MtoA IV (Spidey vs Train)

[Spiderman]

I guess I'll take Fog and the Zombie Scavengers, mainly to deny the Fog and I have one other black card

 

[BigBlue]

Don't forget Mundugu

Train get's the Civil servent er Guildmage...

Spidey picks first from this lot...

Ward of Lights
Shadow Rider
Solfatara
Briar Shield

 

[Spiderman]

I'll take the Shadow Rider. Black creature <shrug>

 

[train]

ward of lights and briar shield...

ward to throw on top of the scalebane...

briar for that extra umph needed by a weenie...

 

[BigBlue]

So spidey get's the Solfatara - I guess it is a cantrip. . .

Next Pack... Train picks first:

Sisays Ring
Desperate Gambit
Bay Falcon
Ekundu Cyclops

 

[train]

ekundu cyclops

 

[Spiderman]

Bay Falcon -flying creature
Desperate Gambit - red and better than the Ring

 

[BigBlue]

Spidey told me to take the Bay Falcon and Desperate Gambit next, which leaves Train Sisay's Ring...

Next round - Spidey picks first.

Ophidian
Knight of the Mists
Cloud Elemental
Teferis Honor Guard


It looks like train will definately have at least 1 Blue card . . . and no, it wasn't a plot

Spidey told me to take the Cloud Elemental.

 

[train]

do you realize that everything on that list is blue!!!...

Ophidian and honor guard...

*disgusted...*

 

[BigBlue]

Spidey claims the Knight of Mists. . . after being denied a second Ophidian.

Excuse me train, the Honor Guard is White - with a blue ability.

Next Block - Train picks 1st.

Sands of Time
Flux
Rampant Growth
Goblin Grenadiers

 

[Spiderman]

Nothing wrong with blue...

I chose the Cloud Elemental 'cause of the flying. Otherwise I would have picked the Ophidian first.

Knight of Mists is okay, a creature, but I was kinda stuck with it

 

[train]

Goblin grenadiers...

strictly a defensive draft here - as the flux ans sands of time affect both players...

and the honor guard is not white - it has blue mana symbols on it!!!... so it's blue!...

The only white card with a blue mana symbol on it that is really white is iridescent angel... the blue on it was a misprint...

 

[Spiderman]

Guess I'll take Rampant Growth - defensive draft and Flux - blue card and I don't know what I can do with the Sands

 

[train]

I figured you'd go defensive also... but i couldn't take the growth for a land advantage, and leave you with another creature - especially one that could do so much...

 

[BigBlue]

Spiderman gets first crack at these:

Ekundu Cyclops
Giant Caterpillar
Shattered Crypt
Fetid Horror

 

[Spiderman]

I'm all spread out, I don't know what to take.

I guess the Cyclops.

 

[train]

Fetid Horror and Shattered Crypt...

The horror is pumpable, and the crypt is everyone's dream in limited...

example:
5 life - for 5 creatures...

mucho awesome in limited...

but that leaves spidey a 3/3 that becomes a flyer...

push between it and the fetish...

 

[BigBlue]

Train get's first Crack at this:

Purgatory
Parapet
Cinder Wall
Guided Strike

After these, we are half way through the card pool . . .

 

[train]

I have to go with purgatory here...

again - creature revival is key...

 

[Spiderman]

Cinder Wall and Guided Strike - red and keep train from getting white