Hi everyone,

I actually played Faerie Wizards in the mock tournament and just thought I’d share my experience.

I based my deck on Jorge Pinazo’s qualifying deck from the PT Berlin LCQ. However I was not sold on Bannerets and removed them in favor of 2 Jace Beleren and 2 Sower of Temptation. Faeries was a poor choice for this tiny metagame, which was heavily Red.

To open up I played against BDM with Blightning Beatdown. He handily beat me 2-1. I got the second game going first with — if I recall — multiple Spellstutter Sprites and an Agony Warp 2 for 1, but BDM will tell you he didn’t sideboard. In the third, when I was barely holding on by chaining Cryptic Commands, BDM broke me with a Gutteral Response.

I played Matt Ferrando second with a tokens deck. Matt got me in the first when I did not draw any Cryptic Commands. I was actually in good shape early with a Vendilion Clique stealing his Profane Command… and he just ripped another to get right back in the game. I was then desperate turn after turn but if I had had a Cryptic Caommand I could have raced and gone all the way. As it was, I won the next two.

Lastly I played Tom Nugent with a Red Deck. He got  me 2-1 I think.

In conclusion the Faerie Wizards deck is not a good play for the tournament I played in. The meta was so red it was just painfully hostile to the Fae. My perception is doubtlessly skewed having played against three variations of the same core color… but I suppose that’s just how life rolls.

For reference:

4 Bitterblossom

4 Cryptic Command
2 Jace Beleren
4 Mistbind Clique
4 Ponder
4 Sage’s Dousing
4 Scion of Oona
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Vendilion Clique

4 Faerie Conclave
3 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Secluded Glen
4 Sunken Ruins
1 Swamp
4 Underground River

Sideboard
1 Loxodon Warhammer
4 Puppeteer Clique
4 Thoughtseize
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Agony Warp

Good luck tomorrow. I suggest Jund Mana Ramp.

LOVE
MIKE