1st match : 2-0-1 vs Abzan Aggro
My opopnent played a surprisingly low curve for abzan aggro with Bloodsoaked Champion and Tormented Hero. He also ran no removal but instead ran some buff spells to make bad blocks happen. He took game 1 with undying bloodsoaked champions and a surprise buff killing my Courser of Kruphix. Game two I sided in Bile Blight and Silence the Believers for Bloodsoaked Champion andRakshasa Deathdealer which I was suspecting he played in his deck.. I did not run into any of his buff traps the two games after the first games and took them in a simple midrange/control fashion without landing any whip. 2-1
2nd match: 0-1-1. vs U/B control.
I lost the first game, but if I was to call an allstar in the matchup it's certainly my one of Prognostic Sphinx. Without the sphinx I would've died in a couple turns against Silumgar, the Drifting Death. I used the sphinx's ability to discard a Hornet Queen in my graveyard and whip it back next turn. A Perilous Vault left me with nothing but my top deck and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon took the game.
The second game was a draw but my opponent was extremeley lucky. Twice I had lethal and he topdecked the right answer! It was incredibly frustrating to have a 3 creature board state and get Crux of Fate from a topdeck. A couple turns later the same thing happened, I said : ''the only thing that can save you is Perilous Vault''... guess what he topdecked... x_x
3rd game : 1-0-0 vs G/R midrange
Oh my f*ckin god this game was epic. As soon as turn 5 we were already in the tank, our turns slowed down considerably and it was intense for 43 minutes, 43 fricken minutes! He had both Flamewake Phoenix and Ashcloud Phoenix and it took about 6 turns to remove these from the game, the synergy between these two is amazing when you're at 8 mana +. At two turns from dying to Stormbreath Dragon I desperately attacked with Prognostic Sphinx to scry 3. I found a whip which I played the turn after. I then managed to get a triple trigger on my Doomwake Giant and swing for an enormous amount of lifegain. What happened was one of the most immature thing I've ever seen. The dude was SERIOUSLY mad and swore like crazy, he looked at the timer and said we still have 6 minutes I still have time to beat the crap out of you. He did not sidedeck, shuffled his deck 10 seconds and put it down. I was not going to get ruled by an immature prick, but with respect I sidedecked very quick. I started ''pile shuffling'' and he completely lost it, saying he did not even pile shuffle and that it was unfair for me to do it. He was pretty loud and the room fell quiet and uncomfortable. He raged that he was tired of playing against slow decks and left the shop... lol... as if I was going to hand shuffle my 14 mana cards piled on each other. The funniest thing is that he took a 5 minute turn during our game haha.
CONCLUSIONS : Torrent Elemental is complete BS. Too slow, too situational, and even in situations where he would be good it's not that crazy. Prognostic Sphinx is a card that blocked incredibly well, reached for planeswalkers, scryed for useful cards. I don't see a matchup where this card is not good, it can block all day long against pretty much anything in the format!