Overall went 3-2. Wasn't too happy with my draws over the night, but I did learn some things about the deck and the new cards from FRF.
Round 1
Opponent: R/W Aggro
Game 1: I was getting burned out while maintaining board control, but dropped down a Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker and was able to end it faster than he could.
Game 2: Very one sided. He took a mulligan and I was able to punish with an early Thoughtseize and Rakshasa's Secret. Sorin, Solemn Visitor and Elspeth, Sun's Champion then cleaned up.
Round 2
Opponent: B/G Midrange Manifest
Game 1: I got stalled on 1 red and couldn't cast Anger of the Gods and Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker when I needed to.
Game 2: His deck is full of value and was able to work better than mine. I was able to clear out his hand, but he drew into more gas before I could get a win-con. His manifest creatures were also very good against the Ugin, the Spirit Dragon that I tried out for the night.
Round 3
Opponent: Jeskai Ascendancy Tokens
Game 1: I couldn't find an AoE to get rid of several Hordeling Outburst. Fast game.
Game 2: I saw 3xAnger of the Gods and kept the board clean. Eventually stuck a Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker for several turns and got him down to 1 life. He managed to come back with a Seeker of the Way before I could close it out.
Round 4
Opponent: Unknown
The pairings were made and the guy was nowhere to be found. He must have dropped and not informed the TO. Free win for me.
Round 5
Opponent: U/W Heroic
Game 1: I kept a land with only an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and a Swamp for lands and wasn't able to keep up with the threats he deployed due to my poor mana.
Game 2: He stuck a Favored Hoplite turn 1 and it stayed for a long time. However, I was able to keep his other threats off the board. The hoplite got 7 damage in before I was finally able to keep the board clean in general. I popped down a Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker in hopes to start racing him. I then accidentally tapped the wrong mana when shooting out a Hero's Downfall and couldn't cast my Crackling Doom. I had to hope that I wasn't dead, and luckily he only put me down to 2. The following turn I was able to get rid of that last threat with the Crackling Doom and cast Empty the Pits for 7 zombies at the end of his turn.
Game 3: I was able to pick apart his hand early with 2xThoughtseize while he couldn't find dudes. I was then able to stick a Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker and start working him. Once he was down to 8, he found a dude and made 'em really big. Luckily for me I was sitting on a Crackling Doom for a while, and also had a Magma Jet in hand.
I knew that there were going to be a few 3-2 in the top 8 and was really hoping my breakers were better. Sadly I came in 9th. The shop was awesome though and gave me a wah wah prize of the game "You Suck" for just missing top 8.
