Competition: Battle of the Opposing Elements! (Masters only)

[Bloodshadow]

Gah! It's started. Xdude's upped Miracle will probably be the end of me.

[Essence]

:watermark


Essence wins over Kamiestu 3-1.


(http://www.screenshotdumpster.com/)

Deck 1: Figuring his creatures are all weak, and he would pack lots of Deflags, I went permanentless with Ice Lances to take his low-Toughness creatures out.  IDK whether the permanentless-ness helped, but Ice Lances were GOD against Fire.  I learned that Squids suck vs. Fire Shields, though.

Winner: Essence


(http://www.screenshotdumpster.com/view/m7Gbd50152/MastersDeck2)

Deck 2: Figuring he'd take some Explosions out after seeing my permanentless deck, I went all-in for tanking up after laying on some Poison damage.  He went from a Dragonrush to a Lava Golem deck.  My shields and SoGs kept up for a long time, against staggering amounts of damage, as a measly 7 poison worked him down...but a last-minute Deflag forced me to choose between recasting a Permafrost or casting a Dragon.  If the Dragon hit twice, victory was mine -- if he killed it, he won.

I took the gamble and cast the dragon...and lost.

Winner: Kamietsu.


Games 3 and 4, I used the same deck:

(http://www.screenshotdumpster.com/view/m7Gbd50153/MastersDeck3_4)

The first of the two games, I got massive pillars (5 in opening hand, 10 by turn 8 ) with little creatures.  I Congealed his stuff (having swapped Octopi out for Congeals after seeing what Fire Shield did to them), and just kept drawing pillar after pillar, with the occasional Ice Lance thrown in.  I was surprised to see Kami not drawing many creatures of his own, so I let myself take some damage rather than waste my Lances.  I was so paranoid about a Dragon swarm popping out, I forgot that I could Lance Kami directly until I had 84 quanta in my pool.

4 lances at 18 damage each = dead Master of Fire.


Winner: Essence


Game 5 was solid.  I got out some early Crawlers and Dragons, he nuked them.  He got out some Golems and Fire Spirits, I nuked them.   We traded damage pretty well until I got out a pair of Dragons, and he didn't nuke them.


Winner: Essence


I suppose it's time to start figuring out how to beat Terroking.



:watermark FTW!

[xdude]

Bloodshadow, is 5pm GMT on saturday good for you?

[Scaredgirl]

Gratz to everyone who has won so far. Keep posting results here.

[Ohmega]

Where is the master of death?
Can I battle him befor I go on vacation?

[Wisemage]

i think the master of death has disappeared also.

I just want to say (i said it in Good Vs. Evil thread. directed at SG) you want to make the game fair but you admit its not fair, so you dont allow fully upped decks in the war but you allow it here? shouldnt some type of restricts be applied here or not at all?

[xdude]

Because here only masters can play. MASTERS, not newbies.

[Wisemage]

So what, the requirement for being a master wasnt to have a fully upgraded deck, it was to have been playing for a while and know alot about your element.  Even being a veteran cant overcome playing against an upgraded deck.

[Astaroth]

The way I see it, if you're a "master" of an element, you should have upped cards of that particular element. I'm not saying every card of the deck has to be upped, but at least half of them should be.

[ScytherLoL]

And anyway as it stands these Masters are not only Veterans but they have Upgraded Decks as well so there is a balance between them as they all can use upgrades.

If it was an open tournament I would agree but not in a Masters Only one.

Thanks

Scyther

[coinich]

While I have been on the forums every day, this thread escaped me.  I'm sorry, I have to face the Master of Life by when?  I can get a Mono Death deck setup and sutff; its just time coordination thats got me worried.  Sorry.

[Scaredgirl]

While I have been on the forums every day, this thread escaped me.  I'm sorry, I have to face the Master of Life by when?  I can get a Mono Death deck setup and sutff; its just time coordination thats got me worried.  Sorry.

Try to fight him as soon as possible. Send a PM to Ohmega and try to find a time that suits you both.