This past weekend I played the Star City Games Invitational in Atlanta. I finished 21st, good for $500. I played U/W Miracles in Legacy and R/G Aggro in Standard. Rounds 1-4 and 9-12 were Legacy, and 5-8 and 13-16 were Standard.
Legacy Decklist
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
5 Island
3 Plains
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
2 Trinket Mage
2 Land Tax
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Counterbalance
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Entreat the Angels
2 Counterspell
2 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Terminus
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Brainstorm
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Sensei's Divining Top
Sideboard:
2 Humility
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Envelop
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Moat
1 Pithing Needle
Round 1 - Brant, Damian - UB Ad Nauseam Storm
Game 1 he duresses me twice and takes my two jaces. i'm left with only swords to plowshares and he kills me on turn 3. game 2 I lead with turn 1 top, he duresses, and i show him 2x counterbalance. i resolve the 2nd one and win easily. Game 3 he has no disruption, and decides to just go for it on turn 4. i have counterspell for his infernal tutor, then top into counterbalance to lock him out.
1-0
Round 2 - Simpson-Wolf, Andrew - Dredge
Game 1 he plays Putrid Imp and passes. I play Relic of Progenitus, he's not happy. I win easily. Game 2 he mulligans to 4, has no plays. I win easily.
2-0
Round 3 - Gerard Fabiano - BUG Delver
I lose two quick games where he stuck Dark Confidant and I didn't have the removal for it. I really liked his decklist.
2-1
Round 4 - Charles Kaufmann - RUG Delver
Chi is an old friend of my from my Charleston days, so it was a friendly match. Game 1 lock him out early with counterbalance and top. Game 2 he didn't have much to sideboard, and mulliganed 4, and I win easily.
3-1
Standard Decklist
4 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Rootbound Crag
9 Forest
2 Mountain
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Bonfire of the Damned
2 Dismember
2 Sword of War and Peace
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Borderland Ranger
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
2 Wolfir Silverheart
2 Thragtusk
1 Ulvenwald Tracker
Sideboard:
2 Zealous Conscripts
3 Pillar of Flame
3 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Thragtusk
1 Acidic Slime
1 Viridian Corrupter
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Combust
1 Crushing Vines
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Round 5 - Corbett Gray - Green Summer
Game 1 i mulligan to 5, but lead with birds into borderland ranger. He has birds into Palladium Myr, but i topdeck bonfire on turn 3. He follows up with Elvish Archdruid, and I topdeck another bonfire. He then plays two llanowar elves, and I cast the bonfire from my hand. I win easily from there. Would have lost if I wasn't on the play. Game 2 he had two arbor elves but no forests, and I was able to kill off his other mana guys with ulvenwald tracker and win before he could cast primeval titan.
4-1
Round 6 - Shaheen Soorani - Mono Blue Delver
Game 1 i mulligan to 6 and keep a 4 land, birds, huntmaster hand. I draw a bunch of land and die quickly. game 2 is much longer, but i never draw bonfire and he gets me with talrand.
4-2
Round 7 - Dan Jordan - UW Delver
I win a long game 1 by just playing larger guys and eventually bonfiring his team. game 2 he mulls to 5 and never draws white mana.
5-2
Round 8 - Devin Manning - Delver
I was on my way to winning game 1 when he thought scours me and i flip over combust. that card isn't supposed to be there! After my game loss, i win games 2 and 3 by bonfiring at opportune times, he isn't very happy.
6-2
Round 9 - Stephen Mann - RUG Delver
He plays much slower than he needs to, so even though i win 2-0, we almost go to time. I play around spell pierce game 1 with counterbalance and top, but he has Izzet Charm! I didn't know the card was legal yet, it seems super awesome. Still won the game despite that blowout.
7-2
Round 10 - Bryant Cook - TES
The legendary Bryant Cook, know for playing TES, so i mulligan an otherwise solid hand without any disruption game 1, but i still lose. Game 2 i stick counterbalance and top. Game 3 i envelop his cabal therapy, he goes for it, but i have second envelop for his burning wish.
8-2
Round 11 - John Farrow - Omniscience
Side note: so many magic players mispronounce that card. at first i thought it was intentional / ironic, but now i think its just ignorance. Game 1 he turn 1 show and tell, i have no counter, he has omniscience + griselbrand into emrakul. Game 2 i stop first to show and tells, one with a counterspell, second with O-ring. I stick jace, but have to keep bottoming his good stuff, eventually he rips a burning wish for eye to nowhere to bounce my oring, then casts another wish for petals of insight, and i lose to grapeshot.
8-3
Round 12 - Jesse Piland - Bant
I played against him in GP Atlanta, but Bant is a much tougher matchup for UW miracles than it was for goblins. I lose in 3 after keeping a 1 lander game 3 and not getting there.
8-4
Round 13 - Ryan Hovis - 4 Color Pod
I lose game 1 when he naturally draws acidic slime, sun titan, and elesh norn. Could have beat any 2 of the 3. I win game 2 when he stalls on lands, and then bonfire perfectly game 3 to win when he can't kill me because he sided out his zealous conscripts.
9-4
Round 14 - Dan Musser - Zombies
I mulligan to 5 game 1, get my birds tragic slipped, and then he plays 2 diregraf ghouls. But i rip lands to cast my gas, he rips lands instead of spells, and i win easily. Game 2 is similar, except i'm never not in control.
10-4
Round 15 - Michael Hetrick - 4 Color Pod
I win game 1 with sword of war and peace. Game 2 i flood out and he has multiple thragtusks. Game 3 i get him to 1 and 6 poison with 2 silverhearts in play, but i can't do the final point before he double thragtusks and gets elesh norn to kill me.
10-5
Round 16 - Ross Merriam - UW Delver
I win game 1, then lose game 2 when i keep an iffy hand and flood, but still almost win with ulvenwald traker. Game 3 his hand is very slow and i'm able to continuously apply pressure and kill him with kessig wolf run.
11-5
Standard
Wins vs UW delver 3x, 4 color pod, zombies, and green summer.
Losses vs Mono Blue delver and 4 color pod.
Legacy
Wins vs RUG 2x, Storm 2x, Dredge
Loss vs Bant, Omniscience, BUG
I was really happy with Standard deck, somewhat disappointed with legacy list. Probably going to move away from the land tax version. Standard won't be the same again, but i might want more combusts if everyone moves to the mirran crusader version of delver.
I'll have more thoughts on the tournament up soon.
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