Xenowan
@xenowan
mtgo grinder | Jegantha gamer | Podcaster @lejourdeux | sponsored by Majestik Games
Pretty cool what's the play in my win-and-in game. How do you win this turn ? It's turn 4 and opponent has interacted 3 times, but there is a winning line here :)
I won another challenge today with one of the best constructed deck I've played in recent memories🏆 Thanks to Musasabi for the decklist ! This deck can consistently win on turn 4 and is also really hard to disrupt, it has Nadu vibes. Squirrel cosplay incoming 🐿️? @fireshoes.bsky.social
I won today's challenge with an eldrazi pile built by YungDingo 🏆 The concept looked pretty interesting, but I wouldn't recommend this deck in its current form ! More thoughts below ⬇️ @fireshoes.bsky.social
The bootcamp with team undying baguette was fantastic ! The testing house was in beautiful location, near Amsterdam. Super thankful of being part of such a great team 🥖
5-2-1 at the end of day 1 at PT MSH ! 1-1-1 in limited with a strong Selesnya deck 4-1 in constructed with Chalice Tron I'm excited to draft again and try to do better in day 2 🙏 @fireshoes.bsky.social
Day 2 at the PT testing house with a very solid jeskai pool 🇫🇷 ! MVP : Kree Sentinel 🤖
🏆with an updated build of 8 frog! I beat energy three times, Goryo and Chant. The few changes mattered, the list felt a bit smoother. The maindeck is pretty solid, I'd switch the fourth Subtlety for a second Teferi going forward. 3rd Subtlety could also be something else. The SB still needs work!
Top 4 in a challenge with Cascade Frogs 🐸 The idea comes from @yellowhat.bsky.social and Edgar, who mentioned the synergy between Frog and Practiced Offense in their podcast! The list was built in about 30 minutes, so there are some blatant mistakes 😅 Updated build below 👀 @fireshoes.bsky.social
Bronze to mythic run is over, I hadn't done that in a few years! I'd like to play more arena events and my short term goal is still to improve at limited, so it felt like a reasonable use of my time :) SOS was a pretty fun set all things considered. Here are my favorite decks from the ladder run:
Died in semis of today's challenge (8-1) with a list of Gruul Broodscale I netdecked 🦎 The proactive combo plan is strong and you have the option to turn into a grindy midrange deck if needed. There is also a lot of nuance in sideboarding with plenty of room for adaptation! @fireshoes.bsky.social
Challenge top 8 with Boros Ponza inspired by @kellenpastore.bsky.social + trophy in the warm-up league for a 12-1 record🏆 The deck is genuinely good despite my initial doubts! It has a very unique matchup spread and is favored against many of the best decks in my opinion. @fireshoes.bsky.social
Top 16 in the legacy showcase with Stock Tron 🫡 0-1 => 7-1 => 7-2 😿 Both losses were to the mirror match, other games were not particularly close. Tron looks like the clear best deck to me, it's both really powerful and resilient to interaction! @fireshoes.bsky.social
I just won a big modern challenge with Flareless Belcher! The deck has been great for me in the post-ban metagame. I was mostly worried about Boros Ponza, which has been on the rise lately. So I added a second basics in my sideboard, it was enough to beat the deck twice ! @fireshoes.bsky.social
Pretty smooth 7-1 run in the modern challenge, with a build from my friend Nick Cosgrove! I haven't played the deck in a while, the vibes of that flareless list were great ! 2-0: energy 2-1: affinity 2-0: zoo 2-0: jeskai 2-1: affinity 2-1: goryo 2-1: titan 1-2: affinity @fireshoes.bsky.social
8-8 at the end of day 2, slightly below my expectations ! I made an egregious punt in round one of day 2, which affected me more than it should have. I went 0-3 with a decent looking simic deck 🐒 7-3 constructed with Nursery Landfall 1-5 limited I know what to work on at least 🫡🔥
I'm really excited to compete in PT Strixhaven tomorrow ! Testing with Team Undying Baguette went really well 🥖 I hope all this preparation pays off 🫡
Lost the finals of a modo LCQ with Oops 😭 4th lost finals today for my team, grinding LCQ is hard (but also very fun). List from @comrade1312mtg.bsky.social , I'd recommend it !
Split the modern challenge on stream today with my trusty Neobubu 🏆🤝 Congrats to Jumba 🫡 I haven't streamed in a long time, it was fun to yap and share some gameplay! @fireshoes.bsky.social
Long day at the office today: 2-2 drop limited qualifier 💀 9th legacy challenge with the Epic Storm 🌩️ 9th in the vintage challenge with Doomsday Lurrus 🐱 2nd in the modern challenge with Neoform 🦖 26 rounds of magic today, most of them double queueing. I'm tired but satisfied 🫡
I played 3 modern challenges this week and I made it to the finals all three times (win, split, split !) 🦖🏆 I've been thinking a lot about neobrand, so I decided to write a guide before the RCQ season starts. It should be out in a few weeks, I have a lot to say 🤓 @fireshoes.bsky.social
I won today's challenge with Neobrand, 3rd top in a row🦖 This deck reminds me a lot of pioneer Amalia. You are doing the most powerful thing in the format, so your opponent is always forced to respect your combo. It gives you a lot of room to craft a gameplan and apply it 🫡 @fireshoes.bsky.social
This is the SB plan I've used to 3-0 the constructed portion of the mocs! I built this decklist for a field made of jeskai/esper blink, prowess and boros energy I received a lot of questions about the ice-fang package, this should give you a good idea of when to bring it 🐍 @fireshoes.bsky.social
I won Sunday afternoon's challenge with Boros Energy (Piegonti build)🏆 I picked the deck for the first time today after seeing my teammates LucasGiggs and NJ5030 respectively take down a super qualifier and a challenge I'm running hot this week, 23-3 accross 3 challenges🥵 @fireshoes.bsky.social
I finally got to play my first Standard games, with a fairly stock build of Simic Cub. I lost in top 4 to the mirror 🫡 I faced a lot of jeskai control, it's unclear if the matchup is actually bad. They have a lot of good answers, but their deck seem to have many issues @fireshoes.bsky.social
Back to the mtgo streets with a decklist very similar to the one I ran in the mocs! 7-1 finish in a challenge, I died in the semis to energy, which proved to be a close matchup This configuration is pretty good but it might need some changes for the broader metagame :) @fireshoes.bsky.social
Some of the sol lands are incredibly bad, but you need them for consistency 👨🍳 moxfield.com/decks/4hKiAf...
Duel commander trophy with this silly Creative Technique list I've built 🧑🎨🏆 The concept is to cast a 6 mana cascade spell on turn 4 by using at least 2 of your 27 sol lands. After cascading into technique/trickery, you'll try to cast most of your deck, just like in legacy! @fireshoes.bsky.social
It's especially good against jeskai midrange. Ice-fang blocks Ragavan and lets you play a "flash game" with the help of dispute + consign. You sideboard into a bad version of simic ritual, which means that you blank some of their sideboard cards (like high noon).