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2pacalypse
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posted January 26, 2002 12:05 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for 2pacalypse Click Here to Email 2pacalypse Send a private message to 2pacalypse Click to send 2pacalypse an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I went to FNM with a few friends and I used the good old control Psychatog deck. For starters, I didn't know how to use it and I had 4 shadowmage infiltrators main. I posted my deck on Deck Help under the heading "psychatog, a winner?" I thought I might win undefeated but obviously I was wrong. Here's a final decklist

Multi (8)
4x Undermine
4x Psychatog

Blue (29)
4x Counterspell
4x Memory Lapse
4x Predict
4x Fact or Fiction
4x Opt
4x Aether Burst
3x Repulse
2x Disrupt

Land (23)
4x Cephalid Coliseum
4x Salt Marsh
4x Underground River
11x Islands

SB
4x Hibernation
4x Innocent Blood
4x Gainsay
3x Traveller's Cloak

Round 1: The computer loves me, I got a by.

Round 2: Machinehead
Game 1: I win the roll and I drop an island playing an end of turn Opt. I knew I was playing against Terminates and FTK so I had to save my Psychatog till later on the game. He drops a Blazing and I Repulse it when declaring the Specter as an attacker. I drop the Psychatog with 4 mana open later on the game. My opponent played a Terminate at the end of my turn. He was tapped out and I used Disrupt to counter the Terminate. During his turn, he plays FTK and I Undermined it. I topdeck an Aether Burst and bounced his Plague Spitter and Nightscape Familiar and attacked with a 13/13 Psychatog.
Game 2: I have the most perfect hand I ever pulled with a Psychatog, Memory Lapse, Predict, 2 FoF, Undermine but with one land: Cephalid Coliseum. I drew my card and dropped the Coliseum, played an end of turn Opt and didn't draw a land. Second turn, I had no land to play, my opponent played a 3rd turn Blazing Specter which hurt me severely. I managed to get another land and Aether Burst the Blazing but it came back the same turn considering I was tapped out. I lost this game to a Nightscape Familiar and a deadly flying Specter.
Game 3: No mercy in war, I sideboarded in my Traveller's Cloak and took out the Repulses. I figured I shouldn't care about bouncing creatures if my Psychatog is unblockable. I pulled many counterspells and had a lot of draw including 2 Traveller's Cloak but I didn't see my kill card till 6th turn. I played it with 4 mana open with a Counterspell and a Memory Lapse. My opponent doesn't cast anything but attacks with a Blazing and I discard an Opt. It was my turn, I played my Traveller's Cloak and attacked with a 18/18 Psychatog. My opponent casted a Terminate which was Undermined.
Record: 2-0

Round 3: G/B/W Junk
Game 1: I had a good starting hand and played a Psychatog 3rd turn without any fear of it being killed. I attacked with the Psychatog a few times dealing up to 6 damage to my opponent by 6th turn. He casts a Vindicate which was countered and then Death Grasp my only crature for 4 and that was countered using Disrupt. My opponent calls game.
game 2: My opponent starts off with a Llawnwar Wastes and a BoP. I play a Salt Marsh and noticed that I had an ok hand but not too great. He played another BoP and a Lynx during his 2nd turn. Later on, he drops a Wild Mongrel, I had an Opt and a Predict in my hand which neither got me a counterspell. I played a Psychatog during my turn to have a blocker but my opponent pulls a Vindicate that I couldn't counter. I lost the game due to a huge Mongrel and a Lynx.
Game 3: First turn Salt Marsh and my opponent plays a forest but no BoP. I played my seccond Salt Marsh and my opponent plays a Mongrel. Few turns later, my opponent plays a Lyns and attacks with a 4/4 Mongrel which I used Aether Burst to get rid of. I drew a Psychatog and I played it giving me a decent blocker. He casts the Mongrel again and I countered it then he Death Grasped ME for 3 in which I couldn't counter!! I didn't care but this eventually backfires on me. During my turn, I Repulsed the Lynx and attacked with a 20/20 Psychatog which was not a good idea since I emptied out my hand and my graveyard and forgot about my opponent gaining 3 life. He was at 3 but I thought he was dead and that just killed me because I sided out the Undermines for the Innocent Blood and I couldn't deal anymore damage succefully.
Record: 2-1

Round 4: Sligh
I played against my friend and I think I got lucky the first game with 2 Disrupts in my opening hand. I played a Psychatog 3rd turn, my opponent tried to Rage it but I removed 2 disrupts from my gravyard and I discarded an Island. I used Fact or Fiction during my 4th turn and I ended up doing 16 damage to him. He already took 4 damage from the Barbarian Ring and I won being at 5 life.
Game 2: He plays a Mogg Sentry which I was not too happy about. I play my land and ended up playing another 3rd turn Psychatog. He FTK my Psychatog but I discarded cards not caring at all. I Aether Burst his FTK and I Memory Lapsed it when it was cast. I predicted and I ended up winning 6 turn being at 3.
Record: 3-1 (Advancing to top 8)

Top 8, Round 1: R/G Beats
Played the same person that I had to play last FNM at finals. He offered me a Blazing and a DCI Soltari Priest but the foolish me didn't take his offer this time. I ended up playing him, he got a second turn Blurred Mongoose first game. He played a COTH and I took about 7 damage by 4th turn. I finally get some bounce going, I Aether Burst his Elephant Token. He plays a Skizzik without the kicker then I was at 3 by 6th turn. I get another Aether Burst and I played a Psychatog. He casts a rage targeting me and I lost.
Game 2: Hibernation are sided in for Aether Burst and I was pretty confident. I muligan down to 5 cards because I did not have any land in each draw. I finally get a good pull, I play my Opt and I get a Hibernation in my hand. I had 2 by 4th turn and the Spellbane Centaur and the Blurred Mongoose were dealing a lot of damage to me. I used up both of my Hibernations and he still pulled more creatures. I get a Psychatog out and then he attacks with a Mongose which I blocked and my opponent Raged my creature. I discarded 2 cards and removed 4 so the Psychatog can live. I was at 6 life and I thought I might win but my opponent topdecked a Call of the herd and played it and it's flashback. I blocked and killed one but I took 3 damage and the Rage was, again, the big finisher.
Record: 3-2 (Illuminated)

This was my tournament report at FNM with a Psychatog deck, hope you enjoy.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by 2pacalypse on January 26, 2002]

 
King Masticore
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posted January 26, 2002 01:51 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for King Masticore Click Here to Email King Masticore Send a private message to King Masticore Click to send King Masticore an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Otherwise the deck is good, but you're missing Duress! With them, you could've won the whole tourney...

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