Not just for staying in the game, but this week will mark the cutoff for our top 8!
Winners this week officially "Make the Cut"
Here's my take:
LOSER'S BRACKET: WEEK 5
Match 49- Gamma Robuts -VS- Devourer of Speed
Devourer is all about that massive, MASSIVE swing, and consistently setting it up. But a camped Mystical Paralysis, can put the Speedsters into a funk that may not be feasable to escape from. Add onto that an easy removal of Silver Surfer via Reign and this one could look extremely favorable to Doom and his robo pals.
Devourer of speed, however, has resilience, and a fetchable readying card playable on top of an innate ready from barry. This means it is entirely possible to take a Mystical Paralysis in the face, and do the infinite mass punch ANYWAY. With both teams looking at consistent access to outplay the other, this one is just too close to call.
Favored to Win: NO LINE (Just pick your winner!)
Match 50- Unjust Fear -VS- The MorMans are Coming!
Unjust fear, comes off of a heart-breaker from week 4, ready to stun ALL the things.
However, MorMans literally stun themselves like it's their JOB. with decent free damage access and some clutch answer cards to boot. Can their evasion tactics push their attackers past the Dr. Light defense? Will Unjust Fear, finally unleash the mythical turn 9 Boosted Dr. Light overkill? A support card will dictate this one. And while I don't know which one, or for who, MorMans has a lot MORE of them.
Favored to win: MorMans are Coming! by 9.5
Match 51- Gods Matter -VS- Intergalactic Carpool
When the Carpool presses out, it is a sight to behold. For this one to go their way, they need big bodies as early as they can get them. A thing equipped with a universal weapon is a powerhouse play in its own right, but will take time to set up.
Gods Matter, lost a close one to a list they by all rights had beaten on turn 3 last week. Only to find them grab a foothold and build a massive defense on it. (On the back of some pretty crazy bad draws) Their opponent this week has none of that tanky resilient access. the goal here is simple: DO NOT LET KREE GET TO TURN 5.
And Gods Matter is readily equipped to do so.
Favored to win: Gods Matter by 13.5
Match 52- Crapple Jacks -VS- IMMORTALS
I've been told that I've been too hard on Crapple Jacks. And while, yes it is SUPER DUPER fun to razz on Scott Hamilton's creation, the fact is, that it consistently has found a way to work... oddly. And one win away from a top 8, can't be just luck.
Fun fact: in no game, not one, has the Crapple Jacks combo of Jackal spamming out 3 drops actually WORKED as designed. We've seen fisk towers spitting out 1 drops to out-tempo. We've seen a 5 drop deadpool steal a win in a close game. So it isn't that the list can't perform. It just FEELS like an insanity list, and is therefore extremely hard to quantify.
But I'll try:
Crapple Jacks is a multi-faceted all-comers list with some unique interactions and some very potent natural answers to power curve play. They MUST hit Deadpool to deal with IMMORTALS, and if they do, that's a hard question demanding a solid answer.
IMMORTALS, have been a big pile of not giving a *%$& what the opponent is doing and powering through one of the more potent endgame lists in the tournament. I expect to see Charaxes and Havok do some serious work in this one, A solid KO from Unnatural Selection could sway the game entirely. Lots of room for an outplay here, for IMMORTALS, but not enough to call this a sure thing.
Favored to Win: IMMORTALS by 12.5
Top finishers will receive the long-awaited Eugenio variant super skrull! A special Shout-out to CategoryOneGames for also distributing a promo super skrull with every VS Order during the summer of Love 2 event! HYPE! So get cards! NOW! GO!
The top better in our betting pool will land themselves a custom banner in the VS System Collective!
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