(Water Discards) Basman-1453 3 - 1 mrpaper (Air Discards)

[Basman-1453]

Silence, in the Frozen Rubble

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Deck's namesake (It's a Japanese song, the title translates to Silence, in the Rubble ... or so does an osu mapper says. (FYI, I used to play osu, but have long retired. Back in the day, I usually play Catch the Beat. But I digress.)
[Remember, as I once said, we Team Water made the deck, and only then, after I know what decks I will play (or have to sub, but since I've yet to actually sub someone~), I made up the silly names.]

* Basman-1453 berates himself to forget to say the GGWP to mrpaper in the Forum.

Brief summary
Game I (Won)
Got an early SoPa and Flayer. He managed a last-turn save by Flying the Staff, but in the end I still took the win.

Game II (Won)
We faced an early DC. Palming an early SoPa shortly around the DC (forgot it was before or after ><) meant that I won my side and he lost his.

Game III (Lost)
Late SoPa. I was trying to figure out whether there was something fishy (Air can afford some in-element CC, no?) when suddenly, there comes an Owl's Eye. Welp. As I'm down to 6 HP (he was still way more than 50) and sent him Game PM that says along the lines of "GG 2-1 XD", he smartly decides to Fly that OE and slap in the Staff (he has just summoned an Adrenalin'd Elite FQ, but I managed to Lobomize and Congeal it (her?)) for the killing blow.

Game IV (Won)
Early SoPa. I parked a lone SoPa (because I couldn't afford to deploy three Flayers and an Octopus on that same turn) on his Staff. A few turns later (I have summoned all four), after I summoned a new Octopus, he Flown the Staff, Adre'd it, and parks the Owl's Eye. And the next turn, he Flown that OE into the "loving embrace" of my Flayers and Octopi.
He shouldn't have flown that OE, methinks, since Water/Aether's only option of weapon control is stealing the opponent's (Trident can only screw quanta producers; Ice Bolt is not that reliable, especially without high amounts of Water quanta; and I don't think Water/Aether can afford to slip a Doll in to be frozen or delayed), and since when Water are notorious for copying cards via Mindgate?

[mrpaper]

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well I don't know what they tried to counter here... but they ended up countering me perfectly!  made a little miracle by winning game 3, but it was because I surprse him withan early owl's eye and he didn't drew a sopa till late.

*game 4 I did not misplay with the OE, I was just desperate as I couldn't kill him having with 3 damage a turn while he boosted 2 a turn with sopa... so it would take forever to kill only one... and he had 4 in play already boosted by then.

good games Basman

[ddevans96]

Funny story: We were still deciding between three decks for this at the deadline. I put in a different one but it showed up as illegal even though we didn't think it was so it got reverted back to this in the last minute. Happy accidents I suppose, lol.

[xn0ize]

Come paper, I'll teach you revenge.

[Newbiecake]

Onto Water's Frozen Tundra. This was Paper's mission today, to infiltrate the Tundra. With his superb performance last round, his general had bestowed him the task of bombarding the layer of ice the Water elementals hide beneath. Paper knew this was no cakewalk. It would take a lot to actually damage Water's underwater fortress. Paper wasn't afraid though, for he had brought some firepower.

As Paper flew high over the top of the tundra, he spotted a figure standing on the flat, seemingly boundless lake. Sudden an azure beam of light flashed from beneath the ice, which nicked his wings and froze it over partly. Paper lost control and plummeted down onto the ice. At the last second, Paper pumped some Adrenaline into himself and shook the coldness off, regaining some control of his flight. However, his landing was not so smooth still. Paper's strategy this time around was to go on the defensive offence with his Druidic Staves, shrugging off any damage taken while chipping away at his opponent. Standing before him was Basman-1453. He was still the lone figure Paper saw from the skies above several moments ago, but Paper knew he was not truly alone. Basman raised an eyebrow as if to scrutinize Paper's choice of weapons, then snapped his fingers. Out of the ice burst several Mind Flayers, which then emitted a Psionic Wave of energy at Paper. Paper sudden felt like the animated Druidic Staves had stopped revitalizing him. Paper did have a backup strategy of giving his Queens doses of Adrenaline to combat the effects of the Squids that continued to strike from beneath the waters. The Queens were able to call out an attack order for a few Fireflies to aid her and Paper in the fight against Basman. However, Basman smirked and fired several Thunderbolts at the Queens, disposing of them easily. Meanwhile, the shadows darting beneath the ice continued to grow bigger, until they became as big as the elementals themselves from what would normally be the size of a hand. Out burst the colossal Squids, and then all was lost.


Grrrr, good counter Water. I must begrudgingly say, this was a good deck from you guys. Well deserved win.