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Deck
Name:Land Destruction
My
Name:Gareth Brown (Hi every1 !)
City/State
of the tournament:Wiltshire Trowbridge UK
Date of
Tourney:1/3/01
No of
people:#35
My
Deck
4 Flaling
soldier
4
Sciesmic mage
4 Nakaya shade
4 Stone
rain
4 Rain of Tears
4
Devestate
4 Implode
4 Rystic Shyphon
4 Despoil
4 Dingus
egg
10 Swamp
10
Mountain
Both me and
my brother arrived at this tourney eager to play.We
did some trading and I finally got my last dingus
egg.(Yes !).After we wrote out deck lists and handed
them into the Judge.Soon after the computer printed
off my first opponent in this topsy turvy day.
Game
1 Gareth Vs Iain
Well,this was what
a month of intensive playing was about.Iain was a good
player with a Zombie deck.I won the flip and decided
to drop.A few turns later I was comfortable with Iain
using Deadpult to get rid of his Zombies.I started to
focus more on attacking then Land destruction and
somehow he got enough land out to play Twilights
call.(If anyone doesn't know each player returns all
creatures from his/her graveyard to play).After he
just used Deadapult to beat me a few turns later.
Game
2 Gareth Vs Iain
This
time I was determined not to make the same mistake.I
continously destroyed land after land whilst using the
syphons when able and eventually a 10/10 Flailing
soldier was just too much for even Lord of the Undead
to handle.One all
Game
3 Gareth Vs Iain
Sometimes no
matter how hard you try Lady Luck just aint on your
side.It shuffled my deck throughly and yet I drew all
land.Well I kept but there was no Land destruction
till my 6th turn and if anyone has played land
destruction they'll know that it is just too late by
then.Iain had a Lava Zombie and Lord of the Undead and
despite Nakaya Shade killing a Scuta he still won
easily.Oh well.
Game 1
Gareth Vs Shaun
Shaun
was using a Rith deck and I knew almost straight away
I didn't have a hope because
A)Stupidly
I had forgot creature distruction
B)I
can't deal with flying
To
make matters worse by using his Familiars he brought
him out even faster then expected.(Aggggggggh !!!
).Then just when you thought it couldn't get any worse
he used an Armidillo cloak and put it on Rith.Soon
after I was just completly overwelmed with green
saprolings and despite Rhystic syphon helping I was
left wishing I had a nice terminate in my hand.
Game
2 Gareth Vs Shaun
I started fast and
furious by destroying land as quickly as I
could.Finnaly I got out a dingus egg,then another,then
another and there was no Cloak or Rith.I used Implode
when on two life and drew and...Despoil.I despoiled
him for 8 damage which was more then enough for a
suprise victory.
Game 3
Gareth Vs Shaun
The
victory dance didn't last long as I muliganed
twice,each time drawing a worse hand whilst all the
time my opponent was grining smugly.I pannicked .What
if he had Rith.Or a cloak.Or both! (Aggggghhh)But in
the end it was just 4 birds of Paradise which when all
four were out I had the imense pleasure of playing a
devestate (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)Oh joy.The celabration was
short lived when in the midgame Rith came out but I
didn't care really.I shook hands and grabbed some
lunch.
Game
1 Gareth Vs Matthew
Well at least I
was playing someone who hadn't won too.It was his
first tourney and like me had decided not too use
something boring(ie Blastogeddon and rebels)He had
opted for a spectrum deck.Fair enough.I wasn't
complaning as I had a wide choice of lands to
destroy.Oh and I did.Rain of Tears followed Implode
followed by four straight Syphons ensured a 40-0
victory for me.
Game 2
Gareth Vs Matthew
I
decided to save my land destruction this time and I
was glad I did.An early flailing soldier dealt serious
damage and Nakaya Shade came in for backup.I decided
not too destroy his lands as there was little
point.BIG MISTAKE.After 4 wandering streams,Draco
arrived.(HELP)I destroyed lands like mad in my turn
only for my opponent to forget to pay his 4.Syphons
helped again and Sciesmic mage with Dingus egg wrapped
it upin the late game.I wished my opponent luck,shook
hands(Boy did he have a firm grip)and moved to the
next table
Match 1
Gareth Vs Nigel
Nigel was using a
blue and white control with meddling mage in.After a
mulligan I had a fairly good hand.My sciesmic mage
came out early and started to work its magic.On his
turn six he had no land.Then I simply played a Flaling
Soldier
and pumped it up
whilst laying a few Dingus Eggs(Ha Ha Ha).A few turns
later it was all over.
Match
2 Gareth Vs Nigel
This
time I hadn't shuffled my deck and I payed the price.A
rootwater thief bled my deck dry and when 3 millstones
were out and a Telferie's moat and I can't play
Syphon,Rain of Tears or Dingus egg I figured I just
might have lost.When Blinding Angel appered.I knew I
had lost.
Match 3
Gareth Vs Nigel
I had learnt my
lesson and shuffled this time.But still a pantz hand.I
just played it and hoped for the best.But despite all
my best land destruction attempts,the mages still
meddled and the angels still blinded.I however had a
plan.He had only named Stone Rain and Rain of
Tears couldn't be played.I still had Dingus eggs and
with Despoil they could be nasty.I saved my despoil's
and got out 3 eggs.I used Despoil.8 Damage.And again.8
Damage.Yes I had done it.Another win and I was moving
up the ladder.
Game
1 Gareth Vs Nat
If
I won this one then I could grab a top 8 placing.Nat
was using Blue/black control deck with Warped
devotion.I decided that Both my creatures and the egg
needed to arrive fast and they would be the main
priority.I drew.2 Mountains,a Dingus Egg,1 Swamp,and 3
Flaling soldiers.Ok here it goes.I played a
soldier.And another.And another.By this time some land
destruction cards had arrived and after laying an
egg(Ha Ha Ha)I started to do what this deck was meant
to and destroy some land.A few turns later my opponent
was on 4 and a Rhystic Syphon made me one step closer
to a final 8 placing.
Game 2
Gareth Vs Nat
This game was
really odd.I guess Nat had had my earlier problem of
not shuffling and after mulliganing 5 times he quit
saying that there was no point in playing on.So that
was it.I was eighth or was I.The computer printed off
the finalresult table and I was (Drumroll please)
9TH
I had lost one
game too many.If only I hadn't been so sure of
myself.If only I had shuffled better.Oh well.All those
things are part of the learning process in Magic and
one day I will win.I did get a booster though.I choose
Invasion and got a...Phrexian Delver.(Duh)Even when I
win I end up losing .Oh well.
I had a great day
out despite not doing too great.
Time
for Props and Slops
Props
Slops
Well
thanks for reading and if you have any response to
this article then please feel free to mail me @
Thank You
for reading
Gareth
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