GROUP D: SHANTAK vs ASWANJAGUAR 3-0 (shantak +5 pts)
Game 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_z768q6LhE I had an absolutely killer hand and won by turn 5. Virtually no deck could have survived it, much less in a limited environment. The entire game took 96 seconds of video.
Game 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Fhwonalc4 Except for missing my 3rd land drop for a few turns, it was basically like game 1. A
Meekstone worked wonders against the AIs two
Glorious Anthem; had it only played one anthem, I might've been in trouble, but as it was I could let the 3/x creatures hit me once and then forget about them.
Game 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-tqivyt6NQ The AI did well here, but not well enough. Shantak's deck is really strong, and I can't help wondering why I didn't build a similar one. I do recall thinking it would suck in the metagame I was expecting... but I've always been poor at judging the metagame.
ASWANJAGUAR vs SHANTAK: 0-3 (shantak +5 pts)
Game 1: (LOSS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_wHubKJGY I played
Bitterblossom on turn 2 and 3. AI used
Blightning and
Hellfire Mongrel, and I lost too much life too quickly. Had I kept the blossoms in hand, I suspect I'd still have lost.
Game 2: (LOSS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FzDP-mE48 I just can't deal with all the quick discard. I did my best, but got overwhelmed.
Game 3: (LOSS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKIdzH0agn8 I was ROBBED!!! I thought I had the win this time. We were both at 3 life, and I would've won next turn, and AI topdecked
Blightning.
GROUP E: 240SXFOREVER vs STROGGOII 3-0 (240sxforever +5 pts)
Game 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN11wHuYh6M I could've won a turn sooner, but I screw up the order of my plays.
Game 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjsccEDXAQ Long game, but I ended up the winner. AI could've been using Ajani, but didn't bother most turns, so I didn't bother attacking ajani, and went straight for the AIs throat.
Game 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEE6KXBlHco Easy win. Had a great hand and AI was stuck at 2 mana, and felt the pain of '
Bloodghast can't block' :p (there was about a minute or two where I got up from my computer and forgot to pause, so just be aware that it was on my end, and not your playback)
STROGGOII vs 240SXFOREVER 3-1 (stroggoii +4 pts, 240sxforever +1 pts)
Game 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlDY-hLzF-8 Nothing too surprising here. Straightforward win.
Game 2: (LOSS) AI just had too many creatures, and I drew THREE
Worship, yet still died to my own
Bitterblossom, unable to get a
Soul Warden to save my life, quite literally. (games 1 and 2 in the same video file)
Game 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMtbgviB9l8 Longer game, but I got the win, carefully balancing chump blocks with bitterblossom loss of life and when to use the different ajani abilities to come out on top.
Game 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZP_Rv3UdQE Stayed alive due to
Soul Warden/
Bitterblossom/
Worship and won with faerie tokens when AI kept attacking with everything and leaving itself open to faerie tickling. Topdecking ajani got me the win one turn earlier than expected, which was key, since AI had
Path to Exile on top, and if it had killed
Soul Warden, then I'd have died to
Bitterblossom instead of winning.
GROUP F: JUZAMJEDI vs COGNIS
This group has a big enough points gap that my result likely won't matter, so I'll leave it be unless it either gets closer due to other results, or someone requests me to play it tomorrow.