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A
horned assult
My deck
4 Horned Kavu
4 Raging Goblin
4 Shivian Wurm
4 Avatar of Might
4 Avatar of Fury
4 Blastoderm
4 Thunderscape Familiar
4 Thornscape Familiar
4 Furious Assult
4 Giant Growth
4 Tangle
10 Forest
10 Mountain
Total =64 Cards
Ok this was a tourney on
my birthday sothe omens had to be good !Both me and my
brother arrived at our local store and were shocked by
the number of turnouts.This wasn't a DCI tourney but
the Prize was a box of Planeshift.We had to play 7
games.Each time we won we got 3 points.A draw was 1
and a loss was obviously 0.The person with the most
points at the end won.You played someone who had a
similiar amount of points to you.This was my third
tourney and I was aiming to get just 9 points for a
booster.But thing were gonna get a lot better then
that.Onto the tourney!
Match 1 Chris
Brown Vs Brandon Powell
I knew Brandon because we
play each other every day and I knew he was playing a
Blasto-geddon(Oh how original )
Game 1
Cool.A got a good hand
which included furious assult,horned kavu raging
goblin and sufficent land.All went well till turn 7.I
had my blastoderm out and horned kavu but with 7
points of damage left,Brandon geddoned.This was a
panick decision as he hadn't got any mana producing
creatures or any land.Game 1 to Chris.
Game 2
This was a completly
different game.I used three muligans and I knew I
would be in trouble.A geddon soon confirmed it and
soon I was sweating.Blastoderm was my only chance and
next turn he was out.I needed a gating creature
.Shaking I drew my final card of the match.Or was
it.TANGLE!!!!Oh joy.I used a bluff and
groaned.Naturally Brandon attacked with everything.Big
mistake.Next turn I got a shivian Wurm which by
bouncing goblin back was enough to seel this game and
place me third.Onto the next round.
Match 2 Chris Vs
Olly
I didn't know Olly but he
was good if he was fourth.To my suprise he was playing
a goblin deck with Squee ,Raging and GOBLIN GAME.I
quickly built up a defense of Horned Kavu and Avatar
of Might and Fury before in the mid game he played a
game.I was on ten life and he was on 5.I pannicked and
grabbed 6 ojects before realising that a bluff was in
order.I only used 1 object losing me 5 life.Olly only
took 3 but it was enough to give a pumped up Avater of
Fury a game win.
Game 2
I hate these types of
games when nothing goes right.I had three lands in my
hand and then nothing.Olly killed me off with 4 raging
goblins. Oh the shame.
Game 3
So this was for all the
marbles.I looked at my hand.4 lands and a furious
assult.I stuck and soon after a couple of Avatar of
Might came out cheap thanks to the low cost of
goblins.Horned kavu comboed with the assults I had on
the table to win.I played a kavu dealing 3 damage from
my three assults and then I returned it using its
gating ability.Olly conceded and it was another
victory for me.One more for a booster but by now I was
hoping for more........
Match 3 Chris
Brown Vs Tristain
I was now second.I
would have been first but i lost a game to Olly so now
I was playing the third place.He was using a spectrum
deck.This would be fun and i suspected my deck would
be to fast.
Game 1
My opponent muliganed four
times so out of the kindness of my heart I let him go
first instead of rolling for it(Ahhhh)
He soon got out all
5 land types but not before Raging goblin kicked some
butt dealing 10 points of damage.I then used tangle a
few times to stop the beast known as Draco before
Raging goblin finished it off with Horned Kavu and
Blastoderm dealing 15 points of damage with a few
saved up Giant growths
Game 2
Finally I got out enough
familiars in the early game,three of each by my 8th
turn to get out some cheap spells.Shivian wurm cost
just a R and G and he would have won the game fat if
it wasn't for Wandering stream.However he was just
stalling and soon when all my creatures were out it
was just too much for him.I retained my second
position.Yes a planeshift booster at last.Now the only
way is up.
Game 4
Chris Brown Vs
John Seymour.
Ok this guy was good.He
usec a traditional Rebel deck and I knew that I was in
for my biggest game ever.
Game 1
I had to muligan and soon
had a decent hand of 6.I used familiars to get out
Blastoderm and Shivian Wurm but the rebels were coming
out fast.I used my Giant Growths well and furious
assult helped but when I was attacked for 34 I used my
trump card,TANGLE to win me the game the turn after.
Game 2
I hadn't seen a Lin Sivy
come out yet but when it did on turn 5 I knew I was in
trouble.Land,land and more land was all that I was
drawing and there is only so much Blastoderm can do.I
lost incredibly quickly.Maybe if I hadn't of beeen so
cocky I would have kept my hand.Oh well.I still could
pull it back.
Game 3
I was determined to go top
but it just wasn't gonna happen.My deck worked OK and
it wasn't till the late game it started to crack but I
should have killed the rebels with furrious Assult
instead of John himself.The wonderwoman known as Lin
setteled it and when I was attacked for 26 there was
no Tangle to save me.
Game 5
Chris Brown Vs
Mark Reynolds
I was still third but Mark
was the new number two.John played the number 4 so I
played Mark.He was using a Blueblack control.My worst
fear was Warped devotian.That could spoil my deck
completly with it's gating ability.
Game 1
Oh man.Warped devotion in
the early game meant I was gonna need to play my
creatures fast.Unfortuatly despite decent land and the
Familiars,my Avatars were recoiled back and I had no
defense from Avatar of Woe,her sidekick Avatar of Will
and Doomsday spectre.
Game 2
I couldn't lose this game
.I just couldn't.Gritting my teeth I decided that fast
assult would be the only way past.I needed some
Goblins and I wasn't dessipointed when I drew 3
Goblins and 2 mountains after 2 mulligans.They were
lean and mean and without a Warped devotian in sight
they killed of Mark thanks too a little help from
Giant growth and Tangle plus Shivian Wurm.
Game 3
When a early Doomsday
spectre came out I was just about to quit when I
renembered what my brother always told me
''Chris,no matter how
bad,never ever give up, Ok''
So I just carried on
fighting.I played A few Avatars and Tangle helped when
he had 4 damage left.He had no defense and I had a
Raging goblin.I drew a card knowing only one could
help.I needed Tangle fast.I drew....GIANT GROWTH
!!!!!It was risky.I attacked for 1.
''OK I'll take it'' he
said laughing.He had been mocking me the whole
game.''That it''
''No''I said''In response
I will giant Growth.Good game''
He was stunned and in a
stress he packed up and moved off in a sulk.I laughed
too myself.I was back in second.
Game 6
Chris Brown Vs
Justin
Another adult player.Oh
great.Another Blastogeddon Deck-Oh great.Ok lets get
this show on the road.
Game 1
I had a good hand and
stuck.I decided to play my familiars fast.However,he
had a lot of Llanowar elves and Birds of Paradise.More
fool him.I got three Avatars of Might out and when he
Geddoned I was more then ready.I had kept land back
and A shivan Wurm sealed it up.No matter how he
blocked it was just too much trample damage.An easy
first win
Game 2
Things were bad for
Justin.He had forgotten to shuffle his deck and had to
mulligan down to 2 cards.I played a few Furious
assults and when the Blastoderms came out there was
only one winner,as I used gating to return them to my
hand.It was close but unfortunatly for Justin not good
enough.
NEWSFLASH-NEWSFLASH-NEWSFLASH-NEWSFLASH
Brilliant.Mark had beaten
John 2-0.This meant that if I won then I won the whole
thing.This was a big deal and all my mates watched and
supported me.Talk about pressure.Onto the final game
Match 7-Chris
Brown Vs John Seymour
Well i knew I was facing a
rebel deck and I knew my mistakes.I thought of a two
point strategy.
1)At all costs remove Lin
2)Deal damage to rebels
when Lin has gone
3)Keep tangles and Giant
Growth for emergencys
Game 1
I drew and mulliganed.This
wouldn't do.I needed goblins,and Blastoderms and
furious assults.My second hand was better with Furious
assult and Horned Kavu in.I played a furious assult
and then used my gating trick which had won so many
battles.Could I win this one too.I used gating to deal
9 damage then Blastoderm and Avatar of Fury did the
rest thanks to some serious pumping up from Giant
Growths x3
Game 2
I knew I had lost thanks
to poor shuffiling.Lin came out again and I was beaten
into the ground.Aggghhhhhhh.8 different rebels
including Reville squad and Shield Dancer.Now it was
down to the last game.(Dramatic music please)This was
gonna be a game I wouldn't forget
Game 3
I started agressively with
a raging goblin followed by horned kavu and then
blastoderm.The rebels were coming out slow but then
Lin arrived when it was doing so well.Then a crazy
thought came in my mind.I had a giant growth in my
hand and attacked with a raging goblin.He used Lin as
a blocker as I hoped and Giant growth saw her off.Now
it was time to attack.I pumped up a Avatar of Fury to
a 10/6 and with no flying it was goodnight rebels.The
game finished with me only on 7 but John was on 0
which was the main thing.We shook hands and I recieved
my well earned prize of a box of Planeshift with
Draco
Meddling Mage
And shiny,thats right
shiny Orims chant and Goblin game
WHAT A BIRTHDAY
And finally before you all
fall off to sleep
Slops
This was my favorite
tourney and If a 11 yr old kid can go along with an
non stereotype deck and beat rebels and lastogeddon
then maybe they aren't as invincible as you all
thought.Good luck at your tourney and I hope it is as
cracking as mine was
Thanks for reading
Chris
Brown
PS.Contact
me at Shakabrown@gareth2001.fsnet.co.uk
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