisan’s Sorrow[\/c] got boarded in after seeing his deck.<\/p>\n Game 2 he boarded in some Red, so I guess he switched over to an RW Heroic deck. With a [c]Minotaur Skullcleaver[\/c] and his [c]Phalanx Leader[\/c]. He kep my creatures off the board with several [c]Rage of Purphoros[\/c], before finishing me off with his bigass Phalanx Leader and a [c]Lightning Strike[\/c] to my face.<\/p>\n The final game I tried boarding in [c]Shipwreck Singer[\/c] to see if taht would help me deal with his little critters, like [c]Priest of Iroas[\/c], which my Naiads, [c]Baleful Eidolon[\/c] and [c]Leafcrown Dryad[\/c] where especially vulnerable to. I also boarded in an [c]Annul[\/c] to try and keep his enchantments at bay. The game started with some pretty standard plays. I then got out my [c]Agent of the Fates[\/c] and bestowed the hell out of it, keeping his creature count to a minimum. The Agent in combination with the [c]Shipwreck Singer[\/c] finally cleared the board, including a [c]Celestial Archon[\/c] and my opponent conceded.<\/p>\n I felt quite good starting off with a 1-0 score \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Match #2<\/strong><\/p>\n The next guy was playing a RB deck, which to my horror sported a [c]Whip of Erebos[\/c] and an [c]Underworld Cerberus[\/c]. I tried staving off disaster but he finally ran me into the ground on turn 10. Maybe I could have played my [c]Erebos’s Emissary[\/c], attacked with it and hope that he would have blocked with the Cerberus, only to see me pump it by sacking two creatures, but I can’t say for sure. I’ll have to try it some other time.<\/p>\n The Sorrow went in again, as a counter for the whip. I figured I needed to stall for time, so I also took in a [c]Triton Tactics[\/c].<\/p>\n In game 2 we both got a flyer out, me with Naiad and him with a [c]Blood-toll Harpy[\/c]. A few turns later he had the harpy and [c]Felhide Minotaur[\/c] out, and I went on the defense with a [c]Pharika’s Mender[\/c] and my Naiad. I decided my best option was turtling my way to victory. The fliers traded off and he then brought out a [c]Mogis’s Marauder[\/c] in hopes of racing me. Bestowing a [c]Cavern Lampad[\/c] onto the Mender seems to make him give up on that plan. Again going for a deciding thrid game…<\/p>\n Seeing my opening my heart sank, as I was sitting on three colors worth of spells, but only two Swamps. I decided to keep, which could spell my demise before long. My opponent opened up with a [c]Thoughtseize[\/c] and my heart snak even further. Luckily I was holding [c]Thassa, God of the Sea[\/c] which he decided to discard, leaving me with just enough mana to get going. I managed to pull a land on turn 3 giving me enough to cast [c]Read the Bones[\/c]. I felt a tingle of hope as I scryed a Forest. That one definately went on top. The game rolled on an my opponent got out his Cerberus again. At one point he was attacking with [c]Tormented Hero[\/c], [c]Underworld Cerberus[\/c], [c]Mogis’s Marauder[\/c] and a [c]Spearpoint Oread[\/c] against my [c]Voyaging Satyr[\/c], [c]Nessian Asp[\/c], [c]Erebos’s Emissary[\/c] and [c]Nylea’s Disciple[\/c]. I played a [c]Triton Tactics[\/c] to try and get the Cerberus tapped down, but he countered that with a [c]Boon of Erebos[\/c] and killing of my Asp. However, a late [c]Hythonia the Cruel[\/c] swept, cleared the board. The Cerberus gave both of us a ton of creatures to play. Luckily I could keep him at bay, while my Hythonia swung in and won me the game.<\/p>\n 2-0. Sweet \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Match #3<\/strong><\/p>\n I was up against a solid opponont, who swept me off the board yesterday. He was playing a WRG deck, featuring a few scry lands (lucky duck), [c]Sedge Scorpion[\/c]s and other nasty things. I got out my Thassa and my Pharika’s Mender could swing through for lethal.<\/p>\n Game 2 was a sad affair where I tried to keep his [c]Wingsteed Rider[\/c] at bay. That did not go well. His [c]Ill-Tempered Cyclops[\/c] did help my situation.<\/p>\n In game 3 I got out Thassa and the Agent, but the latter he made short work of with a [c]Magma Jet[\/c]. The game went back and forth for ten turns apporximately and he slowly ground my defenses down. Hythonia came in and cleared the board. I was topdecking at this point, sitting at 2. He was definately topdecking too, but before I got my [c]Nylea’s Disciple[\/c] he drew a [c]Destructive Revelry[\/c] taking out Thassa and killing me off.\u00a0I can only say well played. Well played indeed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n I really feel like my skills and decision making is getting better. I feel like I make fewer mistakes and I also tried not switching out the deck during games. My deck seemed to perform a lot more consistent, but I didn’t need to mulligan as much as normally. I think scrying may have been the key here along with 18 lands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s it for now. Take care \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi again, Another Phantom event on the list, but I gotta say I’m not feeling super confident after the last few. The score has been looking terrible and I can’t imagine what my rating must be. Probably lousy. But hey, … Continue reading
\nThe pool itself showed some promise. First off, it contained a [c]Thassa, God of the Sea[\/c] and an [c]Hythonia, the Cruel[\/c]. Not too shabby. Black was looking real strong, but I wasn’t quite satisfied with a two color deck, since every combination seemed a little low on creatures. I decided to go for a BG control deck, with a splash of Blue, knowing full well that Thassa would never become a creature that way. But in my opinion, her strength is in the “make my guys unblockable part” and the scrying especially.<\/p>\n
\nCreatures
\n1 Baleful Eidolon
\n1 Agent of the Fates
\n1 Cavern Lampad
\n1 Erebos’s Emissary
\n1 Hythonia the Cruel
\n1 Returned Phalanx
\n1 Leafcrown Dryad
\n1 Voyaging Satyr
\n2 Nylea’s Disciple
\n1 Nessian Asp
\n1 Centaur Battlemaster
\n1 Agent of Horizons
\n1 Thassa, God of the Sea
\n2 Nimbus Naiad
\n1 Pharika’s Mender<\/p>\n
\n2 Read the Bones
\n1 Pharika’s Cure
\n1 Savage Surge
\n1 Nylea’s Presence<\/p>\n
\n3 Island
\n8 Swamp
\n7 Forest<\/p>\n
\n1 Yoked Ox
\n1 Hopeful Eidolon
\n1 Setessan Battle Priest
\n1 Setessan Griffin
\n1 Ray of Dissolution
\n1 Annul
\n1 Lost in a Labyrinth
\n2 Loathsome Catoblepas
\n1 Priest of Iroas
\n1 Vulpine Goliath
\n1 Bronze Sable
\n2 Anvilwrought Raptor
\n1 Dauntless Onslaught
\n1 Artisan’s Sorrow
\n1 Kragma Warcaller
\n1 Fleecemane Lion
\n1 Observant Alseid
\n1 Chosen by Heliod
\n2 Fleshmad Steed
\n1 Dragon Mantle
\n1 Evangel of Heliod
\n1 Vanquish the Foul
\n1 Coordinated Assault
\n1 Ordeal of Purphoros
\n1 Rageblood Shaman
\n1 Destructive Revelry
\n1 Cavalry Pegasus
\n2 Disciple of Phenax
\n2 Defend the Hearth
\n1 Heliod’s Emissary
\n1 Coastline Chimera
\n2 Centaur Battlemaster
\n1 Leonin Snarecaster
\n1 Triad of Fates
\n1 Crackling Triton
\n1 Shredding Winds
\n2 Boulderfall
\n2 Spark Jolt
\n1 Battlewise Valor
\n1 Demolish
\n2 Thassa’s Bounty
\n1 Guardians of Meletis
\n1 Flamecast Wheel
\n1 Ephara’s Warden
\n2 Titan’s Strength
\n1 Sea God’s Revenge
\n1 Triton Tactics
\n1 Omenspeaker
\n1 Wavecrash Triton
\n1 Benthic Giant
\n1 Pheres-Band Centaurs
\n1 Shipwreck Singer
\n[\/d]<\/p>\n