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I would post booster draft as well, but I got the bad tin and there was nothing in the packs in my brigade and I drafted with Gabe, so anyway, I did terrible.

I went into T12P with big expectations. I entered a offensive deck x2 (for plot) and a deck similar to trolololol to counter some Disciples. I ended up using my offensive deck in 9/10 games, not ripping any plots, and being mad I played my trolololol deck at all.

Round 1: Brianna Alstad, W 5-1

It was cool to meet yet another alstad (I have now personally met 5; orangebus is the only I have not). She never really had much of a chance in this game. I got a band out pretty quick and just walked in for 2 souls and Angel of the Lord'd a character for my 3rd. I drew SoG NJ soon after. It wasn't much of a game, but I was glad my deck drew so well, as it had recently been increased to an awkward 53 cards.

Round 2: Bret Niford, L 3-5

This game was really stupid overall. It started out great. I had two souls in territory; my two liner and a wanderer. He had a female and a shuffler. I won the tie break to go first. I switched for his shuffler and then RA'd with John. He didn't block, so I got the wanderer, leaving me with the two liner and shuffler to abuse. He RAs for half a two liner. His next turn, he buries his shuffler so I have to give him the two liner, and then proceeds to have a great soul draw for him (i.e. not getting any). He was playing a mirror TGT deck, so pretty much whenever souls did come up, we'd walk in for them. I made the only successful block of the game (out of 3 blocking attempts) and still lost. I was pretty mad at the draws at this point that I had lost a game without making a mistake or even really a decision that affected the outcome of the game.

Round 3: Daniel Overbeek, W 5-1

I don't really remember much of what happened because this game was over so fast. Daniel was really new to the game, but he had a good deck built by Travis Brown. I was sitting next to Gabe Isbell, and he told me after the game that my game was over so fast that he wasn't sure if we had played at all.

Round 4: Brian Jones, W 5-0

I had played Brian at MW regionals with virtually the same deck and won 5-0, so I was definately feeling good about the game going in. As it turned out, I had good reason, because the draws were on my side. He drew one hero which I CM'd. I walked in for two or three. I might not even have played SoG with NJ; I can't remember. It was my 4th game of the day that finished in about 15 minutes or less.

Round 5: John Nesfeder, L 1-5

I knew going in that Nesfeder would be a tough game, but it doesn't help when your opponent is good AND gets all the right cards. First turn, I RA, win, set aside my MMOJ and Joanna band with First Fruits. He turns up a Darius Decree on his first draw. I couldn't get another hero for a turn or two, and had no evil characters. He fell me away, so I had to win back my one soul. He soon got to 3, and combined with his drawing via Boat and Pentecost, I was never going to recover. I lost another lame game due to nothing I had done.

Round 6: Alan Rice, L 1-5

I had discovered before the game that I was almost certainly playing Alan, and I knew he always plays heavy offense, so I decided to switch to my heavy defense deck in order to avoid having another coin flip game of hoping he didn't get his few stalls if I didn't. Unfortunately, in order to win with my heavy defense, you have to actually play well. I made at least 4 notable mistakes, including blocking with a negated Uzzah, and totally didn't deserve to win this game. Alan made a few mistakes too, but his were not nearly as big, and so he won. We had a "winner gets a tat" agreement, but I'm not sure we ever gave him a tat.

Round 7: Jeremy Volk, W 5-0

Jeremy was playing a unique Gold/Silver offense (without new tin support!) and orange defense. Unfortunately, I didn't draw too many souls, and when I did, I actually managed to block (even in my heavy offense deck!). I just trolled him with a big band and he never really drew anything to counter it, so it was my 6th game of the game that wasn't much of a game.

Round 8: Kirkland Wilson, W 5-2

I don't remember this game at all other than that Kirkland was a little kid. I was pretty tired and frustrated with my games at this point, but I knew if I won out, I would probably be top 10, so I did my best to keep my differential high. I guess I did well, because Bany's spreadsheet says I won 5-2.

Orangebus is not an Alstad. There is, however, the Orange Alstad.

orangebus has every identifier, hes that win.

Round 9: James Roepke, W 5-4

James is a really good, ...

Alex, would you mind if I shared this article within the August issue of The Redeemer webzine?