Match 3Y - Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt VS Secret Six Burial Grounds

Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt
- JS
VS
Secret Six Burial Grounds
- Aaron


Aaron wins the flip and selects odd initiatives

JS Mulligans. Aaron Keeps.

        TURN 1 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Chemo hidden.

JS sets a resource and recruits Anti-Green Lantern hidden.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron swings for 1.

JS swings for 4

    RECOVERY PHASE

AGL KO's from its effect.

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt -> 49    Secret Six Burial Grounds -> 46



        TURN 2 (JS Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

JS sets a resource and recruits two AGL's.

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Dr. Sivana in the hidden front row.

    COMBAT PHASE

JS attacks with everything direct for 8.

Aaron attacks with Chemo and activates Sivana drawing a card, (Discarding Poison Ivy, Intoxicating)

    RECOVERY PHASE

JS sighs as both his AGL's KO.

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt -> 48    Secret Six Burial Grounds -> 38



        TURN 3 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron activates Sivana, drawing a card (Discarding Deadshot) then sets a resource, recruiting Poison Ivy and immediately exhausting her to place Deadshot into the hidden area Behid Chemo from his effect. Aaron then flips up A Day Unlike Any Other, teaming up Secret Six and Secret Society.

JS sets a resource, thinks for some time and ultimately decides to flip up two Negative Zone, seat of annihilation, (Discarding two AGLs) He then recruits Xallarap hidden.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron declares a direct attack with Chemo, playing a path of destruction from his hand for 3 direct. Then Goes direct with Deadshot, playing Path of destruction from the row and chaining Chemo's effect to KO it for a total of 9 direct. Aaron then flips the replaced resource, activating Hidden HQ (Sending Black Manta to the KO pile.

JS responds with Xallarap swinging over Poison Ivy for 8.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Xallarap KOs to his effect
Both of JS' negative ZOne's each trigger a draw.

Aaron recovers Poison Ivy

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt -> 36    Secret Six Burial Grounds -> 30



        TURN 4 (JS Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

JS sets a resource and recruits Xallarap.

Aaron sets a resource and activates Dr. Sivana drawing a card (Discarding Ragdoll) he then activates Hidden HQ (Sending Poison Ivy to the KO pile) before playing Forced COnscription from his hand (Sending Chemo, Catman, and Dr. Sivana to the KO pile) and returning Catman to his hand.
Aaron then recruits Catman and Dr. Polaris in the hidden area with catman protecting Polaris.

    COMBAT PHASE

Poison Ivy places Chemo into the hidden area.

JS swings Xallarap into Ivy, playing thunderous Onslaught from his row to move the 9/9 attacker into the visible support row and grant it +2ATK. before playing Megablast from the row, another from his hand, followed with a flying Kick. for huge damage.

Aaron is forced to ponder... Attack and stun it while sending the rest through? or pass and watch it KO? Aaron eventually opts for board control and passes combat

    RECOVERY PHASE

Xallarap KOs to his effect.
Both of JS' negative ZOne's each trigger a draw.

Aaron Recovers Poison Ivy.

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt -> 36    Secret Six Burial Grounds -> 9



        TURN 5 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
Aaron chains HIdden HQ to his draw. (Sending A Day Unlike any Other to the KO pile)
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Black Manta behind Poison Ivy.

JS sets a resource and recruits Slipstream in the hidden area and an AGL hidden as well, lamenting his lack of Chomins this game.

before moving to combat, Aaron activates Dr. Sivana, Drawing a card.(Discarding a slaughter Swamp) and then plays Straight to the Grave. (Sending Dr. Polaris and Path of Destruction to the KO pile)

    COMBAT PHASE

Poison Ivy places a second Dr. Polaris into the hidden area.

Aaron team attacks Chemo, Polaris, Polaris, Deadshot Catman, and Ivy direct for 14. then KOs both his Dr. Polaris to exhaust JS' two hidden characters.
He then attacks direct with Black Manta, playing Path of Destruction from his row, chaining Chemo's effect to replace it. granting a +10 ATK pump and once resolving the pump, pays Black Manta's effect to place another Path of destruction into his hand playing it for an additional +8 ATK before finally playing an acceptable Loss from his row, KOing Deadshot for an additional +4 ATK.

    RECOVERY PHASE

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt -> -9    Secret Six Burial Grounds -> 6


        UNBELIEVABLE! Secret Six Burial Grounds advances to the top 4!


        POSTGAME THOUGHTS

JS Thoughts:
"When I saw him sitting on the first Polaris, I realized there was a very real chance he'd double up POlarises and nerf my attacks on his next initiative, so I blew everything I had at the time, into the Xallarap Attack. Even with the extra draw from Negative Zone, Slipstream just arrived too late as I only had the two characters to recruit. he ended up managing a 45 damage turn and putting me on my ass. Mind you, Chomin taking a day off really hurt too."

Aaron Thoughts:
I was pretty confident I was going to lose... right up until I activated that last Sivana giving me the Straight to the Grave for both the Polaris I needed AND the last Path. SUPER CLUTCH! I can't believe the guts on this little deck! This was Rocky VS Apollo!"