I went to a star city classic and enjoyed myself. I played 8 rounds and went 4-4, it should have been 3-4-1 or 5-3 but I will get into that later.
1st Round Vs. U/W Mill
My first round of the night was a match up I was not looking forward to. I started the first round with a suspect hand because I hoped it could become a great 5 or 6 turn game ender. What happened was that he milled me out while gaining life and tapping my creatures down before I could attack. He never put up a blocker but he showed he did not need them. Round 2 I was annoyed at being milled out and took a hand without a win condition in it and suffered another loss because of it.
Lost 0-2
2nd Round Vs. Selesnya aggro
I went in with a great first hand and beat them down with zombies and I took care of everything they put on the field. The second game I took a slow hand and it proved fatal when he flashed in a Wolfir Avenger for a surprise block, after that he was able to drop a Wolfir Silverheart and swing in quickly for the victory. The third game I tried to battle back but between his Rancor and Avenger I couldn't keep up and he beat me quite soundly.
Lost 1-2
3rd Round Vs. Blue Control
This is one of the rounds I should have played differently and ended up in a draw but because they resigned at the end I got a win out of it. I won the first round by staying over extended and trying to swing round after round. In the second game they were able to keep my creatures from ever touching the field while swinging with 2/2 drakes tokens for the win. In the 3rd game I gained control of the board while she gained control of the Unsummon and Clone to keep us in a stalemate that lasted until time was called, on the last turn when we should have went to a draw she resigned so I could have the win. Had I played more aggresively in game 3 i would have had the win.
Won 2-1 Real Result 1-1-1 Draw
Round 4 Vs. Geist of Saint Taft
This deck's plan was simple get Geist of Saint Taft on the field and buff him up then swing for victory. I won the first round because he never drew into his Geist and couldn't compete with me without it. In the second round he used a Silverblade Paladin soul bound to the 4/4 angel with Geist to kill me in 2 hits. I figured he got lucky and decided to take a hand that said beatdown, he brought out Geist put a Spectral Flight and a Silverblade Paladin to finish me off before I could mount up any defence. I could not compete with the speed Geist created, the only way I could have won that game was a miracle Bonfire of the Damned and I am not even sure that would have worked.
Lost 1-2
Round 5 Vs. Lingering Souls
I won the first game by keeping him off the board. I won the second game when he got mana screwed on a 2 land hand. Vampire Nighthawk by himself basically won the first game for me and in the second he made an appearance but was not really needed.
Won 2-0
Round 6 Vs. RDW
This is the round I am kicking myself for most of all. In the first game we had a race and I was a turn to slow. With that in mind I decided it would probably be my win because I got to go first. instead I decided to attack with Hound of Griselbrand instead of saving him as a blocker 2 recently cracked Hellion Crucible had I blocked I would have won game 2, we played a 3rd and 4th game and in both of those games I crushed him. I have been kicking myself because I should have won that round, life goes on however.
Lost 0-2
Round 7 Vs. Mono Green
We played 2 rounds and they went pretty similar. I would let him ramp up while I hit him with Gravecrawlers then he would bring something big out to attack and i would take a hit and then Dreadbore it, then swing in for the win.
Won 2-0
Round 8 Vs Mirror
In game 1 I started up with a 3 land hand and 3 Gravecrawlers the result was a race that ended up with me winning. In the second game I went down to 4 cards and could not get a decent enough start to make any fight against him. In the 3rd round we went back and forth but I had more removal and kept his threats off of the battlefield and won by a good margin.
Win 2-1
Overall I met my lowest goal that I set for the day which was not to lose more games then I won. I definetly need to work on looking at the board state and make better deicisions. Losing 1 game because I was to hasty is 1 game too many. After all is said and done though I had a good time playing and hanging out with friends. Next time I want to get in the top 8 though :).
This is the last deck rotation for this deck as I will be moving to my jund midrange build. This deck has served me well for my first standard season and I am proud of it. Here is a link to my Jund build if you wouldn't mind taking a look at it and giving me advice and +1's on it. The Deck is a Lie
