It was a great tournament experience, which is normal for YMT's tourneys that I've ever attended.
TEAMS was really fun teaming up with Josh, who has been a kindred spirit of mine for years with his love of defense. We had a lot of success with our decks, and all three games were really fun for both teams, with a lot of laughter from everyone.
T1-2p was also a really close event. After the first round, I was in 2nd, but had a tough match which ended up dropping me to 4th. After the third round I moved back up to 2nd, and had to play Josh Kopp for the championship. I was blessed with the cards I needed to get the win in a game that was shorter than expected, but still contained some great battles. In one battle:
- I played a battle winner
- Josh negated it
- I played another battle winner
- Josh negated it
- I looked over at my Unholy Writ
- Josh Destruction of Nehustan'd it before I could use it
- I played a card to draw some help, and played a final battle winner
THAT was FUN!
T1-mp was also very close. It is typically my strongest event, but things didn't break my way this time. I was able to slip into the championship round (in 3rd place at the time), but then couldn't finish things out, and ended up dropping down to 6th. I was proud of my daughter Alecia for finishing in 4th in this event though doing better than her Dad
Sealed deck was an interesting event. I pulled a Judas Iscariot and a couple of black brigade High Priests, which naturally my opponent wanted badly (since he had the crimson and black deck). I was torn between keeping the UR simply for trade value, or handing it to my opponent for some really nice cards that would increase my chance of winning Sealed deck. I decided to play for the win, and traded, hoping for the best. It kind of worked. I won all but one game (against Andrew Goeller), and took all the available LSs in that one game. However, my opponent had severe LS drought and my defense eventually wore out, leading to a 5-3 loss, dropping me to 3rd in the event overall. I was proud of Andrew for beating me, as he had actually called ahead of time as the event started.
It was also my daughter Katrina's first tournament at that level, and she had a great time. She took some LSs, and had many fun games. I am proud of her for having such a great attitude as she continues to learn this game
