Oh well, another T2 Friday master, i'm between 3 decks to play. No hermit, son of hermit with some modifications to beat ponza and bargain, after some playtests with team mates i woudl pick bargain if i hadnt poor draws with it, i end up picking son of hermit non hermit W/O to much playtest, i played it because in "theory" it would go 70/30 vs ponza and replenish, assuming that the metagame would be that. Deck List: SB: 3 Splinter SB: 3 Disenchant SB: 3 Parallax Wave SB: 2 Absolute Law SB: 4 Harmonic Convergence 8 Forest 3 Plains 3 Plow Under 4 Brushland 4 Rishadan Port 3 Gaea's Cradle 4 Tangle Wire 4 Armageddon 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Vine Trellis 3 Masticore 4 Yavimaya Elder 4 Blastoderm 4 Saproling Burst Yes, it's a pile, but if you do a deep analyses in it you can see that it's not bad! 1st round against the awarded bye They're tings, i got 1 by running a prize master, you guys should try it 2nd round, Rage, he was a non show 3rd round against gl|ltb playing stompy 1st game- he got na early start with elf, boas, etc, so did me with burds, trellis, etc. I played a Saproling burst to stop his creatures, then after that assuming he missed about 3 or 4 land drops i armageddon to prevent boas from regeneration, he got mana screwed badly after the armageddon, me too but i could get rid of it with the trellis birds, then i draw a gaea's cradle and played a saproling burst, another turn played another burst and he conceded. Sided out geddons to side in Parallax wave 2nd game- i had a slow hand but still consistent against stompy, 2 derms 1 elder 1 burst and 2 lands 1 cradle, he started with vine dryad and treetop and beat me with that... i had nothing to do against since i didnt drew any utility cards against him of less CC of 4. 3rd game - i got a pretty good start with multiple elfs, he played the cradle before me but it wasnt a real problem with 1 trellis 1 elf in play and 1 elder, i played a burst so he couldnt attack, then in the other turn i plowed him and attack with burst tokens, he draws plays land and say go, i played a masticore and he concede. Our 3 games were kinda poor, since in game 2/3 we both won with no difficult since the opponnents did nothing. Acid is a good friend of mine and i really dont fell like playing against friends so early in masters. 4th round- against CN|Hero with red deck wins 1st game- i got just elfs and birds to his burns, he got some gobo's and beat me with burn w/o difficult i really had nothing to side in against him... i think i traded 1 geddon for a parallax wave or something like that 2nd game- i didnt got a trellis too, but my consistent hand against him made the difference and he couldnt handle blastoderms and saproling burst 3rd game- that game was pretty close though, he started with burs etc, i didnt got a trellis too, he started playing lands and didnt stopped, when he was at 0 cards in hand and about 8 lands in play i armageddon to stop since i was at 4 life, i had some beats in hand with 4cc and 5cc, but got stacked at 3 lands, we stalled about for 2 or 3 turns w/o a land drop, he then drew a mountain played a seal of fire and cave-in for the victory. 5th round- Against DQ|MadC playing accel blue 1st game - i got a good start with early birds, elder, than trellis, and blasto, he played a masticore but couldnt ping my trellis to nullfie my mana need, i played a burst it cames in and i finished up him w/o difficult sided out some wires and masticore for parallax wave/splinter 2nd game- got a good start with elfs, i forced a elder, he countered then i played a plow under and he couldnt do anything, he played a masticore i think and got kinda masticore locked, i played a derm and another beats he couldnt handle and beat gim easily. 6th round- Against XR|Rock playing Ponza (again or no?) oh well i designed my deck to beat ponza and i would get pretty pissed if i got booted out t8 for a ponza deck. 1st game- i got a good hand with elfs that he burned but i played a trellis and got control of the board with wire etc, then he played a lightning dragon that could give me some trouble since i couldnt beat him faster than him... i got a cradle with burt in play for a lot of mana, then played a masticore and killed the dragon, he pillaged my core and it was ok, i played a derm and geddon in the same turn i think, he was in low life coz of early burst and couldnt do nothing sided out 1 geddon and somce elfs for splinter/wave/absolute law 2nd game - i really didnt got into the game, he kept me in low mana and didnt allowed me to play a elder and beat me easily 3rd game- that was a good game, i got na early trellis that he plowed out, then absolute law and elder, he really got raped by this, since elder is key card in this match up, i played some elfs and a burst and ended him up with blasto/geddon. I thinik dont remember if it was blasto or burst. Until now i'm happy to see my deck going that good, i was like auto T8 since my breaks are pretty good and i'm the best 15. I got paired vs AG|CH, he wanted to play and i didnt felt like playing... than TC announced a repair and i got paired vs my teammate FX|Utop, he did some maths and we saw that if we ID'ed 1 of us (probabily me) would t8 for sure, if tumba lose we both would t8, we finished ID'ing and tumba won :\, booting Utop of T8 I end up in 8th spot . T8- against Prime playign replenish i could say that his replenish was pretty different, he was using noble purpose/glorious anthem . 1st game- i got some early beats like blastoderm that he couldnt handle with, he tryed to get na opal but didnt got it, i beat him. Sided out some saproling bursts and core for harmonic convergence and disenchant 2nd game- he got a good hand and replenished turn 4 for a opal/wave/tide/noble purpose, i had a blasto into play, but nothing that could give me the victory, he beated me with easy. 3rd game- i got a good hand but no convergences, just a disenchant.. got na early derm and the only burst in the deck, he didnt got a seal and burst would be awesome, he replenish for some cards like 2 opal/wave/noble purpose, good that i drew a harmonic convergence last turn and I played it, it really gave me the game, then he eot tutored for a opalescence, played a land attun, attunned discarted wave/opal/noble purpose, i end of turn disenchanted the opalescence and beat him up with a blasto. T4 :D~~~~~~~~ T4- against CN|Hero playing red deck wins Note- this guy was the 1 who beat me in swiss 1st game- i got a early trellis (:D) then i could play some beats as elder/blasto/saproling burst, he couldnt handle all the beats and concede, that game was pretty close because i was at 6 or 5 life 2nd game- i got 2 early trellis (beatings :D) and played some beats, then i geddoned him off and he couldnt do nothing... i really didnt got any difficult to beat him in T4 but in game 1 that was more closely. Oh well, i hope that this time i win... since i got T2 last Friday too T2- RF|Tumba playing son of hermit (luck version) 1st game- i got like a GOD hand with early creatures/cradle/masticore/plow under, so did he :\, i started up with mana elf, he mana priest go (he started) and i go for cradle trellis, he drew land and go, i drew and played a elf and said go, then he plowed me, i plaoed him as well, then i was trying to play a masticore and ping the priest at the same time, he didnt let me do it because of plow under/fallow earth, then i played a masticore and go, he played a orangotan killed the core and go, i eot blow up the elder and went for 5 next turns lands, in the next turn he played a masticore and i couldnt do nothing coz of mana flood. btw, elder should be errated for, 2, sacrifice elder, searlch for 2 basic lands and draw another 1 i sided out llanowar elfs since he was using priest and 1 burst and 2 wires i think, sided in disenchants/splinters/parallax wave 2nd game- he got a god draw AGAIN, with double plow under, double fallow earth, tangle wire, early mana creatures, gaea's cradle, double rishadan port and a masticore and a uktabi orangotan as well, i lost with a parallax wave in hand that could at least give me some more turns to try to win, he nullfied my white sources with the ports. OH well i Scrubbed again, losing $160 dollars in 2 weeks in a row isnt that good, but i'm happy for doing good at this masters. Thank every1 in T8 and Utop for t9'ing. Props: FX'ers: For being such a MIS0RS, GO FX GO Gromph: for being the best guy online :D i lub you. Natil: for being such a cool guy and cheering me up Utop: T9'ing gaving me the 8th spot when we knew that he was auto win against me jUgS: being such a misor and cheering me up, you rules man Shiv: being a good boy exo-tech: for being such a cool guy :D~ GL team: you guys rules and have good chats, i like you all NL team: i lub NL guys, they're great MW team: being so cool :D Jacob: my lover i lub you :>, and getting aps in #apprentice AcidAngel: for apologizing he know what and for getting aps in #apprentice too :D~ Slops: Tumba: for knocking me out t1 =[ Me: for losing $160 dollars, and make silly mistakes that could with pretty luck gave me the game Djafari: for knocking me out t1 last week Cya guys, and thank you all