[Life] willng3 3 - 2 ak65ala

[willng3]

Very nice, close games for the most part.

Game 1: 

by willng3

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I managed to play my Dim Shields early but it took me forever to draw a Dragon.  Didn't need to play a SoR (didn't draw one either) as I had 40+ by the time my Dragon had finally hit the field.  His Scorpions managed to get 4 Poison on me before my chain of Shields arrived and there was just nothing he could do. 1-0

Game 2: 

by willng3

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I thought seeing the same mark from the previous duel might throw him off, but unfortunately I met Discord this time which really messed things up here.  I held back my lone Frog in my hand as I still didn't know if his deck had CC in it; if I hadn't made this move then I might have been able to squeeze in the damage I needed to win.  Never did get a chance to Fractal anything and I was forced to play a Silence last turn to make it seem as if my deck hadn't failed completely. 1-1

Game 3: 

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I really like this deck, but its inconsistency here has caused me to reconsider using it.  I managed to play one Adren'd Shortbow, a Druidic Staff and a Green Nymph, but I never did pull a 2nd Flying Weapon in those 15 cards I drew from my deck. 1-2

Game 4:

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There was a lot of luck that went into this duel, let me tell ya.  I about cried when I saw the mark and my opening hand.  I assumed that he was either planning on using Otys or Chargers and either of those spelled doom against my hand of 1 Druidic Staff, 1 Permafrost and 6 Pends.  It took me a while before I managed to draw a Forest Spirit and he had me down to very little HP with his Chargers and Dragon before I saw my first Octopus.  But after I drew that one card the duel suddenly turned around completely.  I came back from 5HP by Congealing everything that hit the field.  Permafrost started working in my favor.  I didn't want Adrenaline to catch me off guard, so I decided to use my multiple Octopuses to reset the Congeal counter to 4 for every creature.  Miraculously, I won. 2-2

Game 5: 

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Back to the first deck.  Fire mark had me slightly concerned, but I had already devised this deck to function as a Stall/Rush in certain circumstances, so the idea of PC didn't bother me.  Played 1 Dim Shield to verify he was using Deflags/Explosions and he was.  With that in mind, I played my first Dragon, waited a turn, and then Mitosis'd + SoR'd it next turn to make use of that now nearly useless quanta.  I had exactly 40 damage on the board prior to playing Mitosis + SoR on another Dragon.  His Dragons just weren't able to keep up with my speed; I managed to win this damage race. 3-2

Awesome games, good luck during the rest of Phase 3 and 4!

[ak65ala]

Did not prevail this day. I gave him a run for his money though!

by ak65ala

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Game 1: Willng3 first.  2 nova + tower let me land a 1st turn scorpion. No discord. I was able to get up 4 poison (3 turns of attacking scorpions) , then willng3 put up his dimentional shields leading to a decisive victory.  8+ straight turns of doing nothing but waiting for death.

Game 2: Willng3 first. Same deck for myself. Odd deck choice by willng3. 2 nova + discord led to a 2nd trun weapon.  My discord did not work well, leading to 6 aether quanta on turn 5, but no shield.  he kept stacking quanta, 11 life, 9 aether... still nothing.  Won easily.  Now I see why I won so easily.

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Game 3: I went first.  Mirror match, sort-of.  I had the better draw.  Won. Was a fun match trying to calculate who was 'ahead' with all the healing shooting back and forth!

by ak65ala

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Game 4: Willng3 first.  Went heavy, Had him on the ropes at 5HP.  Lost due to a emerald staff.  No other reason.
Play went: 3rd turn charger, 4th turn dragon, 5th turn charger, 8th turn charger, dragon.  Did not see another creature after that.  If I had drawn a dragon there at the end it would have been my game. 

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Game 5: I went first.  Another mirror match with some counter play by me.  He choose the faster deck setup, winning by 1 turn.  I threw this deck together there at the end, knowing the 6 fire cards I wanted, but I went too light on life quanta.  Mitosis did not matter this game.  In retrospect, if they were heals instead, I would have won.  I did choose right on the deflags, so that was something at least.
Good games willng3.  I am anticipating my 14 upped decks to do well against your 25 upped decks in the finals! Bring it on!

[Higurashi]

Good to see RNG isn't brutalising you again, willu. I expect I'll miss most of your matches though, due to timezones. :/

[willng3]

I'm also pretty discreet about my duels unless my opponent feels the need to announce it to the world.  I'll let you know if you're there at the time though :>

[willng3]

Decks and commentaries added, enjoy.

[ak65ala]

Decks and commentaries added, enjoy.

Ditto.