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Rally Against Defeat: The Unofficial Philly 10k Report
by Ean Press
A friend woke me up at 6:30 in the morning to get up
and get on the bus, then the train for the 10k. This
entire year I have been waiting for this event and now
it was finally here. First we went up to our card shop
for playtesting, which seemed like days to accomplish.
Being up early, I turned forgetful about all the stuff
I wanted to bring, camera, drinks, money, you know,
superficial stuff.
We got there early as anything, but bleary-eyed and
disoriented we walked into Wizard World, with our
heads held high. We ended up waiting in the line for a
good hour only to figure out it was the wrong line so
we had to get in another line to pay and receive
badges. Finally, we got into the 10k and started
filling out the decklist sheet and showed the ude
number, you know the usual stuff. Then we started to
trade and do more playtesting before the actual thing
started.
Alex Shvartsman made his announcements and we began
round one with the New Gods Deck. Apparently, I ended
up being the only one there with a straight New Gods
deck, and the only other two were teamed-up and
definitely not as good, no offense or anything. I
played Alex Diokmedjian, in the first round, he was
using a Big Brotherhood deck that revolved around the
pump, Lost City combo, Prophecy Fulfilled tried to
prevail and we all know what happened when Lightray
and Moonrider burns and they still have 1 left, you
receive a smack on the face.
Second round I played Jose Caraballo with his
Spider-Evade deck. Turn 1, I play Soldiers of New
Genesis and he passes and takes 2. Turn 2, I play
Serifan, he passes and takes 4. Turn 3, I flip New
Genesis, play Mark Moonrider, he plays Spider-man, The
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man, and passes. I hit
him for 5 with Mark Moonrider's effect and
team-attacked with my remaining characters, a la Blood
Feud. Turn 4, I activate Mark Moonrider for another 5,
play another Mark Moonrider and another Soldiers of
New Genesis, and flipped The Prophecy Fulfilled. He
played Black Cat and declared an attack, Spiderman to
Soldiers of New Genesis, I reinforced to take 0. He
then attacked with Black Cat on the other Soldiers Of
New Genesis, thanks to New Genesis, I recovered the
one protecting it and returned his cosmic, thus I took
0 because of the reinforcement I gave him. Next, I
activated Mark Moonrider again for another five and
passed. At the start of the recovery I play Children
of Forever, returning Soldiers Of New Genesis, to
play, yet another Mark Moonrider, exhausted with
cosmic. On the next turn I start with Metron, and the
double activation of Mark Moonrider, putting him down
to 17, to my fresh 50. He plays Spiderman, Alien
Symbiote, and passes. I attack with Metron on his
Spiderman, with the help of Astro-Force, and reducing
Jose's score to 12. He then attacks Soldiers of New
Genesis with Black Cat, causing me to lose 5. Turn 6,
he plays Iceman and passes to my double activation of
Mark Moonrider and then another from my hand, making
him at -2. I had two cards in my hand so, with
prophecy and New Genesis I was guaranteed the win.
Another thing also running rampant was the Dr. Light
Combo deck, a.k.a. Idiocy from the Thirtieth Century
or the new, New School, constructed and played by
Stephen Silverman and friends. As I have posted on
various web sites, I talked to Stephen Silverman
before mostly every match, and talked about the new
combo, and gave him his props. He also said he did not
want to play me whatsoever, because the New Gods, like
Sourcing stuff, especially the team-ups that like to
fuel Cosmic Radiations and such. He had his fun, but
with the new errata coming into play for Rama-Tut,
that 10k was the last of his fun with the brutal Dr.
Light.dek.
I also gained very valuable learning experiences
there. I have hardly ever played against a Curve
Sentinel deck or for that matter another 10k to begin
with, so I learned to hate Bastion. I played against a
Brave and the Bold deck. I Sourced the Brave and the
Bolds, but then he just went straight Titans and
crushed me with the Teen Titans Go's! I played Against
a Marvel Knights/ Crime Lords deck and destroyed him
with 1-7 straight up the curve. I played X-Beats and
Sourced, Beatdown, thus giving the big middle finger
to the deck. But with the evolving metagame and the
incoming bans and errata's, I would have beaten the
Curve Sentinel deck, and the Dr. Light Combo that I
played against for fun.
To leave on a good note, though, I left the place
with higher hopes for the future of my card playing
career and a new and free Green Lantern shirt.
Although the deck took a slight loss, I will continue
trying to improve on the New Gods and here was the
decklist I used.
Ean Press
Philly 10K - New Gods
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Plot Twists |
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5 Soldiers Of New Genesis
4 Serifan
1 Vykin
4 Mark Moonrider
1 Sturmer
3 Izaya, Highfather
2 Commander
3 Metron
1 Scott Free, Mister Miracle
3 Takion, Highfather
1 Lightray
1 Orion, Dog of War
1 Professor X, Mental Master
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4 Escape Artist
4 The Exchange
4 Astro Force
3 Pleasant Distraction
1 Flying Kick
2 Acrobatic Dodge
3 Blood Feud
3 The Prophecy Fulfilled
1 Swift Escape
2 Children Of Forever |
| Locations |
4 The Source
3 New Genesis
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| Equipment |
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Editor: Staff. Sunday 26th June 2005.
