[Trials 9 - Phase 2][Fire Challenger]RootRanger 18 - 6 [Complete]

[RootRanger]

Available Elements:

Used Elements and Opponents
(Vangelios, iancudorinmarian, dark ripper)
(Vangelios, flyingcat, ji412jo)
(flyingcat)
(Vangelios, flyingcat, iancudorinmarian)
(Vangelios, Physsion)
(Physsion)
(Vangelios, flyingcat)
(Vangelios, ji412jo)
(flyingcat, dark ripper)
Mono x5 (flyingcat, ji412jo, Physsion, iancudorinmarian, dark ripper)

[RootRanger]

RootRanger 3 - 0 iancudorinmarian

Bans: Shard of Sacrifice, Shard of Gratitude, Shard of Wisdom, Bone Wall, Nightmare, Discord, Shard of Bravery, Shard of Divinity, Firebolt, Sanctuary

Dims (Aether) (Win vs Mono Entropy)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 7dn 7dn 7dn 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 80d 80i 80i 8pu

Phoenix Potions (Mono) (Win vs Death)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7dn 7dr 7dr 7dr 7dr 7f2 7f2 7f2 8po

BB Golems (Earth) (Win vs Earth)

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[RootRanger]

RootRanger 2 -1 ji412jo

Bans: Shard of Void, Shard of Patience, Shard of Sacrifice, Ghost of the Past, Fractal, Steal, Shard of Divinity, Shard of Bravery, Shard of Focus, Fire Bolt, Graboid, Holy Light

Ragepot Stall (Light, Time) (Win vs Death)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f5 5f5 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f7 5f7 5f7 5fb 5fb 5fb 5fb 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5lg 5lg 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 7dr 7dr 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7k2 7k2 7q9 7q9 7q9 7q9 8pq

Phoenix Potions (Mono) (Win vs Aether)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7dn 7dr 7dr 7dr 7dr 7f2 7f2 7f2 8po

Flying Fahrens (Air) (Loss vs Life)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5f7 5f7 5fb 5fb 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5og 5og 5og 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7dn 7dn 7f2 7f2 7f2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 8po

I thought it would be really funny to play a deck that looked like a mono but actually wasn't, except the deck kinda sucked. Shame.

[RootRanger]

RootRanger 2 - 1 Physsion

Considering I dropped a game against his fellow challenger, it was only fair to Physsion that I lost a game against him as well

Bans: Shard of Gratitude, Shard of Patience, Shard of Sacrifice, Ghost of the Past, Fractal, Steal, Shard of Bravery, Shard of Freedom, Deflagration, Sanctuary, Dimensional Shield

Discord (Entropy) (Loss vs Life)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5fb 5fb 5fb 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u7 6u7 6u7 6u7 7dg 7dg 7f2 7f2 7f2 8pj

Phoenixbolt (Mono) (Win vs Mono)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7dg 7dg 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dn 7dn 7dn 7f2 7f2 7f2 8po

Grabbow (Rainbow) (Win vs Entropy)

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When you use the three most OP decks in the game (Discord, Mono Fire, Grabbow) you're pretty much guaranteed at least two of them will win.

[MyNameIsJoey]

yeah, i personally hate you now.

[RootRanger]

[RootRanger]

RootRanger 5 -1 flyingcat

I've now achieved my goal of 12 wins. Time to forfeit the rest

Bans: Shard of Patience, Shard of Bravery, Shard of Sacrifice, Discord, Bone Wall, Otyugh, Graboid, Unstable Gas, Reverse Time, Precognition, Fractal

Dusk (Darkness) (Win vs Light)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7dg 7dg 7dg 7f2 7f2 7t8 7t8 7t9 7t9 7tb 7tb 7th 7th 8pt

Fog Phoenix (Air) (Win vs Water)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5on 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7n0 7n0 7n7 7n7 7n7 7n7 8pr

SoG Firestall (Life) (Loss vs Air)

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4so 5c4 5c5 5cq 5cq 5cq 5cq 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f7 5f7 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7ba 7ba 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dl 7dl 8pn

Storm Phoenix (Mono) (Win vs Mono)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7dg 7dg 7dk 7dk 7dn 7dn 7dn 7do 7do 7f2 7f2 7f2 8po

BB Golems (Earth) (Win vs Death)

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4so 595 595 595 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 77j 77l 77l 77l 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7f2 8pm

Steams (Water) (Win vs Life)

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5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5ib 5ib 5ib 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ij 5ij 7dm 7dm 7dn 7dn 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7h3 7h3 8pp

I accidentally put 4x PC in the Darkness deck instead of the usual 2x, but it ended up being very helpful against his Firestall.

[Vangelios]

RootRanger 5 -1 flyingcat

I've now achieved my goal of 12 wins. Time to forfeit the rest

nah... You will duel against me in the weekend, then after you can forfeit.

[RootRanger]

RootRanger 3 - 3 Vangelios

Bans: Shard of Patience, Shard of Bravery, Shard of Sacrifice, Discord, Bone Wall, Otyugh, Graboid, Unstable Gas, Reverse Time, Precognition, Fractal

Illegal Deck Lol (Entropy) (Loss vs Light, Time)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u7 6u7 6u7 6u7 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 8pj

BB Golems (Earth) (Loss vs Mono)

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4so 595 595 595 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f2 5f6 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 77j 77l 77l 77l 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dn 7dn 7f2 8pm

Sancdial Firestall (Light, Time) (Win vs Earth)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f5 5f7 5f7 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5lg 5lg 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dk 7dk 7dk 7f2 7f2 7k2 7q9 7q9 7q9 7q9 8pq

Fog Phoenixbolt (Air) (Loss vs Rainbow)

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4so 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f6 5f6 5f7 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dn 7n0 7n0 7n0 7n1 7n1 7n1 7n1 8pr

SoG Firestall (Life) (Win vs Water)

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4so 5c4 5c5 5cq 5cq 5cq 5cq 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f7 5f7 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 7ba 7ba 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dl 7dl 8pn

Immolation (Aether) (Win vs Darkness)

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5f2 5f2 5f2 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 61p 61p 61p 61p 61p 61p 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dm 7dm 7f2 7f2 80a 80a 8po

It turns out that dark ripper's account was hacked! This nefarious hacker tried to have dark ripper forfeit his games against me, but I vigilantly refused to let him have his way. I suspect that the real dark ripper is locked away in SG's basement, but worry not, for I have sent out a search team to rescue him.

[MyNameIsJoey]

how's that rescue mission going?

[RootRanger]

how's that rescue mission going?

After a seven day journey, my team and I finally arrived at SG's basement. We were met by chriskang, Antagon, MrBlonde, zanzarino, and mostly importantly, dark ripper. Scaredgirl said I could free them if I could solve her Grand Riddle, shown below.

Twelve of my kind
Can be played by you
I'm best used to grind
Against AI2
When damage is low
I strike with more zeal
Although I can grow
I'd much rather heal

I knew that the first line meant that Scaredgirl was thinking of one of the twelve Elements. The last line meant it was an Element that could heal, which ruled out Fire, Air, Time, and Aether. The preceding line meant it was an Element with a creature that could increase its stats. This ruled out Death, Earth, Light and Darkness. Just a couple Elements were left. Entropy could heal with Antimatter and grow with Lycanthrope. Gravity could heal with Black Hole and grow with Graviton Fire Eater. Water could heal with Purify and grow with Steam Machine.

But there was still more to the riddle, in particular the line that says "When damage is low I strike with more zeal." That probably meant Scaredgirl wanted a creature that could attack multiple times. The lower its damage was, the more times it attacked. I knew then that the answer was Fractal, because if you fractal a creature with a lower cost, and thus lower attack, you can play it more times before running out of quanta. But Fractal was an Aether card.

At that point, I ruled out Entropy, Gravity, and Water because they did not have Fractal. Unfortunately, I had ruled out Aether because it could not heal or grow. What was the only Element that could do all three? Rainbow! I was so excited to have solved the riddle, but I should have known that Scaredgirl would pull some trick up her sleeve. She said the actual answer was an Element called "Life," a very ancient Element that has not been used in over five years. She banished me from her basement, and dark ripper remained trapped in there forever.

RootRanger 3 - 0 dark ripper

[Physsion]

Congratulations Root! Awesome result. I've added your Phase 2 points to the Standings.