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From: Christian [mailto:christiansenclair@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:44 AM
To: dmstaff@pojo.com
Subject: The Controller at Comic Chest, VA- Christian



This is Christian with another tournament at Comic Chest in VA, which happened on September 3rd. This is our store's first DCI tournament and I really needed to up my ratings. Today we had a solid turnout of 14 people, including Sean Castor, the #1 player in Virginia.

This is also the first time in just about forever I decided to run something besides Black/Blue. I have since changed to a BUG deck for the use of Cryptic Totem and some other good cards found in Nature. And now for the Decklist...


The Controller

4 Aqua Hulcus

4 Corile

4 Emeral

4 Illusionary Merfolk

2 Thrash Crawler

4 Bloody Squito

4 Locomotiver

4 Terror Pit

2 Lost Soul

4 Bronze- Arm Tribe

2 Crow Winger

2 Cryptic Totem

4 Mana Nexus


Now with the decklist out of the way, let's get to round 1!


ROUND 1

VS. Carl (Red/Black Armored Dragon)

Game 1- Why is it Carl and I get paired up in every tournament? We were even paired up at the invitationals. Game 1 went smoothly enough. He tried to set up a force with a bunch of creatures, but my two Coriles stopped all that. Also, I got shield triggers and cards I needed from my shields which helped me wrap up game 1. WIN

Game 2- This is where the problems started. I got out a field ready to swarm him and thought I had this game in the bag. I guess I was a little to hesitant with attacking, as he soon made short work of the blockers I had assembled for defense via Critical Blade and took the game. LOSE

Game 3- I got Cryptic Totem out early in the game and started busting his shields. His blockers became a serious annoyance at one point, but after three consecutive turns of attacking, I was able to pull off a win. WIN

Record after Round 1- 1-0 in matches, 2-1 in duels.



ROUND 2

VS. Wes (Mono Blue)

Game 1- Okay, first off, I think Wes is a pretty good player and I really respect mono water as a decktype, but sorry dood, you're going down :P. This game was actually pretty close, but he couldn't really gett going for some reason as I set up a huge force. After it was big enough, I started attacking and won by using Cryptic Totem. WIN

Game 2- I just waited until I had a force big enough to kill him, and busted out Totem. Again, I wiped him clean under Cryptic Totem. WIN

Record after Round 2- 2-0 in matches, 4-1 in duels.



ROUND 3

VS. Mike (Mono Black)

Game 1- Mike was playing darkness. I got a bunch of creatures out early on and summoned Cryptic Totem. He, to my great dislike, pitted my totem in an attempt to stop my swarm, but I still had enough creatures on the field to kill him. WIN

Game 2- This game went along the same lines. Mana Nexus greatly helped at replenishing my shields when he broke them. I got a few weenie creatures out and started picking away at his creatures until I was able to win. WIN

Record after Round 3- 3-0 in matches, 6-1 in duels.

Well, it was pretty obvious who I wasgoing to face in the final round of the tournament, there was only one other undefeated player at this point, Sean. That's saying something for multi- civ. decks, as Sean and I were the only players running more than two civilizations.



Round 4

VS. Sean (Pogiforce_14 on Realms) (Blue/Black/Red/Green Control)

Game 1- Okay, here you must forgive my lack of good notes, when you're playing the number 1 player in a state, you tend to be a little nervous, and I needed to concentrate on the game. All I can remember about the first game was that it was dangerously close and we kept swapping control. Finally, I was able to scrape a win with Cryptic Totem. WIN

Game 2- I tried the same strategy again but Totem was pitted not long after he was summoned. He said he got a bad hand and shields because he didn't draw many fire cards, and I was able to scrape yet another win. WIN

Record after Round 4- 4-0 in matches, 8-1 in duels.

The top 4 was announced- I was in, Carl was in, Sean was in, and Sean's sister Amber was in.



SEMIFINALS

VS. Carl (Red/Black Armored Dragon)

Game 1- Now I needed to beat Carl in order to have a shot at first. Like all Armored Dragon decks do, he got out Cocco Lupia and attempted to summon one pf those beasts. He finally managed to brung out Bolzard Dragon, but by that time I already had Cryptic Totem in play and was able to pull off a win. WIN

Game 2- I was confident going into the second game, but this time he got Bolzard out a lot earlier and started screwing with my mana. Since I didn't have enough to play anything powerful, I wound up losing this game. LOSE

Game 3- There isn't much I can say here, I was trying to put up a fight, until my imminent defeat hit the field in the form of Bolmeteus... LOSE

Well, congratulations on handing me my first defeat, Carl. Too bad it had to be in the semis...



FOR 3rd PLACE

VS Amber (Mono Blue)

Game 1- Amber is Sean's sister, so I was expecting a serious challenge from her. Basically, she just got a butload of blockers out and then took the game with Crystal Lancer. 5 shields to none. Ouch... LOSE
Game 2- This game was almost exactly the same as the first one. This time, after she got the blockers out again, she opted for two Splash Zebrafish. I don't know why I couldn't get them off the field, but I lost. LOSE

Well, fourth place isn't bad, and I'm happy with how my new deck did today, so Ithink I will use it next week. Now for props and slops!

PROPS

Sweeping Sean

Mom for being the TO today

Great turnout compared to what we usually have


SLOPS

Carl beating me in the semis and then losing to Amber

School starts on Tuesday


Well, that's my report. If you want to e mail me, my address is christiansenclair@cox.net.



- Christian