I just top 8’d a local legacy 4.5k with over 100 players. Bay Area mtg going strong.
List: https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=89904&d=882256&f=LE
Swiss:
R1: 1-1 vs lands
R2: 2-1 vs blue tron
R3 1-2 vs dimir tempo
R4 2-1 vs boros energy
R5 2-1 vs uw phelia
R6 2-1 vs boros energy
R7 1-1 vs bant beanstalk, opp is my friend so we figured out who had better breakers and a better chance to make it into top 8. I ended up with better breakers so he conceded.
Top 8 everyone decided to split the prizing so the final top 8 result was actually the result at the end of Swiss with records and breakers accounted for.
Bilbo and triumph of st kath carrying so heavy these games. Bilbo flashing back pending and flow state feels extremely broken. Had a moment against blue tron where they force my pending for 2 on their chalice on 1. Bilbo attacks, I just use one color and the discount from Bilbo to make it a 2cmc spell on the stack, but I only spend one mana to take the chalice out for good.
Oculus is soooo good but it being smaller than almost every murktide was scary. It also makes casting ponder and brainstorm weird because I know those cards will be my manifested cards. Obviously with tamiyo or dreadnought the manifest is broken.
The toughest matchups are definitely beans and UB tempo. UB has really cheap threats and efficient removal making it hard for me to move my game-plan forward. And orcish bowmasters is a stupid card. Beans just drowns me in cards and removal.
All-in-all it was a super fun tourney and I’m very proud of my result. I love surprising people with dreadnought when they expect phelia and riddler.