This is my mini tournamant report from playing Friday at the MVP 1K event in Lancaster PA. There were 19 players.
Here is the list I played.
X4 Wireewood Symbiote
X3 Heritage Druid
X4 Deathrite Shaman
X4 Elvish Visionary
X4 Quirion Ranger
X4 Nettle Sentinel
X2 Craterhoof Behemoth
X1 Birchlore Ranger
X1 Llanowar Elves
X4 Glimpse of Nature
X4 Green Sun's Zenith
X4 Natural Order
X1 Crop Rotation
X4 Verdant Catacombs
X3 Mysty Rainforest
X2 Wooded Foothills
X2 Gaea's Cradle
X1 Overgrown Tomb
X1 Bayou
X2 Dryad Arbor
X5 Forest
Game 1 against RUG Delver, win 2/3
Meekstone single handidly won me the final two games. Its so good if you can get it to stick.
Game 2 against Jund, loose 0/2
Game one, I drew 6 lands in a row, and just did nothing, game two he devistated my board and hand. It was a sad game for the little green guys.
Game 3 against Landstill, win 2/3
Game three he had Jace at 12 counters and I was dead next turn. I came back in the craziest way! Hard casted Craterhoof met a FOW, then I followed it up with a Natural Order into my 2nd Craterhoof to win with just enough damage to get it done!
Game 4 against GWU delver/Stoneforge/TNN/exalted., I'm sure there is a proper name for the deck.. win 2/0
Playing 4 natural Order's won me this game with no question. At one point I cast 3 Natural Order's in two turns. The final one got me Hoof for the win!
Game 1 of top 8 against RWU Delver, win 2/3
Game one I had Progenitis turn 3 and there is just no answer to it.
Game two, just sad face on my side of the board.
Game 3 my opponent made two mistakes in a row with countering poorly, then not using his Grim Lavamancer to take out my Drad Arbor. This gave me the opening for turn 4 Progenitus and a fast scooping of the cards on my opponents side.
At this point it was 12:30am, and I was ready for bed! Luckily for me, the rest of the guys felt the same and we decided to split the winnings. I walked away with a Force of Will, and a Misty Rainforest.
A few things I learned from the matches.
4 Natural Orders will be staying main deck from now on! Its just so good.
Quirion Ranger with Deathrite Shaman almost feel like cheating!
Meekstone against Delver decks is crazy!
The biggest thing though is never fold early! This deck is so resiliant againt board disruption its sick! There were two diffrent games that I was sure I was going to loose and came back in both. One against an active Jitte and the other against a Jace at 12 counters.
Kevin
Private Mod Note
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Vintage! Where the early game is Shuffling, the midgame is Mulliganing, and the Late game is turn 1
Yea thats more or less the heart of it. You think your going to lose and then bang. Had a game myself where I went from an empty board to 11 creatures in a turn last week. The redundancy this deck has is one of the defining reasons to play it.
Edit:
ON the new Primer.
I PMed Pop and have yet to get any response. No clue why he is not talking to me. Second time in 3 weeks I have PMed him and just been ignored. I have moved onto talking to Global mods. Maybe I can get one of them to approve it. It really should not have taken this long.
edit:
That primer is going to need some editing... I forgot to include Nettle Sentinel.
Current decks of choice:
Vintage: Shops.
Legacy: Lands.
Modern: Lantern.
Here is the list I played.
X4 Wireewood Symbiote
X3 Heritage Druid
X4 Deathrite Shaman
X4 Elvish Visionary
X4 Quirion Ranger
X4 Nettle Sentinel
X2 Craterhoof Behemoth
X1 Birchlore Ranger
X1 Llanowar Elves
X4 Glimpse of Nature
X4 Green Sun's Zenith
X4 Natural Order
X1 Crop Rotation
X4 Verdant Catacombs
X3 Mysty Rainforest
X2 Wooded Foothills
X2 Gaea's Cradle
X1 Overgrown Tomb
X1 Bayou
X2 Dryad Arbor
X5 Forest
Side board
X2 Meekstone
X1 Duress
X1 Thoughtseize
X3 Cabal Theropy
X1 Scavenging Ooze
X3 Abrupt Decay
X1 Progenitus
X1 Ruric Thar
X1 Veridan Shaman
X1 Pithing Needle
Game 1 against RUG Delver, win 2/3
Meekstone single handidly won me the final two games. Its so good if you can get it to stick.
Game 2 against Jund, loose 0/2
Game one, I drew 6 lands in a row, and just did nothing, game two he devistated my board and hand. It was a sad game for the little green guys.
Game 3 against Landstill, win 2/3
Game three he had Jace at 12 counters and I was dead next turn. I came back in the craziest way! Hard casted Craterhoof met a FOW, then I followed it up with a Natural Order into my 2nd Craterhoof to win with just enough damage to get it done!
Game 4 against GWU delver/Stoneforge/TNN/exalted., I'm sure there is a proper name for the deck.. win 2/0
Playing 4 natural Order's won me this game with no question. At one point I cast 3 Natural Order's in two turns. The final one got me Hoof for the win!
Game 1 of top 8 against RWU Delver, win 2/3
Game one I had Progenitis turn 3 and there is just no answer to it.
Game two, just sad face on my side of the board.
Game 3 my opponent made two mistakes in a row with countering poorly, then not using his Grim Lavamancer to take out my Drad Arbor. This gave me the opening for turn 4 Progenitus and a fast scooping of the cards on my opponents side.
At this point it was 12:30am, and I was ready for bed! Luckily for me, the rest of the guys felt the same and we decided to split the winnings. I walked away with a Force of Will, and a Misty Rainforest.
A few things I learned from the matches.
4 Natural Orders will be staying main deck from now on! Its just so good.
Quirion Ranger with Deathrite Shaman almost feel like cheating!
Meekstone against Delver decks is crazy!
The biggest thing though is never fold early! This deck is so resiliant againt board disruption its sick! There were two diffrent games that I was sure I was going to loose and came back in both. One against an active Jitte and the other against a Jace at 12 counters.
Kevin
Yea thats more or less the heart of it. You think your going to lose and then bang. Had a game myself where I went from an empty board to 11 creatures in a turn last week. The redundancy this deck has is one of the defining reasons to play it.
Edit:
ON the new Primer.
I PMed Pop and have yet to get any response. No clue why he is not talking to me. Second time in 3 weeks I have PMed him and just been ignored. I have moved onto talking to Global mods. Maybe I can get one of them to approve it. It really should not have taken this long.
Current decks of choice:
Vintage: Shops.
Legacy: Lands.
Modern: Lantern.
Thanks Dice Bag!
Have any questions or concerns? Come take a dip in my pool.