DGM Draft Debate - Round 1 vs. Raynor

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

29 May 2013

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Unknown KrazyCaley

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Piloted by KrazyCaley, comments in italics.

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Raynor's DGM DDD Deck

Unknown* KrazyCaley

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Piloted by Raynor, comments in bold.

Game 1

Caley wins the toss and plays first.

C mulligans an opening hand of 2x Forest, Swift Justice, Putrefy, Armory Guard, Balustrade Spy, and Ubul Sar Gatekeepers

Unacceptable.

R keeps an opening hand of Mountain, Plains, Rogue's Passage, Avenging Arrow, Orduun Veteran, Tenement Crasher, and Blaze Commando.

C keeps a 6 hand of 2x Plains, Swamp, Golgari Guildgate, Swift Justice, and Thrashing Mossdog.

C1

C plays Golgari Guildgate and passes.

R1

R draws Debt to the Deathless, plays Plains, and passes.

C2

C draws Forest, plays Plains, and passes.

I find that the more different colors you can show in lands early in a match, the more intimidating you are.

R draws Mountain and plays it, then passes.

Slow start for both sides. So much for this format supposedly being all fast.

C3

C draws Plains, plays Swamp, and passes.

Having a lot of mana is good, especially when your opponent isn't doing anything.

R3

R draws Daring Skyjek, plays Mountain, and casts Daring Skyjek.

C4

C draws Guardian of the Gateless, plays Forest, and casts Thrashing Mossdog.

Now things get interesting.

R4

R draws Plains and plays it. He attacks with Daring Skyjek and C does not block. (R 20, C 17). R casts Ordruun Veteran and passes.

This offers me a convenient "excuse" for not attacking him this coming turn. I would prefer to leave Thrashing Mossdog untapped and use Swift Justice as a kill spell, but doing so when he has no available blockers would make him rightly suspicious. Now I can refuse to attack because he has an available lethal damage blocker, although he should still be a LITTLE suspicious because one should always be happy to trade his Thrashing Mossdog for an Ordruun Veteran.

C5

C draws Plains and plays it.

Also highly suspicious is the fact that I did nothing this turn. We'll see if he goes for it anyway.

R5

R draws Swamp and plays it. He attacks with Daring Skyjek alone. C blocks with Thrashing Mossdog and casts Swift Justice on it. (C 21, R 20). Mossdog dies. End step, R destroys the Mossdog with Avenging Arrow.

That went about as well as could be expected. He is now showing Executioner's Swing mana, which is irrelevant for now since I have no creatures, but should be remembered.

C6

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

The flood is becoming a problem. If he has any reasonable cards at all in hand, we could be in real trouble shortly.

R6

R draws Mugging. He attacks with Ordruun Veteran.

Ok, so there's a combat trick. I could trade, but right now I need information about what he's going to do more than I need 3 life.

C does not block. (R 20, C 18).

I win whether he blocks or not. Now I'm ahead on the damage race, can cast more stuff, and can use Rogue's Passage.

R plays Rogue's Passage and casts Blaze Commando.

That is a SEVERE problem, although one that my Guardian of the Gateless can hold at bay for as long as it survives. No wonder he wanted to try and trade first.

C7

C draws Plains and plays it.

Only 8 lands left in my 29-card library now.

R7

R draws Blaze Commando. He attacks with Ordruun Veteran and hits. (R 20, C 15). He casts Blaze Commando and passes.

Dear god.

C8

C draws Swamp and plays it.

I swear to god I thoroughly shuffled this deck.

Harsh.

R8

R draws Plains and plays it. He casts Mugging targeting Guardian of the Gateless and gets 4 hasty 1/1s. Then he casts Tenement Crasher, and C concedes.

That was an impressive onslaught. Hopefully he wasted his magical christmas land run against a crappy flooding draw. If that's an average performance for his deck, though, look out.

Sideboarding

C boards in Illness in the Ranks and boards out Swift Justice.

R makes no changes.

Game 2

C plays first. He keeps a hand of Swamp, Plains, Armory Guard, Azorius Arrester, Pit Fight, Illness in the Ranks, and Kraul Warrior.

R keeps a hand of Rakdos Guildgate, Swamp, Mountain, Rogue's Passage, Perilous Shadow, Executioner's Swing, and Viashino Firstblade.

C1

C plays Swamp and casts Illness in the Ranks, then passes.

Take THAT, Blaze Commando.

R1

R draws Plains.

Awesome, needed that.

R plays Rakdos Guildgate and passes.

C2

C draws One Thousand Lashes. He plays Plains and casts Azorius Arrester, then passes.

Hate to be so inefficient, but need to start rolling some damage through.

R2

R draws Mountain and plays Plains, then passes.

C3

C draws Forest and plays it. He attacks with Azorius Arrester and hits. (C 20, R 18). R kills it with Executioner's Swing.

Not a great use of the Swing, unless he has no plausible defenders.

C casts Kraul Warrior and passes.

R3

R draws Rakdos Ragemutt. He plays Mountain, casts Viashino Firstblade and attacks and hits with it. (R 18, C 16).

The ragemutt gives me a really good path to victory with Rogue's Passage.

C4

C draws Stab Wound. He does nothing.

I'll need that Stab Wound to neutralize something bigger, or at least start dealing free damage. The Warrior can hold off the Viashino for now.

R4

R draws Mountain and plays Swamp. He casts Perilous Shadow and passes.

Oh, now THAT is a Stab Wound target.

C5

C draws Golgari Guildgate and plays it tapped. He casts Stab Wound on Perilous Shadow (now a -2/4).

R5

R bleeds from the Stab Wound. (R 16, C 16). R plays Mountain and casts Rakdos Ragemutt, then attacks with it and hits. (R 19, C 13). R passes.

Fantastic creature, already a huge momentum swing.

Hello One Thousand Lashes target.

C6

C draws Guardian of the Gateless. He casts One Thousand Lashes on Rakdos Ragemutt.

Cuh-RACK THAT WHIP

Huh. That's kind of an interesting win condition.

R7

R bleeds. (R 16, C 13) draws Maze Sentinel. He casts it and attacks with Viashino Firstblade. C trades it for Kraul Warrior.

C8

C draws Dutiful Thrull. He casts Armory Guard and passes.

R8

R bleeds. (R 13, C 13). He draws Deviant Glee and plays Rogue's Passage. He enchants the Sentinel with Deviant Glee, making it a 5/7. He makes it unblockable with Rogue's Passage and attacks, hitting. (R 13, C 8).

He's winning the race, unless I get a land to get Guardian of the Gateless out next turn.

C9

C draws Forest and plays it. He attacks with Armory Guard and hits. (R 11, C 8). He casts Guardian of the Gateless and passes.

R9

R bleeds. (R 8, C 8). He draws Blaze Commando and concedes.

Can't kill him before the next draw.

Premature. He could have bought a turn by just holding still. I know he has direct damage in there.

Sideboarding

C makes no changes.

R boards in Wear / Tear and Riot Piker for Deviant Glee and Bane Alley Blackguard.

Need to get faster and deal with those enchantments.

Game 3

R plays first. He keeps an opening hand of 2x Swamp, Mountain, Plains, Daring Skyjek, Mugging, and Ordruun Veteran.

Good. Nice and fast.

C keeps a hand of 2x Plains, Selesnya Guildgate, Azorius Arrester, Ogre Jailbreaker, Unflinching Courage, and Kraul Warrior.

R1

R plays Mountain and passes.

C1

C draws Balustrade Spy, plays Selesnya Guildgate, and passes.

R2

R draws Mountain, plays Plains, casts Daring Skyjek, and passes.

C2

C draws Drudge Beetle, plays Plains, casts Azorius Arrester targeting Daring Skyjek, and passes.

R3

R draws Skyknight Legionnaire. He plays Swamp, casts the Legionnaire and attacks/hits with it. (R 20, C 18).

C3

C draws Swamp and plays it. He casts Kraul Warrior. Then he attacks with Azorius Arrester and hits. (R 18, C 18).

Next turn, hopefully, we'll get some permanent lifegain going with the Unflinching Courage. This turn wouldn't have worked because he could just trade the Skyjek for it if I turned Azorius Arrester into Robocop.

R4

R draws Viashino Firstblade. He plays Mountain and casts the Firstblade. Then he attacks with everything, and it all hits. (R 18, C 9).

Would have to double-block the firstblade to stop it, can't even block the other stuff.

R casts Mugging on Kraul Warrior.

Augh. But I can still put the courage on the Arrester!

C4

C draws Forest and plays it. He puts Unflinching Courage on Azorius Arrester.

Time to execute directive 3.

C attacks with Arrester and hits. (R 14, C 13).

R5

R draws Tenement Crasher. He plays Swamp and casts Ordruun Veteran, then attacks with everything and hits. (R 14, C 6).

C5

C draws Golgari Guildgate and plays it. He attacks with Arrester and hits. (R 10, C 10). He casts Ogre Jailbreaker and passes.

The aggro route is the only way to avoid quickly bleeding to death. If he has any decent removal, he'll probably win. The Jailbreaker needs to come out because it can still trade with the Veteran even after battalion.

R6

R draws Bomber Corps and casts it. He attacks with all his other creatures. C trades Veteran for Jailbreaker and takes the rest. (R 10, C 3).

C6

C draws Maze Abomination and plays Plains. He attacks with Azorius Arrester and hits. (C 7, R 6). He casts Drudge Beetle and Balustrade Spy and mills a single Plains with it.

Super risky play, I know, but I can't just sit there and let him slowly run me over with flyers.

R7

R draws Plains and plays it. He casts Tenement Crasher, then attacks with everything, dealing 1 to C with Bomber Corps. (R 6, C 6). C blocks Tenement Crasher with Drudge Beetle and trades Balustrade Spy for Daring Skyjek. Everything else hits. (R 6, C 1).

He has no cards left, and now he loses by force. I can't imagine why he attacked this way given the fact that he has no play left to avoid losing now.

C draws Putrefy. C activates the scavenge ability of Drudge Beetle targeting Azorius Arrester then attacks with it.

SHE'S NOT ARRESTING YOU ANYMORE.

Arrester hits for lethal damage. (C 1, R 0). C wins the match 2-1.

I completely forgot that Drudge Beetle did that. Deserved to lose that one.

Comments

I felt like our deck was fairly overmatched, but significant gameplay errors by Raynor allowed me to steal the victory.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. I should have sideboarded in some more speed after game 1, and in game 3 I just threw away the win. Still, I like how the deck is running.

Results (with Elaine's Commentary)

Tappedout def. Raynor 2-1 (Game 1, Raynor's deck was faster and had more important threats- Caley got run over. Game 2, Caley drew a bunch of Wanderlust type stuff and Raynor couldn't power through enough damage in time to avoid papercut death. Game 3, Raynor again had the faster, more powerful stuff, but he clearly threw away big winning chances by not reading Drudge Beetle; Caley kept a cool head to create the opportunity to capitalize.)

Niko def. Fisher 2-1 (Close match. Game 1, Fisher builds up a ton of threats, Niko almost neutralizes them with Ral Zarek, but Fisher draws Toil / Trouble to eliminate Ral and get overwhelming card advantage. Game 2, Niko has way too much removal. Game 3, very close match that could have gone either way, but Niko draws a clutch Morgue Burst on Leyline Phantom to take out the Ripscale Predator that was going to win it for Fisher, followed by a topdecked Hypersonic Dragon to close things out. Very tight, solid set of games, both decks look scary.)

C.J. def. Lee 2-0 (Game 1, Lee builds up early advantage but then Rubblebelt Raiders takes over the game. Game 2, it's a deadlock because Lee gets kind of mana screwed while CJ is slow, but then they both get out some creatures. Then CJ casts Gruul War Chant to win.)

Chryssalid def. Ethereal 2-1 (Game 1, Ethereal does a bunch of damage while Chryssalid has to mull to 6 and tries to build up for a huge Merciless Eviction, which would have worked if Ethereal hadn't killed her with a small Debt to the Deathless before she could blow up all his stuff. Game 2, Ethereal's turn to get kind of mana screwed - he had cheap stuff to cast, but Chryssalid kept getting land and just overwhelmed him with lots of different awful stuff. Game 3, Merciless Eviction then Beck / Call wins it for Chryssalid after a long standoff where Ethereal was whittling her down slowly.)

Next round

TappedOut (1-0) vs. Niko (1-0)

Lee (0-1) vs. Raynor (0-1)

Fisher (0-1) vs. Ethereal (0-1)

C.J. (1-0) vs. Chryssalid (1-0)