Battle Report - Sept. 30, 2007

Battle Report - Sept. 30, 2007
Format: Constructed (8 players, 4 preliminary rounds + Finals)

Hero: Gorebelly
Tourney rank: 5th
Final score: 2-2
Tourney points: 6 (2 per win, 1 per loss)
Total points for September: 31

I was getting bored with my Bulkas deck so I decided to tweak it and use a different warrior hero. I settled on Gorebelly. This wasn’t the Gorebelly combo deck that’s currently ruling the metagame all over the world as I didn’t put in any Twig of World Tree or Wraith Scythe. I was hoping to go the hobby shop early Sunday afternoon and do some playtesting but I arrived right before the tournament started. I went in with zero experience with the new deck and paid a high price for it. I split my games this time around going 2-2.

Round 1: Pherie - Phadalus
Pherie was running his own flavor the famous Alliance shaman rush. Sometime into the game, I made a big blunder. In a rush versus rush game with initiative going to the other guy, a mistake can be very costly. Pherie capitalized on it and won.
Result: loss

Round 2: Lando – Azarak Wolfsblood
Lando also went with a new deck for this tournament eschewing his Alliance warlock control deck for the Horde hunter rush deck. He started strong but I regained control of the game mid-way.
Result: win

Round 3: Joel - Zenith Shadowforce
Met Joel again in the preliminaries. Hardly a surprise because it’s the fourth straight time. This time the result was different, however, and I finally lost to his Alliance warlock control deck.
Result: loss

Round 4: Christian - Aleyah Dawnborn
At one point I had around 5 allies in play when he threw a Consecration down. Suffice it to say, it cleared the board. Ouch! He also brought in Skullflame Shield which created problems for my allies. I managed to recover a few turns later, however, and the game was over soon after that.
Result: win

Tournament winner: Joel
Tournament runner-up: JP Kuan