7/18/14 The salt is strong with me (M15 release sealed 3-1)

I went to Gamescape North to pick up a box of M15, and play in the M15 release sealed.  There were a lot of familiar faces at the tournament tonight (not necessarily a good thing).  I saw four rules-lawyerly, sociopathic narcissists.  These were people who used to play when I started, but thankfully stopped attending tournament at the store, probably to go play at more competitive places like Eudemonia or Channel  Fireball.  After seeing their faces, I was dreading playing at the tournament tonight.   Thankfully, I didn't end up playing against them.

I got my sealed pool, and boy was it a stinker.

Rares:
Waste Not
Cruel Sadist
Phyrexian Revoker
Haunted Platemail
Obelisk of Urd
Resolute Archangel

Pool:
Black:  13
1 Typhoid Rats
1 Cruel Sadist
1 Child of Night
1 Carrion Crow
1 Necrogen Scudder
1 Accursed Spirit
2 Zof Shade
1 Paragon of Open Graves
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1 Waste Not
1 Necrobite
1 Feast on the Fallen
1 Mind Rot

Blue:  14
2 Research Assistant
2 Aeronaut Tinkerer
1 Amphin Pathmage
-----
1 Hydrosurge
1 Void Snare
2 Mind Sculpt
1 Turn to Frog
1 Invisibility
1 Divination
2 Statute of Denial

Green:  12
1 Satyr Wayfinder
2 Paragon of Eternal Wilds
1 Charging Rhino
1 Carnivorous Moss-Beast
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2 Vineweft
1 Naturalize
1 Back to Nature
1 Hunter's Ambush
1 Hunt the Weak
1 Overwhelm

Red:  17
1 Forge Devil
3 Generator Servant
2 Torch Fiend
1 Borderland Marauder
1 Wall of Fire
2 Krenko's Enforcer
1 Brood Keeper
3 Thundering Giant
------
1 Clear a Path
1 Lava Axe
2 Blastfire Bolt

White:  10
2 Soulmender
1 Kinsbaile Skirmisher
1 Ajani's Pridemate
1 Dauntless River Marshal
1 Heliod's Pilgrim
1 Boonweaver Giant
1 Resolute Archangel
-----
1 Ephemeral Shields
1 Raise the Alarm
1 Divine Favor
1 Solemn Offering
1 Devouring Light
1 Congregate
3 Marked by Honor

Artifact:   10
1 Ornithopter
1 Bronze Sable
1 Phyrexian Revoker
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1 Tyrant's Machine
1 Sacred Armory
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Staff of the Wild Magus
1 Staff of the Sun Magus
1 Haunted Platemail
1 Obelisk of Urd

Red was reasonably strong with the creature base, but no cheap removal spells like Lightning Strike or Inferno Fist.

I originally started with a black/red build.

Deck:
Black:  9
1 Typhoid Rats
1 Cruel Sadist
1 Child of Night
1 Carrion Crow
1 Necrogen Scudder
1 Accursed Spirit
1 Zof Shade
1 Paragon of Open Graves
------
1 Necrobite

Red:  12
3 Generator Servant
1 Borderland Marauder
2 Krenko's Enforcer
1 Brood Keeper
3 Thundering Giant
------
1 Lava Axe
2 Blastfire Bolt

Artifact:  2

1 Haunted Platemail

1 Obelisk of Urd

Land:
9 Mountain
8 Swamp

After losing round 1, I talked to someone from the store, who suggested red/white.

Deck:

Red:  12
3 Generator Servant
1 Torch Fiend
1 Borderland Marauder
2 Krenko's Enforcer
1 Brood Keeper
2 Thundering Giant
------
2 Blastfire Bolt

White:  10
1 Kinsbaile Skirmisher
1 Ajani's Pridemate
1 Heliod's Pilgrim
1 Boonweaver Giant
1 Resolute Archangel
-----
1 Ephemeral Shields
1 Devouring Light
3 Marked by Honor

Artifact:  1
1 Haunted Platemail

Land:
9 Mountain
8 Plains

Round 1:   BR (0-2)

Game 1:

I got my opponent down to 6 life, but ultimately lost to turn 3 Goblin Rabblemaster, and topdeck Blastfire Bolt during the last turn.   I kinda punted because there was a turn where I didn't block with my 2/2 against his 1/1, and dropped to 9 life.  Of course, the turn he topdecks Blastfire Bolt, he swings in for exactly 9 damage against my remaining blockers.  Great.

Game 2:

I lost to turn 3 Carrion Crow into turn 4 Feast on the Fallen.

I proceed to tell my opponent how unplayable Feast on the Fallen is, but I'm sure he thinks I'm an insufferable douchebag.

Round 2:  Esper (2-0)

Opponent's playing 65 cards in his deck.  I literally took 0 damage during both games.   I don't know what I can possibly say.

Round 3:  WG (2-0)

Game 1:

Opponent mulled to 5.  Played 0 spells this game.

Game 2:

Opponent mulled to 5 again.  Played some spells, but mostly chump blocked.  Apparently double Marked by Honor is good.

Round 4:  RG (2-0)

Game 1:

Opponent played a turn 2 Goblin Kaboomist.  It died after 1 turn.   Double Marked by Honor on a Krenko's Enforcer, ended up winning me this game.

Game 2:

Again, opponent played a turn 2 Goblin Kaboomist, which died after 1 turn.  He seemed stuck on 3 forest/1 mountain for a while.  This game was kinda grindy, with my opponent having Invasive Species and Runeclaw Bear to block.  I kinda punt this game when I swing with a Kinsbaile Skirmisher enchanted with Marked by Honor, and a Heliod's Pilgrim enchanted with Marked by Honor.  He simply double blocks the Skirmisher, resulting in a 2 for 1 for me.  I could have also swung with my Generator Servant and Ajani's Pridemate to push in more damage.  It didn't matter, because I ended up winning the game before my opponent got a second mountain.  If he got a second mountain, he could have played Chandra, Pyromaster, plus his five drops.  Whew.

I mistap my mana during one turn also, preventing me from playing both Generator Servant and Ajani's Pridemate in one turn, which causes me to miss 2 damage on a following turn. Bleh.

Result:  3-1, 6 packs prize

This was not my best night of playing Magic.  I still have a lot of practice to do before August 16th.