Tim's Quest Mode Challenge

[supercommiefu]

Decklist

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1 Baleful Strix
1 Cancel
1 Catalog
1 Cavern Harpy
1 Child of Night
1 Cloud Elemental
1 Dead Weight
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Deprive
1 Disfigure
1 Disperse
1 Divination
1 Duress
1 Duskmantle Seer
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Impulse
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Memory Lapse
1 Negate
1 Nekrataal
1 Nimbus Naiad
1 Power Sink
1 Ray of Command
1 Silent Departure
1 Skulking Knight
1 Sleep
1 Spiketail Drakeling
1 Stab Wound
1 Stealer of Secrets
1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
1 Terror
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Voyage's End
1 Walking Corpse
11 Swamp
13 Island

Record 16-4 (I didn't keep track games 1-10)

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Lex Luthor 1-0
Ned Flanders 1-0
Nagini 0-1 Flying hate + split second
Cipher 1-0
Frodo 1-0
Brother Voodoo 0-1 Mull to 3 game 3
Gollum 1-0
Storm 1-0
Sun Quan 1-0
Spiderman 0-1 Lifegain+aggroswarm/Soul Sisters wrecks me

I really need my deck to be less scattered but it's hard to get multiple of individual cards, and I also need mana fixing but the odds of getting it seem to be pretty slim. Also I am now playing decks that are running moxen, and while they're not doing broken things with them yet, it scares m!

[serrasmurf]

Tournaments (quest draft) allowed?
Or will that be the next challenge?

Starting card pool has Angel of Serenity, Remand and Mulldrifter, looks like i'm playing my favourite archetype again, UWx control
Spellshop has all rubbish, except a Coalition Relic for 500 and a Grim Monolith for 4000; relic it is.

Deck:

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1 Island
6 Island
6 Plains
4 Plains
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Azorius Signet
1 Spirit Loop
1 Veteran Armorer
1 Veteran Armorer
1 Omenspeaker
1 Remand
1 Somnomancer
1 Coalition Relic
1 Pristine Talisman
1 Bound in Silence
1 Pillar of Light
1 Standing Troops
1 Dream Cache
1 Scroll Thief
1 Aven Fisher
1 Æthermage's Touch
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Starlit Angel
1 Cloudheath Drake
1 Mulldrifter
1 Mindculling
1 Angel of Serenity

[lujo]

Score 18-6

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Cohen the Barbarian +1 (2-0)
Hugo Drax +1 (2-1)
Kang (?) +1 (2-0)
Homer Simpson +1 (2-0)
Elrond +1 (2-0)
Wilma Flintstone +1 (2-1)
King Kong +1 (2-1)
King Valdemar +1 (2-0)
LEx Luthor +1 (2-1)
C3P0 -1 (1-2)

Went UW

Treebeard +1 (2-1)
Tarzan +1 (2 - 0)
Minerva McGonnagal -1 (0-2)
Electro +1 (2-0)
UW Spirit Guy (forgt to write down name) +1 (2-1)
Hookah-Smoking Carterpillar +1 (2-0)
Cable +1 (2-1) (Tough!)
Owlman -1 (1-2) (Bad luck)
Robin Hood +1 (2-1) (He was mana screwed once)
Pebbels Flintstone +1 (2-0)
Captain Piccard -1 (0-2)
Severus Snape -1 (1-2)
Magneto -1 (0-2)


Current UW deck (removal, urzas legacy "free" blue spells, faeries, soldiers, changelings)

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[Main]
1 Amoeboid Changeling|LRW
1 Baneslayer Angel|M11
1 Castle Raptors|TSP
3 Cloud of Faeries|ULG
1 Conclave Equenaut|DDF
1 Coralhelm Commander|ROE
1 Crib Swap|LRW
1 Faerie Conclave|ULG
1 Flickering Ward|TMP
2 Frantic Search|ULG
1 Glimmerdust Nap|LRW
5 Island|INV|4
1 Island|LRW|1
2 Island|LRW|2
1 Journey to Nowhere|DDF
1 Kithkin Greatheart|LRW
1 Lost in Thought|JUD
1 Loxodon Gatekeeper|RAV
2 Miscalculation|ULG
1 Mothdust Changeling|MOR
1 Mulldrifter|LRW
1 Oblivion Ring|COM
2 Peregrine Drake|USG
1 Pestermite|LRW
10 Plains|INV|4
1 Preeminent Captain|MOR
2 Remote Isle|USG
1 Scion of Oona|LRW
1 Sentinels of Glen Elendra|LRW
2 Snap|ULG
1 Sol Ring|COM
1 Stormfront Pegasus|M10
1 Swords to Plowshares|ICE
2 Thornwind Faeries|ULG
1 Thran War Machine|ULG
1 Veteran of the Depths|LRW
1 Weatherseed Faeries|ULG
1 Wings of Velis Vel|LRW

[friarsol]

Tournaments (quest draft) allowed?
Or will that be the next challenge?

Since every duel has to be a random duel, I'd say drafting is forbidden.

[friarsol]

Sorry for playing combo, but I have a funny anecdote playing Quicksilver (the Show and Tell deck).

Game 2:
AI casts Show and Tell turn 3. I already have a Mother of Runes in play, he drops an Iona picking white. (He must have cheated and saw the Swords to Plowshares in my hand) I drop a Sky Hussar.

My turn 3 I cast a Pestermite and draw into Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker.

Turn 4: He Ardent Plea Cascades into a Hypergenesis. AI puts into play Bogardan Hellkite and Blazing Archon. I put into play Kiki-Jiki (and some land).

The Hellkite sends 3 damage at my Sky Hussar and 2 damage at my Kiki. I tap my Mom to give the Hussar pro Red, thinking I'll just Kiki combo to give both things Protection, then figure out the rest later. (Oops) Luckily, Pestermite was in play, so I get to untap my Mom to give Kiki Pro Red, and gain a chump blocker for Iona.

Turn 5: I'm stuck with a Plow I can't cast in my hand, unable to attack, and my combo fully active on the table. I pass the turn, and the AI all out attacks. I cackled a little bit.

16-0. I'll post my deck update and opponent history at 20.

Sidenote: The recently added AutoYield makes this deck sooo much easier to run.

[friarsol]

Lot of close games in the second 10 games. I probably should have lost a few more games than I did. I thought a misplay in my last game would have cost me one, until I topdecked my other combo piece to replace the Pestermite I had to get rid to survive an extra turn.

Record 20-0 | Open

Odin 1-0 (2-0)
Kojak 1-0 (2-0)
Sherlock Holmes 1-0 (2-0)
Totoro 1-0 (2-0)
Homer Simpson 1-0 (2-0)
Deadpool 1-0 (2-0)
Kang 1-0 (2-0)
Seabiscuit 1-0 (2-1)
Odin 2-0 (2-1)
Hugo Drax 1-0 (2-0)

10-0 (20-2)

Pebbles Flintstone 1-0 (2-0)
Bilbo Baggins 1-0 (2-1)
Swan 1-0 (2-0)
Radiant 1-0 (2-0)
The Thing 1-0 (2-0)
Quicksilver 1-0 (2-0)
Green Arrow 1-0 (2-0)
King Edward 1-0 (2-1)
Wolverine 1-0 (2-1)
Doctor John Zoidberg 2-0

20-0 (20-5)

Deck | Open

[metadata]
Name=challenge
[Main]
1 Boros Reckoner|GTC
1 Celestial Colonnade|WWK
1 Cerodon Yearling|HOP
1 Crystal Shard|MRD
1 Dead // Gone|PLC
1 Fledgling Mawcor|DD2
1 Ghitu Encampment|PD2
1 Goldmeadow Harrier|DDF
1 Halimar Depths|DDM
1 Hammer of Bogardan|6ED
1 Highspire Mantis|KTK
1 Impulse|DDN
1 Impulse|VIS
2 Island|M11|3
1 Jeskai Charm|KTK
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker|FVL
1 Lightning Bolt|LEA
1 Lightning Bolt|PD2
1 Magus of the Disk|TSP
1 Mother of Runes|ULG
6 Mountain|M11|2
1 Mystic Monastery|DDN
1 Pestermite|MMA
6 Plains|M11|2
1 Sea Gate Oracle|DDM
1 Sky Hussar|DIS
1 Swords to Plowshares|4ED
1 Transcendent Master|ROE
1 Venerable Monk|8ED
1 White Shield Crusader|CSP
[Sideboard]
1 Archetype of Courage|BNG
1 Celestial Purge|M12
1 Circle of Protection: Green|TMP
1 Crimson Acolyte|INV
1 Dawnglare Invoker|ROE
1 Devil's Play|ISD
1 Fog Bank|M13
1 Homeward Path|COM
1 Martial Coup|CFX
1 Monk Realist|COM
1 Ronom Unicorn|CSP
1 Serrated Biskelion|WTH
1 Shatterstorm|10E
1 Viashino Fangtail|RAV

[serrasmurf]

Currently 8-1, most matches too close to my liking, waiting for some more powerful cards

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2-1 Inu Yasha
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Mulldrifter
Purify (sideboard)
Wanderers't Twig, Doomed Traveler, Brainstorm (future deck development)

2-0 Montgomery Burns
+ Mind Stone, Glory, Halimar Depths

2-1 Fin Fang Foom (after mull to five..)
+ Ancestral Vision (finally some real power!), Mind Stone,
2-1 Magnum
+ Counterspell (sideboard), Gitaxian Probe (sideboard)
Won Caves of Koilos & Underworld Connections, Mortify in the shop, decision time, to esper or not to esper
I desperately need removal, so esper it is.

2-0 Frodo
+ Sunlance (sideboard), Ponder, Snuff Out
2-0 Grumpy
+ Errant Ephemeron, Dimir Signet, Preordain
2-0 Inu Yasha (thanks to Inu decking himself twice)
+ Vault of the Archangel, Ivory Tower (sideboard)

2-0 Kang
+ Coalition Relic, Counterspell (sideboard), Errant Ephemeron, Mana Leak, Dark Banishing, Tragic Slip, Battle Screech
Deck is finally shaping up a bit, but desperately needs a big finisher & wrath
0-2 Homer Simpson

[Goliath764]

I assume this challenge's minimum deck size is 60 instead of the "technically allowed" 40? I have counted 2 listed decks and they are 60 but I just want to confirm that thought.

[friarsol]

I assume this challenge's minimum deck size is 60 instead of the "technically allowed" 40? I have counted 2 listed decks and they are 60 but I just want to confirm that thought.

He never said anything about requiring 60, and Quest Mode allows 40. So I'm not sure why that would be the case. I say this fairly regularly: that we consider Quest Mode to be more a limited format than a constructed format, so 40 cards are perfectly acceptable.

[serrasmurf]

Mine is 40, I always start at 40 and usually add 5 cards whenever I go up a level

[timmermac]

see first post for rules updates.

[timmermac]

Added a Hymn to Tourach, a Rimescale Dragon, 2x Lava Axe, a Swamp and 2x Mountain to my deck.

[friarsol]

Note to self: Master of the Disk doesn't destroy Planeswalkers.

(Bought a Rise of Eldrazi Fatpack after another just barely survived game. And promptly added Splinter Twin into my combo deck)

[timmermac]

I am now 12-28. See below for opponent log and my current deck.

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Samantha Stephens: 0-1 -1
Galahad: 1-1 +1
Wilma Flintstone: 0-3 -3
Princess Selenia: 1-1 +1
Dr. Watson: 0-1 -1
Grampa Simpson: 0-1 -1
King Goldemar: 2-1 +2
Sherlock Holmes: 0-1 -1
Treebeard: 0-1 -1
Doc Holiday: 0-1 -1
Galadriel: 1-0 +1
George of the Jungle: 1-0 +1
Grumpy: 1-0 +1
Kang: 0-1 -1
Frodo: 1-0 +1
Severus Snape: 1-0 +1
Captain America: 0-1 -1
Blue Devil: 0-1 -1
Wolverine: 0-1 -1
Albert Einstein: 1-0 +1
Cipher: 0-2 -2
Joker: 0-2 -2
Tweedledum: 1-0 +1
Homer Simpson: 0-1 -1
Dream: 0-1 -1
Hugo Drax: 0-1 -1
Silver Samurai: 0-1 -1
Deadpool: 0-2 -2
Madame Hydra: 1-0 +1
Professor X: 0-1 -1
Barney Rubble: 0-1 -1
Overall: 12-28 -4   
Longest Winning Streak: 5
Longest Losing Streak: 10



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[metadata]
Name=Challenge
[Main]
1 Abyssal Specter|7ED
1 Ashenmoor Liege|SHM
1 Ball Lightning|PD2
1 Blackcleave Goblin|SOM
1 Burning Oil|DKA
2 Crumbling Necropolis|ALA
1 Demonic Tutor|LEA
1 Disfigure|ZEN
1 Dross Crocodile|5DN
1 Festering Goblin|10E
1 Goblin Masons|UDS
1 Hymn to Tourach|FEM|4
1 Island|ALA|4
5 Island|M10|4
1 Juggernaut|3ED
1 Juggernaut|LEA
1 Kilnmouth Dragon|DDG
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star|DRB
1 Lava Axe|7ED
1 Lava Axe|8ED
1 Lava Axe|9ED
1 Magma Burst|PLS
1 Mind Funeral|MMA
1 Mountain|ALA|4
1 Mountain|M10|2
7 Mountain|M10|3
7 Mountain|M10|4
1 Obelisk of Jund|ALA
1 Patron of the Nezumi|COM
1 Predator Dragon|ALA
1 Pursuit of Flight|RTR
1 Quag Vampires|CNS
1 Reaper from the Abyss|ISD
2 Resounding Scream|ALA
1 Rimescale Dragon|CSP
1 Roc of Kher Ridges|3ED
1 Scathe Zombies|LEA
1 Shock|ONS
1 Sidisi's Pet|KTK
1 Soul's Fire|ALA
1 Spellbook|9ED
1 Swamp|ALA|4
2 Swamp|M10|1
3 Swamp|M10|2
3 Swamp|M10|3
7 Swamp|M10|4
1 Unhallowed Pact|CNS
1 Unmake|ARC
1 Unmake|EVE
1 Unnerve|COM
1 Vicious Kavu|INV
1 Villainous Ogre|CHK
2 Volcanic Hammer|8ED
1 Zombie Master|2ED
1 Zombie Musher|CSP
[Sideboard]




[lujo]

Ok, 3 questions:

I preconstructed deck purchase allowed? I'm starting a new quest because I bought 2 and buying a decent one can really up the consistency of your deck.

Second - I'm having trouble keeping up with the updates, as I'm prone to change stuff after every single match. There are always a few cards which are strict upgrades on whatever is in the deck. If I recorded every change i'd be spamming VERY hard.

Third, are purchases supposed all be in the main world? I've been playing like that so far, but if I'm allowed to jump worlds to check shops out, then it's a whole different game.

Fourth: 40 cards decks probably aren't a good idea, just my 2 cents. They're kinda inherently broken in constructed.