11/15/14 Late Modern (2-1)

I stayed up super late again.   I had 6 hours sleep on Tuesday night, 6 hours sleep on Wednesday Night, 6 hours sleep on Thursday night, then 5 hours sleep on Friday night.  Ugh.  Despite that, I went to a Modern tournament at Anime Imports.  I was originally going to play UR Delver, but audibled into G/R Tron.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/17-11-14-gr-tron/

Match 1:  Pod (1-2)

Game 1:

He played turn 2 birthing pod, but turn 4 Oblivion Stone + activate into turn 5 Karn = win.

Game 2:

Opponent played turn 2 Birthing Pod again, and  I lost to turn 2 Fulminator Mage.

Game 3:

Opponent had Fulminator Mage again. 

I was at 17 life with Karn in play, he topdecked Gavony Township, pumped his team, swung at me for 12.   Lost to double fulminator mage into Kataki, War's Wage. Next turn I could play Ulamog and go to 2 (if I exiled a creature with Karn) but I don't think I would ripping out of that.   So I conceded prematurely

Match 2:  Bye

I played some games of standard during my bye.

Match 3:   Pod (2-1)

Game 1:

He has turn 1 Viscera Seer, turn 3 Kitchen Finks.

I play a Forest turn 1, so I can play Ancient Stirrings.  Then I start Assembling the Tron with Mine into Sylvan Scrying for Tower next turn.   Then I drew a Power Plant for turn 4 Tron + Karn.

I try to exile his Kitchen Finks with Karn, then he sacs it to Viscera Seer.  Oops.  I could have won the game if I just made him exile a card instead.

Game 2:

I lose to Birthing Pod + creature beatdown, as I can't draw any Pyroclasm or Oblivion Stone, or blocking creatures.  I also got stuck on no green mana which hurt, plus my opponent play Aven Mindcensor to shut down my Eye of Ugin. 

Game 3:

Turn 1 Chromatic Star into Turn 2 Spellskite into Turn 3 Tron + Karn.

On the other hand my opponent plays a Noble Hierarch into a Reclamation Sage targeting my Star (thanks!).  I play a turn 3 Karn, followed by a turn 4 Pyroclasm to wipe out Noble Hierarch and Reclamation Sage = value.  He plays an Aven Mindcensor which I exile with Karn.  Then I play an Oblivion Stone and put a fate counter on Karn.  Next turn I play a Wurmcoil Engine, which my opponent doesn't block with his Viscera Seer.    I exile his lands until he's down to just 1 Verdant Catacombs, and he scoops.  There's no way he can come back at this point.

Result:  2-1

I picked up a Vedalken Shackles with my store credit.