During the preparation phase
I became quite hopeless about this, realizing that I had to expect many deck archetypes without having many means of hard-countering them (especially Poison stalls and The Immortal). But
it got worse. bogtro seemed to predict everything I threw at him correctly and to decide to outrush it.
Game 1:
Loss.Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
55k 55k 55p 55p 55p 55r 55r 55r 55v 55v 55v 55v 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 58o 58o 58t 58t 592 592 592 592 592 593 593 593 593 593 593 594 594 594 594 594 594 595 595 595 595 595 595 5aa 5aa 74b 74b 74b 77f 77f 77f 8pmSeeing that most people open their duels with a rush, I wanted to take the surprise route. What made me fail was a 1-pillar start and a lack of
quanta during the whole game. Perhaps one has to be a
cockroach to get this deck to work. It should turn out to be the only game I could have won with some more luck.
Game 2:
Loss.Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55q 55q 561 561 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 748 74i 74i 74i 74i 74i 8plOptimal start (4 playable creatures in only 7 turns) while he missed his Animate Weapon. When it came, however, I was pretty much screwed. As he had a total vampiric attack of 13+13+15 at the end, two Elite Armedilgos would have made this a bit closer as they would have absorbed all three attacks. But that's just
theory.
Game 3:
Loss.Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5up 5up 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 61o 61o 61o 61o 622 622 622 622 622 7ta 7td 7td 7td 7um 7um 8puWhat I've (re-)learnt today: Devtal doesn't like fast rushes. Near-optimal start again, then I had to watch him overtake me like hell. Nothing more to say about it, the
Devourers were never able to stop anything of what was happening in the upper half.
Game 4:
Loss.Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vf 4vf 4vf 4vf 4vf 50u 50u 50u 5oi 5oi 5on 5on 5on 5on 5on 6tt 6tt 6u5 6u5 6u5 7n7 8prNow I knew that only my two weakest decks were remaining and there had been no sign of The Immortal so far. The only thing I got were my Shockwaves to destroy his nymphs while I was yelling at my Discords why they didn't topdeck and watching every dragon burn up.
Fahrenheit sealed it.
At this point I realized that I could have won game 3 with this - heck, that I could have finished the duel at least 3-2 with another order of my decks. You can try to figure it out if you want, I leave that as an exercise to the forum regulars.
Game 5:
Loss.Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vf 4vf 4vg 4vg 4vh 4vh 4vh 4vh 4vh 4vh 50u 50u 50u 50u 50u 50u 50u 5up 5up 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8ptI predicted the Immortal correctly but wasn't able to build a good counter on the fly out of
. So I reminded myself of
the tiny chance that I wouldn't have to face her. My outrushing capabilities weren't as bad as I expected but the Stone Skins helped bogtro draw the dreaded Miracle. After my the mistake of stealing two Sancs instead of waiting for the Diamond Shield, everything was pretty much decided. Also, Dissanc ftw.
Very good games, bogtro, at least I had lots of fun losing against you. Hi Oa and dd, now I know what your pain feels like. Good luck to all the competitors, see you next round.
Not being able to exchange any marks when you've lost 0-5 sucks.Marks remaining:
