Duels of Honor - Knockout Round

[majofa]

Deckbuilding Rules:
A match is over when one player wins two games in a row.
- All Shards are banned.
- All decks start with 0 upped cards.
- Each match starts with the lower ranked player banning a card (the player with less points in the group round), followed by the higher ranked person. This is done until both players have banned two cards each. These cards cannot be used for the entire match.
WINNER:
- Cannot change their deck.
LOSER:
- Choose a card to be banned for the rest of the match. (The banned card is still included in the winner's deck and may be used. No other deck can contain this card for the remainder of the match. The ban includes the upped version of the card.)
- Can change their deck.
- May use 3 more upped cards than their opponent.

(Until the image works)

Time Remaining:
Round Complete

[Spielkind]

Top 3 players from each group advance to the Knockout Round.


Top 1 player skip first round or what? Miss them here?! :-)

[Vineroz]

Top 3 players from each group advance to the Knockout Round.


Top 1 player skip first round or what? Miss them here?! :-)

They are seeded and will play the winner of the above matches.

[majofa]

Ya, it should show on the image, but I think Challonge is broken right now.

[Spielkind]

LOSER:
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- May use 3 more upped cards than their opponent.
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i want to ask what was not ruled in the group-round... if i loose my first match, and take a deck with only 2 upgrades... can my opponent then, if i win next match, take only 5 upgrades? it happened in group round, where i forgot to up 3 cards and thankfully belligerence was thinking the same as me... 0 plus 3 ups = 3.

can somone clarify this?!  thx 8)

[majofa]

LOSER:
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- May use 3 more upped cards than their opponent.
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i want to ask what was not ruled in the group-round... if i loose my first match, and take a deck with only 2 upgrades... can my opponent then, if i win next match, take only 5 upgrades? it happened in group round, where i forgot to up 3 cards and thankfully belligerence was thinking the same as me... 0 plus 3 ups = 3.

can somone clarify this?!  thx 8)

It's based on the max amount, not how many you use.

[Cheesy111]

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Lots of good counters on both sides.  Match ran until RNG decided that it hated me and gave me one GotP in twenty cards.  Still was only one turn away from beating mesa.  Very frustrating.  It seems like a match between two equal players will run until RNG favors one significantly, as that is much more likely than one player cornering the other with bans.

Just noticed I could have had three more ups in that last game.  Wouldn't have done me much good.

[mesaprotector]

mesaprotector 5 - Cheesy111 3

Games 1+2:

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Game 1 was a matter of beating a PC-less rush. On the other hand, winning with this deck against Catatitan rush requires a ridiculously good draw with damage and Silences. Needless to say, it didn't happen.

Bans: Earthquake, Fire Bolt

Games 3+4:

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I misjudged this deck's potential as a counter - while the RTs and Discord definitely helped slow Cheesy's damage, I still had to have a reasonably rushy draw to win. I won by a turn. Game 4 was this against Bonebolt, which was fairly close for the simple reason my Discord kept denying Cheesy so he couldn't play lightnings for a while.

Bans: Earthquake, Fire Bolt, Purify, Dimensional Shield

Games 5+6:

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4 miracles > bonebolt. Even with all the bone walls and two double lightnings, I eventually caught up to Cheesy. Game 6 Cheesy played 500 HP deckout, which is okay against this deck. He didn't know I had dragons, though, so it was close for a while. Then, not close at all.

Bans: Earthquake, Fire Bolt, Purify, Dimensional Shield, Pulverizer, Nova

Games 7+8:

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Fractal dragons is a rather difficult deck to deck out with just healing and BBs. Cheesy thought I was playing fractix, but I wanted to go with something that would beat his deck even if he had PAs. 35 cards just to give me a little more time. Then came the trolliest game of the entire match. Cheesy played ghostmare, which should beat this deck 95% of the time, but he didn't draw a ghost for about 15 cards, and didn't draw a second for another five. Despite being unable to draw anything after Cheesy nightmared me like five times, two fractals proved to be just enough.

GGs (except that last one, that was just cruel), and good luck in the future.
 

[Spielkind]

gratz mesa, but didnt you ban 2 cards each of you in front of that match?! would like to know which?!

[mesaprotector]

gratz mesa, but didnt you ban 2 cards each of you in front of that match?! would like to know which?!

The bans (at least as far as I can remember them) are in the post, before each deck

[Spielkind]

- Each match starts with the lower ranked player banning a card (the player with less points in the group round), followed by the higher ranked person. This is done until both players have banned two cards each. These cards cannot be used for the entire match.

vin and me thought we have to ban 2 cards each in front of our match and than battle and ban more cards. you ban your cards after the first, second... game (whats right, too), but nothing before starting that match!

[mesaprotector]

- Each match starts with the lower ranked player banning a card (the player with less points in the group round), followed by the higher ranked person. This is done until both players have banned two cards each. These cards cannot be used for the entire match.

vin and me thought we have to ban 2 cards each in front of our match and than battle and ban more cards. you ban your cards after the first, second... game (whats right, too), but nothing before starting that match!

I did forget one ban. Cheesy banned lightning before the final game. I don't think that'll help you terribly much, though. :|