PennyDreadful Learning PD format. Suggestions welcome. BuggedCardObserver,LeagueObserver,PennyDreadfulLegality LZ377,Piers == Game 1 (737881632) == [Time] 1601936497 [09:21:37] PDBot has started watching. [League] Host doesn't have active run [09:21:44] Piers chooses to play first. [09:21:51] [CHAT] LZ377: Hello! Thanks for helping me test. [09:21:55] [CHAT] Piers: Hi, I'm also new to the format [09:22:00] [CHAT] Piers: Hope you don't mind me jouining you [09:22:01] [CHAT] Piers: glhf [09:22:10] Piers begins the game with seven cards in hand. [09:22:16] LZ377 mulligans to six cards. [09:22:21] LZ377 puts a card on the bottom of their library and begins the game with six cards in hand. [09:22:21] Turn 1: Piers [09:22:23] Piers skips their draw step. [09:22:27] [CHAT] LZ377: Not at all. [09:22:31] Piers casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting LZ377. [09:22:41] [CHAT] Piers: How are you getting on so far? [09:23:05] [CHAT] LZ377: Terribly. [09:23:09] [CHAT] LZ377: [09:23:10] [CHAT] Piers: haha [09:23:14] Piers draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe]. [09:23:16] Piers plays [Island]. [09:23:18] Piers casts [Delver of Secrets]. [09:23:28] Turn 1: LZ377 [09:23:30] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:23:33] LZ377 casts [Tome Scour] targeting Piers. [09:23:33] [CHAT] Piers: Hopefully this one goes better for you then :) [09:23:36] Piers mills [Lofty Denial], [Squadron Hawk], [Ponder], [Squadron Hawk] and [Lofty Denial]. [09:23:43] Turn 2: Piers [09:23:43] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:23:59] Piers plays [Mystic Gate]. [09:24:08] Piers casts [Faerie Vandal]. [09:24:21] LZ377 is being attacked by [Delver of Secrets]. [09:24:26] Turn 2: LZ377 [09:24:28] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:24:30] LZ377 casts [Drowned Secrets]. [09:24:34] [CHAT] Piers: I've not actually played MTGO for about a decade so I'm still just trying to make it go [09:24:44] [CHAT] Piers: Hae you found the free rental service yet btw? [09:24:55] [CHAT] LZ377: Yep. That is how I am playing PD. [09:24:58] [CHAT] Piers: Nice [09:24:59] Turn 3: Piers [09:24:59] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:25:00] [CHAT] Piers: Me too [09:25:11] [CHAT] Piers: Though this deck cost 4.99 tix out of my 5 tix limit haha [09:25:18] [CHAT] LZ377: I normally play Pauper, but it is very formulaic. [09:25:24] Piers reveals [Rally of Wings]. [09:25:46] [CHAT] LZ377: That is probably game. [09:25:49] [CHAT] Piers: I wanted to get into pauper when a playset ofstaples was $50 but my g/f at the time had other ideas for my money. It's too expensive for me now [09:26:02] [CHAT] LZ377: I can see that. [09:26:02] Piers casts [Brainstorm]. [09:26:19] [CHAT] LZ377: I play with my students by and large. I show them a competitive deck for five buck.s [09:26:21] Piers draws three cards with [Brainstorm]. [09:26:37] Piers puts triggered ability from [Faerie Vandal] onto the stack (Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Faerie Vandal.). [09:26:56] Piers plays [Nimbus Maze]. [09:27:01] Piers casts [Squadron Hawk]. [09:27:03] Piers puts triggered ability from [Squadron Hawk] onto the stack (When Squadron Hawk enters the battlefield, you may search your library for up to three cards named...). [09:27:14] Piers reveals [Squadron Hawk]. [09:27:22] LZ377 is being attacked by [Faerie Vandal] and [Insectile Aberration]. [09:27:27] Turn 3: LZ377 [09:27:30] [CHAT] Piers: That's really cool. I love brewing around restrictiions like that [09:27:30] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:27:33] LZ377 casts [Drowned Secrets]. [09:27:37] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:27:40] [CHAT] Piers: I'm trying to build a super low value cube to play with new drafters. [09:27:48] Piers mills [Judge's Familiar] and [Rally of Wings]. [09:27:57] LZ377 casts [Venture Deeper] targeting Piers. [09:27:58] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:27:58] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:27:58] Piers mills [Judge's Familiar] and [Nimbus Maze]. [09:27:58] Piers mills [Mystic Gate] and [Gitaxian Probe]. [09:28:00] Piers mills [Gitaxian Probe], [Lofty Denial], [Faerie Vandal] and [Delver of Secrets]. [09:28:02] Turn 4: Piers [09:28:11] Piers casts [Brainstorm]. [09:28:21] [CHAT] LZ377: Annnnnd...I cannot stop you. [09:28:23] Piers draws three cards with [Brainstorm]. [09:28:28] [CHAT] Piers: you go to one I think yeah [09:28:32] Piers puts triggered ability from [Faerie Vandal] onto the stack (Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Faerie Vandal.). [09:29:19] Piers casts [Rally of Wings]. [09:29:32] [CHAT] Piers: y'now, if I can competently tap my lands for mana and cast a spell that is. [09:29:41] LZ377 is being attacked by [Squadron Hawk], [Faerie Vandal], and [Insectile Aberration]. [09:29:56] [CHAT] LZ377: We get done, would you like a play set of Brainstorm? [09:29:59] [CHAT] LZ377: I have eight. [09:30:00] [CHAT] Piers: Any board resets around? [09:30:04] Turn 4: LZ377 [09:30:07] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:30:11] LZ377 casts [Memory Erosion]. [09:30:11] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:30:11] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:30:33] [CHAT] LZ377: Dunno about board resets. [09:30:37] [CHAT] Piers: That would be very kind of you. [09:30:48] [CHAT] Piers: Though I should double-check if I already own one (I think not) [09:30:59] Piers mills [Island] and [Island]. [09:30:59] Piers mills [Delver of Secrets] and [Island]. [09:31:09] LZ377 casts [Merfolk Secretkeeper]. [09:31:09] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:31:09] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Drowned Secrets] onto the stack targeting Piers (Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.). [09:31:10] Piers mills [Nimbus Maze] and [Rally of Wings]. [09:31:10] Piers mills [Brainstorm] and [Plains]. [09:31:13] Turn 5: Piers [09:31:22] [CHAT] Piers: Brainstorm is the main reasons I started with this archetype. Even without fetches there are so many decision points with it. [09:31:35] LZ377 is being attacked by [Squadron Hawk], [Faerie Vandal], and [Insectile Aberration]. Winner: Piers Game 1 Completed. == Game 2 (737882540) == [Time] 1601937202 [09:33:22] PDBot has started watching. [09:33:22] Piers joined the game. [09:33:44] LZ377 chooses to play first. [09:33:47] LZ377 begins the game with seven cards in hand. [09:33:58] Piers begins the game with seven cards in hand. [09:33:58] Turn 1: LZ377 [09:33:58] LZ377 skips their draw step. [09:34:04] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:34:14] [CHAT] Piers: Hmm. I'm not even sure what I own since I created the account so long ago. Not much I expect haha. [09:34:33] Turn 1: Piers [09:34:42] Piers plays [Island]. [09:34:46] Piers casts [Delver of Secrets]. [09:34:57] Turn 2: LZ377 [09:35:00] LZ377 plays [Dismal Backwater]. [09:35:00] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Dismal Backwater] onto the stack (When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.). [09:35:53] Turn 2: Piers [09:35:54] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:37:13] Piers reveals [Island]. [09:37:20] Piers plays [Island]. [09:37:25] Piers casts [Delver of Secrets]. [09:37:29] Piers casts [Ponder]. [09:37:56] Piers chooses to not shuffle his or her library. [09:37:57] Piers draws a card with [Ponder]. [09:38:15] LZ377 is being attacked by [Delver of Secrets]. [09:38:27] Turn 3: LZ377 [09:38:29] LZ377 plays [Island]. [09:38:31] [CHAT] Piers: I've figured out hot to pass to attacks efficiently again. That's a good start. [09:38:36] LZ377 casts [Breaking] targeting Piers. [09:38:42] Piers mills [Rally of Wings], [Brainstorm], [Gitaxian Probe], [Squadron Hawk], [Island], [Island], [Rally of Wings] and [Nimbus Maze]. [09:38:47] Turn 3: Piers [09:38:47] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:38:47] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:39:00] Piers reveals [Plains]. [09:39:10] Piers reveals [Plains]. [09:39:14] Piers plays [Plains]. [09:39:39] LZ377 is being attacked by [Delver of Secrets] and [Delver of Secrets]. [09:39:48] Turn 4: LZ377 [09:39:51] LZ377 plays [Dismal Backwater]. [09:39:51] LZ377 puts triggered ability from [Dismal Backwater] onto the stack (When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.). [09:40:22] [CHAT] LZ377: Dont' forget to accept your trade. [09:40:51] LZ377 casts [Venture Deeper] targeting Piers. [09:41:21] [CHAT] Piers: Right now we're trading four of our Brainstorms for the 4 I'm borrowing. I can't seem to remove the four I'm borrowing. I think you need to deselect them. [09:41:36] Piers casts [Dovin's Veto] targeting [Venture Deeper]. [09:41:49] [CHAT] Piers: your* [09:42:23] [CHAT] LZ377: There you are. [09:42:26] [CHAT] Piers: That's very kind of you. Thank you [09:42:30] [CHAT] Piers: :) [09:42:37] Turn 4: Piers [09:42:37] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:42:37] Piers puts triggered ability from [Delver of Secrets] onto the stack (At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. I...). [09:42:49] [CHAT] LZ377: Certainly. [09:43:08] [CHAT] LZ377: And on that note, I have to run. [09:43:11] [CHAT] LZ377: Thanks for the match. [09:43:14] [CHAT] Piers: Sorry [09:43:14] LZ377 has conceded from the game. [09:43:14] LZ377 has lost connection to the game. Winner: Piers Game 2 Completed. Match Winner: Piers: 2–0