FNM at TJ's

11 hours ago, I was leaving for WPI to hang out with some people and play in the FNM there. The nearest store was having a draft, and we all wanted to play constructed, so we went to a slightly further, but completely insanely awesome, store: TJ's Collectables in Milford. 5 of us (Me, Defo, DJ, Mark, and a new member to the team Adam) went there for the FNM. I was playing my new Primeval Ramp deck, Defo had mono-green elves, DJ had Veggie Zoo, Mark had UW control, and Adam had Simic Polymorph. By the end, our results were:

Mark 3-1
Adam 2-2 or 1-3 (I forget)
DJ 1-2-1
Me 1-3
Defo 1-3

My games went as the following:

Match 1 vs Mark (UW Control)
How lucky? I get paired up against my arch enemy in round one. I believe he took game one, then I took game 2, and in a close game Mark took game 3. I thought it was a fine matchup for me, but when I got 12 plants with Avenger of Zendikar followed by 2 lands, making them all 2/3s, getting hit by Day of Judgement really hurts...

Match 2 vs Mono-Green
I don't think this guy I played against was very serious at magic at all. I basically walked right over him in 2 very quick games. No real threats came both games, and I essentially auto-piloted the whole thing. After nearly getting timed out against Mark, having 35 minutes left in a 50 minute round was very weird. I wound up just watching everyone else play their games for a little bit.

Match 3 vs Mythic Conscription
This was a tough game. First, the guy I was playing was a stickler for the rules and everything had to be done right and in proper order (Played a land, then cultivate. When I went to put 2 counters on Khalni Heart Expedition, he said I only get one because I forgot for my land drop. I said I was aware of the trigger and was just making my plays first. He still said no. Thankfully I didn't lose tempo thanks to a top-decked Harrow). Second, Mythic Concription is a scary deck! Out of nowhere, I would get hit by a 12/13 trampling flying Birds of Paradise. Due to that I was a little more edgy than I should have. I made one bad play mistake game 2 when I had 8 lands, and he had 2 lands untapped. I paid 6 for Primeval Titan, and he simply Mana Leaked it. I could have easily avoided that and won game 2, which would have made me win 2-0, but instead I had nothing else and lost 1-2.

Match 4 vs Mono Green
More Mono Green? Unfortunately this guy didn't suck and instead he had a very fast very aggressive mono green deck. He said he doesn't even run Beastmaster Ascension because he wins before it's enabled. With many Garruks and Overwhelming Stampedes, he very quickly got the job done. I didn't even win a single game because both times he got a ton of mana fast and killed me before I could get stuff activated.
After that game, we switched decks and kept on playing. It was evidant that the matchup was clearly in the Mono Green favor because it still kept on winning.

Overall, I had a great time! Here's some notes I have on the deck and hot it played:
-I never boarded in Ulamog, I couldn't think of a deck that I would want him in against
-I really wish I had Pyroclasm in my sideboard and not Lightning Bolt. I get enough Lightning Bolt action from my Valakuts going crazy, and the actual Lightning Bolts have very narrow uses. Pyroclasm would have strait out won me the game during Match 4 when I was facing down a huge army of small 1/2 toughness creatures. Instead I was forced to play Destructive Force, but he played a land and recouperated with mana-making elves
-Mold Shambler is amazing! I think I may move it main deck because it is very versitile. Aside from Vengivine Naya, all decks play with intense enchantments or planeswalkers (and some Naya play Garruk)
-Destructive Force is insane, but I may cut it. It really hurts my dekc in addition to theirs. Removing that will clear up space to put in the Mold Shamblers, and a 28th land
-Fog could have saved my life many times when the alpha strike came barreling my way, so maybe by removing Destrucive Force and Ulamog, I can sideboard in Fog
-Another card for sideboard is Summoning Trap, getting Primeval Titan countered is really painful!

Anyways, it's closing in on 2am, so I need to get some rest. Maybe I will post an update later today on how the decks are, and I will give a report on the Time Spiral box DJ and I are splitting :) Time Spiral is a sick set, and I am pumped to crack some packs!