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zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:38 pm

Won R1 2-1 Vs RDW in the second 8 man of the day. G1 he runs me over. G2 Blind Obedience wins me the game. G3 he stall on 2 land and folds when Sparky puts him to 6 with me still on 20 with Blind Obedience in play

Blind Obedience just isn't beatable in the mirror.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:38 pm

Also Kait, I would be SUPER appreciative if we could do some more testing plus discussion. Maybe with Skype? I expect the GPT to be FLOODED with UWx and would love to prepare for them.

you're the boss, bushman

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:42 pm

Need to 2-0 the last two rounds to hit 35 QPs.

Otherwise it will have to wait until tomorrow because I don't feel like double queuing tonight. A man's got to know his limits.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:54 pm

Round 3 my opponent Lifebane Zombies me seeing three Searing Blood. I Blood the Zombie and he proceeds to play Gray Merchant into four open red mana. How is this man 2-0?

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:01 pm

He's dead Jim.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:01 pm

The old shock myself for 2, play Blood Baron and hope line didn't succeed.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:02 pm

I for one am shocked.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:02 pm

I am free after work (6ish hours from now) if you're awake and online

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:02 pm

He was just being generous.

Here, I'll pay 5 mana and discard this card so you can deal 6 to my face

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:03 pm

@ beating BW: you can't fault people for playing their spells. what else is he supposed to do?

LaZerBurn · Postby **LaZerBurn** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:04 pm

Round 3 my opponent Lifebane Zombies me seeing three Searing Blood. I Blood the Zombie and he proceeds to play Gray Merchant into four open red mana. How is this man 2-0?

Why do my opps never do this?

R2 of my 2nd 8 man. UW Devo - NVS, MOW, Tidebinder, Last Breath, counters, Jace, Rev, splashing B for BBV. Unsurprisingly I die horribly

I actually can't financially afford to be this bad, it would be cheaper to just buy an LED.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:04 pm

Play the removal that was in his hand instead.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:04 pm

Unless the four cards in hand were all Blood Baron I suppose.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:06 pm

Sometimes they don't have a choice, but I refuse to give him the benefit of the doubt given what I saw in game 1.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:06 pm

you don't know what was in his hand, grey merchant eating 2 bloods into blood baron seems like a fine line in an already desperate game

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:06 pm

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:07 pm

Yeah I don't know, its true. I will concede that I am being unfair. Excuse me, I am excited with the smell of victory.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:08 pm

you got a rupee

now get two more

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:08 pm

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:09 pm

I am playing out of my skin this week. If only I were this in the zone and practiced for the GP.

Or, you know, I had the benefit of nearly 150 more matches with which to practice and refine my deck. That probably helps too.

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:12 pm

Yea, I don't know the board state etc. just seems like it would be worse than doing nothing a lot of the time.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:14 pm

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:17 pm

Yea, I don't know the board state etc. just seems like it would be worse than doing nothing a lot of the time.

This is my opinion too, tapping out against Burn is so bad because you're basically telling me "I hope you don't have it". I am quite proficient at getting maximum value from cards, so I usually do.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:17 pm

Don't play UB Faeries Kait.

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:18 pm

Wow your handwriting is great

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:19 pm

but what else can a deck that is only creatures and removal do? wait to draw a duress or devour flesh? maybe. sometimes you just go for it.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:19 pm

Don't play UB Faeries Kait.

who said anything about black?

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:20 pm

You sure do have nice hand writing though. Mine is atrocious.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:20 pm

Well, the other option is UR Faeries and that deck sucks.

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:20 pm

I might play Mono U Tron actually, that appeals to me a lot.

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:21 pm

those are sex offender id numbers on the back page

zemanjaski · Postby **zemanjaski** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:21 pm

Probably also cannot beat Zoo though.

hamfactorial · Postby **hamfactorial** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:24 pm

4x Blood Moon

So metal

BlakLanner · Postby **BlakLanner** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:25 pm

but what else can a deck that is only creatures and removal do? wait to draw a duress or devour flesh? maybe. sometimes you just go for it.

Not walk right into the cards you know he has unless you are sure you need to get them out of his hand to progress?

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:29 pm

but what else can a deck that is only creatures and removal do? wait to draw a duress or devour flesh? maybe. sometimes you just go for it.

Well yea, I can think of a ton of cards he could have had or could have drawn that would have been better. Night veil takes both searin bloods to kill, a discard spell clears the way, the blood baron takes the hit and allows you to get the 2 life from Gary the next turn almost for sure, demon says fuck your searing bloods, devour flesh in hand would make waiting a lot more profitable as well. But, I don't know life totals, board state, hands etc. so it's all speculation and it sounds like he was in rough shape anyways

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:32 pm

I assumed he lured them out with a grey merchant so blood baron could come down safely

Searing Blood is never dead in the match. Having the opponent use 2 on a Merchant that gained you some life isn't the worst deal.

It's basically an unwinnable match, he knows this and Zem knows this

Kaitscralt · Postby **Kaitscralt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:36 pm

who gives a shit though

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:43 pm

Well he doesn't gain the 2 from gray merchant since there are no black pipe when the trigger resolves. Also, idk his life total but I assumed he was going to be in burn out range before the baron had a chance to swing. I'm going to stop caring now

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:43 pm

Black pipe

Black pips*

imopen2 · Postby **imopen2** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:44 pm

Hey zem, imagine a black Pip

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