Since I will be doing my senior project on Magic, I figure that I should start reporting. Luckily, I have my status updates on facebook and memory to refer to.
7/22:FNM
Our summer started in July with an M12 draft that I went to with Ben and Joe. I was running a black/green deck with no real win condition. I hadn't really thought about bombs or really anything considering it was the first tournament, and had no idea what was in the set, so I went with cards that seemed useful and came to be green/black. I had a doom blade or two, and an Onyx mage, and overall, the deck wasn't horrible, it just didn't really have a consistent win condition. So, the tournament started, and I was up against a deck, which's only color that I remember was red, although I think it was red, white, and blue. The match didn't go horrible, but it ended up with him actually playing scrambleverse, which left me defenseless and caused me to lose. The second match, I was up against a deck, which primarily was based on blue, and I lost due to it's constant card advantage and fliers. At this point, I was 0-2, and was very disappointed, and was was even more doubtful when I found that I was paired up. My oppenent was not very happy about being paired down, and played a deck that was primarily white, and used Griffin Sentinel. Surprisingly, I managed to win the first game, by making use of Onyx Mage, causing my opponent to get even more annoyed. Unfortunately, I ended up losing the second game, due to not being able to block his fliers. So it all came down to the third game, which was a very close game. We were both hitting each other, slowly, and it was a back and forth battle, with him hitting me with his Griffin Sentinels. In the end, I won, although my life was very low. To be honest, though, this guy's frustration made it clear to me that I would win this match, since he couldn't play right. In the end, had he played his cards differently, I would have almost definitely lost.
7/25: Discount Draft
After this tournament, I read up on a bunch of general drafting strategies, as well as the card ratings on Channel Fireball, and tried another draft. This one went much better, and is the one I talked about previously. I drafted a white/blue with Frost Titan and Gideon and a ton of draw power. I won the first match, against a Red deck that couldn't handle facing Gideon, Frost Titan, and Serra Angel, and 2-0'd him. Next I faced one of the coolest people I had ever met, and his name was Dylan (the person I just beat was his dad). Ben and I had been talking to him, and when I showed him my Frost Titan, he pulled out his Inferno Titan. From there we knew we had to face each other, and we did in the next round. I knew he had Inferno Titan, and decided stupidly to mana leak his demonic tutors, when I obviously should have waited for the titan itself. Anyways, I had nothing to counter the titan and lost round one. Round two, I let him get the titan, celestial purged or mana leaked it, and played my titan, resulting in my win. Now it was round three. Once again, he played his Titan only for it to get Celestial Purged (or maybe it was mana leak), but this time, he was able to counter my titan, since he was red, black, and blue. While both our Titans were gone, I still had Gideon, which I was able to resolve and ended up winning thanks to it. Round three, I faced a green/white deck, run by a guy who was trying to keep his rating up to secure his three byes at Grand Prix Pittsburgh. I won game one just barely, thanks to Gideon, although game two I was defeated along with Gideon. It all came down to game three again, but I wasn't getting my bombs, and as the game drew on, I found myself getting cornered. The only way for me to win was to draw Frost Titan. I had my draw and my two looters. I drew, not it. Merfolk looter, number one. Not there. If I used my other looter and didn't get it, then I wouldn't be able to block his attacks and would lose the game. Luckily, it was Frost Titan and I was able to stop his attacks and win the game. We reported this as 1-2 for me, so that he could keep his points (this was with the ELO system).
7/29: FNM
Draft number 3, I went on my own, and ended up with a similar deck to last time, except less than four mana leaks, and my only bomb was Sphinx of Uthuun. First round, I faced the shop keepers mono green deck, and almost lost both times (one, I got down to my last card), but I was able to 2-0 him. Sadly he dropped after this to go back and run the shop, which threw off my tiebreakers, hurting me later. I beat my second opponent as well, although I cannot remember who they were or what they used, sadly. I'm hoping once my DCI numbers are combined, I'll be able to look up my opponents, but for now, I cannot. Anyways, I go up against my last opponent, who is also blue/white, except he is using red as well. I take game one without to much trouble, thanks to my looter and Sphinx of Uthuun. Game two, however, I find up myself against a Goblin Fireslinger. Oh well, luckily, I had the perfect solution. I Pacifism-ed it (In all fairness, though I was mistaking it for arsonist). To make matters worse, I could have used Ice Cage instead. I slowly took damage, and found myself unable to win. On to game3. Game3 is going fairly well for me, I'd say the board is about even. We play for awhile, and then he pulls out Jace. I try to counter it, but he just Mana Leaks my Negate, and I end up losing the top ten cards of my deck. It goes into turns, and all that seems left in my deck is mana. My only chance is that the last card will be able to stop at least one of his attacks, so I use looter to draw it. It is not, so I use my second looter to finish me off. I get fourth out of the eight man pod, due to the shopkeep dropping, and my other win not being to impressive. On a side note, I don't feel that going 2-1 is bad at all, in fact, I was rather pleased with myself (except that I didn't get a mythic).
8/1: Discount Draft
My next attempt was with Ben, Austin, and Joe, where I once again went blue/white, but this time with a splash of Red (shock and fireball). I don't remember my first opponent, but I remember that I beat him. Then I faced Aaron, who I thought was the guy I beat first tournament, but from checking the reports, the names seem to be different. Anyway, my horrible misplaying caused me to lose. I had Gideon again, and he had an assassin. I stupidly turned my Gideon into a creature and attacked with it and the obvious happened. It was a close game up until then. Anyways, I lost the next round as well, and found myself against a player who I would find myself against on other occasions as well, who was named Brian. He was playing red/green and had a Garruk. Luckily, I never had to face it, and won the first one. Unfortunately, his swarm of creatures made games two and three one sided, causing me to lose and miss out on any chance of a Mythic.
8/5: FNM
This time, I attempted Red/Blue. I remember facing some sort of a black deck, and being able to fight. I lost one to a deck that I believe was blue/red, and lost because he killed my looter and still had his. In the end, I went 1-2, winning my second game against one of the employees, who entered as a sixth person. She got manascrewed and I 2-0’d her. The deck wasn't horrible, it just wasn't particularly strong and wasn't consistent. It was mostly red, and had a lot of Goblins and a Goblin Chieftain as well as an Adaptive Automation. Additionally, I can't seem to find any record of this tournament using Planeswalker Points, so I can't really use anything to jog my memory. Maybe it was all just a dream.
8/8: Discount Draft
I then went red/green, and ended up facing Brian again. He was using a white/red deck, and I ended up winning the first game, and barely losing the second and third games. I had a few webs and giant spiders to slow him down as well as plummet and other useful creatures. Unfortunately, the last game came down to top decking, since we were at a full stalemate, and I unfortunately kept getting lands, and he got another creature, which was enough to finish me. Next round, I faced his brother Nathan, and lost the first round against a deck that I can't remember. He got a bad hand, and I overwhelmed him second round, but round three I ended up losing as well. Finally, I played the other guy who had lost both of our matches to decide who the ultimate loser was. He was also in green/red, and had the rampant growths that I wanted, and the other thing I found out was that he ran no fliers, and he was bragging about that, since he didn't have to have to worry about plummet or my spiders. Turns out that wasn't entirely true, as he learned as soon as he saw my Arachnis Spinner. It got down to round three, with me winning round one with my spinner and losing round two due to a goblin grenade, but I was able to once again stall him with my spiders in round three, so that I was able to stop him from attacking as well as get enough creatures to overwhelm him.
8/12: FNM
After that, I went back to white/blue, since I was kind of afraid of trying more aggro, since I wasn't as used to playing it. My deck was a decent control deck, although it didn't really have any bombs. I won my first round against a black/red deck, and then faced a guy named Alex who showed me the power of a card I had never really thought about before. He 2-0'd me thanks to his Lurking Crocodiles. I had one Lawkeeper and never stood a chance. Then I played a person who I consider to be the best there (I still haven't been able to beat him), who was using red black and utterly destroyed me.
8/15: Discount Draft
This time, I tried a new color combination that I have had a lot of luck with lately. Green/blue. How original, it includes blue. To be honest, it was mostly blue, but I decided on green when I pulled Primeval Titan in my last pack. First off, I faced Aaron again, and this time I had Primeval Titan in my hand. Unfortunately, he was able to nearly kill me before I had a chance to get it out, and he 2-0'd me. My next round, I was up against the guy who beat me in draft number three. I don't remember too much about the game, except that I was able to get out Primetime in our final round, while we both had a lot of creatures. I won that match. Now, on to the final match. I called out for my opponent, who quickly identified himself, but said he had to go, and gave me his cards for the backdraft. "You can just say you won 2-0." I did.
8/16: Sealed
I had been at Pandemonium on Tuesdays for an improv class, and had never been able to participate in the sealed tournament that happened on Tuesdays. When my class switched to Wednesdays, I decided to enter the tournament, since I was trying to prepare for the sealed tournaments at PT Philadelphia. So I went, and was 15 minutes late, because I thought it was at 7, when it was at 6:30 (I thought I would be early). So I half the time to open my packs and build my deck. I ended up with a combination I had never really thought about before: black and white. The deck did fairly well, I lost my first game against a deck that was primarily white and had a lot of fliers. Even with Pentavus and Bloodlord of Vaasgoth, I still lost. My second round, I found myself up against an opponent that I can't really remember, and I ended up winning. Third round, I was up against an opponent who was late, and arrived with the food he had gotten while I was waiting. He was playing a deck that was green/white, and I got defeated by his overrun. Now it was time for the final round, in which I faced another deck that I couldn't really remember. The guy was pretty cool, but against my swarm of creatures, he was defeated without too much trouble. Shortly into the game, they said they were closing the register and that anyone that wanted to buy something had to do so now. Since my opponent didn't mind, I ran upstairs, leaving my deck and bought something. We continued playing, and I clearly had the upperhand. Then I played duskhunter bat and put on the bat shaped sunglasses I just bought. The guy surrendered.
Quote of the day: "I always wondered what kind of weirdo would actually buy those..." - My opponent
8/19: FNM
The night before SCG Open Boston. I figured the side events would be a good place to test my progress. Since I had only been playing against the players at The Relentless Dragon, I didn’t really know how good other players would be, and the side events would have people from all over the area. So, basically, it was my last practice before the test. Actually, it was more like a mini-quiz, since my test would be at Pro Tour Philadelphia. Anyways, time to do my best. I went with my typical blue/white control deck, and luckily had Uthuun Sphinx again. I also used Crown of Empires and Druidic Satchel, as well as a Mind Control for full awesomeness. First round, I found myself up against a mill deck. This time, I had to be on the offensive, I won the first game, as he didn’t have enough life to use both mesmerists and block all of my attacks, although I only had a few cards left in my deck at the end. In the second game, he didn’t get the mill cards he needed, and I ended up winning 2-0. Unfortunately I found myself up against John (that guy from earlier who I still haven’t been able to beat). The thing is, I was paired down, meaning he lost his first match. What did I do to deserve this? Not only does that suck for tiebreakers, but it also guarantees my defeat. This lead to two long matches where I was taking one or two damage every turn, and then losing. Luckily, he won his last match, but it was against my first opponent. I won my third game as well, although I can’t remember too much about my last match, except that I won and felt satisfied being 2-1 again. White-blue control for the win
8/20: SCG Open
Side Draft
I was now at the SCG Open, and decided to test my skills with a draft. I went green/white splashing blue. My first opponent was using a deck that I cannot remember the colors of. Anyway, it was basically a beatdown deck. He took the first game easily by overwhelming me with creatures, although I was able to stall his creatures and take the next two games by using pacifisms and troll hides. I then found myself up against another aggro deck, but this time it was black/red. While I’d try to control his creatures, I’d quickly find myself out numbered anyway, and got 2-0’d.
THG Sealed
For this, I paired up with someone from the booster draft who sat across from me during the booster draft named Nitin. We didn’t get any mythics, and the only valuable card we got was a Grim Lavamancer, but we still had decent stuff to use. To balance things, I used a black/blue control deck and Nitin used a red/green aggro deck (although it did have webs and spiders). Our first match was going pretty well. They had a Griffin Sentinel and a red creature that had been bloodthirsted. Bloodthirsty Ogre, maybe? Anyways, it was a 5/5. We were slowly taking damage, but felt that we would be able to turn it around. That is, until they played Sorin. Then we lost. Nitin had a Volcanic Dragon, but unfortunately, he didn’t get a second red mana until it was too late. Round 2, we did better. They had a decent number of creatures and so did we. I had a distress, and one opponent had 1 card left and a lot of mana, and the other had 3 mana and 7 cards. I chose the 1 card, and saved us from next turn’s Inferno Titan. Nitin webbed their creatures, and we won. Third round started off similar to the other two, until they pulled out a Gideon. We couldn’t really do anything and lost.
Side Draft
I went blue/white as usual (although more control and fliers this time, without any bombs), and felt my deck was pretty good. I went up against a guy playing a green (I forget what other color he used) deck and we had a stalemate for a while until he got out enough tokens with his Jade Mage. He also had Overrun, and, while I could survive the attack, I didn’t have anything to fight back with. The second game went similar to this, and I found myself out of another draft and done for the day.
8/21: SCG Open
After I got off of work, I headed immediately back to the SCG Open. I somehow got into a conversation, and talked to one of the 3d card artists (I think, he was at that table…) and Anders, the winner of the Standard Open, for a while about the meta and other stuff. I was told that I would lose a lot before I would start winning.
Side Draft
This draft went pretty bad for me. I couldn’t decide on my colors, so I had a very mixed pool. In the end, I ended up with a while/blue deck with a Serra Angel and I believe a Pentavus for bombs. He was playing a mill deck and kept calling my creatures clowns. He and the guy next to him (who was his friend, I guess) reminded me greatly of the guys from Car Talk, and really seemed like they were a comedy duo. I was entertained by this, and hung around a while after I lost. Control decks don’t seem to be very good against mill decks, especially since he also had some stall and control cards. Basically, I couldn’t hit him, and he just kept milling me. It made it even harder when he milled my bombs second game, and there was nothing I could draw or do in order to win.
Side Draft
Guess what colors. Yup, white/blue. I had 4 or so negates (although I didn’t use them all), other control cards, some fliers, and a Sun Titan and a Sphinx of Uthuun. This deck was going to be great. Or so I thought. I got a bye first round, because my opponent had to leave, and lost fairly easily to my second opponent. I could never get the mana to get my bombs out, and his creatures would overwhelm me. Negate didn’t help much either. I can’t remember what colors he played, I want to say black/green, or black/red, though. Regardless, without my bombs his creatures were stronger than mine, and since I didn’t have enough control cards to stop them, I lost. Can I please start winning soon? I’ve lost a lot already. Weekend over… >_<
8/22: Discount Draft?
Austin, Ben, and Joe came over beforehand. Austin came first, and we played for a while. Then Ben came over and we played Yugioh for a while (my Naturias are hurting with the new Banlist, although it could be a lot worse >_<), and then Joe came over just before we left. Ben didn’t want to draft, so he went home and Austin, Joe, and I went to Gamestop to return the Tag Force game I got that didn’t work. We called to try and reserve a spot, and it turned out they had run out of product, so we couldn’t draft. We went anyway, and Joe got a Gold Series 4. Since we didn’t know what to do, we decided to go to Target and walk around. Austin got a deck from New Phyrexia and Game of Thrones. Then we went over to Coldstone Creamery, and got frappes. Joe and I got Creme de Menthe, and Austin got “Oh Fudge”. Then we went home and I beat them in a 2v1 with Joe’s Grand Architect deck against, Austin’s new deck and a deck Joe made from cards from my M12 drafts. I was about to lose, but had a chance to draw a card, and drew Mind Slaver. I was trying to figure out the best way to ruin their plan when Joe pointed out that I could just use Austin’s dragon’s life paying ability to take them down to two. For some reason, I hadn’t noticed this. I did that, tapped all of their mana, attacked with all of their creatures (I had Platinum angel), and won. In fairness though, Joe’s deck was way better than either of the ones they were using. Then Austin and Joe went home. Fun day ^ ^
8/23: Sealed
My second tournament at Pandemonium made me realize that I needed to read cards and so did other people. I made a green/blue deck, which was a combination that worked very well for me. It basically ran under the same concept as my first blue/white deck, and I used blue’s draw power to help have the lands I needed when I needed them, and I could use the looters to increase my chances of having a useful card when I needed it. I also was splashing red for a fireball, and used manalith and rampant growth to increase my chances of getting that red mana when I needed it.
My first opponent seemed to be in his 30’s, and was running a red/black deck. Anyways, I won the first game with my Djinn of Wishes and other creatures, and he won the second game by attacking me with a Tormented Soul and enchanting it to increase its power. Then he shocked me, and I lost. Round three was a very close game, and involved a lot of stupidity on both parts. First off, I evidently didn’t know how fireball worked, and thought it was X for the damage it dealt, and 1 to deal that same X to an additional target, I didn’t realize that X was divided evenly among targets. So he read the card and said, “oh, so you’re dealing 1 to this, 1 to this, and 3 to this?” Or something like that, I can’t remember the exact numbers. Seeing that this would accomplish the same thing as I had planned to, I said sure. My next mistake was that when I played Garruk’s Horde, I’d play the flipped over card without paying its cost. In all fairness, my opponent did take a minute to read the card, but apparently neither of us noticed where it said “you must still pay the cost”. Then he played Grave Titan, and I was barely able to outnumber him and seize the game, although I don’t believe that I should have.
I got manascrewed against my second opponent and lost the match within ten minutes. Since we had a lot of time, we just continued playing and I think I won one out of five. This was probably the most helpful set of games I have played though, since every time I’d play a card wrong, he’d explain to me how it worked. Djinn of Wishes can only play a card when you can legally play it. That makes sense. Fireball is divided evenly. That’s why it’s not unfair. Garruk’s Horde still makes you pay the cost. Ok, well that’s not as good as I thought it was. Anyways, I lost my second match and learned that it always pays off to read cards.
Third game, I faced a kid named Jamie who I had been playing with before the tournament. I borrowed a deck from his friend (who had lost two and couldn’t get a prize), and ended up winning a three person game with them. It was rather fun. Anyways, I didn’t make any more stupid mistakes, since I had learned from my second opponent, and this went fairly well. If I remember correctly, he was using black red. His speed was able to wipe me out without too much trouble the first game, and he was able to use burn spells to take care of the creatures I played. I thought it was over, but I managed to hang in there and survived long enough that my big creatures gave me a big enough advantage that I was able to take game two. His deck wasn’t so fast that I lost immediately, it was just faster than my green deck. Game three, he was slow in getting a creature out, and I was able to take control of the board, using Aether Adepts to force him to replay his creatures, while I finish him off with my attacks.
Time for the last game! The final match to decide if I get the 8 dollars store credit that is the most I can hope for. The time is now to face my final opponent. I go to the pairings list. It’s a kid who appears to be 10 or 12. In all fairness, this kid beat Jamie, as well, and seemed to know what he was doing. He was playing white/red, with a Furyborn Hellkite. I knew I had to beat him before he pulled it off. I did. First game, he didn’t have enough mana to play the creatures he had, and basically just attacked him until he lost. Second game, he draws the same hand he kept the first game and mulligans. He gets out creatures fairly soon this time, but I’m able to get in some damage from attacks, since I have more creatures, and fireball him for game. He doesn’t really like this, and I feel kinda bad. That’s why I don’t like playing kids. Losing would be embarrassing, but winning sucks, too. Oh well, 3-1 is better than the 2-2 I got last time.
8/26: FNM
As usual, I went to Friday Night Magic on Friday (of course), and Joe came too. We got there and hung out a while before the draft started. I went blue/green again. I got another Primeval Titan, and wasn’t about to let it go to waste, as well as Jade Mage. With blue’s support this deck was pretty awesome. It was mostly focused around green creatures and blue draw power, like the deck from Tuesday, but I had an awesome bomb this time. I had a good feeling. I played against my first opponent. He was using a white/red deck, and was able to slowly kill me, game one, with his red bloodthirst creatures, and his white fliers. Game two was sort of one sided, with him having to mulligan pretty low and didn’t really have a chance to come back. In game three, I was able to make use of giant spiders, to hold off his fliers, and took the game with my strong green creatures, so that we were both fighting, and his fliers weren’t going to kill me on their own. Through combat, I was able to take down a few of his creatures, leaving me with enough of an advantage to deal the final blow. I drew Primeval Titan on my last turn, but I figured it would be good to save for later, so I finished him without playing it.
Round 2, I faced the guy who beat Joe. I’m pretty sure he was using a white/red deck, like my last opponent, and our two games went very similar to each other. He’d play a flier, and I’d play a spider, we’d both play our creatures with no one swinging at each other. Additionally, he had enchantments that could stop my creatures from attacking, which further stall me. Eventually, I would get out Jade Mage, which would slowly give me an advantage. Both games were really close, although Jade Mage and one or two attacks each turn would lead to my ultimate victory. Thank god for the spiders, though. If I hadn’t drawn them, I would very likely have lost to his fliers, which would have been able to kill me very quickly if I couldn’t stop them. Toward the end of the last game, I drew Primeval Titan, and once again had to decide whether to play it or not. If I played it, it would pretty much guarantee my win, but it would reveal my bomb. I had the advantage as well, and with Jade Mage, I would probably win in a few turns. I bet on keeping it secret, and finished him a few turns later. A good choice.
Now it was time for the final round. I forgot to mention that this was a ten man pod, meaning that there will be three people with 2-0. Oh well, I’ll just make sure to win my match. I find myself up against one of the hardest games I have ever played. It’s not that he’s the best player out there, but he’s better than me overall, but I can still put up a fight. It just requires me to really be on my game, and not get cocky or silly like I usually do. I’m up against a guy named Peter, who I have there before, but haven’t played. This was the most difficult of the three games, for sure. He was playing green as well, and I forget what other color he was using. Anyways, first game I took control of one of his spiders using mind control, but then he turned it around by playing his Arachnus Spinner. I realized that I had made the wrong move. I should save Mind Control. This first match was a long drawn out battle, where he slowly got hits on me, and I ended up losing. On to round two. Luckily, he only had one web, but still, I shouldn’t waste Mind Control. Game two was similar. We were both playing out creatures and being unable to attack. I slowly got a stronger attacking force, and was able to slowly deal damage to him. Then I drew Primeval Titan, and while it took a little more to win, Primeval Titan gave me the power to hit him for more every turn so I could narrow down the chances of him drawing something to turn the tides with. On top of that, it narrowed down the lands in my deck, increasing my chances of drawing something good. That was game for him, as he couldn’t survive my attacks. We started the third game a couple minutes before time was called. He played Arachnus Spinner, I Mind Controlled. He used Acidic Slime to get it back. I had a Jade Mage out, and neither of us could even get close to winning. It was a draw. The third 2-0 was pretty happy about that. Luckily, I got second, since I had better tiebreakers and got to keep Primeval Titan this time.
8/29: Discount Draft
My last tournament before the Pro Tour. This was my last chance to prepare. Here goes, my ultimate combination, BLUE/WHITE CONTROL! Just, I didn’t have any bombs. I go up against my first opponent who is playing a black/white deck mainly focused on white creatures and black spells to kill creatures. During game one, he was able to take me down to 8 quickly, because I didn’t have enough creatures to stop his attacks. At this point, I played timely reinforcements, gaining life and creatures. I used my tokens to block and kill one of his creatures, and started taking back control of the game with lawkeepers and other tapping and attack preventing cards, until my forces outnumbered his enough to finish him off. Game two went similar to this, except that I was able to take control quicker because he used Deathmark to kill my Lawkeeper and I Redirected it at his Griffin Sentinel, which got rid of Griffin Rider’s power, putting me in a much better position. Soon after that, I won, and he started complaining that Redirect sucked and that no one should use it, and that he only lost because he wasn’t prepared for that, although that excuse could be used to explain any loss, and isn’t really much of an excuse.
For my second opponent, I found myself up against Brian again. He’s already beaten me once, now it’s time to even the score. He is playing white/black as well, but he is definitely more of a threat. Game one, he got out creatures faster than me and my control strategy doesn’t work when I’m constantly taking damage. Game two, I am able to get my cards out faster, and have something to stop most of his creatures, until my forces outnumber his to the point where I can win. I win. Game three, was rather disappointing. He gets totally manascrewed, while I just attack him. Revenge! Although, much less epic than I had hoped for.
It’s now the final round and I find myself up against a guy named Chase (when I first heard them call his name, I thought it was Jace XD) Anyways, we start the first game. He’s got a blue/green deck with a bunch of fliers. We start out by playing creatures, and I get a few cards to tap his creatures as well. I also get an Aether adept, and slowly deal damage with my creatures while keeping his tapped and off the board. In the end, he’s almost able to beat my strategy by having too many creatures for me to get past, but he doesn’t quite have enough, and I win. The second time, his strategy works. It starts the same, and then he gets Jade Mage. While I’m tapping his big creatures, it doesn’t matter, because he can just keep making saprolings. He wins without much trouble. Game three: now I’m scared. I barely have any counters in my deck, and the only one I draw is Cancel, which means that if he gets out a Jade Mage turn two, I’m practically screwed. He does, which leaves me with one chance: draw my Ice Cage. I can’t remember if I play it and he kills it, or I just don’t draw it, but either way I’m losing. When I think he has no creatures left to block with, and I can get a hit with my Azure Mage, he just blocks with a saproling. I completely forgot about those. How!?! And so I lose. Oh well, 2-1 is not bad. Now then, it’s almost time for the Pro Tour. I hope that I have improved enough to take on my toughest challenge thus far. Kattobingu da ze ore!
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