07/12/19
I've played the deck for the first time at my local gamestore the "Dobbelsteen" (fun fact, some high level Dutch players originated from this gamestore). The meta around here is spiky as can be with the matchups being the following:
- Green Tron
- Emry/Urza Prison
- UW Control
- EldraziTron
I drawed against Tron in my first round and went on to face Urza.
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I won this with 2-1, going infinte twice with my Eternal Witness/Timewarp combo. The machtup is though but the addition of black pulled me through with Thoughtseize being the MVP.
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UW control is an interesting matchup. Counter wars where a big thing and here also black was the main reason for winning the third round with 2-1. Thoughtseize disrupted my opponent at crucial moments, dark confidant was a great value engine and Siege rhino gave me the much needed pressure.
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Eldrazi Tron has to be one of my worst matchups. I've played against it several times with the BANT version and always lost. This was no exception, still I went 1-2 so there is a possibility but still an awfull matchup.
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So in the end I had a record of 2-1-1, granting me the third place witch I'm happy with for a first attempt. I think if I wouldn't have gone into "time" in the first round it even could have been a 3-1 record since I had a strong hand in game three. Black is a main stay for the moment, I really like the addition of thoughtseize.