Last FNM: 3rd/4th
Game 1: 2/0
Played U/W control splash Kiora Crashing Wave. Normally a difficult match but won because I was able to bait counters, set my game up with Thoughtseize/Duress after board, Rakdos's Return in both games and removed his win cons.
Game 2: 2/1
VS Esper control I was able to survive the first game with the help of Underworld Connections and beat him down with Stormbreath Dragon and Mogis, God of Slaughter. He got second win because my Underworld Connections was countered and I was mana fucked. Third game I was able to turn 4 Slaughter Games targeting Sphinx's Revelation and it pretty much became a drawn out match until I got back to back Stormbreaths.
Game 3: 1/2
Played a Jund midrange/control deck. It was very hard to sideboard against him and he pretty much ran the same creatures as I except with the added green ramp. Also ran Vraska the Unseen with the control cards instead of kill spells including Abrupt Decay, Golgari Charm, etc.
Game 4: 2/1
VS Naya hexproof that never took off. I was able to Anger of the Gods + Devour Flesh his creatures before they got big. I sided in Duress and Erebos, God of the Dead which helped, but only showed in the third game. His problem was that he kept hands with not enough creatures to bounce back
Top 4: 0/2
I played the same control deck from Game 1 and everything went wrong. First game I was mana flooded and was unable to destroy his planeswalkers. I sided the same stuff as I did in our previous matchup but I got mana fucked and that's that.
My first top 4 and now that my brother is changing decks, I will as well. I've readjusted it for the last time because its difficult to survive to late game. The removal is supposed to hold me over to late game but most of the time I don't have enough in hand or they do too much early damage. Pharika's Cure and extra Ratchet Bombs were suggestions given to me by other players and they make the most sense. Bile Blight is not a 4 of because of the local meta. Not many people play mono-black but when I do go up against them I have other removal spells to deal with rats/devotion.
