(Time Lt.) Kuroaitou 3 - 0 Physsion (Entropy Sld)

[Kuroaitou]

...I really blame RNG for all of this.

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DISCLAIMER: Because of the abysmally crappy disconnections we experienced the day before, we both agreed to start from scratch to end up with this result. I'll post just a few of the strange and crazy screenshots from my end soon enough.



Game 1:

Managed to get a decent 3-pillar start while Physsion also busted out an early Lycanthrope and his Vampire Dagger. My hourglass came, and I slowly began drawing more and more quanta while stalling his creatures with my shields and a starting hand Eternity. I began rewinded his werewolves to prevent him from drawing, and after I popped Fractal, I basically prayed that his Dusk would let some of the ghosts through, only for the shield to be replaced by a last minute steal+creature rush (which was thwarted by another dimensional shield and his dimensional shield falling to 0). 1-0

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Game 2:

Similar to game 1, but Eternity wasn't in my starting hand; I topdecked it pretty early and basically controlled the board from then on out. I also pulled the Silence + Fractal combo (similar to the next game as well), since I had a feeling he could have a couple of Steals waiting for me after rewinding so many creatures. 2-0

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Game 3:

Physsion had a 1 pillar draw on his side while I had nothing BUT pillars and an opening Hourglass on my end. It kind of sealed the deal from then on there when I launched my Dragon early and managed to speed-search through my deck for my Eternity, shields, and other Hourglasses/quanta sources.

He nightmared me to slow me down, but my damage output and overall control of the board was just too much to deal with given so little quanta on his end. My last minute timed Silence + Fractal combo + Dims didn't help, and I dealt the exact 44 damage needed to win. 3-0

Spoiler for Game 3:

Spoiler for EXAMPLES OF TERRIBAD DESYNCS:

Timed out symbol, Vampire Dagger being immaterial despite him having no Novas or Earth quanta to protect it:


This one was trickier, but I was able to communicate with him but not the reverse. He had negative quanta at one point, but my screenshot didn't capture it on time (the +1 quanta turned it from -1 to 0)


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Good games Physsion. If it weren't for luck, your deck would have probably pulverized me every single time, unless you made some severe errors in regards to how you play your Steals. Thanks again for using a different server for the more stable internet connection as well.

[Physsion]

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so, so, so frustrating.


Thanks for the games, Kuro. You played well.

Sorry . I did all I could. Early Eternity every round, a well-timed Silence from Kuro in our third round, and abysmal, abysmal luck in all three games just made it an awful time for me.

[23:21:08] ‹Kuroaitou› ‹@Physsion› By the way, you played the best you could given your circumstances. Your dusk also kept me on my toes as well
Thank you for being a good sport, Kuro, no matter how awfully the game treated me, you were a fun opponent and I enjoyed playing with you.

Best of luck to team for the rest of War.

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EDIT: 1 Eternity?!

[ARTHANASIOS]

Time's deck is 9-0 right now, am I right?

[Kuroaitou]

Thank you for being a good sport, Kuro, no matter how awfully the game treated me, you were a fun opponent and I enjoyed playing with you.

Best of luck to team for the rest of War.

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EDIT: 1 Eternity?!

Thank you as well Physsion. It honestly could have gone 0-3 for me if you had the proper draws and RNG pooped on me. ^^; I hope your team does well too Physsion (at least enough to take out Aether and the other elements who have won war already *coughincludingyourscough*).

(and yes, 1 Eternity, but the Hourglasses helped me obtain it a little bit faster in some of the games >_>)

[SpikeSpiegel]

* SpikeSpiegel is happy from hospital!!!

[willng3]

Man this is one of the most meh match outcomes I've ever experienced.

Good try Physsion, no shame in having done everything you could.

[Avenger]

Amazing, nurple cannot beat a deck like this?

[Afdarenty]

Amazing, nurple cannot beat a deck like this?

With only two steals I can't say this result surprises me.

[xn0ize]

Amazing, nurple cannot beat a deck like this?

ALL HAIL RNGODDESS, SHE MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Amazing, nurple cannot beat a deck like this?

ALL HAIL RNGODDESS, SHE MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

 I don't see why everyone claims Kuro won because of RNG. If one Steal goes to Eternity, the other one must be used to a Dim, but that means Physsion must be able to finish his opponent with a single attack. The overall attack of Physsion's deck is 78 (6 from Dagger, 6 from each Lycan, 12 from each Dragon) which is less than 100 and it requires every single creature drawn. It must had dealt at least 22 damage before the Dim chain starts in order to work.
 The alternative is to use both Steals at the 1st and 2nd Dim and perform a 2-turn KO, but this requires both Steals drawn and enough creatures to deal at least 50 damage in a single attack (or 40, if we suppose that took 20 damage before making a shield chain) and these creatures must be on hand because of the possible Eternity Lockdown (with all those Hourglasses, drawing the Eternity is an easy thing to do). So, both Steals must be drawn and used against Dims to hand and every creature played at the same time (in order to avoid Eternity lockdown).
 Even if we suppose that the Dim chain started after Kuro was let with 50 health or something, Team Entropy's deck needs a single Steal and an amount of creatures capable of dealing 50 damage with a single attack, but even that is very RNG dependant.
 
In other words, by the time Physsion can perform a Steal KO,  Kuro will be already able to perform a ghostal or a dragontal due to all these Dims and Hourglasses.

 As for the Nightmares, Kuro can just use Hourglasses to draw 8 cards after playing his stuff and forcing himself to discard any Nightmared copies of Lycans or Purple Dragons. In other words, Nightmare is not useful due to Hourglass' drawing power.

 Moreover, let's take a look at the screenshots:

1st screenshot: Physsion can deal a total of 24 damage which is not enough to finish Kuro even with a Steal (Kuro has 27 health) and since Kuro has an Eternity he has already locked Physsion's draw (that means Physsion can't draw more creatures than he already has; I suppose Physsion's single card in hand is a Steal).

2nd screenshot: Physsion must have a Steal and enough creature power to deal 49 damage with a single attack which is impossible given Physsion's deck and hand; even if the Silence wasn't played, Kuro still had this one.

3rd scrennshot: Even if Physsion has a Steal and an Amethyst Dragon in hand (bst case scenario), he can deal a total of 36 damage while Kuro has 37 health and I doubt Kuro has no Dims hidden within his 3 cards. However, if Kuro lacks any more Dims, a single Steal could had won this game for Physsion.

 Take this deck seriously, you guys. It is a monster; it hasn't won three times (with a 9-0 score in total) without a good reason...

[10 men]

This matchup is indeed quite favorable for the Time deck. Entropy's best chance likely would have been continued mass-desyncs, which favor rush decks.