Favors from Nyx vs. Manipulative Monstrosities Game 2

I decided to make a new series to find the best Intro Deck for each release. This will help new players get the best Intro Deck for them if they want to play something like Friday Night Magic but do not know how to build a deck. What I did was put all the decks on MTG Deck Builder and then play tested them. I will play a best out of five series for each match up. In the end the deck that has the greatest percentage of victory will be the best. The first match up is Favors from Nyx and Manipulative Monstrosities.

Favors from Nyx drew an opening hand of 2 Plains, Last Breath, Ordeal of Erebos, Lagonna-Band Elder, Pharika’s Cure, and Vanquish the Foul. Favors from Nyx decided to mulligan to six. Favors from Nyx drew a mulligan Hand of Plains, Swamp, Ordeal of Heliod, Erebos’s Emissary, Observant Alsieid, and Hopeful Eidolon. Favors from Nyx decided to keep it. Manipulative Monstrosities drew an opening hand of 2 Island, Mountain, Coral Merfolk, Shock, Disolve, Archaeomancer. Manipulative Monstrosities decided to keep it. Manipulative Monstrosities won the roll and decided to go first.

Turn 1:

Manipulative Monstrosities played a Mountain. Favors from Nyx drew a Traveling Philosopher and played a Plains and cast a Hopeful Eidolon.

Turn 2:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew a Volcanic Geyser and played a island then cast a Coral Merfolk. Favors from Nyx drew a Lagonna-Band Elder and played a Swamp and cast Ordeal of Heliod onto Hopeful Eidolon and attacked. Manipulative Monstrosities took 2 damage.

Turn 3:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew an Island and played it. Then, Shocked the Eidolon and attacked with the Merfolk. Favors from Nyx drew a Plains and played it. Favors from Nyx played Observant Alsieid.

Turn 4:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew a Mountain and played it then cast Archaeomancer to get back Shock. Manipulative Monstrosities then attacked with Coral Merfolk. Favors from Nyx took 2 damage. Favors from Nyx drew an Ordeal of Erebos and cast Lagonna-Band Elder to gain 3 life and attacked with Observant Alseid. Manipulative Monstrosities decided to take the 2 damage.

Turn 5:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew an Island and played it than Shocked the Alseid. Favors from Nyx drew Pharika’s Cure and cast Traveling Philosopher.

Turn 6:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew a Coral Merfolk and played an Island and cast the Coral Merfolk. Favors from Nyx drew a Plains and played it then cast Erebos’s Emissary.

Turn 7:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew an Island and played it. Favors from Nyx drew a Swamp and played it. Favors from Nyx attacked with all the creatures. Archaeomancer blocked Erebos’s Emissary but Favors from Nyx cast Phareka’s Cure to deal 2 damage to Archaeomancer and Manipulative Monstrosities cast Dissolve to counter Pharika’s Cure and Scry 1. Manipulative Monstrosities Scryed Stoneshock Giant and put it back on the top of the Library. Then Manipulative Monstrosities cast Disperse to put Erebos’s Emissary in Favors from Nyx’s hand. Manipulative Monstrosities blocked the other creatures with both of the Coral Merfolk

Turn 8:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew the Stoneshock Giant and cast it. Manipulative Monstrosities attacked with the Archaeomancer. Favors from Nyx drew a Plains and played it. Then cast Erebos’s Emissary and Ordeal of Erebos onto it.

Turn 9:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew a Magma Jet and then cast the Volcanic Geyser and cast it for five mana to kill the Emissary. Manipulative Monstrosities attacked with both of the creatures. Favors from Nyx drew and played a Plains.

Turn 10:

Manipulative Monstrosities drew a Shock and cast it with Magma Jet to Scry 2. Manipulative Monstrosities Scryed a Mountain and Island and put them on the bottom of the library. Manipulative Monstrosities attacked with both creatures for six damage. Favors from Nyx drew a Last Breath and conceded.

Game 2 goes to Manipulative Monstrosities