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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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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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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9-11-2009 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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8-14-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 26
Prize Distribution: 10-6-3-3-1-1-1-1

There were 5 Warp World decks tonight. o_o

MATCH 1: Tokens

My playtesting buddy, and again, my deck. It kinda crapped out on him though, he drew a lot of land. Also, 15 sweepers post board is too much to handle.

Win 2-0
Matches: 1-0

MATCH 2: Faeries...

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8-07-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 23
Prize Distribution: 7-5-4-3-1-1-1-1

Before the tournament, I asked the store about FTV: Exiled. They're getting 8 of them, and they were taking preorders. So I pre-paid for my box (I was #1 on the list) instead of browsing for singles as usual. I did find that someone snapped up the Kor Haven though =/

Replacing Path with Fallout appeared...

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7-31-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 20
Prize Distribution: 6-4-3-3-1-1-1-1

Our store has M10 packs but won't give them out as prizes. I'm guessing that's because they're charging $4.75 PER PACK.

MATCH 1: Elves!

He got very slow hands and I got hands with tons of removal, pointed at key cards such as Elvish Archdruid and Heritage Druid.

Win 2-0...

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7-24-2009 FNM REPORT
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I played: Quick and Toast.

Attendance: 26
Prize Distribution: 8-6-5-3-1-1-1-1

Caught a couple lucky breaks, but I'll take them.

MATCH 1: MBC

Game 1 he drew 14 lands which obviously wasn't good for him. Game 2, he rushed me with Oona's Prowler and Black Knight before I could get set up. Game 3 was similar starting, except I got a 4-for-1 with Jund Charm and went from...

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