[Light Trials 4] majofa 3 - 1 johannhowitzer

[majofa]

Game 1: (vs Eternity/TurtleShield)  WIN
I saw his MARK and expected Dune Scorpions. If they were in his deck, he never drew them. I had a good draw and was able to get my Crusaders out and Endow'd with my Titan. He had a Turtle Shield and near the end an Eternity, but I had 5 Crusaders that I could just keep putting down.
*Forgot this: my Gravity Shield was blocking his creatures*

by majofa

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Game 2: (vs Discord/Antimatter)  WIN
Looked to be the same matchup as game 2 vs RootRanger. Their decks ended up being slightly different, and best of all for me he didn't get an early Discord. I was able to get enough creatures to push past the Antimatters that he got.

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Game 3: (vs FireBolt/MorningGlory)  LOSS
I guess I should have tweaked it before I used it. He got an early Morning Glory and I ended up being 3 quanta short when he bolted me to death.

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Game 4: (vs: Vader Sader)  WIN
I saw his mark and smiled. Antimatters would be a very powerful card in this matchup. In addition, I could Endow his Vampire Dagger if he put it down. The matchup actually ended up being very close. Well kinda, I was never really in any danger since I had a Miracle in my opening hand. So every turn I watched my HP and calculated whether he could kill me or not. I ended up winning with it still in my hand.

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In beating johannhowitzer, I guaranteed myself 1st place in Phase 2

[johannhowitzer]

I'll just say that my only win here was in a mirrormatch; the rest of the games, he just had the perfect counter.  I expected majofa to be my toughest opponent, and I was right.  It's like he knew what I was going to play.  The final matchup was a close one, though - if I'd held off my outlay one turn longer, I might have pushed through and won.  Played the last game almost perfectly, so I'm happy!

by johannhowitzer

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This was just a poor matchup for me; the only thing that could pierce his Gravity Shield was Eternity.

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Against 12 mid-range attackers, 4 Antimatters was too few, and the BE spells were completely useless.  I did play a Guardian Angel or two, so I'm surprised he didn't know I had BE.

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From the start it was obviously a mirrormatch, and I was barely behind him on quanta, but he did not have Morningstars... so I was pretty confident going in, doing the math every turn to see if my bolts and weapon would be enough to finish him.  Outquanta'd him by two turns thanks to that wonderful weapon, he had to keep Miracling early to prevent the kill but it wasn't enough.

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Despite majofa's confidence against my mark, this really could have gone either way... I just jumped on him a turn or two early.  Had Dagger out very quickly and played Crusaders but didn't Endow them in order to hold back Antimatter... and his Crusaders were slow out of the gate.  Midgame I burst out a bunch of damage hoping for a 2-turn kill, and he barely turned it aside enough to survive, I think he ended up in single digits for a moment.  If I'd waited a little longer, I might have burst through.  (majofa also seems to have forgotten about Cloak; I never drew one, but if I had, it would have spelled his doom. 

[majofa]

Added game summaries. (This will also remind johannhowitzer to post his decks )

[johannhowitzer]

Decks posted, and wow.  It was closer than I thought!  Not only that, if I'd held on in game four and come back to win game five, we'd have a three-way tie in Light right now.  Congrats, majofa, on winning Phase 2... though I think this is what we all would have predicted. 

[majofa]

Oh wow..... Cloak would have been very bad....

[johannhowitzer]

Yeah, I was kinda disappointed I didn't draw one.