Humans Develop Tools (Won Game Day)
Standard*
SCORE: 5 | 1 COMMENT | 811 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS
Game Day —May 21, 2017
I played the deck at Game Day today and won. Considering that there were only 8 players, that doesn't mean as much, but it was still fun.
Round 1: vs B/W Zombies
Won 2-1
My opponent was a newer player playing a budget version of the deck, with stuff like Festering Mummy and In Oketra's Name. In game 1, we spent a couple of turns developing our board and attacking past each other, until I played Pia Nalaar and decided to hold my creatures back for a turn. He swung into me with his board of smaller zombies, which I blocked. He ended up playing In Oketra's Name to turn the blocks into trades. However, I still had a thopter, which picked up some equipment and killed him in the next 2 turns. In game two, we killed each other's creaures with removal, but he was able to rebuild with back-to-back Dark Salvation while I flooded out. In game 3, I had a fast start and finished him off with Aethersphere Harvester.
Round 2: vs Mardu Vehicles
Won 2-0
Won in a couple of fun games. He was on a more aggressive version of the deck, with Inventor's Apprentice and Pia Nalaar and less removal. In both games we ended up racing, and I was a little faster. Notably, in game 2 I was able to race an Aethersphere Harvester and Heart of Kiran on his side of the board.
Round 3: vs Mardu Vehicles
Won 2-1
This match was against the judge who was running the event, who joined to get the event up to 8 players. He offered to split the prize packs and just play for the mat, but I declined. I lost game one because I wasn't fast enough and he had too much removal. I won game two really fast, with a curve of turn 1 Toolcraft Exemplar, turn 2 Thraben Inspector + Inventor's Goggles, and turn 3 Weapons Trainer + Metallic Rebuke the Scrapheap Scrounger he played to crew Heart of Kiran. In game three, he played two copies of Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, but I dominated the air with an Aethersphere Harvester and a Pia Nalaar that he was unable to find removal for.