Tournament Report: Modern: 2012-03-22

Modern: 2012-03-22
Played at: Gamers of the West, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Attendance: 5 players, 3 rounds.
Final Score: 1-2.
Deck piloted by: Deckschrobber
Deck designed by: Deckschrobber

















white weenie with black 'splash' v2.0

// Lands
5x Plains
1x Swamp
3x Isolated Chapel
4x Godless Shrine
4x Marsh Flats
2x Caves of Koilos
1x Vault of the Archangel

// Creatures
3x Student of Warfare
2x Mirran Crusader
3x Figure of Destiny
3x Knight of the White Orchid
4x Tidehollow Sculler

// Spells
3x Honor of the Pure
4x Path to Exile
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
4x Thoughtseize
3x Spectral Procession
4x Lingering Souls
2x Oblivion Ring

// Sideboard
SB: 4x Grand Abolisher
SB: 2x Kataki, War's Wage
SB: 2x Torpor Orb
SB: 2x Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 2x Pithing Needle
SB: 3x Relic of Progenitus

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the previous iteration of my deck went 3-0. it played less hand disruption, more creatures and one more land. unfortunately i was very distracted the night i played the current version of the deck so i also made a bunch of playing errors that contributed to my downfall, making it hard to say if simply reverting back to the previous build is a good thing, or not.

white weenie with black 'splash' v1.0
2012-02-23: went 3-0.

// Lands
5x Plains
1x Swamp
4x Isolated Chapel
4x Godless Shrine
4x Marsh Flats
2x Caves of Koilos
1x Vault of the Archangel

// Creatures
1x Student of Warfare
2x Mirran Crusader
4x Figure of Destiny
4x Knight of the White Orchid
4x Tidehollow Sculler

// Spells
4x Honor of the Pure
4x Path to Exile
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
2x Thoughtseize
3x Spectral Procession
4x Lingering Souls
2x Oblivion Ring

// Sideboard
SB: 4x Grand Abolisher
SB: 2x Kataki, War's Wage
SB: 2x Torpor Orb
SB: 2x Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 2x Pithing Needle
SB: 3x Relic of Progenitus

one of the changes that i am happy with for sure are the Students of Warfare. while the Figure of Destiny can be manipulated on the fly the SoW feels like a more rewarding mana sink. and a 3/3 first striker is pretty brutal. so i will probably up that to 4 copies.

the additional hand disruption spell i am less sure about. they do their work well but they also slow me down. the deck wants to deal damage and wants to deal damage quickly. think that returning a Figure of Destiny and Honor of the Pure to the deck is probably more complementary to achieving that control than the 2x Thoughtseize that i added as their replacements.

to that end i should really add an additional copy of Sorin, Lord of Innistrad. his minus two ability is so extremely powerful in a creature based deck as this.

contemplating to add another Spectral Possession. 3 additional spirit tokens seems quite good..but what to take out?

as far as the sideboard goes, haven't seen Affinity in my area yet so perhaps the Kataki, War's Wage will be replaced with Disenchant. really could use a more definitive answer to Sword of Light and Shadow.