Subject: Hello This is Steve "Vineyard" Shears. Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 17:24:39 EST From: MTGPLAYA@aol.com To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com I finished 1st at the California State Championships and I would like to enter my deck into the "State Championships Tech" for the dojo. Here is my deck list, my record and my basic review of what i did for that day. Deck List -Sideboard- -Green- 4 Pyroblast 2 Meltdown 4 Wall Of Blossoms 1 Shard Phoenix 4 Survival Of The Fittest 1 Shattering Pulse 4 Bird's Of Paradise 1 Monk Idealist 2 Spike Feeder 1 Monk Realist 1 Spike Weaver 1 Dark Hatchling 1 Wood Elves 1 Spike Feeder 1 Gilded Drake -Black- 2 Lobotomy 4 Reccurring Nightmare 4 Duress 2 Thrull Surgeon 1 Priest Of Gix -Blue- 3 Tradewind Rider 1 Great Whale 1 Peregrine Drake 1 Stern Proctor -Red- 1 Shard Phoenix 1 Anarchist 1 Fireball 1 Monk Realist -Land- 4 City Of Brass 3 Thran Quarry 3 Reflecting Pool 2 Karplusan Forest 2 Sulfurous Springs 2 Underground River 5 Forest 2 Swamp Report- Round 1 I played I man that I had played in another tournament recently and had beaten. First game i go duress your scroll and by around 6th turn due to drawing no survival I gain infinite mana and firball him. Game two he mulligans twice, need i say more. Sorry. Round 2 I play against a kid that I assumed was playing sly. I was correct, both game's I got infinit mana by around 4-6th turn and that;s that. Round 3 I play against a friend of mine that was playing pretty much the same deck. Game one I play duress after him so I lose because he gets a much better draw and infinites me. Game two was amazing he gets out a carrion beetle and an active Tradewind Rider but I am the best top decker ever, I managed to deal some early damage to him and got hom down to 11. It is my upkeep I have 11 land in play and 4 creatures, I thin kto myself what the hell can I draw, Fireball. I do and attack with every thing, he takes 1 and I ball him for 10, close one. Game three there was Five minutes left, we did'nt finsh. Round Four I Play against another friend of mine, bullshitt man, he's playing the exact deck that I am. Game one i get a good draw but top deck roughly 11 land and I concede because it will take him too long to gain infinite mana. Game two I win by turn 5 by having like 6 creatures in which 2 of them are tradewind's. Game three was amazing, I keep a hand that has no green mana sources but a duress, 2 bird's and a survival. I duress out recurring #1, he duress's my survival. He gets a tradeing out at this point I have a reflecting pool and two undergroung rivers in play. In habe I have " 1 gilded drake 2 birds of paradise 1 recurring nightmare i wall of blossoms and I tradeind rider, I top deck a city of brass, I go gilded drake and take his tradewind and then go 2 birds, following turn I go tradewind and wall, I win win by tradewind lock. Round Five I play against the dreaded MoMa(The Academy deck). I fear this is where my loss will come from. Game one i have a miserable draw he goes off turn three. Game two i go duress, duress, lobotomy MoMA, thanx for not concedinf and wasting my time that game. Game three, My draw is not good, I parris, it gets better we both stall at mana problems, eventually we both bulid up land and hand. I play tradewind and tap out. He Time spirrals and I shuffle heis deck for the worst, he draws seven, I dont even look at my hand, he says go, I win with by gainig infinite mana next turn. Round Six I play a guy from santa barbra and he's playing sucide black. Game One Miserable draw and he gets a good draw, I lose. Game two I gain infinite mana 4th turn, I win. Game three, look at game one. Well now i am 4-1-1, I need to win. Round Seven I play a guy who has been playing Necro forever and he is playin it today. Game one I draw more hand destruction that he does, I win by gainig infinit mana. Game Two his deck was probably the best it could be, and he wins. Game three was close and I was on the verge of losing when I top deck reccuring and gain Infinite mana and fireball him. I am 8th seat in the top 8, that's some luck. I have to play the suicide black deck that kicked my ass in swiss, Game one i go duress your duress and then topdeck phoenix and I kill him with a feeder and and his sacromancy's. Game two he goes, ritual dauthi horror unholy, then goes spinal graft tech next turn, I lose. Game Three look at game one. Semi's i play this guy Ken who is playing 3C white but I pretty much have it won. Game one, early tradewind wrecks white, i win. Game Two He draws land and i draw infinite mana into my mana pool, I play agains sly in the finals, we wanted to split it but we could'nt. Game one he almost beats me but thanx to my palyin skills i gain infinite mana and ball him. Game Two i keep a draw with one basic forest but 2 wall of blossoms and a bird, i don't top deck this game. Game three it is like game one but a lot closer to my death, but I gain infinite mana and win. Post my deck please, thank you Steven Shears, Mtgplaya@aol.com