Commentary:
Pack 1, Pick 1 was The Deceiver. A fantastic first pick. Early picks hurt, as there were so many good cards you were passing. Plot to Kill was the card I wanted to wheel, but it didn't (not surprisingly). Pack 1, Pick 2 was Outsiders (Black/Gold)
Pack 2, Pick 1 was King of Tyrus.
I ended up with a grindy offense and robust defense. Goal was to be efficient and careful with my attacks and use Chastisement of the Lord for recursion (it recurs itself I discovered!) so I don't run out of gas. Had autoblock ECs like KoT, Outsiders, Lying Prophet, plus The Deceiver to go find them, with negates to back them up.
Game 1: Timeout loss (2-0) vs. Luke MarshallA very frustrating game in which I took 5 turns. The first 4 turns, there were exactly 0 LS available for me to rescue, so I made 1 attack all game. Luke used several Star abilities in the first few turns, many of them topdecking cards from Reserve. I think they only prolonged the drought by 1 turn though.
My defense, I'm pretty sure, had Luke locked out when time was called. (He disagreed, but I guess we'll never know
) Luke admitted that his deck only had 8 heroes, most of which he drew. He did have Captain of the Host (PoC), but I defeated Captain banded to The Guardian Cherub in a side battle by using Gathered Together.
Luke discarded KoT off the top of my deck with a Star ability too
Game 2: Win (5-0) vs. Mack MarshallGot The Fallen Star in my opening hand. Mack searched his Reserve for a card and TFS randomly underdecked the card he searched for. Scattered Sheep's Star ability let me underdeck Ezekiel, the Vindicator from Mack's opening hand. My grindy offense kept finding ways to win and the defense held up. Mack's opening Josh the High Priest wasn't able to get a rescue due to lack of negates.
Game 3: Tie (3-3) vs. Amanda JohnsonGot off to a fast start before Amanda drew a ton of negates in back to back draw steps and was able to push through my defense to get the tie. I definitely should have blocked more aggressively with High Priest Ananias. I'm pretty sure he would have gotten autoblocks simply by restricting Amanda from playing GEs. Sooooo many GEs from PoC have 3 brigades.
