MTG Update - Extended Tournament - Deck Domain (Part 2)

I really wasn’t looking forward to the second match-up in the extended tourney after that disappointing defeat. Somehow I figured that with such a vulnerable mana-base in the domain deck, it is going to be very difficult to beat the majority of mono/dual coloured decks. Yet I still had to stuggle on. Next opponent, Tracy.

Tracy’s deck is nothing short of a monster. 156 cards in total, it was probably doomed from the start. Seeing that at lest 40% had to be lands, that’s60 cards of non-threats. The games were very straight forward but since I’m compiling a complete report, I’ll just go ahead and give you guys the low down.

Match Two

This was going to be a mirror match with the first as both decks used snakes and Sosuke’s Summons to make lots of snake tokens. I must say thought that I was very amazed that my Opponent managed to survive 4 round without a single hitch with his land drops. However it was a short match.

Turn 1-5

156 card deck (hereby known as ‘Monster’) was slowly gathering lands and more snakes while I raced around the clock to gather lands and by turn 5 dropped Collective Restrains with domain in play. Turn 7 and Legacy weapon took centre stage. Slowly but surely I eliminated every single land my opponent had and by turn 14 with no lands in play and me having 5 1/1 flying tokens, he conceded.

Round 1 Domain 1 – 0 Monster

Monster’s player was getting seriously pissed and I could see why. His deck was obviously just a joke and joined the tourney to have fun, mine wasn’t. Quite easy seeing that I’m going to win the match but still Magic is a ruthless game and I don’t see any reason why I should be nice to him.

This game didn’t start off as well as I thought it would because my Collective Restrains just didn’t come up at all and by turn 8 I was getting beaten down to 8 life with my opponent still at 20. I had no choice but to blow his dreams up in his face with 8 mana, I cast and blew an Oblivion Stone. Destroying all his hopes I some how managed to find a Collective Restrains and a Goblin Trenches. Things just got worse for Tracy as I top-decked a Global Ruins and blew his lands while getting myself tokens. Faced with just 2 1/1, I chipped away at his life points while countering his few threats and finally winning in 5 minutes.

Round 2 Domain 2 – 0 Monster

Now I’m not that bad of a guy so I got him a beer as consolation J. Hey, playing Magic is fun and not a chore.

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