NopetheBard beats Accel
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We kept thinking that lethal had been dealt and said GG only to barely survive. I win with 1hp
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I get a lot of mileage out of threatening CMB. It is stuffed when I finally play it, but I was way ahead and won anyway
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Landed CMB the moment I got the 4th A, winning the game instantly.
GGs @Accel! Good luck here on!
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migohunter vs @ohithere
Just Menelker stuff and taking advantage of low hand Jaina. Thank you so much for your flexible scheduling!
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Carpe vs @Hobusu
Droppin that Anarchy as things go
Area man bullies girl with oki
Dropped a raw Anarchy and caught a throw! This was a pretty tight game, thoughâI ate a bunch of reversals when trying to bully wakeup Setsuki
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Honestly I feel like Crash Bomb was the unsung hero here, especially against Sets.
monorail vs @Nopethebard
First couple games came down to good play. I did get a CMB landed on me in game 2, leaving me at 10 hp, and was juuuust barely able to claw my way back from the edge of defeat. Nope started catching onto some of my patterns or something after that, because they were able to take game 3 by just winning a lot of combats.
In game 4, I was able to shake them off and take an okay life lead. It closed with them at 12 and me at 29. With attacks alone I could do 11 damage, so if I wanted lethal I had to open with a throw, which I did. That was beaten by their CMB. Unfortunately, they made the mistake of letting me know that they had topdecked the last ace they needed, which invoked the wrath of Setsuki, Goddess of Topdecks.
Game 5 was something else. On turn 1, I hit with my 4 into Windmill Crusher and countered the ability, leaving me with 4 (in play), 5, 6, 7. Normal draw activated, giving me an ace. I hit with a 456, giving me another ace. At the beginning of the next turn, I topdecked an ace. Hit with A++, activated Bag of Tricks off the 7, grabbed all my aces back, and hit with A++ again on the next turn.
I could go on, but at that point it was basically over. This was a pretty close match until I won the Goddessâ favour.
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I paid dearly for my hubris
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I played against @Zqxx.
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Ohithere has elected to forfeit due to scheduling issues. Therefore NopetheBard beats Ohithere by default
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I played against @Hobusu.
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GGs Djister! Those were fun games.
For those curious, the Checkmate Buster count for this set: 2/2 landed
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vengefulpickle vs @Nopethebard
3 - 2
I look to option-select Rook/Onimaru, and it works out. Came down to the last combat though, and could have easily gone the other way.
And then it did
Less of a grindfest than against Djister. I mostly just get out-of-combat damage, like a coward.
The fish comes back around, and the Panda eats many fast attacks and much poison,
Iâm a bad bad man, and do goon things. Not an MA to be seen, just lots of free nan damage and KD.
GGs, @Nopethebard!
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The Panda CP was cruel.
The Zane CP was cruel and also cowardly.
Well, thus ends my IYL run this year.
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mysticjuicer 3 - 0 mastrblastr
ggs
I drew the absolute stone-cold nuts in the last turns of game 2
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migohunter vs @undergroundmonorail
First and third games were very close, for the first I had to somehow recover being about 50 life down with my goldburst dodged and for the third monorail almost made a crazy comeback. Great games, barely avoided getting tilted 
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mastrblastr 3 - 1 @CarpeGuitarrem
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That was my opening hand G1 and that just isnât fair in the slightest.
> I just smashed the attack button and it worked out. < +side I successfully won or tied combat all 4 times KDâd. Downside each KD was 6Q9J basically. Clawed to a final combat and had my throw outsped. > Just a really unfair matchup and I had 3 tens, keeping him on low hand size all game.
GGs Carpe I really drew at A+ level and the games were still nervewracking!
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