Penny Dreadful: "Learning PD format. Suggestions welcome."
Game 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: <grin>
[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 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