Started against a G/W mid-range deck. Wasn't too bad. I got steamrolled in the first game after drawing 5 lands in a row, but the second and third games were decided by Abrupt Decay killing off Selensya Keyrunes and Loxodon Smiters, and Chandra, the Firebrand copying Dreadbores to kill Armada Wurm in its entirety. 2-1
Second round, I battled against a Bant Control deck with Geist of Saint Traft and a few other early-game bombs. Huntmaster of the Fells
Flip flipps over, though, and started thrashing his life away. Every Planeswalker he cast met a Dreadbore on the following turn and he couldn't catch up. For the second game, I melted his face with Farseek on turn 2, Chandra, the Firebrand on turn 3, and a copied Rakdos's Return for 3 on turn 4. His hand was gone and he was top-decking with nothing on the board. Deathrite Shaman ate up his previous hand and he couldn't do anything. 2-0
Round 3, I was up against a 4CC deck. He couldn't find a second blue source for Dissipate or Jace, Architect of Thought and a Vraska the Unseen on my fourth turn ticked up in Loyalty. By the time he could start playing permanents, Vraska was using Vindicate each turn to clear the way for Ravager of the Fells
Flip and its Wolf token. Second game, he got land-screwed against and scooped on turn-3 against Chandra. It was probably for the best, though, since Rakdos's Return for 3 (copied for 6) was going to happen on the following turn.
Round 4, I was pitted against RakDos Wins. He got me too low in life in the first game for me to stabilize. Second game, he had out two Rakdos Shred-Freaks and I cast a Chandra, the Firebrand, killing one off and killing the other on the following turn. Landing a Thragtusk after that solidified my board position and life total. Game 3, he was stuck on 3 lands with 2 (assumed) un-castable cards. I copied Slaughter Games with Chandra, named Thundermaw Hellkite and Hellrider, and both were there. Yes, I know the first one resolves and I get to look at his hand, then the second resolves and I can just call something from his hand. But I was getting ahead of myself. And I'm still a winner.
Top 8 - Played against the G/W mid-range guy from the first round. I got land-flooded 2 games in a row. Second game, had a massive board with Gavony Township out. After a series of complicated blocks, I was at 1 life and then top-decked Bonfire of the Damned. It would've saved me if it wasn't for his Thragtusk giving him a Beast token. Very unfortunate.
Post-tournament thoughts:
Chandra, the Firebrand is shit-balls amazing. Why is no one playing her?! She's retardedly good. Copying ANY of the spells in your average Jund deck will either give you a MASSIVE advantage or simply win you the game (like a turn-4 Rakdos's Return for 3, which becomes "Your opponent takes 6 and discards his/her hand"). And her ultimate is essentially Bonfire of the Damned for 6. Which can also just end the game.
Underworld Connections is also very good. For the extremely low price of 1 life a turn, I'm drawing twice as many cards as my opponent.
