Did monogreen t8? I beat that, but I don't remember it t8ing. I think Solar Pox, Dragonstorm, Glare, Glare, and UW...then I don't know.
And Julian's a house. He's beat me in every sanctioned match I've ever played vs. him.
All I know is that my match vs. him was the only match that was overly one-sided. To be honest it's good to hear that he won out as I really want to know what he was running. The fact of the matter is that he was MDing things I was not expecting out of the Glare mirror at all and I really want to know in what proportions he was running them (especially the MD Indrik Stomphowlers that caught me off guard game one.)
And yeah, Mono-G did make it to the Top 8. Again that's another list I'd like to take a look at in more detail as it has potential...
To confirm, the finals of FL States was a Glare Mirror, and one of my friends from a draft group at the University of Florida was on the losing end of it. He admits it was a legitimate loss with bad plays by him. Two quotes sum it up: "He has Pendelhaven?!" and "He has Vitu-Ghazi?!"
His opponent legitimately had them in play, btw.
Knute (my friend) thought the Pendelaven was a Forest, so he attacks with a Selesnya Guildmage (not enough mana to pump it) and it runs into what becomes a 2/3 saproling. This elicits the first quote. The second quote was spewed when his opponent had no blockers. Knute swings (not for lethal) and runs into a fresh-out-of-the-Vitu-Ghazi-oven saproling.
On the bright side, he went 7-2 and got in as the 8th seed. In the quarters he plays against what I think is his worst matchup - Dragonstorm. The same guy he played beat him 2-0 in the Swiss. At any rate, he wins game 1 (Hey, thanks for the three 2/2s, I'll Devouring Light your Hunted Dragon), then game 2 sides in his only copy of Ivory Mask. Turn 3, he drops the Ivory Mask, THE TURN BEFORE HIS OPPONENT WOULD HAVE GONE OFF.
And that's how you beat Dragonstorm. Render the Hellkites useless.
If someone could fill in the blanks here, that'd be great:
1st: Glare
2nd: Glare
3rd-8th: Dragonstorm, U/W Control, (four unknowns)
I went 2-3 before dropping with Karsten-Bot. Let it be known that I fail at sideboarding.
From what I recall there was at least one Mono-Green list in there, along with another Glare list. I assume the other Glare player was Julian?
(I can officially say that I'm glad that the only losses I had during my day was to Knute in the last round, Julian and the Mono-Green guy. At least I can say "Oh yeah, my only losses came from the people that T8'd." )
All I know is that my match vs. him was the only match that was overly one-sided. To be honest it's good to hear that he won out as I really want to know what he was running. The fact of the matter is that he was MDing things I was not expecting out of the Glare mirror at all and I really want to know in what proportions he was running them (especially the MD Indrik Stomphowlers that caught me off guard game one.)
And yeah, Mono-G did make it to the Top 8. Again that's another list I'd like to take a look at in more detail as it has potential...
From what I recall there was at least one Mono-Green list in there, along with another Glare list. I assume the other Glare player was Julian?
(I can officially say that I'm glad that the only losses I had during my day was to Knute in the last round, Julian and the Mono-Green guy. At least I can say "Oh yeah, my only losses came from the people that T8'd." )