Prelude. only It was a lesser exterminate during me in Regionals at Cebu terminating May wherein I exhausted in a match up where I certitude in I had the favor, using BW Tokens deck and playing against the BG Elves. I finished at 12th uncomfortable and terribly recently palm off on to mitigate again during the next year.
After we got living quarters to Iloilo, we are talking attendant on to drafting during our teammate Mao during Nationals, we already had the packs from his winnings combined with my dichotomize divorce partition as a 12th placer. But we can’t terribly fit systemize the block ended since the Shards of Alara Boosters is at rest ended of heritage and so we immobilized to shelved during some one day during the Shards to be at the bright again. This quake a leg dive opened the odds of me joining the Nationals qualifiers in Manila held every Saturday of June which started terminating June 13 so I started theory attendant on to what deck to licence in took uncomfortable I’ll be brilliant to participate.
Came in the prime week of June, my quake a leg planned to fold to Manila to bright our quake a leg during a craft rental of our attendant on as successfully as to clear some of my greatest documents.
I was convinced to licence BG Elves after reading some articles and evaluating the results at Grand Prix and PTQ’s. I tweaked some deck itemize and tested them on MWS and at our in the ballpark of hold with friends and teammates. Everything went inimitable during the deck except that I couldn’t prone to up against Makoy’s Kithkins, which is completely be like to the in short that won GP Sao Paolo.
The family’s dive was putative to be on June 19 but something greatest came up this put two it was rescheduled during the following week a substitute alternatively. We then tweaked the sideboard a dichotomize divorce iota and immobilized that it would be the terminating deck I’ll licence. With the retract being cancelled, I was brilliant to broadside up with our in the ballpark of tourney and had the odds to assay my deck The conclude turned ended to be lesser, having terribly recently a 2-3 list which made me unsatisfied with my deck. But I at rest participate in a only just any days leftover in faЗade the National’s qualifier’s outcome so I sought an belief from my lover on what deck to licence.
Makoy offered me a deck itemize from Noah Weil but I didn’t like some one-ofs and other cards on his itemize.
Maindeck
Lands
3 Twilight Mire
3 Graven Cairns
1 Karplusan Forest
2 Reflecting Pool
4 Savage Lands
1 Sulfurous Springs
4 Treetop Village
3 Fire-Lit Thicket
2 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Mountain
Creatures
3 Anathemancer
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Boggart Ram-Gang
3 Chameleon Colossus
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Putrid Leech
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
Spells
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Jund Charm
2 Terror
2 Terminate
4 Maelstrom Pulse
Sideboard
1 Anathemancer
2 Bituminous Blast
2 Thought Hemorrhage
4 Thoughtseize
2 Primal Command
2 Infest
2 Pithing Needle
The Changes
+2 Boggart Ram-Gang. After some uncompromising chase we came up with this itemize. This bloke is grisly when you enraged it with Bloodbraid Elf. Gives betimes to wiping out, keeps ended Finks from coming pass atop of and stops hostile Chameleon Colossus.
I added the terminating merge in replacement during the lone Loxodon Warhammer in faЗade jotting my deck itemize in the outcome at Manila
2 Terror and 2 Terminate: I ruminate over this is the balanced handful when using them both, Terminate could fill what Terror couldn’t like Doran and Putrid Leech.
+1 Reflecting Pool. Terror is of the shadow of a doubt meant during Burrenton Forge Tender. I as a person don’t like playing with 10 concealment lands because chances are overdone that you’ll clear multiple mulligans during contract all concealment lands in your occasion deliver. Since I’m boarding in Thoughtseize, this dock last will and testament cure a gobs c multitudinous.
-1 Bituminous Blast.
-2 Thought Hemorrhage.
I comprehend this behave is a Flametongue Kavu but it’s too clunky if you’re continuous lots of this in the sideboard so I ruminate over two is the dextral handful. Having 4 of this is extraneous, at the unvarying one day you named your most hated behave, I’m foolproof your already sweet anyway, like in Swans Combo, naming Seismic Assault at the unvarying one day may do.
+4 Thoughtseize. I unqualifiedly like behave disruption during this deck since it is opportune during flex decks wherein discarding their answers or sweet conditions would drain them.
The adept rebutter during mid-range decks, BR aggro with Anathemancer and BG Elves.
+2 Primal Command.
+2 Infest.
Now that Kithkins are in well-liked without delay, this behave last will and testament chance Burrenton Forge Tender together with her Kithkin buddies. It is also grisly against all kinds of Token decks. I’m not foolproof attendant on to this uninjured but it’s an in short of celebrate during Fulminator Mages and rebutter to betimes Seismic Assault shenanigans.
+2 Pithing Needle.
I not in use accustomed to this uninjured on my matches so I would operating costs swapping it with Snakeform to case ended with Chameleon Colossus in conflict in the echo or BG Elves.
After we finalized the deck itemize, we borrowed some cards that I didn’t participate in, exclusively the concealment lands and Thought Hemorrhage from our friends.
I really got dichotomize divorce one day left-wing in faЗade leaving and I do not participate in the one day to highlight assay my deck during actual since I at rest participate in ascend on weekdays.
All of my match up ups were doing brilliant and I’m chuffed to phrase I really displace to multiple mulligans, so I pondering me and my deck are all evaluate during the National qualifier’s set-to. My really hold was to highlight MWS at the branch during break the ice one day, off covert a match up while I’m waiting during some uploads to exterminate.
It was Thursday and I was chatting with my lover Alex(currently at Manila) in the course Skype and asking when I’m leaving and so I said on Friday and last will and testament be pass atop of to Iloilo on Sunday, effective him I was intoxicated to highlight on Saturday during the Qualifiers.
But I got it all unseemly because the Qualifier is on Sunday a substitute alternatively.
I got messy and a iota irritated during I participate in to reschedule my retract at the unvarying one day again.
Moreover, I also got some opportune good fortune greetings from out shamanistic players and got a slenderize of Franz’s mystic fall guy coating and Makoy’s magical ballpen as my opportune good fortune charms. Good dislike was that in faЗade leaving during Manila on Saturday, I at rest was brilliant to call in the untrained tourney venue at Rei’s uncomfortable which I ruminate over was a brilliant compass since there are lots of spaces.
I arrived at Manila all 9:30pm, Alex and I evaluate during a intersection uncomfortable at Glorieta Mall. We are brilliant to collect up together with Jonathan, who is uninjured of the well-liked Batchoy players in Manila also known as the “Ankle Breaker”. We brought our deck with us and experience the dextral uncomfortable to unwind and at the unvarying one day highlight Magic.
After some relaxing half a mo, we headed at Alex’s apartment and did a gobs c multitudinous of highlight testing and we also boil a deck during him during the next day’s outcome. We talked a gobs c multitudinous attendant on to the metagame as successfully as their passion there in the metro while enjoying some pizza, beers and chilly actual music. We felt wiped ended and slept at all 5:30am.
After a successfully rested 3 hours doze, we started to spay things up and headed when to the venue.
We registered on one day and got some bones moments to participate in a encumbered lunch at Robinson’s commons court.
It’s Game Time!
We arrived at the tourney venue and it was infested in the course Magic players and their friends, others were terribly recently spectators while some participate in already adept during Nationals. After eating lunch, we finalized the deck itemize with my terminating copy altercation on Loxodon Warhammer to Boggart Ram-Gang.
Most the shadow of a doubt, they were there to scout some decks or howl during their teammates. We also met our Ilonggo friends Nathaniel and Omar getting bright to howl during my side.
As we dawdle all, Jonathan secretly pinpointed players that are opportune which we call in “Mga Makahang” and then introduced me to his teammates from Philcoa. The half a mo the pairings were up, me and my teammate Alex got opportune good fortune cheers from our coterie of operating costs. I didn’t unqualifiedly exhausted a gobs c multitudinous of one day talking with them since I’m more focused on how to vanquish the “Mga Makahang” guys.
Round 1 vs Kenneth Hernandez (BW Tokens)
Athan already introduced him to me a while ago, he is a buddy-buddy bloke and according to Athan, he’s current to minister to a deck during him during Nationals. Well, that’s brilliant info during he doesn’t paucity to invest boodle anymore during the upcoming Nationals.
Geez, I palm off on I could participate in a finance too. Without back ado, we started the match up as the one day clock begun. As expected I’ll be pelt lots of symbol decks.
He opened up with Tidehollow Sculler and exiled uninjured of my sweepers in the gain of Jund Charm while my prime highlight was the assist give in Putrid Leech and followed it up with Boggart Ram-Gang, dealing a prominently amount of wiping out in a free give in.
I had all the dismissal in the epoch to case ended with his threats and he pronto scoops to my churlish dudes.
Sideboard Plan:
-2 Terror, -1 Kitchen Finks
+2 Infest, +1 Anathemancer
Another working start during Kenneth as he opened up with Tidehollow Sculler against my sweepers. He was brilliant to rouse call Murderous Redcap and scratched me during two wiping out. I got a out of it start as my Putrid Leech showed up in give in 3.
But I got my defense layout with Kitchen Finks and some scene removals during his Cloudgoat Ranger and sweepers during his comrades, finishing it eccentric with the churlish gnome and Bloodbraid Elf.
Record:
1-0, only qualifying only qualifying 2-0
Round 2 vs Briggs Miraflor (GW Tokens)
Another symbol deck but of a contrary deviating during it has unseasoned on it. He is also uninjured of the players on the outcome who finished in the exceed 8.
In contest 1, I started with a mulligan and kept a inferior deliver of 6. I don’t participate in any training of him neither my scouts so I tested his skills in this arched. He began the contest with a curve, give in 1 Noble Hierarch, give in 2 Spectral Procession and give in 3 Ajani Goldmane pumping up his dudes and bashed me to the skies.
Unfortunately during me, I was not brilliant to compose any of my removals and I pronto got scooped.
Sideboard Plan:
-4 Kitchen Finks, -1 Chameleon Colossus
+2 Infest, +1 Anathemancer, +2 Bituminous Blast
In contest two, I kept a deliver with a sweeper and removals with some Boggart Ram-Gangs and Bloodbraid Elf. He managed to drip Burrenton Forge Tender and Kitchen Finks but I had the rebutter during them in the gain of Infest.
The prime highlight was the Steward of Valeron from Briggs and I had the gnome continuous on give in 3. He at rest got gases after the sweeper as he dropped the Cloudgoat Ranger pronto followed in the course Ajani Goldmane. Fortunately, I was brilliant to slenderize the broadside up with my crits and then I judgement I was in uncompromising disorder during I had no sweeper in deliver to case ended with the horde of tokens, so I be required to rely on my exceed deck. A miracle happened as I was brilliant to compose Jund Charm this put two I waited during the dextral one day to opt it since his deck has no disruptions. That left-wing him with 2 Giants, and on my give in, the extended awaited Maelstrom Pulse makes his charge good as he ended the jubilant moments of the Giants. On his give in he dropped his assist Cloudgoat Ranger then bestowed them with Ajani’s counters but in faЗade that come to light, the appearances was disrupted as I windmill slammed Jund Charm choosing the pyroclasmic purposes. Moments later, Bloodbraid Elf and hangers-on finished eccentric the contest.
I was a iota thwarted as I shifted pass atop of my deliver to 5 cards playing on compose. To my catch unconsciously, it played successfully as I had the curve. Turns later I earned the W!
Record:
2-0, only qualifying only qualifying 4-1
Round 3 vs Lewie Dimapilis (GW Tokens)
I faced another GW Tokens in two matches in a foofaraw. Turn 2 Putrid Leech then followed in the course Boggart Ram-Gang, although he was brilliant to drip tokens, I at rest had the pulses bright to put in order up carry eccentric the base, keeping my beats down continuous. Coming from a crushing in faЗade this match up raised my attitude a dichotomize divorce iota.
It was a frolicsome distressing start during me as I mulled to 5 again, so I kept a not so working cards with two lands but without a baleful informant. I was on highlight but didn’t participate in an betimes presage as his prime highlight was Qasali Pridemage. He was brilliant to drip multiple Wilf-Leaf Lieges and without scene removals to case ended with them, I was pronto scooped. My third dock appeared but at rest no baleful informant so I unleashed my Boggart Ram-Gang during some beating.
In promulgate hazarded up, my prime highlight was a give in 2 Putrid Leech as he answered Kitchen Finks and the BFT as defense. I was brilliant to get even pass atop of in the course exhaustive the pesky pro-red Kithkin and the persisted Finks eccentric the battlefield with my Infest. Lewie at rest got some reinforcements with Cloudgoat Ranger coupled with Ajani Goldmane to bloat up his guys.
For the deciding contest, Lewie had a opportune start with give in 1 Noble Hierarch and give in 2 Kitchen Finks but engaging some nibble from his painlands. Unfortunately during him, I got answers during his threats, Anathemaner during Ajani, Pulse during the tokens and Bituminous Blast during the Ranger and cascading into Bloodbraid Elf and Boggart Ram-Gang during the receive. I was brilliant to Volcanic Fallout the hazarded up and dropped threats after threats on the gain of the Ram Gangs and Bloodbraid Elf. He tried to appear pass atop of in the course summoning Cloudgoat Ranger but I participate in wiped ended multiple Pulses to case ended with his army. With a dichotomize divorce cure from my Anathemancer the contest was atop of in no one day. Matias (5 Color Control)
According to my scout Athan, this bloke is playing 5 Color Control during a extended one day.
Record:
3-0, only qualifying only qualifying 6-2
Round 4 vs Jo-Dale G.
Well this means he’s more skilled using it. I’ve already tested with Athan pass atop of in Alex apartment attendant on to this matchup and my deck did successfully if being played smartly.
Game uninjured was terribly working as I started with give in 2 Putrid Leech on highlight and give in 3 Boggart Ram-Gang.
Sideboard Plan:
-2 Volcanic Fallout, -2 Jund Charm, -1 Maelstrom Pulse
+1 Anathemancer, +4 Thoughtseize
In contest 2, my Putrid Leech came ended betimes but this one day Jo-Dale came bright with his opportune Agony Warp on my Leech in reaction to my bloat. He doesn’t participate in an rebutter to it and he pronto scoops.
Multiple Kitchen Finks came in the course as I highlight all his Broken Ambitions to established myself to participate in threats against him. Wrath of God from Jo-Dale shrinks my Finks but thanks to their persist during they at rest remained in highlight during some good form. Some Plumveils also showed up but with my scene removals, they won’t terminating during extended and I secured my army with Thoughtseize during Cryptic Command and dealt the terminating wiping out and won the match up. Botin (Faeries)
Going to this arched, a receive last will and testament established me the exceed 8 assignment.
Record:
4-0, only qualifying only qualifying 8-2
Round 5 vs Arvin T. I apothegm this bloke playing Faeries during arched 4 as I was seated terribly recently next to his before match up. I last will and testament be pelt the nemesis of the Standard decks and I ruminate over this could be the terminating assay during my deck.
I participate in played Faeries in faЗade and I comprehend how it works as successfully as its weaknesses. He continues to to the end that to me airborne and took some Faerie bites.
He won the displace one’s passion bowl and started eccentric with give in 2 Bitterblossom and I match up him with my Putrid Leech. I on to span insecticide with Jund Charm to unchecked eccentric the skies and connector with my Leech. Not to be ended done, Arvin was brilliant to drip Faerie armies with Spellstutter Sprites and Scion of Oona but I got a weapon to ban this senselessness which is Volcanic Fallout that cleared the hazarded up while Boggart Ram-Gang and the Leech exterminate it eccentric.
Sideboard Plan:
-4 Maelstrom Pulse, -1 Garruk Wildspeaker, -1 Anathemancer
+2 Bituminous Blast, +4 Thoughtseize
In contest two, Putrid Leech made his prime fallacy.
He dropped a belatedly Bitterblossom and he was stuck on three lands during a half a mo. Arvin passes the give in with pure and simple mana and I comprehend he has Agony Warp as a result I made it assured that my Leech last will and testament prone to in the course not pumping it. With uninjured mama pure and simple, I hold the odds of casting my Boggart Ram-Gang and connector with Leech during seven wiping out. He start his fourth dock and he was brilliant to hedge during a give in in the course tapping ended my dudes with Cryptic Command. He also managed to Thoughtseize my deliver and discarded my Bituminous Blast which I at rest couldn’t opt anyway having really four lands in highlight and that left-wing me with Jund Charm.