Tonight I placed 3rd out of 10 players at FNM..... I replaced Spell Pierce with Force of Negation in the sideboard (It never came up). I have been attending my LGS for the passed few weeks and have been placing last/tied for last or bottom half with some of my beloved homebrews; but this time I wanted to take the gloves off and bring my "most competitive" deck to see how It would fair.
Lost Game 1 Vs Ponza: (0-2)
This was a nightmare... game one an early Karn, the Great Creator came down and I scooped looking to change my wincon to Felidar Guardian.... game 2 I kept a 2 lander (A fetchland and a shockland not quite realizing/understanding i was facing Ponza)... Utopia Sprawl shenanigans into an early Blood Moon and I conceded rather than giving the satisfaction of watching me squirm lol..... yikes... i was feeling really bad after this one; especially because this was supposed to be by "competitive" deck.
Won Game 2 Vs Bogles (2-0)
Basically for both games i was just able to combo off before the Gladecover Scout/Slippery Bogle was able to do me in... I was lucky and opened both Rip Aparts for game 2 which made Daybreak Coronet into a brick and it was G.G.s
Won Game 3 Vs Goblins (2-0)
I recognized this player and as soon as i saw the Mountain and the first Goblin I knew what I was up against and was holding onto my Lightning Bolts for the combo enabling goblins.... I drew swiftly into my own Mill combo winning game one and opted for some trickery for game 2 expecting a lot more artifact hate/removal in a mostly Goblin deck; so i took out my sorcery speed removal and but in additional Felidar Guardians. They made for life saving blockers and on the follow up Saheeli Rai was able to make all of the Cats for the win.
I did not face the Crashing Footfalls/Living End players and Affinity was nowhere to be found this evening...Besides the Ponza player those two decks seem to be the decks to beat at this LGS.