Wednesday, July 17, 2013

GP Vegas Pools... What a Waste of Potential

Just a sealed pool for ya'll - G.P. Vegas Sealed Pools. 

For the record, I "won some and lost some"...  And we'll just leave it at that

Deck - Bomb laden Junk Dredge: 
Sword of Light and Shadow
Doubling Season
Maelstrom Pulse
Street Wraith Death Cloud (my biggest punt deck building)
Knight of the Reliquary
Dakmor Salvage
Teramorphic Expanse
 Moldervine Cloak
Search for Tomorrow
Absorb Vis x2
Worm Harvest
Incremental Growth
Walker of the Grove x2
Giant Dustwasp
Reach of Branches
Penumbra Spider
Imperiosaur
Pallid Mycoderm
Stinkweed Imp
Eternal Witness
Thallid Shell-Dweller x2
Rathi Trapper
Festering Goblin

Playable Side-board:
Pepper Smoke
Faerie Macabre
Drag Down
Kataki, War's Wage
Test of Faith
Death Rattle
Raven's Crime

Other:
Arcbound Stinger
Arcbound Wanderer
Arcbound Worker
Myr Retriever
Pyrite Spellbomb
Runed Stalactite
Amrou Seekers
Blinding Beam
Court Homunculus
Gleam of Resistance
Ivory Giant
Kithkin Greatheart
Saltfield Recluse
Sanctum Gargoyle
Veteran Armorer
Careful Consideration x2
Erratic Mutation
Etherium Sculptor
Faerie Mechanist
Logic Knot
Mulldrifter
Peer Through Depths
Perilous Research
Pestermite x2
Reach Through Mists x2
Riftwing Cloudskate
Take Possession
Vedalken Dismisser
Auntie's Snitch x2
Festering Goblin
Syphon Life x2
Warren Philpherers x2
Warren Weirding
Hana Kami
Riftsweeper
Brute Force
Crush Underfoot
Firey Fall
Hammerheim Deadeye
Rift Bolt
Stingscourger
Stinkdrinker Devil
Tar Pitcher x2
Thundering Giant x2
Progenitus
Trygon Predator

Friday, January 11, 2013

A completely Irrelevant Post - My 1st Place Avacyn Restored Pre-Release Sealed Pool

The Deck - Green/Red Aggro Soulbond:

  • Diregraf Escort
  • Somberwald Vigilante
  • Lightning Mauler
  • Wandering Wolf x2
  • Boarderland Ranger
  • Hanweir Lancer x2
  • Wolfir Avenger
  • Flowering Lumberknot x2
  • Druid's Familiar
  • Yew Spirit
  • Howlgeist
  • Wolfir Silverheart
  • Snare the Skies
  • Joint Assault
  • Lightning Prowess
  • Thunderbolt
  • Pillar of Flame
  • Triumph of Ferocity
  • Abundant Growth
  • Bladed Bracers
  • Tormentor's Trident
  • +Lands
Play Notes:
  • It was a small Pre-Release, 16 players, 4 rounds.
  • The original plan was to beat down with a 9/9 Lumberknot, but that never materialized; and yes, I know that Lumberknot was a swingy inclusion, if not an outright limited trap, but the Timmy in me couldn't resist the siren call of under costed 5/5's...
  • Curving out Hanweir Lancer into Druid's Familiar  was just dirty in the early game.  Two turn 4 first striking 4/4's won be more than one game. 
  • I had the following scenario happen with that combination.  I played my turn 3 Hanweir Lancer, my opponent asked what's its Soulbond ability was, and I told him.  He assumed that I was bonding it to my Diregraf Escort as well; which I never stated.  There was some heartburn over that miscommunication. 

The Pool:

White: 
  • Cathedral Sanctifier x2
  • Nearheath Pilgrim
  • Moorland Inquisitor
  • Thraben Valiant
  • Moonlight Geist
  • Farbog Explorer
  • Seraph of Dawn
  • Leap of Faith
  • Cursebreak
  • Cloudshift
  • Divine Deflection
  • Terminus
  • Defang
  • Call to Serve
  • Builder's Blessing

Blue: 
  • Wingcrafter
  • Nephalia Smuggler
  • Alchemist's Apprentice
  • Fetter Geist x2
  • Lunar Mystic
  • Lone Revenant
  • Outwit x2
  • Ghostly Flicker
  • Second Guess
  • Fleeting Distraction
  • Peel from Reality
  • Geist Snatch
  • Dreadwaters
  • Spectral Prison
  • Ghostly Touch
Black:
  • Hunted Ghoul
  • Butcher Ghoul
  • Crypt Creeper
  • Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • Searchlight Geist (Foil)
  • Evernight Shade
  • Driver of the Dead
  • Essence Harvest x2
  • Ghoulflesh x2
  • Demonic Rising
  • Grave Exchange
  • Unhallowed Pact
  • Mental Agony
  • Death Wind
Red:
  • Falkenrath Exterminator
  • Scalding Devil
  • Kessig Malcontents
  • Riot Ringleader
  • Raging Poltergeist
  • Battle Hymn
  • Uncanny Speed
  • Demolish

Green:
  • Wildwood Geist
  • Nettle Swine

Artifacts:
  • Narstad Scrapper