Just brought this deck to FNM and finished at 6th place with a 3-1 record.
Round 1: Rakdos Zombies
Game 1: My opponent was stuck on a Geralf's Messenger and a recurring Gravecrawler. I was able to drop Doomed Traveler first turn, follow up with Gather and Intangible Virtue. Dropped Increasing Devotion turn five and swung in with hordes of humans.
Game 2: Lost to mana screw. Needed black mana for the bombs I had (Sorin, two Aristocrats, Vault of the Archangel) and it never came. Forced to chump with a weak Champ and tokens against two Messengers, two Gravecrawlers and a Cackler.
Game 3: Actually a game! I dropped Sorin and churned out plenty of vampires to chump his dudes, but he raced me and had me at four life and grabbed a Stensia Bloodhall to chip at me. I had a Champ on the battlefield and needed a Gather so I would have enough to activate Vault and grab 6 life. Got Increasing Devotion instead.
Result: Loss, 1-2
Round 2: Azorius Control
Game 1: Overwhelming humans with two Intangible Virtue makes for easy wins. My opponent having no board wipes (Which turned out to be important for his strategy) helped too.
Game 2: This time my opponent mustered 3 Supreme Verdict, a Terminus, and an overloaded Cyclonic Rift, all removing large groups of tokens. Unfortunately for him, my resources were inexhaustible. For every group of humans he removed, I had one sitting in my hand to beat more face plus an Intangible Virtue sitting on the field at all times.
Result: Win, 2-0
Round 3: Izzet/Guttersnipe Craziness
Game 1: Had to mull to 5, and my hand still looked bad. 5 turns later I was at 8 life with my opponent sitting on three Guttersnipes. And then somehow I killed them all. With his board gone, he had nothing to stop a Champ and some humans to finish him off.
Game 2: Sided in Thalia and Nevermore (Intended for Guttersnipe). My opponent dropped three Goblin Electromancers, but I had Thalia, a Champ, and Gather. He was forced to double-block my Champ and block Thalia. No more Goblin Electromancers. He proceeded to Slaughter Games Intangible Virtue, but it turned out irrelevant as Thalia cruised into his life total along with a few humans for the win.
Result: Win, 2-0
Round 4: Four Color Something?
Game 1: I dropped a first-turn traveler, followed up with Gather, followed up with Intangible and another Traveler, Vault and Sorin, and proceeded to generate stupidly large amounts of tokens. Vault triggers brought me to 45 life and even Huntmasters, Thragtusks and other big threats were no match for Intangible Virtued, Double emblemed, lifelinking deathtouch humans, vampires, and spirits.
Game 2: Basically a repeat of Game 1, with less resistance and no Vault.
Result: Win, 2-0
Top 8: Reanimator
Game 1: Angel of Serenity and Griselbrand hit the board early, putting me on my back foot. I flashbacked Increasing Devotion (Insane) but he had me at one life. Proceeded to trigger Vault and grabbed 20 life, which bought me four turns. Lost to big fliers.
Game 2: Had O-Rings up the wazzoo for Griselbrand, but he had more. Lost to more big fliers.
Result: Loss, 0-2
All in all, a very fun night. It's very clear now that you don't necessarily even need a fast start as I first expected, as long as you can pick up the slack on the next few turns. Turns 1-4 are defining.
