Bad Beat Stories

[natedog08]

For me, one of the most fun parts of the game is the Bad Beats, rather or not you took it or handed it out. So, i figured why not start a thread for everyone just to post their bad beat stories.

I would have to say that my personal favorite would have to be in the first round of Grand Prix Houston, which had me in the Mirror Match (i was playing Grixis Planeswalker Control). Second game, he taps out on turn 5 for Cruel Ultimatum, which leaves him with a full 7 and me with just 2 board-control cards in play. I proceeded to draw Jace 2.0, which began fatesealing my opponent away. When he finally gets an answer (he ran Worldwake manlands, as to not be completely creatureless. I topdeck and play Nicol Bolas, forcing him to enter the scoop phase.

[th3on3songoku]

bad beats huh how about a draft you run 18 lands. your in game 3 your first hand had one land and playbales cards if you could draw a second land. but you mulligan cause its the right thing to do and draw 5 lands and a spell (guard duty) you proceed to draw 12 straight lands and lose.

[natedog08]

Haven't you learned? you keep those 1 land hands. I remember you keeping a 1 land, scute mob hand, and proceed to ramp up the scute mob for the win. i might as well put that on the Bad Beat list as well.

[th3on3songoku]

i do keep one land hands but people keep telling me to mulligan. roger said mulligan. henry says mulligan you need to learn to mulligan thats what mulligan's do screw ya.

[pr0b4bi1i7y]

Worst win I've ever gotten is during Mirrodin-Kamigawa Standard. I was playing Tooth and Nail. I play Tooth and Nail to get some good creatures in play. The next turn my opponent casts Death Cloud wiping my creatures and emptying my hand. Following the crushing blow, I draw my single copy of Rude Awakening with exactly eight lands in play.

[crazytripper]

One of my bad beat stories(opponent wise) was against a Pro Player from Utah by the name of John Sittner. It was at a side event during Worlds in Memphis and was round 7 of 8. The winner of this round would play in the finals for an Xbox 360 against the German Pro Jan Ruess. The format is Lorwyn/Shards of Alara standard. Both me and John are playing WB tokens though I am with two Murderous Redcap and two Unmake while he is with Cloudgoat Ranger. John wins the die roll and plays Turn 1 Thoughtseize my Bitterblossom, Turn 2 Tidehollow Sculler my Spectral Procession, Turn 3 Thoughtseize my Murderous Redcap& Tidehollow Sculler my Unmake bashes for 2 with his other Sculler and passes turn with my hand being 3 lands and my board being 2 lands and I rip Spectral Procession and cast it. To be fair John bursts out laughing at my nice top deck. He promptly untaps and plays Kitchen Finks going up to 18 life. I untap and rip Ajani Goldmane which evokes more laughter from John use the minus 1 ability and bash him to 12 life. On his turn he bashes with just the Finks into Ajani and I let Ajani die then he passes. I rip land and bash for 6 but he terrors on of my tokens so he goes to 8. He bashes me back for 7 putting me at 11 and passes. I rip land and bash for 4 putting him on four life and ship turn with the two "mystery" lands in my hand. He bashes for 7 again this putting me on 4 life and plays Cloudgoat Ranger and passes. So now despite a couple lucky topdecks I am at two outs the one remaining Redcap or the one remaining Unmake. I rip Unmake bash for four and in response to him activating the Cloudgoat's flying ability I remove it from the game. John sits in slight shock looking at his hand and askes if I just ripped it. I nod and reveal the two "mystery" lands and John scoops up his cards laughing at how good my rips were that game.

One of the true bad beat stories on my side was against Todd Anderson at the Alabama State Championships in 2007 Time Spiral/Lorwyn standard. He was with UG blink Tarmogoyf beatdown and I was with Monoblue Faeries(before Morningtide came out) utilizing Teferi and 2 each of the pickles lock as backup. I crushed him game 1 and lost game 2 most likely to a series of mistakes, but game 3 is the bad beat. I keep an opening hand 3 Islands, Ancestral Visions and some guys. Turn 1 I suspend Ancestral Visions, Turn 5 I draw another visions off of the visions that goes off and suspend that, Turn 9 that visions resolves, Turn 14 I lose the game with 3 lands in play. After the game Todd looks at me and askes "I just lose if you hit a fourth land don't I?" and all I can do is sigh and nod. That's variance ladies and gentlemen.

[dragonsrkewl]

I was playing a FNM at the Old Folks home, running Eldrazi Monument Elves. Round one I played this 8 year old kid running white weenie. He did ok but I went 2-0. I talked with him, he had only been playing a month. Well round 2 he got paired against some dude with bad teeth who ran Grixis walkers. This dude then proceeds not only to beak this kid, but to just insult him and his deck. The kid was literally crying by the end of it.

Well, there is a God because I faced ole Bad Teeth, in the final round. I then proceed to turn 3 a Wurmcoil Engine and follow it up with a Eldrazi monument turn four. Game three was a turn five win with Garruk and Overrun pumping my 4 elves to titan size. It's funny to see some assholes face melt as you take away his perfect night. He went to loose the 4th round against Caw Blade and got no prize. Mind you the price was a FNM Foil Spellstutter Sprite, so nothing major. I enjoyed seeing his hope shattered.....that is what is must feel like to be Patrick.