Played at a small local card shop, we did 3 rounds with 5 competitors. Wound up going 2-1 losing to Scapeshift, but that only further pushes my need to solidify the sideboard.
Round 1 went against my Grixis friend I seem to play at every tournament. Traded off wins to get to the third game, we both kept a "Screw it" hand, and I started the game with a Loxodon Smiter, 5 lands, and a Birds of Paradise on the play. Dropped my forest, played my Birds, then passed and realized that I might be living a dream. I did. He used Thoughtseize, I got the T1 Smiter down, tilting him hard. Drew into straight fuel, and the saltiness entailed. 1-0.
Round 2 went against scapeshift. Lost on turn 4 or 5 game 1, went to game 2 boarding in my Meddling Mages and my Leyline. Threw away a perfect hand in hope of getting a Leyline, thinking he could have gone off on me turn 3 or 4 and I would have been shut down hard. Had to go down to 4 cards due to awful hands before that, and got the leyline. He destroyed it T2, then I dropped a Meddling Mage T4 that he destroyed, too. Then went off, taking the round. 1-1.
Round 3 went against Delver. Had no problems holding him down, he couldn't deal with my aggro, and I overran him hard. 2-1.
Learned that Thalia, Heretic Cathar is definitely only a 1 of mainboard and that I probably should get some more hate for combo besides Meddling Mage, but it may involve a lot more money. We'll see what happens!
