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The chilling conclusion - Back in Black part 3
Today as you all know was the Magic: The Gathering 10th anniversary. The tournament was held across the WORLD at card shops everywhere. It was a sealed deck type of thing where everyone got 5 boosters, access to however much mana they wanted, and a Ruhk Egg foil promo. I dragged my little sis along so she could get in, which meant get me cards. I took the Rukh from her and tossed it in with some cards i pulled and made a decent red/black deck. Here is what it looked like at the end of the tourney (I only sideboarded twice throughout the five rounds).
8 mountains
7 swamps
2 urborg volcano
1 rod of ruin
1 phyrexian hulk
2 Canyon Wildcat
2 Bog Imp
3 Deepwood Ghoul
1 Eastern Paladin
2 Giant Cockroach
2 Wall of Stone
2 Carrion Wall
2 Shock Troops
2 Lava Axe
2 Cinder Wall
1 Goblin Chariot
2 Shatter
1 Dusk Imp
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Viashino Sandstalker
1 Severed Legion
1 Ridgeline Rager
1 Hill Giant
1 Panic Attack
1 Ogre Taskmaster FOIL
Here's how it went down at the games.
ROSS BROOKE (my sis)
1st round BYE 0-2-0
2nd 1-2-0 0-2-0
3rd 2-0-0 0-2-0
semi-Finals 2-0-0 OUT
FINALS! 2-1-0 OUT STILL
total record 7-3-0 0-6-0
*I got a BYE in round 1, so i worked on my deck and watched Brooke.
*Round 2 I played a kid named Adam who had a vicious red/green deck. I used my Rukh Egg promos and beat him first round, but after a long dispute with the shop owner, the Eggs were ruled out of play and I had to remove them from the deck. I seriously thought that I would lose the tourney when they left my deck. He killed me rounds 2 and 3, although they were very close.
*Round 3- Ross vs. Jakub, a foreigner with a Green/Blue/White deck. I never saw much else of his deck but mana and a Blinding angel. I butchered him in the first 2 rounds.
* Round 4 was the semi-finals. I played a local high school graduate named Luke. He had a nice Green/Black/Blue but in the end a few small playing errors ended up costing him the games. It was at game 2 here when i learned i could use all my cards NOT in my deck as a sideboard, Which would have helped... a LOT.
****FINALS****
I played Nick again- the only player i had any trouble beating there. He had a deck built around his 8/8 Primeaval Force, which is tough but with the possiblilty of facing it 5rd turn.... yikes. He beat me first round in a really close game. i was really worried I'd lose, and after some very disappointing mistakes, I was meticulous in my plays the rest of the game. Game 2- I won with 6 health, and I used Rod of Ruin to kill him. For 14 turns. It was quite possibly the longest game ever. I was so scared that he'd crush me that i was drenched in sweat after the game. Game 3 was a slaughter, but in his defense he played the last game really well, and put up a lot of defense. But i still won by like 16.
I got another Rukh and 2 boosters for winning. Yay!
Anyways, 8th edition rhox. Get it? haha it's a joke. I meant to say "rocks" but instead said "rhox" cause it's pronounced the same but Rhox is a 5/5 green creature in 8th edition. you don't get it do you? ye bastads.....
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