Subject: Regionals '98 - Tournament (WA) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:09:06 PDT From: "Alex Mitchell" To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com This is a regionals '98 - Tournament report for WA Deck type - Sligh Invasion *Top8* Name - Alex Mitchell E-mail - Strayed@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ I went to the WA regionals with three or four decks that I wanted to play. I had a Tim Kariel Necro Deck, a draw-go deck, and a Sligh Invasion deck. (yeah the one from the dojo) The only only problem was that other than the sligh deck they were all missing cards, This turned out to be the best thing that could happen to me. When I got down to the Tournament Center no one would give me any cards, and there was only five minutes left in deck construction, so I went with sligh Invasion. I was rushed to make a sideboard but I only regret one or two things. here's the deck - Sligh Invasion 4 jackal pups (clutch, these were amazing) 3 goblin vandals (never used them, but don't regret them) 3 mogg fantastics 3 mogg flunkies 2 fireslingers (went the distance, won me 2 matches) 3 suq-ata Lancers 4 Ball lightinings 2 shocks 3 cursed scrolls 1 hammer (should have been a cursed scroll) 2 Invasion Plans 4 Incenerates 1 goblin bombardment 4 fireblasts 4 wastelands 17 mountains sb 4 pyroblasts sb 2 boil (I know they're bad but I thought the shock value would help. they were never used) sb 2 ruination sb 2 phyrexian furnace sb 3 shatter sb 1 aftershock (should have been shatter, but I feared maro) sb 1 cursed scroll (should have been main deck, but I expected more winter orb) I know the deck looks weak with all the 2's and 3's but it was very finly tuned, the only real mistake was puting the hammer main deck instead of a cursed scroll. Sligh was the right deck to play. I only saw 4 there (not including the ones with flowstone hellions and stuff) And two got in the top eight. Round 1 random scrub U/w tradewind, cursed scroll, capsize, geddon this kid beat me dwon with a two sadistic glees and a rats of rath in a booster draft when he was rated 1590, I need revenge Game 1 I look at my first hand of the day, it's 6 mountains and an invasion plans. I have never paris mulliganed faster. It was an easy win, as he has a bad deck - I roll over him. Game 2 he cursed scrolls my stuff showing me his hand and telling me to pick a card, I see one card is marked so his scroll misses eight times. Come on people learn how to scroll. g 2-0 m 1-0 Round 2 Anthony G/U flagpole with spash for disenchants, firestorm... Game 1 I win because he doesn't counter goblin bombardment, at the time it was the right play, but he couldn't get around it. I would play a creature block his maro and fling the creature at him. Three or four turns later I burned him out. Game 2 This was all about Invasion Plans At turn three all I have on board is a Mogg flunkies, so I go invasion plans, he reads the card then laughs and plays a tradewind on his turn. My turn I play ball lightining, his 0/3 wall blocks Mogg flunkies and his tradewind blocks ball lighining. Since he had no true creature kill it was an invasion plans lock down. g 4-0 m 2-0 Round 3 ??? Prop orb, without the orb!!!! Game 1 He plays chill and mists, but then he whispers and time warps, and I'm thinking he's got no orb. Easy win as jackal pup goes all the way. Game 2 He gets a second turn chill, a fourth turn chill, and a shimmer just for giggles. But he has a problem, he has no way to deal with cursed scroll. I get him down to 4 but air elemental kicks my butt. I was shooting 2/7 with my cursed scroll, if I had drawn a third copy of something it would have been game. Game 3 Another second turn chill, what the hell!!! I manage to empty my hand with two cursed scrolls out, they go the distance. I honestly think a deck with 56 mountains and four cursed scrolls would beat this guy. I win. g 6-1 m 3-0 Round four Jeremy Fuller WW with splash and Mox diamond tithe combo This is a nightmare match up, WW just crushes me Game 1 I work him with a better creature draw, A game one win is critical vs. WW so I'm happy Game 2 I prove I'm a better player than Fuller by forcing him not to draw a Maro-skin, earthquake, firestorm, or cursed scroll in both games. He starts to priest me to death, leaving 2 white knights and an en-kor knight untapped, I make Invasion plans and a shock on a white knight. After killing some creatures with Invasion plans I win the race. g 8-1 m 4-0 Round 5 nice guy playing sliver/living death/intution Game 1 This whole match I got the most amazing draws possible. These draws were just incredabl. me - mountain go. him - random land go. me - mountain go. him - random land, random sliver me mountain, ball lightining go. 14/20 him - random land, mussle sliver attack for three go. 14/17 me - mountain ball lightining blocks with mussle 10/17. I then go shock fireblast fireblast 0/17 Turn four win. Game 2 I keep a three wasteland no mountain draw 'cause he has no basics. I work him for awhile but he makes a living death for the win. This game was pulled right out of his you know what. Game 3 I get a first turn jackal pup, he gets three city of brass, easy win. g 10-2 m 5-0 Round six Kim Upper fish, w/o unstables Game 1 I get out fire slinger, he controls it, makes the only mistake that match by chump blocking with it, which allowed me to bring out the second one to control the board with. At the time he was afraid of being burned out, but it was still the wrong play. Game 2 This was again all about fireslinger, I just sat back and controled the board, then fireblasted a couple of times for the life lead I needed. This was a really bad matchup for my opponent. g 12-2 m 6-0 At this point I intentionally Draw my way in to the final 8 rounds 7 and 8. Top eight Steve McAdams Worbsliver if he gets crystaline sliver he wins, if not I won Game 1 He makes a turn two crystaline sliver, who protects his muscular friend he wins. Game 2 he plays second turn warmth, third turn Crystaline sliver, I look at the two shocks in my hand and I lose this game real quick like. At least I'm going to Nationals. The deck to play was sligh, unless you knew how to avion suq-ata firewalkers, then you could play Josh's Forgotten WW, but like no one in seattle knows how to avoid the walker -Alex Mitchell Props the guy who misplayed Zvi I liked the Idea of recycle but don't discard a meditate to impulse!!!! myself, for having the strength of a hundred Steve McAdams Tim Kariel and crew for not playing agaist me. Slops the orgainizers for giving me a warning for sloppy hand writting (true story) Jesse Wilke for not showing up Those freaks who can't keep their poo off the toilet seats See ya's ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com