3/6 - Magic Game Day

I'm sure this is happening multiple places in the area, but Magic Game Day is happening this Saturday at Redcaps. The format is Standard, and I think the entry is $5. Participants receive a full art Hada Freeblade, and T8 receives a full art foil Kalastria Highborn. I think I'll be going, though I'm not happy with my deck choice (Valakut, yet again). I don't have much else to build.

Anyone thinking of coming?

Slyphidine wrote:I'm sure this is happening multiple places in the area, but Magic Game Day is happening this Saturday at Redcaps. The format is Standard, and I think the entry is $5. Participants receive a full art Hada Freeblade, and T8 receives a full art foil Kalastria Highborn. I think I'll be going, though I'm not happy with my deck choice (Valakut, yet again). I don't have much else to build.

Anyone thinking of coming?

Dan, i hope to not play you, but just out of curiosity, what do you side against a Cruel Control deck?

Just curious.

Realm Razer. I dare you to kill it.

Slyphidine wrote:Realm Razer. I dare you to kill it.

you arent being serious are you?
LOL
Even if you ramp into him as quick as turn 4, if i dont have a essence scatter, double negative, or flashfreeze in hand i can just float mana in response to him coming into play and bolt/terminate/deathmark him?

I don't play it turn 4. I play it turn 6 after you drop your Sphinx of Jwar Isle (turn 7 if my Ruinblasters have already eaten some of your land) and you need something to block my siege gang + tokens (since you countered the BB elf with your double negative). You are welcome to bolt/terminate him at that point and take 18 when my 6 mountains and valakut return to play. However, if you deathmark him in response, I'll have to call a judge.

I'd also question why you keep your essence scatters in there when they're dead against over half my deck.

I'm on pager this weekend, and going out to see the new Alice in Wonderland flick, so I'll be bowing out. I will be at AU on Friday though if anyone is interested.

Slyphidine wrote:I don't play it turn 4. I play it turn 6 after you drop your Sphinx of Jwar Isle (turn 7 if my Ruinblasters have already eaten some of your land) and you need something to block my siege gang + tokens (since you countered the BB elf with your double negative). You are welcome to bolt/terminate him at that point and take 18 when my 6 mountains and valakut return to play. However, if you deathmark him in response, I'll have to call a judge.

I'd also question why you keep your essence scatters in there when they're dead against over half my deck.

Ah, see, i wasnt thinking of the Valakut reentering play angle.
First i think id have sideboarded the essence scatters out for flashfreeze anyway, but also, i doubt id tap out for sphinx unless it was my last hope, in that case the discussion of dealing with your sideboarded realm razor is far less important.

I played against Grixis at Redcaps last time. Game one I won 2 turns after being Cruel'ed, taking him from 21 to zero. Game 2 I played Razer 2 turns in a row after he tapped out on turn 5 or so, and then tapped out to kill it (remember, the lands come back into play tapped). Admittedly, it was a poor choice for my opponent to tap out on those turns. But disrupting the mana of Grixis can be really brutal. It's definitely a deck that doesn't want to start again on turn 1.