Afdarenty 5-4 deuce22
Very sorry this took so long to be played.
Fun match as always, deuce. RNG played a pretty important role in these games, particularly the final two.
Game 1 (Loss) vs Squid/Trident
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5lk 5lk 5lk 5ls 5ls 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 622 622 622 622 622 625 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 8pqEnded up going into this one with the wrong mark, quite possibly lost me the game. I was very slow to Fractal RoL, and never even had the chance to Fractal on a Nymph or the Psion thanks to Trident. With faster Aether quanta I might have been able to apply enough pressure to punch through the Squid - as it was, Ice Shield in the mid game sealed the win for deuce.
Game 2 (Loss) vs Grabbow
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4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vl 4vl 4vl 50u 50u 50u 590 590 590 590 590 590 593 593 6u1 6u1 6u1 6u1 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 77j 8pmLost toss, with a one (unupgraded) pendulum start. Not the way to go about winning a mirror match. Worth mentioning that the version of this deck deuce played probably has a slight edge over mine.
Game 3 (Win) vs Mono Fire
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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55t 55t 55t 744 745 745 745 745 745 745 747 747 747 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 8pnDecided on this deck now solely because I thought it would be progressively harder to win with Life as time went on. 14 creatures meant I had enough to fight through all the Firebolts, just. Would have been a scary game if deuce drew Fahrenheit.
Game 4 (Loss) vs Catatitans
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52g 52t 52t 52t 52t 52t 5rk 5rk 5rk 5rk 710 710 710 710 710 710 710 710 710 713 718 718 718 718 718 71a 71a 72i 7q4 7q4 8psReally slow draw for me - no cards that dealt damage in my top 8. I drew into stuff, but not quickly enough. I'd have needed quite a fast draw to win it, though, or to win the cointoss - ideally both.
Game 5 (Win) vs Plague Stall
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5i4 5io 5io 5io 5jm 6rk 6rk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7h3 7h3 7h3 7h3 7h3 7i6 7i6 7i6 7i6 7i6 7i6 8ppI drew a lot of Crawlers early, forcing deuce to double plague. After that, I played a Queen and used her to get four more. These five, plus the threat of another five if needed, was a little too much damage for deuce to hold off.
Game 6 (Win) vs Mono Aether
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7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mv 7mv 7mv 7mv 7mv 7mv 7n1 7n9 7th 7th 7th 7th 8ptI was extremely unsure about which deck to bring here. Settled on this, because it has at least a chance vs most of what deuce could bring.
A pretty bad draw for deuce - he started well, with triple Psion, but he didn't have double Bolt in time for my first Dragon (after which I nightmared twice to make sure he didn't draw one) and he was missing Fractal too. I had quite a slow draw, with only three Towers and no Damsels to start, but Nightmare allowed me to recover and eventually win.
Game 7 (Win) vs Jade Nightmares
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5f2 5f2 5f2 6rr 6rr 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dm 7dm 7do 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7f2 7f2 7f2 8poThough deuce had a good start, mine was monstrous - by the end of turn 3 I had a Crimson Dragon, two Phoenix and a Destroyer out. I won the cointoss too - it was enough to win by a couple of turns despite a 7 card nightmare from deuce.
Game 8 (Loss) vs Antimatter Dark Splash
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7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7ta 7td 7td 7td 80a 80a 80i 80i 80i 80i 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 8ptThough this is a good match up for me, I had a horrible draw with no Devs in the top 18 cards. Ended up trying to win with the Vamps instead, though 4 Antimatter slowed me down significantly. Double Bolt on his first Dragon bought a lot of time, though, and I had yet to play Eclipse - after the +2 attack buff his Antimatters would have been much weaker. With 12 cards left my computer completely froze - deuce played it out against the AI and won a few turns later.
Entirely my fault, of course - I should have known better than to try and play Aether again vs deuce
Game 9 (Win) vs Mono Dims
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6rl 6rl 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dm 7dm 7dm 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7du 7du 7du 7f2 7f2 7f2 8poHuge indecision when it came to choosing this deck. I wanted to play Catatitan Dials, but I'd never played the deck before and didn't quite trust it enough to bring it here. Ended up rolling the dice with another Immo deck.
An opening hand without any Phoenix looked worrying, but I drew one turn two for a fast Seraph/Destroyer/Gavel. I blew up the first Dim Shield, then faced a very difficult decision when deuce played a second - use my second Explosion and hope deuce doesn't have a third Dim, or wait to draw the 8 damage needed to win in a single attack. I opted for the second, and drew what I needed soon after.
