JULY 2019: UR STORM

MDP 

Bicutan, Paranaque City

20 July 2019

Humans 2-0

Scapeshift 1-1

Gifts Storm 0-2

Mardu 2-0

(2-1-1)  (5-3)

REGRAN

Quezon City

28 July 2019

UR Phoenix 0-2

UR Phoenix 1-2

Affinity 2-0

Skred Red 2-1

BLT Control 1-2

Amulet *

dropped.

(2-3)  (6-7)

Total: (4-4-1)  (11-10)

Notes:

I really have a bad win rate versus fellow UR storm decks. 

Game two turn two against the Scapeshift: I was so focus in the calculation intended for my turn three that I forgot to drop a land in that turn. 

Grind my way to victory versus Mardu. Here are the situations that I can still remember. (i) Lightning Bolts took care of his engines, Young Pyromancer, and Seasoned Pyromancer; and (ii) a timely Echoing Truth on his spirit tokens. 

I fizzled my combo against the first phoenix opponent. I failed to find a Past in Flames that I needed to complete the loop. Also, I did not expect a Ravenous Trap from him. Against the second one, aside from drawing three straight lands in the last three turns of the game, he also had the perfect cards (Lightning Bolt for my Goblin and Force of Negation for my Past in Flames) to stop me from comboing off.  

I won game one against Affinity (Traditional) in my turn three via an online Pyromancer Ascension. For game two turn two, he brought down a Rest in Peace. My turn two: I called out 14 goblin tokens. I win the game after a few swings.

I won the game against an active Eidolon of the Great Revel without killing it. Here's how: he summoned his red eidolon in his second turn. When I got my turn (it was my third), I dropped my third UR land; summoned the golden goblin (18 life points); then Pyretic Ritual (16); then Desperate Ritual with splice of anther Desperate Ritual (14 life points); cast the remaining desperate from my hand (12 life points with 8 red floating). Manamorphose for 6 red and 2 blue floating (10 life points); Sleight of Hand (6 red and 1 blue) (8 life points); and finally Empty the Warrens. Anger of the Gods failed to show in due time. I win in two swings. 

Game two against BLT control, Abrade saved my mob by dealing three damage to the one being targeted by Maelstrom Pulse. I faced a similar situation in the game three in which I should have waited for the perfect moment for my Lightning Bolt. Instead, I got greedy when I decided to use the iconic red spell in an attempt to eliminate (which was denied by his Dovin's Veto) the Noble Heirarch. 

After that I was about to face an Amulet Titan deck but since I already absorbed my third loss of the tournament, I gave him the win and go home. 

The meta right now is not storm friendly because most of the decks right now increased their graveyard hate cards such as Surgical Extraction, Relic of Progenitus, Nihil Spellbomb, Kaya's Guile, and the like. I think I might be shelving my beloved deck for awhile. 

Thank you for reading.

Paeng_4983