{"id":2174,"date":"2023-06-23T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2023-06-23T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T19:02:02","slug":"a-meme-and-a-dream-cycling-at-lobstercon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/a-meme-and-a-dream-cycling-at-lobstercon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meme and a Dream: Cycling at Lobstercon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Long time no see&#8230; but today we have quality guest post by Danny de Rooij and Flint Espil. Enjoy! \/ Martin<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hiya nerds! Today, we have something special for you. I, Danny that is, have found someone crazy enough to cycle <a href=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/beating-turn-4-with-fluctuator\/\">&#8220;Le Tour the France&#8221;<\/a> with me. Meet our Expert Gamer: Flint Espil!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2196\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2196 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-700x936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-700x936.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-1149x1536.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-1532x2048.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_happy-scaled.jpg 1915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Look, ma, no playmat! Photo: Roland Chang<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Flint and I met in small online tourney, and I shared some Fluctuator insights which perfectly matched his idea for the next North American Premodern Championship at Lobstercon\u2014playing a fast, fun and competitive deck, with time between rounds to mingle with friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We would like to tell two stories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">How, and why, we changed <a href=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/beating-turn-4-with-fluctuator\/\">the perfect Fluctuator decklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">A detailed tournament report by Flint with the new list in action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Building the deck<\/h2>\n<p>We started with this version from 2021:<\/p>\n<div id=\"snapshot-468\" class=\"snap-shot-container\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-header\"><div class=\"deck-title\">Fluctuator by Danny de Rooij<\/div><div class=\"deck-actions\"><span id=\"btn-spoiler-468\"  class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleView('spoiler', 468)\"><i class=\"fas fa-th\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Spoiler view<\/span><\/span><span id=\"btn-embedded-468\" class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"toggleView('embedded', 468)\"><i class=\"fas fa-list-ul\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">List with preview card<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(468); this.classList.toggle('on');\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Show\/hide sideboard<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"snapShot(468)\"><i class=\"fas fa-camera\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download photo of deck<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"textDownload(468, 'Fluctuator by Danny de Rooij')\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-alt\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download text file of deck<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"deck-actions mobile\"><span class=\"btn btn-default on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(468); this.classList.toggle('on');\"\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-content embedded hidden\" id=\"embedded-content-468\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper-container\"><div class=\"deck-content-main\"><h4>MAIN DECK | 60 cards<\/h4><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Creatures: 28<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5634\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5634); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Disciple of Grace<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5672\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5672); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Disciple of Law<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"11588\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Cloud of Faeries<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"41134\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(41134); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Disciple of Malice<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"34196\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(34196); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Barkhide Mauler<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"42437\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Primoc Escapee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"8826\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(8826); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Wild Dogs<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5719\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Drifting Djinn<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Others: 5<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5806\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Fluctuator<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4614\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Lotus Petal<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Instants and Sorceries: 2<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2484\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4459\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4459); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Haunting Misery<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Lands: 25<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"25932\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Dromar's Cavern<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5804\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Smoldering Crater<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5803\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Slippery Karst<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5807\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Remote Isle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5808\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Polluted Mire<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5805\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Drifting Meadow<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5612\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Blasted Landscape<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-content-sideboard \" id=\"embedded-sideboard-468\"><h4>SIDEBOARD | 15 cards<\/h4><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5692\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Clear<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5819\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Expunge<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"12376\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Miscalculation<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"43623\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Gilded Light<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"15177\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(15177); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Rapid Decay<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4671\" data-deckid=\"468\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4671); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Living Death<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"card-preview\"><div class=\"card-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/card-back.jpg\" id=\"card-previewer-468\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hidden\" id=\"text-content-download-468\">Deck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n------------------------------------------------\nFluctuator by Danny de Rooij\n------------------------------------------------\nMAIN DECK (60)\n\nCreatures: 28\n4 Disciple of Grace\n4 Disciple of Law\n4 Cloud of Faeries\n4 Disciple of Malice\n4 Barkhide Mauler\n4 Primoc Escapee\n3 Wild Dogs\n1 Drifting Djinn\n\nOthers: 5\n4 Fluctuator\n1 Lotus Petal\n\nInstants and Sorceries: 2\n1 Songs of the Damned\n1 Haunting Misery\n\nLands: 25\n1 Dromar's Cavern\n4 Smoldering Crater\n4 Slippery Karst\n4 Remote Isle\n4 Polluted Mire\n4 Drifting Meadow\n4 Blasted Landscape\n\n\nSIDEBOARD (15)\n3 Clear\n3 Expunge\n3 Miscalculation\n3 Gilded Light\n2 Rapid Decay\n1 Living Death\n------------------------------------------------\nDeck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n<\/div><div class=\"deck-content spoiler\" id=\"spoiler-content-468\"><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper\"><div class=\"spoiler-main-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5634\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5634); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5634.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5672\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5672); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5672.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"41134\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(41134); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/41134.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"34196\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34196); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/34196.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5634\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5634); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5634.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5672\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5672); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5672.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"41134\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(41134); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/41134.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"34196\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34196); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/34196.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5634\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5634); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5634.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5672\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5672); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5672.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"41134\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(41134); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/41134.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"34196\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34196); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/34196.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5634\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5634); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5634.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5672\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5672); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5672.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"41134\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(41134); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/41134.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"34196\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34196); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/34196.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"8826\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(8826); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/8826.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"8826\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(8826); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/8826.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4614\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4614.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"8826\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(8826); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/8826.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4459\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4459); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4459.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"25932\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/25932.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper \" id=\"spoiler-sideboard-468\"><h4 class=\"spoiler-sideboard\">SIDEBOARD<\/h4><div class=\"spoiler-sideboard-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5692\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5692.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5692\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5692.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5692\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5692.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"15177\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(15177); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/15177.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"15177\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(15177); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/15177.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4671\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4671); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4671.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"watermark\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/logo.svg\"><p>http:\/\/premodernmagic.com<\/p><\/div><\/div><a id=\"snapshot-downloader\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" id=\"snapshot-image\"><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This deck, which I discussed thoroughly in <a href=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/beating-turn-4-with-fluctuator\/\">this article<\/a>, was a really good version of Fluctuator. In our opinion, it is still a very good list to pick up for your next tournament. However, beating blue decks was incredibly hard and frustrating. It\u2019s cool we can kill on turn 2, but actual gameplay against a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Counterspell<\/a>, or <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(10420, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(10420, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Annul<\/a> was too hard to deal with in games 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/26591.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/2148.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/10420.jpg\" width=\"200\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Problem cards for Fluctuator&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I worked on a list to win these matchups, using a storm sideboard:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"snapshot-472\" class=\"snap-shot-container\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-header\"><div class=\"deck-title\">Fluctuator with storm sideboard by Danny de Rooij<\/div><div class=\"deck-actions\"><span id=\"btn-spoiler-472\"  class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleView('spoiler', 472)\"><i class=\"fas fa-th\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Spoiler view<\/span><\/span><span id=\"btn-embedded-472\" class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"toggleView('embedded', 472)\"><i class=\"fas fa-list-ul\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">List with preview card<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(472); this.classList.toggle('on');\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Show\/hide sideboard<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"snapShot(472)\"><i class=\"fas fa-camera\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download photo of deck<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"textDownload(472, 'Fluctuator with storm sideboard by Danny de Rooij')\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-alt\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download text file of deck<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"deck-actions mobile\"><span class=\"btn btn-default on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(472); this.classList.toggle('on');\"\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-content embedded hidden\" id=\"embedded-content-472\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper-container\"><div class=\"deck-content-main\"><h4>MAIN DECK | 60 cards<\/h4><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Creatures: 26<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5815\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Sandbar Merfolk<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"11588\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Cloud of Faeries<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"35335\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Keeneye Aven<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5575\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Pendrell Drake<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5719\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Drifting Djinn<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"42437\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Primoc Escapee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"9722\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Sandbar Serpent<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Others: 4<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5806\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Fluctuator<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Instants and Sorceries: 5<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"43623\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Gilded Light<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5692\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Clear<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3287\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3287); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Drain Life<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2484\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Lands: 25<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"25932\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Dromar's Cavern<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5804\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Smoldering Crater<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5803\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Slippery Karst<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5807\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Remote Isle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5808\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Polluted Mire<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5805\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Drifting Meadow<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5612\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Blasted Landscape<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-content-sideboard \" id=\"embedded-sideboard-472\"><h4>SIDEBOARD | 15 cards<\/h4><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4614\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Lotus Petal<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2484\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"19681\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Misdirection<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"44206\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(44206); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Blood Celebrant<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"43523\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43523); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Flamewave Invoker<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"45845\" data-deckid=\"472\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(45845); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Reaping the Graves<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"card-preview\"><div class=\"card-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/card-back.jpg\" id=\"card-previewer-472\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hidden\" id=\"text-content-download-472\">Deck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n------------------------------------------------\nFluctuator with storm sideboard by Danny de Rooij\n------------------------------------------------\nMAIN DECK (60)\n\nCreatures: 26\n4 Sandbar Merfolk\n4 Cloud of Faeries\n4 Keeneye Aven\n4 Pendrell Drake\n4 Drifting Djinn\n4 Primoc Escapee\n2 Sandbar Serpent\n\nOthers: 4\n4 Fluctuator\n\nInstants and Sorceries: 5\n2 Gilded Light\n1 Clear\n1 Drain Life\n1 Songs of the Damned\n\nLands: 25\n1 Dromar's Cavern\n4 Smoldering Crater\n4 Slippery Karst\n4 Remote Isle\n4 Polluted Mire\n4 Drifting Meadow\n4 Blasted Landscape\n\n\nSIDEBOARD (15)\n2 Lotus Petal\n3 Songs of the Damned\n4 Misdirection\n1 Blood Celebrant\n1 Flamewave Invoker\n4 Reaping the Graves\n------------------------------------------------\nDeck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n<\/div><div class=\"deck-content spoiler\" id=\"spoiler-content-472\"><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper\"><div class=\"spoiler-main-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"9722\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/9722.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5692\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5692.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3287\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3287); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3287.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"9722\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/9722.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"25932\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/25932.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper \" id=\"spoiler-sideboard-472\"><h4 class=\"spoiler-sideboard\">SIDEBOARD<\/h4><div class=\"spoiler-sideboard-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4614\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4614.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4614\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4614.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"44206\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(44206); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/44206.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43523\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43523); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43523.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"45845\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/45845.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"45845\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/45845.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"45845\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/45845.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"45845\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/45845.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"watermark\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/logo.svg\"><p>http:\/\/premodernmagic.com<\/p><\/div><\/div><a id=\"snapshot-downloader\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" id=\"snapshot-image\"><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sideboard strategy against all non-blue decks is to shuffle up and try again. Against blue decks: \u20136 lands, \u20133 white cards, \u20135 blue creatures, \u20131 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> +15 sideboard cards!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My result was a top 4 in a local Dutch tournament, so if storm is your thing, give it a spin. Let\u2019s go in detail about what I\u2019ve changed to get it to a state to compete against control decks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/45845.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/44206.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/43523.jpg\" width=\"200\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Can you honestly say you knew these cards?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Storm sideboard<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was desperately searching for an alternative win-con and together with Bas de Vaan (co-writer of the first article) I found a way to win without <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Haunting Misery<\/a>. The idea behind storm was to bring all 15 cards in, remove your win-con and be less fragile to discard spells and counterspells. Creature win-cons are really good when you can <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2123, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2123, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Raise Dead<\/a> them. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Duress<\/a> or <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(34789, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34789, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Cabal Therapy<\/a> on <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> was happening too often to my liking.\u00a0 When having a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> in play, every storm copy of <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Reaping the Graves<\/a> is essentially: draw a card. Chain spells: <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> into <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Reaping the Graves<\/a> for three, to draw more and more cycling cards to finally draw a second <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> and second <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(45845, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Reaping the Graves<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then you can pick up your deck and&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">play <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> #3 and #4 for 40+ mana\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blood Celebrant<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">let the opponent read <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blood Celebrant<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make five red mana with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(44206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blood Celebrant<\/a>, cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Flamewave Invoker<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">let the opponent read <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Flamewave Invoker<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deal 20 damage with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43523, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Flamewave Invoker<\/a>&#8216;s ability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smile and wave and feel like a true expert gamer #expertgaming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sideboard cards main<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make room for the storm sideboard, I moved some of the previous sideboard cards to the main deck, by stretching the amount of creatures to the bare minimum: 26. If you go lower, chances will drop significantly on your combo turn and you might not have enough creatures for <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> to deal 20 damage to your opponent. The three sideboard cards I opted for in 2021 were 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Clear<\/a> and 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a>. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Clear<\/a> was needed for having an out to <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(34769, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34769, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Solitary Confinement<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> for <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a>. Nowadays, we opted for <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>. Nevertheless, you have three flex slots available to pick for your local metagame.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Blue creatures<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one is easy, the blue creatures are needed due to the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> in the sideboard. However, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5575, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Pendrell Drake<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(35335, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Keeneye Aven<\/a> are actually excellent cards to stop <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2109, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2109, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Hypnotic Specter<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Mishra&#8217;s Factory<\/a>, or <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12495, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12495, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Faerie Conclave<\/a>. And have you ever stopped a turn 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9851, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9851, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Lackey<\/a> with a turn 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Merfolk<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2217\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2217\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state-700x931.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state-700x931.png 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state-768x1021.png 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hypnotic_board_state.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sorry for using a playmat, I just spilled my beer on the kitchen table<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Win condition<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> is better in actual games than <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Haunting Misery<\/a>. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4459, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Haunting Misery<\/a> is 0.06 turns faster but <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> has the upside to sometimes be reasonable against <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a> or really fringe cards like <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(39606, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(39606, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">True Believer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>No Lotus Petal main<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was the most important change I made. The first list was all about the fastest way possible. In a lot of games <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a> was not needed, because you already have an untapped black source in <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dromar&#8217;s Cavern<\/a>. Having only five bricks (three remaining <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>) will make sure a mulligan to five on the draw will be a consistent turn 3 kill. Always bear in mind, if <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dromar&#8217;s Cavern<\/a> is in the bottom, and you don\u2019t have black mana available you could still fizzle on that turn. I asked Bas (thanks!) again to simulate the current decklist and what we found was this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fluctuator-turn-distribution-graph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2181\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fluctuator-turn-distribution-graph-700x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fluctuator-turn-distribution-graph-700x433.png 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fluctuator-turn-distribution-graph-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fluctuator-turn-distribution-graph.png 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original list, average combo turn: <strong>3.8220<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New list, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">verage combo turn: <strong>3.9225<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still beating turn 4! We ran 10 million simulations using the same simulator, with the new decklist math on: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Bassiuz\/fluctuator-simulator\/tree\/feature\/add-no-petal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/github.com\/Bassiuz\/fluctuator-simulator\/tree\/feature\/add-no-petal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Biggest difference is of course that turn 2 kills are impossible. But the new list has a turn 3 kill of 59.6%! This has become a glass cannon deck with Gorilla Glass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a while I still thought it was a bit too steep to get your whole sideboard for the blue and black matchups. In our data, the matchups did improve, but were still below par. Sometimes it felt that just not sideboarding would lead to a better outcome. It helped that nobody really knew what you were doing, but countering \/discarding <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> or <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> was devastating. I wanted some cards I really liked, mostly <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The quest for a better sideboard<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to ditch the whole storm sideboard altogether for a different plan. Due to the nature of the deck, you always draw sideboard cards if you land a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> turn 2. Then I tried a variety of sideboard cards with some being dead awful (looking at you <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4944, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4944, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Wasteland<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19772, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19772, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dust Bowl<\/a>) and some being kinda ok, like 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4671, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4671, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Living Death<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4437, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4437, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Null Rod<\/a>. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4437, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4437, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Null Rod<\/a> shuts down <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and the entire MUD deck without disrupting <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. Then, I decided, let\u2019s ask Hugo to chime in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Twilight\u2019s Call<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I contacted a fellow combo aficionado and friend of mine Hugo de Jong with this problem. I told him: &#8220;Hugo, I need an instant speed alternate win con for Fluctuator. That\u2019s the only reason this deck is not capable of winning consistently against UW Landstill. Go.&#8221; After some thoughts and much too deep testing of even worse sideboard cards than named above (yes I tried to get <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(42265, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42265, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stoic Champion<\/a> viable with an extra Lair land, no it\u2019s awful), Hugo mentioned <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/23058.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> was everything that I wanted. I compared it to playing Living End and Violent Outburst at the end of the opponent&#8217;s turn to do it again on your own turn, but it was even better. The matchup was not about jamming all storm spells hoping <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> is still in play anymore. It was now on hand sculpting and overloading the opponent with too many counterspells and the oops-we-win on your end step spell. The package was leaner as well. You only need one extra <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> and two <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> together with the eight counterspells. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a> is optional but normally pretty good against other blue decks. This is perfect for us, because it made room for extra sideboard cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was really excited and shared this new tech on a fun Friday Night Magic Premodern hosted by Anton Glans and met Flint in round 1. After discussing Flint\u2019s goals of relaxing more this year (i.e., imbibing) and playing an off-the-wall deck I shared the list. He loved it. Flint and I had a lot of ongoing discussions about this deck but I wanted him to have the decency to embrace a real Fluctuator playing experience, with these rules:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sleeves_meme.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2222 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sleeves_meme-300x252.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sleeves_meme-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sleeves_meme.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must play sleeveless<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must put a rubber band around your deck like in 5th grade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your deckbox is your pants<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flint honorably agreed and did even better:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2200\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2200 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stuff-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Taken pre-flight to Boston. The playmat stayed at home.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The metagame shifted to much more <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>s and fewer pesky enchantments like <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(34769, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(34769, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Solitary Confinement<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19656, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19656, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Ivory Mask<\/a>. While chatting with Flint we opted to play more <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a> maindeck for\u00a0 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>, but also when you have to play an honest game of trying to deal damage with 1\/1 flyers and 5\/5 Djinn\u2019s. One <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> also stayed in the maindeck for those annoying decks (Parfait, anyone?) that run <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> in their 60. In the sideboard, the package against blue decks is still 12 cards, but all cards are actually playable instead of storm spells.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So without further ado, the final list for Lobstercon:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"snapshot-473\" class=\"snap-shot-container\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-header\"><div class=\"deck-title\">Fluctuator Lobstercon 2023<\/div><div class=\"deck-actions\"><span id=\"btn-spoiler-473\"  class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleView('spoiler', 473)\"><i class=\"fas fa-th\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Spoiler view<\/span><\/span><span id=\"btn-embedded-473\" class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"toggleView('embedded', 473)\"><i class=\"fas fa-list-ul\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">List with preview card<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(473); this.classList.toggle('on');\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Show\/hide sideboard<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"snapShot(473)\"><i class=\"fas fa-camera\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download photo of deck<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"textDownload(473, 'Fluctuator Lobstercon 2023')\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-alt\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download text file of deck<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"deck-actions mobile\"><span class=\"btn btn-default on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(473); this.classList.toggle('on');\"\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-content embedded hidden\" id=\"embedded-content-473\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper-container\"><div class=\"deck-content-main\"><h4>MAIN DECK | 60 cards<\/h4><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Creatures: 26<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5815\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Sandbar Merfolk<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"11588\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Cloud of Faeries<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"35335\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Keeneye Aven<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5575\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Pendrell Drake<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5719\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Drifting Djinn<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"42437\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Primoc Escapee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"9722\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Sandbar Serpent<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Others: 4<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5806\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Fluctuator<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Instants and Sorceries: 5<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5819\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Expunge<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"43623\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Gilded Light<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2484\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3287\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3287); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Drain Life<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Lands: 25<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"25932\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Dromar's Cavern<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5804\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Smoldering Crater<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5803\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Slippery Karst<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5807\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Remote Isle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5808\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Polluted Mire<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5805\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Drifting Meadow<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5612\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Blasted Landscape<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-content-sideboard \" id=\"embedded-sideboard-473\"><h4>SIDEBOARD | 15 cards<\/h4><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"12376\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Miscalculation<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5692\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Clear<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"43623\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Gilded Light<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"19681\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Misdirection<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4614\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Lotus Petal<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"5819\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Expunge<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2484\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"23058\" data-deckid=\"473\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Twilight's Call<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"card-preview\"><div class=\"card-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/card-back.jpg\" id=\"card-previewer-473\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hidden\" id=\"text-content-download-473\">Deck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n------------------------------------------------\nFluctuator Lobstercon 2023\n------------------------------------------------\nMAIN DECK (60)\n\nCreatures: 26\n4 Sandbar Merfolk\n4 Cloud of Faeries\n4 Keeneye Aven\n4 Pendrell Drake\n4 Drifting Djinn\n4 Primoc Escapee\n2 Sandbar Serpent\n\nOthers: 4\n4 Fluctuator\n\nInstants and Sorceries: 5\n2 Expunge\n1 Gilded Light\n1 Songs of the Damned\n1 Drain Life\n\nLands: 25\n1 Dromar's Cavern\n4 Smoldering Crater\n4 Slippery Karst\n4 Remote Isle\n4 Polluted Mire\n4 Drifting Meadow\n4 Blasted Landscape\n\n\nSIDEBOARD (15)\n4 Miscalculation\n1 Clear\n1 Gilded Light\n4 Misdirection\n1 Lotus Petal\n1 Expunge\n1 Songs of the Damned\n2 Twilight's Call\n------------------------------------------------\nDeck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n<\/div><div class=\"deck-content spoiler\" id=\"spoiler-content-473\"><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper\"><div class=\"spoiler-main-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5815\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5815.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5806\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5806.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"35335\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/35335.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5575\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5575.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5719\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5719.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"9722\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/9722.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"42437\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(42437); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/42437.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"9722\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/9722.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3287\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3287); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3287.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"25932\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/25932.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5804\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5804.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5803\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5803); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5803.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5807\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5807); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5807.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5808\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5808.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5805\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5805); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5805.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5612\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5612.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper \" id=\"spoiler-sideboard-473\"><h4 class=\"spoiler-sideboard\">SIDEBOARD<\/h4><div class=\"spoiler-sideboard-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12376\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12376.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5692\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5692.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"43623\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/43623.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"19681\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/19681.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4614\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4614.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"5819\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/5819.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2484\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2484.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"23058\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/23058.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"23058\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/23058.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"watermark\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/logo.svg\"><p>http:\/\/premodernmagic.com<\/p><\/div><\/div><a id=\"snapshot-downloader\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" id=\"snapshot-image\"><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now over to you Flint\u2014tell us about the strategies and the tournament!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Matchup strategies and sideboarding plans<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks Danny!\u00a0 After deciding the <\/span><i>what,<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it was time to discuss the <\/span><i>how<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Danny and I spent a fair bit of time messaging back and forth on how the deck plays, the math behind comboing, and the general game plan for common matchups. I then spent a total of four pre-sideboarded games playtesting with Michael Arnold\u2014two against Landstill and two against Mono U Dreadnought. The plan worked flawlessly against Landstill. Dreadnought was, well, unwinnable. After doing some final fine tuning (see above) against <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>s I felt the deck was ready to roll and typed up the following matchup plan for the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>UW Landstill \/ control<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Merfolk<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9722, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Serpent<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Smoldering Crater<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: turn 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> or turn 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> is fine. Play out creatures and shape the game to where you win with double <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>. In game 3, bring <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> back in if they play <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Dreadnought (mono U and UW)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Smoldering Crater<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5719, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drifting Djinn<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Slam turn 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> if possible and pray. Corner case scenarios should let you misdirect a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3656, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3656, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Vision Charm<\/a> at our <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> or a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46558, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46558, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stifle<\/a> at a cycle trigger but this match is likely unwinnable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Goblins with Tormod\u2019s Crypt<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Smoldering Crater<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Slam <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and race. <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> + <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> give additional outs to <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Non-Oath\/U Parfait<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Merfolk<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9722, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9722, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Serpent<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Smoldering Crater<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5719, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5719, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drifting Djinn<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a>, 4 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Play out creatures to buy time while sculpting your hand. In game 3, bring <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> back in if they run <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Oath Parfait (without counterspells)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5804, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Smoldering Crater<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5815, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Sandbar Merfolk<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a>, 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Sculpt your hand to be able to play <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> then cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, then win with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> OR cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, pass, then <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> on their turn and end step cycle then cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Survival Elves<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a> (or 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a> if they have <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> in game 2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Clear<\/a> (1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a> if they have <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> in game 2)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5692, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Clear<\/a> <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(6150, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(6150, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Survival of the Fittest<\/a> if they have it and you can\u2019t combo yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Rock\/Discard\/Zombies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stare deeply at your sideboard cards, envision a bright future that can fluctuate, and\u2026 no changes, shuffle up, let\u2019s go!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Mulligan all hands with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a>. Keep all others. Play out creatures to buy time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sligh<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Watch out for <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>HermitNought\/FEB<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43623, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Gilded Light<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In: 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy: Slam turn 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and combo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with that it was off to Boston!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2194\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-700x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-700x724.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-1485x1536.jpg 1485w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/deck-1980x2048.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tournament report\u2014a meme and a dream<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preamble: After procuring some delicious cold brew from a nearby shop and going for a walk with Mike Heup, we headed to the venue and checked in. Several people asked what deck I was playing but I refused to give any info. In fact the only people who knew were Danny, Michael Arnold, and Mike Flores\u2014which meant the entire NY crew likely also knew. As many of you may know, Flores lost a bet and had to play whatever deck I recommended. Flores wanted to play whatever I was on and so I informed him of Fluctuator a few months beforehand. I knew that ultimately he wouldn\u2019t go for it. What Flores didn&#8217;t know, however, was the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> gimmick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He approved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the rounds went by more people began asking. Some even tried racing to my table before my games wrapped (looking at you, James Smits!). By the middle of the swiss the cat was mostly out of the bag, but I still managed to surprise some folks in the later rounds. Here is the breakdown of each round as best as I can remember. Keep in mind also that I brought no pen, no paper, no dice, and my opponents kept track of my life total in every round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 1: Eddie Hock on Mono U Tide<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hadn\u2019t had a beer yet and due to my coffee the games flew by. I checked with Eddie and he seems to remember me comboing game 1 and then casting a lot of pesky fliers game 2. I closed out my second game win with an end of turn <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> when Eddie tapped out for a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(22998, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(22998, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fact or Fiction<\/a> and I signed my first <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2199 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stabilizer-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>One of several \u201ctrophies\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Round 2: Colin Smith on Sligh<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the matchup I was hoping for all day. The games are pretty straightforward against Sligh. In game 1 I combo off on turn three. In game 2 I mulligan to four cards and don\u2019t quite have enough cyclers to get there in time. In game 3 I start comboing on turn 4 (my life total is high and I want the extra card before cycling). Colin responds to my cycling with an overload and I cycle in response. I have enough cards to get there. Side note: Colin destroys me in the 93\/94 tournament the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 3: Matt Deitz on the Rock<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 1 he opens with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Duress<\/a> and takes my <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> (boooooo). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I cycle a few cards and find a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. He casts <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Pernicious Deed<\/a> and passes back. On turn 4 he passes with mana open to pop <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Pernicious Deed<\/a> for two. I cast a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and start cycling. He indeed sacrifices the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25953, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Pernicious Deed<\/a> and I keep going, eventually getting everything I need to win. In game 2 he keeps a hand with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46510, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46510, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Withered Wretch<\/a> and no hand disruption. I keep a hand with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and two lands\u2014one a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blasted Landscape<\/a>. I cast a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> turn 2 and pass. If memory serves he tries to destroy it and I cycle enough cards to find another <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. I play it turn 3, he can\u2019t answer it,\u00a0 and I combo out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 4: Colton Abrams on Blue (Non-Oath) Parfait<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We head up to the stage for the feature match and Colton and I shuffle up. The details here are a bit hazy but the recording will eventually be streamed by Andrew Walker on Twitch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/os_kirdape\">OS_KirdApe<\/a>) and available on YouTube (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqsFh33aizG7ITVay0TsPIg\">Mise Well Watch<\/a>). In game 1 he realizes what I\u2019m on and I cannot win. In game 2 he mistakenly thinks he has me and I <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> a counter to get a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> into play, sculpt my hand, and end-of-turn cast a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> with countermagic backup for the win. In game 3 we go to time but I have a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> in play and just need two more turns to draw enough cyclers to not fizzle. I have the counterspells but not the time. The match ends in a 1-1-1 draw but I still sign a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> for Colton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 5: Pat Sweet on RG Goblins<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 1 I win on turn 3 and having never seen the deck before, Pat is both amused and surprised. In game 2 he has a slower start but <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Warchief<\/a> into a hasted <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3451, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3451, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Tinkerer<\/a> destroys my <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> backup. I cycle into another and play <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5808, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5808, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Polluted Mire<\/a> so I will have access to two black mana next turn for the double <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> in response to a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> activation. With a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Warchief<\/a> and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(40193, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(40193, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Piledriver<\/a> in play my life is still high enough to pass the turn and survive. Pat has no cards in hand and four mana available. I just have to dodge a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(43552, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(43552, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Siege-Gang Commander<\/a>. Pat untapped, draws his card, and casts\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/43552.jpg\" width=\"200\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siege-Gang Commander!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 3 I mulligan to six, then five, then four and keep a hand with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blasted Landscape<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4614, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lotus Petal<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, and I believe one cycling card. As I\u2019m shuffling to four Pat seems nervous and I tell him the game is probably already over. I did win a few mulls to four this tournament but against Goblins that\u2019s a tall order. Pat leads with a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(9851, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(9851, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Goblin Lackey<\/a>. I play a turn 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and brick two turns in a row drawing more <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>s instead of <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25932, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dromar&#8217;s Cavern<\/a> into <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a>. I acquire my first loss of the day and grab another oat soda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 6: Raphael Caron on Parfait<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of folks know Raph from the community and I was excited to meet him. Not only was he very polite, but hilarious. Raph noted that the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> gimmick is actually quite similar to the old Johnny Cage Friendship finisher where he autographs a photo. Not intended but perhaps I was inspired? In game 1 I drop a turn 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, wait a few turns to play around <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26852, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26852, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Orim&#8217;s Chant<\/a> or <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4563, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4563, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Abeyance<\/a> (Raph suspiciously keeping white mana open and not making any plays) but eventually go for it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 2 he <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5557, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Duress<\/a>es away my <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> on turn 2. I mistakenly run out a creature to apply pressure and am immediately punished by an <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(6151, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(6151, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Oath of Druids<\/a>. He oaths into <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12364, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12364, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Radiant&#8217;s Dragoons<\/a> and the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a> plan is looking grim. He eventually plays <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and we go to game 3. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 3 he <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2206, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Crumble<\/a>s an early <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and I cycle into another. He plays <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and lets me cycle into my second <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>. I continue cycling and when he activates <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> in response to Songs #1 I cast the second one to close out the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 7: Michael Periera on Angel McAngelface (WUR)<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we get started at the table Mitja, a very nice Old school player and card dealer from Germany, looks over at me and scoffs at what I\u2019m playing. I try to tell him it\u2019s a fun deck and he shakes his head in disapproval! Game 1: We go back and forth as Michael counters an early <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. Eventually I get another into play and combo off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 2 I keep a sketchy hand and Michael lands a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a> naming <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. During my end step he casts <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(27166, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(27166, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fire \/\/ Ice<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> targeting me and I <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> it to his <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a>. He untaps and casts a second Mage naming <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. The next turn a sexy <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dwarven Miner<\/a> joins the battlefield and proceeds to destroy all of my lands. It makes me very happy in an odd, nostalgic way. I scoop up my cards and we proceed to game 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3440.jpg\" width=\"200\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Remember me?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 3 I land an early <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> thanks to <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> backup. We then enter a staring contest for the next several turns as Michael runs out a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a> naming a card no longer in my deck\u2014<a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2099, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Drain Life<\/a>. He then runs out <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> so I have to carefully draw for a few turns and cycle sparingly to sculpt my hand before the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(26591, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Meddling Mage<\/a> slowly but surely kills me. Several turns pass and I have everything I need but am waiting for the right moment. The ladykiller himself (yes, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dwarven Miner<\/a>) comes into play and is itching to get to work. I eventually have a hand with 2 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>, 3 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a>, 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a> and 1 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a>. I move to discard and mentally cross my fingers that <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3440, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dwarven Miner<\/a> is an overeager beaver who wants to get busy working. Michael hesitates for a moment and then decides to tap his mana to destroy one of my lands. In response I cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a>. He activates <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a>. I cast Songs #2. He tries <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Counterspell<\/a> and I Misdirect it to the #1 Songs. The second <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> resolves and after a resolved <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> (and several <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(11588, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Cloud of Faeries<\/a> activations) I <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a> the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(27650, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(27650, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Lightning Angel<\/a> he brings back into play. He untaps and extends his hand. Mitja can\u2019t believe what\u2019s just happened and tells me he would like to buy my deck. Not the cards but the actual deck. I think I made a believer out of him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Round 8: Nick Mayo on Elves<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going into round 8 it became clear that I might actually be able to meme AND live the dream. At this point I had dodged <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3263, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3263, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Phyrexian Dreadnought<\/a> decks all day and had to hope for a good matchup. Likewise, Nick had to dodge <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, which he knew I was playing given we\u2019d sat next to each other in the previous rounds. Sorry, Nick!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 1 Nick is on the play and manages to slow me down with a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(21399, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21399, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tangle Wire<\/a>. Unfortunately, the best he can do is cast a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12458, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12458, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Deranged Hermit<\/a> on turn 5 and pass back. I combo off and we go to the next game. Game 2 is pretty academic. Nick doesn\u2019t have a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(21399, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21399, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tangle Wire<\/a> and I win on turn 3. I shake his hand, sign a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> for him, and buy him a beer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Quarterfinals: Jay McCowan on Landstill<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well it happened. I\u2019m in the top 8 with the silliest competitive deck in the format. Jens and I laugh about it over another beer while we wait for the pairings. When he sees I\u2019m up against Landstill Jens asks if I can win. As we walk to the table I tell him \u201cwell I\u2019m going to cast all of my creatures game 1 and then hope to beat him with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> in game 2 or 3.\u201d In game 1 I do exactly as I say. I play out one or two creatures at a time and at some point Jay realizes he just can\u2019t let <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5575, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5575, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Pendrell Drake<\/a>s and <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(35335, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(35335, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Keeneye Aven<\/a>s go unanswered. He begins using his <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2367, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2367, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Swords to Plowshares<\/a>, <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2373, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2373, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Wrath of God<\/a>s, and counter magic to stem the bleeding. Fortunately for me, he doesn\u2019t realize that one of his two <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19772, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19772, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Dust Bowl<\/a>s could be used to destroy my only blue source in play. The game gets down to the final turns and he activates a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12495, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12495, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Faerie Conclave<\/a> to block a flier and live another turn. I <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5819, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Expunge<\/a> and he\u2019s all out of counter magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game 2: I have a slow start after a few mulligans and my early <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> meets an <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(10420, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(10420, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Annul<\/a>. I stare at the <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> in my hand as I place our beloved artifact in the graveyard. I\u2019m stuck on lands and can\u2019t pursue the game 1 play of running out creatures. Smelling blood in the water, Jay gets aggro with a pair of <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Mishra&#8217;s Factory<\/a> and we head to game 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game 3: What a game. I\u2019m able to get <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> into play with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> backup and proceed to cycle but brick. The crowd gasps! Mathematically I\u2019m expecting to brick but just need to begin sculpting my hand. I know there\u2019s no way I can combo off given how many non-cyclers are in our deck.\u00a0 Jay plays a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and is holding a lot of countermagic so I slow my roll. Since I have a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, I keep my lands in hand and begin sculpting the double <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a> and countermagic hand. On Jay\u2019s end step I go for it: <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2484, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Songs of the Damned<\/a> \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2148, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Counterspell<\/a> \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19681, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Misdirection<\/a> \u2192 Smile \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(23058, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Twilight&#8217;s Call<\/a>! All of my creatures come into play and swing in for lethal on my turn. Handshake \u2192 <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> \u2192 Beers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2197\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2197 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flint_pondering.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fluctuator in play. Now to sculpt the hand for the Call.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2193\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2193\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/board_state-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gameplan actualized<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Semifinals: World champ Brian Selden on UW Landstill<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve only played Brian one other time in Premodern. Both Ron Taylor and I played his exact 75, gold-bordered, World Championship Survival Deck against him in one of the online monthly tournaments. What made it even better was Brian played ALSO played his list\u2014except he cheated and added a 61st card. Apparently <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(19716, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(19716, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Squee, Goblin Nabob<\/a> is very good with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(6150, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(6150, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Survival of the Fittest<\/a>. I was excited to play Brian and feeling pretty good about my Landstill matchup. I grabbed another beer and headed to the stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The match was recorded and will be available on Andrew\u2019s Twitch\/Youtube. In game 1 Brian makes the mistake of thinking I can\u2019t cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> until turn 3. On my turn 2 I drop a <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5612, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Blasted Landscape<\/a> and cast <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>. He <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2337, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2337, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Disenchant<\/a>s during his turn and I cycle in response. I untap, play another <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a>, and combo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 2 I mulligan and eventually keep a hand with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and counterspell backup. I play a land and never find another. Brian drops <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and *gasp* <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Black Vise<\/a>!?! An odd choice for Landstill and when he plays a second <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Black Vise<\/a> and starts attacking with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2387, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Mishra&#8217;s Factory<\/a>s he has all the pressure he needs. Pressure and counterspells good against combo? Who knew?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In game 3 I keep a hand that enables <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(5806, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Fluctuator<\/a> and am able to resolve it with <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12376, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Miscalculation<\/a> backup. Unfortunately, Brian has another <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2793, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> and not one, but TWO <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2022, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Black Vise<\/a>s on the battlefield in the first two turns. I have a bit more breathing room but again, due to mulligans, I do not have enough cycling gas in hand to find my second black mana source in time for the double Songs\/Call kill. I see the writing on the wall and extend my hand. The dream is done and I couldn\u2019t have asked for a better run. Before we leave the table I pull a final <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(46466, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Stabilizer<\/a> and ask Brian to sign it for me. We grab a beer and I wish him luck in the finals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2195\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2195\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/drinks-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Selden bought me the drink this time<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a gripping final Selden managed to take down the tournament and we headed to the bar to celebrate. The feel in the room this year was once again magical. Others have already done it justice so I\u2019ll resist the temptation to wax poetic. One final thank you to Jared Doucette and Dave Firth Bard for organizing an excellent event with no cash prize and donating so much to charity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2198\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2198\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/more_drinks-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Table for five<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Closing<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phew, that was a lot right? Thanks for still being with us. Fluctuator-2023 version is capable of being a main player in today\u2019s metagame. Hope you liked our little adventure and luckily we handed out some killer signed stabilizers to help you defeat the mirror \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for reading,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny and Flint<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time no see&#8230; but today we have quality guest post by Danny de Rooij and Flint Espil. Enjoy! \/ Martin Hiya nerds! 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