I spent a lot of time testing for this match up. DANI's bans for me limited my choices a lot (they were actually the exact same bans I used against justaburd in the 8th Trials final). Without Sky Dragon the vast majority of my decks were vulnerable to EE + Shockwave or some Thunderstorms. I eventually came to the conclusion that 5 of the decks I had built were much better at dealing with this problem than the others. I'm a little sad I ended up playing so few decks, but I think it gave me the best chance to win here.
In the end, I didn't see DANIEELA use a single CC card. Go figure.
Game 1 (Loss)
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Silly Titans. This deck is a monster with a good draw. I didn't get one. I needed either a quick start or fog to win this match up, but drew neither fog nor Catapult.
Game 2 (Win)
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It takes an awful lot of creatures to punch through this deck. Admittedly Damseltal has an awful lot of creatures, but not the right ones. Thunderstorm + Bonewall was too much for DANI to recover from.
Game 3 (Win)
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A much more refined build of my Pulvy Bow from last trials. This was our closest game. I didn't draw a gravity pendulum, wyrm or fog early, so I didn't get much damage in before the Dim Chain started, couldn't deal with Dims once they got rolling, and her Damselflies were chipping away a lot of health. Luckily DANI didn't draw a Dragon or a Wyrm early, so I had enough time to draw into my key cards.
Game 4 (Win)
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After facing Damseltal 3 games in a row this seemed a good pick, though I tweaked it to perform slightly better vs that deck (-Pillar -Shockwave +Pendulum +Thunderstorm). Happily the match up vs Mono Air is very similar: Thunderstorm for Damsels, EE + Shockwave for larger cards. I had a close to ideal draw here - EE and Bonewall both came early, and I drew a good mix of CC. Once Bonewall came down it was game over.
Game 5 (Loss)
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I take back what I said earlier. This was our closest game.
3 of my previous 4 decks were poor against a Sanc Stall (the Pulvy Bow will lose after a couple Miracles). It seemed a strong pick for her, so I brought Titans. This time I had a draw with only 1 Air pendulum for quanta, not to mention zero Titans. I did have a Fog, though. 4 turns later I draw my second Air Pendulum and finally play a Titan, whilst DANI has built up a board of Damsels, Wyrms and Dragons. It takes me until my final turn to draw a Gravity Pillar/Pendulum. DANI had 68 health, and I had the exact quanta to fly and Catapult both my Titans... minus one. Lost by 1 quanta.
Game 6 (Win)
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I had a fast draw, with four Damsels, a Graboid, a Wyrm, Fog, Nova and a Chaos Power in the first 10 cards. Chaos Power decided it wasn't helping anyone this game, giving both of us +1 attack on our first attempt. In the end my draw was far too fast for DANI to handle.
Game 7 (Win)
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Well, she had yet something that stood a chance vs this deck. Here was no different. Despite a poor draw for me her deck had no way to get through my Bonewalls.
