Hey there, new here on the forum, but reading this thread for a while now. I'm a big fan of Emeria. Love the game play, and took my deck to a competitive FNM in the Netherlands yesterday. Like to share a report from it. Went 2-2.
Game 1 vs 5 color humans: 0-2
Match 1: took a mulligan for 6, kept a risky 1 land hand, had double wall of omens in hand and was on the draw. Unfortunate didn’t draw any lands after that. He killed me turn 5
Match 2: played T1 Kami of false hope, T2 Wall of Omens and T3 Gideon of the Trails. Took the emblem with Gideon. In the meanwhile he played Meddling Mage on Supreme Verdict (which I had in hand).
He went aggro on Gideon but it took him 4 turns. (With help from Kami for 2 turns in a row (after returning him with Ojutai's command). I felt I controlled the game.
Then my hand was double flickerwisp and supreme verdict with 8 mana on board. I flickered the Meddling Mage and casted Supreme Verdict. Big mistake, I forgot he had Xathrid Necromancer on the table and lost to a zombie swarm. I was to hasty, had to path Xathrid first.
Game 2 vs 5 color humans (again) 2-0
Match 1: played Spreading Seas on both T2 and T3. He thought I played UW control and didn’t expect the Supreme Verdict on T4. Whiped 4 humans. Then started the Ghost Quarter lock. He ran just 2 basic lands. Resulted in a easy win.
Match 2: he had an aggro start. I went to 4 life on turn 4. I tried to survive this fast game. Played a Detention sphere on his (transformed) Mayor of Avabruck. Flickerwisped his big Champion of the Parish. Took the emblem with Gideon of the Trials, and started +1 on his Mantis Rider Eventually slammed a Sun Titan. He tried to kill Gideon for 3 turns. Unsuccesfull. Then scooped it up frustrated as he saw Emeria was about becoming active.
Game 3 vs Grixis Death Shadow 2-0
Match 1: He played Inquisition of Kozilek on my path to exile T1 and saw me having a Supreme Verdict. I played Spreading Seas T2 and Court Hussar T3 (found a Detention Sphere). He played slow, obviously waiting voor the Verdict. Therefore I decided to verdict his only creature (Tasigur, the golden fang). Then he slammed double Death's Shadow (both 9/9). But he was tapped out. I played the Dsphere on them. He ran out of gas, I got Emeria active. That closed the game.
Match 2: a game we both drew a lot of lands. I pathed a fast played Gurmag Angler. Verdicted a Death's Shadow and Snapcaster mage. Had a Sun Titan in hand and found another one. Opponent had a hand full of cards but didn’t have the right removal for the Titans. Game over.
Game 4 vs Bant Knightfall 0-2
Match 1: thought I played regular bant company. But it turned out Bant with the Retreat to Coralhelm and Knight of the Reliquary combo. I wasn’t familiar with the combo. Detention sphered 2 Noble Hierarch and saved my Supreme Verdict for later. Then lost to the combo (a 20/20 knight of the reliquary and a tapped defense).
Match 2: saved my Path for the knight combo. But he found a Scavenging Ooze with Collected Company. Had to path to exile this annoying Emeria-card. And with all the verdicts, dspere’s, path’s and kami’s in my library I felt pretty safe for a possible knight combo. Unfortunate, I didn’t drew any of these. And lost to the combo again.
Overall:
Went 2-2. Happy with the result. My wins were easy, my losses close or unfortunate. Could / should have been 3-1
Surprised with the easy win on Death's Shadow. And 5-color Humans is an easy matchup under normal circumstances.
Deck evaluation: Gideon of the Trials is an all-star. Really won me a few games. Court hussar is great too. Would never consider to swap with Blade Splicer. The card-draw quality it represents is exactly what this deck needs.
Played with 4x Supreme Verdict. A bit risky maybee, but it felt pretty good after all!
Nice to know. There was another Emeria deck that night. He went 4-0! He played the classic version of Emeria with Pilgrim'sEye, Mortarpod and Aether Spellbomb.
Go Emeria!
4 Flooded Strand
3 Ghost Quarter
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Irrigated Farmland
1 Island
8 Plains
1 Prairie Stream
3 Court Hussar
3 Detention Sphere
4 Flickerwisp
2 Gideon of the Trials
3 Lone Missionary
4 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas
4 Sun Titan
4 Supreme Verdict
4 Wall of Omens
1 Detention Sphere
1 Dispel
3 Kami of False Hope
3 Negate
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Pithing Needle
2 Stony Silence
2 Tormod's Crypt
Game 1 vs 5 color humans: 0-2
Match 1: took a mulligan for 6, kept a risky 1 land hand, had double wall of omens in hand and was on the draw. Unfortunate didn’t draw any lands after that. He killed me turn 5
Match 2: played T1 Kami of false hope, T2 Wall of Omens and T3 Gideon of the Trails. Took the emblem with Gideon. In the meanwhile he played Meddling Mage on Supreme Verdict (which I had in hand).
He went aggro on Gideon but it took him 4 turns. (With help from Kami for 2 turns in a row (after returning him with Ojutai's command). I felt I controlled the game.
Then my hand was double flickerwisp and supreme verdict with 8 mana on board. I flickered the Meddling Mage and casted Supreme Verdict. Big mistake, I forgot he had Xathrid Necromancer on the table and lost to a zombie swarm. I was to hasty, had to path Xathrid first.
Game 2 vs 5 color humans (again) 2-0
Match 1: played Spreading Seas on both T2 and T3. He thought I played UW control and didn’t expect the Supreme Verdict on T4. Whiped 4 humans. Then started the Ghost Quarter lock. He ran just 2 basic lands. Resulted in a easy win.
Match 2: he had an aggro start. I went to 4 life on turn 4. I tried to survive this fast game. Played a Detention sphere on his (transformed) Mayor of Avabruck. Flickerwisped his big Champion of the Parish. Took the emblem with Gideon of the Trials, and started +1 on his Mantis Rider Eventually slammed a Sun Titan. He tried to kill Gideon for 3 turns. Unsuccesfull. Then scooped it up frustrated as he saw Emeria was about becoming active.
Game 3 vs Grixis Death Shadow 2-0
Match 1: He played Inquisition of Kozilek on my path to exile T1 and saw me having a Supreme Verdict. I played Spreading Seas T2 and Court Hussar T3 (found a Detention Sphere). He played slow, obviously waiting voor the Verdict. Therefore I decided to verdict his only creature (Tasigur, the golden fang). Then he slammed double Death's Shadow (both 9/9). But he was tapped out. I played the Dsphere on them. He ran out of gas, I got Emeria active. That closed the game.
Match 2: a game we both drew a lot of lands. I pathed a fast played Gurmag Angler. Verdicted a Death's Shadow and Snapcaster mage. Had a Sun Titan in hand and found another one. Opponent had a hand full of cards but didn’t have the right removal for the Titans. Game over.
Game 4 vs Bant Knightfall 0-2
Match 1: thought I played regular bant company. But it turned out Bant with the Retreat to Coralhelm and Knight of the Reliquary combo. I wasn’t familiar with the combo. Detention sphered 2 Noble Hierarch and saved my Supreme Verdict for later. Then lost to the combo (a 20/20 knight of the reliquary and a tapped defense).
Match 2: saved my Path for the knight combo. But he found a Scavenging Ooze with Collected Company. Had to path to exile this annoying Emeria-card. And with all the verdicts, dspere’s, path’s and kami’s in my library I felt pretty safe for a possible knight combo. Unfortunate, I didn’t drew any of these. And lost to the combo again.
Overall:
Went 2-2. Happy with the result. My wins were easy, my losses close or unfortunate. Could / should have been 3-1
Surprised with the easy win on Death's Shadow. And 5-color Humans is an easy matchup under normal circumstances.
Deck evaluation:
Gideon of the Trials is an all-star. Really won me a few games. Court hussar is great too. Would never consider to swap with Blade Splicer. The card-draw quality it represents is exactly what this deck needs.
Played with 4x Supreme Verdict. A bit risky maybee, but it felt pretty good after all!
Nice to know. There was another Emeria deck that night. He went 4-0! He played the classic version of Emeria with Pilgrim'sEye, Mortarpod and Aether Spellbomb.
Go Emeria!