Subject: Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:33:12 -0600 (CST) From: "Forrest M. Lee" To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com I arrived early to the Ramada Inn were the Missouri state chamionships were being held. Luckily I hadn't been driving since 6:00, because for once a major tourney (well last year it was to) was held in my home town, the city of columbia, Mo. Me and some friends goofed around with decks, and talked before we eventually registered. Looking around I recognized about 1/2 of the people from tournies I had attended in stl, mo.! My friends are talking how they think only 5 people will be playing great blue. A vast majority green, some counterspell/phoenix, and maybe a few land destruction decks! Round 1 (*note I did not have paper to write down names-sorry) I play a guy I recognize from playing before at a stl tourney! Game 1: He get great land destruction against my white weenie and after taking care of my land I get beat down my mog fanatic and bottle gnomes-how demoralizing, not being able to cast anything. Game 2: I go first and pile on a massive weenie beat down with paladins and shadow soldiers. I get my oath of lieges, and his land destruction is no longer a threat. I also sideboarded in my disenchants wich greatly reduced the speed of his deck with relied on mox diamonds. Game 3: We tie and the round ends-the tourney judge lets us play 3 more rounds-still tied, we are forced to split the match. Round 2: 0-0-1 I play a friend -jason who owns and operates local gameing store *gamers Guild* we have been playing in tournies thier before! He is playing counter, disk-stalking stones beat down. Game 1: I get creatures and get him down to 10, he locks me down with capsize and disk. This takes care of all my creatures and cursed scrolls and he wins with a stalking stones beat down. Game 2: We are dead even, but time is called due to the extreme length of our games a judge rules jason as the winner Round 3: 0-1-1 I play a person from jeff city. He is playing a millstone energy field lock deck (that could have been improved with a counter wizzard-in fact drasticly) He has a nice friends who runs and get me some subway sandwiches-thanks:) Game 1: I deliver a beat down after pacifisming his walls. He then energy fields and I destroy a bird with my cursed scroll to remove it from play, and eventually attack and win. Game 2: I keep summoning creaturs but I am locked down-even with cursed scrolls-to energy fields. He makes mistake and summon spire owl??sp, I kill owl with scroll. I also sideboarded disenchants and took out his millstones, this game. Round 4 (1-1-1): I play a friend-tom from local gaming store. he is playing priest of titania, cradle guard, elves deck! Game 1: I gain massive amounts of life like usual, stalling death for many turns, but eventually i get beat down by a killer bees, man needed another pacifism (wishful topdeck). Game 2: same as first acept this turn he is nailing me with cursed scrolls Round 5 (1-2-1): I play a tolarian academy Deck. Game 1: turn 5 draws lock and fireballs me! Game 2: turn 6 draws lock, but can't fireball me because I have pariah on his ornothompter:), to bad he strokes me instead for remainder of my library-darn guess he rembered it was their. round 6 (1-3-1): Kyle klockner (?sp), I rember him because his friend and him I had seen at gathering ground before. he is playing a imp weenie/scroll deck with creature removal. Game 1: He beats me down with scurge, quick and faily painless , though I had him to 10 life! Game 2: I get beat down and kill him with my own ebat down-life gain winning me the game Game 3: I get beat down by scroll, he gets lucky and his scroll kills almost all my creatures-man I must be really unlucky -I picked the card every single time! I realize I should have put in helm posession from my side board-but to late! How My deck worked: It didnt work much, but when it did it cycled land through oath of lieges to gain massive amounts of life with reaping the rewards. I used the life to hold off opponent and nail em with my cursed scroll, after they hasbeen beat down my my shadow army-I had a serra avatar to add beat down, but never got it into play-I think I should have left it out. Pariah is fun against phatty beat down:)-great great cards. Wow I miss emphyrial armor! Planar birth all saced land for a next turn avatar-never worked:( Props -the kid who got me subway-thank man! the cheap earthquake and underground see someone sold me! -the person who returned my stolen cards Slops -WOTC, for screwing the tournie organizers, shame- the advertisements showed the wrong locations, and were not distributed-this lead to small turn out of only 50 players. The hotel even didnt know the tournie was being held thier-arrg-the website could be easily corrected -for the tourney not at first having level 3 judge, it would have been local tourney k value(the minimum) had one not stepped forward -me for not playing sligh, the matches took to long wich was anoying! -me for not making prize round:(, hey at least I didn't srub out and play a copied deck list like the little scrubs from gathering ground! *swear* little kid, "Come on this deck is original" -the person who stole my cards, If i ever find out who I will nail yer bastard head to the wall!!!