Corrupted Hallucinations

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Playtest #2 —May 14, 2013

These tests are conducted in a game-1 environment which means no sideboarding. I have a decent idea of what cards they will be running in the sideboard once I see some of their mainboard cards but in this testing stage I want to see if the deck can even hold up as is

Got to run a few games against an American superfriends type deck. It runs, of course, several planeswalkers like Tamiyo, the Moonsage, Jace, Architect of Thought, Gideon, Champion of Justice, Ral Zarek, and Chandra, the Firebrand. The deck supports it with many burn spells and several miracle cards like Bonfire of the Damned, Terminus, Temporal Mastery along with other tempo spells.

Game 1 he was on the play and removed my Crypt Ghast right before I dropped in Progenitor Mimic, which made me have to hold him back for a few more turns. My Thragtusk ran into Turn / Burn and got removed completely before he started dropping planeswalkers. Jace got him the card advantage he needed to stay ahead while Tamiyo locked down my land to keep me behind while Gideon gets bigger and bigger and eventually started swinging. I was able to Reap Intellect his hand away but he responded with a Reverberate, removing my hand as well but didn't catch anything too crucial. He eventually forced me to play my own Tamiyo just to stop his Tamiyo from using her ultimate, only to drop another one in front of me. Game was pretty much over after that since I was running on fumes and Sphinx's Revelation wasn't seen that game.

Game 2 was different. He was behind on land drops for a turn or two before playing Gideon, Champion of Justice, but I already established my board with a Crypt Ghast and Thragtusk the turn before. I dropped Progenitor Mimic as a Thragtusk (since I didn't have Mind Grind in my hand, I wanted to work with what I have and go with the win-con already present). Unfortunately, he just hardcasted Terminus them all away leaving me with 2 beast tokens. He dropped Tamiyo, the Moon Sage tapping down one of my beasts to slow down the damage while gideon grew bigger and bigger. After end-of-turn Sphinx's Revelation, I was able to replenish my hands with just what I needed. I got Tamiyo down to 1 counter, leaving my field open for attacks. He took the bait and swung in with the 12/12 Gideon, which I promptly responded with Devour Flesh (he was the only creature on his side of the field). 12 life to him was negligible since I didn't plan to zero him at that point. I eventually reestablished control after 2 more Sphinx's Revelation, getting me all of the tools I need to grind him to death. By this point, he was running on empty hands and was at the my mercy with only a couple planeswalkers to get him by. I eventually got to Mind Grind him for 14 which was more than enough to kill him since he had 12 lands out with one in the graveyard.

Game 3 was similar to Game 2 in that the game was decided in the lategame. My saving grace was the lone Gaze of Granite which was able to sweep all three of his 4-drop planeswalkers at once which really hurt him. This time, I was able to Mind Grind him for 23 thanks to my Crypt Ghast after we both had a buttload of lands out and I was gaining too much life for him to burn me down. Thanks, Thragtusk, Progenitor Mimic, and Sphinx's Revelation!

That concludes my testing for the night. I will likely be doing more tests later today.

Still having a tough time dealing with planeswalkers so I'm thinking of putting back Duress and/or Appetite for Brains.