Daily Dose 58 - Standard

Daily Dose of Standard

KrazyCaley

20 May 2013

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Community Matchup!

Bolas for a Better Tomorrow

Standard* KrazyCaley

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Esperanimator

Standard exarkun809

SCORE: 4 | 3 COMMENTS | 494 VIEWS

Piloted by Elaine, her comments in bold.

Game 1

Caley wins the toss and plays first. He keeps an opening hand of Island, Watery Grave, 2x Dreadbore, Chromatic Lantern, Counterflux, and Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.

Risky, but very good if I draw that third land.

Elaine keeps a hand of 2x Hallowed Fountain, Island Terminus, Supreme Verdict, 2x Unburial Rites.

Just need to get some creatures in the graveyard.

C1

C plays Watery Grave tapped.

E1

E draws Dimir Charm. She plays Hallowed Fountain tapped.

C2

C draws Island and plays it.

E2

E draws Glacial Fortress. She plays Hallowed Fountain tapped.

Also need black mana, thx.

C3

C draws Drowned Catacomb. He plays it and casts Chromatic Lantern, then passes.

E3

E draws Hallowed Fountain. She plays it tapped and passes.

At this rate I'm just going to be CASTING creatures.

C4

C draws Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. He plays Island and passes.

E4

E draws Godless Shrine and plays it untapped. (C 20, E 18). She passes.

Curious that she played it untapped. Too early for a Sphinx's Revelation. She has something instant speed with black mana in it, but what could it be?

C5

C draws Barter in Blood and does nothing. End step, E casts Dimir Charm targeting her own library.

Oh, ok, this is a reanimator deck.

E puts Forbidden Alchemy and Dissipate into the graveyard, and Thought Scour into hand.

E5

E draws Snapcaster Mage and plays Island.

C6

C draws Counterflux and does nothing. End step, E flashes down Snapcaster Mage, but C Counterfluxes it. Then E casts Thought Scour on herself, milling Detention Sphere and Forbidden Alchemy, and drawing Plains.

E6

E draws Forbidden Alchemy. She casts Unburial Rites on Snapcaster Mage, targeting and casting Thought Scour. E mills Plains and Hallowed Fountain and draws Angel of Serenity. She passes.

Man, terrible luck.

C7

C draws Mountain and plays it. He casts Dreadbore on Snapcaster Mage and passes.

E7

E draws Lingering Souls and plays Plains. She casts Lingering Souls, but C Counterfluxes it. Then she flashes it back and gets two 1/1s.

C8

C draws Staff of Nin and casts it. He immediately destroys a 1/1.

E8

E draws Forbidden Alchemy. She attacks with the 1/1 and hits. (C 19, E 18).

C9

C draws Counterflux and Murder. He does nothing. E casts Forbidden Alchemy in the end step, keeping Nephalia Drownyard and tossing Thought Scour, Isolated Chapel, and Glacial Fortress. He blows up the remaining 1/1 with Staff of Nin.

E9

E draws Detention Sphere. She plays Nephalia Drownyard.

C10

C draws Watery Grave and Swamp. He plays Swamp, casts Bolas, and destroys Godless Shrine. In response, E flashes back Forbidden Alchemy, keeping Drowned Catacomb and throwing away 2x Glacial Fortress and Sphinx of Uthuun.

E10

E draws Angel of Serenity. She plays Drowned Catacomb, then flashes back Unburial Rites targeting Sphinx of Uthuun, but C Counterfluxes it. Then E casts Detention Sphere on Bolas.

C11

C draws Sulfur Falls and Dragonskull Summit. He plays Sulfur Falls. Then he casts Bolas and E concedes.

Too much. Way bad luck on the milling.

Sideboarding

E boards out 2x Supreme Verdict and 2x Terminus and boards in 1x Jace, Memory Adept and 3x Duress.

C boards out 3x Mystic Retrieval and 3x Think Twice and boards in 2x Grafdigger's Cage, 3x Slaughter Games, and 1x Curse of Death's Hold.

Game 2

E is on the play and keeps a hand of Godless Shrine, Hallowed Fountain, Watery Grave, Island, Lingering Souls, Duress, and Dissipate.

C keeps a hand of Mountain, Swamp, 2x Drowned Catacomb, Sulfur Falls, Murder, and Slaughter Games.

E1

E plays Watery Grave untapped. (C 20, E 18). She casts Duress and eliminates Slaughter Games.

C1

C draws Grafdigger's Cage. He plays Swamp and passes.

E2

E draws Island. She plays Hallowed Fountain tapped.

C2

C draws Grafdigger's Cage. He plays Mountain and casts Grafdigger's Cage, then passes.

Well, crap.

E3

E draws Thought Scour. She plays Island and casts Lingering Souls, then passes.

C3

C draws Liliana of the Veil. He plays Drowned Catacomb and passes.

E4

E draws Drowned Catacomb. She plays it and attacks with her spirits. Caley tries to Murder one of them, but E Dissipates it. (C 18, E 18).

C4

C draws Dragonskull Summit and plays it. He casts Liliana of the Veil and uses her -2 ability to kill a spirit.

E5

E draws Godless Shrine and plays it tapped. She attacks Liliana with a spirit, sending Liliana to the graveyard.

C5

E draws Drowned Catacomb and plays Sulfur Falls.

How high's the water, mama?

End step, E casts Thought Scour, milling Hallowed Fountain and Duress and keeping Snapcaster Mage. Then she casts Snapcaster Mage.

E6

E draws Dimir Charm and plays Island. She attacks with a spirit and snapcaster. (E 18, C 15). She casts Dimir Charm at C's library, throwing away Counterflux and Drowned Catacomb and putting Mountain on top.

C6

C draws Mountain and plays it.

E7

E draws Hallowed Fountain and plays it tapped. She attacks with snapcaster and spirit. (E 18, C 12).

C7

C draws Barter in Blood and casts it, killing everything. C plays Drowned Catacomb.

E8

E draws Sphinx of Uthuun. She plays Godless Shrine tapped and casts the Sphinx. The Sphinx reveals Swamp, Watery Grave, Sphinx of Uthuun, Forbidden Alchemy, and Unburial Rites. C puts the Sphinx in one pile and the other cards in another. E selects the Sphinx and trashes the rest.

C8

C draws Island. He plays Drowned Catacomb.

About six feet high and risin'.

E9

E draws Nephalia Drownyard and plays it. She casts Sphinx of Uthuun, revealing Sphinx's Revelation, Isolated Chapel, Plains, Thought Scour, and Angel of Serenity. C puts the angel in one pile and all other cards in another pile. E throws away the angel and keeps the other cards.

This ordering makes sense because I need to buy a lot of time.

E attacks with the Sphinx and hits. (E 18, C 7)

C9

C draws Murder. He immediately Murders a Sphinx.

E10

E draws Drowned Catacomb and plays it. She casts Thought Scour on C, milling 2x Gilded Lotus. E draws Plains. E attacks with Sphinx. (E 18, C 2).

C10

C draws Staff of Nin and concedes.

Sideboarding

No changes from either side.

Game 3

C is on the play and keeps 2x Swamp, Devour Flesh, Chromatic Lantern, Murder, Dreadbore, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.

E keeps Island, Glacial Fortress, 2x Sphinx of Uthuun, Forbidden Alchemy, Sphinx's Revelation, Unburial Rites.

C1

C plays Swamp and passes.

E1

E draws Glacial Fortress, plays Island, and passes.

C2

C draws Gilded Lotus, plays Swamp, and passes.

If your deck alternately floods you AND screws you, that's how you know you have the mana balance right. PROTIP.

E2

E draws Snapcaster Mage and plays Glacial Fortress.

C3

C draws Drowned Catacomb, plays it, and casts Chromatic Lantern, then passes.

Phew.

End step, E flashes down Snapcaster Mage.

E3

E draws Plains and plays it. She attacks with snapcaster. (E 20, C 18).

C4

C draws Counterflux. He casts Dreadbore on Snapcaster Mage.

E4

E draws Angel of Serenity. She plays Glacial Fortress.

C5

C draws Mountain and plays it, then casts Gilded Lotus. End step, E casts Forbidden Alchemy, keeping Detention Sphere and throwing away Lingering Souls, Glacial Fortress, Island.

E5

E draws Snapcaster Mage. She does nothing.

Black mana!

C6

C draws Counterflux. He casts Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. Bolas blows up a Glacial Fortress.

Yes, YOU TOO can cast Bolas on four land using these three simple steps!

E6

E draws Forbidden Alchemy. She puts Detention Sphere on Bolas.

C7

C draws Staff of Nin and casts it.

E7

E draws Duress. She passes and discards Sphinx of Uthuun.

C8

C draws Dragonskull Summit and Murder. He plays Dragonskull Summit and passes.

E8

E draws Unburial Rites. She does nothing and discards Sphinx of Uthuun. [

C9

C draws Barter in Blood and Gilded Lotus. He casts Gilded Lotus.

E9

E draws Snapcaster Mage and concedes.

A little early, maybe, but mana screw is frustrating.

Never going to beat him stalling out for black mana while he builds a perfect hand with the staff.

Comments

Trashy games in 2 and 3. Game 1 was a little better, but even that one was plagued by bad luck for the reanimator deck. Not really a good look at these decks' performance.

That was a pretty slow-moving and unfun set of games. Not sure I have a lot to say about it other than it's good to have good draws?