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satanwasanta
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Sep 4, 2018
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Hi Tim! I wish I had run into this article much much earlier and wanted to thank you for your time and dedication writing up such awesome tech about a deck I love and just took to my first day 2 over the weekend at GP Richmond after five GPs. I hope it sticks post-rotation.
A lot of the lessons you learned here, like Lieutenant being very poor (looks great against specifically Earthshaker but not too much else) and no Vine Mare in the main were hard lessons for me to learn especially into day 2 as R or RB were 5 of the 6 rounds I ended up playing. I went 2-7 against those decks overall between having a poor plan against them and some disastrous misplays.
Miraculously day 1 I was 2-0 against Turbo Fog through some of the most wild games I could imagine playing. Playing around their removal even something like Settle can be a losing proposition regardless as with each passing turn your WP just keeps dropping. Against that deck I'd just say 'buy the ticket...(hope) to win the raffle'.
Thanks again, I really enjoyed your writing style and I look forward to finding your future Magic thoughts now I know where they are.
PS. Not a chance you'd remember this but you were my first opponent about five years ago in a GPT at (formerly) Comics and Gaming in Fairfax, VA. That was my first match in a competitive non-FNM type event ever. I'll never forget how you just absolutely crushed me and how in awe I was; I had an Elspeth and Brimaz and was playing without sleeves early into my time with Magic. Obviously I've learned a lot since then but I wanted to say I've admired your finishes from afar and always rooted you on and hope you continue to find success. Thanks for helping spur my competitive spirit!
-Ted
Sep 4, 2018
TimothyWu
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Sep 4, 2018
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satanwasantaHey Ted - Thank you so so much for your kind words! Glad you liked the article and have stuck with Ghalta for this long. I, on the the other hand, gave up around two weeks ago when my results with the deck significantly turned south. This was around the time when the mono red wizard deck starting gaining popularity along with Rb lists running a few Cut // Ribbons in their main deck. I think these two developments made the metagame bad for the Gb deck as I had it configured in the article. The hyper aggressive mono R decks were just too fast for Gb based on my experiences. I tried a few changes to see if I could improve it, even re-testing Thorn Lieutenant, but I was not able to make anything work. So I ended up playing Rb at GP Richmond over the weekend. Congrats on your day 2 there with the deck!
I can't say I remember that match we had 5 years ago, but that was also around the same time I was getting back into competitive Magic - as you can tell I was grinding Grand Prix Trials since I had zero byes at that time! Feel free to say 'Hi' next time you see me around. I'm happy to hear I played a small part in your love of competitive Magic!!!
All the best, Tim
Sep 4, 2018
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