Spijtig genoeg ben ik niet tot aan tafel 1 geraakt, maar tot aan ronde 4 ging het voor de meeste van Leuven best wel ok, maar dan is het echt downhill gegaan.
Er waren uiteindelijk veel splinter twin-decks in top 8 en zijn deck is niet zo traditioneel splinter twin, al ken ik niet genoeg van dat deck om dat goed in te zien.
Een kort verslag (Int Engels, omdat ik het op mtgsalvation heb gepost):
Match 1: Jund, 1-0
This was surprisingly easy. G1 was a nut draw. G2: mulled to 5 and beat me to death with goyf and bob. G3: I made two big play mistakes and still managed to win.
Match 2: Kiki Pod, 2-0
2 straights wins. G1: she blocked Glistener, with rancor and other pump, with a Spike Feeder, removed all the counters for lifegain. Weird play against trample and infect.
Although the opponent knew I was playing Infect, she fetched a voice of resurgence with Pod, instead of Thalia, and then she tried blocking blighted agent with Voice. ?? She didn’t pay great attention.
Match 3: Zoo, 3-0
I think it was only 2 games. Nut draws for the win.
Match 4: Bogle, 4-0
This one I feared since they can go off T2 more easily then we can. G1: nuts draw and straight win with one attack. My draws so far were better than ever. G2: since I fetch aggressively (almost no duals come into play tapped), I was already down to 14 after 2 turns and then she beat me for 14 damage.
G3: good draw. For a final attack she had W/G mana open, so I feared PtE. But I had to take the chance, since she could go off next turn. She also had a reach-creature and I had an Apostle’s blessing in hand to get my beast through. All in it was, and she didn’t have removal. So match 4 was a win.
Match 5: Merfolk, 4-1
2 games and straight losses. Mainboard spellskite which in both games came out really early, is killer. A top deck Pithing Needle in G2 (as my first draw), targeting vial, slowed him down. Attacking for max 2 infect a time just isn’t enough.
Match 6: Affinity, 5-1
Another one I feared. G1: decent draw, top deck apostle’s blessing to get my beast through against Blinkmoth and Inkmoth. G2: he had bad luck. T1: blinkmoth, mox opal, go. T2: draw-go, T3: draw-go. So pretty easy.
And then it went downhill.
Match 7: GR Tron. 5-2
So far I never won against GR Tron and early on he always had an oblivion stone, karn, pyroclasm, spellskite, gut shot… as removal. I made a mistake which wouldn’t have made even the slightest difference.
Match 8: Bogle, 5-3
I don't think I won one game; his deck was way better (or it came out better then the first one I encountered). He kept on drawing cards and attacking for a gazillion damage, during 2 games.
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