Penny Dreadful: "PD League"
Game 800121988
[Time] 1653475570
[13:46:12] PDBot has started watching.
[13:46:12] screwball joined the game.
[League] Sultai Wits by iwearshoes (180789) vs Md by screwball (180679)
[13:46:13] [CHAT] PDBot: [sD] Good luck in your League match!
[13:46:19] screwball chooses to play first.
[13:46:27] screwball begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[13:46:29] iwearshoes begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[13:46:29] Turn 1: screwball
[13:46:31] screwball skips their draw step.
[13:46:33] screwball plays [Island].
[13:46:36] Turn 1: iwearshoes
[13:46:38] iwearshoes plays [Temple of Malady].
[13:46:39] iwearshoes puts triggered ability from [Temple of Malady] onto the stack (When Temple of Malady enters the battlefield, scry 1.).
[13:46:44] iwearshoes puts 1 card on top of their library.
[13:46:44] iwearshoes scrys 1.
[13:46:47] screwball casts [Thought Scour] targeting screwball.
[13:46:47] screwball mills [Frantic Search] and [Mind's Desire].
[13:46:47] screwball draws a card with [Thought Scour].
[13:46:50] Turn 2: screwball
[13:46:56] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[13:46:56] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[13:47:00] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[13:47:01] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[13:47:06] screwball casts [Thought Scour] targeting screwball.
[13:47:06] screwball mills [Desperate Ritual] and [Island].
[13:47:06] screwball draws a card with [Thought Scour].
[13:47:10] Turn 2: iwearshoes
[13:47:13] iwearshoes plays [Island].
[13:47:16] iwearshoes casts [Coiling Oracle].
[13:47:21] iwearshoes puts triggered ability from [Coiling Oracle] onto the stack (When Coiling Oracle enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land ca...).
[13:47:23] iwearshoes reveals [Erebos's Intervention] with [Coiling Oracle]'s ability.
[13:47:27] Turn 3: screwball
[13:47:30] screwball plays [Island].
[13:47:33] Turn 3: iwearshoes
[13:47:39] iwearshoes plays [Forest].
[13:47:52] iwearshoes casts [Cultivate].
[13:47:52] [CHAT] PDBot: [sU]Cultivate[sU] has a graphical bug.
This spell fails to display the destination zones of the chosen lands in the game log.
[13:48:07] iwearshoes reveals [Island].
[13:48:07] iwearshoes reveals [Swamp].
[13:48:08] [CHAT] screwball: what a nice looking version of cultivate
[13:48:20] screwball is being attacked by [Coiling Oracle]
[13:48:23] Turn 4: screwball
[13:48:30] screwball plays [Izzet Boilerworks].
[13:48:30] screwball puts triggered ability from [Izzet Boilerworks] onto the stack (When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.).
[13:48:34] screwball returns [Island] to its owner's hand with [Izzet Boilerworks]'s ability.
[13:48:46] screwball discards [Mind's Desire].
[13:48:46] Turn 4: iwearshoes
[13:49:16] iwearshoes casts [Garruk Wildspeaker].
[13:49:21] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[13:49:30] iwearshoes activates an ability of [Garruk Wildspeaker] targeting [Island], and [Island] ( Untap two target lands.).
[13:49:46] screwball is being attacked by [Coiling Oracle]
[13:49:55] Turn 5: screwball
[13:50:00] screwball plays [Island].
[13:50:19] screwball casts [Treasure Cruise].
[13:50:27] screwball draws three cards with [Treasure Cruise].
[13:50:32] screwball casts [Frantic Search].
[13:50:42] iwearshoes casts [Thassa's Intervention] targeting [Frantic Search]. (X is 1) (Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice {X}.).
[13:50:57] screwball discards [Island].
[13:50:57] Turn 5: iwearshoes
[13:51:03] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[13:51:14] iwearshoes casts [Deep Analysis] targeting iwearshoes.
[13:51:18] iwearshoes draws two cards with [Deep Analysis].
[13:51:39] iwearshoes activates an ability of [Garruk Wildspeaker] targeting [Swamp], and [Forest] ( Untap two target lands.).
[13:52:07] Turn 6: screwball
[13:52:17] screwball casts iwearshoes.
[13:52:46] iwearshoes casts screwball targeting [Frantic Search], [Frantic Search], and [Mind's Desire]. (X is 3) (Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.).
[13:52:56] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[13:53:06] screwball casts [Frantic Search].
[13:53:07] screwball draws two cards with [Frantic Search].
[13:53:13] screwball discards [Izzet Boilerworks].
[13:53:13] screwball discards [Temple of Epiphany].
[13:53:28] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[13:53:28] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[13:53:37] screwball casts [Thought Scour] targeting screwball.
[13:53:38] screwball mills [Island] and [Desperate Ritual].
[13:53:38] screwball draws a card with [Thought Scour].
[13:53:41] screwball casts [Mind's Desire].
[13:53:41] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (6 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each ...).
[13:54:00] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[13:54:03] screwball casts [Ponder].
[13:54:12] screwball chooses to not shuffle their library.
[13:54:12] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[13:54:19] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[13:54:24] screwball casts [Invoke Calamity].
[13:54:30] screwball casts [Mind's Desire] from the graveyard.
[13:54:30] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (11 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each...).
[13:54:55] iwearshoes has conceded from the game.
Winner: screwball
Game 1 Completed.
Game 800122314
[Time] 1653476138
[13:55:39] PDBot has started watching.
[13:55:44] iwearshoes chooses to play first.
[13:55:51] iwearshoes begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[13:56:04] screwball mulligans to six cards.
[13:56:12] screwball puts a card on the bottom of their library and begins the game with six cards in hand.
[13:56:12] Turn 1: iwearshoes
[13:56:15] iwearshoes skips their draw step.
[13:56:17] iwearshoes plays [Evolving Wilds].
[13:56:19] iwearshoes activates an ability of [Evolving Wilds] ( Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.).
[13:56:28] Turn 1: screwball
[13:56:32] screwball plays [Island].
[13:56:34] screwball casts [Ponder].
[13:56:44] screwball chooses to not shuffle their library.
[13:56:44] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[13:56:49] Turn 2: iwearshoes
[13:57:01] iwearshoes plays [Nephalia Drownyard].
[13:57:04] iwearshoes casts [Rampant Growth].
[13:57:24] Turn 2: screwball
[13:57:29] screwball casts [Ponder].
[13:57:36] screwball chooses to not shuffle their library.
[13:57:36] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[13:57:39] screwball plays [Izzet Boilerworks].
[13:57:39] screwball puts triggered ability from [Izzet Boilerworks] onto the stack (When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.).
[13:57:42] screwball returns [Island] to its owner's hand with [Izzet Boilerworks]'s ability.
[13:57:46] Turn 3: iwearshoes
[13:57:55] iwearshoes casts [Cultivate].
[13:58:08] iwearshoes reveals [Swamp].
[13:58:08] iwearshoes reveals [Swamp].
[13:58:20] iwearshoes plays [Island].
[13:58:24] Turn 3: screwball
[13:58:30] screwball plays [Island].
[13:58:37] Turn 4: iwearshoes
[13:58:42] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[13:58:59] iwearshoes casts [Deep Analysis] targeting iwearshoes.
[13:59:03] iwearshoes draws two cards with [Deep Analysis].
[13:59:20] screwball casts [Thought Scour] targeting screwball.
[13:59:22] screwball mills [Mind's Desire] and [Temple of Epiphany].
[13:59:22] screwball draws a card with [Thought Scour].
[13:59:25] Turn 4: screwball
[13:59:30] screwball plays [Island].
[13:59:45] Turn 5: iwearshoes
[14:00:03] iwearshoes casts [Deep Analysis] from the graveyard targeting iwearshoes.
[14:00:05] iwearshoes draws two cards with [Deep Analysis].
[14:00:13] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[14:00:26] iwearshoes discards [Fog].
[14:00:26] Turn 5: screwball
[14:00:31] screwball plays [Island].
[14:00:52] iwearshoes casts [Opt].
[14:00:56] iwearshoes puts 1 card on the bottom of their library.
[14:00:56] iwearshoes scrys 1.
[14:00:56] iwearshoes draws a card with [Opt].
[14:01:00] Turn 6: iwearshoes
[14:01:14] iwearshoes casts [Thought Erasure] targeting screwball.
[14:01:30] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[14:01:38] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:01:54] iwearshoes casts iwearshoes targeting [Seething Song].
[14:02:11] screwball casts [Frantic Search].
[14:02:12] screwball draws two cards with [Frantic Search].
[14:02:25] screwball discards [Mountain].
[14:02:25] screwball discards [Mind's Desire].
[14:02:47] [CHAT] screwball: somehow my calculations werent right^^
[14:03:06] screwball discards [Treasure Cruise].
[14:03:06] screwball reveals their hand to [Thought Erasure], containing [Tendrils of Agony], [Gitaxian Probe], and [Invoke Calamity].
[14:03:09] iwearshoes puts 1 card on top of their library.
[14:03:13] Turn 6: screwball
[14:03:24] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[14:03:25] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[14:03:30] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:03:36] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:03:42] screwball casts [Invoke Calamity].
[14:03:47] screwball casts [Mind's Desire] from the graveyard.
[14:03:47] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (4 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each ...).
[14:04:21] [CHAT] iwearshoes: strom is hard
[14:04:29] screwball has conceded from the game.
Winner: iwearshoes
Game 2 Completed.
Game 800122652
[Time] 1653476698
[14:04:59] PDBot has started watching.
[14:04:59] screwball chooses to play first.
[14:05:03] screwball begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[14:05:06] iwearshoes begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[14:05:06] Turn 1: screwball
[14:05:11] [CHAT] screwball: not sure if that is really true
[14:05:18] [CHAT] screwball: caught me off guard with the discard card
[14:05:23] screwball skips their draw step.
[14:05:24] screwball plays [Island].
[14:05:24] [CHAT] iwearshoes: it can be - depends on the meta
[14:05:24] screwball casts [Ponder].
[14:05:33] screwball chooses to not shuffle their library.
[14:05:33] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[14:05:36] Turn 1: iwearshoes
[14:05:45] [CHAT] iwearshoes: you are right tho - some storm is automatic
[14:05:46] [CHAT] screwball: if you go off you go off
[14:05:49] iwearshoes plays [Forest].
[14:05:52] iwearshoes casts [Birds of Paradise].
[14:06:02] [CHAT] screwball: if your opponent doesnt have a counterspell or something smilar to disrupt
[14:06:09] [CHAT] screwball: you pretty much safe
[14:06:14] Turn 2: screwball
[14:06:22] screwball plays [Izzet Boilerworks].
[14:06:22] screwball puts triggered ability from [Izzet Boilerworks] onto the stack (When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.).
[14:06:27] screwball returns [Island] to its owner's hand with [Izzet Boilerworks]'s ability.
[14:06:30] [CHAT] iwearshoes: i think old school intution storm whas where the real skill was
[14:06:35] Turn 2: iwearshoes
[14:06:44] [CHAT] screwball: I m not a long term player
[14:06:52] [CHAT] screwball: fairly new in comparison to all the other players
[14:06:54] iwearshoes plays [Island].
[14:06:58] [CHAT] screwball: so I have no idea what you mean by that
[14:07:00] iwearshoes casts [Cultivate].
[14:07:23] iwearshoes reveals [Island].
[14:07:23] iwearshoes reveals [Swamp].
[14:07:35] Turn 3: screwball
[14:07:40] screwball plays [Island].
[14:07:47] screwball casts [Ponder].
[14:07:59] screwball chooses to not shuffle their library.
[14:07:59] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[14:07:59] [CHAT] iwearshoes: ah yeah look up the card Intuition - used to be a storm stable before being banned in basically every format
[14:08:05] Turn 3: iwearshoes
[14:08:17] [CHAT] iwearshoes: i played storm in OG - mirroden in like 2004/5
[14:08:24] [CHAT] screwball: should be in pd than? is it`?
[14:08:35] [CHAT] iwearshoes: nah its still expensive AF
[14:08:47] [CHAT] screwball: what I find amazing about mtg is, people that start playing, they stick to it
[14:08:53] iwearshoes exiles [Search for Tomorrow] with 2 time counters.
[14:08:56] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[14:09:01] [CHAT] screwball: maybe becasue they are over-invested in it
[14:09:04] [CHAT] screwball: money wise
[14:09:21] [CHAT] screwball: people rarely play such periods of tmies
[14:09:28] [CHAT] screwball: I certainly couldnt
[14:09:36] [CHAT] iwearshoes: not an issue for me - I own power in paper... so i just play whatever seems fun
[14:09:53] [CHAT] screwball: I own power? what does that mean
[14:10:13] [CHAT] iwearshoes: power 9 , lotus, moxen, recall, etc
[14:10:23] Turn 4: screwball
[14:10:34] screwball plays [Island].
[14:10:38] [CHAT] iwearshoes: just google power 9 MTG
[14:10:40] [CHAT] screwball: ah I see
[14:10:47] [CHAT] screwball: I know those cards^^
[14:10:55] screwball casts [Ponder].
[14:11:04] screwball chooses to shuffle their library.
[14:11:04] screwball draws a card with [Ponder].
[14:11:11] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[14:11:24] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[14:11:38] [CHAT] screwball: meh, too lazy for such things
[14:11:47] [CHAT] screwball: I can imagine what it means now though
[14:11:55] [CHAT] screwball: I know ancestral recall and mox etc
[14:12:00] [CHAT] screwball: and of course black lotus
[14:12:16] [CHAT] screwball: are you ever playing them though?
[14:12:23] [CHAT] iwearshoes: when i can yes
[14:12:45] [CHAT] screwball: did you at least buy them for a low price?
[14:12:53] iwearshoes casts [Shred Memory] targeting [Gitaxian Probe], [Ponder], [Ponder], and [Ponder].
[14:12:59] [CHAT] iwearshoes: 20 years ago yes
[14:13:12] Turn 4: iwearshoes
[14:13:12] iwearshoes puts triggered ability from [Search for Tomorrow] onto the stack (Suspend 2{G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter.)).
[14:13:13] [CHAT] screwball: nice
[14:13:26] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[14:13:36] Turn 5: screwball
[14:13:48] [CHAT] screwball: any other accounts besides this one?
[14:13:49] [CHAT] iwearshoes: do you know what deck im playing right now?
[14:13:54] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[14:13:58] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[14:14:01] [CHAT] screwball: not at all
[14:14:10] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[14:14:14] [CHAT] iwearshoes: did you pay attention to the size of the library?
[14:14:22] [CHAT] screwball: nope
[14:14:25] [CHAT] screwball: but now I did
[14:14:28] iwearshoes casts [Negate] targeting [Desperate Ritual].
[14:14:33] [CHAT] screwball: but the number of cards doesnt give me a clue
[14:14:46] [CHAT] iwearshoes: Look up Battle Of Wits
[14:14:50] Turn 5: iwearshoes
[14:14:50] iwearshoes puts triggered ability from [Search for Tomorrow] onto the stack (Suspend 2{G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter.)).
[14:15:04] [CHAT] screwball: wait is that the guy "if you have exactly 200 cards"?
[14:15:06] iwearshoes puts triggered ability from [Search for Tomorrow] onto the stack (Suspend 2{G} (When the last time counter is removed from the suspended card, cast it without p...).
[14:15:14] [CHAT] iwearshoes: greater than 200 cards
[14:15:17] [CHAT] iwearshoes: win the game
[14:15:21] [CHAT] screwball: oh alright
[14:15:26] iwearshoes casts [Search for Tomorrow].
[14:15:36] [CHAT] screwball: where are your tutor cards
[14:15:49] [CHAT] iwearshoes: the best ones arent legal right now
[14:16:02] iwearshoes casts [Diabolic Tutor].
[14:16:22] iwearshoes plays [Swamp].
[14:16:28] Turn 6: screwball
[14:16:38] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[14:16:45] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[14:16:51] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:16:58] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:17:19] screwball casts [Mind's Desire].
[14:17:19] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (4 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each ...).
[14:17:34] [CHAT] iwearshoes: S18 when rhystic was legal this deck could 4-1 on the reg, without it, its a bit rough
[14:17:38] screwball casts [Gitaxian Probe] targeting iwearshoes.
[14:17:38] screwball draws a card with [Gitaxian Probe].
[14:17:44] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:17:48] screwball plays [Izzet Boilerworks].
[14:17:49] screwball puts triggered ability from [Izzet Boilerworks] onto the stack (When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.).
[14:17:54] screwball returns [Island] to its owner's hand with [Izzet Boilerworks]'s ability.
[14:18:07] screwball casts [Invoke Calamity].
[14:18:15] screwball casts [Mind's Desire] from the graveyard.
[14:18:15] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (8 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each ...).
[14:18:44] screwball casts [Thought Scour] targeting screwball.
[14:18:44] screwball mills [Mountain] and [Island].
[14:18:45] screwball draws a card with [Thought Scour].
[14:18:48] [CHAT] iwearshoes: but i played Wits whenever it was legal in standard for 15 years, just because its fun af to play
[14:18:50] screwball casts [Mind's Desire].
[14:18:51] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (10 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each...).
[14:19:00] [CHAT] screwball: so its kind of your favorite?
[14:19:14] [CHAT] iwearshoes: i just like trying to force bad decks to work
[14:19:29] [CHAT] screwball: I ve heard that before
[14:19:30] [CHAT] iwearshoes: I really only play vintage and PD now
[14:19:39] screwball casts [Frantic Search].
[14:19:40] screwball draws two cards with [Frantic Search].
[14:19:44] screwball discards [Island].
[14:19:44] screwball discards [Island].
[14:19:49] [CHAT] iwearshoes: and in vintage i play landstill which is another do-nothing deck
[14:20:03] [CHAT] screwball: thank god I remember
[14:20:05] [CHAT] screwball: god bless
[14:20:22] [CHAT] screwball: I think
[14:20:23] [CHAT] iwearshoes: and i play powered cube, i spend a f load of tickets on powered cube
[14:20:28] [CHAT] screwball: 10tix is too much to play 5 leagues
[14:20:33] [CHAT] screwball: like way way way too much
[14:20:40] [CHAT] screwball: what do you think about that?
[14:20:50] [CHAT] iwearshoes: it seems reasonable to me
[14:20:57] [CHAT] screwball: oh?
[14:21:01] [CHAT] iwearshoes: but i used to grind for PT points so its way cheapepr than that
[14:21:03] screwball casts [Seething Song].
[14:21:16] screwball casts [Desperate Ritual].
[14:21:19] screwball casts [Mind's Desire].
[14:21:20] screwball puts triggered ability from [Mind's Desire] onto the stack (14 spells cast before Mind's Desire this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each...).
[14:21:29] [CHAT] iwearshoes: driving all over the country to playin in random PTQ events
[14:21:37] iwearshoes has conceded from the game.
Winner: screwball
Game 3 Completed.
Match Winner: screwball: 2–1
[14:21:44] iwearshoes has left the game.