So apparently it is necessary for me to write one of these things. However, a few things to begin with. I don't remember too much about the event, mainly peoples names being forgotten, so my apologies in advance.
So I start the day at about 9am when I wake up. I get myself ready, and then leave to get a tram into Manchester, as I only live a couple miles out. I arrive at about 10:20 when I am reminded that deck lists are required at these events. Oh goodie :/. As I check through my deck, I realise that there are a few things I did not like, mainly the 2 Darkness Callings and the 4 A Question of Gluttony. I quickly get hold of another 2 Darkness Calling, however I am not able to find Overseers Shadow :/. With time getting slimmer, I decide to write out my deck list. It looked a little like this:
Triton the Sacrilegious
2 The Lich King
3 Broderick Langforth
4 Deathcharger
3 Vuzdin
2 Johnny Rotten
4 Dethvir the Malignant
2 Kilix the Unraveler
3 Entomb
3 Strangulate
3 Tuskaar Kite
4 Corpse Explosion
3 Army of the Dead
4 Blackout Truncheon
3 Edge of Oblivion
1 Scourgeborne Battlegear
4 Eye of the Storm
4 Darkness Calling
4 The Boon of Alexstrasza
2 A Question of Gluttony
2 Cleansing Witch Hill
A few notes about the deck. I first of all only have access to 3 Broderick Langforth, and would preferably be playing 4. This deck hadn't had a lot of testing if i am truly honest with myself, and I felt the numbers I was using were good. There are no Extracts in this deck as I am not fully sure where mine ave disappeared too. I am not fully sure what possessed me to play Eye of the Storm, let alone 4 copies of it, but ah well. The final card to talk about is Scourgeborne Battlegear. This seemed like an interesting card to play a tech copy of, and didn't truly seem to have many downsides, It seemed like a strong card to me, and therefore I played it.
So the tournament starts, and we are informed that it shall be an 8 round tournament with a top 8 cut, with 43 people entered. And so we begin here.
Round 1 - Kat Donahue - Zaritha
To be honest, this match up doesn't scare me too much, as what I've played against Zaritha, I feel confident about. Kat sets up the renewal of life plays with Brokentoe, Darkness Calling and Gromble the Apt. Meanwhile, I try to counter this with Corpse explosions on Mikael, removing big pieces from the grave. When the Renewal of Life hits the board, I entomb it quite quickly on the next turn. Eventually I play Scourgebourne Battlegear, and it goes unanswered, giving me ghouls and burning for 3, eventually capturing me the game.
1-0
Round 2 - Vince Turner - Velindra Sepulchre
This is a match up which i don't fear as much as used to, however having played Vince before, I know how well he can play this deck. I figure this game is a race towards turn 10, as Kel'Thuzad switches the nature of this game around completely. The game goes how you would expect the mage matchup to go, until turn 4, where I am able to successfully get an Edge of Oblivion out unanswered. This gains me quite a few points on him. By my turn 10, I have gotten him to 18 damage. I stash a strangulate, and double Corpse Explosion finishes of the Undead Mage.
2-0
Bonus Round - Greggs - Steak Bake
This is a match up I hate immensely. Piping hot steak bakes are my natural enemy, and somehow, I manage to get some of the pasty in my hair. Luckily this is an illegal maneuver, and gets the Steak Bake a warning. However, this didn't go down well, and he persistently argued against this, forcing the warning to be upgrade to a game loss. ^_^
As we returned from our epic quest to gregg's back to Fanboy 3, we took a seat, and suddenly, a wild Lammy appeared. He was forced into the tournament with a 0-2 BYE loss. Now the tournament was at 44 players.
Round 3 - A man whose name I have forgotten (sorry D:) - Boarguts the Impaler
After looking at the hero, I realised that he would be playing death wish, and mulliganed for Vuz'din. Unfortunately, I did not see a Vuz'din within my new hand either. He opens up with Guardian's Plate Bracers, and is able to follow up with double Death Wish and an Edge. I am able to truncheon him for 2 turns, but this is in vain, as I had nothing else really to follow up with. I entomb the Bracers, as Edge is much weaker now, but he drops a Saurfang on the table, with a Kor'kron Vanguard to back it up. Nearly dead, I am able to answer the Saurfang with a Corpse Explosion, but a second Saurfang hitting the table straight after forces me to offer the handshake.
2-1
Round 4 - Johnny Roberts - Witch Doctor Koo'zar
As soon as I see this hero hit the table, I grimace intensely. While Corpse Explosion is a very nice answer to this deck, you still need to have an ally to remove. Not drawing a Corpse Explosion in my opening hand, i mulligan desperately for one. My deck is unkind to me once again and decides that an army of the dead will suffice. As you'd expect, Johnny has the nuts for a hand, and drops one drop after one drop. I get dangerously close to death, and hope to draw a corpse explosion. Unfortunately this is not the case. A babaganoosh is dropped on the board, and a turn 5 death awaits me.
2-2
Round 5 - A man whose name I have also forgotten (sorry D:) - Souldrinker Bogmara
Another scary rush deck, however this time I have been given the Corpse Explosion. However, this is unnecessary, as a mulliganed hand from my opponent gave him no 1 or 2 drops, playing only 2 Death to the Traitor King. He plays a Promises of Darkness, but still doesn't draw many things to use against me. He plays another Promises of Darkness, but still isn't able to follow up with anything. I then play an Edge of Oblivion. He plays a Gurabashi Arena, followed by a Krixel Pinchwhistle. I play a Dethvir, and then he plays a Hesriana with no target. Eventually, he is able to get quite a few guys on the table, but a Corpse Explosion finishes this game off.
3-2
Round 6 - Christopher Reilly (I think :/) - Caleb Pavish
Rogue?!?!?! The problem with this deck is that I personally had no idea what to expect. I'll be honest here. So I mulliganed for a stronger hand, as I didn't think my current hand would be as strong, with the only card of use being a Vuz'din. Big Mistake. I end up with an incredibly weak hand, which gets poach'd. Suddenly, I am being hit with weapons and having poisons thrown at me :/. This isn't helped by the Master Poisoner that is also on the table. My deck decides I don't deserve a Vuz'din, and the venom within my undead body finally takes me. Goddamn you Vuz'din.
3-3
Round 7 - A man whose name I have once again forgotten (sorry D:) - Alliance Druid (Don't remember this either :/)
To be honest, there wasn't much to say about this game. I drew a nice curved hand, complete with Deathcharger, Tuskaar Kite and a Dethvir. He drew a Concerted efforts, and that was the only quest of the game. He got a Mikael and an Adam on the table, but Deathcharger killed both of these quite promptly. He got a hibernate off on my Dethvir, but nothing else much happened, and I was able to dominate the rest of this game.
4-3
Round 8 - Guess what, I forgot :/ (sorry D:) - Loraala the Frigid
I don't really remember too much about this game. By turn 7, I hadn't tried to commit much to the board, while he had an Ossus the Ancient out. I also realised he was counting his resources, so I telegraphed a Kel'thuzad, so I made sure to play around it, and sure enough, KT came down turn 10. With the Ossus preventing him from doing any combat damage, I was able to play around it quite nicely. I was able to get a Lich King into play, and from there started killing off the allies he took with KT. I played a Scourgeborne Battlegear, killing my own Ossus I was forced to take with Lich. From here, after lich'ing back many Dethvir's and a Kilix, this game finished quite strongly.
5-3
Well that was the last round. Wondering how well I had done, waited to find out while Ross began launching packs at people across the room. He got down to 11th place, and I started to realise the possibility that i had top 8'ed. Then i realised that the elusive 9th place existed as well. Sure enough, I came 9th place :/. On the plus set, my team mate made top 8, so not all bad.
After that, the top 8 started, and i decided to have a couple friendly's with people around the store, some from other card games. All in all, a really good event, where i got to meet a lot of new nice people.
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