Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Tarkir-Dragonstorm Pre-Release 1-2

Starting off with a thank you to Red Castle Games; a great event as always. 

Rebecca and I picked Abzan (GWB) and Mardu (BRW) as our respective decks and both of us planned well, I thought, making sure we were higher-end of the land count, at 17. I admit there was a little disappointment in my packs, as the rare for my Mardu pack was Marang River Regent, and the rares in two other packs were Mistrise Village and Cori Mountain Monastery

But Rebecca had a solid suite of removal, and I had a Stormscale Scion to build around so here we go!

Rd 1 vs Vin & Riley

They were playing Jeskai and Sultai, and while we had a fairly good start, including a Scavenger Regent, Vin had removal spell after removal spell. Eventually we started topdecking lands, and Riley was able to surmount a sizable board presence that we couldn’t get over.

I think I made a critical error, waiting on my own spells to use the Stormscale Scion, and it was only after the match that we realized that I could’ve done it after any of our combat steps when they used removal spells.

Next time!

Round 2 vs Fry and John

They were playing Mardu and Jeskai decks but Fry found himself mana starved, and we pushed on that while John made tokens. While they got us down to 19, we had a massive turn where Rebecca cast a Worthy Cost, then a Kin-Tree Severance, that I followed up with the Stormscale Scion. With three 7/7 dragons, the pressure was just too much and they conceded shortly after.

Round 3 Liz & John

Our opponents were playing Jeskai and Sultai decks that were VERY strong. Rebecca had a great start, playing out her hand on curve, including a Delta Bloodflies, Trade Route Envoy, and Riling Dawnbreaker.  

However, they played and Elspeth Storm Slayer (which we used a LOT of resources to get off the table-but it had to be done), Fangkeeper's Familiar, a Flamehold Grappler followed up by a Riverwheel Sweep, locking down our two best creatures and leading to a Magmatic Hellkite, Kotis, the Fangkeeper, and Dalkovan Encampment. We just couldn’t find the answers to those questions. It was too much to keep up with.

That said; we made them work for it! We just couldn't find removal of our own to keep up with their resources. 

All in all though we felt we had opportunities in each game to do things and felt like our decks played fairly well! We both are looking forward to playing more sealed and seeing what the set can do for us, so I feel like this is one is a win. 

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