Last PTQ of the Season

Last weekend I battled at my second local PTQ to disappointing results. Turbo report:

Pre r1: I had to dig in my box of cards for Arbiters of Knollridge to loan out, this made me smile.

R1: UW Merfolk as would be a trend my opponent clued me into his deck by shuffling it in my direction. I kept a Nameless/Peppersmoke/Shriekmaw hand thinking this would be good versus him. I never drew a non Mistbind Clique Faerie. g2&# I maul his out of date list.

2-1
1-0

R2: 5c Control Don't remember much of the match but I think I got it in three. He was a solid player but I think a slight underdog in this matchup.

2-1
2-0

R3: Faeries, was playing versus a local guy. I mulliganed into good hands he did not. The faeries mirror match is luck based if both players know what to do, he did not.

2-0
3-0

R4: Faeries, another mirror again versus an opponent who probably had 1/10th or fewer the games I have with the deck/mirror.

2-0
4-0

r5: Faeries, I get him g1 in a drawn out affair, drawing both my maindeck Peppersmokes was nice.

G2 I punt. Twice. First time I Peppersmoke a blocker pre combat to try and get in with Mistbind, he had just topdecked a Spellstutter. I then attack with Stillmoon which he is able to trade a Mutavault for. A few turns later (he topdecks business every turn I might add) I put him on Mistbind Clique but don't play another Stillmoon pre combat. On my last turn of the game (15 or so) I topdeck a 3rd blue source for my Cryptic Commands in hand. He is on one life after Bitterblossom resolves and clearly the last card he drew was another Spellstutter. My fault but man did he have to get lucky to capitalize on it.

Here is the other issue he has played very slowly and we have 4 minutes for g3. I draw about one match a PTQ where I don't call my opponent on slow play in g1 or 2. So yeah he mulls to four and I play to win. I go all-in on Stillmoon beats only to have him cast a turn four Sower off his mull to 4. This goes back and forth and I end the game about two turns short of killing him.

1-1-1
4-0-1

R6 5c Control: I play the winner of the event here. G1 I maul him with BB. G2 I have triple Consign to Dreams for his Colossus but that gets me no where and I loose to a pair of 4/4 Changelings. g3 I don't remember except that he had a savage topdeck that won it. He is a nice guy who I kinda know and admitted he got lucky there. :(

4-1-1

R7 Doran?: I play a green deck, I loose knocking me from t8 contention.

4-2-1

R8 Shamans: I win g1, g2 there are 6 Wolf-Skull Shamans played/reanimated. g3 I win.

5-2-1
17th

Well there were two issues this PTQ. I punted r5 in so many ways for the draw. Second I didn't catch much luck in 8 rounds I had t1 Thoughtseize t2 Bitterblossom twice. Wanted to PTQ this weekend but low on funds to looks like Berlin is a no-go.

The format was so-so it was better than first thought and the last few weeks were good but overall Wizards needs to test 2 drops more.