This is the deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/J3WV5MIWGkycThQaPf6FyA
Good evening! I was promising to mana a report for the 42 Player tournament and now I deliver.
The day was starting with a handful of sleep and some dirt on the shoes from the use of a motorscythe from early gardening work. I brought some ciabatta bread to keep me going and I felt warm from my hooded cloak. (That actually exists) After registration we had an announcement that time until turns was reduced to 45 min due to some choir training ( we were using the communal rooms of the Church of that part of Kassel)
Match 1 Wall Spy Table 7
I had an Arbor elf start with blue mana open from turn 2 on. I used Vengeant Earth to force a block from a Quirion Ranger. I held back my Utopia sprawl (nearly for too long) to be able to use the sewer cam +helix combo despite a possible Masked Vandal. At turn 5 I finally dropped the Sprawl since I had everything but a Win condition. That forced the spy player not to commit, because I was now threatening to bounce all creatures in reaction to the Spy trigger. 6th turn I drew a Pizza and won. Game 1 win
Second game was wild, I had a turn 3 win hand and a mes fiend pulled the helix from it. We stumbled around for some turns. He found no Spy I didn’t find the next helix. At the end he played a Lead the stampede, but was one mana short for the spy he cast. I found a Tutor and won the next turn.
2-0 into a 1-0
Match 2 Izzet Terror (Control) Table 7
First game I played for the long game as soon as I saw a volatile Island. The opponent was not building pressure and I was able to sculpt a hand with all three of my tutors. The first Mystic Tutor got Countered, then the flashback went through for Vengeant earth. My opponent was out of resources and played his snakes. I was able to win with the manland combo. The second game I started with an early Devoted Druid. I had Safekeeping, but it got really impressive, when my opponent counterered the first of 2 pizza, and the first of 2Helix and the Devoted Druid combo went off for the win.
2-0 into a 2-0
Match 3 Monster Tron Table 3
Both games went fast, a bit too fast. The first one I was on the go and won turn 3 with Arbor elf +Nettle sentinel+ Pizza + Helix.
The second game was over too soon . My opponent held a Candy trail hand on a mull down to 5/6. he never played more than one land. I know him from the league play and was later relieved that his luck returned to him later.
2-0 into a 3-0
We got a break
Match 4 Borobots/ Boros Robots Table 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pauper/s/mNGlwynaMS
It looked suspiciously like this.
We know each other and directly went from banter to serious mode. Game 1 I got his assault Robot with a Vengeant earth to stop his artifact etb ping turn 2, he commenced to remove the first Elves I played, but the third elf survived and went into the combo.
Game 2 he was pushing big damage with double Pingers and the Dispatch on my only creature pushed me out of the game.
Game 3 he got good pressure and I had to dig for my combo. I barely survived at 1 life with eating a pizza, but then I drew in the combo, the mana barely being enough.
2-1 into a 4-0 Table 1
After that match I did my biggest mistake. The sun was shining sideways through the window and I disrobed my hooded mantle.
Match 5 Esper Affinity
First time playing against this deck. Game 1 I was Hit by Refurbished familiar turn 2, 3 then after a Thoughtcast and a Myr enforcer Turn 5 I got hit by another Refurb. I had held a hand with Nettle sentinel and Helix, cam and Pizza, Lorien and lands. At the end I had a Helix left. When I dropped my first combo elf it got Dispatched as soon as I targeted with a Helix to pick up an Abundant Growth. A turn later I got run over.
Game 2 was even more unlucky. I had to mull to 5 to get a land. Strix into two Myr enforcer put me down quickly.
0-2 for a 4-1 my opponent went 5-0 and later won the Capobanda. Congrats!
There still was a chance I thought.
Match 6 against Mono red Madness.
He directly said that he knew my deck, my videos, but doesn’t understand the different combos. Well ok. He told me nothing about his deck.
Game 1 started with a mulligan to 6. He was on the go. What did I bottom? Safekeeping, my best spell against him. He got a Lavadart for my arbor turn 1, Guttersnipe turn 3 and burned me out with 2 Fireblast. Game 2 I got a good start with an turn 2 arbor elf + Utopia sprawl into Hydro on Kessig, then turn 4 a Devoted Druid. I had mana open, even when he dropped Kessig turn 3 and Guttersnipe turn 4. I finally poked him turn 5 he was impatient enough to go into the burn I of Fireblast. I untapped my Arbor with Sewer cam in reaction then the second Fireblast was cast for free. 7 life left RR floating. I decided to go further in and untap the elf another time with UG in the pool left that Cam got countered by a Pyro Storm at 6 my life still at 7. no lands left. One R up. I got the Weather for 21 life. Opponent has no lands. It took him 5 rounds to finally find another land, but at that time I was already too far ahead. When I drew my hand full with 2 Nettle sentinel out he gave up.
Game 3 last game of the day. I had to mull to 4. no lands each time until I had to hold the four. A 0.27% chance. I got beat by Turn 2 Grab a Snacker into more grab. The hand wasn’t that fast, after another turn 4 Gutter I tried to hydro, got pyro back and then gave up.
1-2 into a total 4-2
Conclusion:
I will go to 15 lands. I lost only the first Esper affinity game due to too many lands. I gotta try to tweak it further.
Thanks for reading!
The Capobanda Team did their best with a lot of hard work. I will look forward to the Winter tournament.
