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18 participants       4 Rounds     I vs J Stats

Round  1    Wins for I-8     Wins for J-1     
Round  2    Wins for I-0     Wins for J-1  Tie-1
Round  3    Wins for I-2     Wins for J-1
Round  4    Wins for I-1     Wins for J-2

Summery:  in Head to Head competition I won 11 times, J won 5.  Top ten places I had 8, J had 2.(places 5 & 9)

Very interesting I had felt J was much stronger. In reality I think the Ruth band is still the strongest thing in the starters but if you are forced to use the judges with that deck it struggles.

I feel more and more justified every time a sealed event happens

I feel more and more justified every time a sealed event happens

This still isn't straight I v J packs and pulls make a difference. No cards added I've played 12 (yes I've kept track) games with the starters alone since creation and have a 9-3 adv J granted this isn't a huge sample size but the Ruth search and recursion is way better then Gabriel's.

Straight up, we've played 19 games and J has an 11-8 advantage (with I currently on a 5 game win streak to close the gap). The Ruth band is very tough, and Jephthah lets you get rid of a couple of Philistines with weapons before they can enter battle (only once per game, but that's enough). I wonder if I "enhances" better in Sealed because of its colors. (Have to look at my binders and see how purple/silver/black/brown compares with gold/white/gray/orange.)

John and Peter with two battle winners and a banding brother plus all the negates is almost unfair.

I was a turn away from getting second with J.