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Magic: the Gathering... puts a smile on Howlie's face!
10 years ago
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I'm feeling rather smug right now. I just got home from a, Modern Format- mtg tournament, that lasted three days. Granted it was a small tournament compared to those hosted in, LA, Dallas, and I believe NY. I honestly had doubts about getting through to the second half of the tournament, however, I made it by the skin of my teeth... I even made it to the third half, and took 5th place, in the top 10. My prize was a box of, Modern Masters 15... and a chance to head out to either LA or Dallas Granprix. ^ ^
I was running, Modern Splinter Twin... which only mtg players know to be a hateful deck to face. My version however had my overall touch to it, while keeping the overall core intact. My first matches where absolutely easy, but by the 20th match, experienced players started to show... so thing's became rather hard for me. I had to really dig deep into my experience as a mtg player since 1993.
Anywho, I made it to the third round on the third day... which was absolutely bonkers. Sooooo many outrageous decks... some where easy to recognize, others where rouge decks that made it through. I even had to face decks similar to my own. Fortunately I chose my sideboard wisely in order to beat them.
My Deck looked like this-
CREATURE'S- 16
x4 Snapcaster Mage
x4 Young Pyromancer
x4 Deceiver Exarch
x2 Grim Lavamancer
x2 Kiki -Jiki Mirror Breaker
SORCERY/INSTANTS/ENCHANTMENTS/ARTIFACTS - 22
x4 Splinter Twin
x4 Lightning Bolt
x4 Remand
x4 Serum Visions
x4 Electrolize
x2 Spellskite
LANDS- 22
x4 Steam Vents
x4 Temple of Epiphany
x2 Mana Vault
x6 Mountain- Full Face Z-lands
x6 Islands- Full Face Z- lands
I was running, Modern Splinter Twin... which only mtg players know to be a hateful deck to face. My version however had my overall touch to it, while keeping the overall core intact. My first matches where absolutely easy, but by the 20th match, experienced players started to show... so thing's became rather hard for me. I had to really dig deep into my experience as a mtg player since 1993.
Anywho, I made it to the third round on the third day... which was absolutely bonkers. Sooooo many outrageous decks... some where easy to recognize, others where rouge decks that made it through. I even had to face decks similar to my own. Fortunately I chose my sideboard wisely in order to beat them.
My Deck looked like this-
CREATURE'S- 16
x4 Snapcaster Mage
x4 Young Pyromancer
x4 Deceiver Exarch
x2 Grim Lavamancer
x2 Kiki -Jiki Mirror Breaker
SORCERY/INSTANTS/ENCHANTMENTS/ARTIFACTS - 22
x4 Splinter Twin
x4 Lightning Bolt
x4 Remand
x4 Serum Visions
x4 Electrolize
x2 Spellskite
LANDS- 22
x4 Steam Vents
x4 Temple of Epiphany
x2 Mana Vault
x6 Mountain- Full Face Z-lands
x6 Islands- Full Face Z- lands
The only foil mythic I pulled was, Mox Diamond. :/ The only other worth mentioning cards I pulled where, Bitterblossom, Cryptic Command, and Dark Confident.