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Game 628711954

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[League] Jeskai Ascendancy by runegentleman (20686) vs Emerging Nightmare by tsjester (20636)
[15:41:20] [CHAT] PDBot: [sD] Good luck in your League match!
[15:41:21] tsJester chooses to play first.
[15:41:25] tsJester keeps this hand.
[15:41:26] [CHAT] Runegentleman: glhf
[15:41:29] [CHAT] tsJester: u2
[15:41:43] Runegentleman mulligans to 6 cards.
[15:41:46] Runegentleman mulligans to 5 cards.
[15:41:49] Runegentleman mulligans to 4 cards.
[15:41:56] Runegentleman mulligans to 3 cards.
[15:42:00] Runegentleman keeps this hand.
[15:42:02] Runegentleman puts 1 card on the bottom of their library.
[15:42:02] Turn 1: tsJester
[15:42:02] tsJester skips their draw step.
[15:42:04] tsJester plays [Golgari Guildgate].
[15:42:08] [CHAT] Runegentleman: game's LOOKIN GOOD so far
[15:42:13] Turn 1: Runegentleman
[15:42:16] Runegentleman plays [Frontier Bivouac].
[15:42:16] [CHAT] tsJester: hey man you only had to mull to 3
[15:42:18] [CHAT] tsJester: i believe
[15:42:28] Turn 2: tsJester
[15:42:30] tsJester plays [Swamp].
[15:42:32] tsJester casts [Gatecreeper Vine].
[15:42:33] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Gatecreeper Vine] onto the stack (When Gatecreeper Vine enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card or...).
[15:42:37] tsJester reveals [Island].
[15:42:39] Turn 2: Runegentleman
[15:42:46] Runegentleman casts [Attune with Aether].
[15:42:52] Runegentleman reveals [Plains].
[15:42:52] Runegentleman gains 2 energy from [Attune with Aether]'s ability.
[15:42:54] Runegentleman plays [Frontier Bivouac].
[15:43:01] Turn 3: tsJester
[15:43:01] [CHAT] tsJester: hey you made your first 3 land drops, it could be worse
[15:43:05] tsJester plays [Forest].
[15:43:07] tsJester casts [Filigree Familiar].
[15:43:07] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Filigree Familiar] onto the stack (When Filigree Familiar enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.).
[15:43:09] Turn 3: Runegentleman
[15:43:17] Runegentleman plays [Plains].
[15:43:24] Turn 4: tsJester
[15:43:35] Runegentleman is being attacked by [Filigree Familiar].
[15:43:48] [CHAT] Runegentleman: could be could be
[15:43:52] [CHAT] Runegentleman: gotta stay optimistic
[15:44:14] tsJester plays [Island].
[15:44:20] tsJester casts [Distended Mindbender], emerging from [Filigree Familiar].
[15:44:20] [CHAT] PDBot: [sU]Distended Mindbender[sU] has a Disadvantageous bug.
When only some cards from an opponent's hand are revealed, they do not appear in the revealed zone

[15:44:21] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Distended Mindbender] onto the stack targeting Runegentleman (When you cast this spell, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose from it a nonland card wi...).
[15:44:22] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Filigree Familiar] onto the stack (When Filigree Familiar dies, draw a card.).
[15:44:27] tsJester draws a card with [Filigree Familiar]'s ability.
[15:44:41] Runegentleman discards [Exile].
[15:44:41] Runegentleman discards [Treasure Cruise].
[15:44:41] Runegentleman discards [Exile] and [Treasure Cruise] to [Distended Mindbender]'s ability.
[15:44:48] Turn 4: Runegentleman
[15:44:55] Runegentleman casts [Nagging Thoughts].
[15:45:00] Runegentleman puts [Forest] into their graveyard.
[15:45:02] Runegentleman plays [Mystic Monastery].
[15:45:05] Turn 5: tsJester
[15:45:07] tsJester plays [Evolving Wilds].
[15:45:09] tsJester activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your ...).
[15:45:19] tsJester casts [Wretched Gryff], emerging from [Gatecreeper Vine].
[15:45:19] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Wretched Gryff] onto the stack (When you cast this spell, draw a card.).
[15:45:21] tsJester draws a card with [Wretched Gryff]'s ability.
[15:45:25] Runegentleman is being attacked by [Distended Mindbender].
[15:45:27] Turn 5: Runegentleman
[15:45:50] Turn 6: tsJester
[15:45:54] tsJester plays [Evolving Wilds].
[15:45:55] tsJester activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your ...).
[15:46:04] Runegentleman is being attacked by [Wretched Gryff] and [Distended Mindbender].
[15:46:15] Turn 6: Runegentleman
[15:46:21] Runegentleman plays [Seaside Citadel].
[15:46:44] Turn 7: tsJester
[15:46:53] Runegentleman casts [Natural Affinity].
[15:47:09] [CHAT] Runegentleman: oh wait
[15:47:09] [CHAT] tsJester: that works on my lands too unfortunately
[15:47:12] [CHAT] Runegentleman: AHAHAHA
[15:47:16] [CHAT] tsJester: so you just made yourself extra dead
[15:47:17] [CHAT] Runegentleman: expert player alert
[15:47:22] [CHAT] Runegentleman: weeeeoooo
[15:47:27] Runegentleman has conceded from the game.
Winner: tsJester
Game 1 Completed.
[15:47:33] Runegentleman has left the game.

Game 628712942

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[15:49:22] Runegentleman chooses to not play first.
[15:49:28] tsJester keeps this hand.
[15:49:30] Runegentleman keeps this hand.
[15:49:30] Turn 1: tsJester
[15:49:30] tsJester skips their draw step.
[15:49:32] tsJester plays [Golgari Guildgate].
[15:49:38] Turn 1: Runegentleman
[15:49:46] Runegentleman plays [Frontier Bivouac].
[15:49:50] Turn 2: tsJester
[15:49:52] tsJester plays [Evolving Wilds].
[15:49:53] tsJester activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your ...).
[15:50:04] Turn 2: Runegentleman
[15:50:09] Runegentleman plays [Island].
[15:50:12] Runegentleman casts [Rampant Growth].
[15:50:36] Turn 3: tsJester
[15:50:52] tsJester plays [Evolving Wilds].
[15:50:54] tsJester activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your ...).
[15:51:04] Turn 3: Runegentleman
[15:51:09] Runegentleman plays [Seaside Citadel].
[15:51:14] Turn 4: tsJester
[15:51:17] tsJester plays [Forest].
[15:51:21] tsJester casts [Cranial Extraction] targeting Runegentleman.
[15:51:34] [CHAT] Runegentleman: hm
[15:51:37] tsJester names Jeskai Ascendancy for [Cranial Extraction].
[15:51:40] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i didn't know that was in this format
[15:52:12] [CHAT] tsJester: we pretty much always have 1 variant on cranial or another
[15:52:23] [CHAT] tsJester: this season we have this one and thought hemorhage
[15:52:42] [CHAT] Runegentleman: huh
[15:52:48] [CHAT] tsJester: that's why this deck usually has extra wincons in the board
[15:52:54] [CHAT] tsJester: to board in against cranial effects
[15:53:07] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i'm very new to pd and to magic for the most part so i have been learning a lot over the past few days :P
[15:53:17] [CHAT] tsJester: yeah for sure, its definitely a learning process
[15:53:20] Turn 4: Runegentleman
[15:53:27] Runegentleman plays [Frontier Bivouac].
[15:53:31] Runegentleman casts [Rampant Growth].
[15:53:34] [CHAT] tsJester: I also would probably have gotten a white source on turn 2 when you growthed, in case you drew ascendancy
[15:53:48] [CHAT] tsJester: this deck is definitely not one that's new player friendly though
[15:53:58] [CHAT] Runegentleman: yeah i was playing RDW then got bored
[15:54:05] [CHAT] Runegentleman: so i jumped the spectrum completely
[15:54:13] [CHAT] tsJester: try some variation on a midrangey removal deck
[15:54:28] Turn 5: tsJester
[15:54:29] [CHAT] tsJester: they generally don't require super clean play, but are fun impo
[15:54:40] tsJester plays [Evolving Wilds].
[15:54:42] tsJester activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your ...).
[15:55:04] tsJester casts [Cranial Extraction] targeting Runegentleman.
[15:55:13] tsJester names Sylvan Awakening for [Cranial Extraction].
[15:55:20] [CHAT] Runegentleman: oof
[15:55:27] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i should probably find one, yeah
[15:55:33] [CHAT] Runegentleman: any particular recommendations?
[15:55:38] Turn 5: Runegentleman
[15:56:23] [CHAT] tsJester: hmmmm
[15:56:23] [CHAT] tsJester: this is also a weird season
[15:56:23] Runegentleman casts [Treasure Cruise].
[15:56:24] Runegentleman draws three cards with [Treasure Cruise].
[15:56:32] Turn 6: tsJester
[15:56:34] tsJester plays [Golgari Guildgate].
[15:56:39] tsJester casts [Foul Emissary].
[15:56:52] tsJester puts triggered ability from [Foul Emissary] onto the stack (When Foul Emissary enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library. You may rev...).
[15:57:25] tsJester puts [Filigree Familiar] into their hand with with [Foul Emissary]'s ability.
[15:57:26] tsJester put a card on the bottom of the library.
[15:57:26] tsJester put a card on the bottom of the library.
[15:57:26] tsJester put a card on the bottom of the library.
[15:57:36] Turn 6: Runegentleman
[15:57:50] Runegentleman plays [Jungle Shrine].
[15:58:16] [CHAT] tsJester: there are a bunch of post decks that should be kinda fun to play
[15:58:43] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i made a really bad astral slide / untap / post deck today but it was really bad
[15:58:45] [CHAT] tsJester: or nightmare variants, although there are a lot of creatures and weird interactions in those
[15:58:52] [CHAT] tsJester: yeah in general, use the website
[15:58:56] [CHAT] tsJester: its a great resource
[15:59:20] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i held off on nightmare since consultations are relatively expensive
[15:59:40] [CHAT] tsJester: play in a tournament or two if you can
[15:59:51] [CHAT] Runegentleman: there's one tomorrow right
[15:59:54] [CHAT] tsJester: they give rewards to 1-8th place
[15:59:56] [CHAT] tsJester: yeah
[16:00:08] [CHAT] tsJester: and if you get 8th, that's 1 tix credit to cardhoarder
[16:00:20] [CHAT] tsJester: so that's basically a whole deck, minus consultations or nightmares
[16:00:24] [CHAT] Runegentleman: yep
[16:01:09] [CHAT] tsJester: https://pennydreadfulmagic.com/decks/20564/
[16:01:26] [CHAT] tsJester: temur ascendancy isn't at its best this season, but in previous seasons it's been a staple
[16:01:37] [CHAT] tsJester: and its a decent, easy to play midrange deck that's kinda sweet
[16:01:49] [CHAT] tsJester: and the cards will probably carry over, because they generally stay legal, and the deck is good
[16:02:19] [CHAT] Runegentleman: all right
[16:02:36] [CHAT] Runegentleman: i should let you get back to games
[16:02:48] [CHAT] Runegentleman: thanks so much for the help and for your time
[16:02:54] [CHAT] tsJester: yeah np
[16:03:02] [CHAT] tsJester: we were all new at one point or another :)
[16:03:06] [CHAT] Runegentleman: see you around!
[16:03:07] [CHAT] Runegentleman: also ggs
[16:03:09] [CHAT] tsJester: ggs
[16:03:13] Runegentleman has conceded from the game.
Winner: tsJester
Game 2 Completed.
Match Winner: tsJester: 2–0
[16:03:16] Runegentleman has left the game.