[Polyjak]

BAKU SPLICE
Polyjak, XPDC 1.00, 1st Place

4 Blademane Baku
4 Frostling
4 Glacial Ray
4 Hearth Kami
3 Kabuto Moth
4 Kami of Ancient Law
4 Lantern Kami
4 Lava Spike
10 Mountain
11 Plains
4 Spiritual Visit
4 Waxmane Baku

Sideboard
4 Blessed Breath
3 Frostwielder
4 Ronin Houndmaster
4 Yamabushi's Flame

As I told the clannies in the clan channel:

9:01 Polyjak: favorite block
9:01 Polyjak: favorite mechanic
9:01 Polyjak: favorite cards
9:01 Polyjak: favorite color pair
9:01 Polyjak: favorite event
9:01 Polyjak: SWEET.
9:01 53N531: Livin' the dream

Round 1: Kaityson36 playing UR Aggro-Control, W 2-0

This may have been 2-1; I can't remember. I do remember Kaity conceding when he wasn't quite out of it, saying "I'm surprised my deck did as well as it did." Which, I suppose, I was too... it didn't look that bad to me. It was a challenging match. I never got the Baku engine going. I won off the back of X/1s and flying Moths.

Round 2: eegag playing GUr Wisdom, W 2-0

Poor eegag had to keep fishing every game I faced him tonight -- of which there were four overall. His deck was slow to develop and I was on the board in a big way by time he had anything to respond to me with.

Round 3: hurriboy playing RG Land Destruction, W 2-1

This was a very close and intense match, with major stalling on ground warfare. (Akki Blizzard-Herder kept me at bay with my three Hearth Kamis.) The game I lost was due to running out of patience, which is in short supply in my psyche. Still, I managed to out-burn him and survive on a smaller number of lands than usual. I think I boarded more successfully for game three, though I am at a loss to remember what I did.

Round 4: Me5794 playing RG Splice Aggro, L 1-2

The only match loss for the night. The deciding card was a Scaled Hulk, the 4/4 with Spiritcraft that grows +2/+2. I couldn't handle that without a Waxmane Baku, which I didn't have. He out-Rayed me, out-beatsed me, and took the match.

Semifinals: Eegag playing GUr Wisdom, W 2-0

Same story as before. I didn't really even get to see his deck in action.

Finals: solebush1 playing UBGr Zuberas, W 2-0

His deck was slow to start and I had burn-heavy draws both of these games. I had machine-gun action with Lava Spikes, Spiritual Visits, and Glacial Rays, and they were all aimed at his head. I saved the Yamabushi's Flames for the Zuberas.

It was a really small field by XPDC standards, but it was fun nonetheless, and the games were very challenging (which is always the case with Kamigawa Block.) I had a blast.

Thanks to everyone who played tonight, thanks to the prize donors, and thanks to Eegag for hosting!
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XPDC

[Boin]

Is 21 lands enough? It has a lot of splice and its a 2 color deck.

[IberianWolf]

a lot of CHEAP splice!
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"There is no such thing as too much removal!"
-Iberian Wolf.

Achievements:
- XPDC 1.04, UPDC 2.06
- UPDC 2.05, TPDC 7.04
- MPDC 1.06, XPDC 1.06

[coolbartbr]

Just wanted to point out that I like moonlit Strider in this deck. Not only does it protect your baku's, it can fetch one if its already been killed. Well and its a spirit.