[Fire Trials] TheForbiddenOracle 3 - Essence 0

[TheForbiddenOracle]

by TheForbiddenOracle

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I saw his mark and realized he probably had some Bone Walls in there, so I just played my Fahrenheit as early as I could to deal as much damage as possible. Fire Buckler held his Phoenixes back, but grew his Bone Wall crushing any idea of my Fahrenheit going through, so I just waited until I had 3 lances and enough to finish off his remaining 71 hp.

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He was playing TU Dragons with Brimestone Eaters but it took too long for him to get the proper he needed. If I didn't put Deflags for his Fire Shields though I would've lost.

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He had a really bad draw and couldn't get a Steam Machine out until I had a Fractals worth of Minor Phoenixes

Yup, its pretty late but we finished the matches yesturday and I couldn't post until now. GGs Essence, he had some pretty bad luck

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I figured he might try a Fire Stall, and I figured a lot of cards would help in case it came down to a deckout situation.  I wanted my Bone Walls to hit early, so I went with all Pends to make sure they landed fast.  Unfortunately, that decision cost me the game, as it came down to a Bolt-off rather than a deckout, and he produced more per turn than I did.  It was a solid game, all told, just a bad decision on my part in terms of quanta balance.

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I knew if I could buy myself a little time, I could totally OTK him and bypass a potential Fire Stall scenario.  He wasn't playing Fire Stall, so oh well.   Unfortunately, my CC didn't show up in time to keep his Golems from outgrowing it, and I was one turn away from victory.  A solid game as well.

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I'd been keeping this one around since my matches with agentflare, I knew it was solid.  The first game we desynched and we both beat each other's AI, so I knew I had a chance.  But then in the real game, I only drew 2 pillars, and I was simply too shy on quanta to get the Machines rolling in time.  Another decent game, just fate wasn't on my side.

All told, major props to TFO.  The Force simply wasn't with me this time around.  I think that the Nymph Queens are mad at me for abandoning them.