Penny Dreadful: "PD LEAGUE"
Game 807431346
[Time] 1658619979
[02:46:20] PDBot has started watching.
[League] Greenpost by erikadrien (187953) vs Obsidian Discard by alkxx (188123)
[02:46:22] [CHAT] PDBot: [sD] Good luck in your League match!
[02:46:25] ErikAdrien chooses to play first.
[02:46:27] [CHAT] Alkxx: hi!
[02:46:28] ErikAdrien begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[02:46:43] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Hi
[02:46:43] [CHAT] Alkxx: Pretty new to PD, so wish me luck!
[02:46:48] Alkxx begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[02:46:48] Turn 1: ErikAdrien
[02:46:57] ErikAdrien skips their draw step.
[02:46:59] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Haha, good luck! I hope you like it :) It's a great format
[02:47:01] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[02:47:07] Turn 1: Alkxx
[02:47:11] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:47:14] Alkxx casts [Dark Ritual].
[02:47:16] Alkxx casts [Hypnotic Specter].
[02:47:22] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Been seeing a lot of new people tonight, what got you interested?
[02:47:33] Turn 2: ErikAdrien
[02:48:13] [CHAT] Alkxx: Pauper (the format i usually play) Its getting stagnant with all the swiftspear craze
[02:48:40] [CHAT] Alkxx: And, PD is the only place where i can play Ponza and Discard hahaha
[02:48:50] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:48:51] ErikAdrien casts [Sylvan Scrying].
[02:48:57] ErikAdrien reveals [Cloudpost].
[02:49:11] Turn 2: Alkxx
[02:49:16] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:49:22] Alkxx casts [Quest for the Nihil Stone].
[02:49:31] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Hypnotic Specter]
[02:49:35] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Hypnotic Specter] onto the stack (Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.).
[02:49:40] ErikAdrien discards [Cloudpost].
[02:49:40] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Quest for the Nihil Stone] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.).
[02:49:49] Alkxx casts [Gnat Miser].
[02:49:54] Turn 3: ErikAdrien
[02:50:00] ErikAdrien casts [Sylvan Scrying].
[02:50:04] ErikAdrien reveals [Cloudpost].
[02:50:05] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[02:50:13] Turn 3: Alkxx
[02:50:18] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:50:29] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Hypnotic Specter]
[02:50:35] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Hypnotic Specter] onto the stack (Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.).
[02:50:38] ErikAdrien discards [Primal Command].
[02:50:38] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Quest for the Nihil Stone] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.).
[02:50:51] Alkxx casts [Smallpox].
[02:50:51] [CHAT] PDBot: [sU]Smallpox[sU] has an advantageous bug.
You can choose to discard the non-creature side of an Adventure card during effects in which each player must discard a card
[02:51:05] Alkxx chooses a card from their hand.
[02:51:18] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Haha, yeah, PD has a lot of stuff that I love like land destruction decks and such, it's a fun place :)
[02:51:26] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[02:51:26] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[02:51:26] Alkxx discards [Swamp].
[02:51:26] ErikAdrien discards [Arch of Orazca].
[02:51:38] Alkxx sacrifices [Swamp].
[02:51:39] ErikAdrien sacrifices [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:51:39] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Quest for the Nihil Stone] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.).
[02:51:51] Turn 4: ErikAdrien
[02:51:58] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:52:06] Turn 4: Alkxx
[02:52:11] Alkxx casts [Liliana's Caress].
[02:52:22] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Hypnotic Specter]
[02:52:25] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Hypnotic Specter] onto the stack (Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.).
[02:52:27] ErikAdrien discards [Tooth and Nail].
[02:52:29] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Quest for the Nihil Stone] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.).
[02:52:29] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Liliana's Caress] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.).
[02:52:37] Turn 5: ErikAdrien
[02:52:44] ErikAdrien plays [Glimmerpost].
[02:52:44] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Glimmerpost] onto the stack (When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.).
[02:52:53] Turn 5: Alkxx
[02:53:02] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Hypnotic Specter]
[02:53:05] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Hypnotic Specter] onto the stack (Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.).
[02:53:07] ErikAdrien discards [Primal Command].
[02:53:11] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Quest for the Nihil Stone] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.).
[02:53:11] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Liliana's Caress] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.).
[02:53:20] Turn 6: ErikAdrien
[02:53:26] ErikAdrien has conceded from the game.
Winner: Alkxx
Game 1 Completed.
[02:53:30] ErikAdrien has left the game.
Game 807432046
[Time] 1658620474
[02:54:34] PDBot has started watching.
[02:54:35] ErikAdrien chooses to play first.
[02:54:38] [CHAT] Alkxx: Almost no netdecking
[02:54:42] ErikAdrien begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[02:54:47] [CHAT] Alkxx: which is super cool
[02:54:51] Alkxx begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[02:54:51] Turn 1: ErikAdrien
[02:54:57] ErikAdrien skips their draw step.
[02:55:11] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Haha, I tend to just take other peoples decks :P I might fiddle with them but I have no talent for deck building from scratch
[02:55:12] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[02:55:17] Turn 1: Alkxx
[02:55:22] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:55:31] Alkxx casts [Gnat Miser].
[02:55:50] Turn 2: ErikAdrien
[02:55:55] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:55:58] ErikAdrien casts [Sylvan Scrying].
[02:56:04] ErikAdrien reveals [Cloudpost].
[02:56:25] [CHAT] Alkxx: thats cool too! what i mean is you dont see the same 5-6 decks everytime
[02:56:32] Turn 2: Alkxx
[02:56:36] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:57:03] Alkxx casts [Shrieking Affliction].
[02:57:15] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Gnat Miser]
[02:57:23] Turn 3: ErikAdrien
[02:57:29] ErikAdrien casts [Ancient Stirrings].
[02:57:32] ErikAdrien puts [Prophetic Prism] into their hand with with [Ancient Stirrings].
[02:57:35] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[02:57:36] ErikAdrien casts [Prophetic Prism].
[02:57:40] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[02:57:42] ErikAdrien draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[02:57:47] Turn 3: Alkxx
[02:57:56] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[02:58:00] Alkxx casts [Gnat Miser].
[02:58:19] Alkxx casts [Dark Ritual].
[02:58:23] Alkxx casts [Hymn to Tourach] targeting ErikAdrien.
[02:58:23] ErikAdrien discards [Coalition Relic].
[02:58:23] ErikAdrien discards [Ancient Stirrings].
[02:58:26] Alkxx casts [Smallpox].
[02:58:26] Alkxx chooses a card from their hand.
[02:58:34] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[02:58:34] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[02:58:34] ErikAdrien discards [Terastodon].
[02:58:34] Alkxx discards [Sickening Dreams].
[02:58:35] [CHAT] PDBot: [sU]Sickening Dreams[sU] has an avoidable game breaking bug.
Cards that require an additional cost involving X can't be cast without paying its mana cost, and sometimes restart the game
[02:58:41] Alkxx sacrifices [Swamp].
[02:58:43] ErikAdrien sacrifices [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:58:53] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Gnat Miser]
[02:59:05] Turn 4: ErikAdrien
[02:59:12] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[02:59:17] Turn 4: Alkxx
[02:59:30] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Gnat Miser]
[02:59:38] Turn 5: ErikAdrien
[02:59:55] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Oh yeah, definitely, the meta is not nearly as defined as most other formats, even if things like hushnought are very present
[02:59:57] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[03:00:07] Turn 5: Alkxx
[03:00:11] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:00:20] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Gnat Miser]
[03:00:29] Turn 6: ErikAdrien
[03:00:58] [CHAT] Alkxx: thats is the phyrexian/phase out combo right?
[03:01:08] ErikAdrien casts [Bala Ged Recovery] targeting [Sylvan Scrying].
[03:01:10] ErikAdrien returns [Sylvan Scrying] to its owner's hand with [Bala Ged Recovery].
[03:01:14] ErikAdrien casts [Sylvan Scrying].
[03:01:17] ErikAdrien reveals [Cloudpost].
[03:01:19] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[03:01:25] Turn 6: Alkxx
[03:01:31] Alkxx casts [Quest for the Nihil Stone].
[03:01:38] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Yeah
[03:01:43] ErikAdrien is being attacked by [Gnat Miser]
[03:01:51] Turn 7: ErikAdrien
[03:01:59] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: In an older format it used hushbringer so I still have that name stuck in my head haha
[03:02:04] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[03:02:07] ErikAdrien casts [It That Betrays].
[03:02:21] Alkxx has conceded from the game.
Winner: ErikAdrien
Game 2 Completed.
Game 807432776
[Time] 1658620984
[03:03:05] PDBot has started watching.
[03:03:09] Alkxx chooses to play first.
[03:03:17] Alkxx begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[03:03:19] ErikAdrien begins the game with seven cards in hand.
[03:03:19] Turn 1: Alkxx
[03:03:19] Alkxx skips their draw step.
[03:03:21] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:03:24] Alkxx casts [Shrieking Affliction].
[03:03:33] Turn 1: ErikAdrien
[03:03:39] ErikAdrien plays [Bala Ged Sanctuary].
[03:03:45] Turn 2: Alkxx
[03:03:48] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:03:52] Alkxx casts [Gnat Miser].
[03:04:02] Turn 2: ErikAdrien
[03:04:08] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[03:04:13] ErikAdrien casts [Ancient Stirrings].
[03:04:33] ErikAdrien puts [Prophetic Prism] into their hand with with [Ancient Stirrings].
[03:04:41] ErikAdrien discards [Terastodon].
[03:04:41] Turn 3: Alkxx
[03:05:07] Alkxx casts [Liliana's Caress].
[03:05:21] Turn 3: ErikAdrien
[03:05:31] ErikAdrien casts [Sylvan Scrying].
[03:05:40] ErikAdrien reveals [Cloudpost].
[03:05:41] ErikAdrien plays [Cloudpost].
[03:05:47] Turn 4: Alkxx
[03:06:00] Alkxx casts [Dark Ritual].
[03:06:09] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: God, my cat keeps lying on my keyboard and putting the game in full control so I need to individually pick mana hahaha
[03:06:23] Alkxx casts [Smallpox].
[03:06:30] Alkxx chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:36] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:36] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:37] ErikAdrien discards [Glimmerpost].
[03:06:37] Alkxx discards [Brain Maggot].
[03:06:43] Alkxx sacrifices [Swamp].
[03:06:44] ErikAdrien sacrifices [Bala Ged Sanctuary].
[03:06:44] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Liliana's Caress] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.).
[03:06:52] Alkxx casts [Smallpox].
[03:06:52] Alkxx chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:56] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:56] ErikAdrien chooses a card from their hand.
[03:06:56] Alkxx discards [Swamp].
[03:06:56] ErikAdrien discards [Tooth and Nail].
[03:06:59] Alkxx sacrifices [Swamp].
[03:07:00] ErikAdrien sacrifices [Cloudpost].
[03:07:00] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Liliana's Caress] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.).
[03:07:15] [CHAT] Alkxx: hahahaha
[03:07:22] Turn 4: ErikAdrien
[03:07:29] ErikAdrien plays [Glimmerpost].
[03:07:29] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Glimmerpost] onto the stack (When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.).
[03:07:36] ErikAdrien casts [Prophetic Prism].
[03:07:38] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[03:07:41] ErikAdrien draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[03:07:47] Turn 5: Alkxx
[03:07:57] Turn 5: ErikAdrien
[03:08:02] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[03:08:05] Turn 6: Alkxx
[03:08:08] Turn 6: ErikAdrien
[03:08:12] ErikAdrien casts [Ancient Stirrings].
[03:08:17] ErikAdrien puts [Prophetic Prism] into their hand with with [Ancient Stirrings].
[03:08:20] ErikAdrien plays [Snow-Covered Forest].
[03:08:21] ErikAdrien casts [Prophetic Prism].
[03:08:22] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Prophetic Prism] onto the stack (When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.).
[03:08:26] ErikAdrien draws a card with [Prophetic Prism]'s ability.
[03:08:29] Turn 7: Alkxx
[03:08:35] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:08:37] Turn 7: ErikAdrien
[03:08:44] ErikAdrien plays [Mystifying Maze].
[03:08:48] ErikAdrien casts [Primal Command] targeting [Swamp] (Put on top of library).
[03:08:51] ErikAdrien puts [Swamp] on top of Alkxx's library with [Primal Command].
[03:09:27] ErikAdrien reveals [Sigarda, Heron's Grace].
[03:09:34] Turn 8: Alkxx
[03:09:37] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:09:47] Turn 8: ErikAdrien
[03:09:58] ErikAdrien casts [Sigarda, Heron's Grace].
[03:10:14] ErikAdrien exiles [Shrieking Affliction] with with [Force of Despair]'s ability.
[03:10:14] Alkxx casts [Force of Despair] using an alternate cost.
[03:10:23] Turn 9: Alkxx
[03:10:26] Alkxx plays [Swamp].
[03:10:39] Turn 9: ErikAdrien
[03:10:48] ErikAdrien casts [Coalition Relic].
[03:10:53] ErikAdrien activates an ability of [Coalition Relic] ( Put a charge counter on Coalition Relic.).
[03:10:56] Turn 10: Alkxx
[03:11:06] Turn 10: ErikAdrien
[03:11:11] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Coalition Relic] onto the stack (At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove all charge counters from Coalition Relic. Ad...).
[03:11:22] ErikAdrien chooses green.
[03:11:31] ErikAdrien casts [Tooth and Nail] (Put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. ).
[03:11:39] ErikAdrien activates an ability of [Coalition Relic] ( Put a charge counter on Coalition Relic.).
[03:11:42] Turn 11: Alkxx
[03:12:19] Turn 11: ErikAdrien
[03:12:33] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Coalition Relic] onto the stack (At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove all charge counters from Coalition Relic. Ad...).
[03:12:43] [CHAT] Alkxx: i think thats gg
[03:12:50] ErikAdrien chooses green.
[03:13:01] Alkxx is being attacked by [Mephidross Vampire] and [Triskelion]
[03:13:16] [CHAT] Alkxx: playing 2 smallpox back2back was a bad idea
[03:13:33] ErikAdrien casts [Tooth and Nail] (Put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. ).
[03:13:40] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Realm Razer] onto the stack (When Realm Razer enters the battlefield, exile all lands.).
[03:13:46] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: It was an interesting play
[03:13:49] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: But with no follow up
[03:13:59] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: It really didn't turn out well haha
[03:14:25] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: If it had been a turn earlier and we'd both have been without any lands in play I think it might have not actually been that bad
[03:14:32] Turn 12: Alkxx
[03:14:53] [CHAT] Alkxx: Yeah, i have to refine this deck
[03:15:16] Turn 12: ErikAdrien
[03:15:16] Alkxx puts triggered ability from [Shrieking Affliction] onto the stack (At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, they lo...).
[03:15:25] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: I think you are generally favored in the match up though
[03:15:44] [CHAT] Alkxx: The problem is that i dont have many lines of play
[03:16:20] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: It's usually after playing against a pox list that I get salty and switch to temur cascade/haups hahaha
[03:16:26] [CHAT] Alkxx: and if dont draw Gnat miser in turn 1 is a useless creature
[03:16:39] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [Coalition Relic] onto the stack (At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove all charge counters from Coalition Relic. Ad...).
[03:16:50] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Yeah, there's probably a better card for the gnat miser slot
[03:17:15] [CHAT] Alkxx: Well is my 3 game of PD
[03:17:29] [CHAT] Alkxx: i won 1 already so its no so bad
[03:17:40] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Yeah, you made the deck yourself?
[03:17:46] Alkxx is being attacked by [It That Betrays]
[03:17:46] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [It That Betrays] onto the stack (Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)).
[03:17:51] [CHAT] Alkxx: yeah, almost from scratch
[03:17:57] Alkxx sacrifices [Shrieking Affliction].
[03:17:57] Alkxx sacrifices [Liliana's Caress].
[03:17:57] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [It That Betrays] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent, put that card onto the battlefield under you...).
[03:17:58] ErikAdrien puts triggered ability from [It That Betrays] onto the stack (Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent, put that card onto the battlefield under you...).
[03:17:59] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Nice! Very cool
[03:18:51] [CHAT] Alkxx: i cant count the hours i pass in Scryfall hahahah
[03:18:57] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Are you running raven's crime? Haven't seen it from you I think and that's a card that I feel can really turn some match ups in your favor, even if just as a sideboard piece
[03:19:20] [CHAT] Alkxx: Its PD legal?
[03:19:45] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Should be, had it played against me quite a few times recently haha
[03:19:47] [CHAT] Alkxx: I didnt know it
[03:20:02] [CHAT] Alkxx: i used to play that card in pauper
[03:20:42] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Surprising how throwing retrace on a bad card makes it pretty good hahaha
[03:21:54] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: Other than that, just running the general black discard things and card draw like the 2 mana draw two and lose two life I think is how most of the decks play, not fully sure, not big on discard personally
[03:21:56] [CHAT] Alkxx: Yeah, sometimes bad cards can be good in the right deck!
[03:22:10] [CHAT] Alkxx: Sign in blood?
[03:22:18] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: That's the one!
[03:22:45] [CHAT] ErikAdrien: But yeah! Good luck with your deck building and hope you have fun with the format! GG's :)
[03:22:53] [CHAT] Alkxx: GGs!!!
[03:23:13] [CHAT] Alkxx: hope to see you again!
Winner: ErikAdrien
Game 3 Completed.
Match Winner: ErikAdrien: 2–1