Game 1: I keep a 5-land hand, get an early
Vessel of Ephemera and start beating down with spirits while he loots continuously with
Reckless Scholar. He then drops
Sigarda, Heron's Grace and he hit a standstill. The next turn he plays
Jace, Unravler of Secrets and just keeps digging with the Scholar and Jace. After what seems like eternity, I get an
Angelic Purge and get rid of the Sigarda only to have him convert his graveyard into soldiers. He then gets to flip his
Pious Evangel and bring an
Inspired Captain and start beating in with this huge army:
I don't believe I can survive the swing and concede. So that was a long drawn out game and he only had 6 cards left in his library. So I decide to side into my blue bomb, Startled Awake:
Hopefully this works.
Game 2: I get pretty aggressive with
Quilled Wolf and
Dauntless Cathar followed by
Ulvenwald Mysteries. That is until Sigarda comes down on turn 6. I get a
Reaper of Flight Alabaster to keep it from swinging in, but just like last game it is followed closely by Jace and we hit stall war again. He gets an
Altered Ego of my Reaper (7/7), so I need a way to deal with it. I draw a
Confront the Unknown and with that I swing in. He blocks, so I confront, which turns on delirium, sac some clues to get some soldiers and eat them to keep my angel alive.
So now I have a threat that can eat up all of his flyers and should be able to win from here. He does nothing and passes. I rip some clues and find a
Compelling Deterrence and remember most of his deck from last game and realise I should be fine. So I go to combat, swing in and bounce the Sigarda. Then, just like a scene of a horror film the mistress of hell herself comes to ruin the party.
He then beats in with everything. I just make sure I take as little damage as possible, then Avacyn flips and ruins my board (I forget to save my reaper). Now I am on digging duty. I have nothing that can save me now except for
Startled Awake. I get it with the last turn to stay alive and realise I can't cast it. Mmmm, must be a MTGO error, so I crack another clue, still can't cast it. Mmm... Go to second main, still can't cast. Then it hits me. Sigarda. Sigarda gives you hexproof. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. So close yet so far. Who the heck opens that many mythics? I mean seriously. Now on serious tilt I go to match 5.