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Greater Gargadon for the win!
Whew! I just made one of the biggest comebacks in my life, and in the fifth match of a Time Spiral release league that put me at a perfect 5-0! That was fun.
I was at 1 life (yes, count 'em, one) and my opponent was at 15 and came back to win. Here's what lead up to that situation.
He had two Amrou Seekers (which had been pounding me all game) an Essense Sliver and a Quilled Sliver in play. I had a Two-Headed Sliver, a Deathspore Thallid, and a Saproling in play and a Greater Gargadon with three Suspend counters on it.
I had a Bonesplitter Sliver in hand and a face down Thelonite Hermit in play. I passed the turn with six mana available. He smelled a rat because he only attacked with the Amrou Seekers, leaving the Slivers back.
I flipped the Hermit, creating four 2/2 Saprolings and making my existing Saproling a 2/2. I sacrificed four of the Saprolings to kill his Amrou Seekers, all the while waiting for the Momentary Blink which would ruin my whole plan. Fortunately it didn't come and he was left with just the two slivers.
He played Candles of Leng and passed the turn.
On my turn I flashed back Strangling Soot to kill his Essence Sliver but was wary of surprises so I passed the turn without attacking. I knew he was playing red but he had several cards in his hand and no Mountains in play. I figured if he found a Mountain I was dead either way and I didn't have enough to kill him this turn so I didn't want to leave myself open to any flash creatures or other end of turn tricks like Tendrils of Corruption to kill the one blocker I would have left back. Besides, all I had were 1/1's and I didn't want to trade for his Quilled Sliver when I had plans for it at the end of his turn.
He activated the Candles and revealed a Plains. He played the Plains and passed.
At the end of his turn I sacrificed my remaining Saproling to kill off his Quilled Sliver and sacrificed a land to remove one of the two counters from the Gargadon. At the beginning of my turn the Gargadon came into play. Then I ripped Might Sliver and my Two-Headed Sliver was suddenly a 3/3. I swung for 14 leaving him at one.
On his turn he activated the Candles and revealed a Mountain, which he'd probably been waiting for for some time. He played the Mountain and conceded (thank goodness, no Grapeshot).
It required some luck but it was still the most exciting come from behind victory I've had in awhile. I should have killed his Sliver on my turn and swung with two of the three 1/1's, which would have left him dead at the end of my next turn. I gave him an extra turn. But at least I didn't panic or concede when down 15 to 1.
I was at 1 life (yes, count 'em, one) and my opponent was at 15 and came back to win. Here's what lead up to that situation.
He had two Amrou Seekers (which had been pounding me all game) an Essense Sliver and a Quilled Sliver in play. I had a Two-Headed Sliver, a Deathspore Thallid, and a Saproling in play and a Greater Gargadon with three Suspend counters on it.
I had a Bonesplitter Sliver in hand and a face down Thelonite Hermit in play. I passed the turn with six mana available. He smelled a rat because he only attacked with the Amrou Seekers, leaving the Slivers back.
I flipped the Hermit, creating four 2/2 Saprolings and making my existing Saproling a 2/2. I sacrificed four of the Saprolings to kill his Amrou Seekers, all the while waiting for the Momentary Blink which would ruin my whole plan. Fortunately it didn't come and he was left with just the two slivers.
He played Candles of Leng and passed the turn.
On my turn I flashed back Strangling Soot to kill his Essence Sliver but was wary of surprises so I passed the turn without attacking. I knew he was playing red but he had several cards in his hand and no Mountains in play. I figured if he found a Mountain I was dead either way and I didn't have enough to kill him this turn so I didn't want to leave myself open to any flash creatures or other end of turn tricks like Tendrils of Corruption to kill the one blocker I would have left back. Besides, all I had were 1/1's and I didn't want to trade for his Quilled Sliver when I had plans for it at the end of his turn.
He activated the Candles and revealed a Plains. He played the Plains and passed.
At the end of his turn I sacrificed my remaining Saproling to kill off his Quilled Sliver and sacrificed a land to remove one of the two counters from the Gargadon. At the beginning of my turn the Gargadon came into play. Then I ripped Might Sliver and my Two-Headed Sliver was suddenly a 3/3. I swung for 14 leaving him at one.
On his turn he activated the Candles and revealed a Mountain, which he'd probably been waiting for for some time. He played the Mountain and conceded (thank goodness, no Grapeshot).
It required some luck but it was still the most exciting come from behind victory I've had in awhile. I should have killed his Sliver on my turn and swung with two of the three 1/1's, which would have left him dead at the end of my next turn. I gave him an extra turn. But at least I didn't panic or concede when down 15 to 1.
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