Subject: Massachusettes State Championships Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:00:18 -0700 From: "Dougie Anderson" To: "Frank" Hey there Guys, Well taking magic as seriously as I am at the moment I put plenty of preperation in to the state championships. After watching Mike Bregoli doing the business repeatedly with the accademy I realised I was far from able to compete with the limited Urza`s cards in my collection. So the Joules suicide black was created even more lethal to me than to my opponents and against much harsh critisism I chose to play it. In playtesting in the evening Christoph and I went 2 hrs straight undeafeated and I realised that I was far better at pool than I was at cards, why dont I spend more time at that. A night of copious drinking made everything so much easier the next day. 4hrs sleep and the drive to Boston and were almost ready. I meet up with Scott "the body" Verrill and Ray" Party Party" Karkman and head to your move games. Your move designed to hold 60-70 tops squeazes in an aray of particularly oddorous magic players to the number of 90+, I incorrectly record my sideboard and only register 14 cards due to the amount of alcohol in my system but luckily notice just before round one starts, I get to add a swamp as card no. 15 Ok Mr Land destruct I`m all ready for you. Round 1 Andy I start with swamp, priest of Gix, another then spined fluke and this ones all done. game 2 he gets out light of day, tradewinds and a fat green thing I haven`t even seen before then geddons before my scrolls can kill him. game three I get the jump start he starts to lay peaches I drop an evil on the table activate it for 11 life with 2 bad moons out though the 6/6 was on his way. 1-0 time for a quick pint in the burrow a fine boston bar selling of all things scottish 80 , a good omen I think, even if I dont win I`ll still get a nice buzz going. Round 2 Francis Burke playing Accademy Well actually he wasn`t as I draw my one persecute on turn two and demolish his hand with it and he concedes, Game two urzas baubles just dont stop the beatdown as we both stall on lands but I hold 4 1cc 2/2`s, Francis was unlucky here. 2-0 Well that was unexpectedly fast so time for 2 more at the burrow. round three I had the names but I lost the paper so sorry guys, Sligh Game 1 he hits me I hit him, I kill his creatures and still have 3 he lands 10 points on my head and I have no life left. Game 2 sometimes you just have to be a ballsy git I ritual out the evil turn 1 activate it and go to 10life, then get out a sacromancy, he stalls on 1 mountain for a turn , I lay contaminate turn three with dudes in hand I`m all clear. Game three my turn to stall on mana as sligh unfolds in classic style and he takes it. 2-1 A good man playing sligh 15mins for the round leaving 55 for the pub, you just gotta like that. Round 4 Counter pheonix game 1 I speed he dies. Game 2 i fail to speed he gets the pheonix revolving he wins. Game 3 I speed he pulls back I have him on 2 life he intuitions for a counterspell, I lay priest of gix, he has a pheonix going so lets it in, I lay contaminate, he reads it and thinks he`ll sack the priest so doesn`t counter it.Mistake, he cant get the pheonix back with black I dont upkeep contaminate and come in for 2 for the kill. Off to the off licence/package store for some sam and a wee sip in the car park while being dogged by a police car, (kids dont do this at home, open containers are illegal in the states, move to scotland and do it there where its perfectly legal) Round 5 brian "Whatever"lynch a future PGD member most likely, playing accademy. I get a rocket start against him, Brian is not happy with the situation and I do believe he may have mentioned the word Whatever a few times, he windfalls for 2 extra cards as I blow a rain of filth he gets the braingeyser second card and blows. I smile this had happened repeatedly with Bregoli during the week. game 2 my dark ritual sacromancy, carnophage, planar void turn one still isn`t enough and Brian takes it. So 3-2 and the need to be in a pub becomes more pressing than the need to be in the tourney, so off we head. fine night at Jake Ivorys again and a fine weekend in Boston. Ok the deck 3 lurking evil 4 dauthi slayers 4 sacromancy 4 carnophage 1 spined fluke 4 priest of gix 4 cursed scroll 1 yawgmoths will 1 persecute (I would like more but I have just the one) 2 rain of filth (I would drop these now) 4 bad moon 4 drain life 4 dark ritual 4 polluted mire 4 wastelands 12 swamps sideboard 3 contaminate 3 nevs disk 3 perish 2 bottumless pit 3 planar void 1 extra for those who dont want to play swamp! Ok all the best guys, talk to you all later Joules Haigh Team Highlander and the PGD