SCG Atlanta Modern Premier IQ
This past weekend I attended the SCG Atlanta Modern Premier IQ and finished in 20th place playing Melira Pod
Decklist:
Lands (23)
3 Forest
3 Gavony Township
1 Godless Shrine
2 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
2 Razorverge Thicket
1 Swamp
1 Temple Garden
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Woodland Cemetery
Spells (8)
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Chord of Calling
4 Birthing Pod
Creatures (29)
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Noble Heirarch
1 Viscera Seer
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Spellskite
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wall of Roots
1 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Sin Collector
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Restoration Angel
1 Reveillark
1 Shriekmaw
Sideboard (15)
1 Slaughter Pact
4 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Dismember
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Orzhov Pontif
1 Sin Collector
1 Entomber Exxarch
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Thragtusk
The first round of the tournament I was paired against a RG aggro deck based on Kiln Fiend and Violent Outburst, I won the round quickly 2-0 and advanced to 1-0. In the second round. I played against Affinity, losing the first game but winning the second game. The third game I mulliganed to six and kept Forest, Kataki, Wall of Roots, Kitchen Finks, Viscera Seer, and Linvala. I drew a Razorverge Thicket so I could play Kataki but my opponent had Gut Shot. The game cam down to me not drawing a black source to play Viscera Seer to combo off and I dropped to 1-1.The third round saw me paired against UW Tron, and I quickly lost to fall to 1-2. In the fourth round I was paired against the modern version of Mono Black Devotion and I won 2-1 after some interesting and close games. The fifth round I squared off against 8-Rack and luckily my opponent didn't see any of his racks so I could stay in the game and top deck impactful cards. Depending on Ensnaring Bridge is rough against a deck with so many ways to destroy and tutor. With the win I advance to 3-2. The sixth round was easily the roughest round of the day. I was paired against a U/W Gifts Tron deck and comboed my way to 200 billion life but my board was cleared before I could use Murderous Redcap. After casting an Emrakul and annihilating all of my permanents my opponent demonstrated that his game plan was to mill me out using Wrath of God and Emrakul (He could Wrath his own Emrakul to ensure that he wouldn't mill out, therefore milling me out) and asked if I wanted to concede the game. However, with 25 minutes left on the clock to potentially win 2 games against an unfavorable matchup I thought my best bet was to just play out game 1 and hope that we ended up in a draw so I could still be live for the top 32. That is exactly what ended up happening (I ended the game at 199,999,999,851 life), much to the disappointment of my opponent and his friends (his friends called over a judge to make sure I wasn't slow playing, the judge however recognized that I was not slow playing and was only drawing and discarding on my turn). I think my opponent actually could have milled me out if he had just played draw-go but he thought he should be casting 3 Thirst for Knowledge and Sphinx's Revelation for 14 every turn. The 50-minute game 1 draw put me to 3-2-1 and put me in a position to 2-0 for top 32. In round seven I was paired against a B/R Demigod of Revenge homebrew which I easily defeated in two games by comboing to "infinite" life. My last round I was paired against a Jeskai Control deck. I lost game one to a loose keep and an Ajani Vengeant Ultimate but won game two thanks to a combo. Game three saw my opponent mulligan to six and then stumble on lands and he was overrun by my Scavenging Ooze and friends. The win put me to 6-2-1 and into 20th place overall. The day as a whole was successful, it was rather unfortunate that I was paired against two Tron decks because the Tron matchup is very poor. I was also surprised to not play against any Burn decks, I thought Burn would be out in force so I added a Thragtusk to the sideboard on Saturday night.














