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NEW LEAGUE JAN-MARCH

So I completely slacked this past league. I didn't track numbers, names of commanders, none of that stuff. With upwards of 16+ people each league night it was becoming too much for me to keep track of and I'm SUPER A.D.D. as is.

First off: Congrats to Steven winning the last league and that ugly ass white bordered Giant Strength trophy from 4th edition. I really think we outdid ourselves there.

Second: Said trophy was ready for Steven last weekend, but, I forgot it. Whoops. He'll get it this Saturday where he can put it next to his other one.

Third: Thanks to Steven and Chuck, this League will also be playing for the Holiday card. It's pretty sweet.

Lastly: the points as they stand for this past weekend:

We had 17 People show. Yay!

POINTS!

Dustin - 10 Points  Charles - 9 Points Kevin - 9 Points Matt - 9 Points Taco - 8 Points Gavin - 8 Points Johnathan - 8 Points  Steven - 8 Points   Rachel - 8 Points Billy - 7 Points Ricky - 7 Points Stephen - 7 Points Ryan - 7 Points Amanda - 7 Points Aime - 6 Points Jared - 6 Points Jordan - 6 Points 

 And for the first week, that's how the points stand! Good luck this weekend!

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League Nights 12-15-18

Well I hope everyone had a nice holiday and the upcoming New Years is just as good. Here’s the points and this is the last week of the split! 

POINTS

Dustin - 10 Points Stephen - 9 Points Steven - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Hunter - 8 Points Taco 8 Points

OVERALL POINTS

Dustin - 97 Points Steven - 96 Points Billy - 76 Points (Buy Week) Patrick - 72 Points Baker - 71 Points Jon - 65 Points Kevin - 65 Points Charles - 59 Points Mike - 57 Points Stephen - 56 Points Aimee - 51 Points Taco - 49 Points Rachel - 48 Points Madd Matt - 48 Points Amanda - 44 Points Jonathan - 43 Points Taylor - 34 Points Jordan - 25 Points Ricky - 25 Points Jesse - 25 Points Nick - 23 Points Artie - 22 Points Ryan - 16 Points Danielle’s BF - 9 Points Jes-se - 8 Points Scott - 8 Points Danielle - 8 Points Hunter - 8 Points Eric - 7 Points Jack - 5 Points A-A-Ron - 3 Points

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League Nights 12-1-18 through 12-8-18

Points:

Kevin - 17 Points Billy - 16 Points Dustin - 16 Points Stephen - 16 Points Taco - 16 Points Steven - 15 Points Mike - 14 Points Jon - 14 Points Jordan - 9 Points Baker - 9 Points Matt - 9 Points Jonathan - 9 Points Aimee - 9 Points Scott - 8 Points Pat - 8 Points Ryan - 8 Points Amanda - 8 Points Charles - 7 Points

OVERALL POINTS

Steven - 88 Points Dustin - 87 Points Patrick - 72 Points Baker - 71 Points Billy - 71 Points Jon - 65 Points Kevin - 65 Points Charles - 59 Points Mike - 57 Points Aimee - 51 Points Madd Matt - 48 Points Stephen - 48 Points Amanda - 44 Points Jonathan - 43 Points Taco - 41 Points Rachel - 40 Points Taylor - 34 Points Jordan - 25 Points Ricky - 25 Points Jesse - 25 Points Nick - 23 Points Artie - 22 Points Ryan - 16 Points Danielle’s BF - 9 Points Jes-se - 8 Points Scott - 8 Points (Welcome!) Danielle - 8 Points Eric - 7 Points Jack - 5 Points A-A-Ron - 3 Points

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League Nights 11-10-18 through 11-24-18

Points

Steven - 29 Points Dustin - 28 Points Baker - 27 Points Amanda - 24 Points Matt - 24 Points Billy - 24 Points Stephen - 24 Points Rachel - 22 Points (1 Missed Weekend) Pat - 20 Points (1 Missed Weekend) Jon - 16 Points Jonathan - 16 Points Jordan - 16 Points Aimee - 14 Points (1 Missed Weekend) Charles - 13 Points (1 Missed Weekend) Kevin - 9 Points Mike - 9 Points Taco - 8 Points Ryan - 8 Points (Welcome!) Artie - 5 Points Jack - 5 Points Ricky - 2 Points

OVERALL POINTS

Steven - 73 Points Dustin - 71 Points Patrick - 64 Points Baker - 62 Points Billy - 55 Points Charles - 52 Points Jon - 51 Points Kevin - 48 Points Mike - 43 Points Aimee - 42 Points Rachel - 40 Points Madd Matt - 39 Points Amanda - 37 Points Taylor - 34 Points Jonathan - 34 Points Stephen - 32 Points Ricky - 25 Points Taco - 25 Points Jesse - 25 Points Nick - 23 Points Artie - 22 Points Jordan - 16 Points Danielle’s BF - 9 Points Jes-se - 8 Points Ryan - 8 Points (Welcome!) Danielle - 8 Points Eric - 7 Points Jack - 5 Points A-A-Ron - 3 Points

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League Night 11-3-18

Points

Amanda - 6 Points Aimee - 9 Points A-A-Ron - 3 Points Matt - 8 Points Charles - 7 Points Eric - 7 Points Steven - 8 Points Dustin - 9 Points Pat - 9 Points Baker - 9 Points Billy - 9 Points Nick - 6 Points Jesse - 7 Points Jon - 5 Points

OVERALL POINTS

Steven - 44 Points Patrick - 44 Points Dustin - 43 Points Kevin - 39 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Charles - 39 Points Jon - 35 Points Baker - 35 Points Mike - 34 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Taylor - 34 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Billy - 31 Points Aimee - 28 Points  Jesse - 25 Points Nick - 23 Points Ricky - 23 Points Rachel - 18 Points  Jonathan - 18 Points Taco - 17 Points Artie - 17 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Matt - 15 Points Amanda - 13 Points Danielle’s BF - 9 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jes-se - 8 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Eric - 7 Points Danielle - 8 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Stephen - 8 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) A-A-Ron - 3 Points

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League Nights 10-17-18/10-24-18

10-17-18

Kevin - 10 Points Patrick - 10 Points Jon - 9 Points Steven - 9 Points Ricky - 8 Points Billy - 8 Points Dustin - 8 Points Charles - 7 Points Taylor - 7 Points Mike - 5 Points

10-24-18

POD 1: GAME 1

1st Taylor – Captain Sisay 2nd Dustin – Lazav, the Multifarious 2nd Baker – General Tazri 2nd Ricky – Tuvasa the Sunlit

*Taylor Paradox Engine’d everyone.

POD 2: GAME 1

1st Steven – Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 2nd Rachel – Gishath 3rd Matt – Estrid 4th Mike – Gaddok Teeg 4th Patrick – Thrasios & Tymna

*This game took TWO HOURS.

Patrick actually just killed himself with a Vamp Tutor to end the nightmare. 

POD 3: GAME 1

1st Kevin – Narset 2nd Charles – Saheeli 3rd Jesse – Edgar Markov 4th – Amanda – Vial Smasher & Thrasios

POD 1: GAME 2

1st Patrick – Thrasios & Tymna 2nd Charles – Inalla 2nd Rachel – Gishath 2nd Taylor – Captain Sisay

*Turn 2 Protean Hulk with Flash. 

POD 2: GAME 2

1st Amanda – Vial Smasher & Thrasios 2nd Rickey – Tuvasa 2nd Steven – Jarad 2nd Matt – Estrid

*Amanda killed with infinite mana combo Torment of Hailfire.

POD 3: GAME 2

1st Baker – General Tazri 2nd Amy – Saheeli 2nd Mike – green Omnath 2nd Kevin – Narset

*The food chain combo is real.

POD 4: GAME 2

1st Dustin – Lazav, the Multifarious 2nd Danielle’s BF - Yuriko 3rd Stephen – Phenax 3rd Danielle – Ghalta, Primal Hunger or whatever

At one point Stephen had a 142 power Consuming Aberration.

Taylor - 9 Points  Dustin - 9 Points Baker - 9 Points  Steven - 9 Points Kevin - 9 Points Charles - 8 Points Ricky - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Amanda - 7 Points Patrick - 7 Points Matt - 7 Points Mike - 6 Points Danielle’s BF - 4 Points (One Game) Jesse - 3 Points (One Game) Danielle - 3 Points (One Game) Stephen - 3 Points (One Game)

OVERALL POINTS

Steven - 36 Points Patrick - 35 Points Kevin - 35 Points Dustin - 34 Points Charles - 32 Points Billy - 31 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jon - 30 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Mike - 29 Points Taylor - 29 Points Baker - 26 Points Ricky - 23 Points Aimee - 19 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jesse - 19 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Rachel - 18 Points (With 2 Missed Weekend Clause) Jonathan - 18 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Nick - 17 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Taco - 17 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Artie - 17 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Amanda - 7 Points Matt - 7 Points Danielle’s BF - 4 Points Jesse - 3 Points  Danielle - 3 Points Stephen - 3 Points

I think I got everyone, let me know if I missed you! 

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League Nights 10-6-18/10-12-18

A Quick points update for everyone for the past two weeks. 

Mike - 18 Points Patrick - 18 Points Billy - 18 Points Steven - 18 Points Dustin - 17 Points Kevin - 16 Points Jon - 16 Points Aimee - 14 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jesse - 14 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Charles - 14 Points Taylor - 13 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jonathan - 13 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Nick - 12 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Taco - 12 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Artie - 12 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Baker - 12 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Ricky - 7 Points (Missed Weekend Clause)

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Congrats and NEW LEAGUE HYPE

CONGRATS to Rachel!!

The trophy will be hers, once it actually restocked…

FUN FACTS FOR SUMMER SPLIT:

- In all there was 317 Commanders (counting doubles) that were played over the course of the three month split.

- The Average CMC of all the Commanders combined was 4.44.

- The most Expensive Commander was The Ur-Dragon at 9 mana.

- The Cheapest Commander was Baral, Chief of Compliance, Gaddock Teeg, and Thrasios, Triton Hero.

26x Sliver Overlord

19x Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

19x Thrasios, Triton Hero

14x Saheeli, the Gifted

13x Kaervek the Merciless

12x Estrid, the Masked

12x Rona, Disciple of Gix

11x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

10x Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

9x Karametra, God of Harvests

9x Surrak Dragonclaw

9x Tatyova, Benthic Druid

8x Nath of the Gilt-Leaf

7x Captain Sisay

7x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

7x Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner

7x The Ur-Dragon

7x Tuvasa the Sunlit

6x Firesong and Sunspeaker

6x Verix Bladewing

5x Daretti, Scrap Savant

5x Jodah, Archmage Eternal

5x Maga, Traitor to Mortals

5x Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage

5x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

4x Breya, Etherium Shaper

4x Gaddock Teeg

4x Gishath, Sun's Avatar

4x Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

4x Marwyn, the Nurturer

4x Narset, Enlightened Master

4x Purphoros, God of the Forge

4x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

4x Varina, Lich Queen

3x Ezuri, Claw of Progress

3x Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

3x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

2x Aminatou, the Fateshifter

2x Arcades, the Strategist

2x Darien, King of Kjeldor

2x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

2x Gisa and Geralf

2x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

2x Krenko, Mob Boss

2x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

2x Muldrotha, the Gravetide

2x Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

2x Omnath, Locus of Mana

2x Scion of the Ur-Dragon

2x Selvala, Explorer Returned

2x The Locust God

2x The Mimeoplasm

1x Arcanis the Omnipotent

1x Baral, Chief of Compliance

1x Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa

1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

1x Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Color Wheel for Summer Split:

24.94% Blue 22.99% Green 18.51% Red 17.47% White 16.09% Black

Somehow... black is last! Wow! 

The New League and battle for the new league trophy starts this weekend!! Be ready! 

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League Night 9-15-18

League is this FRIDAY at 5:30 PM due to prerelease on Saturday at 12:00!!!!! 

POINTS:

Baker - 10 Points Taco - 9 Points Kevin - 9 Points Artie - 9 Points Jonathan - 9 Points Dustin - 8 Points Nick - 8 Points Amy - 8 Points Billy - 8 Points Jesse - 8 Points Mike - 7 Points A A Ron - 7 Points Patrick - 7 Points Rachel - 7 Points Charles - 6 Points Steven - 5 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Patrick - 90 Points Rachel - 89 Points Steven - 88 Points Billy - 87 Points Dustin - 86 Points Jonathan - 86 Points Kevin - 74 Points Mike - 73 Points Taco - 69 Points Artie - 69 Points Ricky - 65 Points (Missed Weekend Clause)  Charles - 55 Points Amy - 47 Points Jesse - 45 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 40 Points Baker - 35 Points Jon - 35 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Nick - 29 Points James - 27 Points Jack - 24 Points   Dominic - 17 Points Logan - 16 Points Joseph - 15 Points (Missed Weekend Clause)

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League Night 9-15-18

The update on points. 16 People is a lot for me to keep track of and write everything that happens so for now I’m mainly doing just the points and keeping note of the Commanders played. 

One of the games Jonathan sent me the play by play. It was a VERY long game for them so probably the most interesting one. 

Game 1

Baker - Selesnya - Selvala,  Jonathan - Saheeli Joe - Lazav Jesse - Arcades 

Baker started the game not with a bang but with a whimper when he played Winter Orb on turn three or four. He had a solid board state, gearing up for elvish tap-untap shenanigans but made a crucial error in not playing a basic forest. 

He had non-basic green mana available but needed a forest specifically to be able to untap it with one of his elves and then use Wirewood Lodge to do it all again. 

Saheeli is instant-heavy so I didn’t mind drawing for turn and then passing. Being able to conserve my mana this way, I was able to launch a few crucial counterspells at Baker to ensure that his slowly building board state didn’t get out of hand in such a restrictive environment. 

A slow trickle of mana rocks and cheap draw spells like Brainstorm enabled me to fund my counterspell war against the board. 

Jesse (Arcades) got the ball rolling eventually and started drawing a mass of cards by playing walls. Before too long he was swinging hard for Baker and Joe and it didn’t look good for anyone until I was able to use Hour of Devastation to soften things up a bit. 

At last, Jesse nukes the orb with Reclamation Sage and then the race began. I played Pact of Negation to save our hides, then Pact from the graveyard via Snapcaster Mage again a turn or two later, I had no issue with mana at this point. Things were getting heated as Joe came online and began controlling the board with additional levies of counterspells and mill. 

Tragedy strikes for Jesse as Joe is able to tuck a wall on the bottom of Jesse’s library which Joe immediately names with Tunnel Vision. Insult to injury was added as the realization set in that Baker had a Rest In Peace on the field and Jesse’s entire library is exiled. Not long after this Baker gets milled some and then scoops to his own Rest In Peace as all of his good pieces had been counterspelled into exile or board wiped into oblivion. 

Joe and I come to an arrangement and as I had no way to end the game and was broke of counters at this point, he ends the game one or two turns later.

Game 2

Jonathan - Saheeli Joe - Lazav Charles - Inala Steven - Karametra 

Joe and Steven have a life-long MTG rivalry and it was fun to watch them bicker at each other like old ladies from time-to-time. 

Steven had a real hard time drawing lands for the first half of the game which, I’m sure, none of us were sorry about. Everyone else seemed to be on-point for the most part and the game developed rather quickly in the beginning. 

 At one point early on Saheeli had come out, made a Servo and then died, I’m not exactly sure if the turn number but it helped set me up for what happened next. Saheeli was able to come out for a second time and gift me with a second new Servo friend who, with the help of a few other artifacts, let me play Nezahal, Primal Tide one turn later which the other players had a pretty big issue with.

Joe copied Nezahal with a Clever Impersonator and the two dinosaurs and Saheeli remained on the board for the rest of the game. Steven never really developed much of a board state. He piddled around a little and made some clever moves but all-in-all this was the slowest that I’d ever seen him play. He did get a Rest In Peace on the board which Joe was not happy about but it didn’t do much to hinder him. I don’t remember much about the mid-game, it kind of stalled for a while and though Joe and myself were drawing a ton from dinosaurs, and Steven from enchantments, we never really got off the ground. Slow combat was pinging away at everyone and eventually Joe got the upper-hand. 

 The last round of the game was interesting as it all played out rather quickly. After the game, Steven pointed out that I had a way of getting Psychosis Crawler onto the field from graveyard and that I may could have won that way. I only had 5 or 6 cards in hand though and instead I used Incendiary Command to wheel. Joe had next to twenty cards in his hand and I knew I was on my way out so I wanted to cause as much chaos as I could on the way out. Joe didn’t like this and challenged me with a Dimir counterspell that you can stop if the opponent discards their hand. I took the challenge and dumped my hand then passed. Incendiary Command lets you draw the number of cards in hand and I was at zero. 

I pass to Charles. Charles went out first, he double casted Dire Fleet Ravager putting us all in our teens and then scooped. Joe nuked me into oblivion with some kind of combo involving a Duskmantle Guildmage and Phenax which I was super-proud of being an ex-Dimir player myself. Steven went down with a dull-wet thud and Joe took the glory road as we all took the post-game wall of shame. 

POINTS:

Joseph - 10 Points Patrick - 10 Points Rachel - 9 Points Steven - 9 Points Billy - 9 Points Taco - 8 Points Kevin - 8 Points Mike - 8 Points Artie - 8 Points Jon - 7 Points Jonathan - 7 Points Jesse - 6 Points Ricky - 6 Points Charles - 6 Points Dustin - 5 Points Baker - 3 Points (one game)

OVERALL POINTS:

Patrick - 83 Points Steven - 83 Points Rachel - 82 Points Billy - 79 Points Dustin - 78 Points Jonathan - 77 Points Mike - 66 Points Kevin - 65 Points Ricky - 60 Points Taco - 60 Points Artie - 60 Points Charles - 49 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 40 Points Amy - 39 Points (Bye Week) Jesse - 37 Points Jon - 30 Points James - 27 Points Jack - 24 Points   Baker - 25 Points Nick - 21 Points Dominic - 17 Points Logan - 16 Points Joseph - 10 Points (Welcome to the League)

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League Night 9-8-18

I didn’t have time to do a write up this week for last weeks games, but I did want to put the points up. Everything is getting really down to the wire, so I want people to know what they need to get ahead, etc. 

POINTS:

James - 10 Points Kevin - 10 Points Patrick - 10 Points Rachel - 9 Points Mike - 9 Points Billy - 9 Points Nick - 8 Points Artie - 8 Points Amy - 7 Points Jesse - 7 Points Ricky - 7 Points Logan - 7 Points Sliver Bro - 6 Points Taco - 6 Points Dustin - 5 Points Steven - 5 Points Charles - 5 Points Jon - 4 Points (Left Early)

  OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 74 Points Dustin - 73 Points Rachel - 73 Points Patrick - 73 Points Jonathan - 70 Points (Bye Week) Billy - 70 Points Mike - 58 Points Kevin - 57 Points Ricky - 54 Points Taco - 52 Points Artie - 52 Points Charles - 43 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 40 Points Amy - 34 Points Jesse - 31 Points James - 27 Points Jack - 24 Points   Jon - 23 Points Baker - 22 Points Nick - 21 Points Dominic - 17 Points Logan - 16 Points

Still 3 Saturdays left in this Month counting this one! It’s anyone’s game! 

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League Night 9-1-18

4 Sliver Overlord 2 Saheeli, the Gifted 2 Firesong and Sunspeaker 2 Nicol Bolas the Ravager 2 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain 2 Estrid, the Masked 2 Muldrotha, the Gravetide 2 Varina, Lich Queen 2 Tuvasa the Sunlit 2 Kaervek the Merciless 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 1 Rona, Disciple of Gix 1 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 1 Tasigur the Golden Fang 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf 1 Surrak Dragonclaw 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Color Wheel:

27.59% Blue 19.54% Black 19.54% Red 18.39% Green 14.94% White

Pod 1 Game 1

Kevin - Nicol Bolas the Ravager Baker - Baral, Chief of Compliance Logan - Firesong and Sunspeaker Jesse - Varina, Lich Queen

Somehow Azor’s Gateway resolved and Logan was allowed to flip it. This eventually led to 40 red mana (plus whatever lands he already had) and a resolved Jaya’s Immolating Inferno to get the win. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Taco - Estrid, the Masked Amy - Saheeli, the Gifted Ricky - Tuvasa the Sunlit

This match was a bit of a grind. Ricky and Taco eliminated Amy since she was playing a sort of combo style deck and then they just kind of went at one another for a while. The value game was real but eventually Taco pulled the win with more Enchantments and creatures. 

Pod 3 Game 1

Steven - Tasigur the Golden Fang Jon - Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Charles - Surrak Dragonclaw Billy - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner

Charles got mega mana screwed. So he basically watched the whole game. Steven and I tapped out around turn 6 and after that we never really got another turn. Comboed by Walking Ballista to 1 life each of us then Psychosis Crawler for that extra life gave Jon the win. 

Pod 4 Game 1

Rachel - Sliver Overlord Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid Mike - Kaervek the Merciless Jonathan - Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Mike played a smoke into a Possibility Storm and the game went to a crawl. Had Kaervek been out at any point, he could have been machine gunning people down with double triggers. But the game went on longer that most and eventually with team work the Storm was bounced and Dustin ended up killing everyone at the same time. 

Pod 1 Game 2

Jonathan - Muldrotha, the Gravetide Jesse - Varina, Lich Queen Steven - Rona, Disciple of Gix Billy - Nath of the Gilt Leaf

Nath got mana screwed and although did as much to slow Steven down, including ultimate Liliana of the Veil on him, it just wasn’t enough. 

Jesse nor Jonathan could do much because I had killed everyone’s hands earlier on thanks to the power of Lili. 

So eventually Steven found a draw spell and Used Rona just get back a Basalt Monolith with Rings and go infinite and kill us off one at a time. 

Pod 2 Game 2

Charles - Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Kevin - Nicol Bolas the Ravager Dustin - Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Taco - Estrid, the Masked

Kevin got mana screwed this game as well (this happened a lot this past week) and was basically just watching the fireworks. Yuriko kept getting hits on him because he couldn’t muster blockers and that was giving Dustin flips thanks to her ability. 

Eventually Dustin found enough damage from flips and face hits that put everyone to rest. 

Pod 3 Game 2

Mike - Kaervek the Merciless Amy - Saheeli, the Gifted Jon - Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Logan - Firesong and Sunspeaker

Mike hates Minotaurs, he thinks they’re abominations and they had to die first. So Logan was killed off quick. After that he had to face the two Izzet decks and with Kaervek and Face hits, he did enough damage to slowly killed Amy and the Jon to clench the win. 

Pod 4 Game 2

Baker - Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Ricky - Tuvasa the Sunlit Rachel - Sliver Overlord Sliver Bro - Sliver Overlord

Baker was all like: 

He went crazy and comboed off rather early. RIP. 

POINTS:

Dustin - 10 Points Jon - 9 Points Baker - 9 Points Mike - 9 Points Taco - 9 Points  Steven - 9 Points Jesse - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Ricky - 8 Points Sliver Bro - 8 Points Logan - 7 Points Charles - 7 Points Jonathan - 7 Points Amy - 6 Points Billy - 6 Points Kevin - 6 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 69 Points Dustin - 68 Points Jonathan - 65 Points  Rachel - 64 Points Patrick - 63 Points (Bye Week) Billy - 61 Points Mike - 49 Points Kevin - 47 Points  Ricky - 47 Points  Taco - 46 Points Artie - 44 Points (Bye Week) Charles - 38 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 34 Points  Amy - 27 Points Jesse - 24 Points Jack - 24 Points   Baker - 22 Points Jon - 18 Points Dominic - 17 Points  James - 17 Points Nick - 13 Points (Bye Week) Logan - 7 Points (WB)

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League Night 8-25-18

2 Saheeli, the Gifted 2 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero 2 Sliver Overlord 2 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain 2 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 2 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice 2 Tuvasa the Sunlit 2 Gisa and Geralf 2 Rona, Disciple of Gix 2 Varina, Lich Queen 1 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 1 Captain Sisay 1 The Ur-Dragon 1 Estrid, the Masked 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf

Color Wheel:

29.63% Blue 25.93% Green 18.52% White 14.81% Black 11.11% Red

Pod 1 Game 1

Steven - Rona, Disciple of Gix Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero Rachel - Sliver Overlord Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid

All politics, all game. This one was intense, three ‘combo’ based decks and a face deck and once the counterspell dust settled it was all about who could sell the win better. Turns out, Steven sold it to Patrick, getting the win and everyone else second. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Jonathan - Captain Sisay Jon - Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Charles - Saheeli, the Gifted

Quoted:

I played Sisay turn 4 with Vedalken Orrery on Jhoira’s turn. I was able to establish my board state with plenty of weenies and then Avacyn and Sigarda. Jhoira and Saheeli built their board state and the next turn Odric gave everything everything and then they all died in combat.

Pod 3 Game 1

Billy - Nath of the Gilt Leaf Amy - Trostani, Selesnya's Voice Artie - Saheeli, the Gifted Taco - The Ur-Dragon

Nath had an incredibly fast hand, coming out turn 3, then Memory Jarred on turn 4 getting 21 more Elves into play. Earthcraft was the main reason Nath won on turn 5 and double Torment of Hailfire clenched the game. 

Pod 4 Game 1

Jesse - Varina, Lich Queen Ricky - Tuvasa the Sunlit Nick - Gisa and Geralf

Nick has a nice little Zombie Combo in his deck that ditches everything into the graveyard and he masses a huge horde of the undead. Which he did to win this game. 

Pod 1 Game 2

Nick - Gisa and Geralf Taco - Estrid, the Masked Jonathan - Marwyn, the Nurturer

Quoted:

Marwyn is off to a great start by using Mosswort Bridge’s Hideaway to secure Concordant Crossroads and mill off some turds. G&G gets off to a good start and mills some key creatures to reanimate later but Marwyn plays Steel Hellkite and wipes his board with 5 mana. G&G dies next turn to Commander Damage; Immaculate Magistrate untaps multiple times a turn bec Wirewood Lodge and Quirion Ranger. Marwyn is now at a stalemate with Estrid after a Martial Coup BUT I was able to save my 23/23 Marwyn and my Magistrate thanks to Ezuri’s regenerate. EVENTUALLY Jesse was able to build too many creatures with too many enchantments my saddest draw the turn before I died was Craterhoof with only one creature on the board

Pod 2 Game 2

Artie - Atraxa, Praetors' Voice Amy - Trostani, Selesnya's Voice Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero

CO-CO-CO-COMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Pod 3 Game 2

Ricky - Tuvasa the Sunlit Rachel - Sliver Overlord Billy - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner Jon - Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

None of us really played a deck to interact and stop the combo of Jhoira. Once Paradox Engine landed that was all she wrote. 

Pod 4 Game 2

Charles - Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Steven - Rona, Disciple of Gix Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid Jesse - Varina, Lich Queen

I have no clue what happened here. Varina ended up clenching the win though and the two combo/counter decks were put to bed quickly. 

POINTS:

Jon - 9 Points Jonathan - 9 Points Patrick - 9 Points Taco - 9 Points Nick - 8 Points Artie - 8 Points Amy - 8 Points Steven - 8 Points Charles - 8 Points Jesse - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Ricky - 7 Points Dustin - 6 Points Billy - 6 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 60 Points Dustin - 58 Points Jonathan - 58 Points Patrick - 58 Points Billy - 55 Points Rachel - 56 Points Kevin - 41 Points Mike - 40 Points Ricky - 39 Points Artie - 39 Points Taco - 37 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 26 Points Jack - 24 Points   Charles - 31 Points Dominic - 17 Points James - 17 Points Baker - 13 Points Amy - 21 Points  Jesse - 16 Points Jon - 9 Points (WB) Nick - 8 Points (Welcome to the League!)

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League Night 8-18-18

4 Estrid, the Masked 2 Aminatou, the Fateshifter 2 Nicol Bolas the Ravager 2 Kaervek the Merciless 2 Saheeli, the Gifted 2 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero 2 Sliver Overlord 2 Jodah, Archmage Eternal 1 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf 1 Rona, Disciple of Gix

Color Wheel:

29.58% Blue 21.13% Green 18.31% White 15.49% Black 15.49% Red

Pod 1 Game 1

Billy - Rona, Disciple of Gix Kevin - Nicol Bolas the Ravager Steven  - Nath of the Gilt Leaf Mike - Kaervek the Merciless

Steven was at 1 life twice. I’ve come to the conclusion that lightning bolts should be in main decks. This is proof. Ugh. He even played Necropotence at 10 life. So... yeah. 

Rona whiffed SUPERRRRRRRR hard. Also she wasn’t able to do anything because Mike had Torpor orb out. Therefor, Kevin was the major threat and even though Steven was Tree of Perditioned down to 13 early on, Kevin was still killed by elves first. 

Eventually the odds were so against us that Nath pulled the win. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Jesse - Aminatou, the Fateshifter Jonathan - Marwyn, the Nurturer Artie - Saheeli, the Gifted Dragon Jesse - Estrid, the Masked

From Jonathan:

Marwyn win last week was Animatou was pumping out cards like crazy while the rest of us were sitting like chumps with 1-2 lands each by turn 5. Dragon Jessie gets nailed for 40 by a Serra’s Avatar and the rest of us start to panic. FINALLY we start getting into lands and lands (for me) means Elves. Within a few turns I’ve recovered and Artie has fallen to Animatou despite bouncing the Avatar a few times to stay alive. I fog once (naturally) and successfully block with some lesser elves until I’m finally able to pump Marwyn with Imperious Perfect to a bajillion which allows Ezuri to do his thing and I swing for 40+ Commander damage while Animatou only had one blocker left after a huge swing. Animatou remained on the board the entire game without being challenged. Her ult would have allowed one of us to gain control of the Serra’s Avatar and yeah... no.

Pod 3 Game 1

Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid Rachel - Sliver Overlord Baker - Selvala, Explorer Returned

The walue train was in town, they renamed it Tatyova. 

Pod 1 Game 2

Kevin - Nicol Bolas the Ravager Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero Steven - Jodah, Archmage Eternal Mike - Kaervek the Merciless

Written up by Steven for me. Thanks! 

Then next match was against Kevin, Mike, and Patrick... Needless to say... A target was placed on my back. ☠️ 

Turn 4 Kevin killed me with Mike giving his unblocked creature infect, then Pat Killed Kevin, and Pat had overwhelming board state against mike to win it all. 

Show and Tell was played by Kevin and we faced an It that Betrays (ironic name because...) and Patrick Played Phantasmal Image which entered as It That Betrays which attacked Kevin to be able to kill next turn!

Pod 2 Game 2

Rachel - Sliver Overlord Billy - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner Dragon Jesse - Estrid, the Masked Jonathan - Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Luminach Ascension won this game. 10 Angels on board which eventually got double combat phases thanks to Aurelia, the Warleader. Berserk On Palladia with double attack finished Jonathan while angels killed Rachel at same time, then all angels came at Jesse the next turn to close game. 

Pod 3 Game 2

Jesse - Aminatou, the Fateshifter Ricky - Estrid, the Masked Dustin - Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Artie - Saheeli, the Gifted

This was an Odd game. Mainly because of Yennett. 

Seriously though, no clue what happened except Yennett went cray and ending up board locking for the win. 

POINTS:

Dustin - 10 Points Patrick - 9 Points Billy - 9 Points Jesse - 8 Points (Welcome to the League!) Jonathan - 8 Points Rachel - 7 Points Ricky - 7 Points Mike - 7 Points Steven - 7 Points Dragon Jesse - 6 Points Kevin - 5 Points Artie - 5 Points Baker - 3 Points (One game)

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 52 Points Dustin - 52 Points Jonathan - 49 Points Patrick - 49 Points Billy - 49 Points Rachel - 48 Points Kevin - 41 Points Mike - 40 Points Ricky - 32 Points Artie - 31 Points Dragon Jesse - 28 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 26 Points Jack - 24 Points   Charles - 23 Points Dominic - 17 Points  James - 17 Points Baker - 13 Points Amy - 13 Points (Missed Weekend Clause) Jesse - 8 Points (Welcome to the League)

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League Night 8-11-18

August 11th!

2 The Ur-Dragon 2 Nicol Bolas the Ravager 2 Sliver Overlord 2 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 2 Verix Bladewing 2 Breya, Etherium Shaper 2 Rona, Disciple of Gix 2 Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 2 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice 2 Daretti, Scrap Savant 2 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner  1 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero 1 Purphorous, God of Hammer-Time 1 Saheeli, the Gifted 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal 1 Reki, the History of Kamigawa 

That’s a LOT of Commanders. Geez. 

Color Wheel:

26.51% Red 21.69% Blue 20.48% Green 18.07% White 13.25% Black

Pod 1 Game 1

Ricky - Verix Bladewing Jonathan - Marwyn, the Nurturer Jack - Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

Jon goes first and rolls Marwyn up to 5 or so after a couple turns. With 6 elves and some other creatures on the board he Fierce Empath for Avenger of Zendikar. Next turn he played Temur Sabertooth to bounce and replay Fierce to tutor for Craterhoof and played it for the win, the same turn. 

To their credit, Jonathan was at a mere 12 life and if he would have passed turn I’d have died to lethal dragon damage from Ricky. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Charles - Saheeli, the Gifted Patrick - Purphorous, God of Hammer-Time Steven - Reki, the History of Kamigawa

Charles busted out of the gates with a 5 mana turn two and basically just won the game from there. The value that Saheeli provided and the lack of interaction that Reki and Purp provide just allowed him run away with it. 

Pod 3 Game 1

Jesse - The Ur-Dragon Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid Billy - Rona, Disciple of Gix

Tatyova got too big of a board too fast thanks to her cantrips. While Rona was doing things, there were no counterspells to interfere with anything anyone else was doing so she fell short and died fast to Jesse and Dustin. Eventually, Dustin just out-valued Jesse and won the game. 

Pod 4 Game 1

Baker - Breya, Etherium Shaper Artie - Daretti, Scrap Savant Amy - Trostani, Selesnya's Voice Rachel - Sliver Overlord

Breya eggs too stronk. No real counters or artifact hate to deal with Breya, and a Breya untethered is a dangerous thing. Baker took the game quite handily. 

We got Mike and Kevin’s first games in, in between games and Mike piloted Enchantress Palladia really well to win and then Kevin won with his Dragon brother, Nicol. 

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Pod 1 Game 2

Jack - Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas Dustin - Tatyova, Benthic Druid Kevin - Nicol Bolas the Ravager Rachel - Sliver Overlord

Everyone died to Dustin and Tatyova, so I’m assuming some for of infinite combo?! I’m not sure. I was on the very end of the table. 

Pod 2 Game 2

Amy - Trostani, Selesnya's Voice Steven - Jodah, Archmage Eternal Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero

You can’t always stop a man on a mission and that’s what Patrick was on. 

He countered his way to the top, starting from the bottom, .... now we here... started from the bottom...

Anyways, he comboed off and won. 

Pod 3 Game 2

Charles - Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Ricky - Verix Bladewing Jonathan - Ezuri, Claw of Progress Billy - Rona, Disciple of Gix

About turn 5 into the game after several counters and some small attacks, Rona got into infinite with the Dramatic Reversal/Isochron Scepter combo. With Mana rocks and top decking with Rona into Staff, She was able to draw the whole deck and kill with Pyschosis Crawler. 

Pod 4 Game 2

Mike - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner Jesse - The Ur-Dragon Artie - Daretti, Scrap Savant Baker - Breya, Etherium Shaper

POINTS:

Dustin - 10 Points Baker - 10 Points (WB) Mike - 9 Points Charles - 9 Points Jonathan - 9 Points Kevin - 9 Points Jesse - 8 Points Steven - 8 Points Artie - 8 Points Amy - 8 Points (Welcome to the League) Billy - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Patrick - 8 Points Ricky - 8 Points Jack - 8 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 45 Points Dustin - 42 Points Johnathan - 41 Points Rachel - 41 Points Patrick - 40 Points Billy - 40 Points Kevin - 36 Points Mike - 33 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 26 Points  Artie - 26 Points Ricky - 25 Points Jack - 24 Points   Charles - 23 Points Jesse - 22 Points Dominic - 17 Points (Missed weekend Clause) James - 17 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Baker - 10 Points (WB) Amy - 8 Points (Welcome to the League)

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League Night 8-4-18

I was off all last week! So whoops, a little late! 

August 4th!

2 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero 2 The Ur-Dragon 2 Surrak Dragonclaw 2 Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage 2 Ezuri, Claw of Progress 1 Daretti, Scrap Savant 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf

COLOR WHEEL: 

34.29% Blue 31.43% Green 14.29% Red 11.43% White 8.57% Black

Pod 1 Game 1

Jesse - The Ur-Dragon Steven - Surrak Dragonclaw Dustin - Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage

VERYYYYYYYYYYYY long game from what I remember. Together Dustin and Jesse took out Steven, like you should, and after that, Jesse had such a HUGE creature presence that Dustin was scrambling for a board wipe. 

Despite drawing NUMEROUS cards and having around 8 board wipes in deck, he never found one and Jesse smote him. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Billy - Daretti, Scrap Savant Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero Jonathan - Ezuri, Claw of Progress

It all happened so fast, so fast, that I just remember Daretti got a Metalworker resolved that was never killed, bounced once due to Cyclonic Rift, but even resolved again and pretty much just ran away with the game there with Infinite mana and draw thanks to Staff of Dom.

Pod 1 Game 2

Dustin - Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage Jonathan - Ezuri, Claw of Progress Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero

I want to say Peregrine Drake/Deadeye won this game for Dustin. The infinite mana with Blue Sun’s and Ballista? Were the other player’s demises. 

Pod 2 Game 2

Jesse - The Ur-Dragon Steven - Surrak Dragonclaw Billy - Nath of the Gilt Leaf

Nath had the game on lock with a 600 squirrel army. They were nuts. Get it? 

Jesse board wiped everything with Crux of Fate and Nath just auto loses after that. It’s a very wide deck. 

Steven regained control of the game, and got a Season’s Past loop going (that is hell, btw) and sealed the game for a win. 

POINTS:

Dustin - 9 Points Jesse - 9 Points Steven - 8 Points Billy - 8 Points Patrick - 8 Points Jonathan - 7 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 37 Points Rachel - 33 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Johnathan - 32 Points Patrick - 32 Points Billy - 32 Points Dustin - 32 Points Kevin - 27 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Justin (Sliver Bro) - 26 Points (Missed weekend Clause)  Mike - 24 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Artie - 18 Points  Ricky - 17 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Jack - 16 Points   Charles - 14 Points Dominic - 12 Points James - 12 Points

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July 21st & 28th League Nights!

Hi! I’ve been doing two updates a month until things calm down everywhere and I can get back to weekly ones. 

Luckily Jonathan helps a lot by giving me write ups of his games so that gives y’all more than just my, ‘Oh, she/he won SOOO hard that game.’

July 21st! 

4 Sliver Overlord 2 Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire 2 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero 2 Verix Bladewing 2 Karametra, God of Harvests 2 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager 2 Kaervek the Merciless 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf 1 Surrak Dragonclaw

Pod 1 Game 1

Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero Rachel - Sliver Overlord Dustin - Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

Dustin had blue pangs this entire night. He was missing the ability to control certain people *cough Patrick* and in their first game together, Patrick inevitably went off to combo and win with Thrasibros. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Mike - Kaervek the Merciless Justin - Sliver Overlord Ricky - Verix Bladewing

It’s all about the power of numbers. Although Kaervek has a lot of board wipes and Verix the raw power of heavy damage, it just wasn’t enough to stop the power of the sliver legions. 

Pod 3 Game 1

Steven - Karametra, God of Harvests Kevin - Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Billy - Nath of the Gilt Leaf

Nath emptied hands but I misplayed the game and just lost because I’m bad. Steven took advantage of that and ended up winning the match. :) 

Pod 1 Game 2

Justin - Sliver Overlord Mike - Kaervek the Merciless Kevin - Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

Mike and Justin got a rematch and Kevin was like... okay, whatever... All out war spread as Kevin took advantage of the blood feud and eventually made his own moves to win the match. 

Pod 2 Game 2

Ricky - Verix Bladewing Steven - Karametra, God of Harvests Patrick - Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Thrasios, Triton Hero

Patrick was swiftly ganged up on and no mercy was shown as Verix and the Goddess of Enchantments showed up to choke the game. After Patrick was taken care of Steven and Ricky battled heads up with the stax attacks coming in for the win. 

Pod 3 Game 2

Dustin - Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire Billy - Surrak Dragonclaw Rachel - Sliver Overlord

A pretty godly hand for Surrak and complete board control along with the VERY balanced Sneak Attack sealed this game up pretty quick. Seriously, if you think Paradox Engine is bad, try getting Perfected by Blightsteel/Sneak Attack.

POINTS:

Steven - 10 Points Billy - 9 Points Patrick - 8 Points Rachel - 8 Points Dustin - 7 Points Mike - 8 Points  Justin - 8 Points Ricky - 8 Points Kevin - 8 Points

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 29 Points Rachel - 27 Points Johnathan - 25 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Patrick - 24 Points Billy - 24 Points Dustin - 23 Points Kevin - 22 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 21 Points Mike - 19 Points Artie - 18 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Jack - 16 Points  (Missed weekend Clause) Charles - 14 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Dominic - 12 Points (Missed weekend Clause) James - 12 Points (Missed weekend Clause) Ricky - 12 Points

July 28th League Night!

2 Sliver Overlord 2 Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage 2 Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 2 The Ur-Dragon 2 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 2 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 2 Verix Bladewing 2 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager 2 Maga Traitor to Mortals 1 FIresong & Sunspeaker 1 Captain Sisay 1 Karametra, God of Harvests 1 Kaervek the Merciless 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer 1 Nath of the Gilt Leaf 1 Surrak Dragonclaw

Lot of dragons and dragon herders around these parts. 

Pod 1 Game 1

Jessie - The Ur-Dragon Artie - Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas Jonathan - Marwyn, the Nurturer Patrick - Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Patrick had to die first. 

He played Teferi and was threatening my Marwyn. 

I used Alpha Status to put Marwyn to 20+. Taunting Elf saved Marwyn from Atraxa and Patrick went down to Commander damage.

Jessie was next but I had to find an answer to Dragons which took 2 turns. 

I had Moments Peace and then used Flashback the next turn both dodging lethal dragon damage from Dromoka (the other one) Atarka (doublestrike).

Lethal on Rogue’s Passage the next turn. 

Artie put up a fight with his fliers and I was at 18 (Artie at 56) before getting the win. He was able to kill some of my elves so it took two turns to Rogues Passage enough damage to win. 

Pod 2 Game 1

Rachel - Sliver Overlord Billy - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner Steven - Kaervek the Merciless

I had to take care of Steven first so I had horse blinders on for him. Luckily his hand couldn’t interact with my board much and he used most of it to eliminate Rachel’s Slivers. This basically paved the way for me to swing out at her with everything after he had died. 

Pod 3 Game 1

Ricky - Verix Bladewing Dustin - Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage James - Karametra, God of Harvests

Apparently homie don’t play that and James was public enemy number one. With the hate from Verix and Raff, and the fact that Raff went infinite to draw James to death, Verix was on a short leash. Eventually Raff found the spells he wanted and put an end to the dragon. 

Pod 1 Game 2

Jonathan - Captain Sisay Rachel - Sliver Overlord Logan - Minoturds

Turn 2 for Sisay was:

Forest> Sol Ring> Fellwar Stone> Selsnya Signet

Rachel and Logan both brought me down to lands and a Fellwar Stone using Harmonic Sliver and Return to Dust. Logan board-wipes and I’m set back to the Stone Age.

It’s not long before Sliver Overlord flies over with double-strike over the course of two turns and hammers me into the ground.

Rachel tutors Winged Sliver (after the other flying Sliver died) and takes Logan from 30 to 0.

Pod 2 Game 2

Mike - Maga Traitor to Mortals Artie - Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas Ricky - Verix Bladewing

I am not sure what happened here, but the outcome was Mike winning over Ricky and Artie. Probably with mass mana and a torment or exsanguinate. 

Pod 3 Game 2

Pat - Atraxa, Praetors' Voice Dustin - Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage James - Surrak Dragonclaw

RAFF COMING ATCHA! Atraxa got hammered pretty hard and fast. I mean... It’s superfriends Atraxa. Shamon!? 

Raff ended up pulling the win out. 

Pod 4 Game 2

Steven - Nath of the Gilt Leaf Kevin - Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Jesse - The Ur-Dragon Billy - Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner

Clearly Steven is the threat in all these games until someone else ACTUALLY becomes one. Like Jesse and Kevin. Jesse smacked me for like 17 damage double strike and despite being a smart player I just retaliated and killed him instead of killing Kevin. Steven said kill Kevin too, but can’t trust him, he has rabbits that he pulls from everywhere when it comes to Magic. (See that, double entendre sentence). 

But as it was, Kevin eventually Bolas’d ahead and we both fell behind thanks to Nath discard and Kevin eventually killed us both. 

POINTS:

Dustin - 10 Points Mike - 9 Points Billy - 9 Points Rachel - 9 Points Jonathan - 8 Points Artie - 8 Points Ricky - 8 Points Steven - 7 Points James - 7 Points Kevin - 6 Points Patrick - 5 Points Jesse - 5 points Logan - 4 Points (One Game)

OVERALL POINTS:

Steven - 36 Points Rachel - 36 Points Johnathan - 33 Points Patrick - 29 Points Billy - 33 Points Dustin - 33 Points Kevin - 28 Points Justin (Sliver Bro) - 21 Points Mike - 28 Points Artie - 26 Points Jack - 16 Points   Charles - 14 Points Dominic - 12 Points James - 19 Points  Ricky - 20 Points Jesse - 5 Points (Welcome Back) Logan - 4 Points (goodbye Logan, noooooooooooo)