Vanguard
I came in with some EXFO Special Editions with the goal of pulling Called by the Grave since it's kind of a great card and the secondary goal of maybe pulling a 2nd Electrumite for my Zefra deck. Turns out I don't and have one of the worst pack openings possible by pulling 3 straight "check THIS out!" guy and getting a purple Mekk-Knight. Whoopie. Woodhouse on the other hand buys 5, gets 3 Called, Inspector Boarder, Electrumite and 2 Jackal King.
WELL OKAY THEN.
Then we made a deal in which I got all of his stuff I wanted since he owed me for Kagero stuff and what he gave me cut the amount by half. So now I have 2 Electrumite, 2 Inspect Boader and 3 Called by the Grave for Zefra. Sweet!
After that it was just a matter of waiting to start the tournament. Our one Chaos player wasn't present meaning I wouldn't have to worry about getting shit on while playing any of my not Gear Chronicle decks (I had lent Victor out so that a friend could have a tournament run with it. It NEEDED to happen) so I decided to go back to my roots and bust out Regalia seeing as the deck got support in Set 14 and it's not half bad. It's been a good 3 years since I played the deck and 4 if we're talking about the classic Angelica/Minerva deck.
Are you ready to deck out at the speed of light?
Round 1 - Bye (Win)
Turns out I would have to wait a bit before getting started as I got the first round bye. I guess so.
Round 2 - vs Nubatama (Win)
The game speaks for itself. Nubas without Rinne are very weak and much like my deck if the opponent is able to survive both Rinnes, you rund out of steam and lose. As it is I crush him under the might of Thiccnerva's thighs. I should note that by my second stride I had drawn/milled 14 of my triggers including having 3 heals in hand.
Round 3 - vs Victor (Win)
Both of us were undefeated at this point so it makes sense we'd meet. Still it's silly that we get paired up after I lend him Victor. He's only had the day to learn the deck but having originally owned the thing it doesn't surprise me he picked up on the things you can do (after I explained how the timing worked with Kachiwall) and after telling me he didn't want to mulligan I proceeded to shit my pants since I had to go first. At this point I had to do two things; deny him first stride and win on my 2nd Minerva turn at the latest. I do so by staying down on Grade 2 for a turn and checking nothing on my first stride (as we knew I would) and he shows me just how bonkers his hand is with Golsachi + Jerohawk + 2x Kachiwall with Winning Champ. Ladies and Gentlemen that right there is a setup that lets him get to GB8 on his next turn. To say that I'm fucked if I don't win on my turn is an understatement. He proceeds to do Winning things and I get pushed from 2 to 5 while hitting some defensive triggers to keep my hand up going into my 2nd Minerva and I basically decide to put everything into this turn by resolving as many draw and buff skills as I could to make my attacks huge. The result is I had a 19k line and a 22k line for RGs while my Vanguard swung for 52-58k and he had no PGs or heals in hand to block it. I flip a crit on his no guard and win the match and getting first place.
And that was that. One guy was hoping to get 1st since he was playing Dominate with Rinne and asked for a game after the tournament. Despite the matchup being in his favour I decided sure why not. We gradestall for a bit and I win first stride and push him to 5. He doesn't have a G-Guard so I don't have to worry about Rinne's GB3 however I don't hit defensive triggers and he flips Stand/Crit and my hand is not able to block all of that so I die. As much as I hate to sound like a certain member of our community I think I actually would have won if either of those two things went the other way as he had difficulty dealing with Minerva the first time, didn't check a PG and I had a full board going into the turn. I'm pretty certain my 2nd Stride Minerva would have won.
Then again in that scenario any good clan's second stride would have won so moot point? Oh well, next week I'm playing ZtB.
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