I want to play Shooter's GBR Flow Rock at a PTQ on Sat.

Conway · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

Can anyone, preferably Shooter, tell me what the decks matchup percentages are?

In case you dont know it, here is the deck

1 Windswept Heath
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Overgrown Tomb
4 Wooded Foothills
7 Forest
4 Swamp
2 Mountain
4 Ravenous Baloth
4 Eternal Witness
4 Dark Confidant
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Cabal Therapy
4 Duress
3 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Putrefy
4 Pernicious Deed
4 Destructive Flow

sb.
3 Smother
4 Call of the Herd
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Tormod's Crypt

Maybe with -1 putrefy +1 Genesis (Is it worth it?)

Anyway, I played the deck at a GPT and lost in the semifinals to No-stick. I may have misplayed. I based my play on the thought that a deed in play and a putrefy in hand would give me inevitability. So in the midgame I witnessed back a deed instead of a Flow(he had two islands, 4 nonbasics). It did not work out for me, as he waited till he could eot repeal the dead, play teferi, untap and play scepter with chant on it. I know he was lucky to draw the teferi in between my hand disruption, but he would have eventually. Did I misjudgethe whole matchup? How should it be played, and what are the percentages?

My only other experience was blowing out 2 UW players and one poor TEPS dude. Those matchups seem easy enough. I also lost to an affinity deck with 2 FAST draws.(Im sure that the matchup has to be a good one If he doesnt get the nuts-am I wrong?)

So, what I also need to know is, how does the deck fare against no-stick, Trinket ANgels, boros, Girfts-Rock, Aggro Flow, and the GW/ GWx flores-haterator style decks?
Whatr are the matchup percentages, and do you have any tips on playing the deck?

I would really like to get in touch with Shooter about the deck, but I would like to hear from anyone else who knows the deck well. SO please post, or email me. My email is urconway@email.arizona.edu

Thanks for any help

Conway · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

And how do you handle the troll ascetic in the aggro-flow matchup?

TugaChampion · Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 222

I will alos play this deck at a PTQ and I have been testing it. I don't know all match ups but Trinket Angels is easy and BDW is in your favor. One match up that is extremely hard is that combo/aggro goblins deck with fecundity. I think it's called Dirty Kitty. I'm glad few people run it.

troll is hard. The only way is probably Deed or if you know there will be a lot of aggro flow in the PTQ you're going just put 2 or 3 infest in the SB.

Conway · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

just try and catch them taped out and Bogart their troll? lol. The infest sounds ppretty decent though. It prolly helps the goblins matchup too, but where would infest fit in the board?

st4x · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 375

against troll u just pllay baloth wat are they gonna do attack inot it

Conway · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

so is it a good matchup?. what about the other ones?

toguppy · Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 247

jheezy · Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 170

i asked shooter the same thing and he said that

bad mu: gw flores, ug opposition, karsten boros(splash green)

good mu: everything else

Conway · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

how do you handle no stick?

Vodka_drink · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 1152 Location: Brampton O

is the top worth being played you only have 4 shuffle effects (x4 tribe elder) or am i missing something? and yes its cool with dark confidant but is it worth playing?????

vodka

Afroking_ · Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 27

Vodka_drink · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 1152 Location: Brampton O

i guess i was missing something

Vodka