Only two people showed up for tonight's Locals, so while we didn't have a formal "tournament" style event for the night, we did still play a few games against one another...
After digging through a box of bulk from a recent trade-in that the store's employee offered to us, as it included a lot of FFTCG Bulk, and the logic was to let us have the first crack at it, as we would be most likely to have uses for any of the cards within.
I digress. Not many games were played, only a grand total of four before we decided to leave.
Dragoons vs Warriors - Win
The first two games we played were my Dragoons list - now actually packing the 2-drop Theatrhythm Aranea that it ought to, thanks to finding a playset in the aforementioned bulk that the store let us dig through - against my opponent running a Warriors deck.
The two games were both incredibly close, with one coming down a damage score of 5 to 7, and the other finishing at 6 to 7. I ultimately managed to snag the victory in both games, thanks to Dragoons having a frankly stunning amount of removal available. In the first of our two games, it was Freya's Cherry Blossoms for 10k or more damage multiple times, and in the second I mostly leveraged the 6-drop Starter Aranea, as I didn't see a single "Cherry Blossom" Freya until the final turn of the game.
After my winning the "match", we each pulled out different decks.
Golbez vs Water/Lightning Monsters - "Tie"
When my opponent indicated they were pulling out their W/L Monsters, I decided the only correct choice was to pull out my 47-Forward Golbez, now with a brand new copy of Kalmia replacing copy of Merlwyb. Although only a one-of, Kalmia gives the deck some level of defense against the removal suite of Serah and Witch of the Fens that has proven so incredibly backbreaking in my previous games using this list.
Which did not matter one single iota, as I did not see the Kalmia until a rather late turn into our second game, when she was revealed by a Golbez flip, and got knocked away to Damage on my opponent's following turn.
Regardless.
I lost the first of the two games. I couldn't maintain any resources in the face of ample removal, including an early, grievous misplay when one Yuna was removed, and I played a second as soon as I drew it on the next turn, despite having no protection for her. In the slightest defense, my opponent had needed to feed all of their Monsters to Witch of the Fens in order to remove the first, thanks to my "lightning rods" Auron and Charlotte, so I was playing her onto a Monster-less board, but given the simple fact that my opponent was playing a Monster deck, I should have had the good sense to anticipate a follow-up, either a search effect or just straight top-decking a Monster. It was the latter, for the record, but the point remains - I didn't have the foresight to hold back a Yuna until I had protection, and I suffered for it.
I won the second game, because while all three of my Yunas were once again removed, I was able to stick a Golbez and keep him out to provide me value throughout the game. I was able to eventually push through the win, in part because I used Golbez to steal their LB Graff, and otherwise had enough resources available to keep them at bay until I could snatch the victory.
Despite us being tied at 1-1 at that point, there was no third game between us, as the other player was ready to pack up and head home. Not as many games as I would have liked to play out, but at least I was able to get a few in, and the bulk box gave me the opportunity to pick up a number of cards I had been looking at for a little while.
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