The Rock and the
Hard Place
Wolfzie
Baltimore, Maryland
6/22/02
4 people (including
me)
Well, my second
tournament. I played my deck, the newly fixed by Snuffles
The Rock and the
Hard Place (yup, I sent it in to him). Well, there were five
people there and we
had to play ten rounds, and play each other AT LEAST twice.
So, this is my deck:
THE ROCK AND THE
HARD PLACE
Starting Character:
-Madam Rolanda Hooch
Lessons:
20-Care of Magical
Creatures
Adventures:
1-In the Stands
1-4 Privet Drive
1-Through the Arch
1-Sticking Up for
Neville
1-Troll In the
Bathroom
Items:
3-Cage
2-Comet 260
Creatures:
4-Cunning Fox
4-River Troll
4-Quintaped
4-Boa Constrictor
2-Scabbers
Spells:
4-Fouled!
4-Ouch!
4-Pulling Up
Round 1: Me vs. Brad
Brad is a cool kid
with a good sense of humor. I ended up playing him 5
times! His deck was
a Hermione Creature heavy with Transfiguration deck. It
started with me
getting an early In The Stands into play. This is what lost
it for him. He
couldn't get enough creatures in his hand as I kept hitting
him with FOuled! and
OUch! I got creatures out(2 Cunning Fox, 1 Boa, 1
Scabbers) HE took
away my boa and 1 fox, but it was not enough for him. HE
didn't get going
from my speedy deck, and i ended up with 35 cards still in
my deck at the end.
Me: 1-0
Round Two: Me vs.
Brad
He demanded a
rematch. I said, "Sure, why not?" I basically slaughtered him.
He managed to get a
couple creatures out before my In The Stands, but it was
a Norbert and a
Devil's Snare. I returned them with cage, and he ran out of
Creature LEssons.
His spells kept going away in the discard pile, and after
he solved In The
STands, he put out an Owl, but it didn't do anything because
of m Comet 260. He
didn't do any damage to me! Honest, any! The only cards in
my discard pile were
two creatures he got rid of and the spells I had used!
Me: 2-0
Round Three: Me vs.
Brad (yes, again!)
Okay, this time he
was serious. He got out enough creatures to hurt me, and
Hagrid came out
unwelcomed. Grr.....I couldn't get any spells and I lost, but
it was kinda close.
He ended up killing me with two Tawny Owls, a Norbert, a
Devil's Snare, and
Black Dragon. Oh well...
ME: 2-1
Round Four: Me vs.
Elliot
Elliot is a nice
kid, but he really gets worked up. I had to tell him to calm
down when his best
card went in the discard pile from a Fouled! He ended up
beating me and he
had two cards left. Shame, i had a Pulling Up in My hand,
too. His creatures
won it for him. He was playing a Harry the Seeker
Trans./Quid./Creat./Charms
deck that is pretty good. What lost it for me was
his porcupine robe
killing a boa and three foxes :-(
Me: 2-2
Round Five: Me vs.
Brad
I seeked revenge and
got it! I hurt him soooo bad with my spells and
creatures, that he
got really angry and conceded with about ten cards left in
his deck. My
creatures pummeled him. But he calmed down, and we had a good time.
Me: 3-2
Round Six: Me vs.
Jeff
Jeff actually works
at the store and has a powerful Fred and George Adventure
Charms/Quidditch
deck. My Spells kept hitting him and hitting him. I only got
out two quintapeds
and a scabbers, and one fox. I won with about 21 cards left.
ME: 4-2
Round Seven: ME s.
Brad (last time, really!)
I won this again. My
creatures did the dirty work this time, my spells were
okay. This made my
total record just against brad 4-1. he just couldn't get
rolling fast enough.
Me: 5-2
Round Eight: Me vs.
Elliot
Well, this time I
won from In The Stands and my spells, cuz his porcupine
robe hit my
creatures again. I got him with all four ouches and three
fouleds, as well as
two pulling ups. This was a good
game(for me;-)
ME: 6-2
Round Nine: Me vs.
Elliot
This was our last
battle against each other, and i smushed him. He couldnt
get any lessons out,
and i hit him with three foxes and three boas. My
creatures won it for
me, and he was roasted, toasted, and eaten in only a few
turns of punishment
Me: 7-2
Round Ten: Me vs.
Jeff
Jeff beat me by only
two cards. IT was honestly one of the best games i have
ever played. He
degraded me by finishing the game by winnin slytherin match
with a stupefy, when
i was dead, but he made me stay to watch him shuffle the
15 cards back in his
deck and then used a toe biter. He is REALLY cool and funny.
Me: 7-3
So I finished 7-3,
but i WON!!! this deck is really good, but if you don’t
get rolling in the
beginning, it cant stand up to others in the late game.
Anyway, till next
time!
Wolfzie
Editor of the
Daily Prophet
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