DGM Draft Debate - Round 6 vs. CJ

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

7 June 2013

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Unknown KrazyCaley

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CJ's DGM DDD Deck

Standard KrazyCaley

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Game 1

Caley wins the toss and plays first. He keeps a hand of 2x Plains, Swamp, Swift Justice, Azorius Arrester, Drudge Beetle, Balustrade Spy.

CJ mulligans a no-land hand, then a one-land hand, then another one-land hand, then keeps a four hand of 2x Boros Guildgate, Plains, Forest.

No matter what cards those are, winning in a draft game with that kind of card disadvantage is tough. Should be a free game 1; this starting hand is decent.

C1

C plays Plains and passes.

J1

J draws Plains, plays Boros Guildgate, and passes.

C2

C draws Unflinching Courage, plays Swamp, and casts Azorius Arrester.

J2

J draws Thrashing Mossdog, plays Boros Guildgate, and passes.

C3

C draws Unflinching Courage and plays Plains. He attacks with Arrester and hits. (C 20, J 18).

J3

J draws Rubblebelt Raiders. He plays Forest and passes.

C4

C draws Plains and plays it. He attacks with Arrester and hits. (C 20, J 16). He casts Balustrade Spy and mills Slaughterhorn, Common Bond, Basilica Guards, Armory Guard, Boros Cluestone, Beckon Apparition, and Forest.

Most impressive Balustrade Spy I've ever seen.

J4

J draws Forest and plays it. He casts Rubblebelt Raiders and passes.

That's probably why he kept. That's a dangerous creature.

C5

C draws Putrefy. He attacks with all his creatures. CJ doesn't block. (C 20, E 12). C passes.

Too bad. Swift Justice for Rubblebelt Raiders is no bad business.

J5

J draws Forest and plays it. He attacks with Rubblebelt Raiders and hits. (C 16, E 12). J casts Thrashing Mossdog and passes.

Now I actually have a game-losing problem in the fact that I haven't drawn green yet. One green mana and I win easily though, I think.

C6

C draws Swamp and plays it. He passes.

J6

J draws Knight Watch and plays Plains. He attacks with both his creatures. Caley blocks Thrashing Mossdog with Azorius Arrester, then casts Swift Justice on it. The mossdog dies, the raiders (now 6/6) hit, and C lifelinks off Arrester. (C 13, E 12). J casts Knight Watch.

C7

C draws Plains and plays it. He passes.

Of course I will now be compelled to eat my words about this being easy.

J7

J draws Forced Adaptation and plays Plains. He attacks with everything. C blocks a Knight with Balustrade Spy and blocks Rubblebelt Raiders with Azorius Arrester. One knight dies, Arrester dies, and one knight hits. (J 12, C 11).

Must buy time.

J casts Forced Adaptation on his remaining knight.

Very sensible play; spreading out his threats.

C8

C draws Ethereal Armor. He puts it on Balustrade Spy and passes.

J8

J draws Plains. He attacks with his knight, which is now 3/3, and with Rubblebelt Raiders, which is now 11/11. C blocks the raiders with spy. It dies; knight hits. (J 12, C 8). J passes.

C9

C draws Ubul Sar Gatekeepers. He concedes.

Well that was embarrassing.

Sideboarding

J makes no changes.

C makes no changes.

There are clearly some tokens in here, but I'm not sure there are enough to justify Illness in the Ranks.

Game 2

C plays first. He keeps a hand of 2x Forest, Plains, Armory Guard, One Thousand Lashes, Angelic Skirmisher, Thrashing Mossdog.

J keeps a hand of 3x Plains, Armory Guard, Selesnya Sentry, Beckon Apparition, Common Bond.

C1

C plays Plains and passes.

J1

J draws Slaughterhorn, plays Plains, and passes.

C2

C draws Swamp, plays it, and passes.

J2

J draws Thrashing Mossdog, plays Plains, and passes.

C3

C draws Swamp, plays it, and passes.

J3

J draws Forced Adaptation, plays Plains, and casts Basilica Guards.

C4

C draws Plains. He plays Forest and casts Thrashing Mossdog.

J4

J draws Forest and plays it. He casts Slaughterhorn with extort. (J 21, C 19).

C5

C draws Drudge Beetle. He plays Forest and casts Armory Guard.

J5

J draws Forest and plays it. He casts Thrashing Mossdog with extort. (J 22, C 18).

C6

C draws Plains and plays it. He casts Angelic Skirmisher. He declares lifelink and attacks with Thrashing Mossdog. J trades it for his own Mossdog. (J 22, C 21).

J6

J draws Towering Indrik. He casts it with extort. (J 23, C 20).

C7

C draws Stab Wound and plays Plains. He casts Stab Wound on Towering Indrik.

This deck loves clogged boards.

C declares lifelink and attacks with Angelic Skirmisher, which hits. (C 21, J 19). C casts Drudge Beetle.

J7

J bleeds. (C 21, J 17). He draws Towering Indrik. He casts it and puts Forced Adaptation on it, then passes.

C8

C draws Plains. He casts One Thousand Lashes on the Towering Indrik with Forced Adaptation.

STEP ON A CRACK

C declares lifelink and attacks with Angelic Skirmisher, hitting. (C 25, J 13).

J8

J bleeds and is whipped. (C 25, J 10). He draws Mountain and plays it. He casts Common Bond with extort, targeting his Stab Wound-affected Indrik twice. (C 24, J 11). Then he casts Beckon Apparition with extort targeting C's dead Thrashing Mossdog.

Good call.

C9

C draws Orzhov Guildgate and plays it. He declares first strike and attacks with Angelic Skirmisher. It hits. (C 24, J 7).

J9

J takes persistent damage. (C 24, J 4) He draws Gruul Cluestone. He uses his Thrashing Mossdog's scavenge and puts the counters on his Stab Wound Indrik, making it a 7/7.

C10

C draws Pit Fight. He casts it targeting his Armory Guard and J's Slaughterhorn. The Slaughterhorn dies. C passes.

No need to press any attack when he'll die shortly in any event.

J10

J bleeds. (C 24, J 1). J draws Trostani's Judgment and concedes.

This is the part where you fall down and BLEEEEED to death.

Sideboarding

Neither side makes changes.

Game 3

J plays first. He keeps an opening hand of Mountain, Plains, Forest, Rubblebelt Raiders, Gruul Cluestone, Armory Guard, Common Bond.

C keeps an opening hand of Golgari Guildgate, Forest, Pit Fight, Balustrade Spy, Concordia Pegasus, Ethereal Armor, Armory Guard.

Risky, but not too much so on the draw.

J1

J plays Mountain and passes.

C1

C draws Maze Abomination, plays Golgari Guildgate, and passes.

J2

J draws Forest, plays it, and passes.

C2

C draws Unflinching Courage, plays Forest, and plays it.

Today is apparently "make Caley eat his words day," or it will be if I don't draw a land next turn.

J3

J draws Trostani's Judgment. He plays Plains and casts Gruul Cluestone.

C3

C draws Guardian of the Gateless.

Le sigh.

C discards Armory Guard to get to 7.

J4

J draws Forest and plays it. He casts Rubblebelt Raiders.

This will go to worms SUPER fast if I don't draw lands.

C4

C draws Swamp and plays it.

THAT DOESN'T HEEELLLLLP.

J5

J draws Plains and plays it. He attacks with Rubblebelt Raiders and hits. (J 20, C 16). He casts Armory Guard.

C5

C draws Forest and plays it. He casts Balustrade Spy, milling a Boros Guildgate.

J6

J draws Rust Scarab. He casts Common Bond and puts a counter each on his creatures. Then he attacks with both of them and hits. (J 20, C 6). Then he activates Gruul Cluestone's last ability to draw Slaughterhorn.

C6

C draws One Thousand Lashes. He passes.

J7

J draws Towering Indrik. He announces Trostani's Judgment and C concedes.

Ouch.

Thoughts

Sometimes the screw comes for you. Also, I have no idea how CJ's deck is performing so poorly in this draft; it seems like a beast.

Results

C.J. def. Tappedout 2-1

E - "Mana screw happened. In the game 2 that Caley won, Caley pinged to death with Stab Wound type stuff."

Chryssalid def. Fisher 2-0

E- "Game 1, Beck / Call wins it after a standoff where Fisher got Chryssalid down to 4 before the tide turned. Game 2, Merciless Eviction PLUS Gaze of Granite let Chryssalid just sit there and wipe boards before casting all her stuff."

Ethereal def. Raynor 2-1

E - "Game 1, Ethereal had a clutch Contaminated Ground that denied white for a long time and after that his cards were just better. Game 2, Raynor gets out Blaze Commando and Ethereal is stuck on four land stuff. Game 3 was a deadlock, but Raynor screwed up some complicated blocking math and Ethereal nailed him."

Lee def. Niko 2-1

"Game 1, huge fight where Ral Zarek and Skarrg Goliath both died of combat damage, then the fields were empty, then Lee drew Millennial Gargoyle followed immediately by Midnight Recovery while Niko drew land, and good night. Game 2, two Nivix Cyclops plus a spell to kill one of your opponent's blockers can get unexpectedly ugly fast. Game 3, Niko drew all red mana for the first 10 turns and couldn't recover."

Final Round Pairings

Tappedout (3-3) vs. Fisher (3-3)

C.J. (2-4) vs. Raynor (2-4)

Chryssalid (3-3) vs. Niko (4-2)

Ethereal (5-1) vs. Lee (2-4)