APRIL 2020: THE EPIC STORM

It has been awhile since my last legacy game. So I decided to play one game of legacy using TES (the list before the companion era) before going back to my modern practice over at untap in. 

This really makes me nervous because I have been absent from the competitive legacy scene for years and I have no idea what lies ahead. 

Game one

Game one was rough because aside from the opening hand white chancellor, he raped my hand with Dark Ritual into two Thoughtseizes! I had a chance to win the game only if I had drawn LED the turn before his 5/6 chancellor came back from his graveyard. But I did not. I lost eventually to his 5/6 white chancellor beat down.

Game two

I started with a Ponder - shuffle - draw and pass. He had another hot start. Reanimating Griselbrand but whiffed after the pay seven draws. 

I only needed a few storm count to finish the game. Wish into lethal Grapeshot for the win. Wiw! That one was scary!

Game three

Him: turn one Iona naming red. Okay. It looks like he is well aware of the distinction of TES and AnT. 

Me: my turn one hand after draw: LED, LED, Opal, Ponder, Petal, Wish, Brainstorm, and Delta. The game could have ended immediately right there but since Iona is on red, I'll need to dig for that Chain of Vapor from my sixty. 

So I did Delta to Sea to Ponder and saw the following: eons, talisman, and veil. I tanked for a second or two on what should I do next. Will it be petal into veil in his turn in case he tries to Duress me? Or should I go yolo, go Eons now. 

You know what, fuck it! Yolo it is. I would never question Captain Cook's reasonings on why Eon is in there. I just have to trust him on this.

So I jammed everything. LED LED Opal Petal, tap opal. Sacrificed the LEDs and petal. Cast Eons for its flashback. Shuffled everything (with floating manas) then drew my new seven: Ad Nauseam, Dark Rituals, and lands).

Summoned Ad Nauseam. Refilled my hand with buttload of cards and luckily one of them was Chain of Vapor. Unsummoned his angel back to his hand. Burning Wish into, compared my storm count and his life total, wish into Grapeshot and shoot everything at him for the win. 

It really feels good to experience this satisfying feeling every once in awhile. 

This is all for now. Thank you for reading. Stay safe everyone!

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