“The Galactic ConQuest: 5
Civilizations”
Team Galactic Quest
T&T Toys, Duluth GA
2-12-05
Welcome to the MASSIVE Team Galactic Quest tournament report! This report contains reports from nearly every duelist from Galactic Quest who appeared at Saturday’s five civilizations tournament. So that you can keep up with this, I’ll announce each duelist and give his or her decklist, and then I’ll write out how each person did for each round. Each different person will be color coded throughout the article. In case you are wondering, this is Sandow writing this part. The text below is that persons EXACT words, so if some of them don’t make sense, I don’t want to hear about it.
Lee
Sandow
I’ll take the color white for myself. After my humiliating defeat at the last five civilizations tournament, I had three objectives in mind for this one: Procure as many Coriles as possible, destroy Austin, and win (in that order). I was, of course, running the Dark Tide with some minor adjustments. I was going to enter into the 15+ division.
Anyways, I drove up there with Ramsey, Austin, and Justin Couch in tow. You might ask, why bring your best competition with you, Lee? Because I want the challenge, I answer you. How better to prove my skills? Besides, no Austin means no revenge.
Here’s my decklist!
Dark Tide (45 Cards)
|
DARKNESS CREATURES: 7
4x Horrid Worm 2x Zagaan, Knight of Darkness |
DARKNESS SPELLS: 10
4x Terror Pit 4x Death Smoke 2x Lost Soul |
WATER CREATURES: 192x Emeral 4x Corile 4x Aqua Hulcus 3x Hunter Fish 4x Aqua Jolter 3x Crystal Paladin |
WATER SPELLS:
10
4x Spiral Gate 2x Crystal Memory 2x Teleportation 2x Brain Serum |
Stephen Slack (AKA Flametropus, Slak 4ss, and Fult)
I am definitely not known for my
articles, but I sure as hell don’t have to stop now!
Today I was actually pretty confident. Most of the people
at Galactic Quest I could get through, and we were the ONLY real competition,
so I was pretty much guaranteed a spot in the top 4. I was in the 15+ division.
I came in with a good amount of lunch meal and I took into account what
I read in a few articles, wearing my most comfortable clothes and eating a
pretty good breakfast.
I got in a little later then I
wanted to. I had some practice time in, adjusted my deck just a wee-bit before
sign up sheets and took in a couple of deep breaths. Today would be VERY long.
‘It Beat Lee’ (50 Cards)
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DARKNESS CREATURES: 16
4x Locomotiver 4x Horrid Worm 4x Bloody Squito |
DARKNESS SPELLS: 12
4x Terror Pit 4x Death Smoke 4x Ghost Touch |
WATER CREATURES: 18
4x Emeral 4x Corile 4x Illusionary Merfolk 4x Aqua Hulcus 2x Crystal Paladin |
WATER SPELLS:
4
4x Spiral Gate |
Justin Florio
All right guys! I’m back with yet another tournament report
for all of you people to read!
Coincidentally, a lot of other players are also writing tourney reports,
and Mr. Lee Sandow is combining them all!
So now, on to the report!
I arrived at T & T at
11:00 A.M. but the store wasn’t open yet. So, I went to Quick trip and got a
slushy and a hotdog. I then went back, and Matt G. was waiting there, along
with the Forham brothers. I wrote my deck list and waited for everyone else to
show up. A lot of little kids showed up, as well as other Galactic Quest people
(known as G Q ers AKA Team Galactic) such as Lee Sandow and Austin Ladshaw. I
was playing in the 14 and under tourney. Well anyways, the tourney started at
around 1:30. This is what my deck looked like.
A Rainy Night (44 Cards)
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DARKNESS CREATURES: 16
4x Gregorian Worm 4x Horrid Worm 4x Chaos Worm 4x Bloody Squito |
DARKNESS SPELLS: 8
4x Terror Pit 4x Death Smoke |
WATER CREATURES: 16
4x Aqua Guard 4x Aqua Hulcus 2x Crystal Lancer 2x Crystal Paladin 4x Corile |
WATER SPELLS: 4
4x Brain Serum |
So anyways, the tourney started, and I wasn’t really too worried. I didn’t see much competition, other than the infamous Tyler Friggen Smallwood. We all thought that the tourney was going to be his from the very start. And of course, Matt G, who I had never played, was there. He was supposed to be good. Lee: Don’t know where you got THAT impression.
Steven Cantrell
This weekend is the Tournament of the Five Civilizations, a special
tournament held at a different location than my usual dueling grounds. Massive
prize support was up for grabs and I wanted to get myself a share of it. Today would
also have major DCI implications.
Team Galactic Quest started showing up around 11:30 and
we all warmed up in practice duels. I was using my usual Murky Riptide of
course (deck list to follow). I checked out what other people were playing and
saw enough blockers to make a small modification.
Murky Riptide
(40 Cards)
|
DARKNESS CREATURES: 16
4x Gregorian Worm 4x Horrid Worm 4x Locomotiver 4x Bloody Squito |
DARKNESS SPELLS: 8
4x Terror Pit 4x Death Smoke |
WATER CREATURES: 16
4x Aqua Guard 4x Aqua Hulcus 2x Crystal Lancer 2x Crystal Paladin 4x Corile |
WATER SPELLS:
4
4x Brain Serum |
There you have my creation. The
goal is to control their field and hand to limit my opponent’s options. Ideally
the blockers provide protection while my creatures slowly chip away at the
shields. Two Paladins were subbed in for extra blocker control. Enough with the
talk, now the tournament begins!
Lee: Wow, FOUR
Blue/Black controls in a row. I think
our metagame is in a rut, guys.
Austin Ladshaw
This will be my first tournament
report ever. Some of you may know me, I
am Austin Ladshaw, Lee’s most hated rival.
Three months ago I stole Lee’s victory from him at the first five civ’s
tournament, and he is out for revenge.
For this tournament I would be
using the same deck that Lee helped me build, a red and black deck called the
Dark Incinerator.
Dark Incinerator
(44 Cards)
|
DARKNESS CREATURES: 15
4x Wailing Shadow Belbetphlo 4x Horrid Worm 4x Mongrel Man 2x Bone Piercer 1x Vampire Silhpy |
DARKNESS SPELLS:
14
4x Terror Pit 4x Death Smoke 4x Dark Reversal 2x Lost Soul |
FIRE CREATURES:
7
2x Brawler Zyler 4x Rothus, the Traveler 1x Scarlet Skyterror |
FIRE SPELLS:
4
4x Tornado Flame 4x Crimson Hammer |
The deck is ready, now it is time
for the rounds!!!
Justin Couch
Lee: If we ever do
this again, I’m seeing to it that people write their introductions. This is just starting to become
annoying. Justin traveled with us, but drove
in his own car, simply following us.
Ramsey and I were worried, because we thought his car might explode at
any minute. No offense, Justin. He did at least give me a decklist, and here
it is:
Ramsey Forgottowritehislatname
Lee: Ramsey didn’t write an into, and I’m sure not going to make one up for him. I gave him a ride to the store, so he was proudly representing Galactic Quest. Anyways, here’s his deck. Finally, someone who wasn’t running Contol!!!
Deck
(48 Cards)
|
NATURE CREATURES: 14
4x Bronze-Arm Tribe 4x Torcon 4x Barkwhip the Smasher 2x Fighter Dual Fang |
NATURE SPELLS: 10
4x Natural Snare 2x Enchanted Soil 4x Mana Nexus |
WATER CREATURES: 16
4x Aqua Guard 4x Aqua Hulcus 4x Crystal Lancer 4x Corile |
WATER SPELLS: 4
4x Brain Serum |
LIGHT SPELLS: 4
4x Holy Awe |
Tyler Smallwood
Lee: Similarly,
Tyler didn’t me write an intro either.
Further, he didn’t even list his deck.
However, I can tell you that it is a Green/Black deck. He uses the usual green mana acceleration
strategy, complete with Barkwhips and FDF (Which he borrowed from me), then
uses killing spells and the parasite worms of the darkness cards to finish his
opponents. His personal favorite is his
Ultracide Worm, which he was using today.
Aside from Florio, he is the only one in the 14 & under division to
write a report.
Preamble!
Now that everybody has been
introduced, let us get on to the tournament.
There were 16 people in the 15+ division, and something like 20 in the
lower division. The tournament began at
1:30 with everyone getting their AWESOME looking Coriles and hats, then
pairings were announced.
For reference, I’ll give you
the color key once more:
White: Lee Sandow
Dark Blue: Stephan Slack
Purple: Justin Florio
Light Blue: Steven Cantrell
Red: Austin Ladshaw
Yellow: Justin Couch
Green: Ramsey
Orange: Tyler Smallwood
Grey: Narrator, no speaker in particular
Maroon: Non-Team Galactic Quest Players
ROUND ONE: 15+
Lee
VS Stephan
Lee: Stephan was running a blue/black deck, which I am weak against, and he was also running MERFOLK in it. I don’t like it when my opponent has a big hand. I’ll just have to do something about that!
Stephan: Lee is the best player at GQ. I haven’t won
a game with him in roughly 5 months, so I knew this would not be pretty.
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: I lost my notes for this part, so I’ll be
writing from memory. Slack got off to a
decent start, and I noticed something was fishy when he used Emeral but not
it’s effect. As I would find out in
duel two, he was using it for Merfolk.
Fortunately, I quickly rushed him down in this round. Still, it was close. 1-0
Stephan: First match was pretty close. 0-1
DUEL
TWO:
Lee: He got off a Merfolk near the end, but fortunately for me, it was too little too late. A well timed Lost Soul helped a LOT here too. 2-0
Stephan: It came down to a couple of shield triggers
both matches =/ I wished good luck to Lee as would probably break through the
rest of everyone there. 0-2
Lee: As it turns out, I hadn’t seen the last of Slack… (Cue dramatic music)
Justin VS Mushroom
Justin: The name of Mushroom’s deck was SKEET your Mom. It was a red black deck, with 43 cards.
DUEL
ONE:
Justin: Fighter Duel Fang with Brutal Charge
rules. 1-0
DUEL
TWO:
Justin: Very close.
I topdecked a Mana Nexus at the right time. 2-0
Ramsey VS Adam Warner
Ramsey: He ran a survivor deck. He got me down to one shield both matches,
but I won 2-0
Lee: It’s not my fault he and Justin are brief and to the point.
Austin VS Jackson Theacpoalis
DUEL
ONE:
Austin: My opponent was using a Fire and Light deck
that had no theme or purpose. I got off
to a slow start but as soon as I got Mongrel Man on the field I just
overwhelmed him. 1-0
DUEL
TWO:
Austin: He made crucial errors of always going for
my shields and never using his blockers to block?!? NEWB!!!!! 2-0
Steven VS Chris
Steven: This guy was maybe in his mid-twenties. I wasn’t sure what to
expect but his Diamond Cutter deck turned out to be no problem.
DUEL
ONE:
Steven: Paladin was kind enough to show up twice in the first round and
clear his blockers. Chris ran out of a hand so quickly that he was topdecking
while he only had four mana! The only wrench thrown into my plans was a Holy
Awe shield triggered. 1-0
DUEL
TWO:
Steven: Next duel an early Cutter took about three shields to boost my
hand. From there the control (mainly Corile) kicked in and there wasn’t even a
Holy Awe to save him. 2-0
Steven: That was a good start that I wanted. Winning 2-0 in the first
round gave me a cushion incase I lost the next round. Later on Chris bought ten
Base Set packs looking for an Urth and didn’t get one, poor guy.
ROUND ONE: 14 & Under
Justin VS Shaun
DUEL
ONE:
Justin: This kid was not unknown to me. I knew he
ran mono red, so I definitely knew I was going to win 2 – 0. He couldn’t rush
me because I got Aqua Guards out on the field. My Horrid Worms picked off his
shields one by one. He couldn’t touch me. I won, 2 shields to none. 1-0
DUEL
TWO:
Justin: Same thing pretty much. He couldn’t hit me
much. He did hit a few shields with Mini Titan Gett, but I managed to destroy
his hand with Locomotivers. I won again, 4 shields to none. 2-0
Justin: So, with my record being 2 – 0, I was quite
confident. My deck seemed to be doing well, but that was just a mono red deck.
I saw that Slak in the other division lost to Mr. Lee Sandow, which didn’t make
me too happy. LEE MUST DIE!!!
Lee: I can just feel the love.
Tyler VS Philip
Tyler: He starts by telling me he sucks. He is running a mono-blue deck.
DUEL ONE:
Tyler: I start by summoning my Torcons. I had them coming out of… nowhere. He ran a lot of bounce, and they were soon
in my hand again, but in no time they were back out again. With evo’s on my side it was easy to take
down his shields. 1-0
DUEL TWO:
Tyler: The second round ran the same as the first.
2-0
ROUND TWO: 15+
Lee
VS Austin
Lee: Oh crap, it’s Austin!
Austin: Oh crap, it’s Lee!
Lee: I’d wanted this match to come to I could get my revenge, but I was really hoping it wouldn’t come so early in the day. Here goes nothing…
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: This was the most intense game I’ve EVER had in my life. I had seven cards left in my deck, and Austin only had six. I had already broken all of his shields, and I only had three left. One was a Terror Pit, because I had used Emeral to set it earlier in the day. The other two could be anything. Austin had five attackers, and no blockers, while I had no hand or creatures. He had Lost Souled my Evo’s, so I wasn’t going to be able to kill him with Paladin. He attacked shield one. It was the Terror Pit I had set, so I killed an attacker. He had 3 attackers left. Shield two yielded an Aqua Jolter. He still had two attackers. One attacked my last shield… and I used Terror Pit as a shield trigger. On my turn, Jolter swung for the win. 3-0
Austin: He couldn’t maintain any field presence and he had no evolutions
left. The duel was mine… wait… I only
have six cards in the deck and Lee has seven!
This is it, my last rush at the shields. Three shields to my five creatures. Break! Terror Pit. Break!
Aqua Jolter. There is no turning
back now… I have two creatures and he has one shield… Break! …NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Terror Pit!!! I lose!!! Curse you Lee,
you and your insane luck! What are the
odds of that?!? (Lee: The odds were 3720 to 1, if you MUST know
Austin.) ONE
CARD!!! 2-1
DUEL
TWO:
Lee: I lost souled his hand as early as possible,
and then kept him topdecking for a while, especially with the help of
Corile. Later, I used Lost Soul again,
but he managed to somehow recover the field advantage. He had no shields left, though, so a one
turn Paladin drop ended the duel. This
would only be the beginning of Austin’s Paladin Pwnage. 4-0
Austin: Lost Soul twice and a Paladin to finish it. You got your revenge Lee. ONE CARD!!!
2-2
Stephan VS Chris
Chris
was a very guy. Both matches I pretty much owned, but he got in quite a few
shields in the beginning. If the kid ran a rush, I would have probably lost
looking at the way he played this mid game-based deck so fast. 2-2
Steven VS Ramsey
Steven: Ramsey is a regular at Galactic Quest and he’s one of our better
duelists. I had dueled him beforehand and won both times, but these would count
for real…
DUEL
ONE:
Steven: He took the first game easily, mainly due to Bronze-Arm followed
by a turn four Corile. I eventually had eight cards in hand and not a single
blocker to impede his progressing attacks. That duel took my by surprise and I
knew a match victory was now unlikely.
2-1
Ramsey: Steven runs blue + black. We went all three matches. In this one, I had complete control with a
turn four Corile. 3-0
DUEL
TWO:
Steven: In the next game I got Ramsey topdecking while Corile made him
draw the same card a few times. That duel went to me… 3-1
Ramsey: We had a very close match! 3-1
DUEL
THREE:
Steven: But the third was not as favorable. I got into a sticky situation
and tried to sweep his shields all at once…so of course I hit a Holy Awe. 3-2
Ramsey: I won by getting Holy Awe as a shield and
Drawing a Crystal Lancer. 4-1
Steven: Oh well, you can’t win every match. Ramsey is a good guy so
losing to him wasn’t that bad. From now on I would have to do better to make
the cut. In another duel of importance, Lee took his revenge on Austin by
winning two intense games.
Justin VS Will Dowdy
Justin: Will was running a Red/Blue deck.
DUEL
ONE:
Justin: I overpowered my opponent. 3-0
DUEL
TWO:
Justin: I was playing around and he hit my Holy Awe
early in the game. 3-1
DUEL
THREE:
Justin: Who did he think he was? 2 FDF 2 Cold. 4-1
ROUND TWO: 14 & Under
Justin VS David
DUEL
ONE:
Justin: OMFG! Yet
another mono red! What kind of morons are these people? There is really no
reason to tell the outcome of this duel, because we all know who won. And did I
lose ANY shields? Nope. 3-0
DUEL TWO :
Justin: Look up.
Justin: Well this was very exciting… 2 mono red
decks and my record was 4 – 0… this tourney seemed to be no challenge. You
might get a kick out of this next match though, because I found it hilarious.
Tyler VS Steven Fordham
DUEL
ONE:
Tyler: He summong Hulcus and I summoned
Bronze. He hit some triggers. I evo’ed, taking down two shields. He Coriles but I double worm, he sadly
Coriled the chaos (???). I cleared the field and took out his
shields. My Ultracide led the
squad. 3-0
DUEL
TWO:
Tyler: I start with my faithful Torcon. He pairs me up with 1-2 creatures. My worm hits the field to help me out. I start my shield hitting mayhem, but he
brings out Fang. L Chaos broke a Torcon, and I pit his
fang. When I smacked his shield, he
Snared, but my field was crawling with critters. My Evos win again. Thanks
Ultracide. 4-0
ROUND THREE: 15+
Lee
VS Justin
Lee: Oh goody, it’s Justin…
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: Swarmed with many creatures, all five of my
shields were shield triggers. I had him
topdecking WAY to early in the game.
Obviously, he was stuck. 5-0
Justin: I got rushed and started topdecking. 4-2
DUEL
TWO:
Lee: He broke my shields quickly due to an early
rush. Finally, I coriled in an attempt
to save my life, but when I Coriled the Barkwhip, he already had a Beast Folk
in his hand so I died. His remaining
shields were a Natural Snare, an creature, and a Mana Nexus anyways… 5-1
Justin: He had no shields. He Coriled my FDF but I had a Beast Folk in my hand. 5-2
DUEL
THREE:
Lee: I’m such an idiot. I got him topdecking, then I STUPIDLY broke his remaing shields,
which allowed him to summon a small army.
He ended up evoing, and I had NO SHIELD TRIGGERS. Duel Fang took the win… 5-2
Justin: I was topdecking but Lee stupidly re-supplied
my hand by breaking my shields. 6-2
Lee: Great. Now I can’t afford to lose or I won’t make
finals. Nothing like that to add
tension, huh?
Stephan VS Austin
Stephan: Austin is going through a tough time right now.
He is in one of those phases where he is trying to understand the game better,
if that’s how you want to say it. Both matches were excellently
played and very close. Props to Austin for showing such damn good
sportsmanship, even after not placing at all. (You still wound up with 3
packs, one of which I gave to you)
4-2
Austin: Stephan was using a Blue/Black deck control similar to Lee, and
once again Crystal Paladin delivered the final blow. 2-4
Steven VS Joshua
Steven: This was another guy in his mid-twenties that I didn’t know. His
weapon of choice was a well-built blue deck.
DUEL
ONE:
Steven: Joshua started off good and even pulled of the Merfolk combo. I
managed to get his hand size down to a comfortable level, but this duel was
close on both sides. Eventually I swept his remaining 2 or 3 shields at once
and he didn’t trigger any Spiral Gates to stop me. 4-2
DUEL
TWO:
Steven: The next duel, my personal savior showed up multiple times in the
form of Corile. Towards the end Joshua had a few blockers out and Paladin
earned his place in this deck by letting my bust through a formidable
defense. 5-2
Steven: Through the first three matches I did pretty well, but so did
some of my best competition. Lee, Stephan, Justin, and Ramsey all had at least
four points. Everyone thought that this next round would be the last before the
cutoff, but the owner had to add a fifth round because of ties.
Ramsey VS James Roth
DUEL
ONE:
Ramsey: I had complete control first round. 5-1
DUEL
TWO:
Ramsey:
I should’ve used Barkwhip to
attack… 5-2
DUEL
THREE:
Ramsey: It came down to the final shield and it
wasn’t what I needed. 5-3
ROUND THREE: 14 &
Under
Justin VS Chubby
Justin: I have a short story to tell you about this sorry
excuse for a n00b. B4 the tournament began, this chubby kid said I could trade
for his Corile promo. So, we did. Then, after the first round, he says, “Hey,
give me my Corile back, or I’m going to kick your ass.” Now, I would like to
know how he could kick my ass when I was taller than him. Now, how I figure,
the only way he could kick me ass is if he made me pass out from the odor
coming from his body. He was trying to stink me to death or something. These
are the kind of morons that make me hate being in the 14 and under division.
Next, he called me “short”. Now it was personal. This
piece-of-sh**-smelly-n00b-losing-son of a biotch was going down!
DUEL
ONE:
Justin: He had
been playing for a year and I had been playing for 3 or 4 months, so this little
kid thought he was much better. He got owned using a blue/red deck. He sucked
really really bad. He tried to rush me with Vorgs and Hulcus, but my Guards
stopped him in his tracks. I won, 4 shields to none. 5-0
DUEL
TWO:
Justin: Pretty much the same way. Except this time,
I just dominated the field. Anything he put down got destroyed or Coriled. I
won, 5 shields to none. 6-0
Justin: Yet another win, making me 6 – 0. While
finishing off Chubby, Tyler Smallwood had finished off Matt G. So, it looked
like I was facing Tyler in the next round… DUMDUDMDUM!
Tyler VS Matt #2
Tyler: Matt said he’d give it if I let him lose
2-1, so that was that. 6-1
Lee: That is IT!! I’m not supposed to butt in like this, but HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?!? This move was what most duelists call CHEATING and is severely frowned upon. Here’s what the DCI has to say about THIS:
161. Cheating—Bribery
Definition
A player attempts
to bribe an opponent into conceding, drawing, or changing the results
of a match, or two players attempt to
determine the outcome of a game or match using a random method such as a coin
flip or die roll. Refer to section 25 of the Universal Tournament Rules for a
more detailed description of what constitutes bribery.
Examples
(A) A player in a Swiss round offers his opponent $100 to
concede the match.
(B) Two players roll a die to determine the winner of a match.
(C) A player offers his opponent a card in exchange for a draw.
Bribery disrupts
the integrity of the tournament and is strictly forbidden. Randomly
determining the outcome of a game or match is also specifically prohibited.
Please refer to section 25 of the Universal Tournament Rules to ensure the
proper application of this penalty.
Penalty
Cheating—Bribery
|
All Levels |
Disqualification without prize
|
Lee: You two are SO going down the next time I see you. Not in a duel, I am PERSONALLY going to reprimand you for what you did. Tyler, you don’t DESERVE the second place you got. I see this happened later, too, in the finals. That’s it. I’m not doing any more in this category. Let it be known that both Tyler (Cheater), and Justin Florio made it to the finals, where Tyler suggested they split the prize. Funny thing is, they both thought the other surrendered to them according to their reports! Still, I think that was just Tyler B.S.ing, unwilling to admit he’s a coward duelist. Congrats Florio. Have fun watching your DCI rankings skyrocket Tyler and Matt #2, cause I’m gonna PERSONALLY see to it you don’t play at GQ anymore. Cheerio!
ROUND FOUR: 15+
Lee
VS Mushroom
Lee: That having been said, let’s get back to the
HONEST division. My next opponent was
Mushroom (Not his real name, btw) who was running a green/red rush. I just LOVE rush decks (sarcasm). I needed to win this one to make it to the
semi-finals.
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: I summoned all my blockers early and I got to go first. He couldn’t get past my blockers, so I was free to smack him around at my leisure. 6-2
DUEL
TWO:
Lee: Well, in addtion to him going first, I pulled an expensive hand. My shields never knew what hit them… 6-3
DUEL THREE:
Lee: He made another good start, but I somehow managed
to counter it with the help of some blockers and weenie attackers. Still, it all came down to my last shield
being a trigger, and it yielded Terror Pit.
Thanks Emeral! 7-3
Lee: Well, there were now four people tied at seven points, and one guy had eight. Since it was top four, we figured one of us was gone. Since I had more losses than the others, I figured it would be me… WHATDAYA MEAN ROUND FIVE?
Steven VS Adam
Steven: I saw this guy before with what I assumed to be his son. Adam
looked somewhere in his thirties, just like your average comic store bum. He
used a strange deck for such a serious tournament.
Steven: Both duels went along the same lines. He rushed with Blazosaur,
Smash Horn, and/or Rikabu to quickly destroy a handful of my shields. While I
was gaining hand advantage, he was rapidly losing it. Locomotiver and Horrid
Worm had a field day destroying his cards. The highlight of the match was when
he had no cards in hand and only Smash Horn on the field…I corile’d it three
times in a row, and no deck can comeback after THAT. 7-2
Steven: I kind of felt sorry for the guy because, er, he didn’t respond
to losing well. Adam threw a bit of a temper tantrum and stormed out. Then
after that slightly disturbing match the owner of T&T makes us play a fifth
round, just waiting to screw everything up.
Stephan VS Ramsey
Ramsey: I had a repeat of the last match. 6-5
Stephan: Ramsey surprised me greatly after beating me first match. He has
shown a lot of improvement and is becoming a next Austin. The first match
caught me by surprise, but I adapted quickly, roughly owning him the rest of
the round. 6-3
Welp, I pretty much gave up. I had
only 4 points and I knew everyone with 5-6 would move on. Fortunately… :)
AustinVS Micheal Bailey
DUEL ONE:
Austin: My opponent was
using a strange three color deck which I called the Patriots because it was red,
white, and blue. Just because you’re a patriot
doesn’t mean you’ll always win. 3-4
DUEL TWO
Austin: No matter what
he did, he couldn’t maintain field presence. 4-4
Justin VS James Rath
DUEL ONE:
Justin: 2 Whips and three other creatures against 3 shields. 7-2
DUEL TWO:
Justin: Lancered me through the heart.
7-3
DUEL THREE:
Justin: Couldn’t draw a base creature to save my life. 7-4
ROUND FIVE (!): 15+
Lee
VS James Roth
Lee: Naturally, this WILL determine whether or not I make the semifinals, and I naturally have to face the undefeated guy. Here goes nothing…
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: I won. I don’t remember the details, but I did win. 8-3
DUEL
ONE:
Lee: He evo rushed me. He ended up with a both FDF and Crystal Lancer on the field at
once. Despite having two terror pits as
shield triggers, he killed me. 8-4
DUEL
THREE:
Lee: Much better. I was able to get him topdecking, and he never fully recovered
from it. 9-4
Steven VS Austin
Austin: Not another blue/black control!!
Steven: If you read any of the other reports from Galactic Quest you
should know that Austin is both friend and rival of Lee Sandow. He struggled so
far today after trying out a new design and then ditching it for his old deck
right before the tournament.
DUEL
ONE:
Austin: He couldn’t maintain field presence, but in the end he summoned
Paladin and I lost. Mmm… a pattern is
beginning to develop… I wonder… 4-5
Steven: Duel one dragged on and on because Austin killed just about
everything I summoned. It wasn’t until I had about ten cards left that I
realized he was trying to deck me out. In desperation I somehow got Austin down
to zero shields but I had no way of pulling off the final blow. Then with three
cards left I drew Crystal Paladin, but there were no liquid people to evolve
from! The next turn I topdecked my last hulcus, evolved, and delivered the last
shot to win. 8-2
DUEL TWO:
Austin: I’m going to have nightmares for weeks about Crystal Paladin. 4-6
Steven: Duel two wasn’t nearly as exciting and I don’t remember much.
I’ll just say that I won. 9-2
Austin: ONE CARD!!! Mmmm…
Something is unsettling. My only losses
were to blue/black decks that ran at least two Crystal Paladins… Hmmm….
Steven: So after a brief scare having to play an additional round, it
actually benefited me. The final standing were announced and I placed third,
good enough for the semifinals. My opponent: none other than Lee Sandow.
Stephan VS Justin
Stephan: Justin was pissed that there would be a round 5. He has always
ran tournaments 4 rounds, 1 final round (Depending on points, 2 final
rounds). But he knew he had me, considering how he had been kicking my
butt lately. Well, sorry Justin. Lol. He had a quick start, I got lucky
and pulled a couple of good hands and some really good STs. It was the Spiral
Gate/Ghost Touch combo that really killed him. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU JUSTIN!!
Lol, no matter what dude, it’s always a pleasure and always a thrill. Me and
you by far have the closest, most tense matches. Again, the pleasure was all
mine. 8-4
Justin: In the first
game, I got a band hand he had great shields.
The second game, I pulled a win out of my rear end. Finally, he had great control in the third
game. 8-6
Ramsey gets a bye!
Ramsey: I sat
around twiddling my thumbs.
SEMIFINALS: 15+
Of the team Galactic Quest players that were there that
day, 4 of us made it to the semi final rounds.
Lee Sandow, Steven Cantrell, Stephan Slack, and James Roth (who goes to
the Buford Store), all made it to the finals.
Great try to everyone who didn’t make it, and good luck to you four in
the finals!
Lee Sandow VS Steven Cantrell
Top Four
Semifinals: Vs Lee (Black/Blue
Lee: Steven had beaten me in tournaments for the last two weeks in a row. I was really hoping to beat him here, but I didn’t have high hopes.
Steven: Lee and myself are about evenly matched cardwise and skillwise.
We have had some close duels lately, so I was prepared for a fight…until I saw
my opening hand.
DUEL ONE:
Lee: It went back and fourth in the beginning. Finally, a well timed Lost Soul stripped him of his hand, which allowed me to win. 10-4
Steven: Either I
shuffled my deck too well or not well enough, but I drew about the crappiest
hands possible BOTH DUELS. The first duel wasn’t as bad, so I almost managed a
comeback but Lee dueled well enough to not give me a realistic shot. 9-3
DUEL TWO:
Lee: He drew an AWEFUL hand. I got off to a good start, and his hand never really recovered. Especially not after I lost souled him two separate times. Still, it was that opening hand that did him in. I felt bad for beating him, but hey, that’s life. 11-4
Steven: Next round
my hand consisted of NONE of my sixteen cards that cost three or less. Lee
simply Stompatron’d me into the ground before I had a chance. 9-4
Stephan Slack VS James Roth
Stephan: This kid plays at the Buford location. Surprisingly, he wooped
butt and so did his friend. Turns out that playing the store owner, who is
about as good as Lee, all the time pays off in the long run. He was the only
undefeated kid their – until I came along. First match he owned and everyone
was worried I wouldn’t get to the finals, revenging everyone’s defeat by the
infamous LEE SANDOW. Next two matches flew by. Very close. James showed great
sportsmanship and we had a great time none the less. 10-4
Stephan: Welp, I guess since Lee beat Steven (Who defeated the
undefeated Lee that past two weeks), it was just me and him. And as it
turned out at the last Civ’s, everyone was in for a treat :). Lee: Sad but true…
Lee Sandow VS Stephan Slack
Lee: This takes me back to the old days when Slack and I played
Pokemon. We both usually ended up in
the finals, and he constantly beat me with his Sneasel/King/Krow deck. Good old days. Well, he beat me in the first match, which took me by a bit of surprise,
seeing as how I’d beaten him back in round one. Well, it happens. Next
duel, he got me in a Corile lock which he kindly let me out of. I ended up winning that one. Finally, he pulled off a Merfolk in game
three, and he had 5 cards in hand and six mana while I was topdecking with six
mana. I never got my hand back… and I
lost. Second place again.
Stephan: Lee was
very stunned when I beat him first match. “Yes! I finally beat Lee! Finally!
OMG!” were the words that I chanted, as Lee laughed and told me it wasn’t over
yet. Of course, I was just thrilled to have beaten him. Second match was about
even, with me making some incredibly stupid mistakes and Lee just flying
through. Third match he had a great start, but like the first match, I did
farely well.
AFTERMATH
Stephan: In the end, I had alot of fun. The year’s Civs was definitely
better (Adrian Carter – running away won’t get you anywhere, son!).
Team GQ got a couple of new arrivals and lots of them showed up (Taking
most of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
places). We all played some great games, and luck was on my side. Of
course, now that lee has been beaten by the under dawg Slack, I am in for a
beaten’ next week (Although I think the 5 packs that I gave him might have
evened things out a bit. You know how I do).
Lee: Second place again. Well,
I salute you Slack. Thank you for the cards, and I hope you enjoy your plaque,
because I’ll be taking it next time!
Steven: For a great
day of dueling to come to an end like this was a bit of a shame, but there’s
always next week. Lee is a very tough opponent but I expected better of myself.
My prize for placing third was six survivor packs. All considered today turned
out well.
Austin: I guess it’s time to modify the Dark Incinerator.
Ramsey: Nuthin to say.
Justin: Join us at Galactic Quest in Lawrenceville. www.galacticquest.com for more information!
Justin: After
Tyler surrendered, I was the champion! Hurray! I got the sexy plaque and my
booster box! Hurray! I was the champ! (of my division of course) So, it ended
up in the 15+ division with Lee being beaten by Slak (I know, I know. Lee beat
Slak first match and lost to him in the finals… same thing that happened with
him and Austin at the last 5 Civs… VERY ironic…) Congrats to you Slak.
PROPS AND SLOPS
Some of us wrote props and slops so here they are.
PROPS:
WINNING!!!
Getting 4 Corile promos (my
favorite card is now even sweeter)
Decent stuff in my prize packs
Making the top 4 cutoff
Good day for my DCI ranking
Team Galactic Quest was strongly
represented in the top 4 of both divisions
Getting many Coriles
Making it as far as I did
Getting revenge on Austin (next
time, I’m coming for YOU Slack!)
Slack’s generosity (thanks again
man)
Buying all of Tylers packs (KILLING)
I traded Alcadeias for Fighter
Dual Fang! Yay for my new FDF!
I traded for an extra Corile
promo… it is nothing to Mr. Sandow’s 6 though…
Winning the sexy plaque and
booster box!
Lee losing… Again
Slak winning!
Getting four sexy Corile promos
Getting two civilization hats
Watching Lee relive the nightmare he
had three months ago
SLOPS:
Justin almost got kicked out for
giving people GQ business cards
Losing after I made it so far, but
at least it was to Mr. Sandow
Getting crap in my booster box
Losing in the final round again (seriously, it gets old)
Needing only a few promos to
complete my collection
I detect a certain amount of
animosity from some people…
CHEATERS
Not making it to the finals
Watching Crystal Paladin have a
field day with my…
Losing to Lee by ONE CARD
Since it took me so long to write this, the results of
this tournament have been entered into the DCI. Here’s how the people in this report are ranked in Georgia.
Lee Sandow- 2nd place
Justin Couch- 6th place
Stephan Slack- 7th place
Austin Ladshaw- 12th place
Justin Florio- 13th place
Tyler Smallwood- 14th place (cause you
cheated)
Steven Cantrell- 15th place
Matt #2-16th place
Team GQ is pretty powerful, yes?
CONTACT
Lee Sandow: rebellee1187@msn.com , skywalker1187 on
AIM (if you wanna gripe about how this
was written, I’m the one to contact)
Stephan Slack: ofstephan@yahoo.com
Justin Florio: AIM
is StewieRoxUrSox and my email is darknessflame@charter.net
Steven Cantrell: Smcman7@aol.com
Thanks for reading.
This is Team Galactic Quest signing off.