16 players, trying to get the LAST Despise FNM promo
4 rounds.
Round 1, Game 1: OMG! You don't know how much this deck was milling me SOOOOOOOOOO HARD! Wow, this was amazing! I was mana screwed, I did have have 2x Island on hand so I knew I could do something be it countering or something. This B/U Milling machine had few creatures on board, I mean, I'm living off a of 2 Island for the majority, and either used Mana Leak to his Grave Titan which was a HUGE lifesaver! He was living of successful attacks coming from Walking Corpse and that CRAZY Mindcrank. He was sooooo close but when I got Evolving Wilds I ended up using Incinerate, that is when the offense ceased! Then, got a Sulfur Falls and was the beginning of the end for my foe. I ended up burning him to death with 2 life and 14 cards in my library. THAT was a SERIOUS close call! 1-0
Round 1, Game 2: Since I saw a lot of inexperience, I just didn't change my SB, and neither did he. This game, I had a nice hand, cards and easily burned and used Insectile Aberation easily. Nothing crazy to note. 2-0
Round 2, Game 1: This guy was using a friends deck, he was from what I saw a Zombie deck. NOTE: this game was waaaaaaaaaaaay toofast! I saw Gravecrawler, meet Red Sun's Zenith, 2x Insectile Aberation was doing LOTS of damage from from the skies, and later ANOTHER Gravecrawler came. Hey! I have another Red Sun's Zenith in my hand! Ended up burning/beating then he just scooped it for a game 2. Since, there wasn't to many creatures, I wasn't sure if he had tons of removal or anything, so I decided not to change anything. 3-0
Round 2, Game 2: This was almost a fraternal twin of game 1. Anytime he tried summoning something, I ended up Psychic Barrier and lots Chandra's Phoenix, in the end there was 3 Chandra's Phoenix. This guy was based and mad on the ground. 4-0
Round 3, Game 1: This deck was woke me up! I'm not going to lie if I see Geist of Saint Thraft, then I'll start waking up! It came in late, we both kept on countering each other, EXCEPT, he had Gut Shot with 2 life, I ended up finding out that this guy was undefeated, so I instantly kept Chandra's Phoenix on defense and just let 2x Insectile Aberation as my main offense, we kept on countering each other and in the end I was hitting too hard with a well earned win and the lovely Brimstone Volley! 5-0
Round 3, Game 2: Since I saw oh SO MANY spirit tokens, I kept my Arc Trail and tossed out Red Sun's Zenith as well as some of my draw makers and put in Slagstorm and lots of Negate. Wow was that a good switch! Slagstorm not only cleared the board but, I was able to go Brimstone Volley, he was losing it! I ended up having Chandra's Phoenix to stop those tokens and when the tokens ganged up on Chandra's Phoenix I ended up Brimstone Volley again. 6-0
Round 4, Game 1: So this is it! I'm told that if I do bad, then, I'll possibly be in 4th, so I'm not sweating that, I just wanted to get the promo first! Now, I saw lots of vamps and Signal Pest and Stormkirk Noble which was easily Arc Trail a big saving grace! Every turn, every turn a vamp would get Red Sun's Zenith even the captains! After all is done, he stopped sending in creatures, you know what THAT MEANS! Chandra's Phoenix was dropped with Go for the Throat but, Gut Shot got 2x of them back. I ended up making a comeback from 7 life and won! 7-0
Round 4, Game 2: I switched for Slagstorm that and Arc Trail seriously clears most of the board. I had a bad hand, his creatures flew into a win. I was able to counter so much, didn't get a 3rd Mountain, Snapcaster Mage proved to do so many Mana Leak, but his Gut Shot severed any ground defense and let Signal Pest go nuts. 7-1
Round 4, Game 3: When Falkrenrath Aristocrat, I didn't even care about the buff, I instantly Brimstone Volley just to keep some order like NOW, Slagstorm emptied the floor and so we were waiting for ANYTHING, but ended up being too late and we both got a tie. WTF! Lol, when he did get a captain, I Psychic Barrier it just to chip down his life, but it wasn't enough. So, 7-1-x.
I ended up getting the TOP SPOT! Woohoo! Thanks for suggestions all!
