Another day outside of my norm thanks to my taking some time off work, this was actually my first time going out to the other card shop I used to frequent in quite some time. I wanted to get a few games in, ideally with a couple of my decks to see which one "felt" the best against somewhat more competitive lists.
Somewhat unfortunately, the only deck I got any games in with was my Golbez list. Not that that's a bad thing, of course, even if I wanted to use a little more variety than I did. Regardless. Only a total of three people showed up, myself included, so we didn't run a true "tournament" style locals, just took turns trading off Best of 3 games with one another.
Game vs Sky Pirates - Loss
Three very different matches against this Sky Pirates list, which ultimately I lost.
In game 1, I overextended by a lot, and they responded with a board wipe. My deck decided to play resilience however, and I was able to rebuild enough to keep them at bay and buy myself time to overwhelm them with Golbez and Yuna, taking the first game of the set.
In game 2, I was in a strong position and trying to build up to a board that could take them from 0 to 7 in a single turn, but they were able to land a Neo Exdeath to wipe my board - even through a number of Yuna Taxes. The Neo Exdeath swung the momentum of the game hard in their favor, and while I was able to slowly establish something resembling a defensive position, they simply outpaced me - especially with their own Yuna hitting the field at some point.
Game 3, I made an incredibly early misplay that let them Fenrir my Yuna. I couldn't find another, and this left them in a phenomenal position to run away with the game as I couldn't do much of anything to stop them from wiping me out.
I stepped aside to let our third take the seat for a round after my loss.
Observed Game - Refia/Warriors of Light vs Sky Pirates
I missed a few early turns of this game, but when I returned, the game had become two relatively close board states. The Warriors of Light dropped a Refia to do a little bit of removal and score some card draw, though the Sky Pirates managed to remove her in fairly swift order. To no avail, unfortunately, as the Warriors of Light top-decked a second to run away with the game.
The second game, the Sky Pirates wound up stuck with a few odd play lines due to bizarre draws, and this gave the Warriors of Light time to establish a pretty dominant position, even without a Refia. When the Warriors of Light did finally play a Refia, it ended the game in incredibly short order, not hurt at all by the Fire/Wind Zidane that stripped away the Sky Pirates' attempted answer.
The Sky Pirates stepped aside, and I sat back down to play against the Warriors of Light player, though with them using their Mono-Earth list instead.
Game vs Mono-Earth - Loss
Game 1 was pretty heavily in Mono-Earth's favor, because I wildly overextended trying to dig for a Yuna with my Viking triggers. When I failed to find one, my opponent was able to board wipe me without any difficulty, and my lack of resources after my greedy first turn meant that they had ample time to build up a position I couldn't compete against.
Game 2 I had a much better turn 1, getting a decently sized board in place, including a Yuna, something I wasn't able to get out in the previous game. My opponent's turn 1, however, was a hard answer to my deck in the form of Shinryu. Thanks to Shinryu's ability to give my entire board a massive -7000 power loss if I reveal a Forward during their turn - and my deck running 47 Forwards to get maximum value out of Golbez's triggers - meant that the dragon hard-countered my deck in a way that even the Lightning Serah being commonly run in W/L Monsters can only dream of. Even on turns where I could rebuilt some presence, my every attempt to tax the Shinryu's effects was met with failure, and my opponent beat me handily all but entirely with the dragon.
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