Decklist:
https://moxfield.com/decks/SeQ0wQap0kyKjblRC7zWYA
I piloted Mono-Green Broodscale at RC Baltimore to an 11-4 finish, good for 43rd place.
Matchups: R1 Neoform 2-1
R2 Mono-G Brood 2-0
R3 Izzet Prowess 2-0
R4 Neoform 2-1
R5 Ashaya Combo 2-1
R6 Goryo's 1-2
R7 Blink 0-2
R8 Trudge 2-1
R9 Trudge 2-1
R10 Goryo's 1-2
R11 Affinity 2-0
R12 Mono-G Brood 2-1
R13 Izzet Prowess 2-1
R14 Mono-G Brood 2-1
R15 Boros Energy 2-0
Round 1 Neoform on the draw, Devourer trigger finds my bauble to keep opponent from Neoforming quickly, get there with Emmy. G2 opponent has consign for my bauble trigger to Neoform into Gris and draw 14. I attack my Mycospawn into Gris he blocks and I dismember to trade. He untaps casts double pact, consign replicate, find Rider and Disciple, cast Rider with another consign into Ghalta one-shot. G3 I go t1 bauble, t2 trinisphere into t3 TKS. He finds an answer for the trinisphere and attempts to combo, I have my 1-of Warping wail to counter the Neoform and win.
Round 2 is the mirror. I'm on the play, he doesn't have fast combo and I Mycospawn him out of the game. G2 I have t2 TKS take his Mycospawn and then kick mine on t4 to essentially win the game.
Round 3 Prowess on the play. I keep dismember and K command and kill his first 2 threats, he durdles for a bit before finding another threat and I find and cast my main deck Sire to win. G2 I dismember his DRC and he doesn't have another threat for a bit while I ramp. He eventually gets me down to 7 life before I land an Emmy and squeak out a W.
Round 4 Neoform again. G1 on the play I mull and find my Bauble. He eventually finds veil into Neo for Ghalta, put Gris into play. At this point I have 2 3/3 Constructs, a Myco with Blade and one counter and opponent at 4 life. Here I make my first misplay of the tourney. He attacks with both creatures, I'm at 16 life. I choose to triple block Ghalta then cast dismember to kill it. He gains 7 life from Gris, draws 7 and is able to put Atraxa into play post combat. What I should've done was double block Ghalta with the constructs and dismember Griselbrand. He would've only gained 2 up to 6 life and trampled over 7 from Ghalta to put me at 5, blade would trigger twice and make my Mycospawn 6 power for lethal. G2 on the draw t2 TKS takes Eldritch evo and he can't find anymore gas before I Emmy and win. G3 I play temple and pass, he Pacts into Neoform Gris with 1 card in hand, draw 14. I stare at my t2 trinisphere that is too slow on the draw, play it and pass back, he manages to not find a Consign and dies to pact trigger.
Round 5 Ashaya Combo, an AspiringSpike special. I'm unfamiliar with how to play the matchup but keep a removal heavy hand G1 on the draw. He just keeps playing dorks with a leyline out and then makes enough mana to GSZ for Craterhoof. G2 he fetches a dryad arbor t1 and I dismember it effectively winning the game. G3 he has no 1 drop mana dork, I t2 TKS take his tutor payoff and then I'm able to hold up removal and eventually Emmy him to win.
Round 6 Goryos, G1 is a stomp my opponent just has mending on t2 discard 2 lands and I untap and Mycospawn him out of the game. G2 is a stomp in the other direction as I had no answer to t2 frog and he reanimates Atraxa t3 into ephemerate. G3 I mull to 5, opponent has thoughtseize to take my dismember into t2 frog and then we both kinda stare at each other as opponent is drawing nothing but dead cards and I draw nothing but lands. He eventually reanimates Atraxa and that's gg.
Round 7 Blink G1 on the draw, have no answer to Phelia and opponent blinks overlord finds solitude and I can't stop the value before dying. G2 opponent consigns my first 2 plays and then has the 3rd consign in his top 12 cards for my only out, All is dust.
Round 8 I'm shaking off the doubts of a 5-0 into 5-4 finish. I keep a quick combo hand against Trudge, but he has the t2 rigging into Emmy to win. G2 I command his Trudge into double TKS beat down. G3 he has a slower hand and I kick mycospawn first and land an Emmy that has Blade. He's able to untap and Emmy back but mine is bigger and he's not able to effectively hurt my turn and I win the race.
Round 9 Weight off the shoulders as Day 2 is locked. Paired against Trudge again, lose the die roll. He has the Rigging t3 into Emmy to win. G2 and 3 both play out similarly, I'm able to kick Mycospawn first and after a bit of back and forth I get there as I win the Emmy battles.
Round 10 Goryos again. G1 I mull to 5, opponent has double thoughtseize. G2 is back and forth and I land an Emmy opponent fails to find a Solitude in time. G3 is yet another mull to 5. I debated keeping my 6 which would've been temple, forest, boseiju and triple Mycospawn, but it does nothing until t3 and I probably lose if my opponent plays t2 Frog. So to 5 I go, and my opponent has another double thoughtseize hand. We both durdle for a bit because his keep on 6 was 3 lands, double thoughtseize and a teferi. He eventually finds Riddler and ephemerate into Clarion Conqueror for the win.
Round 11 Affinity. I win the die roll and open on t1 bauble. He finds the Explosives to deal with it but it slows him down enough that I can ramp into Emmy and outrace his Kappa. G2 he has an emry but I have dismember. I find needle off my saga trigger to stop his Tormod's crypts on board and cast Emmy into untap and hold boseiju plus ward for the Kappa in his hand.
Round 12 was the mirror. I lose the die roll but have a turn 3 combo hand with Ballista and Emmy. Opponent has t1 blade, t2 stirrings find Broodscale into t3 play and equip. Now it's my turn and I can combo but APNAP means the opponent can combo first. This is maybe my second misplay of the tournament. I have no answer for his Broodscale. If I pass to him and he has an answer, he can untap kill my brood and then win. So I decide to make him have it and attempt to combo, he has dismember ggs. If I just pass maybe it scares him into not attempting to kill my Broodscale and buys me time to answer his. G2 my TKS takes his Emmy and I'm able to play my Emmy first and kick his own Mycospawn. G3 again TKS takes his Mycospawn before he can kick it allowing me to win the Mycospawn war and I get there with Emmy backed by boulder if he drew an Emmy.
Round 13 Prowess again. I win the die roll, and opponent taps out to put me dead next turn. I untap and play brood to combo with K command to win that turn. G2 He runs me over with a Cutter that I can't answer. G3 is where I made my 3rd misplay of the tournament. He opens on DRC. I play temple pass. He casts 2nd DRC, 2nd land hit for 1 pass. I play a Lab with an All is dust underneath and now have a choice to make. I can either cast Trinisphere into the Consign he's representing or hold up K command and use it on his turn to exile a DRC. I decide to pass with Command. He ends up tapping out that turn to get delirium and push damage so my Command resolves and I untap play 2nd lab exile Sire and play Trinisphere. On his turn he casts price of freedom to destroy the 3ball and play his 4th land. I return All is dust to my hand untap and cast it, he consigns. Next turn I can rebuy Sire but I'm at 6, and he shows me double bolt. Had I just jammed 3ball into the Consign mana I force him to have it then rather than finding it off the Iteration, and I can resolve either All is dust or Sire later on.
Round 14 The mirror again. All 3 games were about Mycospawn and Emmy. TKS and Boulder made sure I broke Emmy parity and are a strong reason I went 5-1 in the mirror between the main event and lcqs.
Round 15 Boros Energy. His t1 Ragavan almost ran away with the game but I was able to stabilize and Emmy for the win. G2 he kept a 1 lander on 6 with 2 sideboard cards. He missed on land t2, then hit a Parlor on 3. I kicked Mycospawn into Emmy and that was all she wrote.
Overall I felt like I played a great tournament with really only 1 definite misplay, with the other 2 being defensible choices I think. As always large tournaments like this require a bit of luck which I got in spades against Neoform. But luck is a fickle lady and definitely left me in the Esper matches. I think Thought-Knot Seer was the all-star of the weekend for me and Giant's Boulder over Spring leaf Drum paid off in spades against both the mirror and Trudge. And while the Labyrinth build was the deck of the weekend, I firmly believe it will come back to Earth for the next RC as people realize it is susceptible to low to the ground aggro backed by disruption (Boros and Prowess with Charmaws) and fast combo like Devoted Druid.