Pairings: (seed)
Quarterfinals:
a) Sturmgott 3 (one) - SirGalahad 2 (eight)
b) Nastaboi 3 (four) - marchhare 2 (five)
c) Payron 3 (three) - Mythrandir 2 (six)
d) Goblinpiledriver 3 (two) - -jfk- 0 (seven)
Semifinals:
Sturmgott (one) 0 - Nastaboi (four) 3
Payron (three) 1 - Goblinpiledriver (two) 3
Highlander:
Nastaboi vs Goblinpiledriver 3:2
changed (MErcator dropped)
changed -jfk- is replacing firestarter
so we have (bracket = ladder pos at end of the year 2009)
1. Sturmgott (-1-)
2. Goblinpiledriver (-2-)
3. Payron (-3-)
4. Nastaboi (-6-)
5. marchhare (-7-)
6. Mythrandir (-8-)
7. -jfk- (-15-)
8. SirGalahad (-19-)
organization finished
now it's your turn!
Mythrandir 5cc VS Payron Boros deck wins
2:1 (we'll play the rest another day)
Well, how shall i put this... the two of us playing was quite an "adventure"
We played so many games i can't really recall most details
game 1: Although i had some board control with collective he had ajani goldmane + some creatures and played geddon, i had bayou in hand, game crashed!! so it was dependend on our draws, but the advantag was his i guess.
Game 1': I held the board cleared, he played again ajania i played needle his MWS went all crazy although we were still both in play we couldn't do any action...
Game 1'': A tactical wasteland left him with no R and only 3 lands, and i was stuck on 3 lands as well, but had avenmindcensor in play, doran and pride. so i killed him, eventually.
Game 2: Although i was able to hold the board for a while (via maze) he had a exalted angel + bone spliter and a 1/1 token with SoFI, i drew 8lands out of 10 draws... so it was his game.
Game 3: He starts fast but again i able to stabilize a little bit, but then his MWS went all crazy again (no reaction to the buttons). I believe he had the upper hand in the match, since he had good board pressure and i was starting to going to the red line.
Game 3': I was able to hold him at bay, andwhen he had lads of board advtanage (2x creatures + equipment + cursed scroll) i drew into pernicious deed. :D and then glen + aven mindcensor he had a full "leveled up" FoD, but i drew fire/ice, tapped the FoD and won.
game 4: He was again screw. but had two 1/1 i went for inu«tuition -> LFTL + wasteland + maze, killed his only plateau and had a jund charm for his 2 1/1 but game crashed.
And that's it, we were both to tired to carry o, so we decided to leave it for another day.
On one of the crashed games he had a blood moon! Sorry for the short descriptions, but with so many games, didn't recall aeverything.
Mythrandir 5cc VS Payron Boros deck wins
we played today our next matches:
first: I had solid start with Isamaru which got handled at his first attack with a corp rotaion on Karakas. I startet beating then with Kami of the ancient law and layed down Sulforic Vortex. In the end he was just flooded and hadn t enough removel to handle the board.
Second game: I startet with a instant Suntail Hawk to start some damage, in the meanwhile he tapped some lands with his Port. I could cast some spells and won in the end just because he was screwed :(
I am sry for the damn flood / screw games .. I also hate it :(
so in the end I won with 3:2
thx for games anyways
updated
Payron is first semi-finalist
One week to go for the other guys to play their quarterfinals!
Quote from: Vazdru on 22-02-2010, 09:28:18 PM
updated
Payron is first semi-finalist
One week to go for the other guys to play their quarterfinals!
Can anyone plz explain me why no other quarterfinal has been played yet? Trouble-shooting?! Is it a matter of motivation or anything else?
The problem is just time:
1.week jfk had no time, 2nd week he had to learn for exam, 3.week i wasn't reguarly in the internet, at the 4. week he was in Chemnitz at the weekend.
So there were several contacts, but there wasn't an appointment for 1 or 2hours play.
Messages I received:
-jFk- ‎(07.02.2010 20:14):
sorry jetzt nich
-jFk- ‎(14.02.2010 16:54):
hi, ich schreibe morgen noch meine letzte klausur, wofür ich jetzt noch lernen muss. nächste woche sollten wir das aber auf jeden fall hinbekommen... da hab ich dann zeit
-jFk- ‎(18.02.2010 14:48):
moin... heute hab ich höchstens abends zeit aber vielleicht können wir uns ja für morgen abend verabreden
-jFk- ‎(26.02.2010 13:55):
ich fahre jetzt übers wochenende weg.. ich könnte dort versuchen mir heute oder morgen abend ein inetcafe zu suchen... dann müsste ich aber schon vorher wissen ob du da bist
-jFk- ‎(27.02.2010 17:19):
war unterwegs inna stadt und hab kein inet-cafe gefunden
-jFk- ‎(27.02.2010 17:20):
heute abend schaff ichs wohl doch nich
kann hier auch mit meinem laptop nicht ans inet ran
wenn ich nochn inetcafe (morgen) finde versuch ichs vielleicht tagsüber nochmal... ansonsten komme ich montag zurück nach berlin
at least you are trying... ;)
all of you get another week for the quarterfinals; if there is still an open one i will shedule a date (in that case both competitors are welcome to send me some suggestions)
Been extremely busy lately. Had a vacation last week but no hear from marchhare then. But yes, it's all about time.
Nastaboi High Tide vs. Marchhare 5c Goodstuff Control
2 - 2
The deciding game shall take place today. Detailed report will follow, stay tuned.
Quote from: Nastaboi on 04-03-2010, 09:05:25 AM
Nastaboi High Tide vs. Marchhare 5c Goodstuff Control
2 - 2
The deciding game shall take place today. Detailed report will follow, stay tuned.
Marchhare could you please post your decklist, after the Tournament ladder, i'm curious to see it. Thanks :D
sure :P plus the changes caused by worldwake, if someones interested we could discuss it in the forum ;)
Goblin Piledriver(Domain-aggro) vs -jFk- (WW)
3:0
Game1: Goblin Piledriver is beginning
T1: Mox Diamond + Watchwolf -- Elite Vanguard
T2: Vindicate(Plains) --
T3: Winter Orb -- Leonin Skyhunter
T4: Rafiq of the Many -- Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
T5: Ajani Vengeant ...
Watchwolf + Rafiq sealed the game quickly.
Game2: jfk is beginning
T1: Savannah Lions -- Burst Lightning
T2: Goldmeadow Harrier + Burrenton Forge-Tender -- Gaea's Skyfolk
T3: Leonin Skyhunter -- Knight of the Reliquary
T4: Serra Avenger -- Jenara, Asura of War
T5: -- Blightning + Jund Hackblade
T6: Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers -- Demonic Tutor + Magma Jet(prevented by Forge Tender)
T7: Soltari Priest -- Tribal Flames ....
Jenara + Knight were just too big for the white Creatures but both suffered from Goldmeadow Harrier, while Serra Avenger started beating at me. At the end Blightning + Tribal Flames brought jfk to exact 0.
Game3: jfk is beginning
T1: -- Aether Vial
T2: Leonin Skyhunter -- Bitterblossom + Noble Hierarch
T3: Wasteland(Taiga) + Kami of the Ancinet Law(Bitterblossom) -- Doran, the Siege Tower
T4: Chrome Mox(Jotun Grunt) + Ranger of the Eos(Mother + Figure)
T5: Oblivion Ring(Aether Vial) + Mother o.R. -- Oblivion Ring(Mother)
T6: Eight-and-a-Half-Tails -- Baneslayer Angel
T7: Figure of Destiny + Akrasan Squire -- Bloodbraid Elf(Survival) + survival Genesis to FtK.
T8: Knight of the White Orchid -- Garruk Wildspeaker
T9: Sword to Plowshares -- survival Genesis to Pestermite + Pestermite
jfk played Ranger of Eos, I played Doran. He used Oblivion Ring against my Vial(did he really knowed that I had Genesis and Baneslayer Angel in my hand), I used my O.Ring against his Mother of Runes. At the end Bloodbraid Elf + Flametongue Kavu supported by Pestermite ended it.
Sturmgott (Elves!) vs. Sir Galahad (Non-Red Survival) 3:2
Game 1 I win because his Mind Twist 4 leaves me exactly the win card: Overrun.
Game 2 I win with the combo. His Spike Weaver prevents me from winning the same turn, but my Kamahl animates his lands in his upkeep and End of Turn so the staff can tap his mana out.
Game 3 I lose to an early 3/4 Tarmogoyf and later a Rhox War Monk and a Baneslayer Angel. I was totally flooded in that game.
Game 4 I lose to the opposite: Screw. When I try to find into the game and play Pact for Priest, he counters the pries and bounced one of my two green mana sources, so I lose to the Pact.
Game 5 I win because I can Natural Order for Progenitus when he has no mana available for countering.
GGs!
Nastaboi High Tide vs. Marchhare 5c Goodstuff Control
3 - 2
The report will take a while as the games were very long. The deciding one alone took one and half hour! Thanks to Marchhare for a fair match.
Quote from: Vazdru on 13-01-2010, 10:19:16 PM
Pairings: (seed)
Quarterfinals:
a) Sturmgott 3 (one) - SirGalahad 2 (eight)
b) Nastaboi 3 (four) - marchhare 2 (five)
c) Payron 3 (three) - Mythrandir 2 (six)
d) Goblinpiledriver 3 (two) - -jfk- 0 (seven)
Semifinals:
Sturmgott - Nastaboi
Payron - Goblinpiledriver
Highlander:
last man standing
So all higher seeded players advanced to semis.
Congratz to Payron, Goblinpiledriver, Nastaboi and Sturmgott.
Plz try to play the semifinals during March.
Goblin Piledriver(Domain-aggro) vs Payron (Boros)
3:1
Game1: Payron is beginnig takes mulligan on 5
T1: Savannah Lion -- Birds of Paradise
T2: -- Lotus Cobra + Watchwolf
T3: Kami of Ancient Law -- Bitterblossom + Wasteland(Plateau)
T4: Mother of Runes(got Magma Jet)
T5: Beckon Apparition -- Rafiq of the Many
T6: ...
Watchwolf + Rafiq ended it quickly.
Game2: Payron is beginning
T1: Savannah Lions -- Lightning Bolt(Lions)
T2: Silver Knight -- Tarmogoyf
T3: Beckon Apparition -- Survival of the Fittest
T4: Spectral Procession -- Demonic Tutor + Goblin Guide
T5: Knight of the White Orchid -- Man-o'-War
T6: Burst Lightning + Lightning Bolt ...
I was a little screwed and Payron had Spectral Prossesion + 2 Burnspells.
Game3: Goblin Piledriver is beginning
T1: Fyndhorn Elves
T2: Anurid Brushhopper -- Knight of the Holy Nimbus
T3. Lightning Bolt(Knight) -- Magus of the Moon
T4: Treetop Village + Tribal Flames(1 for Magus) -- Rishadan Port + Ronom Unicorn
T5: Jenara, Asura of War -- Wasteland + Grim Lavamancer
T6: -- Chain Lightning(Jenara)
T7: Joiner Adept + Eladamri's Call ...
I defeated Magus of the Moon with Tribal Flames for 1! Afterwards Jenara + Treetop Village won this game for me.
Game4: Payron is beginning takes Mulligan on 5
T1: Figure of Destiny -- Fyndhorn Elves
T2: -- Dark Confidant
T3: Bonesplitter -- Man-o'-War(Figure)
T4: Figure of Destiny -- Elspeth, Knight-Errant
T5: ...
Payron was srewed on 1 Land. I drawed normal.
Just to mention that I am a pretty unlucky player today ... I didn t played WW it was like so often Boros ... and I lost first game to screw, second game to flood and thrid game to screw ... was kind of wierd today o_O
fixed :o
@ Sturmgott / Nastaboi
plz try to play your semifinal in the next 10 days
thx in advance!
just a clarification:
of course you are allowed to play your deck beyond April 15th although it maybe become illegal with next bannings ;)
NNOOO not Spellweaver Volute!
We'll try to arrange something.
Nastaboi - Sturmgott 3 - 0
I have sad news from Sturmgott. He has to tone down his online activities and could not find time to play, so he conceeded the match. Naturally, I would have liked to play it out, but now we can have the finals.
Quote from: Vazdru on 13-01-2010, 10:19:16 PM
Pairings: (seed)
Quarterfinals:
a) Sturmgott 3 (one) - SirGalahad 2 (eight)
b) Nastaboi 3 (four) - marchhare 2 (five)
c) Payron 3 (three) - Mythrandir 2 (six)
d) Goblinpiledriver 3 (two) - -jfk- 0 (seven)
Semifinals:
Sturmgott (one) 0 - Nastaboi (four) 3
Payron (three) 1 - Goblinpiledriver (two) 3
Highlander:
Nastaboi vs Goblinpiledriver
so let the battle begin ... :)
As GoblinPiledriver requested, I should write longer report from my first match against Marchhare. Here are the first two games, enjoy!
I won the roll and we both got Divining Tops. Unfortunately Marchhare got also Library via Weathered Wayfarer. I countered his Demonic and started playing draw spells. I transmuted into High Tide but he responded with Glen Elendra and I still had no more counters in sight. Then he sought for Karakas with Wayfarer. I played Intuition in his combat and showed him Gigadrowse, Plumeveil and Man-o'-War, which I got to keep. I tried to play it, he had Snake, I played Delay
which he Archmage'd. I resolved High Tide and played Braingeysir for five with just an Island untapped. He FOW'd and I countered it, drawing nothing scary. He added Vendilion Clique to the beatings, and I scooped after he tutored and played Gaddod Teeg to boot.
I began 2nd game with a mulligan into Top. Marchhare started vith Visions and Eladamri's Call for Archmage. I used to play a deck which had exactly same game plan. Then he untapped and played Doran which I had to Lapse first and Miscalculate following turn. Next turn he had both Visions and Archmage coming. I had Remand and Counterspell, but of course he had FoW and Archmage resolved. I had tried Clique in his combat, but he had another counter. That was his only blue source though, and Top showed me some serious business. I played my sixth land, Scrolled for High Tide, and played my last card: Time Spiral FTW.
Tune in for the last three games someday later!
we are still waiting for the final report ;) let us know who becomes the Highlander of our league 2009 :)
Sorry, still no final match report, but going to finish my first round one.
G3: Marchhare began with mulligan and we both had Tops spinning. My Force Spike on his T3 Trygon Predator caught him totally off guard. We played draw-go for a while, his rearranging top with fetchlands, me with various cantrips. He drew Demonic, I countered with Rewind, he Drained and Mind Twisted my hand off in his second main phase. I continued cantripping, and he had End Step Mindcensor followed by Eladamri's call to Teeg, which I Lapsed. I had to try it. I played Heartbeat and Spiral, but he Mana Leaked the Spiral and played Teeg AND Glen Elendra next turn. The defeat followed shortly after.
Marchhare went to six again while I mulled none. He had Library though, and started using it while all I did was to play lands and transmute into High Tide. Force Spike got his Eladamri's Call on my End Step, and he Mana Leaked my End Step Careful Consideration. I drew no sixth land, but went for it nevertheless. High Tide resolved, Turnabout got answered by Tainted Pact that fizzled and he was forced to Misdirect it, but I had Spell Pierce waiting. I Intuitioned for some untappers and fooled him to give me Peregrine Drake, as I was able to build up storm count with bouncing and replaying it before Twistering. I cantripped twice and played Geysir for seven, Draining his Force in response. I untapped some more lands, then Meditated, transmuted into Frantic Search, played Deep Analysis, and finally showed him Desire which would be over 30 copies.
Marchhare began with Top again in the final game, and got Trygon Predator to stick this time. I transmuted into High Tide and we both had strong hands, but I had to go for family reasons and leave the deciding game two days later.
This one was rather epic. Marchhare had Top AGAIN. And Gaddok Teeg. I tried to block kill it with Vedilion Clique, but he Pathed it effect in the stack. His remaining hand was Knight of the Reliquary, Eladamri's Call and Survival. WTF? I took the obvious but had only Mana Leak to stop the inevitable Archmage, which I had to use to Tainted Pact he drew. He fetched Archmage in his upkeep and Loam engine in his next one. Propaganda kept him from attacking so he preferred Loam-Topping. This was going to last long, and I had a trick from my sleeve: Gigadrowse. I only had to draw into combo and bounce Teeg somehow.
I got Spiral but no Tide, and as he got a big Knight I Gigadrowsed his hand and Withdrew his critters. I resolved Spiral through his FOW, drew nothing, and went into beatdown mode with Palinchron and Peregrine Drake. Unimpressed, Marchhare countered with Vendilion Clique and Maze, and I had to rebuild my combo again. We played draw-go and I countered all his big threats, but he got Teeg into play once again, and then Trinket Mage fetching Crypt. He had no hand and I have a full grip of cards that do nothing. My Venser got Drained but I transmuted into Chain of Vapor which resolved, and enabled me to play Fact into: Delay, Repeal, Regrowth, Thirst, Gifts.
He was about to give me Repeal+Gifts which would have singlehandely won me the game, pouncing Crypt and Gifts FTW. He split Gifts+Thirst and Repeal+Delay+Regrowth. I took the latter and instantly made him use Crypt. Then I finally Top into Tide. I played it, took 1 000 000 mana, found Geysir after first draw spell and showed him three counterspells I had left.
The final game lasted one an half hours, and Top was used 48 times in that game alone. Readable full game log attached. Enjoy!
There can be only win.
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Nastaboi High Tide vs. Goblinpiledriver 5c Blade
3 - 2
I won the roll and Delayed his Bitterblossom. He had not much pressure so I Scrolled for Gifts, played it End Step for Tide/Spiral/two regrowths and went of easily two turns later. I was even able to Intuition for Palinchron to make it infinite before Spiraling.
He started with Goblin Guide 2nd game followed up with Lotus Cobra. He had no 3rd land though, and my Cloud of Faeries kept Cobra at bay. I could not make it past 4th land drop either, and he started drawing lands. He played Jenara, I Man-'o-Wared it, he played both Tangle Wire and Jenara, I had Chain of Vapor on Wire and next turn Cryptic Command for both. Eventually I drew some lands, and when he had lethal damage I played Tide and started going off with Spellweaver Volute. It took some time but eventually he conceeded.
Goblinpldvr had a really fast start with Purid Leech, which was soon followed by Jund Hackblade, taking me to three. I had High Tide and Spiral but just 4 lands, and I after Spiral and some draw spells I still had no fifth land. I could bounce both his critters but he promptly dealt the remaining three with Ajani Vengeant.
I had a great hand: T1 Force Spike, T2 Mana Leak, T3 transmute into Tide. Unfortunately I drew only land and had to go for it with no other gas but Concentrate, which drew me even more lands. I didn't find gas soon enough and was dead.
He had first turn Wild Nacatl but no mountain, and I was in no hurry as I countered his two-drop and Scrolled for Gifts, getting Tide/Spiral/Regrowths again. He had 2/2 Nacatl, Brushhopper and Bant Sureblade. I was at 11. I Relearned Tide and played Cloud of Faeries. He got Shriekmaw and attacked in for eight. I went off with spiral, which gave me Heartbeat along with Desire for eight. Desire revealed Remand and couple of Regrowths, and next Desire was for 25 and prompted a concession. GG's.
I'll take the fetchlands. ;)
Congratz Nastaboi!
Like the first German Open Winner, the first foreign council member also the first HL Online Champion comes from Finland. Well done!
I'll send you 3 fetchlands (verdant catacomb, arid mesa, marsh flats?!) and 12 Booster (Zendikar and RoE if you like) asap.
Goblinpiledriver gets 8 Booster for second place next time i see him.
I think I write what I think about the matches, not as a counter statement but as a completion:
In the first two games my offensive got stuck due to counters and bounce and at some point Nastaboi played High Tide and other Combo parts and it was over.
In the third and forth game my offensive was much better and so it wasn't high disturbed by counters and bounce. So i could force him to go much earlier into combo which wasn't succesful.
The final fifth game I had a good hand before spoiling: Temple Garden,City of Brass, Wild Nacatal, Putrid Leach. In the remaining cards after spoiling I had Lands but no Fetchlands for Mountain for the full effieciency for Wild Nactal. I lost the Leach to a counter and the other guys weren't so quick and efficient as the Leach so I lost too much time and gave Nastaboi the opportunity to go off like ususal(very early).
The games were really close, I just had a little unluck.
Congratulaion from my side to the new Hl Online Champion.