Jonlim’s Naya
Match 1
Naya-Jund (Gabriel Chong)
Game 1
Early beats via Jund Hackblade and Bant Sureblade takes him down to 4 as he develops his manabase, but he stabilizes with Wooly Thoctar, and Masari Twinclaws…I’m now on the backfoot as he lays creature after creature… Eventually I land an Uril, the Miststalker + Exuberant Firestoker to squeak the last 4 points of damage through.
Game 2
Mulligan to 4 cards because of no land. Then it becomes all land. Never got in front despite an early Stun Sniper which got outclassed by Jund Battlemage and Sprouting Thinrax. Played Uril out but then he landed a Hellkite Overlord and when I didn’t see Oblivion Ring off the top of my deck it was off to game 3.
Game 3
Turn 1 Wild Nacatl got owned by Magma Spray, but it was followed up by turn 2 Stun Sniper and turn 3 Vithian Stinger. After that it become creature stall until I topdeck my Flameblast Dragon to take it home. It was important as his Marisi’s Twinclaws had just knocked my Uril, the Miststalker out cold due to a Resounding Roar.
Win 2-1
Overall 1-0
Match 2
Naya (
Game 1
Turn 1
Game 2
Turn 1
Win 2-0
Overall 2-0
Match 3
Naya (Lim Pang Chee)
Game 1
Early Jund Hackblade and Bant Sureblade helped my case for an early game until his Stun Sniper came around, along with a Feral Hydra. His Hydra was threatening to overrun me until my turn 5 Enlisted Wurm (courtesy of acceleration from Wildfield Borderpost) cascaded for a Oblivion Ring for the Feral Hydra. He dropped Behemoth Sledge too late, and by that time I already had a Qasali Pridemage out to kill it anyway. Gloryscale Viashino and Naya Charm’s tapdown helped to mop things up.
Game 2
It was pretty much even until my Turn 5 Uril, the Miststalker was followed up by a Turn 6 Enlisted Wurm which cascaded into a Flameblast Dragon, then a judge pointed out that I have to continue cascading because mana cost has to be less, not equal. So on I went until I hit a Lightning Talons for my Uril. Thank you very much. As I had Qasali Pridemage and Guardians of Akrasa out by then, he was a 10/7 First Strike Shroud everytime he swung. It wasn’t long before my opponent conceded. To rub things in, he had a Stun Sniper who was foiled by the shroud, and a Behemoth Sledge that can’t do anything. Thank God for first strike.
Win 2-0
Overall 3-0
Match 4
Split the boosters 5-5 so result was irrelevant. I was handed a gameloss as my deckcheck yielded some cards I forgot to unsideboard, but in the play-for-fun match I beat him twice in a row anyway. So it was to his benefit that we split 5-5.
Win 2-1 (factoring in game loss)
Overall 4-0
Final score 4-0 (2-1, 2-0, 2-0, 2-1)
Winnings: 5 Alara Reborn Boosters
Match 1
Game 1 started with slow hand containing 2 Enlisted Wurm, Stalled/Chumped until 6 mana, played them both, get more fat and win.
Game 2 had an aggressive start with Qasali Pridemage, Naya Battlemage, Bant Sureblade and Rip-Clan Clasher all playing a part. Enlisted Wurm rubs salt in wounds.
Win 2-0
Overall 1-0
Match 2
Double Color Screw
Loss 0-2
Overall 1-1
Match 3
Game 1: Color Screw
Game 2: Land Flood
Loss 0-2
Overall 1-2
Match 4
Game 1 was a close affair, was winning until Broodmate Dragon hit the board, tried to stall using Naya Battlemage, but eventually lost to the remaining 4/4 flier which got through.
Game 2 had me dishing out early beats by Rip-Clan Clasher which takes him down to 14. He gets the Mirisi’s Twinclaws out and gives it Colossal Might. I take 12 in 1 turn. I was eventually killed with Vengeful Rebirth on the same Mirisi’s Twinclaws after managing to kill it. The cat bites back.
Loss 0-2
Overall 1-3 (2-0, 0-2, 0-2, 0-2)
Winnings: 1 Alara Reborn Booster
