Month: June 2016

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Damn Ghost Quarter

Tonight I was playing Merfolk against GW Eldrazi when Ghost Quarter ruined me.

ghost-quarter

Game 1 I had a single Spreading Seas on his Eldrazi Temple or whatever it was and lethal with Islandwalk.  Go to attack, He GQ’s his own Temple, removing his island, allowing him to block and kill me on the swingback.

Game 2 We’ve got a pretty close to a stalemate at something like 4 and 5 life.  Him with 3 creatures, Me with 2 lords and a Mutavault.  He goes for the all out attack.  I could block just enough to keep myself at 1 life, and keep enough power to kill him next turn.  Nope GQ on the mutavault and I’m dead.

I thought was going to get to 4-0 in league for the first time.  I have to go find a Ghost Quarter to rip up now….

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Merfolk League vs Zoo

I started a Modern friendly league with my current Merfolk deck tonight.  This is what it looks like:

Main:
4 Cursecatcher
2 Phantasmal Image
4 Silvergill Adept
2 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Master of Waves
2 Vapor Snag
2 Dismember
4 Aether Vial
4 Spreading Seas
16 Island
4 Mutavault

Sideboard:
2 Dispel
4 Echoing Truth
2 Essence Scatter
2 Negate
2 Tidebinder Mage
2 Relic of Progenitus

Match 1 vs 4 color Zoo

I start game 1 with 2x Spreading Seas, Lord of Atlantis, Master of Waves, Aether Vial, 2x Islands.  T1 Aether Vial, T2 Spreading Seas, T3 Spreading Seas + Cursecatcher + Lord of Atlantis, T4 Master of the Pearl Trident + Master of Waves for 8 tokens and the win!  They only got 2 small creatures out and managed to Become Immense on a Monastery Swiftspear for some damage, but other than that, this game was an easy win.

For some reason I decided to take out Dismember and brought in Tidebinder Mage.

In game 2 I found out they had black for IoK and Thoughtsieze.  They took a Lord of Atlantis and Phantasmal Image from my hand leaving me with no plays until turn 4, when I played the Master of Waves into an empty board.  I got to cast another Master of Waves on T5. I got to cast yet another Master of Waves on T6 for the win!

1-0, go fish!