Daily Dose Ep. 22 - Standard

Daily Dose of Standard

KrazyCaley

23 January 2012

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vs. the_Beatdown

KrazyCaley's deck The Doom That Came To Sarnath - This deck brought to you by Tsathoggua - "Haters gonna hate."

Game 1

E plays first and mulligans to 6.

C keeps an opener of 2x Island, Forest, Hinterland Harbor, Dissipate, Acidic Slime, Stoic Rebuttal.

E keeps his 6 hand.

T1

E plays Isolated Chapel and passes.

C draws Birds of Paradise, plays Forest, casts Birds, passes.

T2

E plays Seachrome Coast and passes.

C draws Dissipate, plays Island, and passes.

I like to lead with my non-dual lands if all other things are equal, just to slightly decrease the chances of any land-d hitting my dual lands

T3

E plays Island and passes.

C draws Rampant Growth. He plays Hinterland Harbor and passes.

T4

E plays Plains and passes.

C draws Forest, plays it, casts Rampant Growth for Island, and passes.

T5

E plays Seachrome Coast and passes.

C draws Stoic Rebuttal, plays Island, and passes.

T6

E plays Island and passes.

C draws Forest, plays it, and casts Acidic Slime destroying Isolated Chapel

T7

E plays Glacial Fortress and passes.

C draws Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip, attacks with Acidic Slime and hits. (Caley 20, Enemy 18). C passes.

I have so many counters that I'll wait on Mayor. Plus, I already have a threat out with the Slime.

T8

E plays Plains and casts Timely Reinforcements. C Stoic Rebuttals it. E passes.

C draws Birds of Paradise, attacks with Slime, casts Birds, passes. (C 20, E 16)

T9

E casts Sphinx of Uthuun. C Dissipates it. E passes.

C draws Acidic Slime, casts it targeting Glacial Fortress. Attacks with Slime, hits. (C 20, E14). Passes.

Always stay ahead in mana if you can in Control vs. Control.

T10

E casts Timely Reinforcements and passes. (C 20, E 20).

With two Slimes out, I am fine with letting this through.

C draws Hinterland Harbor and plays it. He attacks with both slimes. One slime gets triple-blocked by soldiers; the other hits. (C 20, E 18). Two tokens and a slime die. C passes.

T11

E attacks with a soldier; it hits. (C 19, E 18)

Uh-oh, here comes the wrath

E casts Day of Judgment, killing everything. E passes.

C draws Island and casts Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip, then passes.

WHERE IS YOUR Mana Leak NOW

T12

E plays Plains and casts Karn Liberated. C Dissipates it. E passes.

C draws Stoic Rebuttal. He attacks with Mayor and hits. (C19, E17). He passes.

T13

Mayor transforms in E's upkeep to Howlpack Alpha  ^Flip. E casts Snapcaster Mage targeting Timely Reinforcements, then casts the reinforcements, getting life but no tokens. (E23, C19). He passes.

Alpha turns back into Mayor on C's upkeep. C draws Dissipate and passes.

Can't say I dislike these draws.

T14

Mayor to Alpha in E's upkeep. E passes.

C draws Acidic Slime. He passes and gets a Wolf token.

T15

E casts Oblivion Ring targeting Howlpack Alpha  ^Flip, which resolves. E passes.

Allowed because of the Acidic Slime.

C draws Forest, plays Island, and attacks with the Wolf token. E trades the Snapcaster for it. C casts Acidic Slime. E responds with two Mana Leaks to stop it.

Oh. There are your mana leaks now.

C passes.

T16

E plays Ghost Quarter and passes.

C draws Forest, does nothing and passes. End step, E casts Forbidden Alchemy throwing away Plains, Phantasmal Image, and Snapcaster Mage.

T17

E casts Think Twice, plays Glacial Fortress, and passes.

C draws Hinterland Harbor, plays Forest, and passes. End step E flashes back Think Twice.

T18

E does nothing and passes.

C draws Viral Drake. He plays Hinterland Harbor and casts the Drake. E Dissipates it. C passes.

I am happy to trade Viral Drake for one of his hard counters.

T19

E does nothing and passes.

C draws Rampant Growth and casts it for an Island. C passes. End step, E Ghost Quarters his own Plains for a Swamp and flashes back Forbidden Alchemy discarding Mana Leak, Seachrome Coast, and Forbidden Alchemy.

T20

E casts Gideon Jura. C Stoic Rebuttals it. E passes.

C draws Island. He passes.

C'mon win condition!

T21

E does nothing and passes.

C draws Forest, does nothing, and passes. End step, E casts White Sun's Zenith, which resolves.

Misclick! MISCLICK

....and eventually C lost the game to cat tokens.

Trust me, it just goes on and on with me not drawing stuff and getting pinged for six until I die. Then the last turn I draw Chancellor of the Tangle, but it's too late.

Sideboarding

C boards in 2x Nihil Spellbomb, 2x Autumn's Veil, and 2x Bramblecrush, removing 2x Ambush Viper, 2x Cudgel Troll, and 2x Viral Drake.

Game 2

C plays first and mulligans a no-land hand.

E keeps his opener.

C keeps a 6-hand of Forest, Hinterland Harbor, Birds of Paradise, Ambush Viper, Volition Reins, Nihil Spellbomb.

T1

C plays Forest for Birds, passes.

E plays Plains and passes.

T2

C draws Autumn's Veil, plays Hinterland Harbor, casts Nihil Spellbomb, and passes.

E plays Glacial Fortress and passes. End step, C flashes down Ambush Viper.

T3

C draws Ghost Quarter, plays it, and attacks with Viper. (C20, E18). C passes.

E plays Glacial Fortress and passes.

T4

C draws Garruk, Primal Hunter. He attacks with Viper and passes. (C20, E16). End step, E Forbidden Alchemys, discarding Think Twice, Ghost Quarter, and Plains.

E plays Island and passes.

T5

C draws Hinterland Harbor, plays it, attacks with Viper, and passes. (C20, E14). End step, E flashes back Think Twice.

E casts Oblivion Ring targeting Nihil Spellbomb. In response, C activates Spellbomb, paying black with birds to draw Island. E casts Phantasmal Image copying Viper and passes.

T6

C draws Forest and plays Island. He casts Garruk and makes a Beast. He passes.

E attacks Garruk with his faux-Viper. C blocks with Beast, killing both. E casts Oblivion Ring on Garruk and passes.

T7

C draws Rampant Growth for an Island and attacks with Viper. (C20, E12). He passes.

This is not a good situation for me. I have no counterspells, and Sun Titan can't be far off. I also would love to draw a Slime or Bramblecrush right now...

End step, E casts Forbidden Alchemy discarding Flashfreeze, Day of Judgment, and Consecrated Sphinx.

That HAS to mean the kept card was Sun Titan.

On his own turn, E casts Timely Reinforcements and passes.

Hmm

T8

C draws Forest, does nothing, and passes.

E attacks with two soldiers and hits. (C18, E12). He passes.

T9

C draws Acidic Slime. He plays Forest and casts Slime. E casts Think Twice, then Snapcaster Mage targeting Flashfreeze, then Flashfreeze on the Slime. C responds with Autumn's Veil. Slime resolves, destroying O-Ring returning Garruk. Garruk makes a beast. C passes.

Veil is such a solid control card. I never thought I'd hear myself saying that.

E casts Sun Titan.

Very gutsy play. I am showing c-spell mana, but I think he has divined that I don't have it.

Sun Titan returns Phantasmal Image as Sun Titan, returning O-Ring on Garruk. E passes.

T10

C draws Acidic Slime. He casts Volition Reins stealing Sun Titan and passes.

E Ghost Quarters C's Ghost Quarter. He attacks with everything, returning Ghost Quarter with Sun titan. C blocks a token with his Titan, another token with Slime, Snapcaster with Beast, fake-Titan with Viper. One token goes unblocked. (E18, C17). Viper, Snapcaster, fake-Titan, and two 1/1s die. E casts Day of Judgment and passes.

T11

C draws Birds of Paradise. He casts Slime blowing up O-Ring returning Garruk. Garruk makes a Beast and C passes. End step, E does White Sun's Zenith for 2.

E casts Unburial Rites and C concedes. E wins the match 2-0.

No chance now.

Thoughts

1 - Solar Flare is flarin'.

2 - I thought this was a pretty nice matchup, 2-0 notwithstanding. Game 1 was headed my way I think, until my misclick. Game 2, he stomped me, and though I had some bad draws, the play from my opponent was also REALLY solid. Wish I could have seen a game 3.