Mirrodin War League - Event 5 Results

2HG (modified) - Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

From 3:00pm to 6:00pm

First of all, I'd like to apologize for the late result post.  As many of you may already know, I participated in the TCGPlayer World Wizard Series in Toronto on March 19th.  I piloted my Koth Red to 11th place, with a record of 6-1-1.  I took the week off of War League activities to rest and review the event.

Anyways, back to results.  On Wednesday, 4 people showed up for an event.  To avoid a 3-Mirran, 1-Phyrexian round robin tournament, we decided on a best-of-five Two Headed Giant (2 vs 2) Match.  For the Mirrans, Tai and Andrew both brought their Red/Black decks to compete.  For the Phyrexians, Nolan filled in as backup, playing Mono-Black Infect, while Joe played Black/Green Infect with Glissa!

Game 1 and 2 went to the Phyrexians, with one player on either side each game getting mana screwed.  It was decided at that point that it would a best-of-five match to give the Mirrans a chance, as their teamwork sorely needed improvement.  In Game 3, the Mirrans' opening turns were explosive, consisting of an explosive Liquimetal Coating + Shatter combo (and a lot of giggling).  Multiple shatters saw the destruction of at least 3 lands on the Phyrexian side.  Well, at least it worked.  Game 3 went to the Mirrans.  However, in Game 4, the Phyrexians got serious and finished up the match.

 

This was the first time we had the Two Headed Giant format in the War League.  This also occurred before the rules change regarding 2HG and poison counters.  For future reference, life total is shared and fatal poison counter count is 15. 

Tai and Andrew:  1  vs Nolan and Joe:  3

Phyrexia Wins!

Mirrodin War League - Event 4 Results

Draft - Friday, March 11th, 2011

From 2:00pm to 6:00pm.

The first War League draft event happened upon a rainy Friday afternoon.  The pack order was Besieged, Scars, Scars.  6 people participated, with an even split of 3 Mirrans and 3 Phyrexians.  Congratulations to Nolan for winning the event 3 - 0 with Grixis.  A tie for 2nd place means the prize split was 5-2-2.  Thanks to everyone for coming out!

Mirrodin War League - Event 3 Results

The Gauntlet - Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

From 3:30pm to 8:30pm.

A short skirmish in the afternoon, ending in defeat, was followed by a rigorous evening of training in the Mirran camp.  In the first event, (Event 3.1), there were 4 Mirran players and 2 Phyrexian players.  Congratulations to ME for running Mono-Black Infect to a 3-0 record for First Place, while my Phyrexian brother Joe ran Mono-Green infect (unfortunately with terrible draws) to a 1-2 record.  Andrew beat Josh on tiebreakers for Second Place.  I proceeded to give myself 3 packs of Mirrodin Besieged... no, I won't be opening them.

In the second event (Event 3.2) of the night, the Mirrans honed their skills and faced off against one another.  Each player received a free contribution point (did not count towards the max) due to the lack of Phyrexians.  4 Mirran players played 3 rounds of round robin, with Andrew coming out on top.  Congratulations to Andrew for winning Event 3.2.  He received 3 packs of Scars of Mirrodin.

There was a maximum of 14 Contribution Points to be earned for the night: 10 (max) for game/faction wins, 3 for achievements and 1 bonus for participants of the Mirran Training Camp.