MARCH 2018: Grand Prix Kyoto Team Event

Kick Engines's March 11th event was supposed to be my last tune-up tournament before heading to Grand Prix Kyoto. Unfortunately, an important errand got in way. So I was forced to sit that one out. Instead, I read internet materials and asked fellow experienced AnT players for advise. 

AnT
4 Ponder / 4 Brainstorm / 4 Gitaxian Probe / 1 Pre-Ordain / 3 Duress / 3 Cabal Therapy / 4 Lion's Eye Diamond / 4 Lotus Petal / 4 Dark Ritual / 4 Cabal Ritual / 4 Infernal Tutor / 2 Burning Wish / 1 Ad Nauseam / 1 Past in Flames / 1 Tendrils of Agony / 1 Empty the Warrens / 4 Polluted Delta / 3 Misty Rainforest / 2 Underground Sea / 1 Volcanic Island / 1 Badland / 1 Bayou / 1 Tropical Island / 1 Swamp / 1 Island

Sideboard:
1 Empty the Warrens / 1 Tendrils of Agony / 1 Dark Petition / 2 Abrupt Decay / 2 Hurkyl's Recall / 1 Surgical Extraction / 2 Flusterstorm / 2 Chain of Vapor / 2 Fatal Push / 1 Xantid Swarm  

My team played the team trios Friday four rounder side event. I faced the following:
Grix DRS Delver 2-0
BUG DRS Agent 1-2
Grix YP Delver 1-2
Miracles 2-0
(2-2) (6-4)

For the main event:
Rw Goblin 2-0
BUG Agent 2-0
Eldrazi 1-2
Grix YP Delver 2-1
Reanimator 1-2
Grix 2-0
Dragon Stompy 2-0
Omnitell / Sneak 2-0
(6-2) ( 14-5) 

Some of the things that I can recall.
-Xantid Swarm was great versus counter spells and friends.
-Goblin tokens off ETW are amazing versus team DRS.
-Hurkyl's Recall > Chalices set at zero and one + Trinisphere.
-Do not forget to flashback Cabal Therapy right after you puke out goblin tokens (especially in games two or three). ETW in the main is very effective in a meta where DRS decks are rampant.
-Reanimator killed me in his turn one.  
-Burning Wish was great! 
-I forgot to include Past in Flames and Echoing Truths in the sideboard. 
-My very first legacy game in a year and a half, a turn one kill versus an unknown opponent (which turns out that he was on a Grix DRS variant). 
-Managed to win against this hand: two Force of Wills, Stifle, Daze, and a Ponder (without Xantid's help).

 -Used his spells to fuel my storm count.
-Feels good whenever multiple copies of a card is hit by a blind Cabal Therapy. 
-My last game was versus Omnitell deck. Game two, my opening seven was: Brainstorm, petal, LED, probe, dak ritual, and PiF. I decided to keep this despite the fact that he will increase the number of counter magic spells to his deck. Ancient Tomb + petal into Show and Tell into Sneak Attack were his first moves. I drew for the turn (2nd LED). I looked at my hand and asked myself what to fire first: Brainstorm or Gitaxian Probe? The advantage of the latter first is that you'll be able to dig a card deepet than if it is the former. I decided to drop and cracked the fetch into an Underground Sea. Brainstorm let me see these: Tendrils of Agony, Dark Ritual and another Gitaxian Probe. I returned my two four to cast sorcery spell into the top of my library with PiF being second to the top. I brought down my first probe and prayed solemnly to god keranos that he'll not have any Force of Will at hand. "Probe you" I said. He shook his head for a second or two before allowing me to took that his remaining three cards at hand: Volcanic Island, Griselbrand, and a Brainstorm. Coast is clear. Casted every card in my hand, probe into PiF into recycle whatever instant or sorcery cards I can recast into lethal tendrils for the win.  

*Especial thanks to Mr. Wilson Co (for the Odland) and Mr. JM Abellera (for the whole deck). Also to Rodrigo, strong 75 you have there man! THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS!

Thanks for reading everyone! Until next time!

-Paeng4983