Semifinals:Juzamjedi vs Aww (AI) - 2-0 (Juzamjedi +2 points)1-0: Early in the game, I lose all my lands to my own
Serendib Djinn after AI takes one away with
Strip Mine. AI is however missing blue mana and starts discarding. My Hyps help with the discarding thing and it's an easy win.
2-0: With
Black Lotus, AI Mind Twists my hand away, but not before I get to cast two bolts at him. I have two lands and two Moxes already in play so that doesn't hurt me much. I then return the favor and get rid of two Control Magics and two
Swords to Plowshares. Two turns later I 1-point
Mind Twist a
Mind Twist out of AI's hand. The next turn I draw my third
Mind Twist and again empty AI's hand. After games like this, it becomes very clear why
Mind Twist was restricted. After I get
Serendib Djinn to play, I can drop AI to 4 life but then my lands run out. The Deck's counterspells slow my progress, but after I fill my hand with
Ancestral Recall and
Braingeyser, I can't really be stopped.
Aww vs Juzamjedi(AI) - (Aww +1 point)0-1: I mulligan a hand with no white mana but white spells and end up with five lands. This ends up hurting me as I draw nothing but counterspells and land next five turns while AI tries casting four Serendib Efreets and gets some to play. I can't then stop a Juzam and it runs me over.
1-1: AI's Serendib Efreets do some damage after he removes my
Serra after
Timetwister. Taking a risk, I decide to
Mind Twist AI empty (mostly lands, one bolt, one juzam) and eat another six damage next turn. This turns out okay as I can sit safely with two Serras and a
Moat while AI's forces eat his life away.
2-1: I take a hand with six lands and a
Serra. Though I get Mind Twisted soon, I keep the
Serra and soon win with it and controlled
Serendib Efreet. Okay, the endgame was fun: AI cast a
Serendib Djinn as a blocker. I attacked with all I had, beat AI to 1 life and lost my
Serra. I then
Disenchant my
Control Magic to return AI his Efreet, which then kills him next upkeep.
Nicdanger vs Salbei (AI) - (Nicdanger +2 points)1-0: Strong creatures and one
Mind Twist that takes out two Shivan Dragons are the key.
2-0: This time
Mind Twist takes out three Shivans. I swing some with a Serendib and fire three Psionic Blasts at AI (who nicely Forks my
Time Walk).
Salbei vs Nicdanger (AI) - (Nicdanger +5 points)0-1: I get to
Fork a
Demonic Tutor on my second turn and use it for
Black Lotus to secure me a
Mana Flare to play next turn (didn't have a third land). Then AI Control Magics my
Fire Elemental and I'm forced to spend two Lightning Bolts on it. Then I draw land while AI gets Juzam and
Serra to play. Game over.
0-2: I cast a
Mana Flare to get a
Fire Elemental in play on my third turn, but AI thanks for the
Flare with a
Mind Twist. Damn. No chance, no way.
Juzamjedi +2 points
Aww +1 point
Nicdanger +7 points
Salbei +0 points