Subject: Grand Prix Lisbon Report *52* Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 06:53:46 PDT From: "Punisher Leet" To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Grand Prix Lisbon Report *52* I playtest for this BIG event (the first in Portugal) a lot, and after some weeks of playtesting i decide to play Rude Awakening. Day 1: Round #1 - Fernando - PT - Suicide not a easy match up but he play with Jinxel Idol, which help me, and he play ugly. game 1: He play a Sarcromancy and a Dauthi Horror and took me down to 14, then he play 2 Jinxel Idol and sac his creatures, i capsize the first then counter and play a creature and sac for the other Idol, and he was killed with his own Idols. game 2: 3º Turn Hatred when i was all tapped for a blossoms. game 3: i steel some creatures and kill with trade and weever. Rounds: 1-0-0 Games: 2-1 Round #2 - Daniel - PT - WW game 1: i set up the combo when i was at 3. game 2: i dont get a weever and 3 shadow´s kill me quickly game 3: i draw half of my library and don´t get a land that give me green, time was called and is a draw Round: 1-0-1 Games: 3-2 Round #3 - Paulo Serra - Mono-Blue game 1: i hill with a weever, he only play islands and some counters. game 2: long game, he kill me with silver wyvern 5 seconds before time was called. second draw and i need 3-0-0 to make day 2. Round: 1-0-2 Games: 4-3 Round #4 - ???? - PT - WW game 1: He concede the game when i set up the combo game 2: he mullingan down to 5 cards and he just concede when i get the combo. Rounds: 2-0-2 Games: 6-3 Round #5 - Fred - PT - Recurring/Sotf/LD game 1: i draw 2 lands, 3 tradewind, weever and allure, i dont get any land in my next 8 draws, he was attacking with scragnoth, i block with feeders, bloosoms, so he wont be able to play living death, then i start draw lands, and i was blocking scragnoth with bloosoms and playing capsize on it, i play awakening and start boucing, i win with some lucky but my oponent was very week and make some big mistakes. game 2: time was called before we start playing. Rounds: 3-0-2 Games: 7-3 Round #6 - Sérgio - PT - Rude Awakening game 1: i dont get any tradewind or capsize and i lose game 2: i steel his tradewind, set up the combo first and he just concede. game 3: we dont have enough time to finish this game, and with a draw no one make day 2, so we roll a 20-side-die to see who wins, he roll 4 and i roll 20! :) ... i win. Rounds: 4-0-2 Games: 9-4 i get 63º Place and i make day 2 with some lucky... Day 2: Round #7 - Jorge Martins - PT - Sligh game 1: he kill me before i set the combo up. game 2: with 4 Oath of Druids and 4 Propagandas its easy to win, i play oath of druids on second turn and win game 3: i make the biggest error of this tourney, i dont play the oath i had in my hand, and play allures / tradewinds, then he play spellshock and hit me with some creatures. (im a scrub!) Rounds: 4-1-2 Games: 10-6 Round #8 - Crystian - SP - Sligh game 1: sligh always kill me on first game game 2: this time i play oath and win game 3: see game 2 Rounds: 5-1-2 Games: 12-7 Round #9 - Manuel Dias - PT - Tradewind/Bottomless Pit game 1: he trull me, set up the combo and i concede game 2: he get the combo on turn 5º and he concede game 3: my hand: 2 Reflecting Pool, 2 Allure, some counters... i dont get other land for the next 7 Turns, he get the combo and i just concede. Rounds: 5-2-2 Games: 13-8 Round #10 - Gregory - NW - Recurring/Sotf/LD game 1: long game, he kill / discards all my tradewinds, and he play living death (i dont know why) i steel 2 wall of blossoms, and with awakening , 12 lands and capsize, i start boucing a lot of permanets / turn. :) game 2: i counter all his moves, and kill with weever and feeder. Rounds: 6-2-2 Games: 15-8 Round #11 - Paulo Amaral - Rude Awakening i concede both games because he have more changes to make top 32 so he can win some money then we slip it, but he get 33º!!!!! and i leave Lisbon with $0.00. TOTAL: Rounds: 6-3-2 Games: 15-10 i take 52º Place , not bad at all for my first big event. The Deck: Lands: 10 island 7 forest 4 reflecting pool 3 skyshround forest creatures: 4 tradewind 4 wall of draw 3 spike weever 3 spike feeder enchantments: 4 leggacy allure 4 awakening counter: 4 counterspell 4 forbid other: 4 capsize 3 whisper of the muse Sideboard: 4 propaganda 4 chill 1 portcullis 2 tranquility 2 mana leak 2 dominating licid PROPS: - To all my team and my sponsor - "Passatempo" - To Bruno Cardoso, for kicking Hacker´s ass :) - To Devir, the WotC reps, who managed this great event. SLOPS: - For some judges that didn´t know anything about Magi - For the long time we wait for round #1 pairgins ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com