g1: His first 7 are 4 lands, one of it Maze of Ith, Back to Basics, Muddle the Mixture and Fact or Fiction. My T1 Thoughtseize took away Back to Basics as I've had only 2 lands and one of it was Sunken Ruins. Furthermore I've had Opt, Mana Drain, Animate Dead and Thirst for Knowledge. T2 I suspend Ancestral Visions and play Opt. His T3 Lingering Souls has been countered by Mana Drain so in my Turn I am able to play Thirst (discard Baleful Strix) + Treasure Cruise for massive card advantage. He plays Glen Elendra T4 so I've had a window for Liliana, the last hope + Hymn to Tourach (Fact or Fiction + Muddle the Mixture). Glen Elendra counters Ancestral Visions but dies afterwards to Liliana which ticks up to 5 already. I've got Demonic Tutor and has been ready for combo kill #1 shortly afterwards.
g2: He keeps 5 lands, Mana Drain and Moat. I have 3 lands, Demonic Tutor, Dig Through Time, Intuition, Cryptic Command and Necromancy. After 3 draws he had only two relevant Spell (Mana Drain, Gideon), Moat + Path to Exile - rest are lands. Intuition resolves and Devourer gets discarded in end step as i refused playing a land this turn. Combo was ready to be fired. Nevertheless he has gathered some good defense with Mana Drain, Counter Spell + Force of Will. So Necromancy got countered like Treasure Cruise too. Demonic resolves for Reanimate but he finds another Counterspell from the top. His Gideon faces True-Name Nemesis, anyhow he is able to hit me to 4 lp before Gideon dies. He tries to lock me out of this game with back to basics which is hard as i also play 17 basic lands so i can play my new drawn Dance of the Dead right in time for combo-kill #2.
g3: we both take a free mull and I keep this one: Island, Swamp, Bazaar, Inquisition of Kozilek, Remand, Fact or Fiction and Jin-Gitaxias. My Inquisition takes Enlightened Tutor and left him with Ponder, 3 Lands and Mystic Confluence. We have some draw-go-action and cantrips. Bazaar cycles some cards and Search for Azcanta hit the board on my side of the table. He tries to exile it with Council's Judgment which got Remanded. Search flips and i play Intuition but can't search my library because he has Shadow of Doubt. Now the way is clear for Dance of the Dead which brings Jin-Gitaxias online which gave me some fresh cards in endstep. He replays Councils Judgment and Jin got exiled and he draws a few cards with Treasure Cruise. But i've had already Demonic for Force of Will, Buried Alive and Reanimate in hands for combo-kill #3.
Thanks for ggs.
