2014/05/08

Back from BoM9

Back home from BoM9.
I played only vintage; two trials (7/3) & main event (2/x). I played Emra-Oath.
I really really liked the deck and how it played its matches.
Decisive losses were: two landscrews from mulligans, one to five and one to four. One match because the opponent just had a bit more luck then me in drawing answears (I played Ancestral AND Thirst that match).
Fun things about Oath include that some of the most powerful mulligans you can have is with Oath. I won 3 out of 4 matches where I mull'ed to 5. Land mana-artifact and threat turn one can be hard to deal with and if they keep a 7 and you mull to 5, they are going to play their turn 1 a bit more unsafe then if you'd kept a 7.

Anyways things I liked and disliked about the deck:
Two Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in MD was both good and bad. I have the feeling now after trying a few matches with only one in MD that two give you a lot more freedome in how you can play. Activating Oath with one Emra in play already gave me a 50% chance to reshuffle the deck. Getting spells back is sometimes extremely good. The more tutors you have the better this is.
I need a new robot in SB. Having the Blightsteel Colossus is sweet.. you win lots of games by playing a threat turn one and getting him out.. buuuuut then again some times you go up against decks that can actually handle it. A Inkwell Leviathan will be added to SB.
Thoughtseize was the bomb. I played two i MD and now play three. At the turnament I had the third in SB but would side it in against all non-workshop nor dredge decks. A possible bad play with it is playing it turn 1 when you suspect your opponent is playing combo. Holding a mana for the scare effect and a counter is usually better then taking one card and scaring them to go off. Casting it turn 2 was never bad.
Preordain did not impress.
Two Swan Song & three Mental Misstep was the right sum. Three Spell Pierce was great in combination with the other counters and Thoughtseize.
Misdirection has gone up from one to two copies.. great defensive spell for a deck that really only needs defense because its so aggressive.
 Dragon Breath is awsome as long as you do not draw it. One more has been added to SB to make Jace-matchup better (lots of people love the Jace-control decks). A Terastodon also greatly helps in that MU.

Decklist as is now:
MD
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island 
1 Island
5 Blue-Fetchlands
5 Mox ABU
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt


Oath of Druids
1 Show and Tell
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Dragon Breath

1 Beast Within
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Swan Song
3 Spell Pierce
3 Mental Misstep

SB
2 Pithing Needle
4 Nature's Claim
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Flusterstorm
1 Dragon Breath
1 Terastodon
2 Show and Tell
1 not sure what to put here..

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