4th Trials - [Earth Finals] (5) kirchj33 vs. Kakerlake (1)

[kirchj33]

Game 1: Mono w/ Time mark vs. Gravity (Win) - Won Toss

by kirchj33

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58u 58u 595 595 595 595 595 6rk 6rk 778 778 778 778 77a 77a 77a 77e 77e 77e 77e 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 8ps

Pretty much a perfect draw for me, turn 1 LS stayed up a few turns before he drew pulvy.  I was able to keep all of his damage at bay with BBs.  6 turn win.


Game 2: Mono w/ Gravy mark vs. Raging Golems (Win) - Can't remember toss

by kirchj33

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 591 595 595 595 595 595 778 778 778 778 778 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77e 77e 77e 77e 77f 77f 77f 77h 8pl

Another solid start for me as I drew golems on turns 2, 3, & 4 after having no real damage in hand.  Played 2, then a pulvy which he immediately blew up.  BB's were the real hero here as they kept his raging golems at bay.  7 turn win.

Game 3: Flying Gnomeriders vs. PU Dragons (Win) - Lost Toss

by kirchj33

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561 561 58o 592 595 595 595 595 595 59c 59c 5aa 778 778 778 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77f 77f 78q 78q 8pl

I was hoping two pulvy decks in a row would throw him off & it kind of did.  Much closer match here, but RNG love gave me an early nymph + catapult.  I drew barely any damage against his turn 3 titanium shield so I made the decision to start flinging gnomes over his shield early on since I had no pulvy in hand.  He played a dragon + 3 PU which would have killed me shortly after I flung my 3rd gnome for the kill shot.


Game 4: Non-Quaking Grabowinder vs. Trident (Win) - Can't remember Toss

by kirchj33

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595 595 595 595 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5ro 5ro 5ru 77a 77a 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 78q 78q 78q 78q 7q8 8ps

I thought he would run some sort of stall after playing back-to-back pulvies, but I was confident this deck had enough fast damage to break most stalls available to him.  He had an early ice shield, not sure if he chose that over trident and drew them both, or if trident came later.  Either way, I drew enough early damage to get a nice head start before he could start hurting my quanta.


Game 5: Hope Golems vs. Mono Earth Stall (Loss) - Lost Toss?

by kirchj33

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58o 58o 58o 58r 58r 594 5aa 5aa 5aa 5lj 5lj 5lj 5lj 5lj 5lk 5lk 5lk 5lk 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 778 778 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77a 77b 78q 78q 78q 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7k1 8pm

I liked this deck a lot and was sad to see his was 2 cards bigger, 41 vs. 43.  I thought I had a fair chance if I drew a lot of damage early on, but his early nymph squashed that hope and 8/11 creatures of mine were bottomdecked throughout the match.  I ragequit with 13 cards left after he SS'd twice.  I didn't want to waste everyone's valuable time


Game 6: Novagrabby vs. Rewinds (Win) - Lost Toss?

by kirchj33

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4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 58u 58u 58u 595 595 595 595 6u3 6u3 6u4 6u4 6u4 6u5 6u5 6u5 77e 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 77g 78q 78q 78q 78q 8pj

Time was the one mark I didn't want to see here, but an early discord helped me leap out to a fast start.  He rewound my lone grabby as soon as it evolved, but I had a good enough quanta draw to replay it 2 turns later.  Not seeing any more grabbies, and knowing my shutdown from discord would wear off soon, I decided to try and rush so I mutated my gemfinder next.  It turned into a 6/3 purple nymph with infection, good enough.  This meant I could bury the shrieker and replay the nymph if he rewound it, thus giving me enough damage to finish him off the next turn.  That exact scenario played out and I won with Elemental Mastery!

GG's kaker, you were a fine master and I hope to see what ideas you have in store for war!

Special thanks goes out to the following (in no particular order):

Onizuka - For helping me scrim & fine tune decks/ideas. I are your fanboi. *throws panties*
TStar - For making me realize I knew what I was doing after he raged halfway through a scrim.
Mithicarion - For oodles of invaluable input throughout and pushing me in scrims.  I won't let anyone else draft you easily.
MatrimKK - An awesome master & for pushing me to the limit in countless hours of scrimming.  Your 5-2 victory as psuedo-Kaker scared the crap out of me and made me realize what my weaknesses were when banning stuffs.

I hope to be able to serve well in the upcoming war and anything less than excellence and success will be a major disappointment.

[Hyroen]

Good stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to spectate. Good luck to both.

[Jappert]

Good luck to both!
This is really one of those fights were I like both people to win. Great players will make a great match hopefully!

[Bhlewos]

Hoping I'll be able to spectate as well, though next week will be busy. Good luck to all!

[PlayerOa]

This will be a great battle. I think I can manage to spectate it!

[TheCrazyMango]

i wont spectate it, only because i remember the times when spectating caused desyncs

[willng3]

i wont spectate it, only because i remember the times when spectating caused desyncs

Allegedly.

[Mithcairion]

I eagerly await the results and will do my very best to be there to cheer on the participants.

[kirchj33]

I just want to let it be known that not only am I fighting for the title of Master of Earth, but also the shared privilege to be able to"
  unburrow 
and
  burrow
 in and out of chat because that is so damn cool!

[MatrimKK]

Well played Master kirch!  8)




Madness successfully brought

[Calindu]

Epic battle is epic, kirch just rushed his way for master, I like this way.

Anyway, congrats Master kirch and well played kaker.

[Mithcairion]

Outstanding jobs to both the former Master of as well as the newly crowned Master of !  In the end, the very terra shivered, cracked and delivered unto the a new Master, one who would lead his team into the very depths of War!