Game 628711954
[15:41:16] PDBot has started watching. [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
[15:49:20] PDBot has started watching. [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.