11-20-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Sweet Dreams.
Attendance: 25
Prize Distribution: 8-6-3-3-1-1-1-1

Sweet Dreams
Land: 23 4 Akoum Refuge 4 Crumbling Necropolis 4 Mistvein Borderpost 8 Swamp 3 Mountain Creatures: 4 4 Kederekt Parasite	Spells: 33 4 Howling Mine 3 Font of Mythos 4 Sign in Blood 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Burst Lightning

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EDH Duel #3: Rafiq vs. Oros

"So, who is your champion?" the bearded knight asked Seth, his dozens upon dozens of sigils reflecting the morning sun back toward Josh's opponent. Without saying a word, Seth folded his hands and raised them skyward, surrounding himself with a black, white, and red aura. A powerful, gold-bodied dragon with various shades of black and red scattered about dove out of the sky, landing next to Seth in the arena. The crowd of rhox, aven, and humans...

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11-13-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Cruel Control.
Attendance: 23
Prize Distribution: 8-5-3-3-1-1-1-1

Same list as before, for the most part.

Cruel Control
4 Rupture Spire 4 Arcane Sanctum 4 Crumbling Necropolis 2 Glacial Fortress 1 Drowned Catacomb 1 Magosi, the Waterveil 1 Arid Mesa 1 Marsh Flats 2 Scalding Tarn 3 Island 2 Mountain 1 Swamp

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11-6-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Cruel Control.
Attendance: 27
Prize Distribution: 9-6-4-4-1-1-1-1

So I played a brand new list tonight.

Cruel Control
4 Rupture Spire 4 Arcane Sanctum 4 Crumbling Necropolis 2 Glacial Fortress 1 Drowned Catacomb 1 Magosi, the Waterveil 1 Arid Mesa 1 Marsh Flats 2 Scalding Tarn 3 Island 2 Mountain 1 Swamp

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EDH Duel #2: Karrthus vs. Selenia

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"An outsider in Jund?" Ace observed from the top of Mount Worldheart, lava bubbling in the superheated crater below a large dragon's nest. "This will either be an easy meal or one of the most challenging hunts in some time. Come, Karrthus!" Concentric circles of black, red, and green mana surrounded the human, and the green-scaled tyrant of Jund descended from above the smoke-filled clouds. "To the wastelands...

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So, Seth and I were playing EDH over Workstation and we wound up in a pretty epic game. Since both of us are members of the Pack, I decided that Vorthos-izing the battle would make for a good read.

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The sky began to darken into a shade of crimson, the clouds above black as night. A golden dragon wearing a black-and-red mask dove out of one of the darker clouds and toward the wind-ravaged field. Mayael and Shalin, members of the Nayan Druidic Circle, gasped at what...

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10-30-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Cruel Control.
Attendance: 29
Prize Distribution: 10-7-4-4-1-1-1-1

I was testing Swerves in the sideboard tonight, and I loved them.

MATCH 1: Naya Solution

Game 1 he Bloodbraids into a Thoctar turn 3, but I EOT drop his hand to 1 card with Esper Charm, then Wrath the board. Needless to say I won that one. Game 2 he recurs Bloodbraid Elf three times with Naya...

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10-23-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Cruel Control.
Attendance: 29
Prize Distribution: 10-7-4-4-1-1-1-1

My deck crapped out on me after match 3. I was packing Haunting Echoes in the board for Time Sieve and other annoying decks but didn't get to play them.

MATCH 1: Soldiers

They're not crazy fast like the Bushwhacker decks, so I could stall them out enough with Lightning Bolts to land Day of...

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10-16-2009 FNM REPORT
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I Played: Cruel Control.
Attendance: 35
Prize Distribution: 10-7-5-5-2-2-2-2

This was record attendance for FNM. We were forced to play six rounds.

MATCH 1: 5-Color Aggro Control

It was a green-based deck that had Pulse, Thoctar, BBE, and other things, with Rampant Growth and Harrow to fix. Being slow to start helped me set up my mana, and Day of Judgment at key times...

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10-2-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Cruel Control.

Attendance: 24
Prize Distribution: 8-6-3-3-1-1-1-1

Well, it appears to be testing well. Too bad I had to play my godawful matchups tonight.

MATCH 1: Control

Drawing tons of permission is awesome, and he had no way to deal with Jace.

Win 2-0
Matches: 1-0

MATCH 2: Archive Trap.dec

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9-25-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast (for the last time).

Attendance: 28
Prize Distribution: 9-7-4-4-1-1-1-1

Mulliganning bug. Enough said.

MATCH 1: Soldiers

This was so easy. Just kept patient with my sweepers.

Win 2-0
Matches: 1-0

MATCH 2: Beatdown

Spellbreaker Behemoth is a really fun card, isn't it? Mulling to 5 both...

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9-11-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Faeries.

Attendance: 24
Prize Distribution: 8-6-3-3-1-1-1-1

None of my matches were even fun; I pretty much knew their outcome from turn 3 onward.

MATCH 1: Naya Beats

Game 1 went as follows: Turn 2 Trace of Abundance, turn 3 Spellbreaker Behemoth. He plays an Enlisted Wurm on turn 5, and I throw a Broken Ambitions at it. Then he points out it can't be countered....

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9-04-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 24
Prize Distribution: 8-6-3-3-1-1-1-1

Yay for Planechase. I had more fun playing that than my matches. =S

MATCH 1: Green Pump.dec

The deck was mana elves and pump spells. My sweepers were amazing against him.

Win 2-0
Matches: 1-0

MATCH 2: Warrior Elves

Again, my sweepers...

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8-28-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 23
Prize Distribution: 8-5-3-3-1-1-1-1

The FTV: Exiled boxes came today, in the middle of the third round. Sadly I wasn't able to use them in any EDH games tonight.

MATCH 1: ???

I have no memory of this match whatsoever, but the deck was terrible. Even though I had the mulliganning bug, I still won.

Win 2-0...

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8-21-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 22
Prize Distribution: 7-5-3-3-1-1-1-1

Probably the worst series of matchups I've ever had at a tournament.

MATCH 1: Planeswalkers

Silence was annoying in this match. For the most part, I just kept my patience, holding my Maelstrom Pulses back for walkers and countering his more expensive stuff. I won game 1 due to him not...

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