divisionbyzorro
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Well, I jumped into another Sealed release event on MTGO today. The pool was much better than yesterday's; this is what I ended up playing:
Match one I was up against a BUG deck that didn't put up too much resistance. Nothing particularly threatening, and no real answers for my stuff. It looked like he must have had a really crappy pool.
Match two I faced a mirror match. Game one was a war of attrition in which I ultimately came out on top. He got out to a quick start, but I was able to stabilize and eventually blew out his board by breaking up some double blocks with removal. Game two I just got straight run over; I kept a slow hand, and he went 2-drop, 2-drop, 3-drop, removal, removal, removal, you're dead.
Game three was another war of attrition, but the difference this time was that he had Varolz, the Scar-Striped. Holy crap - that card is really good in limited. By the time I ultimately removed it and managed to get ahead on board position, I was too low on life and died to an Explosive Impact + Extort.
Match three was another non-match. My opponent never played anything relevant, and died fairly quickly both games on the back of some pretty quick starts with Rix Maadi Guildmage.
Match four was one of the most frustrating experiences I've had playing limited Magic recently. My opponent dropped a turn 4 Desecration Demon on the play, and followed it up a few turns later with an Obzedat, Ghost Council. I finally drew the Sire of Insanity (first time in the tournament!) that blew out the rest of his hand (which was packed with burn spells including a Morgue Burst). In the topdeck war, I managed to remove his Desecration Demon, but repeatedly blinking Obzedat was enough for him to seal the deal.
Game two saw him open with the Sunhome Guildmage into the Rix Maadi Guildmage. I flooded pretty hard, and was forced to drop a Sire of Insanity onto a board that doesn't favor that play at all (I'll gladly trade out all the lands in my hand for the contents of his, but I'm not happy about my board position at all). When your opponent has powerful mana sinks already on the board, Sire does basically nothing, and I was forced to watch him beat me down again.
Another 2-2 result. This one was really disappointing because the pool looked like a 3-1 pool as opposed to yesterday's mess.
Match one I was up against a BUG deck that didn't put up too much resistance. Nothing particularly threatening, and no real answers for my stuff. It looked like he must have had a really crappy pool.
Match two I faced a mirror match. Game one was a war of attrition in which I ultimately came out on top. He got out to a quick start, but I was able to stabilize and eventually blew out his board by breaking up some double blocks with removal. Game two I just got straight run over; I kept a slow hand, and he went 2-drop, 2-drop, 3-drop, removal, removal, removal, you're dead.
Game three was another war of attrition, but the difference this time was that he had Varolz, the Scar-Striped. Holy crap - that card is really good in limited. By the time I ultimately removed it and managed to get ahead on board position, I was too low on life and died to an Explosive Impact + Extort.
Match three was another non-match. My opponent never played anything relevant, and died fairly quickly both games on the back of some pretty quick starts with Rix Maadi Guildmage.
Match four was one of the most frustrating experiences I've had playing limited Magic recently. My opponent dropped a turn 4 Desecration Demon on the play, and followed it up a few turns later with an Obzedat, Ghost Council. I finally drew the Sire of Insanity (first time in the tournament!) that blew out the rest of his hand (which was packed with burn spells including a Morgue Burst). In the topdeck war, I managed to remove his Desecration Demon, but repeatedly blinking Obzedat was enough for him to seal the deal.
Game two saw him open with the Sunhome Guildmage into the Rix Maadi Guildmage. I flooded pretty hard, and was forced to drop a Sire of Insanity onto a board that doesn't favor that play at all (I'll gladly trade out all the lands in my hand for the contents of his, but I'm not happy about my board position at all). When your opponent has powerful mana sinks already on the board, Sire does basically nothing, and I was forced to watch him beat me down again.
Another 2-2 result. This one was really disappointing because the pool looked like a 3-1 pool as opposed to yesterday's mess.
