GPT Singapore (Bukit Timah)

Hey fellow cowies!
I went for the GPT SG and make it to top 8. As there are approx 40 players, the players that got into the finals will have 3round byes.
Sadly, I lost in the quarter finals when I'm so close to 3 rounds bye.

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~~~~~~~~SPECIAL THANKS TO~~~~~~~~~
Alvin, for loaning the cards....
ZZ and ah goh, for playtesting at the last moment....
Random guy that have Inferno Titans and Obsitnate Baloth for sale.....
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I brought RUG deck to play and I'll explain some of the matchups I met below:


Match 1: Vamps
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I have a smooth sail ahead with turn 2 cobra. Turn 3 explore and found 1 fetchland, with 1 fetchland and 1 inferno titans in my hand. Enough say.

Game 2:
In: 4x pyroclasm
Out: 3x mana leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar
I was Inquisited with 2 cobra 1pyroclasm and lands on my hand. Surprisely my opp choose cobra, thinking cobra is his nightmare (mayb becos of game1). Throughout the game he took quite alot from his tutelage. With his life at 6, I have 2 bolts in my hand and knowing inferno was my next card through halimar depths.

1-0

Match 2: Elves
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Won with precursor golem and jace tms, with the turn bolting off the Elvish Druid and bouncing off the lianowa elf.

Game2:
In:4x pyroclasm, 4x flashfreeze
Out: 4x mana leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 3x Lightning Bolt
Won with pyroclasm clearing the small elves, leaving the vengevine behind.
I made a mistake in this. I should have lay the land from the deck via the oracle of mul daya and cast inferno titans with mana floating via cobra, before pyroclasm. Now, i'm short of 1 mana and titan was cast a turn later.

2-0

Match 3: Valukut
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Opp stuck on 2 lands on turn 3. My jace fateseal him, leaving his overgrown battlement on top of his deck. He cast on next turn and pass. I bounce the wall and drop a Inferno with help from explore, fetchlands and of cos cobra. Opp concede upon his draw.

Game 2:
In: 4x Flashfreeze, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Mana Leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 2x Lightning Bolt.
Lost to the ramp by his cobra and his inferno came to play before mine. Another primeval titan was cast on the next turn and I scooped.

Game 3:
In: 2x Tumble Magnet
Out: 1x Lightning Bolt, 1x Precursor Golem
My opp made mistake for not putting counter on his khlani expedition when landfall triggers. Mistakes were made twice by him and I just cant let him redo. Forcing through with raging ravine and baloth. The determined outcome was when I flashfreeze his Inferno and summoning trap. He tried to cast primeval titan but I held a flashfreeze in hand. I won the game with my opp pissed.

3-0


Match 4: Valukut
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This game was all about topdecking. I topdecked but my opp did better and I was screwed with Inferno and Primeval titans on board, and an angry Valukut waiting to spit at me.

Game 2:
In: 4x Flashfreeze, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Mana Leak, 1x Avenger of Zendikar, 3x Lightning Bolt, 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
This game was quite close.I had the tumble magnet to stop a primeval titan, but a 2nd one came in and I had trouble. Brainstorm for solution but I was stuck with lacking of 1 more red mana to resolve both Inferno and Lighting Bolt on the Primeval Titans.

3-1

Match 5: Boros
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A turn 4 titan with cobra killed off the board of steppex lynx and leaving everything open. He didnt manage to find a solution and I manage to burn him off.

Game 2:
In: 4x pyroclasm, 2x magnet, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 4x Bolt, 1x AOZ, 2x Precursor, 1x Garruk
Was in a board position of either cast jace and bounce his creature, or tap out for inferno to kill off the board but vunerable to a mark of mutiny. I was at 6 life. My choices are limited and risk had to be taken. Inferno was cast and my opp show me his mark. Damn.

Game 3:
In: 1x Deprive
Out: 1x Inferno
This game was a struggle when I did a grave mistake on first turn; Misty raninforest was sac to find island instead of forest, which then i realise i do not have forest in my hand. Over confident nearly cost me the game. My opp was hesitating to burn me or my creatures. Him stucking 3 lands, I resolve a Titan with a tumble magnet in play in case of any crazy mark from him. He did not pull off his firewalker and the game was mine.

4-1

Match 6: (ID)

4-1-1

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Quarterfinal: UB Infect
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It was bad. My turn 2 cobra died to the contagious clasp.Drawing blanks and opp has cast his phyrexian crusader. I was poison to death with the proliferate from the contagious clasp.

Game 2:
In: 2x Tumble Magnet, 3x Obstinate Baloth
Out: 1x AOZ, 2x Lightning Bolt, 1x Precursor Golem, 1x Inferno Titans

My sideboard was wrong I believe. Shld have kept the precursor Golem and take out 1x inferno titan instead. Again I keep drawing blanks and land flooded. No answer towards the Phyrexian crusader and I was killed off with addition of Inkmount Nexussss.

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Here's my decklist:

4x Misty Rainforest
4x Scalding Tarn
4x Raging Ravine
3x Copperline Gorge
2x Halimar Depths
5x Island
3x Forest
2x Mountain

4x Lotus Cobra
1x Oracle of Mul Daya
2x Precursor Golem
4x Inferno Titans
1x Avenger of Zendikar

4x Preordain
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Explore
4x Mana Leak
4x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Sideboard
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4x Flashfreeze
4x Pyroclasm
3x Obstinate Baloth
2x Tumble Magnet
1x Nature's Claim
1x Deprive

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I think I will want to switch the deprive for a 3rd tumble magnet. Didnt get to use nature's claim so I'm not sure whether it's explaniable to have it in sideboard.



Anyway,
Thanks for reading! And hope you guys have a shot for the 3rounds byes too!
Have a great weekend=)!


~Bard Cow Magic-er
You Wei