November 26th, 2004 Wayne J. Tabor Edmonds, WA FNM Standard (10 players) Playing Ravager Affinity: 4 x Arcbound Ravager 4 X Myr Enforcer 4 X Frogmite 4 X Ornithopter 4 X Diciple of the Vault 4 X Arcbound Worker 2 X Myr Retriever 4 X Cranial Plating 4 X Thoughtcast 4 X Shrapnel Blast 2 X Chrome Mox 2 X Chromatic Sphere 2 X Welding Jar 4 X Vault of Whispers 4 X Sea of the Synod 4 X Great Furnace 4 X Darksteel Citadel -sideboard 4 X Tree of Tales 4 X Naturalize 4 X Terror 2 X Darksteel Ingot 1 x Ion Storm 1) played affinity, broodstar, control U/A (2-1) lost first game to two affinity broodstars which got to 6/6 each. didnt see his divining tops. Sided in green for naturalize and a few terrors, nautralized 2 artifact lands and terror'ed one broodstar which won the next two games for me. 2) played grave pact, ravager, diciple B/A (2-0) game was very close, his diciple along with grave pact was cripling me until I found shrapnel blast as an asnwer to his diciple, then sacked to my 2 diciples winning the game the first round. Second game I sided in the green for naturalize which helped me take out his grave pacts early, ate him down with a few cranial plated myr enforcers, drew into a ravager which I saced 3 lands for the win from diciple. 3) played my white wheenie W/A (1-2) I lent my wife my white deck which I origionaly planned on playing, she opens up with an auriok, then second turn bone splitter for a 4/2 first strike, followed by cat knight, then glorious anthem, fist game to her. Second game, I sided in naturalize and a few terrors kept then glorious anthems and bone splitters at bay, shrapnel blast took out the pale curtain, then she drew into no more creatues, second game to me. Game thee went pretty quick, I mulled down to 5 having still mana troubles, she gets out a pale curtain, I shrapnel it, then she gets out another, gets a second empyrial plates on a flying cat knight, hits me for 8 sealing the game. 4) played tooth and nail, artifact destruction B/G (1-2) oh boy! I'm playing an anti artifact deck, first game was close tied at 9-9 then he tooth and nails with entwine 2 kokusho's, legend rule eats them both sending 10 to me and him gaining 10, game one to him, Didn't see that coming since I was about to drop a diciple next round to sac for the win. I decide not to sideboard while he sideboards in 4 oxidize and 4 naturalize, oh boy!. Second game was very close again with his kodama's reached Molder Slug, then able to sack 3 artifacts to my ravager and the 2 diciples sealed the game now at 1-1. Game three I play 6 artifact lands in a row, followed by him removing each one as I play it, until I can discard a shrapnel blast to a chrome mox for the much needed mana droped a chromatic sphere, able to get him down to 13 with a cranial plated ornithopter, didnt draw into my land for the second diciple, sends his force of Molder Slug, Viridian Shaman's and Eternal Witnesses, gah!, 1 blocker couldn't do it for me. Overall It was a great time, Siding in green for naturalize made a big difference for me tonight. About 60% had affinity, and 60% had blue, I think the tooth and nail deck was the highlight of the night, all foiled and well built. I think I will be adding in 2 glimmervoids for the chromatic spheres, 2 welding jars for the chrome moxes and adding condensend into the sideboard and will let ya know how it does. 1st) U/A afinnity blue control 8-0 13$ store credit and premium card 2nd) W/A white weenie (my wife) 6-3 10$ store credit and premium card 3rd) B/G tooth and nail, anti-arti 6-4 7$ store credit and premium card 4th) R/B/U/A ravager affinity, (me!) 6-5 N/A 5th) U/A blue affinity 4-7 N/A