FNM results are 4-0 this week. i had a good mix of matches this fnm.
2-0 Simic Quasi-Ooplicate, I had no idea his
game plan was ooze until after the match and we shared deck lists
Game 1 I played on the draw. Turn 2 he played
incubation druid, I turn 2 soc spd killed it. He must not have had a turn 3 or 4 play w.o it, beuasue he just played a tap land and passed. my turn 3 I was able to play spellbreaker hasted and domri turn 4 -3 got Zhur-Taa and
fanatical firebrand. he played
llanowar elf and tap land. I played double riot zhur-taa with domri and 2
fanatical firebrand. He played Ooze and i sacced both firebrand to kill main ooze. I -3 domri for zhurtaa and hellkite. he scooped.
Game 2 he changed the deck up to play 4 different counters
essence capture, sabatoge, disdain, and
frilled mystic in various amounts and only ooze, Helm of host and
quasiduplicate. i sided out firebrands for 3 drill bits and
vraska relic seekeri played behind his opening of 4 blues and him countering my Zhurtaa, spellbreaker, spellbreaker, and he did not get a green land turn 5, and he passed to me, i play domri and it sticks, then i -3 to get hellkite and zhurtaa. he misses his land again, and miss my land and draw spellbreaker #3. i play zhurtaa with domri that gets countered, then play spellbreaker sticks. he gets a green, plays
incubation druid. I get land, play hellkite with domri, and he counters. he plays land,
incubation druid pass. I topdeck
carnage tyrant and -3 domri to hit branch walker and zhurtaa. I play carnage, he plays
frilled mystic in response. he plays nothing on his turn and passed to me, and i just swing for lethal.
2-0 Esper control
Game 1 i was on the draw, but some how i was able to get through to his life. He played
syncopate on my turn 2 zhur ta, absorbed my spellbreaker and thought erased 1 of my domri. my turn 4 i play my second domri -3 into hellkite and spell breaker. He pass with mana open. I play harpooner with domri, it sticks. I use the harpooner to bring him down to 8 over the next few turns as nothing else sticks, and if it does it gets removed i drop
carnage tyrant one turn, then play a hasted spellbreaker the next. this prevented the settle he was holding. Nothing special happened to get me this win i feel outside of playing being able to topdeck gas every turn where he was drawing lands.
Game 2 I sided out fanatical firebrands, 1 trophy, 1 vraska, 1 lighting strike for 4
cindervines and 3 drill bits. i feel like
drill bit helped me in this match up extremely. When you are able to play
drill bit for spectacle cost, and play a creature behind it, it works extremely well vs control. I was able to get more creatures on this board this game, but he found all his removal and counterspells, flashed in
Angel of Grace, and exiled it. Domri is MVP this match as i used -3 on domri 4 times this game only wiffing once. i was able to cast 12 creatures by the time his hand empty. I was able to +1 domri and give harpooner haste and swing for a big 15 for lethal.
2-0 Izzet Drakes Harpooners main deck is madness.
Cindervines in side deck is even madder.
Since this and mono blu has been 30-50% of the meta, if you play green and dont main deck Kraul Harpooners in some fashion, you are doing yourself a disservice
Game 1 i was on the draw (again
x.
x) and his turn 1 was petramander and turn 2 was
goblin electromancer. my turn 2 was harpooner killing ptremander
. he main phase shocked my harpooner and swung with electromancer. I played Zhur taa, but when i asked if it resolved, he immediately went to
shock it, but i could tell and paused him, told him to slow down, and placed a 1/1 counter on the creature instead of hasting. this really turned the game for me casue i knew he didnt have any counter spells. Im not sure of specifics from here, but 2 other harpooners took down 1
enigma drake and 1
crackling drake down the line. i was able to drop a hasted 5/5 Hellkite with domri to close the game as he had no removal capable of killing it.
Game 2 i sided out 4 firebrands, 1 trophy, 1
carnage tyrant, 1 hellkite, for 4
cindervines and 3 deathgore scavenger. He mulled to 6 and his turn 1 was
island opt at my end phase. turn 2 was land pass. I played
cindervines turn 2,
cindervines turn 3, then started playing creatures. He just kind of froze from there, his hand was full, but he didnt play much. I killed his turn 4
crackling drake with a harpooner (traded), and his turn 6
crackling drake when i harpooned it, he used
dive down, i trophy'd it, he opted (and took 4 damage on my turn xD) drake dies and i keep harpooner. I swing hes at 6 life. He scoops on his turn next turn.
2-0 Boros Aggro. This was mostly a pre-alliegance list, so no
tithe taker and no hero of precint one.
Game 1 i was on the DRAW
((( and was a nail biter. i play firebrand turn 1. He played Vash pyromancer turn 2, lightning striked my 3/3 zhur taa turn 3, and played
Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice turn 4, and i had the harpooner in hand to kill it. I dominated the board from there, and he removed all my creatures. I remember being at 14 life, and only had firebrand on the field, and i swing to put him at 3 and lighting stike for lethal as my last card in my my hand. HOW ABOUT THIS GUY PLAYS
INTEGRITY // INTERVENTION ON MY FIREBRAND SAVING HIM! now im sad, he top decks another
Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice, and i topdeck a land 2 times in a row. he gets in for 2 attacks, plays 2 other vash pyromancer and im at 2 now. I topdeck
lightning strike for lethal. xD
Game 2 i sided out 4 firebrands for 3 cannonade and 1
Vraska Relic seeker. He turn 2 plays
knight of grace, and i have to go wide. i remember at 1 point i actually try to tyophy his knight at grace, but hexproof from black, so yea dumbass me in that moment. turn 4 i have to trade with Tajic, and its able to mentor the
knight of grace. I was able to lighting strike the next turn and play 3/3 zhur-taa. He plays 2 swiftblade vindicators turn 5 , and i play 5/5 Hellkite turn 5. He plays
Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice and vash pyromancer, and doesnt swing at all with swiftblade, he knew i had the trophy in my hand, but i was tapped out dont know why he didnt swing at all. I untapped to trophy aurelia, and swing and use hellkites ability to kill the Vindicators. He scooped his next turn.
this is my first fnm first place, and 3rd promo
light up the stage i have aquired. Next week will complete my set. I missed FNM last week due to work.