GTC Draft Debate - Round 2 vs. Muton

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

7 March 2013

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The matchup

GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

SCORE: 6 | 169 COMMENTS | 3177 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

Comments from KrazyCaley in italics.

vs.

Muton's GTC DDD Deck

Unknown KrazyCaley

412 VIEWS

Comments from Muton in bold.

Game 1

Muton wins the toss and plays first. He keeps an opener of 3x Plains, Swamp, Syndicate Enforcer, Armored Transport, Smog Elemental.

This is a good all-purpose hand without knowing what Caley is playing.

Tappedout keeps an opening hand of 2x Island, Forest, Rapid Hybridization, Prophetic Prism, Frontline Medic, Ivy Lane Denizen.

I was tempted to mulligan this and get something faster, but I don't have the aggro chops to know if that's a good idea or not. To me this hand looks playable enough.

Turn 1

Muton plays Plains and passes.

Tappedout draws Gyre Sage, plays Forest, and passes.

Turn 2

M draws Plains, plays Swamp, and passes.

Orzhov.

T draws Forest, plays Forest, casts Gyre Sage, and passes.

Turn 3

M draws Orzhov Guildgate, plays Plains, casts Armored Transport, and passes.

T draws Forest, plays Island and casts Prophetic Prism, drawing Gridlock. T passes.

I knew someone had to be getting all the Simic cards that were going around.

Turn 4

M draws Basilica Screecher. He plays Plains and casts Syndicate Enforcer, then attacks with Armored Transport and hits. (M 20, T 18). M passes.

T draws Frilled Oculus. He plays Island and casts Ivy Lane Denizen, evolving Gyre Sage (now 2/3, 1 counter). T passes.

Turn 5

M draws Gift of Orzhova. He plays Orzhov Guildgate tapped. He casts Basilica Screecher with extort. (M 21, T 17). He attacks with Armored Transport and Syndicate Enforcer. T blocks Armored Transport with Gyre Sage and Syndicate Enforcer with Ivy Lane Denizen. Denizen and Enforcer die, and T takes no damage.

Wow, did I just see a Gatecrash limited combat phase with attackers and blockers where no one played a combat trick?

I actually didn't expect a block on the Enforcer. I thought he would want to keep Ivy Lane Denizen around for the counters. Maybe I shouldn't have made that attack.

T draws Island and plays Forest. He casts Frontline Medic and Frilled Oculus. Gyre Sage evolves once and is now a 3/4 with two counters. The Sage attacks and hits. (M 18, T 17). T passes.

Turn 6

M draws Swamp and plays it. He casts Smog Elemental.

CAST YOUR STUFF AFTER COMBAT.

M attacks with Basilica Screecher and hits. (M 18, T 16). He passes.

T draws Prophetic Prism. He plays Island and casts the Prism, drawing Island. He attacks with all his creatures. M does not block. T pumps Frilled Oculus and everything hits. (T 16, M 9). T passes.

Turn 7

M draws Plains. He plays it and casts Gift of Orzhova with extort on Smog Elemental. (T 15, M 10). C reponds with Rapid Hybridization on Smog Elemental, and Gift of Orzhova fizzles. M makes no attacks and passes.

FROG LIZARD ELEMENTAL.

T draws Ivy Lane Denizen. He attacks with all his creatures, and M concedes.

Nothing I can do; didn't have a great opening hand now that I see his deck.

Sideboarding

M boards in Contaminated Ground and boards out Knight Watch.

Three-color deck, Contaminated Ground is pretty good.

T boards in Angelic Skirmisher and boards out Hands of Binding.

I know, I know, you all hate this move. I want to be able to come over the top of him, mana-curve-wise; he probably has one of those "nothing-but-extort" decks and a card like Skirmisher will really ruin his day.

Game 2

M plays first. He keeps an opening hand of 2x Swamp, Plains, Angelic Edict, Kingpin's Pet, and 2x Millennial Gargoyle.

T keeps an opening hand of 2x Island, Cloudfin Raptor, Angelic Skirmisher, Simic Charm, Ivy Lane Denizen, and Gyre Sage.

I feel lucky, and I'm on the draw.

Turn 1

M plays Plains and passes.

T draws Plains. He plays Island for Cloudfin Raptor and passes.

Ok, good, yes, but how about a Forest?

Turn 2

M draws Plains, plays Swamp, and passes.

T draws Island, plays Plains, and passes.

Turn 3

M draws Gift of Orzhova, plays Plains, casts Kingpin's Pet, and passes.

T draws Simic Charm, plays Island, and passes.

Well, at least I'm not missing land drops, I guess.

Turn 4

M draws Gutter Skulk. He plays Swamp and casts the Skulk with extort. (M 21, T 19). He attacks with the Pet and hits. (M 21, T 17). He passes.

T draws Prophetic Prism. He plays Island for Prism, drawing Rust Scarab. He passes.

One more turn before he starts to play, it looks like.

Turn 5

M draws Basilica Screecher. He casts it with extort. (M 22, T 16). He attacks with the Skulk and the Pet. T blocks the pet with Cloudfin Raptor and casts Simic Charm to give it +3/+3. The Skulk hits, and the Pet dies. (M 22, T 14). M passes.

Damn. Oh well, worse things can happen.

T draws Forest and plays it. He casts Gyre Sage, evolving the Raptor. (Now 1/2). He passes.

He's going to build up.

Turn 6

M draws Midnight Recovery. He casts Gift of Orzhova with extort on Gutter Skulk. (M 23, T 13). He attacks with Skulk and Screecher. Raptor blocks Screecher. Gyre Sage blocks the Skulk, and gets Simic Charmed. The Skulk dies, though it does lifelink for 3. (M 26, T 13). M passes.

Got a lot of those, do we?

T draws Plains and plays it. He casts Ivy Lane Denizen, evolving Raptor to 2/3 and Sage to 2/3 with 1 counter. T attacks with the Sage and hits. (M 24, T 13). T passes.

One disadvantage of the extort-heavy limited decks is that you're always tapped out and your opponents can often attack with total confidence. Of course, that may be a small price to pay for all the extorting.

Turn 7

M draws Boros Reckoner. He casts Millennial Gargoyle and passes.

Really need white.

T draws Island and plays it. He casts Angelic Skirmisher, evolving Raptor and Sage to 3/4. T attacks with Sage and Raptor choosing lifelink with Angelic Skirmisher and hits. (T 19, M 18). T passes.

Turn 8

M draws Swamp. He casts Angelic Edict targeting Angelic Skirmisher. Then he passes.

T draws Rapid Hybridization. He casts Rust Scarab and orders triggers such that Cloudfin Raptor and Gyre Sage evolve, and Gyre Sage gets the Ivy Lane Denizen counter. Raptor is a 4/5 and Sage is a 5/6. T attacks with Sage and Raptor; M does not block. (T 19, M 9). T passes.

This deck is like an avalanche once it gets going.

Turn 9

M draws Plains and casts Boros Reckoner with extort. (T 18, M 10). He passes. End step, T casts Rapid Hybridization on Boros Reckoner and M concedes.

Jesus, that was awful.

FROG RECKONER LIZARD IS NOT WORTH $20

Thoughts

Rapid Hybridization is a fantastic card! So many uses in this deck. Thanks to the folks who pointed out the Ivy Lane Denizen interaction, although I didn't get to use it.

Feel like I just got some bad luck in that one. Needed Boros Reckoner out a lot sooner and I got a little mana locked there in game 2.

Results

Tappedout def. Muton 2-0

Lee def. Bernard 2-1

Elaine def. Sectoid 2-1

Grim def. P.T. 2-1

Next Round

Tappedout (2-0) vs. Bernard (1-1)

Sectoid (0-2) vs. Muton (0-2)

Grim (2-0) vs. Lee (1-1)

Elaine (2-0) vs. P.T. (0-2)