DGM Draft Debate - Round 7 vs. Fisher

Matchup

DGM Draft Debate Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

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vs.

Fisher's DGM DDD Deck

Standard* KrazyCaley

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Game 1

Caley wins the toss and plays first. He keeps an opening hand of 2x Forest, Plains, Guardian of the Gateless, Concordia Pegasus, Unflinching Courage, One Thousand Lashes

Fisher keeps a hand of 2x Swamp, Mountain, Punish the Enemy, Toil / Trouble, Scorchwalker, Balustrade Spy.

C plays Forest and passes.

F draws Skinbrand Goblin, plays Mountain, and passes.

C draws Pit Fight, plays Plains, casts Concordia Pegasus, and passes.

F draws Swamp, plays it, casts Skinbrand Goblin, and passes.

C draws Ubul Sar Gatekeepers. He plays Forest. He casts Unflinching Courage on Concordia Pegasus, then attacks with it and hits. (C 23, F 17).

F draws Smog Elemental. He plays Swamp and attacks with Skinbrand Goblin. (C 21, F 17).

C draws Maze Abomination. He casts Pit Fight on the Pegasus and Goblin to kill the goblin. Then he attacks with the Pegasus and hits. (C 24, C 14).

F draws Spawn of Rix Maadi. He plays Swamp and casts Scorchwalker.

C draws Armory Guard. He attacks with Concordia Pegasus and hits. (C 27, F 11).

I'm in real trouble if he ever gets rid of the Pegasus, but until then, it's smooth sailing.

F draws Rix Maadi Guildmage. He casts Balustrade Spy, milling Drudge Beetle and Selesnya Guildgate. He attacks with Scorchwalker and hits. (C 22, F 11).

C draws Stab Wound and attacks with the Pegasus. (C 25, F 8).

F draws Swamp and plays it. He attacks with Scorchwalker and hits. (C 20, F 8).

C draws Balustrade Spy. He attacks with the Pegasus. F blocks with Balustrade Spy, which dies. (C 23, F 8). F follows up with Punish the Enemy on the Pegasus to kill it. (C 17, F 8).

Now I'm actually going to need to draw some lands here.

F draws Mountain and plays it. He casts both halves of Toil / Trouble at C. C draws Ogre Jailbreaker and Plains, and gets hit for 11 total loss of life (F 8, C 6).

Ouch! That thing can be quite a finisher when your opponent is just sitting there mana screwed.

F attacks with Scorchwalker and passes. (F 8, C 1).

C draws Plains and plays it. He casts Armory Guard and passes, discarding Ubul Sar Gatekeepers.

F draws Grisly Spectacle. He announces it and C concedes.

Sideboarding

C removes Swift Justice for another copy of Unflinching Courage.

Seems like enduring lifelink will be important here.

F makes no changes.

Game 2

C keeps a hand of Forest, Plains, Swamp, Maze Abomination, Ogre Jailbreaker, Stab Wound, Angelic Skirmisher.

F keeps a hand of 2x Swamp, 2x Mountain, Rakdos Drake, Punish the Enemy, and Cobblebrute.

C plays Plains.

F draws Rubblebelt Maaka, plays Swamp, and passes.

C draws Kraul Warrior, plays Forest, and casts the Warrior.

F draws Rubblebelt Maaka and plays Mountain.

C draws Putrefy. He plays Swamp and attacks with the warrior. (C 20, F 18).

F draws Toil / Trouble. He plays Swamp and casts Rakdos Drake with unleash.

C draws Plains and plays it. He casts Ogre Jailbreaker and attacks with Kraul Warrior. (C 20, F 16).

F draws Mountain and plays it. He attacks with [[Rakdos Drake and hits. (C 18, F 16). He casts Cobblebrute and passes.

C draws Selesnya Guildgate and plays it.

LOVE getting that right after the Jailbreaker comes out.

C casts Stab Wound on Cobblebrute to kill it. C attacks with Kraul Warrior and the Jailbreaker and hits. (C 18, F 10).

F draws Slate Street Ruffian. He plays Mountain and casts Punish the Enemy on Kraul Warrior. (C 15, F 10). Then he attacks with Rakdos Drake. (C 13, F 10).

C draws Drudge Beetle. He attacks with the Jailbreaker. (C 13, F 6). He casts the Beetle.

F draws Havoc Festival. He casts Rubblebelt Maaka and attacks with Rakdos Drake. (C 11, F 6).

C draws Guardian of the Gateless. He attacks with Ogre Jailbreaker and hits. (C 11, F 2). He casts the Guardian and passes.

F draws Swamp and plays it. He attacks with all his creatures. C blocks both of them with Guardian of the Gateless and F concedes.

Not this time, Toil / Trouble.

Sideboarding

Neither side makes changes.

Game 3

F plays first. He keeps a hand of Swamp, Mountain, Riot Piker, Havoc Festival, Pontiff of Blight, Rix Maadi Guildmage, Spawn of Rix Maadi.

C keeps a hand of 3x Plains, Golgari Guildgate, Orzhov Guildgate, Stab Wound, Azorius Arrester.

F plays Mountain.

C draws Ethereal Armor, plays Orzhov Guildgate, and passes.

F draws Skinbrand Goblin, plays Swamp, and casts Riot Piker.

C draws Forest, plays it, and casts Azorius Arrester holding up Riot Piker.

F draws Swamp and plays it and casts Rix Maadi Guildmage.

C draws Forest, plays Swamp, and kills Rix Maadi Guildmage with Stab Wound.

Can't let that guy sit there.

F draws Mountain and plays it. He attacks with Riot Piker and hits. (F 20, C 18).

C draws Drudge Beetle. He plays Golgari Guildgate. He attacks with the Arrester. (F 18, C 18). He casts Drudge Beetle and puts Ethereal Armor on it, making it a 3/3.

F draws Swamp and plays it. He attacks with Riot Piker. C blocks with Drudge Beetle. F bloodrushes it with Skinbrand Goblin and the Beetle dies.

Should have seen that coming, but hard to read that play on a must-attack creature. Kind of a weird advantage for it, really.

C draws Forest and plays it. He attacks with Arrester. (C 18, F 16).

F draws Mountain and plays it. He casts Pontiff of Blight. Then he attacks with Riot Piker. (C 16, F 16).

THAT'S not good.

C draws Guardian of the Gateless and plays Plains. He casts the Guardian and passes.

Locked boards, for once, favor the opponent.

F draws Viashino Shanktail. He attacks with Riot Piker.

Going to risk it.

C blocks with Guardian of the Gateless, but F bloodrushes it with Viashino Shanktail and the Guardian dies.

Damn, that creature is annoying.

C draws Ubul Sar Gatekeepers. He plays Forest and casts the Gatekeepers to kill Riot Piker.

At least I got rid of that bastard.

F draws Ripscale Predator. He casts Spawn of Rix Maadi with unleash, extorting once. (F 17, C 15).

C draws Unflinching Courage. He puts it on the Gatekeepers and attacks with them. They get blocked by Pontiff of Blight. (C 19, F 17).

F draws Mountain and plays it. He casts Ripscale Predator with one extort. (C 18, F 18).

C draws Kraul Warrior and plays it along with Plains.

F10

F draws Cobblebrute. He attacks with Ripscale Predator and Spawn of Rix Maadi.

This is very troublesome. I can't just take this kind of damage, and I can't lose my precious lifelinking creature either. I could trade the warrior and the arrester for the spawn, but that would leave nothing to block ripscale. I think I have to activate the warrior, block the Ripscale with it and the arrester, and just leave the lifelinker for now, letting spawn through.

C activates Kraul Warrior and blocks Ripscale Predator with it and also Azorius Arrester. All those creatures die, and Spawn of Rix Maadi hits. (F 18, C 12).

Post-combat, F casts Havoc Festival with one extort. (F 19, C 11).

Augh.

C10

C gets havoc'd. (F 19, C 5). He draws Unflinching Courage and concedes. F wins the match 2-1

Can't gain life, so don't really have any answers at this point.

Results

Fisher def. Tappedout 2-1

E - "Fisher's deck ran well and Caley's deck had a bumpy mana ride."

Raynor def. C.J. 2-1

E - "Game 1, Raynor was super fast and CJ had nothing to cast because he had no green. Game 2, Rubblebelt Raiders. Game 3, CJ had a good late game, but Raynor did way too much early damage and a small Debt to the Deathless won it even though CJ was winning on the board."

Niko def. Chryssalid 2-0

E- "Game 1 was really even, but Chryssalid mulliganed to four at the start of it and those extra three cards won it for Niko. Game 2, Niko had a super fast hand that couldn't be beat, and Chryssalid couldn't live long enough to cast her wraths."

Ethereal def. Lee 2-1

E - "Game 1, Lee got Ethereal down to 4, but then couldn't do anymore and Ethereal had the way better late game. Game 2, Ethereal couldn't draw any blue. Game 3, Ethereal just sat behind a big blocker and Agoraphobia while building up his finishing late game."

Stay tuned for final results and interviews.

This article is a follow-up to DGM Draft Debate - Round 6 vs. CJ

agGravity says... #1

First game: C draws Maze Abomination . He casts Pit Fight on the Pegasus and Goblin to kill the goblin. Then he attacks with the Pegasus and hits. (C 24, C 14).

You were at 21 before your turn: You should have lifelinked from the Pit Fight along with the combat step.

June 9, 2013 11:56 p.m.

IAmKingTony says... #2

Knew this would be a bad one.

June 9, 2013 11:59 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #3

@MurasakiRose - You're quite correct! Man, lifelink and I really don't mix. I don't THINK it would have saved me to add that 3 life, but I certainly should have done so.

June 10, 2013 12:03 a.m.

agGravity says... #4

@KrazyCaley Not your first time you make the mistake, but it's fine, most of the time you made it, I remember it wouldn't have mattered a lot.

Great piloting anyway, I wish we would have headed the Draft an other way, but we'll get the next one.

June 10, 2013 12:07 a.m.

dcarpntr says... #5

Ethereal Armor gives first strike. In game 3, your Drudge Beetle was 3/3 and Fisher's Riot Piker bloodrushed with Skinbrand Goblin was 4/2, both first strikers. They would both die when you blocked with the beetle on turn 5.

June 10, 2013 12:12 a.m.

KrazyCaley says... #6

@MurasakiRose - I know, that's what hurts about it. I really should know better.

June 10, 2013 12:15 a.m.

DaShPrime says... #7

Yeah I agree with dcarpntr, both the Riot Piker and Drudge Beetle would die, which would've made a huge difference in game 3 I think

June 10, 2013 3:14 a.m.

SwiftDeath says... #8

so many bad plays and missed mandatory triggers after reading whatever turn the trigger was missed on i stopped reading that game and went to the next one only made it to turn 4 game 1 and turn 5 game 3. it seems the only game we won was when we didn't misplay.

June 10, 2013 3:23 a.m.

RussischerZar says... #9

Yup, that Riot Piker would have dealt 2 less damage and killed one less Guardian of the Gateless since he would've died to Drudge Beetle with Ethereal Armor .

June 10, 2013 5:18 a.m.

thebeardedshuffler says... #10

Did he tell you to thank us for passing him HIS ENTIRE DECK?!

Also, Havoc Festival is quite the beating eh?

Not bad caley, clearly you're not as used to some of these cards as others, but we all make more misplays than we realise. Having the game analysed is probably the best way to find them like this.

June 10, 2013 7:21 a.m.

dcarpntr says... #11

Honestly, I re-read game 3 and the combat exchange between the beetle and goblin didn't make a difference. If they trade, we take 2 fewer damage on the next turn. Then Spawn of Rix Maadi and Ripscale Predator both come out one turn earlier, with Viashino Shanktail still in hand.

Caley could put Unflinching Courage on Guardian of the Gateless and either go into attack mode in the air, but that plan get's shut off later by Havoc Festival , which may have bought us a few more rounds. But did we have an answer to Havoc Festival ? We have Renounce the Guilds in our sideboard, so no we did not have an answer. We were dead in a matter of turns. It was inevitable.

Or Caley stays back to block with Guardian and all the other dudes, just to get wrecked when Fisher bloodrushes on the creature that we blocked. And then we draw the 2nd Courage with probably none or only one creature on board and scoop anyway.

I don't see the outcome being any different no matter what. Our deck just top decked poorly for us at the end.

KrazyCaley: In my last post, I forgot to say thank you putting on another awesome DDD and going through all these games for us to read. It's extremely helpful to the community to improve our drafting skills, and it's a lot of fun! I really appreciate you doing all of these articles for us. Thank you.

June 10, 2013 10:31 a.m.

TridenT says... #12

A rough end for us, but those were rough games.

June 11, 2013 9:24 p.m.

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