Svenn is still on vacation and will be back on Thursday, but mrpaper also has a previously planned function going on, so to ensure the match gets played in time fairly, I decided to sub for Svenn because he was available the lesser of the two.
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4vh 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 52q 590 590 590 590 590 5c1 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f3 5f3 5f6 5f6 5fb 5fb 5fb 5fb 5fb 5fb 5og 8pmI saw a
mark and knew the deck had to be a mono. I was exceedingly glad I womanhandled majofa into switching the decks for our
and :toberevealed opponents within SECONDS before the time ran out. I had 6 Rage Potions, which I figured would be enough to deal with a host of Darkness threats. Chiefly Vampiric Dragons. I started of with a 1 Nova hand and had to discard. I foolishly discarded 1/2 Deflags. *facewhale* 2 turns later Dusk Mantle hits the field and I no longer have the insurance to play Arsenic. I fear Drain Lifes, so while he's at 10+ darkness, I keep my lone Graboid unevolved as I play another. Dragon comes out, easy pickin's for Rage Potion, I decide to risk evolving AND playing Arsenic, while deflagging Dusk. Arsenic is promptly stolen, but no harm comes to my Shriekers. I keep them out for a while, but burrow them again once the magic 10 quanta mark is hit. It IS a mono... there is a high likelyhood of both Shriekers having their very life force sucked out of them. After I Rage a Vampiric Dragon, I basically stay hidden behind burrowed creatures while he Drains my life to stay alive, but in the end, I come out with 5 hp, and 5 poison on me. Very, VERY close game.
Game 2This game I started off with a little bit better hand. 2 Novas allowed for a quick rush of a Graboid, a 1 of each Spirit on turn 2. The Fire Spirit is left unharmed while the Forest Spirit is poisoned with the gift of a vampire. Due to much more quanta this time, I keep my Graboid burrowed again, and continue ablazing the Spirit and play another Graboid while waiting. In the meantime another Dragon meets Rage Potion. His hand gets down to 1 card, so I Evolve both and hope for the best (a deflagged Mantle happened somewhere in here...) 1 gets drained of life, the other hides again. But now that he has ZERO cards in his hand, I play Arsenic knowing full well that it's up to RNG to decide where it stays. I draw a Deflag 2 turns later. End game came down to me playing a Lycan, and Unburrowing the Shrieker while forgeting I don't have enough
to evolve my other Graboid. So now I'm kind of in a lurch. He Drain Lifes the Shrieker, I use the Lycans ability and Rage it, turning it into an 11/1 Bomb, which brings him just low enough for the 7 poison counters to finish him off whether he kills off the Lycan, or uses it to gain health. I prayed he didn't have 2 of them, and my prayers were answered.
gg's mrpaper. You made me fight for those wins. Best of luck to Team
in the future.
