Brisbane 2011 Kotei Report Top Dragon

Top Dragon

This will be a rather quick report dur to my current time restraints. I had decided to go back to my LSC deck (after some modifications) for Brisbane. It had been doing well in Melbourne, despite locla players meta'ing against honour.

Clan Breakdowns as follows:

4              Crab                                                       2              Crane                                     2              Dragon

0              Lion                                                        1              Mantis                                   3              Phoenix

4              Scorpion                                                2              Spider                                     3              Unicorn

Round 1 – Jon Meertens (Melbourne, Team Vic) Spider - Finger of Bone

Bummer. My first opponent is another member of Team Vic.  I get a good start with gold and a dude. Things just roll for me from there. My turn six I am on 36 honour with 4 provinces still. He has 8 peeps. I cross with 42 honour qand 3 provinces the next turn. He has 12 peeps, splits his forces into three and attacks. I defend two with a single pep, just to be safe.  The first opposed battle, I courtesy myself and one of his home. He no longer has enough to take the province. he wants to continue (I know his game now). The second opposed battle, I settle myself home, to prevent A Game of Sincerity (which was what would have come to drop my honour). Then Jon concedes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Win.                                        1 W – 0 L

Round 2 – Nathan Wolly (Gold Coast, QLD) - Phoenix - City of Tears

I get a good start with gold and peep. By turn 4 he gets Shungeja with spells and the Guardian follower, whom I can not send home. He has 16 F and take a province.  I get to 28 honour with 2 provinces. Although I loose peeps while defending, I manage to hold him off . 30 honour with 1 province, ouch, spells hurt. (I really need a Peaceful Rescource). I get to 39 and he attacks with 2 units of 20+ F. It's just too big.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Lose                                       1 W – 1 L

Round 3 – Ben Szymkow (Melbourne, Team Vic) Scorpion - Fortress of Blackest light

Another Team Vic opponent, Ben is a new Melbourne player. Start is OK, just gold. He gets and early province kill due to 2 Determined FOrces. After 4 turns, he has all 3 flawless assassins on the board. I defend an attack, he kills my dude but I hold on;. My card draw at this time, is good, which helps. I hold off more attacks and get to 40 honour when I flip Holy Site with 3 provinces still in hand. He concedes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Win                                         2 W - 1 L

Round 4 – Michael Hill (Beisbane, QLD) Mantis - Dragon City Guard

I need to double mulligan, not a good start. He gets War of Dark Fire, which I can't cancel. He attacks early and gets a province. I finally edge up to 39 honour (yes WoDF hurt), but I can't stop 28 F attacking my last province, because he kills all my peeps before i can utilize my hand (which had enough to save me).                                                                                                                                                        Loss                                         2 W – 2 L

Round 5 – Andrew Doyle (Brisbane) Crab - Sahttered Peaks Castle

Andrew is a new player, only been in the game for 3 months. I need to mulligan, butget gold and a dude. I reshuffle his Celestial. I defend a few battles and survive, hitting 41 honour. He attacks all 4 provinces, but only take 2, whicle I defend and save the other two.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Win                                         3 W – 1 L

Round 6 – Bradly Webb (Melbourne, Team Vic) - Phoenix - Circle of Tears

Including me, there are five Team Vic player here and I have been paired against 75% of them. Since we only got 22 players, cut is top 4. I am sure one 4-2 will make top four, so winning ill still give me a chance to get into the finals, but countback could be a problem. Brad mulligans and get 2 Fudo holdings. He Last One's on Turn 3 after generating some tokens, with Isawa Shioki to get to 7 F. He pumps with spells. I stiffle his attack, but loose a dude. He keeps attacking and I keep holdinh him off, while loosing peeps. Shaiko save me as she kills off his spells. I honour out at 45 and flip Holy Site. Game over.                                          Win.                                       4  W – 1 L

I finish 7th overall (lower end of the 4-2, so I miss out on the finals).

The top four are

Wayne D (Crane dishonour), Justin Lee (SC Ninja), Jason (Spider) and Michael Holl (Mantis).

Wayne defeats Muchael

Jason defeats Justin

Wayne plays Jason in the final. Wayne is 'kicking Arse' and has Jason almost out the backdoor by turn 4 and then concedes, as he is really a Scorpion player and doesn't want Crane to get the victory.

Crane got the honour event.