{"id":541,"date":"2020-09-05T21:18:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2020-09-05T21:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T21:18:33","slug":"dominaria-round-of-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/05\/dominaria-round-of-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominaria: Round of 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/mtgify.org\/dist\/autocard.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Series Preview<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/ground-rules\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/ground-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Ground rules for this tournament.<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?p=372\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?p=372\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Round of 128<\/span><\/a> results here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first round by went mostly as expected: with a lot of big legends taking down their smaller (and lower-seeded) non-legendary opponents. Barring a few upsets &#8211; most notably Dread Shade &#8211; it feels like most of the powerful creatures are still alive heading into the Round of 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two types of creatures to watch out for: (1) the ones who makes themselves bigger (Marwyn, Rat Colony, Benalish Marshal, Arvad, Sporecrown Thallid); and (2) the ones who have those triple-pip colored mana costs who aren&#8217;t as restricted in this format. All of them cleaned up their first round matches nicely (again, with the exception of Dread Shade), and it would not be a surprise to see several of them make the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: Hover over the names to see card images.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Round of 64<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(1) <auto-card>Muldrotha, the Gravetide<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by <\/em>(64) <auto-card>Yargle, Glutton of Urborg<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-199-muldrotha-the-gravetide.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"569\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=569\" class=\"wp-image-569\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-113-yargle-glutton-of-urborg.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"570\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-113-yargle-glutton-of-urborg.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=570\" class=\"wp-image-570\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The top-seeded Muldrotha is able to hold onto things initially, trading one-for-one with the 9\/3 Yargle. However, once Yargle gets to 10 mana and drops two down on one turn, Muldrotha can&#8217;t respond. It doesn&#8217;t have enough cards to both play and recur a Muldrotha on Turn 12, and as such Yargle with its extra attacker quickly takes this one home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(2) <auto-card>Lyra Dawnbringer<\/auto-card> <em>defeats <\/em>(66) <auto-card>Pyromantic Pilgrim<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Pilgrim gets off to a fast start, with 9 hasting damage. But once the first Lyra with Lifelink comes down, the Pilgrim is no longer able to attack profitably. Lyra ends it shortly after that with a 6\/6 Lifelink strike in the air followed by two 7\/7 Lifelink strikes the next turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(3) <auto-card>Shalai, Voice of Plenty<\/auto-card> <em>defeats <\/em>(62) <auto-card>Urgoros, the Empty One<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The cheaper Shalai outspeeds and outnumbers Urgoros to an easy victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(4) <auto-card>Multani, Yavimaya&#8217;s Avatar<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (68) <auto-card>Untamed Kavu<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Just as the first Multani comes down (while they&#8217;re clinging to 6 life), a horde of four 2\/2 Kavu and a 5\/5 Kavu rush in to finish things off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(5) <auto-card>Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (60) <auto-card>Daring Archaeologist<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">With the absence of historic synergies, the two creatures have the exact same stats. And so, it goes to Jhoira by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(6) <auto-card>Marwyn, the Nurturer<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (59) <auto-card>Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">A total blowout. Marwyn and its explosive growth (see Round of 128) takes down the overcosted Djinn <em>two<\/em> turns before the first one comes down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(7) <auto-card>Naru Meha, Master Wizard<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (58) <auto-card>Two-Headed Giant<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Two-Headed Giant gets lucky in this one, because both of their two attackers on Turn 6 get Double Strike, forcing one of the 5\/5 Naru Meha&#8217;s to block and trade. Problem is, the Naru Meha counterattack the next turn forces a chump block, and the Wizard Legend takes over from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">(Note that sitting back and double-blocking to trade won&#8217;t work for the Giant either, as they don&#8217;t have the numbers to both double-block and survive.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(8) <auto-card>Rat Colony<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (57) <auto-card>Tiana, Ship&#8217;s Caretaker<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Even with the lone Tiana blocker on the last turn, the Rats are able to wipe her out with 27 damage by Turn 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(9) <auto-card>Tatyova, Benthic Druid<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (73) <auto-card>Firefist Adept<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Tatyova attacks aggressively from the start, forcing trades all the way until their Turn 10, where all the card draw allows them to start dropping two a turn indefinitely, eventually finishing off the Adept long before its ability ever comes into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(10) <auto-card>Steel Leaf Champion<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (55) <auto-card>Raff Capashen, Ship&#8217;s Mage<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The bigger and cheaper Champion rolls through Raff Capashen with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">(11) <auto-card>Firesong and Sunspeaker<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (54) <auto-card>Knight of Grace<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The 14 free damage that the Knight lands before the first Minotaur Cleric comes down is just too much to recover from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(53) <auto-card>Ghitu Lavarunner<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (117) <auto-card>Relic Runner<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The more efficient Lavarunner trades its way to an inevitable victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(77) <auto-card>Sparring Construct<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (116) <auto-card>Llanowar Envoy<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-232-sparring-construct.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"555\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=555\" class=\"wp-image-555\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-169-llanowar-envoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"556\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-169-llanowar-envoy.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=556\" class=\"wp-image-556\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>Note: Not confidently solved.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">If the Construct goes on the offensive to start, it&#8217;ll run out of gas &#8211; as even with those +1\/+1 counters there will be just enough Elf blockers to hold off the assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">As such, all the Envoy needs to do is wait it out, until it can attack with enough guys to push some damage through and\/or force chump blocks (while not dying from a counter-attack).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The concept here is that while in theory a Construct &#8211; since it effectively produces two power &#8211; should trade with an Envoy, in practice their smaller initial size means that Envoy can dictate the pace at which those +1\/+1 counters get put on. As such, the Envoy is able to capture the edge long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(14) <auto-card>Merfolk Trickster<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (51) <auto-card>Kwende, Pride of Femeref<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Trickster can flash in to shut down one Kwende blocker each turn, giving the merfolk a much wider opening for a third and fourth wave of attacks that finishes them off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(15) <auto-card>Josu Vess, Lich Knight<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (50) <auto-card>Garna, the Bloodflame<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Lich Knight takes over this one from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(49) <auto-card>Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (113) <auto-card>Ghitu Chronicler<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Five free shots is enough for even a 1-power two-drop to take the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(17) <auto-card>Goblin Chainwhirler<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (48) <auto-card>Karplusan Hound<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Ownage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(18) <auto-card>Jhoira&#8217;s Familiar<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (47) <auto-card>Llanowar Scout<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The mega-cute owl wins again, a little more convincingly this time; holding off the Scouts until the dropping of six birds on Turn 6 seals it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(19) <auto-card>Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (46) <auto-card>Shanna, Sisay&#8217;s Legacy<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">A puny 1\/3 is simply no match for what quickly becomes a horde of four attacking 6\/6s (on Turn 5). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(20) <auto-card>Danitha Capashen, Paragon<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (84) <auto-card>Voltaic Servant<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Servants can actually hold off Danitha indefinitely. But they have no way whatsoever to make a dent in her life total &#8211; thanks that convenient Lifelink ability. A default win it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(21) <auto-card>Jodah, Archmage Eternal<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (44) <auto-card>Evra, Halcyon Witness<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Jodah gets its six aerial strikes (and 24 damage) in before Evra and its Lifelink ability can even engage in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(22) <auto-card>Tempest Djinn<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (43) <auto-card>Dauntless Bodyguard<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The bulky 3-mana Djinn stems just enough of the early Bodyguard assault, hanging on at four life before crushing them with one big alpha strike in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(23) <auto-card>Verix Bladewing<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (42) <auto-card>Knight of Malice<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The Knight gets one free shot in before Verix starts hitting the board and takes over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(24) <auto-card>Traxos, Scourge of Kroog<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (41) <auto-card>Adeliz, the Cinder Wind<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-234-traxos-scourge-of-kroog.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"572\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=572\" class=\"wp-image-572\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-190-adeliz-the-cinder-wind.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"573\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dom-190-adeliz-the-cinder-wind.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?attachment_id=573\" class=\"wp-image-573\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">A tight one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Adeliz gets off to a fast start, but the threat of Traxos&#8217;s 14-damage strike on Turn 6 forces them to leave behind a chump blocker. Meaning Adeliz don&#8217;t have enough to finish things off next turn, before Traxos ends things for good with a second blast of 21 damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(25) <auto-card>Benalish Marshal<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (89) <auto-card>Pegasus Courser<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">A 4\/4 Marshal attacker on Turn 4, two 5\/5 attackers on Turn 5, and three 6\/6 attackers on Turn 6 is more than enough to overpower the Pegasus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(26) <auto-card>Grand Warlord Radha<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (39) <auto-card>Slimefoot, the Stowaway<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Radha&#8217;s mana ability builds up fast. One 3\/4 attacker on Turn 4, turns into two attackers Turn 5, turns into four attackers Turn 6, turns into seven attackers Turn 7. And that&#8217;s game, before the Saprolings can even enter the equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(27) <auto-card>Aryel, Knight of Windgrace<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (91) <auto-card>Serra Disciple<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Aryel&#8217;s ability to use its extra mana to shoot down Disciples (even after attacking) prevents those birds from building up any kind of sizable army, as the flood of 4\/4s eventually takes the game over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(92) <auto-card>Stronghold Confessor<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (101) <auto-card>Ghitu Journeymage<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The cheap, menacing Confessors are too much for the Journeymage, and take them down in five quick strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(29) <auto-card>Baird, Steward of Argive<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (93) <auto-card>Thallid Omnivore<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Even discounting its tax effect, Baird always has enough blockers. Its 4 toughness stops the Omnivore one-for-one, and any attempt to sac-pump would be killing an Omnivore anyways. Baird grinds to another default victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(30) <auto-card>Naban, Dean of Iteration<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (94) <auto-card>Warcry Phoenix<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The cheaper Naban outspeeds the four-mana 2\/2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(31) <auto-card>Territorial Allosaurus<\/auto-card> <em>defeated by<\/em> (34) <auto-card>Sporecrown Thallid<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">By the time the first Allosaurus comes down, Sporecrown has already got two 5\/5s attacking &#8211; forcing a trade. The turn after, it&#8217;s now two 6\/6s attacking; which leads to a chump and the end soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">(33) <auto-card>Arvad the Cursed<\/auto-card> <em>defeats<\/em> (97) <auto-card>Benalish Honor Guard<\/auto-card><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">As soon as the lifelinking 3\/3 Arvad comes down, the night for the smaller Honor Guard is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?p=575\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mtgshowdown.com\/?p=575\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Round of 32<\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two types of creatures to watch out for: the ones who makes themselves bigger, the ones with those triple-pip colored mana costs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100epicmovies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}