Hida Karasu
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Green BayGood luck guys. Let's hear a report here when you get back.
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Mophat
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We will. Are you guys not going?
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Hida Karasu
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Well, I'm not. School is taking up a little too much time right now, unfortunately.
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Mophat
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So here is my tournament report. I got 16th place out of 105 and top of clan for Unicorn.
1st Round vs Dragon Ring Honor Mountain Summit Temple
He gets a little gold screwed early, but makes a come back. I get the gold and personalities I wanna see and start taking provinces turn 4. He crosses 40, but can't keep me off his last province.
1-0
2nd Round vs Spider Military Spiders Lair
I lose this game because I make the biggest mistake I have ever made. Because my A New Wall went off first turn I for some reason assumed I searched out a legacy. So at the end of the turn I didn't. So now I'm gold screwed. I keep up with him for a while throwing him off my provinces and I even take a province or two, but the superior production of Spiders Lair does me in.
1-1
3rd Round vs Crane Courtier Honor Kyuden Kyotei
He gets out a Naoharu early so I start giving him honor because i don't want to lose my hand right away. He also gets a Asahina Beniha by turn 4, but luckily I have The Khan to get around her. I also get Exp 4 Chagatai on turn 4. I take one of his provinces the next turn, could have been two but he double Outer Wallsed and I didn't have anything better then a 3 in hand to tactician that wasn't my Ring of Air. I try for another province the next turn, but he is able to hold me of by defending guys at each province Chags w/Snow Riders uses his ability to attack so he doesn't get Beniha honor. he bows me. I don't have a way to straighten so I Khan in Utemaro. He then plays Flash of Steel so my 7 force isn't enough to break. In retrospect i should have used the Snow Riders to kill his guy but I didn't. I buy Turong and Akasha that turn and he then crosses on his turn. He Has 3 provinces, but luckily not a lot of people and no one with over 2 force. I attach Snow Rider to Utemaro and Turong and give Akasha A Cavalry Follower from Utaku Meadows and a Blade of Hubris. He defends all at one. I send Chags alone, Utemaro alone, and then Turong and Akasha together. Chags takes his fine. He Outer Walls against Utemaro. I The Khan Turong over. They take the province. Finally its Akasha against like 6 people, but only 3 of them have force. I ranged one with her ability. Yarijutsu another one and then bow one with the stronghold. He has bowed Akasha so I use Versatile Army to straighten her. All he has is a flash to put the province strength to 7. I tactician a 4 and win the game.
2-1
4th Round vs Big Oni Maw's Grave
This wasn't really a game. I had a Turn 3 Chags Exp 4. He had a Kyoso No Oni up so since she couldn't kill anyone I just gave Chags a Snow Rider and a Blade of Hubris and took 2 provinces with the Ring of Air. I left Kyoso alone since she wasn't a threat. On his turn he buys a Kyoso and gold. I attack Chags now also has the Heavenly Kobune he attacks her province and navel Superior Strategist for a card to bow her. He Ordered Retreats home and straightens her. I take the province and he Retributions. I don't care about getting in the way and let him have it. I but a few people and he takes another province on his turn. He has no way to straighten though and I take his last province unopposed. The whole game lasted maybe 5 minutes.
3-1
5th Round vs Mantis Attachment Eastern Hub Port
I get a 3rd turn Chagatai again and this time its an overlayed Chags. I take a province turn 4, but don't have a way to straighten and take another. He doesn't buy people on his turn and instead Hired Killers Chagatai. I have Choon-Yei and Towako out and Choon-yei takes another province. He has a few people and he gets some attachments on them, but he is still behind from the turn he Hired Killered Chags. I Pick of his last 2 provinces with little resistance.
4-1
6th Round vs Spider Military Spiders Lair
I get off to a decent start this game, but can't seem to get a break. He gets everything he needs to stop me. I lose a major battle after he Doomed Intentions in a person, who i bow, but then he uses Rapid Deployment to bring 2 others in. I get them both bowed and he uses a Ordered Retreat to send one guy home and straighten another. I bow the guy again, but then he Rapid Deployments again. I am out of actions and he bows/reduces the force of my personalities. I get out Chags Exp4 and Choon-Yei and try to hang on. He attaks with about 8 guys at one province and I defend with 3. I get it to where I am at 17 force to his 15. He uses Knowledge, the last card in his hand to draw 2 by targeting Chags. He gets a Furious Assault that will kill Chagatai. He then bows Choon-Yei so he can take the province. All I am left with is Ikoma Yasuko on the table and I flip a holding. So Yasuko attacks. He doesn't defend and she bounces. I then play Desperate Wager for the loss.
4-2
7th Round vs Scorpion Dishonor Dueling Deception's Veil Dojo
This last round I know I have to win to make top cut and its a very nerve racking match. I get the early lead with a Chagatai who takes a province. I then lose him to Hired Killer. I get another guy out and built up. He takes a province and the is Hired Killered. I get a few more people out and try to take another province and fail. I am at around -9 honor at this point. I finally send in like 3 units on the next turn and take a province. but one ends up dishonored and that makes Kaukatsu happy. I attack his last province with 2 Keikos each with a cavalry follower token, a Turong w/clan armor, A Yu-Pan, and an Utegawa with a Cavalry Follower Token. I Sneak and use the stronghold bow action but he reinforces. He then duels Yu-Pan. I am thrilled he doesn't target a tactictan so I don't use my Misdirection. I sadly don't see a Crosswind Cut Style, however, I do focus out my pools so I can burn a card from his hand. Yu-Pan dies. Utegawa then kills a personality of his. He then duels Turong. I focus out again and he strikes instead of using a card from his hand. We tie and both die. I then Ruthless Advance Paneki. He only has Tsimaru left. He has Tsimaru duel one of my Keikos I misdirect it to a bowed Utegawa. Since we are both 4 Chi and neither of us are a duelist I strike to kill Tsimaru. I then tactician a 3 for game.
5-2
I make top 16 in 16th place.
Top 16 vs Dragon Ring Honor Mountain Summit Temple
He gets a good start and I get an alright one. I take a province a turn but by turn 6 he is about to cross. I have to decide whether to by Chagatai and let him cross and try to take 2 or take one now and then full on rush the last one. I have a Sneak Attack and a Rout in hand so I know if I attack and he defends one at each I can potentially get rid of him before he can Flash of Steel. He does defend at one each, but he blocks my Sneak Attack/Rout with a Reinforce the Gates and then Flashes for Victory honor. No this where the story gets funny because I technically lose, then win, then lose this match. There is a problem because he is using Hoshi Masujiro and not Togashi Masujiro. So he gets DQed cause I am a dick apparently. Then we find out that Hoshi Masujiro was MRPed to Togashi Masujiro so he in fact did win. It was all very random, but I took home some nice prizes for getting Top of Clan and into Top 16.
So thats the report if anyone has any questions I will be happy to answer them.
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clu
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Nice work!
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Hida Karasu
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Congratz sir. Bummer about the play mistake though; it happens to the best of us. Your deck is pretty scary.
What would you say your hardest match-up is?
How'd everyone else do?
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Mophat
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The deck goes about 50/50 with lion, and Spider seemed to be tough out of The Spiders Lair just because you can't stop their production.
Eric also made Top Cut with his Mantis Deck. I assume since he lost his first match too he would finish in 15th which was the place he went in at.
Andy didn't do real well though.  Was around 60-70 somethingth place.
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White Phoenix
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Nice work.
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JackTheRipper
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Congrats! Sounds like a fun time over all.
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