Penny Dreadful: "penny dreadful"
Game 561460968
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DarenMellyl chooses to play first.
DarenMellyl keeps this hand.
insomniac1987 keeps this hand.
DarenMellyl skips their draw step.
DarenMellyl plays [Savage Lands].
Turn 1: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Svyelunite Temple].
Turn 2: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Crystal Vein].
DarenMellyl casts [Lay Bare the Heart] targeting insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 discards [Cancel].
insomniac1987 reveals their hand to [Lay Bare the Heart], containing [Surgespanner], [Merfolk Sovereign], [Merfolk Sovereign], [Seasinger], [Aquitect's Will], and [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 2: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Aquitect's Will] targeting [Savage Lands].
insomniac1987 casts [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 3: DarenMellyl.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you have islandwalk creatures?
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: also why didn't you play your merfolk so you drew a card
DarenMellyl plays [Havenwood Battleground].
Turn 3: insomniac1987.
[CHAT] insomniac1987: i do have islandwalk and i played the cards i could play without sacrificing the temple right now, i have a crap hand at the moment
insomniac1987 casts [Ink Dissolver].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you could play Shorestalker and then Will
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Triton Shorestalker].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: and you would have drawn a card
[CHAT] insomniac1987: oh, shit, youre right
[CHAT] insomniac1987: im a moron
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: also my land
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: is an island in addition to its other types
[CHAT] insomniac1987: i am aware of that much at least. not a complete idiot, just mostly one lol
Turn 4: DarenMellyl.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: lol
DarenMellyl casts [Ultimate Price] targeting [Ink Dissolver].
Turn 4: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 casts [Merfolk Looter].
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 5: DarenMellyl.
Turn 5: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Merfolk Sovereign].
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Merfolk Looter] and [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 6: DarenMellyl.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: this deck hates me, I can never keep a 2 land hand
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: actually I never get to properly keep a 7 card hand
DarenMellyl has conceded from the game.
Winner: DarenMellyl
Game 1 Completed.
DarenMellyl has left the game.
Game 561462330
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[CHAT] DarenMellyl: senseless RNG shufflers are not very realistic
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you can't shuffle so utopically in RL
DarenMellyl chooses to play first.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: now this hand has 4 lands but only one black mana source
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: so I could keep it
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: but I'm sure I'll get black mana screwed
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: let's see
DarenMellyl keeps this hand.
insomniac1987 mulligans to 6 cards.
insomniac1987 keeps this hand.
insomniac1987 put a card on the bottom of the library.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: also I often look at other people's hands with Lay Bare the Heart
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: find one or two lands
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: Say "he's so screwed"
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: and they draw lands, lands
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: lands
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: that never happens to me lol
DarenMellyl skips their draw step.
DarenMellyl plays [Sandsteppe Citadel].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you just did it
[CHAT] insomniac1987: the only time i seem to draw a good amount of lands thats all i draw. all or none. not much middle groud.
Turn 1: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Svyelunite Temple].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: yeah, that's how it seems to work
Turn 2: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Crystal Vein].
DarenMellyl casts [Blood Scrivener].
Turn 2: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Triton Shorestalker].
insomniac1987 casts [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 3: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Havenwood Battleground].
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Blood Scrivener].
Turn 3: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Divination].
insomniac1987 draws two cards with [Divination].
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Triton Shorestalker] and [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 4: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Havenwood Battleground].
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Blood Scrivener].
Turn 4: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Surgespanner].
DarenMellyl casts [Putrefy] targeting [Surgespanner].
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Triton Shorestalker] and [Triton Shorestalker].
Turn 5: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Swamp].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: ohh black mana!
[CHAT] insomniac1987: i dont like the sound of that
DarenMellyl casts [Bloodgift Demon].
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Blood Scrivener].
Turn 5: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: now we can see the B in the BG
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: it's more like Bg Rock also
insomniac1987 casts [Merrow Commerce].
insomniac1987 casts [Nyxborn Triton].
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Triton Shorestalker] and [Triton Shorestalker].
[CHAT] insomniac1987: im royally screwed unless i draw one of 2 cards next turn i think
insomniac1987 puts triggered ability from [Merrow Commerce] onto the stack (At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.).
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: I wonder what that'd be
Turn 6: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl puts triggered ability from [Bloodgift Demon] onto the stack targeting DarenMellyl (At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.).
DarenMellyl draws a card with [Bloodgift Demon]'s ability.
DarenMellyl plays [Savage Lands].
DarenMellyl casts [Lay Bare the Heart] targeting insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 discards [Mind Bend].
insomniac1987 reveals their hand to [Lay Bare the Heart], containing [Island].
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Bloodgift Demon].
DarenMellyl casts [Woodland Wanderer].
Turn 6: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 has conceded from the game.
Winner: DarenMellyl
Game 2 Completed.
Match Winner: DarenMellyl: 2–0
DarenMellyl has left the game.
Game 561464206
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DarenMellyl keeps this hand.
insomniac1987 skips their draw step.
insomniac1987 plays [Svyelunite Temple].
Turn 1: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Savage Lands].
Turn 2: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Island].
insomniac1987 casts [Coralhelm Commander].
Turn 2: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Nantuko Monastery].
DarenMellyl casts [Lay Bare the Heart] targeting insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 discards [Cancel].
insomniac1987 reveals their hand to [Lay Bare the Heart], containing [Merfolk Sovereign], [Stormtide Leviathan], [Aquitect's Will], and [Clone].
Turn 3: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 activates an ability of [Coralhelm Commander] (Level up).
insomniac1987 activates an ability of [Coralhelm Commander] (Level up).
DarenMellyl is being attacked by [Coralhelm Commander].
Turn 3: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Swamp].
DarenMellyl casts [Vampire Nighthawk].
Turn 4: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 casts [Divination].
insomniac1987 draws two cards with [Divination].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: oh that was extreme
[CHAT] insomniac1987: another garbage hand
[CHAT] insomniac1987: and it backfired, so f me
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: isn't
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: Stormtide Leaviathan too much?
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: it looks like something you could do better with Ug Merfolk, but U merfolk?
[CHAT] insomniac1987: probably
Turn 4: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Sandsteppe Citadel].
DarenMellyl casts [Essence Extraction] targeting [Coralhelm Commander].
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Vampire Nighthawk].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: would say it's an aggro deck?
[CHAT] insomniac1987: it's probably coming out. i'm not liking my merfolk deck as much since jori-en was rotated out of penny. i liked my r/u mer deck a lot
Turn 5: insomniac1987.
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: I see it could work, if you think about it, it's similar to the White winnie Soldiers
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you should use Scent of Brine instead of Cancel
[CHAT] insomniac1987: not familiar with that card but just looked it up, that would be very solid
insomniac1987 discards [Stormtide Leviathan].
Turn 5: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl plays [Havenwood Battleground].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: try to run lords, good low cost merfolk and cheap spells that can 1 for 1 things you find threatening
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Vampire Nighthawk].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: the strategy is to overwhelm the opponent before they can recover and prevent the recovery with 1 or 2 mana
DarenMellyl casts [Vampire Nighthawk].
Turn 6: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 plays [Svyelunite Temple].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: also the Commander is great
insomniac1987 casts [Aquitect's Will] targeting [Savage Lands].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: that's your mana sinker
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you don't need the leaviathan
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: the clone would probably stay, it can copy lords
Turn 6: DarenMellyl.
DarenMellyl casts [Blood Scrivener].
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: is vapor snag PD legal?
[CHAT] insomniac1987: vapor snare is but not snag
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: not good
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: on the other hand
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: you can run Control Magic
[CHAT] DarenMellyl: it's a 2x1 most of the time, sometimes 1x1 but you don't care much
insomniac1987 is being attacked by [Vampire Nighthawk] and [Vampire Nighthawk].
Turn 7: insomniac1987.
insomniac1987 has conceded from the game.
Winner: DarenMellyl
Game 3 Completed.
DarenMellyl has left the game.