Post by: RavingRabbid on July 10, 2013, 04:40:38 pm
Game 1: Bang, start with something simple. Silences for added pleasure and off-element delay. Lost toss, but his cord is late. I fear antimatter, but I place down creatures anyway. Mind Flayers are useless.
I still have a better rush start. 1-0
Game 2: What's going to kick ass? Gravity Shield is going to kick ass. False. I lose toss. Late shield, bad draw and not enough crawlers on his side mean I lose 1-1. (also that draw mhngnmgnhngmhngnm. 1stturnposeidonandalotofgoodquanta.)
Game 3: I didn't know what he was going to bring. Bad matchup, it's a fatdeck. No pande means I can't stop his nymphs from flowing. 1-2.
Game 4: I trust my luck. Gogo novabow. (wait trident and dagger. something must be wrong. oh, no, I had a secret plan). Turns out he's using Dischole. Discord does. Gravity pillars don't appear. w/e I had posie and CC. Fog is also gud. Gud fog 2-2.
Game 5: I like this deck too much. Black Holes > Late Discord, even on a notsogud draw. 3-2
Game 6: No Hope, and the worst matchup possible. cccrap. 3-3.
Game 7: Let's try this again. Haha no pends. Hohehehe draw all the gravy cards (including all 3 shields in starting hand). How do I even stop him? 3-4
Game 8: BANG. Vs another novabow. His physalias are scary, but he doesn't draw a 2nd nova early enough. 4-4
Game 9: OH. CRAP.
There are no words to describe the feeling I was 1 damage short when he played the first miracle. GODZILLA DOES HIS JOB. GODZILLA GROWS. Also Gravity Shield MVP.
5-4.
Great games, ddevs.
Post by: ddevans96 on July 10, 2013, 04:41:13 pm
Game 1: Rippler (LOSS vs Aether duo)
I was very happy to see Aether mark, since this should normally beat both Dims and Lightning. However, I didn't have a Discord in my opening hand, and didn't draw one at all until it was too late. It still became a pretty close match though.
Game 2: Serpentine (WIN vs Gravy duo)
My draw was epic, letting me play a first turn Posi and second turn Crawler. His first Crawler got BBed, and a late Gravy Shield stopping Crawlers wasn't enough to stop Toads and Dragons from killing him.
Game 3: Ganga (WIN vs Discord duo)
Pretty good draw, stayed alive with SoDs for a while, then played a Queen and got a swarm up under Dials and managed to kill him depsite never having the quanta for a Miracle.
Games 4 and 5: Nymphcord (LOSS vs novabow, LOSS vs Gravy duo)
First time, no Gravy pillars or pends for 14 cards, otherwise I would have gotten a SoFo out and been able to actually do something. No Discord in opening hand, though I drew it soon after, but this didn't matter much without Gravy quanta.
It looks unstable, but it was pretty consistent in testing, and SoFo really augments this deck. So I played it again, thinking I couldn't get a bad draw with it again. Of course I didn't have a Discord in my opening hand again, or for several turns afterwards, and he destroyed me.
Game 6: Cthulhu (WON vs Light duo)
Early squid kept my creatures nailed down for most of the game, but an early Long Sword kept enough damage throughout the game to win, and I stole his only SoP to keep his damage low, then played a Dusk to seal it.
Game 7: Misted Down (WON vs Gravy Duo)
I merged my typical fire duo with the deck Raving used in Phase 2, and brought in Elixers to kill Crawlers and lots of other things. His draw was pretty bad, and I got a second turn Steammie, killed both the Crawlers he put out, and exploded his Gravy Shield.
Game 8: Lethal Cascade (LOSS vs novabow)
Only one Nova to start, but I got three Physalias early. Without control, though, I didn't have enough time to kill him before he rushed me down. If I had a second Nova in time, I'd have matched his Posiedon and broke his flow.
Game 9: Ganga (LOSS vs gravybow)
I debated between this, Squids and SoP, Desi and Purify stall, QT bow, and a Nymph rush. I ultimately went with this again, but an early Spirit continously grew, and my offense was shut down my Gravy Shield,. In the end, I was one turn short of a Miracle that would have given me enough time for my Morning Star to kill.
Post by: RavingRabbid on July 10, 2013, 05:18:26 pm
Post by: rob77dp on July 10, 2013, 06:41:47 pm
Also, congrats RR!
Post by: RavingRabbid on July 11, 2013, 05:34:20 am
Having the topic title reflect the match result would be nice. :)I like to not spoil the results.
Also, congrats RR!
Post by: Odii Odsen on July 11, 2013, 08:32:57 pm