i arrived in knoxville on wednesday afternoon and my anticipation for a game was overwhelming but i knew i had to wait another day before i could begin play,
i was excited for what was to come.
Nats day 1: i hardly got any sleep that night previously but i was ready for Booster Draft,
i drafted cards such as; burial shout, philistine garrison, mayhem, three nails, and i was even one of the lucky ones to pull a falling away from a booster pack. i lost a few games due to a bad draw and i won at least one game. and earlier in the day i was able to perticipate in the Ironman event that took place within the 3 day nats ratios but sadly hardly had the time to get games in cept 1
Nats day 2: now to me this day was very important due to the category i chose to play and i mainly play is type 1 2 player. i built a TGT deck during the night with some new cards i got the previous day thanks to my dad and i believe it was ring wraith who built my genegyptain deck that did not do that well but i had a fun time playing it but i mainly used my new self built deck The Garden Tomb/Persias pleague deck. it was a deck i have never used but couldn't believe my eyes as to how well it did, it lost round 2 5-0 against a kid with the boards name Rocky, i had lost the first round with my genegyptains 5-0 also so a very nasty start for me with a 0-2 start and round 3, i received a bye which was exactly what i needed to turn the tide of my nats record. i was able to go to a place to have quiet time with God to ask him for help, healing and telling him my thoughts and subjects that bothered me and were getting in my way, after i prayed round 4 began and i started things off with my TGT deck winning the game and again 2 more consecutive times and bringing my record up to 3-2 or 4-2 including a bye and then i faced profunderwood, i didn't use my tgt deck for this game and i should have used it cause it was a mirror match between genegyptain decks, i lost snapping my winning streak and now 4-3 i grabbed my tgt deck again only to face the creator himself, Rob Anderson, it was a very fun game, my hands were shaking but i kept my cool and once AGAIN my TGT deck pulled through and with a 5-2 score in the round, my TGT deck was on a roll through the day and i was amazed by the end of the tournament as it lost against Red and my final record in the day was 6-4 or 5-4 without the bye. i prefer with the bye though
day 3: now this day was a hectic day for me; i woke up late, made it to the tournament with a few minutes to spare but realized i left my tgt deck at the hotel WITH my player's card in it, when i realized this my heart sank, i informed my dad, i got it replaced and was relieved afterwards, but i still had to use genegyptians which was fine cause i was planning on playing it anyway, so i found a partner earlier on in the tournament, a guy named Wyatt, who seemed to be the very player i needed to team with to make my genegyptaisn effective, he used angels/philistines which did wonders with my genegyptains, he proved to be the stonewall of the team and made some rescues and i did some blocking but mainly took the offense and went in to rescue souls, we didn't do too bad with 2-3 but mainly this was thanks to a combination of bad draws, better opponents, and not enough time to finish at least 1 or 2 games. one game in particular that i didn't enjoy was the final round in teams but that's a bit off topic of why i went to nationals.
i went, had fun, met some nice people, i perchased a deck pouch from reyzen (i really recommend these to any player who plays more then one deck) with a few 20 sided dice (thanks again roy i appritiate it
). and i found on day two that im a better player then i thought i was which encourages me cause i've always felt like i wasnt really good enough to win any games but i knew i could win games, just never really had a good draw or didn't play my cards at the right time. but other then that i had a blast, it resparked a fire in my heart for the game and finally was able to meet online friends in person, and i really do hope i get to go to nationals again next year, wherever it maybe
