Round 1Group AShantak +3 +2 +3 +0 // 8 points
Aww1979 +0 +1 +2 + 0 // 3 points
Stroggoii +0 +3 +1 + 3 // 7 points
Shantak vs Aww1979 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:AI started with Bitterblossom on turn2, while i only played a single Hymn to Tourach, 2x Blightning and 3 Lightning Bolts to the AI´s face.The Bitterblossom damage did the rest.1-0
game2:AI started with Soul Warden followed by Bitterblossom.My first play was a turn3 Blightning followed by a Blazing Specter.AI got rid of it but i just played a 2nd one.Hellfire Mongrel acted as The Rack while the AIs Soul Warden negated the Blossom Lifeloss until i could Doom Blade it. Another Blightning took the AI down to 2 and Mongrel kills the opponent during his upkeep.2-0
game3:-
The difference in starting HP really made this one easy for me.Just had to play a few Blightning and Lightning Bolt both games and his blossom did the rest.It is going to be a tough matchup for Aww.
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Aww1979 vs Shantak 1-2 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:The AI opens with a turn1 Meekstone, couldn´t care less.I open with a turn2 Bitterblossom followed by a turn3 Vindicate on his Badlands.AI didn´t get a turn3 drop so i bought enough time to play all Buisness spells on my hand before the discard beginns (in the form of Ravenous Rats).AI Blightnings me and i decide to Path to Exile one of my Faeries before i discard my other remaining card - then the AI surprises my by targeting ITSELF with the Blightning instead - so i keep my Doom Blade.I use Elixir of Immortality early and shuffle my 2 removal spells and a Fetchland back in there.Meanwhile the Fearies did their job and we are both at 15 life.I play Soul Warden from the top - AI Doom Blade it.I Doom Blade on my own his fresh Hellfire Mongrel at his EOT.AI does nothing for 3 turns so i bring him down with my Faeries Army while i´m holding removal spells. 1-0
game2:This time i make the first spell of the Game (Bitterblossom) on turn2 .AI opens with a Hymn to Tourach.I respond with a Hymn to Tourach on my turn3.AI Hymns me on his turn so i am down to 0 cards and Lightning Bolts my first Faery.I Draw+Play Elixir and decide to use it during the opponents turn. The AI plays Hellfire Mongrel.I didn´t draw Removal but another land and Ajani (pumped my faieries).AI plays a secon Mongrel when i am at 10 hp (still 0 cards in my hand) and a blossom in play.AI kills Ajani via Mongrels during my upkeep and i keep attacking with half my force.Luckily his 2 Mongrells don´t attack into 2 Faeries.AI plays Blazing Specter and attacks with everything so i have to chumpblock and go down to 2 life.I take 2 damage from the Mongrel while i was at 4 - go down to 2 life and die during my upkeep to both Mongrels (2*2 damage +1 damage from blossom).1-1
game3:As usual i open up with a turn2 Bitterblossom - this time AI got Ravenous Rats on his turn2 .AI Blightnings me during his 3rd turn and plays Hellfire Mongrel on his 4th turn.I Path to Exile it since i am already down to 10 hp and don´t want to repeat the last game.My small faery army brings the AI down 19 while i am dangerously low at 9.I decide to play one of my two Vindicates in fear of discard - and the AI Blightnings me again.I´m down to 4 hp and Hymn to Tourach the AI from the top.Another Blightning and i am down to 1 life with a Bitterblossom in play. GG
5 games played and already a lost match.Sorry Aww but i had to play the Blossoms to win and the Shantaks heavy discard forced me into topdeck mode before i got any targets for the removal.Hellfire Mongrel is surprisingly dangerous aswell and has to be handled asap.Both lost games i got like 3 Blightning that is already half of the HP while the Blossom slowly chewed the rest.Really bad matchup for you.
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Shantak vs Stroggoii 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I mulligan to 6.AI opens with a turn1 Soul Warden and a turn2 Vampire Hexmage. I play my first spell at turn3 a Hellfire Mongrel.AI plays another Hexmage after attacking me with the first one.I play Blazing Specter and bring the AI down to 3 cards.AI attacks with both vampires and plays Bitterblossom.I Lightning Bolt his Warden and decide to go for a straight race.AI goes down to 1 card and takes 5 damage during his upkeep (2*2 Mongrells +1 Blossom).AI plays a 2nd Bitterblossom after attacking me.I attack with 2 Mongrels and Specter - the AI doesn´t block and goes down to 2 life - and dies during its upkeep. 1-0
game2:AI plays a turn1 Soul Warden, i opt to Lightning Bolt it on the spot (considering my hand that was the right play).AI does nothing so i Blightning it on turn3.AI just plays a Land again so i Blightning again. (ai down to 10).AI just plays a land and passes - i play Hellfire Mongrel (AI at 2 cards).AI plays+ uses Fetchland goes down to 3 durin its upkeep after i attacked again - then plays Vampire Hexmage , left with 1 card in his hand.I Hymn to Tourach the AI (0 cards) so it dies 2 upkeeps later.2-0 (AI discarded Worship it couldn´t play and removal when there was no target for it).
game3:-
Clean sweep.That Hellfire Mongrel along with Hymn to Tourach + Blightning is just nasty - especially when you start with less than 20 life.Kinda got lucky with the groups since both your opponents play Bitterblossom that also helps you significantly.
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Stroggoii vs Shantak 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I open with a Elixir of Immortality into Bitterblossom into Vampire Hexmage + 2nd Elixir before the AI plays his first spell ( Hellfire Mongrel ).I play a 2nd Bitterblossom and my 3rd(!) Elixir and start attacking.AI plays Blazing Specter and attacks with both creatures.AI is afraid of my faeries and doesn´t attack - so i use my first Elixir.The AI just plays Ravenous Rats , but my hand is already empty.I attack with everything (AI kills one Fae by blocking with Specter) and goes down to 9 while i sit at 6 (still 2 elixirs in play).AI attacks with everything and i block his specter with 2 faeries and go down to 8 after i used the 2nd Elixir.I topdeck Soul Warden and half his hp with an attack - we are both at 4 life, but i got an Elixir and a Faery Army.AI plays Blightning and Doom Blade my Soul Warden but doesn´t attack because of 2 untapped Faeries.I go down to 2 life at my upkeep and attack for the win.Phew.1-0
game2:I start with Soul Warden. AI plays Ravenous Rats on turn2.AI plays Hellfire Mongrel - i Path to Exile it EOT to play Ajani. Pump + attack with Warden.AI plays Blazing Specter on turn5 and attacks Ajani (i don´t have to discard).I play Bitterblossom and attack with a 3/3 Soul Warden.AI plays a second Blazing Specter and attacks with both.I draw+play Elixir and attack with my 3/3 Warden again (AI @ 12 , me @ 17).AI plays a third Blazing Specter (!) and attacks - i use Elixir EOT.I topdeck Worship and can´t attack with my Warden anymore because of Meekstone (doh!).AI refuses to attack with 3 Specters because of my 2 Faeries and plays Hellfire Mongrel.I play Bloodghast and pass. AI plays Rats.I topdeck Ajani and pump, then attack with everything - AI blocks and both our boards are almost empty again - just 2 rats left for him.I pump my fairiesw and attack (AI @ 9).AI plays Mongrel and kills Ajani during my upkeep with it.I play a 2nd Worship and attack with my 2/2 Faery.Topdeck my 3rd Ajani, pump and attack for the win with 15 life left.2-0
game3:-
Both games where open and interesting.Those Elixir of Immortality highly influenced my decisions, usually i wouldn´t play a 2nd Bitterblossom.
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Aww1979 vs Stroggoii 2-1 // 01.02.2011
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- game1: I open with Soul Warden and turn2 Bitterblossom.AI plays Bitterblossom.I Oblivion Ring his Blossom during my turn.AI play Bloodghast and Soul Warden.I Doom Blade his Soul Warden and play Elixir of Immortality.AI plays a 2nd Bloodghast.I play Ajani and pump my small army and attack for 6 (AI @
.AI just plays Bitterblossom, but it is too late.I pump again and attack.(for 12 this time) while i got a massive 18 life left + a Elixir to use.1-0
game2:I mulligan a weak hand with 2 Worship into a better 6 card hand.AI opens with Elixir.I play Bitterblossom on turn2.AI plays Vampire Hexmage. I opt not to Vindicate it, planning to play Worship i just drew.AI uses Elixir.AI plays Soul Warden.AI plays Worship.I topdeck Soul Warden and Vindicate his Worship.I chumpblock his vampire a couple turns in a row.AI plays+uses Elixir (grrr).I Hymn to Tourach the AI - but it just discards 2 lands.AI Path to Exile my Soul Warden.And i finally draw removal for his Vampire.Now got 2 turns left to draw something to get rid of my own Bitterblossom or i die (even with Worship).Second Blossom from the top doesn´t help.AI plays + pumps with Ajani and THEN plays a 2nd Bloodghast and attacks with both. I am dead - with or without chumpblock i go down to 1 and die to my Blossom during my upkeep.1-1
game3:I keep my hand and open with Soul Warden, no Bitterblossom this time. The AI plays Bitterblossom and i Oblivion Ring it.AI Elixirs.I Hymn to Tourach and play a 2nd Soul Warden.AI plays Bitterblossom - now i kinda wish i´ve let the first one in play...I play Worship and keep attacking with my Wardens.AI got its first token and plays Ajani - then pumps.I draw Bitterblossom ,do the math and Path to Exile his token to attack Ajani.AI Path to Exile one of my Warden then plays Worship.AI uses Ajani one last time before it dies, but i can´t attack for now.Fortunatly the AI uses his 2/2 token to attack - so i keep trading my new 1/1 Faery with him - mainly because i got a Soul Warden in play and he slowly dies to his Blossom.I draw Vindicate. Not sure what i am supposed to destroy there. Blossom or his 2/2. i go for his blossom and use Elixir.AI plays Soul Warden and i use one of the 3 Doom Blade in my hand.Oblivion Ring from the top on his 2/2 (wasted i know) lets me attack again.I draw a 2nd Bitterblossom and play it - way ahead in life and a Soul Warden in play.I attack a few turns in a row. About time to get rid of Worship, but there are plenty of maindeck answers to that in the deck.Worship saves him a turn (2 Bloodghast in play he doesn´t use at all) and i curse when the AI plays another Worship.Fortunatly it plays Bitterblossom during his next turn and thus kills himself. 2-1
Pretty even matchup.Awws mass spot removal is giving him an edge i would say.I´ve misplayed that lost game by relying drawing a removal spell and got punished for it.Seemed to be the right play at that moment to "ignore" that Hexmage while Stroggoiis Ajanis might aswell turn the tide for him.In any other group Aww would clearly come out ahead,the AI plays it really good.It is just bad luck he got into this one.
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Stroggoii vs Aww1979 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I mulligan and get rewarded with a great hand. 2 Soul Warden Bitterblossom Path to Exile Swamp and Plains !Me and AI both open with Soul Warden - so i decide to trade it and then play Bitterblossom.AI doesn´t play anything turn2 so it worked out.I play the second Soul Warden but the AI Doom Blade it on the spot.Then plays Oblivion Ring, but didn´t chooses the Token instead of Bitterblossom.I play Worship - AI Elixir.I play a 2nd Bitterblossom after the AI plays his first Blossom.AI Soul Warden - i Path to Exile it.I draw Ajani but lack the 2nd white mana for it.I play Vampire Hexmage and keep attacking. The AI keeps trading his only token while my army slowly growths.AI plays Elixir and Vindicates my Hexmage.I finally draw a 2nd Plains to play Ajani and pump my dudes - AI goes down to 4 - Vindicates one of my tokens. I attack again and bring him down to 1 - his Blossom bypasses Worship and i win.1-0
game2:We both start very slow(i should have used mulligan). AI opens with a turn3 Soul Warden and i only Elixir early.Turn 4 i draw and play Bitterblossom and finally got my 4th land.I play 2x Vampire Hexmage during the following turns that both get Path to Exiled.AI plays Ajani - i play Ajani to destroy it, holding a 2nd Ajani.I Path to Exile his Warden.AI wastes Vindicate + Oblivion Ring on my Tokens.I play Hexmage + Warden. AI Vindicate Hexmage and Doom Blade Warden.I play Ajani and pump my creatures.AI plays Bitterblossom, but i am ahead in tokens and got Ajani in play.I play Worship and keep pumping + attacking.I Path to Exile his only blocker (Token) and attack with 4/4 Faeries for the win. 2-0
game3:-
A human Aww would have won this.The AI kept wasting its removal for Tokens instead of the Blossom and thus fell behind way behind in the race.
Aww really got screwed by this group, in any other given group it would have been a ton easier for this deck.I was kinda afraid to play these matches since theoreticly both players could get Soul Warden Bitterblossom Worship and Elixir of Immortality for an infinite game.
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Group B (edit 02.02.2011 - messed up the points)
Jatill +2 +1 +3 +0 // 6
Cognis +1 +2 +3 +0 // 6
240sxforever +0 +3 +0 +3 // 6
Jatill vs Cognis 2-1 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I mulligan a 6 land hand.AI opens with Soul Warden , my first spell is Sakura-Tribe Elder.Then Cultivate on turn3 while the AI plays Raise the Alarm followd by Honor of the Pure.I block the following attack and sac my elder.Acidic Slime gets rid of his enchantment, but the AI plays another Honor of the Pure AND another Raise the Alarm.I play Rampaging Baloth and get a 4/4.AI plays Ajani and pumps his army to 3/3 and attacks with everything!I block3 creatures but there are exactly 3 3/3s left to kill me with 9 life.0-1
game2:AI opens with Akrasan Squire , i open with Tribe Elder again.Raise the Alarm on turn2 - AI is scared to attack.I play a second Elder, AI plays a 2nd Squire and attacks with everything (3 1/1s)then plays Soul Warden.I block+sac to enable my next turn - Garruk that creates a 3/3.AI plays another Soul Warden and passes.I play Platinum Angel (turn 5?).Attack with a token and replace it (taking out 3 creatures).AI does nothing.I play a 2nd Platinum Angel and attack with Angel+Token. This time the AI didn´t feel like trading 3-1.AI plays Sun Titan.I play Ravenous Baloth and attack with both Angels.AI plays+activates Ajani.One Angel kills Ajani while the other brings the AI down to 18 life (damn wardens).AI does nothing so i just keep attacking with the Angels 3 more times for 8 each. 1-1
game3:AI starts with Akrasan Squire , i play my usual Elder.AI Raise the Alarm - i Cultivate. AI plays+activates Trusty Machete and attacks with everything (i block and sac) and play Primeval Titan (!).AI Raise the Alarm and Soul Warden.AI blocks and kills my Titan, causing heavy casualties on his side.I follow up with a small Baloth and another Elder.Acidic Slime gets rid of the equipment and i attack.AI does nothing , i play Garruk and get a 3/3.AI trades his last remaining creatures to kill Acidic Slime.So the path is clear for mini-baloth and token.I topdeck Rampaging Baloths and force another 2 tokens into play after attacking for 7.AI plays Crystal Ball and dies after my next attack. 2-1
Very "simple" match. Cognis got the Quantity, Jatill got the Quality - and since the AI just loves to do really bad trades this shouldn´t be much of a problem unless too many "pump" enchantments are in play.
Jatills low starting life might get problematic if you don´t get a Baloth into play early.Also Worship might eventually become problematic.
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Cognis vs Jatill 2-1 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I mulligan a 1land hand TWICE.My first spell is Honor of the Pure vs the AIs Sakura-Tribe Elder.I then play Worship (still no creature in play). AI plays Eternal Witness without a target and Cultivates - meanwhile i´m down to 15.I play my 5th land holding Ajani and Sun Titan - when the AI plays Primeval Titan.I finally draw a Creature - Akrasan Squire so Worship should keep me alive.AI plays 2 Ravenous Baloth, i draw and play a 2nd Squire - then the AI destroys Worship via Acidic Slime! and i just die.0-1 ...horrible horrible draw
game2:This time i get Lands and creatures in my opening hand and start with Soul Warden followed by Akrasan Squire.AI plays Sakura-Tribe Elder, i prepare my next turn by playing Raise the Alarm and another Squire and attack with a Squire (holding Honor of the Pure for a huge next turn) - AI is already down to 8.AI plays a 2nd Elder.I topdeck a 2nd Honor of the Pure and attack for the win. 1-1
game3:I open with Soul Warden.Followed by Raise the Alarm. AI plays Tribe Elder.I play Elixir and another Raise the Alarm during the opponents turn, he plays Eternal Witness (no target).I draw,play and equip Rusty Machete and send everything in AI trades his 2 creatures and plays Cultivate.I attack with my 3 remaining tokens after equipping and play Crystal Ball - AI is down to 2.AI plays Ravenous Baloth and sacs it imediately.Crystal Ball reveals Ajani - i play him and attack with everything for lethal.2-1
A lot less interesting.This should favor Cognis unless you got a horrible draw like i got in game one.
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Jatill vs 240sxforever 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:AI opens with a turn2 Watchwolf.I could only Cultivate on the following turn.Really got in trouble when the AI played a 2nd Watchwolf since i was already down to 10 hp.Fortunatly i could play Ravenous Baloth - but i had to sac that when the AI played Oblivion Ring.So i tried Rampaging Baloth - it sticked and AI stopped its attacks, only playing Loxodon Hierarch.I played a 2nd Baloth and got rewarded by 2 4/4s just for a single landdrop.AI plays Glorious Anthem, making his creatures look dangerous again followed by a Soul Warden.Cultivate gave me another 4(!) 4/4s - so i played Garruk and untapped my lands to enable Overrun next turn.Eternal Witness chose Cultivate and i finally passed the turn.AI just played another Watchwolf.So i sac Garruk for overrun and 6 7/7 tokens, 2 9/9 Baloths and a 5/4 Eternal Witness just needed one swing for the win.1-0
game2:AI opens with Soul Warden, my first spell was Sakura-Tribe Elder.Watchwolf came into play for the AIs 2nd turn.I missed my 3rd landdrop and had to sac Elder while blocking - AI played another Soul Warden.So i played my 3rd Elder.AI got Glorious Anthem into play an kept attacking with his 4/4 Watchwolf (i block sac again).I could only Cultivate (was a Land short) so the AI attacked with everything.Once again i sac block - this time getting 4 damage by 2 wardens.But now i got enough mana to play Baloth and conveniently draw a land ontop of that.AI didn´t attack and Path to Exile the Baloth EOT.I trade my token with his wolf and play Platinum Angel and a second Angel during the following turn.AI paths one, but didn´t find an answer to the other.I play mini-Baloth, Garruk and Tribe Elder in one turn (+ token).AI went down to 27 (damn wardens) during the attack.AI played Emeria Angel.I topdeck another Rampaging Baloth and play Cultivate and started to untap via Garruk to enable Overrun.Accidently attack with Platinum Angel so Garruk might die, but it deoesn´t matter.AI attacks my face instead and plays a second Emeria Angel - fortunatly no landdrop.I Cultivate my last 2 lands into play and keep Platinum Angel back this time since i am at 5 hp - AI goes down to 15.AI attacks me again, i didn´t block and now its all or nothing. Removal on my Angel and i die - if not then i just overrun.Turns out AI didn´t have the removal and i won (would have been enough without the overrun too since i got a massive 4/4 army).2-0
game3:
Both very short games got decided by the Baloths.Got a bit lucky cause the AI didn´t get any lands after his 2 Emeria Angels hit play.
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240sxforever vs Jatill 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I open with a turn2 Watchwolf- AI plays Sakura-Tribe Elder.Emeria Angel puts me in a great position - the AIs Eternal Witness won´t change that.Unfortunatly i miss my 5th landdrop , but Loxodon Hierarch makes up for that. AI trades Witness + Elder for my Watchwolf and went down to 4 after my attack.AI plays Ravenous Baloth that delays the game for a turn, but i got another land and thus another 1/1 flyer - along with Oblivion Ring and Path to Exile sitting in my hand.The AI plays Garruk, but its token can´t block my 2 flyers.1-0
game2:I mulligan a slow hand and start with a turn 1 Soul Warden.The AIs first play was a Eternal Witness on turn3.I Oblivion Ring it and a Baloth just to squeeze a few points of Warden damage through, but the AI plays another Baloth while i am sitting on 3 lands (screwed). AI plays another Baloth - this time the BIG one and i am in trouble.Glorious Anthem doesn´t change much, but at least keeps the AI from attacking. AI played Cultivate and got 2 4/4s - i´m in big trouble now. Got my 4th land and play a 5/5 Loxodon Hierarch , should stop the AI for a while.AI plays Platinum Angel - i respond with Emeria Angel + Terramorphic Expanse (meanwhile i get quite a lot of life via the Soul Warden).I decide to trade Emeria with his Angel by attacking - then replace the Angel with another one. AI plays Primeval Titan.I play Honor of the Pure from the top and attack with 2 3/3 Flying tokens + 1 5/5 flying Angel and force the AI to sac a beast to not die.AI plays Garruk and another 4/4 enters the game.My attack causes the AI to randomly sacrifice 4 creatures (including Rampaging Baloth).I Path to Exile his Primeval Titan to clear the way for the next attack and just win.2-0
game3:-
Pretty nifty match. The fact that the AI won´t attack you when you got a single big blocker out there saved me big time. A real player would have killed me.Emeria Angel is your best bet since Jatill got no way to handle it.
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Cognis vs 240sxforever 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I keep a slow hand, mainly because of Soul Warden.AI opens with Soul Warden aswell but unlike me follows it up with Raise the Alarm.Akrasan Squire and another Raise the Alarm join the AIs army when i play Loxodon Hierarch.AI plays another Squire and uses Elixir (31 hp now).I play Emeria Angel and got a Land to trigger it.AI just Elixirs again (38 hp now).I play another Hierarch and start attacking with my flyers.AI plays Crystal Ball.Terramorphic Expanse is giving me another 2 fliers to play with and and i keep attacking while the AI is doing "nothing".Honor of the Pure speeds up the process for me and 3 attacks later its over.1-0 ... really boring game.
game2:I keep a slow hand with many lands.AI opens with Soul Warden followed by Squire + Elixir that i could stop with a turn3 Watchwolf - AI Oblivion Rings it.I play Hierarch to bait removal instead of Angel.AI just plays Raise the Alarm - so i safely play Emeria with 2 fetchlands + Expansion in my hand and attack with Hierarch - AI trades his complete board for it.So i activate Landfall twice again and play Glorious Anthem for quite hard beats.AI just plays Raise the Alarm, but can´t handle my flying 2/2 army.2-0
game3:-
Once again Emeria saves the day while 3/3s and 4/4 just sit back to prevent the AI from attacking. Very boring games.
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240sxforever vs Cognis 2-0 // 01.02.2011
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- game1:I open with Soul Warden followed by Akrasan Squire and Elixir of Immortality and with the help of Honor of the Pure beat the AI down to 8 life before he cast his first spell Oblivion Ring.Squire beats him down to 5 when he plays Loxodon Hierarch - i Oblivion Ring it and attack again -> AI down to 6.AI plays Watchwolf and Oblivion Rings my Oblivion Ring - returning the Hierarch.I play Worship.The AI plays 2x Honor of the Pure and attacks me for 11.I draw Trusty Machete and happily play it and attack (no blockers left) for 5 - AI down to 5.AI plays a third Honor of the Pure and attacks for 13 - thanks to Worship i survive. I attack again an win. 1-0 ... Worship is like cheating against the AI
game2:I keep my hand and start with Akrasan Squire followed by Raise the Alarm. The AI plays Soul Warden and Path to Exiles a token.I Honor of the Pure and attack again - AI down to 12.AI Oblivion Ring again, this time the Squire so i am left with only a 2/2 token.I play another Squire and Crystal Ball.AI plays Watchwolf.Crystal Ball Reveals Machete and Ajani - i misread and put both on the bottom lol - but draw Worship instead ... at least i can´t loose now.AI Oblivion Rings my token and attacks me for the first time.I wait till the AI attacks me and then block with a Raise the Alarm token - getting rid of the Soul Warden - AI plays Loxodon Hierarch.Crystal Ball stacks my deck a bit so i Oblivion Ring his Hierarch and play Soul Warden while my tokens are free to attack.AI play Honor of the Pure and Oblivion Ring on my Ring, returning Hierarch.AI plays Emeria Angel.I stack my deck for a second Soul Warden.AI plays Glorious Anthem and starts attacking with his Angel.Ball reveal Oblivion Ring - i get rid of his Angel.After a couple turns of nothing happening AI plays his third Hierarch while i play Sun Titan.AI plays another Anthem (his Hierarchs are 7/7 by now).I finally draw Ajani - AI Path to Exiles my Titan but Ball revealed another.Meanwhile my small army starts to slowly outgrowth the opponent via Ajani while Crystal Ball provides me with the best possible draws.Its a huge stallfest for a while till the AI plays Emeria Angel (even my tokens are 8/8 by now) when Emeria took down my Ajani.My Titan kills a Hierarch and dies.I get a third Soul Warden in play and continue the stall fest (his creatures are bigger than mine).Since i got Worship i don´t have to worry about his Emeria Angel.A second Crystal Ball speeds up my search - AI Exiles one Warden ... i finally got to the point where all i could draw is Ajani, Raise the Alarm and Elixir of Immortality so i can eventually i will win this marathon.AI plays another Emeria Angel.Just to be safe i play the second Worship and think about aborting this game.The Ai will eventually run out of cards or i overrun him with tokens - but the AI suddenly decides it has got enough creaturs to kill me and attacks with everything. Thanks to Worship i survive and counterattack for the win. 2-0 yaaaaaaawn.
game3:-
Extreme boring game.Would have lost both without Worship.I really shouldn´t have included that card to the list.Really voting to ban the card from future tournaments.Even when the AI can get rid of it it prefers to kill a single worthless creature instead.
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Group CAswan Jaguar +3 +0 +1 +0 // 4
Alex Ryugami +0 +3 +3 +0 // 6
Juzamjedi +2 +3 +0 +3 // 8
Aswan Jaguar vs Alex Ryugami 2-0 // 02.02.2011
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- game1: Turn 2 Watchwolf , AI Paths it after attacking once.Glorious Anthem pumps Blinding Mage that attacks twice before Oblivion Ring removes it.AI plays Ajani but fortunatly doesn´t have any creatures while i am holding 2x Path to Exile.AI plays Necrataal , i Soul Warden. Path his Necrataal , attack once more (AI at 11).AI Oblivion Rings my Warden - i play River Boa.AI plays nothing so i Might of Oaks the Boa for the win. 1-0
game2:I start with a turn1 Soul Warden - AI Path to Exile it.So i am able to play a turn3 Emeria Angel.AI does nothing so i play Soul Warden Watchwolf and Terramorphic Expanse holding 2 Diabolic Edict.AI plays Emeria Angel - i edict it and attack again (AI at 5).AIs Necrataal destroys Emeria Angel - i edict it and attack for the win. 2-0
game3:-
Got quite lucky.AI played almost no creatures and i already had removal in my hand when it did.
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Alex Ryugami vs Aswan Jaguar 2-0 // 03.02.2011
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- game1:I keep a solid hand and Duress away Glorious Anthem.AI opens with Wild Nacatl followed by River Boa.Vampire Nighthawk gives me some time to breathe while the AI played another River Boa.Oblivion Ring gets rid of a Boa , Strip Mine denies the AIs black mana and i decide to trade a few lifepoints.AI plays Blinding Mage so i have to commit.I topdeck Ajani and use the pump ability.AI plays Anthem but doesn´t attack because of my untapped 3/4 Vampire.I pump it again and attack - AI is down to 2 life.AI didn´t attack again so i sit at 17 life when he playes another Blinding Mage.AI didn´t tap my Vampire so i won. 1-0
game2:I keep a very slow hand with 4 lands and 3 4 drops.AI opens with Soul Warden followed by Watchwolf.I Oblivion Ring his Watchwolf.The Ai plays another Soul Warden and keeps attacking.I play Emeria Angel - AI Path to Exile it.This enables me to play Grave Titan.AI plays Wild Nacatl but he is in trouble now.I play Emeria Angel and trigger the landfall.Duress reveals just 2 Plains so i just attack with Titan+friends.AI trades his complete board for 2 tokens, so the Titan came through and set the AI down to 26 (Wardens ...).AI does nothing while i am holding Necrataal and Path to Exile for possible blockers.Titan, Emeria and tokens attack so the AI is down to 12.AI plays Glorious Anthem and Blinding Mage - Necrataal clears the path and i just had to attack.2-0
game3:-
Nice and easy.AI could have put more of a fight at game1 simply by tapping my Vampire before it could attack.Its lifelink kept me save even though i knew he was holding Might of Oaks (Duress on turn1) - he just never got his 4 Mana for it due to Strip Mine.Game2 was very smooth.Not much of a fight there.
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Aswan Jaguar vs Juzamjedi 1-2 // 06.02.2011
- notes | Open
- game1:I keep a slow hand with 2 Edicts, Path to Exile 2 lands and Glorious Anthem. AI plays Bitterblossom on turn 3 while i didn´t draw any buisness.AI plays Trusty Machete and i take 1 hit while playing a 2nd Glorious Anthem, waiting for black mana to play my own blossom or edict.Next turn didn´t reveal a Swamp so i had to path his Token and go down to 7 (Solemn Simlacrum also attacked).I finally draw Terramorphic Expanse but it seems to be too late. AI played a 2nd Simulacrum and attacks for 8. Nothing i can do.3 Black cards in my hand + Might of Oaks.0-1
game2:I keep a 4 Land hand because 2 Watchwolf are in there.AI Path to Exile the first i play.The 2nd one sticks and AI just plays+uses Elixir of Immortality.I play 2 River Boa and attack with the Wolf.AI plays Solemn Simulacrum.I attack with everything for 7 and play Wild Nacatl and Blinding Mage.AI plays Grave Titan.I think a while and pass the turn to tap his titan (so i can attack next turn).AI plays Trusty Machete and tries to Vindicate a Boa - i just regenerate.AI equips Machete to a token so it is 4/3.I draw a 2nd Might of Oaks from the top and can finish the game.1-1
game3:I mulligan a horrible hand and got 2 Nacatl + 3 lands + Emeria Angel.AI takes a few hits before playing Vampire Nighthawk. I decide to Path to Exile it. I attack again with both Nacatls and play River Boa (missed 4th landdrop).AI plays Necrataal and kills my Boa.I draw a Land so i play Emeria Angel but can´t attack.AI Path to Exile my Angel and attacks.I draw Glorious Anthem from the top and attack for 6.AI attacks and then Paths a Nacatl and plays Simulacrum.I play Soul Warden and Disenchant his Simu and attack (AI at 10 me at 9).AI plays Grave Titan while my hand is empty (urgh!).I topdeck Might of Oaks and attack with Nacatl (hope he blocks with titan).I waste Might of Oaks and the Titans deathtouch kills my Nacatl aswell.AI plays Necratal and kills my last creature.I topdeck Watchwolf and play it.AI Vindicates my Wolf and plays Bitterblossom - then attacks (i´m at 1 life). I draw Blinding mage and pass the turn to lose.1-2
Really unlucky in the first game.Hand was full of Black cards that i couldn´t play.Third game Grave Titan forced me to waste Might of Oaks that i wanted to use to win.AI got the better cards and removal while i got 1 and 2 mana dorks.
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Juzamjedi vs Aswan Jaguar 2-0 // 06.02.2011
- notes | Open
- game1:AI opens with Watchwolf , i Nekrataal it.AI plays Soul Warden Wild Nacatl and River Boa. I Nekrataal Boa attack and play Elixir of Immortality.AI plays Nacatl and Blinding Mage.I attack with both Necrataal a play Grave Titan.AI plays Glorious Anthem.I attack with everything and use Path to Exile to let my Titan survive.AI counterattacks and dies during the next turn to my zombie army.1-0
game2:AI starts with Soul Warden, i only play Trusty Machete and one Land after another.AI plays Watchwolf and then Bitterblossom.
I Path to Exile Soul Warden EOT and kill the Wolf with Nekrataal.AI plays Blinding Mage and a 2nd Bitterblossom.I Nekrataal the Mage and attack.AI plays Nacatl. I attack with both Nekrataals and the AI starts to chump block - and tries to Might of Oaks his Nacatl, but i Path to Exile it to save my Nekrataal and play Solemn Simulacrum.AI goes down to 7 during his upkeep and attacks with his tokens.AI plays Emeria Angel and keeps blocking my creatures with his tokens. 1 turn before i would die to his flyers he dies to his 2 Bitterblossoms just in time.phew. 2-0
game3:
Pretty unexciting match. As soon as Grave Titan enters the game you just win.
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Alex Ryugami vs Juzamjedi 2-0 (videos) // 08.02.2011
- Video Report | Open
- game1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEmsa6KDkbw
game2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1RLoRYJWzs
game3:
Played these games like 6 times to test camstudio. Never lost.
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Juzamjedi vs Alex Ryugami 2-0 (videos) // 08.02.2011
- Video Report | Open
- game1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wronrWAjmn8
game2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1FvstZmH54
game3:
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Side EventLet me know if you don´t want to play this - i will cover the missing games then.
You may play those 10 games at any time this month.First 2 weeks should be the best time to do so though.
Posted: 25 Jan 2011, 08:24
and it's my first tournament report, so pardon me for any format mistakes. Any feedbacks are welcomed 
By the way, Bitterblossom hurts, especially when your opponent has two Bitterblossoms on his side and yours chipping your life point away.