Cagayan de Oro City
June 2022
BELCHER
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Burning Wish
3 Empty the Warrens
1 Stomping Ground
4 Rite of Flame
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Manamorphose
4 Land Grant
4 Seething Song
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Chrome Mox
4 Tinder Wall
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Simian Spirit Guide
Sideboard
3 Veil of Summer
2 Xantid Swarm
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Grapeshot
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Reverent Silence
1 Goblin War Strike
1 Cave-in
1 Shattering Spree
1 Hull Breach
1 Chain Lightning
RD 1 Abzan Rector (w)
RD 2 Dredge-Gaak (w)
RD 3 Reanimator (w)
RD 4 Reanimator (w)
RD 5 Burn (w)
S Burn (w)
F Dredge-Gaak
RD 1 Abzan Rector
G1: I summoned a mob of 1/1 goblin tokens in turn two. The opponent had no answer. I win in two swings.
G2: I summoned another batch of goblin tokens, this time it's in the fourth (or fifth) turn. Rector deck had no answer in two turns. Win.
RD 2 Dredge-Gaak
G3: I won via Goblin Charbelcher.
RD 3 Reanimator
G1: I ended my turn two with a belcher. Top decked Lion's Eye Diamond the following turn. The opponent conceded after seeing me cast one of the mirage's iconic artifacts. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I looked at the top cards of my library (but did not reveal them). The lone land was fifth from the top. Lucky me.
G2: This is how the opponent's first turn went: Revealed Chancellor of the Annex. Fetch (19 life points) into Swamp into Dark Ritual into Entomb burying his 7/7 flying black demon. Then brought it to life. Paid seven life points (12 life points). Draw seven. Cast Unmask (pitched a black card) targeting me. Removed Goblin Charbelcher from my hand. Paid another seven life points (down to five life points). Draw another batch of seven cards into summoning another Unmask. Manamorphose was removed this time. Then pass the turn.
Here's what's left of my opening seven: Lion's Eye Diamond, three spirit guides (two elven and one monkey), and a Pyretic Ritual. I draw for the turn, Burning Wish. Dropped Lion's Eye Diamond. Threw one of the spirit guides as payment for the Chancellor of the Annex's tax. Summoned the red ritual (three red floating and storm two). Cast Burning Wish (one red floating and storm three). Not passing priority yet, cracked the LED for three black. Burning Wish resolved. Grabbed Tendrils of Agony from the sideboard. Tendrils of Agony targetting him plus storm triggers for lethal. Win.
RD 4 vs Reanimator
G1: I decided to keep my first seven because, from my initial counting, it can win via Tendrils of Agony. But things went south when I cast Burning Wish and realized that I am going to be short of one storm count. Going Empty the Warrens route is not an option because a Reanimator deck can obliterate them with just an Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.
So as I was scanning my sideboard, I checked the wordings of Infernal Tutor, and it says "search for a card. Put it into your hand". I checked my floating mana: six red and three black. I grabbed the black sorcery tutor. Cast it. Retrieve Goblin Charbelcher from the deck. Summoned the artifact. And paid its activation cost. Twenty-five cards were revealed before Stomping Ground. Win.
G2: I was able to sneak a Goblin Charbelcher into play despite my hand getting raped with multiple discard spells. I won after three or four turns. Stomping Ground was sitting comfortably at the twenty-ninth spot. Win.
RD 5 Burn
I won the race (game one) with a turn-two twelve goblins. For game two, I summoned the deck's win-con artifact with enough mana for its activation cost in the same turn. Win.
S Burn
G1: I mulled until I settled for a hand that can call Belcher but cannot activate it because I'll have no mana after it resolves. Two turns after, I had enough mana to pay its activation cost. Win.
G2: I had these in my opening hand: Spirit Guides, Stomping Ground, Chrome Mox, and Charbelcher. Then I top deck Lotus Petal for the win.
F: Dredge-Gaak
G1: Snap keep a hand that can call a mob of goblins. But things changed for the better when Manamorphose gave me an LED. I tanked for a minute because I wanted to make sure my math is correct. Wish into Tutor into Wish into Tendrils. Win.
G2: I summoned a mob of goblin tokens by turn three. The opposing team had no answer. I win in two swings.
That's all for now. Thank you for reading. Stay safe wherever you are.
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