3/14/14 (flashback modern tournament post, 2-1-1)

I went to the Modern tournament at the LGS tonight.  They usually only do a specific constructed tournament once every 10-11 weeks or so.  The last Modern tournament was on 12/27/13, and the previous one was 10/25/13.  I played Jund at the last two Modern tournaments, but since the Deathrite Shaman ban, I had to switch to another deck.  I switched to Tarmogoyf Twin.  I had the Tarmogoyf from the Jund deck, and spent the money on theScalding Tarn/Misty Rainforest/two Cryptic Command/one Vendilion Clique.  If I had spent more money on Celestial Colonade and filling out my Arid Mesa and Cryptic Command I would have considered UWR control.   But anyways, I don't feel like spending 50 dollars apiece on Arid Mesa or 50 dollars apiece on more Cryptic Command or 20 dollars apiece on Celestial Colonnade.

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4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Tarmogoyf 2 Scavenging Ooze 3 Pestermite 3 Deceiver Exarch 4 Splinter Twin 4 Serum Visions 2 Gitaxian Probe 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Flame Slash 1 Forked Bolt 4 Remand 1 Electrolyze 2 Cryptic Command 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Steam Vents 1 Breeding Pool 1 Stomping Ground 2 Island 1 Forest 1 Mountain 2 Hinterland Harbor 2 Sulfur Falls

Sideboard

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2 Ancient Grudge 2 Anger of the Gods 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Vendilion Clique 1 Vandalblast 1 Spellskite 1 Batterskull 1 Sword of Feast and Famine 1 Dispel 1 Negate 1 Counterflux

 Match 1:  UW tokens (2-0)

Game 1:

He got me down to 4 life, I killed him with the Pestermite into Splinter Twin combo.

Game 2:

Won with Tarmogoyf and Scavenging Ooze beatdown.

Match 2:  Naya Zoo (2-1)

Game 1:

I drew all the removals, and won off Splinter Twin combo.

Game 2:

Lost to multiple bloodrush Ghor-Clan Rampager on Kird Ape plus burn.

Game 3:

He played a turn 2 Torpor Orb.  Woops I didn't sideboard in Ancient Grudge. 

Resolved a Batterskull and my opponent had no way to deal with it.

Match 3:  UWR control (0-1)

Game 1:

I beat him down with a Tarmogoyf and Scavenging Ooze, forcing him to chump twice with Celestial Colonnade.  Unfortunately I can't finish him off before he draws into his Path to Exile and Snapcaster Mage into Path to Exile. 

Lost to a grindy match where my opponent killed all my threats, and resolved a Sphinx's Revelation for 4.  Then he proceeded to kill me with doubleRestoration Angel.

At one point I Remand his Electrolyze then he recasts it and I Remand it again.  I forgot to draw the card off the first Remand, but by the time I noticed it was already the next turn, so I didn't bother to say anything.   It wouldn't have really mattered, because if I'm at the point where I need to double Remand an Electrolyze I was super behind. 

Game 2: 

Game went to time, and since he won the first game, I lost the match.

Match 4:  UWR Geist (1-1)

Game 1:

Lost to Geist of Saint Traft and TRIPLE Delver of Secrets flipped. I could not draw a removal or a flying blocker to save my life.
Game 2:

Won off Thrun, the Last Troll.  He had no answers for this.

Game 3:

Game went to time. 

Results:  2-1-1 (5-3 in games)

3 booster packs

There were a lot of people playing UWR tonight.  The person who went 4-0 was UWR control as well.  I should have sideboarded in more anti UWR cards.

The one person who went 4-0 was running Shaun McLaren's UWR control list from the PT.