Battle Report – Nov. 25, 2007: Team Battle

Battle Report – Nov. 25, 2007: Team Battle
Format: Team Battle (4 teams, 3 preliminary rounds + Finals)

Hero: Gorebelly
Tourney rank: 2nd
Final score: 3-1
Tourney points: 7 (2 per win, 1 per loss)
Total points for November: 34 (1st overall)

Teodi and I both have been playing Horde rush decks for some time so we decided to just bring the decks we knew best and play it fast and loose come tournament day.

Teodi brought his Omedus the Punisher deck with Shadowfiend and I brought my Gorebelly combo deck. Omedus rush is one of the fastest around. If left unchecked, it can overwhelm an opponent very very quickly. Mine was no slouch either with the potential to deal 20+ damage on one turn if the combo hits. It also won the previous weekend's tourney so it had a bit of a momentum going for it.

The preliminary rounds went well enough and we didn't suffer a single loss. However, during the final round, I made a crucial mistake which basically cost us the game.

Round 1: Emil/Joel
Result: win

Round 2: Orlando/Dudes
Result: win

Round 3: Pherie/Daniel
Result: win

Finals: Emil/Joel
Result: loss

Tournament winner: Emil/Joel
Tournament runner-up: me/Teodi

Battle Report - Nov. 18, 2007: Amazing Race

Battle Report - Nov. 18, 2007: Amazing Race
Format: Constructed - single race deck (8 players, 4 preliminary rounds + Finals)

Hero: Gorebelly
Tourney rank: 1st
Final score: 4-1
Tourney points: 9 (2 per win, 1 per loss)
Total points for November: 27

The tournament is The Amazing Race, which means that all allies in the deck need to be from the same race as the hero. I was initially going to go with either a Telrander (night elf) deck or a Bulkas (tauren) deck but I felt that the choice of allies from either race wasn’t strong enough. I settled instead on the orc race with the warrior Gorebelly as the hero.

Round 1: Teodi – Azarak Wolfsblood
Result: win

Round 2: Joel – Ta’zo
Result: win

Round 3: Emil – Rotun Daggerhand
Result: win

Round 4: John Paul Kuan – Haruka Skycaller
Result: loss

Finals: Joel – Ta’zo
Result: win

Tournament winner: me
Tournament runner-up: Joel Lim

Battle Report – Nov. 11, 2007: NG Cebu Anniversary

Battle Report – Nov. 11, 2007: NG Cebu Anniversary
Format: Constructed (15 players, 5 preliminary rounds + Semis & Finals)

Hero: Bulkas Wildhorn
Tourney rank: 2nd
Final score: 5-2
Tourney points: 12 (2 per win, 1 per loss)
Total points for November: 18

I totally forgot that the tournament was going to start earlier than usual and the game was well into the first round when I arrived. I was given a bye loss for the round so I had some ground to make up for. At that point in time, I had thought to myself that I'd be happy with a decent standing at the end of the tourney. Well, I managed to win the rest of the preliminary rounds and reached the finals.

Round 1: none
Result: bye loss (late)

Round 2: Orlando - Telrander
Result: win

Round 3: Joel - Ozzati
Result: win

Round 4: Pherie - Warrax
Result: win

Round 5: Dudes - Grennan
Result: win

Semi-finals: Jim Paul - Elendril
Result: win

Finals: Dudes - Grennan
Result: loss

Tournament winner: Dudes
Tournament runner-up: me

Battle Report – Nov. 4, 2007

Battle Report – Nov. 4, 2007
Format: Constructed (x players, 4 preliminary rounds + Finals)

Hero: Telrander
Tourney rank: x
Final score: 2-2
Tourney points: 6 (2 per win, 1 per loss)
Total points for November: 6

Round 1: Dudes - Grennan Stormspeaker
Result: loss

Round 2: Jim Paul - Elendril
Result: win

Round 3: Edber - Grennan Stormspeaker
Result: win

Round 4: Teodi - Omedus the Punisher
Result: loss

Tournament winner: Dudes
Tournament runner-up: Teodi

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