Game 7

Game Summary

Grey Goo opened with Darksteel Citadel and Manifold Key, then used Mishra’s Workshop to cast Ultron, Artificial Malevolence on Turn 2. Turn 3 brought Tormod’s Crypt and Arc Reactor; improvise helped cast the Reactor, and Ultron copied it. On Turn 4, the two Reactors powered Echoes of Eternity and Clock of Omens, giving Grey Goo an artifact-copy engine capable of repeatedly untapping the Reactors.

Live and Let Die kept a slow but functional seven containing three lands, Phyrexian Altar, Necromancy, Abdel Adrian, Gorion’s Ward, and Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter. It cast Phyrexian Altar on Turn 3, but failed to draw a fourth land and never reached Ratadrabik of Urborg or the creatures needed to begin its recursion and sacrifice plan. No removal or other disruption was available when Grey Goo’s engine accelerated.

Grey Goo cast Skittering Cicada on Turn 4, with Echoes of Eternity copying the spell to produce two Cicadas. On Turn 5, Grey Goo used Mishra’s Workshop, both Arc Reactors, Manifold Key, and Clock of Omens to generate twelve mana and cast Blightsteel Colossus. Echoes copied the spell, and Ultron copied the original Colossus after it entered, producing three Blightsteel Colossi.

Casting the twelve-mana Colossus gave each Skittering Cicada +12/+12 and trample, making both 14/14. They attacked for 28 damage, reducing Live and Let Die from 40 life to 12. The attack was not itself lethal, but Live and Let Die’s Turn 5 draw was Carrion Feeder, which cannot block, and its existing hand offered no way to stop three trampling Blightsteel Colossi on the following combat. Live and Let Die conceded after the combat position was demonstrated as effectively lethal on the following attack.

Key Moments

• Live and Let Die took a free mulligan, then kept a seven with three lands, both colors, Phyrexian Altar, and several prospective recursion pieces. The hand was slow but had a reasonable Turn 3 Altar into Turn 4 Ratadrabik plan if it drew another land.
• Mishra’s Workshop allowed Grey Goo to cast Ultron on Turn 2.
• Tormod’s Crypt and several artifacts provided improvise toward Arc Reactor. Ultron then copied the Reactor, creating a second high-output mana source.
• Live and Let Die cast Phyrexian Altar on Turn 3, its only developed engine piece. It drew Teysa Karlov, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Kaya’s Ghostform, Pitiless Plunderer, and Carrion Feeder but no fourth land.
• Echoes of Eternity copied Clock of Omens. When the original Clock entered, Echoes doubled Ultron’s triggered ability; Grey Goo paid for one Ultron copy and declined the other, leaving three Clocks with different token characteristics.
• Clock of Omens repeatedly tapped expendable artifacts to untap Arc Reactors, substantially increasing Grey Goo’s available mana.
• Echoes of Eternity copied Skittering Cicada as it was cast, producing two Cicadas. Grey Goo did not pay either doubled Ultron trigger from the original Cicada entering.
• On Turn 5, Grey Goo cast Blightsteel Colossus. Echoes copied the spell, and the original Colossus generated two Ultron triggers; Grey Goo paid for one, resulting in three Colossi.
• Only the original Blightsteel was cast, so each Cicada received one +12/+12 bonus. Both became 14/14 with trample until end of turn.
• Live and Let Die had no response before the attack and no creatures available to block.
• Both Cicadas attacked for 28 normal combat damage, leaving Live and Let Die at 12 life.
• The three Blightsteel Colossi were summoning-sick and did not attack on Turn 5. They nevertheless represented effectively unavoidable trampling infect damage on Grey Goo’s next combat.
• Carrion Feeder was Live and Let Die’s final draw. Because it cannot block and no removal or fog was available, Live and Let Die conceded.

Game Context

Live and Let Die was both mana-constrained and badly outpaced. Its kept hand supported a legitimate Phyrexian Altar and Ratadrabik development plan, but the missing fourth land prevented that plan from progressing. No recursion, sacrifice loop, legendary-death interaction, or Ratadrabik token-copy engine became active.

Grey Goo’s opening was unusually explosive: Turn 2 Ultron from Mishra’s Workshop led into two Arc Reactors, Echoes of Eternity, and multiple Clock of Omens effects. Live and Let Die received priority at the important casts but had no interaction to offer.

Several rules and bookkeeping corrections occurred during the artifact sequence. Most importantly, Echoes of Eternity does not double its own cast-copy trigger because its first ability applies to “another colorless permanent.” The corrected battlefield contained three Clock of Omens permanents, not five. Mana remaining during the Turn 5 sequence was also disputed, but it did not affect the resulting Colossi or combat.

The demonstrated Turn 5 damage was 28, not lethal from 40 life. The game ended on Turn 5 after that attack, when the three Blightsteel Colossi made the next combat effectively unavoidable. The canonical result is recorded as Combat because the concession adjudicated that demonstrated combat position rather than representing an unrelated scoop.