TStar: 3
10 men: 3
Starting Deck5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9
Game 1: LOSS
Pretty much went as expected when I saw his deck before our match. Immorush against a heavy CC/Dim Shield stall. Without any CC or PC I was pretty much playing dead.
Game 2: WIN
This is where for some reason he gave me life. He got rid of his Pendulums for Pillars and I simply outrushed him before we could get enough quanta to play a shield. 8 turn win.
Fire Pillar ---> Fire Bolt
Lava Golem ---> Deflagration
+1 Fire Pendulum
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Game 3: WIN
Having seen his Nymph and Shields I packed PC and CC this time to combat it. As it turned out if was an extremely close match. I had to wait through a Dim Shield (I didn't draw my first Deflag until the last turn, my 18th card in the deck) and Fire Bolted his early Maxwell's. He played out another one later and some Aboms and had the edge but I used the two Immo's in my hand to kill a Photon and some Ash to give me enough quanta to fuel a strong enough Fire Bolt to push me up just enough to kill him the turn before I would have died.
Photon ---> Devourer
Fire Pendulum ---> Darkness Pendulum
+1 Darkness Pendulum
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Game 4: LOSS
At this point I was feeling good, but it all came crashing down when I managed only a single Pendulum draw. I ended up having to discard a pair of Immolations before I could play a Devourer and get started. He kept playing Aboms and easily won the damage race. Game ended 14 cards into my deck with only the single Pendulum drawn.
Game 5: WIN
Once again drew a lone Pendulum forcing me to discard an Immolation. He had an early Discord but I was able to Deflag it only to see him play another one the next turn. Finally I was able to scrounge up enough
quanta to play a Devourer and start the Immo chain to get some Phoenixes out. After that I had enough CC and PC to kill off both Maxwell's and the lone Dim Shield he played and a few more Devourers came out to eat just enough
to keep him from getting any more shields out before I won.
Deflagration ---> Steal
Immolation ---> Nova
+1 Darkness Pendulum
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Game 6: LOSS
I needed an extra win to set up for the next round. My opening hand was very quanta heavy with 3 Nova and 3 Pendulums and 2 Steals. He got out a 2nd turn Discord that I quickly stole and started messing with his quanta. Unfortunately he drew a lot of pillars to power through it and was able to play a very early Purple Nymph that AM'd my lone Phoenix for several turns before my 15th card turned up my first Fire Bolt to kill in. By now it was too late as he got a pair of Dragons out and a 3rd shortly after and I didn't have enough damage over any CC left to outrace him. Had I gotten that Fire Bolt just 1 turn sooner I would have won.
Blah, stuck mid-morph means this event is basically over for me. Good luck to everyone else.