In the early days of competitive Magic, Satoshi Nakamura was the most recognizable player to come from Japan. Between his notorious wacky hats and even more off-the-wall deck creations, Nakamura has always drawn attention, especially from foreigners. Today Nakamura is living up to his reputation, wearing a blue, brown, gray, orange and black hat, and playing a
Spellweaver Helix deck that is currently 6-0. His opponent, the "Silver Collector" Osamu Fujita, just added another second place finish to his resume last week at Pro Tour Amsterdam, and is currently 6-0 as well with Goblins.
Game 1
Nakamura mulliganed his opening hand. Fujita played Goblin Prospector and
Goblin Piledriver, while Nakamura used
Accumulated Knowledge and
Deep Analysis to draw some cards. Fujita was lacking a third land, so he sacrificed a Prospector to summon
Goblin Warchief and sent it into the Red Zone along with the Piledriver. Nakamura flashed back the Analysis, and now had six mana to Fujita's two thanks to a pair of
Chrome Moxen. He summoned
Wall of Blossoms, and cast
Quiet Speculation to get two
Cabal Therapy and
Crush of Wurms. The Wall blocked the Warchief on Fujita's attack, and Nakamura went down to eight.
Gempalm Incinerator finished off the Wall, which at set back Nakamura's potential plan of playing a Helix and flashing back the Therapy to get some Wurms. Fujita increased the pressure with
Mogg Fanatic, putting lethal damage on the board. Nakamura cast
Intuition to get the other three
Accumulated Knowledge, and cast one to draw four cards. With only two mana left, he summoned
Wild Mongrel, hoping it would help him survive until the next turn. It wasn't enough, as it blocked the Piledriver, and
Blood Frenzy on
Mogg Fanatic forced through the damage necessary to take the first game. Fujita- 1 Nakamura- 0
Game 2
Nakamura opened with
Cabal Therapy naming
Goblin Piledriver and it didn't hit, but he did get to see a weak opening hand of Prospector,
Sparksmith and five lands. The Prospector was matched by
Wild Mongrel, and
Psychatog came out to make things even worse for Fujita. A Piledriver provided a little more offense, and the three damage shot to
Wild Mongrel was enough to convince Nakamura to let it die. Just when Fujita seemed that he was starting to get the board under his control, Nakamura played
Pernicious Deed. Fujita untapped, played
Mogg Fanatic, and shot the
Psychatog for four. Nakamura only had two cards in hand and two cards in the graveyard, and decided to pitch his hand and half his graveyard to keep it alive. Regardless, Fujita used
Gempalm Incinerator to clear it out of the way, and attacked to bring Nakamura to ten. Now that he had a hand and Nakamura didn't, the Deed seemed a little less threatening. It cleared the board on Fujita's next turn, but he came right back with
Siege-Gang Commander. Nakamura had a great answer in a second Deed, killing the Goblin tokens before they could do any damage, but the Commander was still around and got through for two more damage.
Goblin Matron searched up a Piledriver, and there was enough mana left over to play it. Nakamura drew and looked puzzled as if he was trying to figure out if he had any outs in this situation, trying to scan his brain for which card to hope for. It was just a land. Nakamura- "Remember when I said you need timing and luck to win a Pro Tour? He (Fujita) has it." Fujita- 2 Nakamura- 0
Nakamura Satoshi
Other (5)
4
Roar of the Warm
1
Crush of Warms
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