[9th Trial of Earth] theelkspeaks 5-1 MegroN

[theelkspeaks]

Match Video

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I went into this match with a plan - ban out the stall cards to make use of my upgrade advantage and rush aggressively.  Seeing that he banned dims and I didn't, I expected a lot of dims so I tried to play lots of PC in my decks.

Game 1 - Shrieker Mono

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58o 58o 58o 6rl 6rl 778 778 778 778 778 778 778 778 778 778 778 77l 77l 77l 77l 77l 77l 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 77c 77c 8ps

Got an early lead and outraced him, WIN

Game 2 - Disco Duo (Chaos Golems)

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4vc 4vo 4vo 50u 50u 5aa 6tt 6tt 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u5 6u5 778 778 778 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77c 77c 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 8pj

My creatures had enough HP that his skull shield had low percentage chances to hit, WIN.

Game 3 - Steals Duo

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5aa 596 596 58r 58r 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 7tb 7tb 7t9 7t9 7t9 7te 7te 7te 7t8 7t8 7tf 7tf 7tf 7tf 7tf 7tf 8pt

Expected Dims when I saw aether mark, ended up being diamonds.  Only lost one Garg to lightning, WIN

Game 4 - Lavamation

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5aa 5aa 5aa 596 595 595 78q 78q 78q 78q 77e 77e 77e 77e 77g 77g 77g 77a 77a 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dm 7dm 7dm 7dr 7dr 7dr 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 8po

Failure to draw even a single crema meant I couldn't evolve my grabbies, so I eventually lost to his pulvybow's swarm of creatures. LOSS

Game 5 - Steals Duo (again)

What seemed to be a low damage Faren stall didn't hold up well against this deck, Gargs got stone form off to dodge Rages, ran him out of Dials and Stoneskins, WIN.  Didn't play any LS in this game or game 3, which would be crucial in just a moment.

Game 6 - Steals Duo (yet again)

Pulvy duo, stole first Pulvy.  Was close to winning when he got down an Enchanted Pulvy, then an Enchanted Gravy shield.  He had 9 HP, and I dropped a topdecked Garg to take him to 2.  He plays heavy armor onto it, taking it above 5, but not knowing I had LS in my deck, didn't play a second Heavy Armor.  I drop Liquid Shadow on my Garg, dropping it to 5 HP, and delivering the match-clinching lethal.

GGs MegroN, you played a tough match despite the upgrades situation, and you got pretty unlucky a couple times.

[MegroN]

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game 1 loss

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4sm 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58r 58r 5aa 5aa 5up 5up 5up 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 7t8 7t8 7tb 7tb 8pt

drew quanta in beginning, imbalanced deck

game 2 loss

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4sm 534 534 594 594 594 596 596 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 715 715 715 718 718 718 718 718 718 71a 71a 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 8pk

early disco, and little death quanta

game 3 loss

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58o 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 61o 61o 61o 61o 61u 77a 77a 77c 77c 77e 77e 78q 78q 80a 80a 80i 80i 80i 80i 80l 80l 8pu

only psion draw + dumb play from me

game 4 win

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4sm 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 5c1 5v1 778 778 77a 77a 77f 77f 77f 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 7n0 7q4 80a 80a 8pl

game 5 loss

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594 594 594 594 594 594 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f7 5f7 77c 77c 78q 78q 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7q9 7q9 7q9 7q9 7q9 7q9 8po

when i need the quanta draw 2 pends

game 6

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4sm 55k 55k 58o 58o 58o 58o 58t 58t 58t 58t 58t 592 592 749 749 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77f 77f 77f 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 8pl

terrible misplay, had pa and pulvy in hand didnt count quanta pulvy stolen

Also now that this is over, most of have probably heard. This were most likely my last ETG games. I'm retiring unless something draws me back in the far future.

[Zawadx]

TrO approved. Grays elk, and sad to see ya leave Meg :/

[theelkspeaks]

Now that the finals are TrO approved, I'll share some decks I didn't use in the finals.

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596 58r 61o 63a 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 78q 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77k 77k 77k 77k 77a 77c 77c 80e 80i 80i 80i 80i 8pu

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568 58o 58o 59c 744 744 75m 75m 75m 75m 75m 75m 75m 75m 74h 78q 78q 77l 77l 77l 77l 77j 77j 77j 77j 77f 77f 77f 77a 77a 77a 8pm

Originally meant this for game 5, but realized I had a banned EQ in it last second, decided to just play my dark duo and not replace it.

[andretimpa]

RIP in pepperoni Meg. gratz elk

[Blacksmith]

Congrats Elk. I hope you do well in trials!

Also congrats Megron for your achievements with earth. I hope to see you play again soon.