Prerelease Plunders
So I did it, I tied for 2nd place (out of the whole pod, which was like 40ish people). I went 3-0-1 at the prelease.
Summary:
Match 1: Tied (vs Blue/Green/Red)
I won early first game with Veteran Armorer + Nightguard Patrol + enough removal to kill the few creatures he got down. Game 2 had a long drawn-out death, with him winning by five life. Game 3 was called on account of time, on its second turn. Oh well.
Match 2: Won (vs Red/Green/White)
Played Alex. Got a lot of creatures out, especially evasion (5 fliers, plus a kill spell which makes 2 more) ... he won the first game, but I won the second two (a nice stomp resulted from his mana-screwage game 3).
Match 3: Won (vs White/Black/Green)
This is when I discovered one of my money combos: Blind Hunter (2WB for a 2/2 flyer; you gain 2 life, opponent loses two when comes in to play, or when haunted target dies) + Mark of Eviction = 2WUB for "gain two life, opponent loses 2 life every turn." Outraced him with evasion and creature removal.
Match 4: Won (vs Blue/Black/Red/Green)
I outraced him games 1 and 3, finishing him off.
My apologies to "Seize the Soul" (2BB Instant; Destroy target nonwhite nonblack creature, put a 1/1 flying white creature token into play; Haunt). This card is a SERIOUS bomb in limited, since it reliably killed two huge Gruul creatures with its Haunt ability. Match 4, Game 3: Opponent has two huge creatures (I think RG 6/4 and G 4/4) and an Elves of Deep Shadow. Seize the Soul the 6/4, haunting the elves; Keening Banshee to kill the elves; haunting copy of Seize to kill the 4/4. Oh, and now I have a 2/2 flyer and two 1/1 flyers, as well. Best 8 mana I spent that game.
Decklist
"CiP" = "When CARDNAME comes into Play"
"CiP[c]" = "When CARDNAME comes into play, if you paid (the mana color) [c],"
"Bounce" = "Return (to hand, unless otherwise specified)"
"Mill x" = "Put the top x cards of (target opponent's) library into his or her graveyard."
Creatures:
1x Night Guard Patrol (2/1; First Strike, Vigilance)
1x Order of the Stars (0/1; Defender, Pro: color of choice when played)
1x Shrieking Griffin (2/1; Flying, CiP[B] opponent discards 1)
1x Veteran Armorer (2/2; Other creatures you control get +0/+1)
1x Belltower Sphinx (2/5; Flying, Mill X = amount of damage it takes)
1x Drift of Phantasms (0/5; Flying)
1x Vedelken Dismisser (2/2; Bounce creature to top of library)
1x Keening Banshee (2/2; Flying, CiP target creature gets -2/-2)
1x Revenant Patriarch (4/3; CiP[W] target player skips next combat phase; Cannot block)
2x Blind Hunter (2/2; Flying, CiP gain 2 life, opponent loses 2 life; Haunt)
1x Dimir Infiltrator (1/3; Unblockable)
Spells
1x Withstand (2W Instant; Prevent next 3 damage; cantrip)
1x Mark of Eviction (U Aura)
1x Repeal (XU Instant; Bounce (nonland) with convo mana cost X; cantrip)
1x Brainspoil (3BB Sorc; Destroy target creature)
1x Clinging Darkness (1B Aura; -4/-1)
1x Cry of Contrition (B Sorc; Haunt; Opp discards 1 card)
2x Douse in Gloom (2B Instant; 2 damage to target creature, gain two life)
1x Necromancer's Magemark (2b Aura; Enchanted creatures get +1/+1, bounce when put into graveyard)
1x Size the Soul (2BB Instant; Haunt; Destroy target nonwhite nonblack creature, put a 1/1 flying white creature token into play).
1x Castigate (WB Sorc; look through opponent's hand; remove a nonland from that hand form the game)
1x Mortify (!WB Instant; Destroy creature or enchantment)
Lands:
7x Swamp
4x Plains
4x Island
1x Orzhov Basilica
Summary:
Match 1: Tied (vs Blue/Green/Red)
I won early first game with Veteran Armorer + Nightguard Patrol + enough removal to kill the few creatures he got down. Game 2 had a long drawn-out death, with him winning by five life. Game 3 was called on account of time, on its second turn. Oh well.
Match 2: Won (vs Red/Green/White)
Played Alex. Got a lot of creatures out, especially evasion (5 fliers, plus a kill spell which makes 2 more) ... he won the first game, but I won the second two (a nice stomp resulted from his mana-screwage game 3).
Match 3: Won (vs White/Black/Green)
This is when I discovered one of my money combos: Blind Hunter (2WB for a 2/2 flyer; you gain 2 life, opponent loses two when comes in to play, or when haunted target dies) + Mark of Eviction = 2WUB for "gain two life, opponent loses 2 life every turn." Outraced him with evasion and creature removal.
Match 4: Won (vs Blue/Black/Red/Green)
I outraced him games 1 and 3, finishing him off.
My apologies to "Seize the Soul" (2BB Instant; Destroy target nonwhite nonblack creature, put a 1/1 flying white creature token into play; Haunt). This card is a SERIOUS bomb in limited, since it reliably killed two huge Gruul creatures with its Haunt ability. Match 4, Game 3: Opponent has two huge creatures (I think RG 6/4 and G 4/4) and an Elves of Deep Shadow. Seize the Soul the 6/4, haunting the elves; Keening Banshee to kill the elves; haunting copy of Seize to kill the 4/4. Oh, and now I have a 2/2 flyer and two 1/1 flyers, as well. Best 8 mana I spent that game.
Decklist
"CiP" = "When CARDNAME comes into Play"
"CiP[c]" = "When CARDNAME comes into play, if you paid (the mana color) [c],"
"Bounce" = "Return (to hand, unless otherwise specified)"
"Mill x" = "Put the top x cards of (target opponent's) library into his or her graveyard."
Creatures:
1x Night Guard Patrol (2/1; First Strike, Vigilance)
1x Order of the Stars (0/1; Defender, Pro: color of choice when played)
1x Shrieking Griffin (2/1; Flying, CiP[B] opponent discards 1)
1x Veteran Armorer (2/2; Other creatures you control get +0/+1)
1x Belltower Sphinx (2/5; Flying, Mill X = amount of damage it takes)
1x Drift of Phantasms (0/5; Flying)
1x Vedelken Dismisser (2/2; Bounce creature to top of library)
1x Keening Banshee (2/2; Flying, CiP target creature gets -2/-2)
1x Revenant Patriarch (4/3; CiP[W] target player skips next combat phase; Cannot block)
2x Blind Hunter (2/2; Flying, CiP gain 2 life, opponent loses 2 life; Haunt)
1x Dimir Infiltrator (1/3; Unblockable)
Spells
1x Withstand (2W Instant; Prevent next 3 damage; cantrip)
1x Mark of Eviction (U Aura)
1x Repeal (XU Instant; Bounce (nonland) with convo mana cost X; cantrip)
1x Brainspoil (3BB Sorc; Destroy target creature)
1x Clinging Darkness (1B Aura; -4/-1)
1x Cry of Contrition (B Sorc; Haunt; Opp discards 1 card)
2x Douse in Gloom (2B Instant; 2 damage to target creature, gain two life)
1x Necromancer's Magemark (2b Aura; Enchanted creatures get +1/+1, bounce when put into graveyard)
1x Size the Soul (2BB Instant; Haunt; Destroy target nonwhite nonblack creature, put a 1/1 flying white creature token into play).
1x Castigate (WB Sorc; look through opponent's hand; remove a nonland from that hand form the game)
1x Mortify (!WB Instant; Destroy creature or enchantment)
Lands:
7x Swamp
4x Plains
4x Island
1x Orzhov Basilica