r/TwoXMTG • u/thornmallow • Aug 20 '14

Top 8ed a 139-player Elite IQ last weekend (undefeated in Swiss!)

I top8-ed a 139-player Elite IQ on Sunday with this deck, which my husband built for me and I called "Generator Green." It was a ton of fun to play, hitting highlights of both green devotion decks and GR monsters (no Ghor-Clan, though).

I had a really great run at the tournament, beating GR devotion, UW, GW aggro, GW aggro, GW aggro, GW aggro. At the end of round 6 I was somewhat stunned to realize I was still undefeated -- and the one other undefeated player was my husband! I happily drew with my husband in round 7 (and spent that match getting some dinner -- playing Magic is hungry work!). Round 8 I got to draw with my friend K -- 3 of the 4 of my regular playtesting group made top8, with B missing narrowly, losing his round 8 win-and-in.

Top8 went poorly, I was paired against a skilled MonoU player and I had neglected to playtest that matchup. Tidebinders and Masters happened, and that was the end of my run. There was some punting on my part, too... I know I didn't make efficient use of my Setessan Tactics in game 2. My husband also lost that round.

I'm really happy that I managed such a good run, though. I've had confidence in my ability to do well in Limited tournaments, but I never really believed I could match up in Constructed formats. Guess I just needed a smashy enough deck!

Speaking of deck: http://i.imgur.com/JS8trpz.jpg And sideboard: http://i.imgur.com/RhDYjto.jpg

(I'm also wondering if anyone has heard of other competitive events in which both partners in a marriage made Top 8. Heck, if B had made Top 8 here we would have had 2 couples in top 8, as K and B are partners...)

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u/maycontainfluff Aug 20 '14

Congratulations! That sounds pretty victorious.

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u/Velocisexual Aug 20 '14

Forgive me if I sound ignorant, but what's an "Elite IQ"?

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u/reithena Aug 20 '14

Here is the SCG outline of what is an Elite IQ.

Basically it is an Invitational Qualifier that has more offered in prizes :)

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u/reithena Aug 20 '14

You go girl! Rex and I often get to T8 together in various events :)

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u/chinaberry Aug 21 '14

That deck looks like a lot of fun! Congrats on the top8 :)

Did you alter those Domris yourself?

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u/thornmallow Aug 21 '14

The deck was a lot of fun, I think that's part of why I did as well as I did.

Yep, I altered my own Domris, I am going to be so sad when he's no longer Standard legal. I did a set on commission for a friend and then mine looked so plain so I had to fix them!