SUPER AMAZING COMEBACK TIEBREAKER!
...seriously, I don't know how I pulled this one off.
Kuroaitou 3 - 2 Vineroz
Game 1:
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5ro 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 80d 80d 80d 80d 80i 80i 8puWhat I thought would be good in theory came out horribly in practice; he brought [], which WOULD have rendered Lightnings useless, so I decided on a more stall based approach with Fractal to be used on either my Ghosts OR his [] if he brought them to the field. I managed to stay away from him using carefully placed shields and Sundials, but when it came down to the end, I realized that Rewinding his [] back into this hand sealed my fate; if I didn't, I would have been able to field a Ghost to finish him off, but he survived at a disturbing 5 HP. 0-1
Game 2:
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4ss 4vl 4vl 4vn 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rj 5rk 5rk 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5ru 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 6u5 6u7 6u7 7ri 7ri 7ri 8pjDiscord came too late as he won the coin toss. I fell into despair when he simply rewound his dragons back into his deck when I tried to invert their attack with Antimatter. Discord just couldn't penetrate his defenses. 0-2
Game 3:
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4ss 58q 58q 58s 595 595 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5ro 5rr 5rs 5rs 5rs 5ru 5s4 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 77c 7q0 7q0 7q0 7ri 7ri 8pmI tried something different, and surprisingly, it worked. I had this originally lined up against Aether players to fight off Lightning (it had
Plate Armors instead of the golems and shields and BB's), but I thought about it and realized that it might be worth a try against one of his more notorious decks that he was going to play. He didn't play it, but I found out that this deck did its work, although Vineroz sadly had a 1 pendulum start. 1-2
Game 4:
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4ss 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rj 5rj 5rk 5rk 5rm 5rm 5ro 5ru 5ru 5ru 7q0 7q0 7q0 7q0 7q0 7q0 8pkI thought long and hard about what deck he would play, and turns out I was SPOT. ON. He chose not to play his most valuable cards, while I just spammed whatever I wanted. Plus, early Procrastination gave me a major edge in the battle. 2-2
Game 5:
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4ss 58q 58q 58s 595 595 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5ro 5rr 5rs 5rs 5rs 5ru 5s4 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 77c 7q0 7q0 7q0 7ri 7ri 8pmRounding it off, I decided NOT to use the one deck that I wanted to most in case he decided to pull off the one deck I hated; luckily he didn't, but I found myself in a conundrum of having to bounce creatures carefully or else lose my streak. Early in the battle, I was shocked after using Precognition to see a [] in his deck, having to quickly change from a more defensive to an aggressive approach to pummel him down. I have a picture of this battle (I'll post it soon), but after some strategic removal of his cards, lucky quanta balancing, and two sturdy golems that would just not let up against his [], I managed to finish the comeback full circle and win 3-2.
Fantastic games Vineroz. Too close on some of them; you know how to play me well in the mind games. >.< Ugh. Meta-planning sucks.
