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

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