put it away. He played a Krenko, but I had the Essence Drain before it could become active. In our second game he flooded out again, without the help of a looter. Sometimes you don't really get to play Magic. I boarded in a Fungal Sprouting this round, because if he did manage to stick a Krenko, I'd need a way to keep up. I tried to go outside the box with my board strategies this week, to get a better feel for what works and doesn't work. This has applications in both Limited Magic when boarding, alongside Constructed when creating a board. I think I'm a little generic in my sideboarding skills, so this was a fun and helpful exercise. R2 -- GB Mirror Our first game was over quickly, as I stumbled on land for a few turns and was swept under by the Nefarox my opponent opened week one. While I spent most of the game on one Plains with a Sublime Archangel in hand, I think I played through the bottleneck quite well, managing to get my opponent to 4 before dying. I think I made a few mistakes, including a heedless attack that left me vulnerable. In game two, my opponent opened with three Deadly Recluse s, which both locked down my offense and left my defense sorely lacking. I could have traded off a creature for a Recluse early, but for whatever reason didn't recognize it as the correct play. It was unlikely that