My Nationals Qualifier Experience

For several reasons I'm not going to write a detailed tournament report for the Nats Qualifiers, mostly due to the fact that the matches I played either were too 1 sided to really be relevant or too complicated to be described accurately.  Instead, I will discuss the Caw-Blade list I used to win the local qualifier last Sunday, provide some stories from the weekend, and give my thoughts on the current Standard.

Caw | The Rusty Machete

9 Creatures:  
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Squadron Hawks
1 Sun Titan

24 Spells:  
4 Preordain
3 Oust
3 Mana Leak
2 Spell Pierce
4 Jace the Mind Sculptor
1 Jace Beleren
3 Gideon Jura
1 Into the Roil
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Mortarpod

27 Lands:  
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Tectonic Edge
2 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Plains
4 Island

15 Sideboard:  
4 Flashfreeze
3 Kor Firewalker
2 Condemn
1 Day of Judgement
1 Divine Offering
1 Jace Beleren
1 Celestial Purge
1 Twisted Image
1 Sun Titan

Nationals Qualifier Report Part 2

After a loss in Top 8 due to misunderstanding the deck, I was ready to redeem myself at the Qualifier in Flint on 4/30. Kurtis, Matt, and I showed up and again the event was 33 players, which meant 6 rounds of swiss. Kurtis was no longer playing R/U tempo, and was instead playing U/G ramp. Matt was on a list very similar to mine.

Nationals Qualifier Report Part 1

On 4/23 a 33 person Nationals Qualifier took place at Get Your Game On. A pretty stacked field of ringers battled for 6 swiss rounds. Connor Ullmann took down the event with U/W Cawblade, which composed half of the Top 8. This tournament was my first time playing Caw as well, so I'll walk through some of the matches and notable moments of the day. Enjoy!

Rusty Draft Video SOM 8-4

Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/WizardKmaster#p/a/u/0/Kgiju0gy_nU

April 27th - Nats Qualifier CawBlade

In today's installment of Daily Decks, I will show you the CawBlade deck I played at last Saturday's Nationals Qualifier at Get Your Game On. Tournament report will be coming soon.

April 25th - Post NPH Eva Green

Eva Green is a deck that has fallen out of favor over time, but I think the existence of Mental Misstep will give people a reason to play Suicide Black with Green again.

NPH - Let's talk Legacy

I've got to preface this entire review talking about Phyrexian mana in general; this is a game of resources.  This brings me back to a Vince Lombardi speech of, "This is a football."  When we're handling a new concept, it doesn't hurt to remember the basics of how and why we use certain cards in Legacy.