Monday 30 July 2012

MANCHESTER PTQ..4-4

This Saturday was the PTQ in Manchester….

Here’s the brake down on testing and why I went with the list I did.

Wednesday:

Wednesday is our league day (not wizards league), this time around it was standard, but the numbers said other wise they wanted to draft, so me, Ian Richardson and Fabian Quinn, went to another table to do some testing this is what I was testing:-


4 Augur of Bolas
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage

1 Dismember
2 Gut Shot
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
4 Thought Scour
4 Vapor Snag

2 Runecaster's Pike
1 Sword of War and Peace

4 Mana Leak

2 Cavern of Souls
6 Island
1 Plains
4 Glacial Fortress
2 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachorme Coast


This looks pretty good, no Geist of St Traft? You may ask why? I believe that the meta has shifted more to Bonfire of the Damned. The one sided wrath has knocked out the all-star. So why Augur of Bolas. Well, he has a big body for his CMC of 1U, he draws you a card as you look at the top three for a instant or sorcery and then putting it into your hand, if you miss then its fine you got rid of some cards you did not want. Also they don't what to Vapor Snag (a word I am going to get sick and tied of this weekend) as it just gives you more card draw.

The one thing that make Augur is his power, so we added Runcaster's Pike this makes him an unstoppable force (well not unstoppable just a pain in the ass). If your opponent blokes him carrying the Pike then they lose a creature due to the first strike, if they Vapor Snag him (Vapor Snag a word I got sick and tiered of hearing this weekend, followed by delver) it just means they just gave you another card to draw the next time you play him. Augur also works well with Restoration Angel, no mana leak in hand FLASH in the angel to blink out Augus and try to find the spell you need at that time. He really is that good, but look at me baffling on about a 1/3 guy, that’s blue and draws you a card.
The other part of the deck still play the flaying blue Wild vacate, yes where talking about Delver of Secrets, but we all know by now how that deck works right?

THUSDAY:

Had a break and spent some time with the kids, until it got to about 7pm when they were in bed. I was talking to Rob Catton and he said that he had a list that was rather fast for a 19 land U/W Delver deck.

But then I looked over the last 2 SCG and noticed that the midrange decks where doing rather well at holding up Delver, Naya and Zombies, so I put pen to paper................and fell asleep.

FRIDAY:
As it is for mny it was FNM tonight and i was not happy with the list above, so the list i went with was:

Maindeck:

Creatures
4
Blade Splicer
3
Phantasmal Image
4
Restoration Angel
4
Snapcaster Mage
2
Sun Titan

Instants
2
Dismember
2
Gut Shot
4
Mana Leak
2
Thought Scour

Sorceries
3
Bonfire of the Damned
3
Gitaxian Probe
4
Ponder

Basic Lands
3
Island
2
Mountain
3
Plains

Lands
1 Moorland Haunt
2
Evolving Wilds

4
Glacial Fortress
4
Seachrome Coast
4
Sulfur Falls

Sideboard:
1 Sleep
1
Oblivion Ring

2
Celestial Purge
1
Dissipate
2
Divine Offering
1
Negate
1
Jace, Memory Adept
1
Karn Liberated
2
Day of Judgment
2
Timely Reinforcements
1
Ghost Quarter

I like this deck, it has the midrage of the U/W and splashes red just for Bonfire of the Damned.

Many people thought I was playing U/W Delver, as they sigh when I play turn one ponder. 

The deck proved really well going 4-4. There are a few changes i would make but more testing will prove if they are right.  

For those that would like to know the Top 8 deck list are here, there will be a name that you all may know from Sheffield, Fabian Quinn was attending his first PTQ and managed a top 4 finish. 

Thats all folks for this time.

"combo" mike

Congratulations to Levi Mochan for winning the PTQ and good look in Seattle.





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