[Trials 9 - Phase 2] Zawadx 14 Wins - 10 Losses [Complete]

[Zawadx]

Zawadx 4-0 worldwideweb3

Good RNG for me, terrible RNG for him led to some very undeserved wins for me imo :/

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Game 1: RoL/Hope vs PoisonDials =  WIN

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So Pdials is pretty much one of the strongest decks vs. Aether. But I had a pretty decent draw with early efficient RoLTal, and fractal dragon was sufficient to break through dials later on.

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Game 2: Bonebolt vs. Grabby/Ghosts = WIN

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4su 52g 52r 52r 52r 52r 542 61q 622 622 622 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 713 713 713 713 71a 71a 80a 80a 80a 80a 80a 8pk

I don't recall him using any earthquakes... prolly what let me win xD We had a dc game where we both lost to AI, but in the actual game my draw was simply superior.

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Game 3: CremaFractix vs. Blessed Dunes = WIN

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Cremafractix is pretty strong, especially vs. RT. Didn't have deflags tho, sundials were pretty scary, but Dunes are just too slow.

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Game 4: Mono v. Mono = WIN

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In this matchup, there is but little he could do. RTs slowed me a little, but MA's speed pulled through.

Zawadx 3-1 mathman101

Same as www3. I kinda feel elemental strengths are playing a big role in off-element this time around :/

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Game 1: Mono vs. Poison Duo = WIN

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MA rushed him down before he could set up adrenascorp properly.

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Game 2: Adrenarecluses vs. Adrenachargers = WIN (LOSS due to illegal deck - not enough off-element cards)

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My deck's simply faster, while his seems underquantaed. Also didn't help that he bottomdecked his upped chargers.

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Game 3: Damseltal vs. Mono = WIN

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Damseltal is extremly fast; he also failed to draw adrenascorp properly.

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Game 4: Crawlertal vs. ImmoLife = WIN (http://prntscr.com/78v5pb)

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His immo deck seems pretty bad, and dry spell counters the thing anyways.

Zawadx 3-1 DANIEELA

ggs, I just had the more solid decks overall. Except that last one, which might've been won with more testing. Oh well, 11-1 in off-elements is alright.

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Game 1: Gravytal vs Mono = WIN

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Gravytal with a proper quanta balance is pretty strong, not much she could do

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Game 2: Bonebolt vs Fire Duo = WIN

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4su 52g 52r 52r 52r 52r 542 61q 622 622 622 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 713 713 713 713 71a 71a 80a 80a 80a 80a 80a 8pk

Closest game imo, I got four early lightnings to kill two phoenixes early and establish a sizeable bonewall. All this time my recluses kept up, won thanks to my early lead.

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Game 3: Mono vs. Ug spam = WIN

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Held onto recluses to stop UG spam, then reclusetaled for win.

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Game 4: DiscoParty vs. Damseltal = LOSS

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4su 4vl 4vl 61o 61o 61o 61o 61r 61r 622 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u2 6u5 80b 80g 80g 80l 80l 80l 8pj

So I decided to have some fun with this thing. Speedbuilt it, but my optimization was pretty bad. Pande would've been a much better choice.

Zawadx 1-2 Higurashi STANDIN

Higu definitely showed her skillfulness here. Great games, and a good place to learn ^^

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Game 1: SilenceMare vs. Mark NM = WIN

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Her deck was obviously faster, using MA's speed in conjunction with nm (which fills hand with unupped/upped psions, not a great deal for most fractal decks). But I had early vagger, and one silence which gave me the turn needed to win.

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Game 2: Adrenarecluse vs. Life Dragontal = LOSS

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Lightning > Adrenarecluse, SoG dragontal meant I had no way out.

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Game 3: Silence of the MA vs. MA = LOSS

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Wanted to try this as an MA counter; but as it turns out, silence is too slow vs. MA. This was a game of brilliant play, which Higs executed perfectly.

Zawadx 3-6 deuce22

When one must dance with the deuce~ One must face devastation

After breaking even in the first four games, an unfortunate deck choice rolled into two more which put me behind definitively.

ftr: With normal rng, I should've won Game 6 while deuce would've easily won game 8. Games 1, 3, 5 and 7 were also pretty even matchups which could've gone either way. So with super standard RNG, I'd be almost 5-4 vs deuce? Sounds pretty good, but I still have that final game to win before I can get to a mastery.

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Game 1: Grabbow vs Devtal = WIN

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Brought this with Devtal in mind; still won by a turn before vamptal stabilized him, he would've won with a better draw.

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Game 2: Chargetal vs Fractix = LOSS

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Deuce had a faildraw of one pend, while my unoptimized quanta balance meant that my production was way too slow. In the end I lost by a turn.

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Game 3: Silencemare vs. Quinted AM = LOSS

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Fractals hid until about 12 cards left, by then deuce had 3 nymphs ready which made winning impossible.

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Game 4: Fractix vs Devtal= WIN (http://prntscr.com/7cnwot)

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Built this to be devtal resistant; it didn't fail to disappoint. Started a desynced game with only one crema in hand but no pillars/pends. Managed to barely win that with awesome topdecks. This match was pretty fun ^^

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Game 5: Double Control Fractix vs. Mono = LOSS

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I simply fell into the greed of RoF, should've focused on how it slowed me down too much. It wasn't really the issue here as I never drew it, but cremafractix should have stolen the win here.

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Game 6: Damseltal Tstorm vs. Grabbow = LOSS

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Faildrew with no fractal at all, otherwise fog and Tstorm would've made it an at least even matchup.

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Game 7: Silence of the MA vs. Grabbow=LOSS

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Silence was too late to stop hm from plopping down too grabbies; if they had been lightnings instead would've been an easy win.

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Game 8: Grabbow vs. RoL/Hope = WIN

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Deuce played this one brilliantly, forcing discard of extra hopes early on; but he failed to draw RoL until it was too late.

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Game 9: Frogtal vs. Damseltal = LOSS

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So I had only a few elements left, and best choices among them were RoL/Hope, This, SoG Dragontal and perhaps the Crawlertal. All of them except frogtal was extremely weak to gravytal, which was my prediction based on his use of strong decks vs me and not using gravy so far. Brought this... and was countered promptly by wings. Silences failed to serve here, as you would need two silences as well a sizeable board to beat him before dragontal; and keeping board was pretty hard vs EE.

So basically the problem with silence is that it fails to perform brilliantly. Even in decks where you put it in to break dim/wings chains, you need to get all the pieces together before it can work. Silence can be great at delaying fractal, which does net your opponent ~20 damage lost. But don't be fooled into thinking that the discard it forces vs MA is worth it; MA's standard damage output is too strong to be deterred by a silence. Silence is superior vs Fractix/Gravytal, but I never had those matchups. imo Silence's utility vs Aether's best decks (MA, Grabbow) is too low to favor it over lightning, unless you have a specific counter in mind. It also performs pretty badly with ~12 ups compared to a more upped environment. Silence's strength as a MTK enhancer is great, but it fails to beat the archetype it should counter best, stalls, simply due to sanctuary. Using silence is not a bad idea with a deck perfectly optimized for it, but don't bring less than 5 if you want to avoid post-match rage

[deuce22]

Stop winning so much. Kthxbye

[Zawadx]

Decks had been posted, and now updated with descriptions. Enjoy!

The little jumble at the end about silence is simply a dump of my thoughts on the topic after multiple experiments throughout phase 2. I'll post an article on the topic when I get the time

[Physsion]

One win against mathman101 changed to a loss due to illegal deck - your Life duo had less than 25% off-element cards.

Checked everything else, and it all looks good. Awarding your Phase 2 points now. Nice work Zawa