Post by: Acsabi44 on September 24, 2012, 03:26:18 pm
Round is over!
Rest awhile, folks. You did well in warrior training.
Now I shall teach you another way to overcome the foes that await you in the wilderness.
Mighty spells are a powerful asset of any who seeks treasures, be it the power of healing, the deadly flames, or the power of destorying things.
Today you will try them and see if they fit your style. You can help yourselves to some arcane scrolls from my library.
But as every experienced adventurer knows, the weak point of a mage is that he evetually runs out of spells. That is why the prepared mages will have something extra when that moment comes- something that may yet save their lives. Some will turn to weapons, but there is a much more convenient way. No doubt if you spend the time to study the arcane arts, you will come upon recipes of potent magical potions. An adept mage shuld not only be able to cast spells, but also to brew them. You will learn the art of brewing someday, but for now, you can use the ones I accumulated over the years. They are over there in the corner.
Oh, and you can use what you learned yesterday, but don't overdo it. Today's focus is spells and potions, you see.
This will be the last day of lecturing. If you do well in today's challenge, tomorrow I will send you out to the wilderness to prove yourselves. How? I will not tell until tomorrow... If you survive that long, that is.
Standings:
1. Dragoon, kev, pervepic: 3 points
2. Commandaguy, treebeard xiii, Laxadarap, Jenkar: 2 points
3. summerz88, nensuru: 1 point
4. TribalTrouble, Elbrin, bjessee: 0 points
Matchups:
Pairings were determined by random.org
Nobody plays against the same opponent as last round
Laxadarap - Commandaguy
Elbirn - summerz88
kev - Dragoon
TribalTrouble - bjessee
pervepic - treebeard xiii
nensuru - Jenkar
If a player doesn't show up, then his/her opponent will play versus me. If two players don't show up, their opponents will play versus each other.
Contact your opponent via PM, or in chat, and make the duel happen until the timer runs out. Both the winner and loser must post results and decklist in this topic.
Deckbuilding rules:
- No upgraded cards, no shards and no Nymphs allowed.
- All decks must contain at least 3 alchemy cards
- All decks must contain at least 3 spell cards
- Decks cannot contain more than 1 weapon and 2 shields.
FAQ: What are the alchemy cards?
The alchemy cards are the "potions", which each element has 1 of. Technically, most of them are spells (with Unstable gas being the only permanent), but for this round, they count as a separate category. That means that alchemy cards DO NOT count towards the mandatory 3 spell cards.
Scoring:
Duels are best of 3.
Players will earn points based on their performance as follows:
Winning 2-0 earns you 3 points
Winning 2-1 earns you 2 points
Losing 1-2 earns you 1 point (You earn 1 point even if you lost, provided you won at least 1 game)
Losing 0-2 earns zero points.
Rule of the round: "Patient mage"
If you deck out your opponent with a creatureless deck, you win an extra point. If you decide to play such a deck, then you can play a maximum of 4 shields in it.
Requirement: Post a picture where it is your turn and the opponent has no cards in their deck.
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Note that you only earn 1 extra point, even if you win both your games by deckout.Good luck everyone!
Post by: Dragoon on September 24, 2012, 03:38:43 pm
Deckbuilding rules:
- No upgraded cards, no shards and no Nymphs allowed.
- All decks must at least 3 alchemy cards
- All decks must contain at least 3 spell cards
- Decks cannot contain more than 1 weapon and 2 shields.
FAQ: What are the alchemy cards?
The alchemy cards are the "potions", which each element has 1 of. Technically, most of them are spells (with Unstable gas being the only permanent), but for this round, they count as a separate category. That means that alchemy cards DO NOT count towards the mandatory 4 spell cards.
So is it 3 spells minimum or 4?
Post by: Acsabi44 on September 24, 2012, 03:41:58 pm
Sorry, 3. It was 4 at some point but then I decided to change the number to allow for more creative deckbuilding.Deckbuilding rules:
- No upgraded cards, no shards and no Nymphs allowed.
- All decks must at least 3 alchemy cards
- All decks must contain at least 3 spell cards
- Decks cannot contain more than 1 weapon and 2 shields.
FAQ: What are the alchemy cards?
The alchemy cards are the "potions", which each element has 1 of. Technically, most of them are spells (with Unstable gas being the only permanent), but for this round, they count as a separate category. That means that alchemy cards DO NOT count towards the mandatory 4 spell cards.
So is it 3 spells minimum or 4?
Post by: pervepic on September 24, 2012, 03:51:13 pm
Post by: Jenkar on September 24, 2012, 05:45:36 pm
Post by: TribalTrouble on September 24, 2012, 06:05:21 pm
Post by: Acsabi44 on September 24, 2012, 06:22:08 pm
Next time these events really should be organised by someone who is adept at this thing.
Post by: nensuru on September 24, 2012, 06:34:18 pm
Nensuru 0
Game 1
Game 2
Ggs Jenkar. Im felling like a point farm atm. x.x
EDIT: He decked me out on both games.
Post by: Jenkar on September 24, 2012, 06:52:24 pm
Game 1 : played an adapted version of schmutz. Schmutz, for those who don't know, is my favorite stall/domin :3 It has the capacity to provide nervewracking wins. And it was, because guess what i removed for rage pots... rains of fire! D: Deck code coming after deadline.
(http://i.imgur.com/PxmMs.png)
(nymphs were from his water nymphs on my pillars)
Game 2 : played firestall, 50 card version. Yay 6 ragepots, des sorts en veux tu en voilas, grand finale by killing the dilgo. This matchup scared me because it reminded me of the finals of light, last trials, where Dunes beat Firestall. But! no blessing in gravity :v
Post by: Commandaguy on September 24, 2012, 08:03:07 pm
First game I took because I had deflags for the gas he played, and he was eventually forced to use bolts on some of my creatures.
Second game, drew my devourers early, and because he had a bad pillar draw I used my steals on the ones he did have to get him down to 0 quanta by the end of it.
Post by: treebeard xiii on September 24, 2012, 09:38:06 pm
Post by: Acsabi44 on September 24, 2012, 09:58:29 pm
when u say a creatureless deckout can you have a weapon in and four shields or must you only use shields to be entitled to the bonus pointOne weapon allowed.
Post by: kev on September 25, 2012, 05:02:43 am
G1 - Rainbows are no match for AFLA POWER!!!!! Also he drew no pillars to start and only found one deflag. At one point he BB'd a cell and we were both uncertain whether it would spawn a new one anyway (it did). I think I died with 23 poison counters on me or something.
G2 - I'm thankful he didn't find the quanta to hit stride. I was peeking at his hand the whole time and it looked super annoying. I imagine he spent time pondering which cards would make me rage the most and couldn't decide so he ended up with a 60-carder.
Always a pleasure, Goon. I like that you're saving your real gems for Trials and War.
G2 - I'm thankful he didn't find the quanta to hit stride. I was peeking at his hand the whole time and it looked super annoying. I imagine he spent time pondering which cards would make me rage the most and couldn't decide so he ended up with a 60-carder.
Always a pleasure, Goon. I like that you're saving your real gems for Trials and War.
Post by: Dragoon on September 25, 2012, 07:51:39 am
Rainbow Scorpion
I made a mistake that cost me the game. He had a Bond and Skull Shield up. I Deflag'd the shield, but I should've Deflag'd the Bond. I might've had a chance to outrun his healing then. Oh well. Live and learn.
Edit: And this is an illegal deck. While I was adjusting my deck, I totally forgot about the 3 alchemy rule and took out my Precog for something else. Doh!
Super-Annoying-Kill-Off-Creatures-With-CC-And-Stay-Alive-With-Healing Stall!
This was my deck-outer. Unfortunately, I got a lousy Pillar draw that made things too slow. I had a nice hand full of healing cards (as kev got to see with his Precog). But I couldn't use any of it. :(
Great games kev, but I want a rematch.
I made a mistake that cost me the game. He had a Bond and Skull Shield up. I Deflag'd the shield, but I should've Deflag'd the Bond. I might've had a chance to outrun his healing then. Oh well. Live and learn.
Edit: And this is an illegal deck. While I was adjusting my deck, I totally forgot about the 3 alchemy rule and took out my Precog for something else. Doh!
Super-Annoying-Kill-Off-Creatures-With-CC-And-Stay-Alive-With-Healing Stall!
This was my deck-outer. Unfortunately, I got a lousy Pillar draw that made things too slow. I had a nice hand full of healing cards (as kev got to see with his Precog). But I couldn't use any of it. :(
Great games kev, but I want a rematch.
Post by: TribalTrouble on September 25, 2012, 09:42:45 am
kev 2 - Dragoon 0Uhh.... ?_? ?_? ?_? ?_?
G1 - Rainbows are no match for AFLA POWER!!!!! Also he drew no pillars to start and only found one deflag. At one point he BB'd a cell and we were both uncertain whether it would spawn a new one anyway (it did). I think I died with 23 poison counters on me or something.
Post by: Elbirn on September 25, 2012, 10:52:57 am
Post by: kev on September 25, 2012, 12:59:41 pm
Herp. WON with ~23 counters on me.kev 2 - Dragoon 0Uhh.... ?_? ?_? ?_? ?_?
G1 - Rainbows are no match for AFLA POWER!!!!! Also he drew no pillars to start and only found one deflag. At one point he BB'd a cell and we were both uncertain whether it would spawn a new one anyway (it did). I think I died with 23 poison counters on me or something.
Post by: treebeard xiii on September 25, 2012, 01:24:12 pm
Post by: pervepic on September 25, 2012, 01:32:47 pm
Game one - stole the only Pillar and won. A deck:
Game two - stall didn't work because of his masochistic dolls. A sudden loss was a surprise indeed. A deck:
Game three. After 2 Raibows I picked this one and luckly met a Rainbow again:
Good games!
Post by: summerz88 on September 25, 2012, 04:03:57 pm
Post by: summerz88 on September 25, 2012, 05:20:15 pm
For bonus point:
(http://i.imgur.com/04Dd3.png)
decks used:
Game1&2 - Terrible draw in game 1 and then got quanta locked by mono darkness, won game 2 when he switched it up.
Game 3
Post by: Elbirn on September 25, 2012, 05:22:23 pm
Game #1: Got all of my devourers out in the first few turns. Quanta lock resulted in summerz conceding the match. I played through it against AI just for the record, and won two turns later.
Game #2: I played rage potted voodoos; he played an earth stall deckout with wardens, stone skin, and basilisk blood. Nothing I could really do.
Game #3: With no third deck to prepared, I went back to deck #1. :P After getting his deckout win, Summerz played a ghostmare. Very, very close game as he kept reverse timing my devourers. I eventually was able to steal his procrastination, slowing his creatures down, and stopped playing my own creatures to stop the draw lock. Once I got my dragon back in my hand, a few liquid shadows, and enough quanta to play/disregard his eternity, I was in business. VERY close finish, I just barely had enough damage on the table to beat him by one turn. Great game.
Good show, Summerz, and best of luck in war and draft and such :)
Game #2: I played rage potted voodoos; he played an earth stall deckout with wardens, stone skin, and basilisk blood. Nothing I could really do.
Game #3: With no third deck to prepared, I went back to deck #1. :P After getting his deckout win, Summerz played a ghostmare. Very, very close game as he kept reverse timing my devourers. I eventually was able to steal his procrastination, slowing his creatures down, and stopped playing my own creatures to stop the draw lock. Once I got my dragon back in my hand, a few liquid shadows, and enough quanta to play/disregard his eternity, I was in business. VERY close finish, I just barely had enough damage on the table to beat him by one turn. Great game.
Post by: treebeard xiii on September 25, 2012, 05:49:03 pm
Post by: Acsabi44 on September 25, 2012, 06:51:13 pm
Post by: bjessee on September 25, 2012, 10:42:12 pm
Dueling Space Bars. Aflabond did not fare well against Firestall. I feel so dirty for using it.
NTime managed a win against Raging Dolls. I was lucky that the Cloak never hit the table. I do not know that I could have outpaced him.
Thanks for the games, Tribal. Sorry that they were so dull.
Post by: TribalTrouble on September 25, 2012, 10:56:53 pm
Game 2
This is what I call:
1) Not having much time due to lots of HW
2) Not being able to come up with my own creative workable ideas
3) Stealing other people's ideas and editing a few cards at most.
4) Playing
5) Failing
6)???
7)
edit: Really? You copied something else.... you should've done a screenshot and saved it... not sure what you did though o.O
edit2: Wait.. there is a New York for the element of Time but instead it is called NewTime or NT/NTime? Cool!