Game 721060640
[Time] 1588919529
[16:32:09] PDBot has started watching.
[16:32:28] Necropotence1361 chooses to play first.
[16:32:47] Necropotence1361 begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[16:32:52] ZaProfessor begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[16:32:52] Turn 1: Necropotence1361
[16:32:57] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i mean yeah
[16:33:02] Necropotence1361 skips their draw step.
[16:33:04] Necropotence1361 plays [Cloudpost].
[16:33:22] Turn 1: ZaProfessor
[16:33:23] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i am used to playing singleton formats most of the times so multiples scare me
[16:33:29] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: also sideboarding
[16:33:39] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:33:41] ZaProfessor casts [Firedrinker Satyr].
[16:33:48] Turn 2: Necropotence1361
[16:34:18] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: tbf i never used the sideboard even in mtga. i started a few weeks ago.
[16:34:20] Necropotence1361 plays [Glimmerpost].
[16:34:20] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Glimmerpost] onto the stack (When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.).
[16:34:41] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: it is nice to see new players joining the game
[16:34:44] Necropotence1361 casts [Prophetic Prism].
[16:34:50] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[16:35:21] Necropotence1361 draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[16:35:27] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: thanks man. kind of regretting not starting the game a few years back. instead i played hearthstone.
[16:35:35] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: thought that paper and online are expensive.
[16:35:39] Turn 2: ZaProfessor
[16:35:46] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: well depends
[16:35:47] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:35:52] ZaProfessor casts [Stormblood Berserker].
[16:36:03] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: hearthstone is technically free but after a while the costs add up
[16:36:07] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Firedrinker Satyr].
[16:36:15] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: bloodthirst is great
[16:36:24] Turn 3: Necropotence1361
[16:36:30] Necropotence1361 plays [Island].
[16:36:42] Necropotence1361 casts [One with the Machine].
[16:36:45] Necropotence1361 draws two cards with [One with the Machine].
[16:37:01] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: it is. and it's hard to grind in hs cos they release stuff quickly.
[16:37:03] Turn 3: ZaProfessor
[16:37:23] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i have played since naxx till dragons
[16:37:23] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: i might do paper after the quarantine
[16:37:30] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: and then just gave up
[16:37:34] Turn 4: Necropotence1361
[16:37:39] Necropotence1361 plays [Island].
[16:37:45] Necropotence1361 casts [Gilded Lotus].
[16:37:49] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: oop i fudged my turn lmao. wasn't paying attention.
[16:38:02] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: damn it modo
[16:38:09] Necropotence1361 casts [Forbidden Alchemy].
[16:38:20] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: i stopped 3 years ago. death knights i think?
[16:38:24] Necropotence1361 puts [Powerstone Shard], [Powerstone Shard], and [Glimmerpost] into their graveyard.
[16:38:29] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: oof
[16:38:50] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i didnt enjoy the stale gameplay +power creep
[16:39:00] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: also it is really expensive to compete
[16:39:28] Turn 4: ZaProfessor
[16:39:40] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: oh yeah. that's why i finally stopped.
[16:39:54] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: only played other genre till now
[16:39:57] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:40:12] ZaProfessor casts [Mad Dog].
[16:40:20] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Stormblood Berserker] and [Firedrinker Satyr].
[16:40:25] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i think i wasted like 200 dollars during that time playing and i regret it
[16:40:36] Turn 5: Necropotence1361
[16:41:04] Necropotence1361 plays [Island].
[16:41:11] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: how long have you been playing mtg?
[16:41:21] Necropotence1361 casts [Upheaval].
[16:41:39] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: 2 ish years
[16:41:45] Necropotence1361 casts [Prophetic Prism].
[16:41:51] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[16:41:55] Necropotence1361 draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[16:42:18] Necropotence1361 discards [Island].
[16:42:19] Necropotence1361 discards [Island].
[16:42:19] Necropotence1361 discards [Spatial Contortion].
[16:42:19] Necropotence1361 discards [Commit/Memory].
[16:42:19] Necropotence1361 discards [Mystifying Maze].
[16:42:19] Turn 5: ZaProfessor
[16:42:27] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:42:37] ZaProfessor casts [Falkenrath Gorger].
[16:42:40] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: also yes upheaval is a dumb and unbalanced card from the past
[16:42:58] ZaProfessor discards [Mad Dog].
[16:42:58] ZaProfessor discards [Viashino Pyromancer].
[16:42:58] ZaProfessor discards [Chain Lightning].
[16:42:58] Turn 6: Necropotence1361
[16:43:04] Necropotence1361 plays [Cloudpost].
[16:43:20] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: yeah. that is one broken card.
[16:43:35] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: it's a good rdw counter
[16:43:50] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: that is before they knew that symetrical effects can be abused if you prep for it
[16:44:07] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: if you float a lot of mana you get to replay everything while the opp gets reset
[16:44:19] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: that really is broken
[16:44:23] Turn 6: ZaProfessor
[16:44:42] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i know it was a really old deck back in the day called psychatog combo
[16:44:48] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: it was really wierd
[16:44:58] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:45:05] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: most of the cards from it are legal in this format
[16:45:12] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Falkenrath Gorger].
[16:45:19] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: also red is the worst color to do an early upheaval against
[16:45:29] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: because they rebuild really fast
[16:45:30] ZaProfessor casts [Stormblood Berserker].
[16:45:45] Turn 7: Necropotence1361
[16:45:48] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: ohh old times lmao. they sure enjoyed magic back then
[16:45:55] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: 12k legal for this format? wow
[16:46:04] Necropotence1361 plays [Cloudpost].
[16:46:07] Necropotence1361 casts [Talisman of Creativity].
[16:46:13] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: yeah, the low mana cost is kinda strong
[16:46:19] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: but you can delay them rdws
[16:46:37] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: because the downside of upheaval is also an upside in some decks
[16:47:07] Turn 7: ZaProfessor
[16:47:16] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:47:36] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: the most famous broken symetrical effect from the olden days is balance
[16:47:40] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Stormblood Berserker] and [Falkenrath Gorger].
[16:47:51] ZaProfessor casts [Figure of Destiny].
[16:48:07] ZaProfessor activates an ability of [Figure of Destiny] ( Figure of Destiny becomes a Kithkin Spirit with base power and toughness 2/2.).
[16:48:14] Turn 8: Necropotence1361
[16:48:21] Necropotence1361 plays [Glimmerpost].
[16:48:21] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Glimmerpost] onto the stack (When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.).
[16:48:40] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: can ppl still do that in old formats?
[16:48:56] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: only in vintage and some other wierder ones
[16:49:06] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: and in vintage you can only play one
[16:49:22] Necropotence1361 casts [Upheaval].
[16:49:29] Necropotence1361 casts [Talisman of Creativity].
[16:49:45] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: so it wasn't that op in older formats
[16:49:55] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: i gotta fix my stops after our game ha ha
[16:50:12] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: it was really good in alpha when it was released but now it is almost never used
[16:50:24] Necropotence1361 discards [Pull from Tomorrow].
[16:50:24] Necropotence1361 discards [March of the Machines].
[16:50:24] Turn 8: ZaProfessor
[16:50:40] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i have definetly balanced some people
[16:50:51] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: it's strong here.
[16:50:59] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: that upheaval hurts my feelings XD
[16:51:01] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:51:05] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: it isnt legal in penny dreadful
[16:51:17] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: ohhhh i never knew
[16:51:21] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: it is not supposed to be nice
[16:51:21] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: ty for informing
[16:51:26] ZaProfessor casts [Figure of Destiny].
[16:51:41] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: that would make the format miserable
[16:51:50] ZaProfessor discards [Falkenrath Gorger].
[16:51:50] ZaProfessor discards [Falkenrath Gorger].
[16:51:50] ZaProfessor discards [Firedrinker Satyr].
[16:51:50] Turn 9: Necropotence1361
[16:52:03] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: everyone would just play balance decks or anti balance decks
[16:52:10] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: are there mill decks in pd?
[16:52:13] Necropotence1361 plays [Cloudpost].
[16:52:20] toadSTL has started watching.
[16:52:24] Turn 9: ZaProfessor
[16:52:25] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: several flavours in fact
[16:52:33] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:52:33] toadSTL has stopped watching.
[16:52:46] ZaProfessor activates an ability of [Figure of Destiny] ( Figure of Destiny becomes a Kithkin Spirit with base power and toughness 2/2.).
[16:52:54] Turn 10: Necropotence1361
[16:52:58] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: i am technically a mill deck in heavy quotations
[16:53:04] Necropotence1361 plays [Cloudpost].
[16:53:07] Necropotence1361 casts [Powerstone Shard].
[16:53:19] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: i can hear my cards being milled away
[16:53:35] Turn 10: ZaProfessor
[16:54:14] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: the bad thing in mill especially in magic is the existance of the graveyard wich means there are some cards that want to be in there or decks that love full graveyards
[16:54:24] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:54:35] ZaProfessor activates an ability of [Figure of Destiny] ( If Figure of Destiny is a Spirit, it becomes a Kithkin Spirit Warrior with base power and toughne...).
[16:54:44] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Figure of Destiny].
[16:54:47] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: that is a destiny figure alright
[16:54:54] Turn 11: Necropotence1361
[16:54:59] Necropotence1361 plays [Glimmerpost].
[16:54:59] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Glimmerpost] onto the stack (When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.).
[16:55:13] Necropotence1361 casts [Prophetic Prism].
[16:55:25] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: oh yeah. i remember some cards that love being in the graveyard then doing an exile mechanic
[16:55:27] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[16:55:39] Necropotence1361 draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[16:55:45] Necropotence1361 casts [Gilded Lotus].
[16:56:00] Turn 11: ZaProfessor
[16:56:33] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: putting all of the eggs in a basket with a deck is really dangerous because people can just sideboard specific hate cards
[16:56:42] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[16:57:00] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Figure of Destiny].
[16:57:07] Necropotence1361 casts [Aetherspouts].
[16:57:18] ZaProfessor puts [Figure of Destiny] on top of his or her library.
[16:57:34] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: nice spell. i really favor control cards and deck types
[16:57:49] ZaProfessor casts [Viashino Pyromancer].
[16:57:55] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: control is better here in hs because you get to play reactively
[16:57:56] ZaProfessor puts triggered ability from [Viashino Pyromancer] onto the stack targeting Necropotence1361 (When Viashino Pyromancer enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalke...).
[16:58:02] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: and during your op's turn
[16:58:10] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: makes playing it more interesting
[16:58:10] ZaProfessor casts [Stormblood Berserker].
[16:58:13] Turn 12: Necropotence1361
[16:58:22] Necropotence1361 plays [Island].
[16:58:41] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: yeah that's what i lke about it.
[16:58:52] Necropotence1361 casts [Memory] from the graveyard.
[16:58:59] ZaProfessor draws seven cards with [Memory].
[16:58:59] Necropotence1361 draws seven cards with [Memory].
[16:59:00] [CHAT] ZaProfessor: did a budget control in mtga and it was good for some time
[16:59:31] [CHAT] Necropotence1361: the problem with standard when it goes bad on arena there are few alternatives
[16:59:41] Necropotence1361 casts [Prophetic Prism].
[16:59:49] Necropotence1361 puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[16:59:53] Necropotence1361 draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[17:00:03] Necropotence1361 casts [Talisman of Creativity].
[17:00:11] Necropotence1361 casts [Dimir Signet].
[17:00:25] Turn 12: ZaProfessor
[17:00:40] ZaProfessor plays [Mountain].
[17:00:53] Necropotence1361 is being attacked by [Stormblood Berserker] and [Viashino Pyromancer].
[17:01:18] ZaProfessor casts [Burst Lightning] (with kicker) targeting Necropotence1361.
Winner: ZaProfessor
Game 2 Completed.
Match Winner: ZaProfessor: 2–0