Mr. Sven and I stopped by the Lorwyn pre-release tournament yesterday. I decided to go with a black/red deck, heavy on goblins with a few elementals and giants thrown in. It was a great time, though my deck didn’t do as well as I had hoped. Sven, though, may have walked away undefeated, had his lands agreed with him in one of the final matches.
Match 1
I was up against Patrick first. He came out with a Nath of the Gilt-Leaf , which drove me crazy for most of the first fight. He also had a Bog-Strider Ash and a Hamletback Goliath which just made things worse for me. He pounded on me for a while as he made his way toward 31 life, then killed me. The second match was closer, possibly because his broker kept bugging him for money to enter another tournament and to get food. I hit him down to 7, but by that time it was too late for me.
Match 2
The second match I was against Patrick’s younger brother, Jacob. He had a Pepsi and some mini donuts by this point, which he opened very delicately before dipping his nose into the bag for a sniff. Our matches were pretty uneven. Round one I pounded on him until he was dead. Round two he pounded on me while I struggled to find another mountain. He started gaining life, and killed me. Round three was similar to round one, and I toasted him with a Flamekin Brawler.
Match 3
Here I fought Shaun, who Steve beat in his match 2. He came at me with all his faeries the first round, beating me down to five. All I could do was throw a cow at him. It must have angered him, because he killed me the next turn. Match two his deck didn’t perform all that well, and I ran him over without being touched. Round three he came at me again with a horde of faeries which I couldn’t stop, and he gave me my second loss of the day.
Match 4
I played match four against Brad, who had built his deck next to me. He played mostly online, and it was his first pre-release tournament. I didn’t ask how well he did when we met up, but that we did means he couldn’t have been doing all that much better than me. I came at him pretty hard in the first match, and he couldn’t get much in the way of my goblins. I got him to 11, he had me at 17, and he conceded the round. Our second match went much the same, only I was at 20 and he was at 12 when he conceded. We looked through each others cards after the fight, there was some confusion, and I accidentally wound up with a few of his elementals. Sorry Brad.
