Ala Ala Cfx 8-4 No4.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1669

Back with another 8-4 this time i lost in the finals miscalculated on an all in attack with a load of unearthers I swear his life total was lower when i initally checked it.

Event #: 274412
Time: 4/1/2009 10:42:32 PM
Players:
beatles
pjthebird
Zampire2
Gfort
--> ElementalMox
rdw05
shachmand
Stormheart15

------ ALA ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Relic of Progenitus
Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Resounding Scream
Naya Panorama
Agony Warp
Goblin Mountaineer
Shore Snapper
Waveskimmer Aven
Qasali Ambusher
Savage Lands
Protomatter Powder
--> Sharding Sphinx
Plains

Nice to start with a bomb easy pick

Pack 1 pick 2:
Kederekt Creeper
Savage Hunger
Ridge Rannet
Courier's Capsule
Akrasan Squire
Bone Splinters
Wild Nacatl
--> Executioner's Capsule
Outrider of Jhess
Jund Charm
Jund Battlemage
Exuberant Firestoker
Immortal Coil
Swamp

After our first pick this is made all the more simpler, with out it I can see a case for the jund charm

Pack 1 pick 3:
Resounding Roar
Viashino Skeleton
Etherium Sculptor
Akrasan Squire
Dreg Reaver
Sigil Blessing
Soul's Grace
Steward of Valeron
--> Kathari Screecher
Lush Growth
Rockcaster Platoon
Gather Specimens
Forest

A weak pack but the screecher is ok theres nothing outstanding in the pack

Pack 1 pick 4:
Cylian Elf
Call to Heel
Yoked Plowbeast
Dregscape Zombie
Kederekt Creeper
Obelisk of Naya
Gift of the Gargantuan
--> Windwright Mage
Angel's Herald
Mighty Emergence
Ad Nauseam
Island

Also really weak pack im taking the windwright mage early with plans of going esper

Pack 1 pick 5:
Call to Heel
Yoked Plowbeast
--> Dregscape Zombie
Undead Leotau
Bant Panorama
Obelisk of Grixis
Cavern Thoctar
Spell Snip
Filigree Sages
Jhessian Infiltrator
Plains

Once again not too exciting but solid

Pack 1 pick 6:
Jhessian Lookout
--> Dregscape Zombie
Cylian Elf
Godtoucher
Gustrider Exuberant
Resounding Wave
Blightning
Topan Ascetic
Jhessian Infiltrator
Forest

Much the same

Pack 1 pick 7:
Shore Snapper
Rip-Clan Crasher
Elvish Visionary
Cradle of Vitality (FOIL)
--> Obelisk of Bant
Hindering Light
Incurable Ogre
Behemoth's Herald
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 8:
Cathartic Adept
Lightning Talons
Angelsong
--> Skeletal Kathari
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Tortoise Formation
Sphinx's Herald
Plains

Pack 1 pick 9:
Relic of Progenitus
Soul's Might
Resounding Scream
Goblin Mountaineer
Shore Snapper
--> Waveskimmer Aven
Plains

Pack 1 pick 10:
Savage Hunger
Ridge Rannet
--> Outrider of Jhess
Exuberant Firestoker
Immortal Coil
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 11:
Viashino Skeleton
--> Dreg Reaver
Soul's Grace
Lush Growth
Forest

Pack 1 pick 12:
--> Gift of the Gargantuan
Angel's Herald
Mighty Emergence
Island

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Spell Snip
Jhessian Infiltrator
Plains

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Jhessian Lookout
Forest

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Mountain

------ ALA ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Shore Snapper
Steward of Valeron
Mosstodon
--> Oblivion Ring
Esper Panorama
Hindering Light
Wild Nacatl
Grixis Panorama
Glaze Fiend
Fatestitcher
Etherium Astrolabe
Grixis Battlemage
Knight of the White Orchid
Swamp

Its better than fate sticher right, well it sure was when i o-ringed the vein drinker with it

Pack 2 pick 2:
Elvish Visionary
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Bloodpyre Elemental
--> Agony Warp
Obelisk of Naya
Memory Erosion (FOIL)
Jund Panorama
Relic of Progenitus
Hindering Light
Infest
Qasali Ambusher
Dragon's Herald
Vein Drinker
Mountain

I took ages ovee this pick, I have very little mana fixing and I felt if I took the vein drinker over the warp my mana base was more than likely going to be the sort of thing that gets your rating below what it started out as, so i went with the warp, flame away I stand by it, the warp felt stronger than just a 4/4 flyer i can not use.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Court Archers
Jhessian Lookout
Resounding Silence
Dregscape Zombie
Cylian Elf
Windwright Mage
Jund Panorama
Relic of Progenitus
Hindering Light
Blood Cultist
--> Corpse Connoisseur
Gather Specimens
Plains

Hes just so good in my opinion

Pack 2 pick 4:
Savage Hunger
Steelclad Serpent
Marble Chalice
Resounding Roar
Obelisk of Bant (FOIL)
Elvish Visionary
Dragon Fodder
--> Rhox War Monk
Angelic Benediction
Exuberant Firestoker
Sacellum Godspeaker
Mountain

Okay I could potentially splash this

Pack 2 pick 5:
Dispeller's Capsule
Godtoucher
Cathartic Adept
Blightning
Lightning Talons
Angelsong
Skeletal Kathari
--> Guardians of Akrasa
Sunseed Nurturer
Minion Reflector
Island

Pack 2 pick 6:
Ridge Rannet
Steelclad Serpent
Excommunicate
Gustrider Exuberant
Soul's Might
Undead Leotau
--> Obelisk of Esper
Bant Battlemage
Necrogenesis
Plains

Pack 2 pick 7:
Welkin Guide
Deft Duelist
Onyx Goblet
Spell Snip
Bant Panorama
Gustrider Exuberant
--> Kiss of the Amesha
Crucible of Fire
Island

Something late that Im actually happy about

Pack 2 pick 8:
Cathartic Adept
Lightning Talons
Onyx Goblet
Tortoise Formation
Lush Growth
--> Kathari Screecher
Demon's Herald
Plains

Pack 2 pick 9:
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Shore Snapper
--> Esper Panorama
Hindering Light
Glaze Fiend
Etherium Astrolabe
Swamp

Much needed

Pack 2 pick 10:
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Memory Erosion (FOIL)
--> Relic of Progenitus
Hindering Light
Dragon's Herald
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 11:
Jhessian Lookout
--> Cylian Elf
Relic of Progenitus
Hindering Light
Plains

Pack 2 pick 12:
Savage Hunger
--> Steelclad Serpent
Marble Chalice
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 13:
Godtoucher
--> Cathartic Adept
Island

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Gustrider Exuberant
Plains

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Gustrider Exuberant

------ CON ------

Pack 3 pick 1:
Dark Temper
Frontline Sage
Aven Squire
Wretched Banquet
Sylvan Bounty
Canyon Minotaur
Brackwater Elemental
Exploding Borders
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Outlander
Voices from the Void
--> Scornful Æther-Lich
Unstable Frontier
Cylian Sunsinger
Plains

I do not like banquet in my deck I have alot of low powered creatures so i went with the lich

Pack 3 pick 2:
Aven Trailblazer
Toxic Iguanar
Mana Cylix
Beacon Behemoth
--> Zombie Outlander
Asha's Favor
Nacatl Outlander
Grixis Illusionist
Exploding Borders
Manaforce Mace
Shambling Remains
Unstable Frontier
Font of Mythos
Forest

Not really what you want pick 2

Pack 3 pick 3:
--> Absorb Vis
Valeron Outlander
Sylvan Bounty
Aven Squire
Pestilent Kathari
Suicidal Charge
Constricting Tendrils
Court Homunculus
Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
Manaforce Mace
Countersquall
Forest

Very happy about this

Pack 3 pick 4:
Goblin Outlander (FOIL)
Matca Rioters
Bone Saw
Canyon Minotaur
Wandering Goblins
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
--> Filigree Fracture
Spore Burst
Dreadwing
Bloodhall Ooze
Plains

Pack 3 pick 5:
--> Matca Rioters
Bone Saw
Canyon Minotaur
Wandering Goblins
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
Vagrant Plowbeasts
Reliquary Tower
Hellkite Hatchling
Kederekt Parasite
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 6:
Toxic Iguanar
Mana Cylix
Beacon Behemoth
--> Zombie Outlander
Asha's Favor
Nacatl Outlander
Grixis Illusionist
Exploding Borders
Reliquary Tower
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 7:
Toxic Iguanar
Mana Cylix
--> Zombie Outlander
Asha's Favor
Nacatl Outlander
Grixis Illusionist
Countersquall
Mark of Asylum
Island

Pack 3 pick 8:
Valeron Outlander
--> Sylvan Bounty
Suicidal Charge
Constricting Tendrils
Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
Hellspark Elemental
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 9:
Wretched Banquet
Sylvan Bounty
--> Brackwater Elemental
Exploding Borders
Maniacal Rage
Unstable Frontier
Plains

Awsome with conniseur

Pack 3 pick 10:
Toxic Iguanar
Mana Cylix
Asha's Favor
Grixis Illusionist
--> Exploding Borders
Forest

Pack 3 pick 11:
Constricting Tendrils
Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
--> Manaforce Mace
Forest

Pack 3 pick 12:
Wandering Goblins
Valiant Guard
--> Spore Burst
Plains

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Wandering Goblins
Reliquary Tower
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Asha's Favor
Reliquary Tower

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island

The draft was kind of wierd but finals of 8-4 is okay, I played the guy feeding me pack 2 and he was 5 colour control and not a very good build, he had the vein drinker but he was also playing grixis illusionist, dread wing, sighte caste sorcerrer and alot of other bottom of the barrel filler in his deck. Alot of drafts Im seeing stuff like this guess this can happen when alot of people are looking to go 5cc.

Anyway the deck

1 e-capsule
1 agony warp
2 dredgescape zombie
3 zombie outlander
1 obelisk of bant
1 obelisk of esper
1 windwright mage
1 oblivion ring
1 brackwater elemental
2 kathari screecher
1 rhox war monk
1 manforce mace
1 scornful aether lich
1 corpse conniseur
1 skeletal kathari
1 Waveskimmer Acen
1 sharding sphinx
1 kiss of the amesha
1 absorb vis
2 Plains
6 Island
7 swamp
1 forest
1 esper panorama

feedback appreciated

LordLink · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 73

Ouch, that sucks not getting any Esper Cormorants pack 3. I would have said Resounding Silence over Corpse Connisseur but thats just me.

Now then, why the hell did Manaforce Mace table? that things first pick in any 4+ colour deck and a solid playable in any 3-colour deck. :S

Ggerg · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 613

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asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

Dreadwing isn't that bad at all. Grixis illusionist is pretty decent in 5 color too. not really the "bottom of the barrel" that you're thinking they are. Dreadwing wins games, and trades with almost any creature just by paying 6 mana.

I would've taken the vein drinker. He is very good, getting the red might have been a little hard, but not horrible with the ability to pick up some panaromas that pack or land cyclers in conflux.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1669

Okay thanks for feedback.

Ludz · Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 79

Grixis Illusionist is on pair with Mana Cylix, but with some Fleshbag Marauder protection for your other creatures, and maybe a chump later. He dies to mass removal though. I rather play another land :/

asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 343