Subject: state reports new mexico 4th Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:09:13 -0700 From: "djlml" To: Frank, I have just recently participated in the New Mexico state championships, as I am now writing this tourney report as I am burning the midnight oil. Forgive me for any completely stupid things I say. As I was preparing for this tourney a few weeks ago, me and my fellow Goat teammate Ryan Lyle share our cards, so for the next three tourneys, Ry would be getting first dibs on our cards. Ry build an insanely sick mono-red Phoenix deck, that was actually a burning bridge. I decided to play a mono-green revised version of stupid green that I was very pleased with. The night before the day before the tournament, as Ry shows me a listing of variants of Draw-go decks that have done extremely well in recent tourneys. So at around twelve in the morning, we start building this sick blue-black-red deck which is essentially a draw go with phoenixes, with splash of black for corpse dancing gnomes and lobotomy. The deck was great, but just was not consistent enough, so Ry stuck with mono-red so I could not use the scrolls. Also, me and my other goat member Robert playtested each of our decks heavily against Academy, it turned out that the Academy is just too inconsistent, and I am right now starting to wonder why Wizards banned the Academy. So eventually our decks went like this for state: Robert- 4cu “Donais” like deck with Staunchy’s and Fireball for kill Ry- mono-red burning bridge with Phoenixes (dubbed big-bird) that looked extremely strong Michael (me)- mono-green splash white Wurm-Geddon fatty goodness with 2 Eratic Portals and Titania’s Song- ? instead of Scrolls My deck ended up like this, Stupider Green: 4 Vineyard 3 Argothian Wurm 4 Spike Weaver 3 Spike Feeder 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Birds of Paradise 3 Desert Twister 4 Winter’s Grasp 1 Mirri 1 Dirtcowl Wurm (saved my ass in one game) 1 Titania’s Song 3 Armageddon 3 Disenchant 1 Citanul Flute 2 Erratic Portal 12 Forest 2 City 2 Brushland 3 Wasteland 1 Volrath’s Stronghold Sideboard: 2 Jester’s Cap 2 Null Brooch 2 Light of Day (didn’t play one suicide, but over 40% of the field WAS suicide) 1 Lifeforce 2 Scragnoth ( A LOT of counter phoenix was there) 1 Disenchant 1 Armageddon 2 Titania’s Song (Funny as hell, but didn’t play Academy or face 1 Cursed Scroll) 1 Arcane Lab 1 Earthquake Now to the report: 5 Rounds of swiss, single elimination top 8 (only 44 people showed) Round 1- John Garcia- ww pile, 30 shadows Game 1- He gets out too much damn shadow and eventually kicks the crap out of me be cause the only offense I drew was a damn feeder, he uses my vineyard mana to pump his Soltari Crusader. Game 2- I law down the PHAAATT beatings with turn to wurm, turn 3 feeder wall, turn 4 Weaver, Vineyard, Bird. This sob laws down a shadow and drops a damn worship, I eventually get my flute to pull all 4 walls, draw a disenchant, and kill him when I am at 2 life. Game 3- I get 2nd turn wurm AGAIN, after that, I go Grasp, Grasp, Grasp turns 3,4,5. Did I mention this kid is a scrub? Matches- 1-0, Games 2-1 Round 2 – don’t remember, playing Reigns of Power, Alter of Dementia, TONS OF ARTIFACTS Game 1- He plays first, Island Mana Vault, go. Aww shit, Academy. I get down vineyard. He plays TONS of artifacts second turn plus ‘Ganda. On my turn I make the most idiotic move by casting another damn vineyard and a feeder. He plays 2 more gandas plus more artifacts while keeping his hand replenished with howlers. He has something like 2 millstones, 3 Grindstones, 2 Altars of Dementia etc. I, like a dumbass, keep on forgetting to draw extra cards from the howlers. Eventually, I have like 35 power in creatures. When this guy casts a god damned Reigns of Power. I hold off MY attackers with HIS Fog Banks. Although he does mill me for 35. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS ? Oh well, should expect that from Nuevo Mehico. Game 2- Scraggy hits early, he can’t do any thing about it. Game 3- Scraggy hits AGAIN, along with the Wurm, He has to topdeck something, he has 0 cards in hand with 1 mine in play, he draws… YEAH! REIGNS OF POWER! He mills me w/the altar for another 20 or so. (You think you’d learn…) And like an idiot, I didn’t board out the vineyards. Something else that pissed me off is the fact that I could’ve had an incredible chance w/ 2 Brooches going. It goes like this: Me: Attempt an Armageddon Him: Counter Me: Activate the Brooch Him: Interdict the Brooches ability, Me: Activate my other Brooch Him: Interdict that one too. Me: I hope you rot in hell In other words, I lost Matches: 1-1 Games: 3-3 Round 3- Ben don’t remember his last name- Bad Green, except against mine. Good kid, needs a clue though Game 1- I play vineyard, he plays Titania’s Chosen. (insert Homer Simpson scream now) I play the fat wurm, he plays like 2 billion green cards on his turn and attacks w/ the chosen, I take it. He evemtually Gaea’s Embraces, and The Weaver doesn’t cut it. Game 2- I go w/ the vineyard again, he goes with the Chosen again, During my next 6 turns I play, Weaver, Weaver, Weaver, Weaver, Wurm and Mirri. I Stronghold the dead weavers back and killed him with Mirri after he Rejuvenates 6 TIMES. Game 3- See game 2 Matches 2-1 Games 5-4 Round 4 Can’t remember name- Counter Phoenix Game 1- I apply serious beatings with a Dirtcowl and an Argothian. He can’t find a disk and suffers under 2 Vineyards. Game 2- He sees 1 Blue mana the whole game, which I Grasp. Scraggy shows up for a visit. Matches- 3-1 Games 6-4 This really sucks because I had to play Robert, and the winner would get into top eight, the loser goes home with zilch Round 5 Robert Bailey- 4cu Game 1- I just make him bend over and kiss his ass good bye, even after he Wraths away an Argothian, a bird and a Feeder, I still get 2 Vineyards down, and the Fatties just keep on comin’ Game 2- Didn’t see any of my beloved anti-blue sideboard cards, that’s Ok, because I drew 5 ld, as he drew 6 lands, A Wurm and a Scraggy show up. Matches- 4-1 Games 8-4 HOORAH! I’m in top 8 as the seventh seed, despite me filling bad for kicking the living shit out of Robert (sorry Bobbo) Round 6- Bart something or other- Counter Phoenix I wanted to beat this kid, as these cool guys I met before the round told me this guy was a real dick. Game 1- I get out Vineyard and Wall, he is burning badly though, eventually he taps out and quakes for 4. Right there, I lay my Wurm, which goes all the way, with the help of a Feeder. Game 2- I lay a turn 3 Dirtcowl, when he taps out for a Big Bird. He plays a land, shocks my wurm, and sacs the bird, while he doesn’t realize the Wurm is a 4/5. He then lays a Disk while tapping 2 islands. I then disenchant the Disk, and kick his ass with a Weaver and the Dirtcowl. Matches 5-1 Games 10-4 Round 7- Sean Sloan- an extremely good TradeWurmGeddon My fellow goat members and I, met Sean and his fellow Mudpuddle teammates (sorry if I got it wrong Sean) and they seemed like a really nice bunch, his friend (sorry I forgot your name) was also in the final four. Round 1- I saw his deck before, so I was fairly prepared, I mulligan down to 6, and then 5, I stick with the Vineyard and a Forest, with random groovy spells. He plays his Wurm, turn 2, I then play a spike feeder. Now here is when he makes me stick my dick up my own ass. On his turn, he plays Propaganda, Mox Diamond, Disenchants my Vineyard, and Wastes my brushland. Ow. Game 2- After Boarding out Vineyards and Geddons, I knew I still had no chance. He has faster mana, gets out a Wurm, as I cannot Desert Twister it with 5 mana. I see two feeders and a weaver, but he kicks their ass with Tradewind, Geddon PHAT beatings with ‘da Wurm. Matches 5-2 Games 10-6 I ended up fourth in state. Not too shabby. Props: - Sean for winning state, despite playing his nemesis, the WW 4 times, and beating 3 of them. - Team Mudpuddle, you guys kick ass - Welton, for hanging out with us, and trading us 2 Academys and a Time Spiral for 3 Hatreds and a POG - Ry, for winning the side tournament, and beating an Academy in the 1st round, while dealing 20 points of damage w/ 2 Mogg Fanatics Slops - Nick B. When you’re not guaranteed a spot in top 8, don’t try to draw in. - The guy with the nose ring, don’t play a MoMa with 1 card in hand that doesn’t draw in hand against a White Weenie Mike Byhoff DCI 759382 Team Goat “Damn Wurm!”