THE FINALS: WEE -VS- Dark Magic

 
WEE
Pilot: Aaron Mead

-VS-

Dark Magic
Pilot: Darius Thatcher

-GAME ONE-

WEE Wins the Roll and elects to take odds.

Neither player mulligans.


        TURN 1 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Crippler in his support row and passes.

Darius sets a resource and recruits Nightmaster into his front row and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron declares Crippler into Nightmaster, once legal Darius flips up Total Anarchy.
Both players pass into a mutual stun.
Both characters KO.

    RECOVERY PHASE

WEE -> 49  Dark Magic -> 48

        TURN 2 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and recruits Jared Stevens <> Fate.

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Chen in the hidden area.

    COMBAT PHASE

Jared swings direct for 3 and Darius passes.

Aaron exhausts Chen for Powell's effect (getting a bounty hunt) and passes.

    RECOVERY PHASE
all characters ready.

WEE -> 46  Dark Magic -> 48

        TURN 3 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets ans flips up bounty hunt and recruits Man-eater into his front row before passing.

Darius sets a resource and recruits Ilsa in his support row protected by Jared and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron activates Man-Hunter's efect to target Ilsa, and then declares Man-eater into her. Once legal, discarding a chen to Chen's effect to power-up Man-Eater to a 6/5 and passes.
Darius thinks for a while, and elects to activate Ilsa's ability, exhausting her (discarding a Conclave) to fetch new and Improved. He then passes.
Ilsa Stuns and KOS to anarchy.
Bounty hunt gains a counter.
Aaron then sends Chen into Jared. Both players pass for a mutual stun, and both KO to Total Anarchy.
Bounty hunt gains another counter.
Aaron removes 2 bounty hunt counters to draw 2 cards before passing.

Darius passes.


    RECOVERY PHASE
Man-eater readies.

WEE -> 44  Dark Magic -> 41

        TURN 4 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets and flips New and Improved and recruits Grigori Rasputin into his front row, he then passes.

Aaron sets a resource, and flips up a rowed Mobilize (Discarding a Blind-Sided) to fetch Goldface, recruiting it in his front row (discarding 2x Fatality as an additional cost) he then recruits Capture net onto Man-eater and forms it -protected, behind Goldface before passing to combat.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius laments his lack of flight, and sends Grigori into Goldface, once legal, playing a rowed Beatdown on him for +5 ATK. Aaron opts to not reinforce and both characters stun.
Aaron then activates man-eater's capture net to spin Grigori back to Darius' hand proccing two bounty counters to once more draw 2 cards.

Both players pass.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Aaron recovers Goldface.

WEE -> 37  Dark Magic -> 37

        TURN 5 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and flips up a mobilize, (Discarding Powell) to fetch Major Force, then recruits Major force into his front row, protecting Man-eater and moving goldface into his support row adjacent to the 3 drop. He passes.

Darius sets a resource, recruiting Blue Devil, big blue. It's effect triggers and he loses 4 endurance. he shrugs and passes.
    "Hard lock to get out of."
    "That's the idea."

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron declares Goldface into Blue Devil, once legal using Goldface's effect to KO a rowed Mobilize for +2/+2 and passing as an 11/11 attacker.
Darius powers up (Discarding a 2 cost blue devil)
Aaron responds, flipping up a rowed Empire of Tears, electing to KO two resources (A face down Powell and the face up Mobilize) leaving him with 2 resources, and activates Empire of Tears to grand Goldface another +2/+2. Both players pass and Blue Devil stuns with 2 breakthrough.
Aaron activates Man-Eater's net returning Blue Devil to Darius' hand for another 2 bounty counters and immediately spends them to draw 2 cards.
Blue Devil triggers and Darius gains 8 endurance.
Major force swings direct for 12.
Aaron passes.

Darius passes.

    RECOVERY PHASE
All characters ready.

WEE -> 37  Dark Magic -> 22

        TURN 6 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and recruits his Nightmaster 1 drop. Then KO's it to New and Improved, then recruiting the Demon slayer, entering with 2 +1/+1 counters for 11/11 and passes.

 

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Fatality. Forming her protected by Goldface, and keeping Man-Eater protected by Major Force. before passing to combat.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius passes combat.

 

Aaron sends Goldface into Nightmaster. Once legal, he activates Empire of tears for +2/+2, and then flips up and activates a rowed Stryker's Island. activating it for another +2 ATK. Finally he uses Goldface's effect to KO Stryker's island for another +2/+2 passing at 15/13.
Darius plays a rowed Abjuration, paying 5 endurance for +3 DEF, (since it is ongoing fatality cant negate this) and powers up for 12/15 and goes into the tank. He then plays a rowed Mobilize (discarding Jared Stevens) which is promptly degated by Fatality (KO-ing Bounty hunt leaving 1 resource) And Nightmaster stuns.

Aaron activates his catcher's mitt to spin nightmaster since his man-Eater has no range anyway, and sends fatality direct for 3, powering her up, before sending the 13/13 major force direct.

"That damn power-up."

Both players pass.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Abjuration triggers gaining 5 endurance. But it isn't enough... barely.

WEE  DEFEATS  Dark Magic
in Game One

37  -to-  0

-GAME TWO-

Darius opts to take odds for game two.

Mulligan


        TURN 1 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and recruits Nightmaster, jim rook, then passes.

Aaron sets a resource and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Nightmaster swings direct for 2. both players pass.

    RECOVERY PHASE

WEE -> 48  Dark Magic -> 50

        TURN 2 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Chen in his visible support row, then passes.

Darius sets a resource, recruiting Blue Devil, dan cassidy. His effect triggers and Darius loses 4 endurance.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron flips up a rowed Prison Planet and sends Chen into Nightmaster at 5/2. both players pass and both characters stun.

Darius sends Ble Devil direct for 4.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Aaron recovers Chen.
Darius recovers Nightmaster.

WEE -> 42  Dark Magic -> 41

        TURN 3 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and recruits Zatanna, magical manipulator, protecting Blue Devil with Nightmaster adjacent to her.

Darius sets a resource and recruits Battlestar into his front row protecting Chen. then passing.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius sends Zatanna and Nightmaster into Battlestar, forcing a trade with the two three drops. He then continues with Blue Devil into Chen for another mutual and passes.

Aaron Passes.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Darius recovers Zatanna, KOing Blue Devil, triggering his effect to gain 6 endurance.
Aaron recovers Battlestar, KOing Chen.

WEE -> 35  Dark Magic -> 42

        TURN 4 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Goldface (discarding a Crippler and a Man-eater) forming it into his front row, protecting Battlestar.

Darius sets a resource and recruits Grigori rasputin into his front row, forming Nightmaster protecting Zatanna and passes to combat.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron sends Battlestar into Nightmaster.
Darius reinforces with Zatanna, and Nightmaster stuns.
Aaron continues with Goldface into Grigori and flips and activates Strykers Island for +2 ATK leaving Goldface at 13/9. for a one sided stun.

Both pass to recovery.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Darius recovers Grigori, KOing Nightmaster.

WEE -> 35  Dark Magic -> 31

        TURN 5 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius plays Wake the Devil, opting to rearrange the 3 cards then drawing one. He then sets a resource and recruitd Blue Devil, big blue, losing 4 endurance from its effect and forms it behind Grigori before passing.

Aaron sets and flips Bounty Hunt, then plays a rowed Mobilize (discarding Chen) to fetch Major Force, he then recruits Major Force into his support row, moving Goldface to protect Battlestar and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius declares Blue Devil into Major Force. passing once legal.
Aaron flips up Empire of Tears, (KOing a Mobilize and the Bounty hunt as an additional cost) leaving Major Force at 11/11.
Darius plays a rowed Savage Beatdown.
Aaron exhausts Major Force for Powell's effect, removing it from play to fetch a Bounty Hunt, then passes for the mutual stun.
Darius pays 5 endurance for Grigori, KOing Major Force, before declaring a team attack into Goldface with Grigori and Zatanna.
Aaron activates Empire of Tears for+2/+2 then KO's Empire to Goldface's effect for another +2/+2, bricking the attack and passes. Darius responds with 2 zatanna power-ups to ensure the stun. Both players pass. Grigori stuns. as does Goldface.

Aaron sends battlestar into Zatanna. Once legal he activates Stryker's Island for +2 ATK.
Darius flips up a rowed Abjuration, paying 5 for +3 DEF, but zatanna's 8 DEF still falls to battlestar's 9 ATK.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Abjuration triggers, Gaining Darius 5 Endurance.
Darius recovers Blue Devil. KOing Grigori and Zatanna.
Aaron recovers Goldface.

WEE -> 50  Dark Magic -> 50

        TURN 6 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource, recruiting Man-Eater into his front row, and passing.

Darius sets a resource, and plays Wake the Devil, opting to place all three cards on the bottom of his deck and drawing a card. he then recruits June Moon, bad witch, protected by Blue Devil and they both pass to combat.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron activates Man-Eater's free effect to target June Moon. And then declares Goldface into her. Once legal he flips up Bounty Hunt and activates Stryker's Island for +3 ATK before passing.
Darius, stuck at 13 endurance is clearly reluctant to activate June Moon and goes into the tank.
    "This could be interesting."
Darius plays a Savage beatdown from his hand, targeting Aaron's attacking Goldface, then plays a rowed Conclave, paying 4 endurance to negate the beatdown.
    "haha Wow man. sneaky."
Darius then activates June Moon to stun Goldface with no penalty, now at 9 endurance. Aaron passes, Goldface stuns. With prison planet up and no ability to team swing, he passes combat.

Darius Declares Blue Devil into Man-Eater. Once legal, he flips up Total Anarchy and passes. Man-eater stuns and is KO'd.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Abjuration triggers, gaining 5 endurance.
Aaron recovers Goldface.

WEE -> 14  Dark Magic -> 14

        TURN 7 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and plays Wake the Devil from his hand placing 1 card on the bottom of his deck and rearranging the rest on top before drawing a card. He then plays a mobilize from his hand (discarding an Accept your destiny) to fetch Shazaam, recruiting it into his support row and passing.

Aaron sets a resource, and recruits Powell and Fatality, forming Fatality behind Goldface and Battlestar behind Powell.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius sends Shazaam into Goldface. Goldface KO's Prison Planet for +2/+2 and reinforces him with Fatality. next June Moon flies into Battlestar for a one-sided stun, then sends Blue Devil to do the same with Powell before KOing Blue Devil to his rowed New and Improved to gain 8

    RECOVERY PHASE

Endurance too high for abjuration to trigger.

WEE  DEFEATED BY Dark Magic
in Game Two
-10  -to-  22

This is it. for all the glory. All the marbles. and HELLA bragging rights!
Off to game 3 we go!

-GAME THREE-

Aaron selects odds.

Mulligan


        TURN 1 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Crippler in his support row.

Darius sets a resource and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron flips up Prison Planet and attacks direct for 4.

Both players pass.

    RECOVERY PHASE

WEE -> 50  Dark Magic -> 46

        TURN 2 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius sets a resource and recruits Blue Devil before passing his build.
Blue Devil triggers, and Darius loses 4 endurance.

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Fatality, forming Crippler protecting her.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius sends Blue Devil into Crippler.
Aaron pays 2 of Cripplers ATK and passes to the mutual stun triggering Cripplers effect.
Darius passes combat.

Aaron declares Fatality direct for 5

    RECOVERY PHASE
Darius recovers Blue Devil, but Crippler prevents Blue Devil from readying.
Aaron recovers Crippler.

WEE -> 47 Dark Magic -> 35

        TURN 3 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Battlestar, forming it to protect Fatality with Crippler formed adjacent to her. he then recruits a Capture Net onto Fatality and passes.

Darius sets and flips Wake the Devil, placing 2 cards on the bottom of his deck, one on the top and drawing a card. he then recruits Zatanna forming her behind the exhausted Blue Devil and passes.

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron sends Crippler into Blue Devil, once legal, paying 2 ATK and passing. Both players pass into a mutual stun and Crippler triggers.
Next, Aaron sends Battlestar into Zatanna at 7/5, passing once legal.
Darius flips an Abjuration, paying 5 endurance putting her at +3 DEF, triggering her effect. he elects to pay 3 to draw a card for her ability. as she manages to brick the attack.
Aaron passes Combat.

Darius elects to also pass.
Aaron activates Capture Net on Blue Devil, chaining the flip of a Bounty hunt.
Blue devil returns to Darius' hand, proccing 6 endurance gain, and Aaron immediately spends the 2 bounty counters to draw 2 cards.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Abjuration does not trigger.
Aaron recovers Crippler.

WEE -> 46  Dark Magic -> 31

        TURN 4 (Darius Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Darius plays Wake the Devil from his hand, placing 1 card on the bottom, 2 on the top and drawing a card, then sets a resource. and recruits the Mad Monk protecting Zatanna and passes.

Aaron sets a resource, and recriuts Goldface (Discarding the Shark and Powell) and forms Goldface protecting Fatality, while Crippler protects Battlestar.

They both pass to combat.

    COMBAT PHASE

Darius declares Zatanna into Goldface, once legal, playing a savage beatdown for 9 ATK.
Aaron goes into the tank, clearly debating if he should pop resources to try to brick or kiss goldface goodbye.
he plays a rowed Mobilize (Discarding Blind-Sided) and chains Fatality's effect, KO ing the mobilize resource to negate the played beatdown. The mobilize resolves, and Aaron fetches Sinestro, corrupted by the ring. Darius then adds another beatdown to the mix, flipping it up from his resource row.
    "Can't do that... Battlestar."
    "Oh shit."
The beatdown goes back facedown. Both players pass and Zatanna is stunned.
Darius then sends Grigori into Crippler for a one-sided stun and pays 1 endurance to ko it before passing his combat.

Aaron sends Goldface into Grigori for an uncontested stun. Following up with Battlestar swinging direct for 7. He activates Fatality's Capture Net to spin Grigori land 2 counters and immediately spend them to draw 2 cards before passing.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Abjuration fails to trigger.
Darius recovers Zatanna.

WEE -> 40  Dark Magic -> 14

        TURN 5 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource, and plays Mobilize (discarding Sinestro)
Darius plays The Conclave from his hand to negate the search paying 4 endurance.
    "Bummer."
Aaron then recruits Man-Eater protecting Battlestar followed by The Shark, also in his support row unprotected before equipping a capture net onto the Shark. He then passes his build.

Darius sets a resource and  pays 3 for Nightmaster (1) alt cost flipping up New and Improved to KO it, he then pays 3 again, oncemore KOing the 1 drop before recruiting ightmaster Demon Hunter protecting Zatanna at 13/13 and passing.

    COMBAT PHASE

    "Not looking good for you."
Aaron uses Man-eater's effect to target the protected Zatanna and sends Goldface into her. Once legal, KOing the rowed mobilize to Goldface's effect for a swing of 13 into her 5.
Darius KOs her to new and Improved. Goldface readies.
    "Huh. Using the Prison Planet against me."
    "No team swings for you... I think?"
Aaron shrugs and flips up Empire of tears, KOing Prison Planet and Bounty hunt. Then declares Goldface and Man-eater team swinging into Nightmaster.
    "That will do it." Darius passes stunning back Goldface.
Aaron continues direct with Fatality, Battlestar and The Shark for 9.

Both players pass to recovery.

    RECOVERY PHASE
Abjuration triggers, gaining 5 endurance. But it isn't enough.

WEE  DEFEATS  Dark Magic
in Game Three
36  -to-  -5
to win the series 2 games to 1!

Postgame Thoughts:

Aaron:
WEE is a beast and I think its a new fave for the BYOTT format. I'm going to build it for sure!
MVP in this series was battlestar, LowKey lockdown on big turns is gamebreaking.

Darius:

God-damned Battlestar. Definately one of those characters you just wiff on noticing his effect entirely until it kills you with a "gatcha!". Second place for this list isn't a bad time at all. It was ironic to me that focusing the anarchy play in game 1 is largely why I lost that game. It won me the TNNB matchup but WEE was just soo big up the curve, it basically was HIS board to control. You can't give away a win like that in the final and expect it to go your way.

 

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