Dies to Removal

you got a hallowed fountain, isn't that worth something? And two foil rares.

some people are just never gonna be happy

yeah, just cash and airfare. Such a shame

I was being srs but eh your loss

indeed, but we are forced to open them right away.

I won 6 in a GPT, sent 3 to checkbox since I expected to send the other 3 to madding, but got no PM

pay me for the stamps and I'll ship you some packs for Christmas, sure.

I had the Stab Wounds, Abrupt Decay & Dreg Mangler + some swamps sleeved up and ready in case I faced Pack Rat or Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage. But yeah, the thing is that in this format, it's all about playing big, impactful cards. You don't necessarily want to play the colors with a million removal, you want the colors that has bombs. So while the black (and red!) were tempting, I'm pretty sure the GWu deck was the best for the format.

@Shalako: guess I mostly ate all my opponent's guys and smashed face the guildmage was obviously rather insane too. Both abilities are highly relevant broken.

The GP sealed pool had four cards: Angel, Archon, mythic Guildmage, Grove of the Guardian. The rest was mostly filler, but it obviously didn't matter.

My first round opponent (or round four) played Rakdos' Return on turn 5, Mizzium Mortars on turn 6 in game one. Won that game

First draft deck looked way too durdly, but it was powerful and got the job done. Was Golgari, opened Trostani P2P1, took Trostani, and splashed him.

In the second draft I got Trostani P3P4. Deck seemed sweet, so I felt pretty confident about going 2-1.

Top 8 deck... I dunno. Never really tried that kinda deck before. Didn't seem amazing, to be honest. I tried to go Selesnya, but it wasn't really there, so had to stretch out a bit for playables. Luckily my quarterfinal opponent's deck was pretty bad and he didn't play too well either, so I got my flight
anyway.

GPT sealed pool (went 2-1):

[deck]
1 Bazaar Krovod
1 Eyes in the Skies
1 Knightly Valor
1 Security Blockade
2 Selesnya Sentry
1 Seller of Songbird
1 Soul Tithe
1 Sunspire Griffin
1 Trained Caracal
1 Trostani's Judgment
1 Aquus Steed
2 Chronic Flooding
1 Crosstown Courier
1 Downsize
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Inspiration
1 Mizzium Skin
1 Psychic Spiral
3 Runewing
1 Daggerdrome Imp
1 Dark Revenant
1 Destroy the Evidence
1 Drainpipe Vermin
1 Grim Roustabout
1 Ogre Jailbreaker
1 Perilous Shadow
1 Stab Wound
1 Terrus Wurm
1 Batterhorn
2 Dynacharge
1 Explosive Impact
1 Gore-House Chainwalker
1 Guttersnipe
1 Survey the Wreckage
1 Tenement Crasher
2 Traitorous Instinct
1 Aerial Predation
1 Druid's Deliverance
2 Giant Growth
1 Rubbleback Rhino
1 Seek the Horizon
2 Stonefare Crocodile
2 Towering Indrik
1 Urban Burgeoning
1 Carnival Hellsteed
2 Centaur Healer
1
Coursers' Accord
1 Goblin Electromancer
1 Havoc Festival
1 Hellhole Flailer
1 Izzet Charm
1 Korozda Guildmage
1 Mercurial Chemister
1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
1 Rakdos Charm
3 Search Warrant
2 Spawn of Rix Maadi
1 Blistercoil Weird
1 Dryad Militant
1 Frostburn Weird
1 Growing Ranks
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Rakdos Shred-Freak
1 Sundering Growth
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Plains (foil)
1 Rogue's Passage[/deck]
GP
sealed pool (went 8-1):

[deck]
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Armory Guard
1 Avenging Arrow
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Fencing Ace
1 Rest in Peace
1 Rootborn Defenses
1 Sunspire Griffin
3 Trained Caracal
1 Trostani's Judgment
1 Chronic Flooding
1 Crosstown Courier
1 Downsize
1 Inaction Injunction
3 Inspiration
1 Runewing
1 Search the City
1 Catacomb Slug
1 Cremate
1 Destroy the Evidence
1 Grim Roustabout
2 Launch Party
1 Perilous Shadow
1 Slum Reaper
2 Stab Wound
1 Thrill-Kill Assassin
1 Zanikev Locust
1 Annihilating Fire
2 Cobblebrute
1 Electrickery
1 Gore-House Chainwalker
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Splatter Thug
1 Tenement Crasher
1 Traitorous Instinct
1 Axebane Guardian
1 Druid's Deliverance
1 Giant Growth
2 Korozda Monitor
1 Oak Street Innkeeper
1 Stonefare Crocodile
2 Towering Indrik
2 Urban Burgeoning
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Archon of the Triumvirate'
1 Auger Spree
1 Azorius Charm
1 Chemister's Trick
1 Common Bond
1 Coursers' Accord
1
Dramatic Rescue
1 Dreg Mangler
1 Essence Backlash
1 Grisly Salvage
3 Hussar Patrol
1 Lyev Skyknight
1 Rakdos Ragemutt
1 Rakdos Ringleader
1 Rix Maadi Guildmage
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage
1 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Selesnya Keyrune
2 Street Sweeper
2 Azorius Guildgate
1 Grove of the Guardian
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Rogue's Passage[/deck]
1st draft deck (3-0):

[deck]
1 Assassin's Strike
1 Daggerdrome Imp
1 Stab Wound
1
Axebane Guardian
1 Drudge Beetle
2 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Giant Growth
1 Horncaller's Chant
1 Towering Indrik
2 Coursers' Accord
1 Dreg Mangler
1 Golgari Charm
1 Selesnya Charm
2 Sluiceway Scorpion
1 Treasured Find
2 Trestle Troll
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Golgari Keyrune
1 Selesnya Keyrune
1 Transguild Promenade
16 basic lands

Sideboard:
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Sphere of Safety
1 Swift Justice
1 Trained Caracal
1 Psychic Spiral
1 Catacomb Slug
1 Drainpipe Vermin
1 Mind Rot
1 Tavern Swindler
1 Aerial Predation
1 Axebane Stag
1 Death's Presence
1 Horncaller's Chant
1 Mana Bloom
1 Urban Burgeoning
1 Treasured Find
2 Sundering Growth[/deck]

2nd draft deck (2-1):

[deck]
1 Arrest
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Coursers' Accord
1 Eyes in the Skies
1 Knightly Valor
1 Precinct Captain
1 Risen Sanctuary
1 Rootborn Defenses
2 Selesnya Sentry
2 Seller of Songbirds
1 Trostani's Judgment
1 Axebane Guardian
1 Brushstrider
1 Giant Growth
1
Slime Molding
2 Towering Indrik
3 Common Bond
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Selesnya Guildgate
16 basic lands

Sideboard:
1 Ethereal Armor
1 Swift Justice
1 Inaction Injunction
2 Inspiration
1 Cremate
1 Electrickery
1 Guild Feud
1 Pyroconvergence
1 Druid's Deliverance
2 Horncaller's Chant
1 Dramatic Rescue
1 Heroes' Reunion
1 Rix Maadi Guildmage
1 Search Warrant
1 Growing Ranks
1 Street Sweeper[/deck]