The Renaissance
Modern*
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Vs. U/B Mill 2-0 —May 10, 2016
First time out was a success!!!
1st Game: my opponent had me down to 10 life and 27 cards in my deck on turn 6. I popped a Vault having lost 3 in my opponents milling storm but had the other in hand and 'Nuff said!!! 2 Starfield of Nyx, Warstorm Surge, Omniscience, 2 Phyrexian Arena, 3 Exclusion Ritual, etc!!!!
2nd Game: having played against a deck like this before I knew Leyline the Void or Extirpate was coming in. Leyline was on the table after a single mulligan. But I had side boarded out: Open the Vaults and all enchantments that held only a single slot in my deck. That gave me 12 slots. I put in 4 Corrosive Gale, 3 Dismember, a Norn's Annex, and finally 4 Spellskite. Gambling on my decks creatures and Zombie Infestation was a success!!!!! I literally bit my tongue when Starfield of Nyx and 2 other copies of it vanished. Turn 5 I used a Skybind on a Hedron Crab lol. By turn 7 I had three 2/2 Zombie tokens, two Aegis of the Gods, and a Spellskite shoveling me towards victory. He conceded when I actually used Exclusion Ritual on a Jace's Phantasm.
His mistake was dropping a Mesmeric Orb. He actually tossed out two Jace's Phantasm... Bad move. I always liked U/B Mill... But it takes too long to kill a deck. Nice strategy though. If I had been playing a Zoo I think I would have won faster. But a win is a win.
Great first outing and the fight goes on!!!