From:  [nimgarden@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:00 AM

Subject: Tourney Report

Lin Ruizi's Tourney Report:
FNM

Ok, I was testing this Sligh deck:
12 Mountain
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Forest

4 Blistering Firecat
4 Slith Firewalker

4 Pulse of the Forge
4 Volcanic Hammer
4 Flamebreak
4 Shock

4 Furnace of Rath
4 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Pyrite Spellbomb

Sideboard:
4 Naturalize
4 Electrostatic Bolt
4 Pyroclasm
3 Goblin Charbelcher

Can't remember names but I'll post all four rounds.

Round 1: Vs. Elves
Some girl, about 13 years old. Ok, game one was ballistic. I dropped Mox Turn 1 and my Slith started the beats. Flamebreak cleared away all the Elves and I cast back to back Firecats, leaving her at 2 life. Next turn I cast Pyrite Spellbomb for a quick win. Boarded out Furnaces for Pyroclasms. Game Two had her casting elves and me defensive. I slowly burned her elves, using Flamebreak and pyroclasm to stop any Skullclamp engine. Eventually I dropped a Vortex. She was at 4 with 2 Wellwishers and I had Vortex out and at 3 life. I cast a Firecat for the match.

Matches:1-0 Games: 2-0

Round 2: Vs. Bad Card Affinity
A 10 year old noob. Since when do noobs play Affinity? Anyway, game 1 I lose narrowly after running out of burn and taking too much damage from my own Vortex. Boarded in everything except the Belcher and burn my way through everything. He drops 2 Enforcers. I Pyroclasm twice in a row and my Vortex drops him into double Firecat range. Game 3 is a one sided affair. He land screws and I topdeck 2 Firecats to win after Hammering twice.

Matches: 2-0 Games: 4-1

Round 3: Vs Slide
Do you even want to hear this? The enemy( a teenager) gets Staunch defenders out but I drop Vortex the next turn and slowly burn him to death. Game two has me with a handful of burn. I Shock then Hammer then Pulse him. He's at 11. I Pulse again and topdeck Firecat a few turns later for the win.

Matches: 3-0 Games: 6-1

Round 4: Vs. White Weenie
He drops Glaivemaster Turn 1 and gives it a Bonesplitter for four to the dome on turn 2. I hammer it and he gets Shikari w/ Skullclamp. I hammer that one two. He drops a Morph. I have the Firecat and he morphs an Angel. Life totals 16-17. I'm 1 life behind. I Flamebreak and bomb the Angel but he slowly overcomes my elimination with ASkullclamp and kills me with a second Angel.
Game two I board in everything except Belcher again. He is land screwed but I'm flooded. Flamebreak turns things into my favor. I Pulse with the same card twice and topdeck a third Pulse. Vortex and a Pyroclasm lock things up.
Game three is tricky. It's a card advantage battle that I start to win after I Naturalize a Skullclamp. He topdecks two Exalted Angels in a row.
Eventually I get rid of them, but by then I'm at 3. And have no answer to the third Angel.

Matches: 3-1 Games: 7-3

Props:
To getting a couple of boosters anyway. (Oblivion Stone and Blinkmoth Nexus!
Sold for S$25 about US$14)
My good draws and opponent's screw-ups.
That cute girl in Round 1.
Blistering Firecat.

Slops:
To that teenager's Exalted Angel.
Skullclamp.
Useless Goblin Charbelcher.
Triple Exalted Angel draws.
To that girl's boyfriend.

I'm going to a FNM next week with Ravager Affinity. Wish me luck!