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P2P1 This is where I decided to jump into five color control. Call me crazy but it seemed like the best way to procede.
1 Obelisk of Grixis
1 Rockcaster Platoon
1 Bull Cerodon
1 Magma Spray
1 Bant Charm
1 Naya Charm
1 Jund Charm
1 Sigil of Distinction
1 Dragon Fodder
1 Swerve
1 Mosstodon
1 Sprouting Thrinax
1 Agony Warp
1 Cavern Thoctar
1 Vithian Stinger
1 Branching Bolt
1 Jund Battlemage
2 Bloodpyre Elemental
1 Obelisk of Esper
1 Resounding Thunder
1 Kiss of the Amesha
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Obelisk of Jund
1 Island
5 Forest
5 Mountain
1 Savage Lands
3 Plains
1 Jund Panorama
Sideboard
1 Marble Chalice
1 Viashino Skeleton
1 Mountain
1 Hissing Iguanar
1 Viscera Dragger
1 Dragon's Herald
1 Glaze Fiend
1 Sphinx's Herald
1 Goblin Mountaineer
1 Resounding Roar
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Undead Leotau
1 Call to Heel
1 Shore Snapper
1 Jhessian Lookout
1 Incurable Ogre
1 Gift of the Gargantuan
1 Naturalize
1 Plains
I didn't take a ton of other notes on the draft since I think once I decided to go five color the picks were pretty self explanatory. I also love the maindeck Swerve.
Round 1 was against BR. I killed basically everything he played in game 1 and made sure to keep up Swerve mana the entire game. Eventually he made his move with Blightning and I shipped it back at him and then finished the job with Mosstodon. Game 2 he mulled to five and while my only pressure was Jund Battlemage, I was able to Bant Charm his Resounding Thunder when he hit three lands and just kill him with tokens and a couple random guys.
Round 2 I played against Bant that seemed to have worse mana than usual. Game 1 he got a slow draw and I had Thrinax on the beats while I killed his men. Jund Charm killed two Knight of the Skyward Eyes when he tapped out to pump one and then I untapped and Sigiled up my Thrinax to swing for 9 and earn the concession. Game 2 I got colorscrewed and run over. Game 3 was pretty close but it seemed like he got flooded while I played Kiss of the Amesha and reloaded. Rockcaster Platoon achieved the double activation this game taking out a pair of Waveskimmer Avens that I couldn't really handle otherwise. Thanks to the extra life from Kiss though I was never in any danger and won pretty handily once he started flooding a bit.
In the finals I played against Naya. Game 2 he played double Naya Charm tapping me down two turns in a row for the win. Game 3 he played turn 1 Nacatl which I killed, then turn 3 Thoctar and I couldn't find Blue mana for my Bant Charm before I was way too far behind. He sealed the deal with Naya Charm again.
Until tomorrow...
Nick
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