Good Games 5k Trial - Gosford

I've been told if I don't blog this, The Pirates will never let it go.

Not that they will anyway, but here goes.

I had woken this morning to a colossal migraine, and to get out of bed pumped half a tab of Nurofen Plus into my gob (don't try that at home, boys and girls). Eventually I got to a point where I was good enough to play.

It was a small crew at the Gosford Good Games for the 5K trial - literally 8 of us. It would be three rounds to top 4, then playoffs from there.

The field was pretty diverse - a couple of Jund, Planeswalker Control, UWr, Boros Bushwacker, Allies and Taronga Zoo. I was pretty confident with that field.

I played a practice match against Grixis before hand and the deck worked like a dream, especially after sideboarding. And then the tourny began.

My first matchup was Jund running Garruk and Eldrazi Monument. I managed to take that one down 2-0, which is what was expected from the deck.

My second matchup was Allies. This went 1-2, and I had little I could sideboard in against it. Allies was super-fast, almost Boros fast. I made a critical mistake in Game 3, throwing a 1-land hand that was entirely removal. If I'd kept it, I could have kept the board clear while I searched for land.

But it was match three that was the major fuckup.

It was Game 1, playing Boros. My opponent had mulled to five, and I was in great form. Board domination. Opponent's hand almost empty. A full clutch.

In response to some major shennanigans on the field, I crack a fetchland, pick up my library, and start searching for a Forest.

No forests.

But I do have my opponent calling a judge.

Because I've picked up the WRONG FUCKING LIBRARY.

That's right, I've turored right into my opponents library. That's tek, right?

Wrong.

I get a game loss - for the record, I should probably have got a DQ. And although I pick up the next game, Boros sweeps me in the third.

I could blame the drugs, but I won't. I'll blame bone-headed stupidness instead.

That said: the deck is good. Here's the changes I would make:

* -3 Bloodbraid Elf, +3 Explore. I always wanted more land. MOAR LAND. And Bloodbraid I rarely wanted to cast. Explore would also fill the 2-drop slot nicely.

* -1 Tectonic Edge, +1 Sejerri Steppe. I think I would of like the ability to instantly protect a Knight (or another creature) using the Knight's fetch ability. Would definitely have swung some games.

* +2 Earthquake or DoJ in the sideboad. The early aggro decks were harder than I thought.

Other than that, the deck is absolutely solid. Pity I'm such a twit.