My weekend actually started on Friday, but I didn't go to a tournament until today, so yeah...
On Friday, I went to the usual card shop to get two boxes of Shattered Alliances. Out of those boxes, I pulled eight Super Rares and nine Very Rares, so that was pretty good. The relevant cards that I pulled were two Queen Kalima, one Eternal Haven, one Twilight Archon, one Blitzer-Mech Falkora, and one Kivu, Ingenious Shaman. Unfortunately, I didn't pull any of the Super Rare Dragons, so that was sad. On the bright side, I pulled a total of zero Calamity Bells and Serpens, so there weren't any wasted Rares or Very Rares. I might not even buy any of the Solar Eclipse decks because I don't need any of the cards from there. We'll see...
The fourth Snogal also showed up, and we decided to get the Magic Deck Builder's Toolkits. We got a total of three (one for him, one for Aki, and one for myself), and we spent the rest of our time making decks to play for fun. The fourth Snogal also bought a Kaijudo deck I made for him (LWN Aggro), so he'll hopefully be able to start playing in tournaments.
Yesterday, Aki and I met up with Ray. We mainly played Kaijudo, and Ray decided to enter the evening Vanguard tournament at the other card shop for some reason. He used Aki's Vermillion Narukami deck and lost in the Top 4 to Aqua Dorks. That's about it.
As for today, I went to the Kaijudo Set Premiere at the usual card shop. Ray and the fourth Snogal were able to make it as well. Just like last time, everyone got five packs of the new set to make a deck from using a minimum of 30 cards. There would be three rounds, and each player would get a promo card for each round they win.
My sealed pool was decent. I had to use all five Civilizations, which I kind of wanted to avoid. I ended up running a 34-card deck that included 16 Multi-civilization cards, so that wasn't very good. However, from what everyone else was saying, a huge chunk of their decks were Multi-civilization cards, so I guess mine wasn't too bad. I even used a few Mono-civilization vanillas so that I wouldn't get mana-screwed as easily. The holos I pulled were Doomblast Scaradorable and Finbarr's Dreadnought; they aren't that great overall, but they're really good in sealed.
In the first round, I played against my Round 2 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. I rushed him with Phase Scout and Plasma Pincer, and he couldn't deal with them since his Blockers had Guard. Once he finally killed my Phase Scout, I ended up bouncing his last Blocker with Crystallize to win. Don't be mistaken, Crystallize is still a horrible card, it's just that your options are very limited in sealed... I ended up winning the second game using Doomblast Scaradorable to kill his King Alboran and beat him down.
For the second round, I was up against Ray. Apparently, he had to play against the fourth Snogal in the first round and won. Anyways, he got a very good sealed pool, including stuff like two Repulse, four Blade Barrier, a bunch of nice Light Blockers, and Borran, the Reality Shaper. Luckily for me, I was prepared for such shenanigans. I was able to use Magma Ram to banish his Sentrus, and Doomblast Scaradorable was able to deal with the rest. He wasn't able to do much, since I also had Aqua-Reflector Nomulos to gain card advantage and keep me safe.
In the third round, I played against my Round 3 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. Apparently, he had gotten a bye in the first round, then won against Eman of TCGWise in the second round. Anyways, he tried rushing me in the first game. I was able to stabilize with Stingwing and Nomulos. I used Crystallize on his Prototype Gunship so that it wouldn't kill my Phase Scout, and I also got a Repulse as the third shield he broke, meaning that I got to halt his last attack of the turn while also getting a free shield. I was able to get around his Sentrus using Phase Scout, which let my Plasma Pincer kill his Onslaught Trooper without getting blocked. Afterwards, I dropped Finbarr's Dreadnought to ensure my victory, since he had almost no cards left, while I had a full hand and a field full of creatures. In the second game, he didn't open up nearly as aggressively, so I rushed him instead. My Ghost Bites kept killing his creatures, and I was able to finish him off with Doomblast Scaradorable. He was able to drop Skycrusher's Volcano-Ship, but it was too late. I had four attacking creatures out, including Doomblast Scaradorable, and he only had three shields, one of which was a Flamewing Phoenix that I used a Ghost Bite on earlier.
With that, I had gone undefeated and earned three promo cards. I got to choose them from a randomized pile of promos, and I ended up pulling three copies of Ba'kaar Frostwing... I was audibly upset, since I didn't go 6-0 in games just to win three of the worse of the two promos.
Fortunately, Ray won two of his matches (he won Round 3 against Fwazalaza) and pulled one of each promo. The fourth Snogal ended up getting a bye after losing his first two matches, and he pulled a Veil Stalker. Because Ray doesn't use Light and the fourth Snogal doesn't use Darkness, I was able to trade them each a Frostwing for their Veil Stalkers. The fourth Snogal ended up giving the Frostwing I traded him to Ray, since he wasn't planning on using it. How sad. But, I guess it worked out for me, since I was able to get two Veil Stalkers for myself and one Frostwing for Aki. I ended up giving Ray two Deep Mind Probes and the fourth Snogal two Lore-Striders for their decks to repay them for helping me get Veil Stalkers. And also because those are the only non-holo cards they wanted from the set, so I was saving them the trouble of buying packs to pull them.
And, the fourth Snogal ended up pulling a Falkora, which Aki wanted a second copy of. So, we're going to trade the Kivu to the fourth Snogal for his Falkora, since he wanted Kivu for his LWN Aggro deck.
I guess that's about it. I did test my new Megabug variant quite a bit this weekend, but I don't want to talk too much about it since I want it to be a surprise at next weekend's Kaijudo tournament. I'm still trying to win more copies of Necrose, so yeah. But, I'm not that confident in my Megabug deck anymore. All everyone plays at my locals is Dragons and Control. This new variant is supposed to do pretty well against Dragons, but in testing against Aki's LWF Dragon deck, I only won about half of the games we played. And, I fear that this new variant has a worse Control match-up than before, but I can't really test that because no one on Team Snogal plays Control.
I may end up going with a completely different deck, but I just don't have any ideas. The fact that I pulled two Queen Kalimas kind of makes me want to run a deck around it, but I'm not sure. I could certainly try, though I would rather use Eternal Haven over Queen Kalima. I was really hoping that I could get a second Eternal Haven so that I could just use two of each in the same deck, but that didn't happen. I'll see what I can do, but I can't really think of anything at the moment.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Tournament Report 9/7/13 & 9/8/13
I went to the morning Vanguard tournament at the usual card shop with Aki on Saturday. My friend who plays Vanguard, who has finally picked a nickname (Ray), was there as well. The three of us entered the tournament, and the other participants were five little kids.
I won the first two rounds against little kids, then played against Ray in the finals. He gave me the win because he had better tiebreakers. We got 1st and 2nd and got a total of 10 packs of the Misaki Set. We pulled nothing good.
That's about how boring Vanguard is now. Anyways, during the tournament, the fourth Snogal showed up. The four of us went to the other card shop for the evening Vanguard tournament. There were only 10 other players there, and Aki didn't really want to play in the tournament, so we decided not to enter. It also doesn't help that the shopkeeper hates our team for always winning the tournament. Whenever we enter, he gives out crummy prizes, but since we decided not to enter, he gave a box of the Misaki Set to the winner.
Instead of playing Vanguard, we participated in that free Magic: The Gathering event that was going on. They gave out free cards and such, so why not? I got a Green half-deck, Aki got a Black half-deck, Ray got a Blue half-deck, and the fourth Snogal got a White half-deck. We all traded cards with each other, since we only needed our respective colors, so we all made mono-color decks. I had to teach Ray and the fourth Snogal how to play, and it was pretty fun.
On the following day (yesterday), Ray and I went to the usual card shop for their Kaijudo tournament. I was using my LFN Megabug deck, since I had no motivation to change the deck at all because Shattered Alliances is coming out in four days. Ray was using his WDFN Dragon Rush deck. There were five other players there.
Round 1: vs LWDF Control
I was playing against Eman of TCGWise.
-Duel 1: This game took most of the time in the match. He was too hesitant to break shields, so we just sat there while I tried to whittle away at his advantage over time. He kept top-decking Armored Dragons to kill my bugs, though, and when he finally broke through my shields, three of them were small Megabugs and the other two weren't Shield Blasts.
-Duel 2: I just straight out rushed him. I don't even remember if he got to play a card or not.
-Duel 3: I was able to get aggressive early with The Hive Queen, and he couldn't deal with it, so I won.
XOO
Round 2: vs LWDN Control
I was playing against Fwazalza, whom had gotten a bye in the previous round.
-Duel 1: I got him down to zero cards, which is an accomplishment against a Control deck. Unfortunately, the first card he top-decked after that was Andromeda, and he had enough mana to play it. I had sent two Root Traps to the bottom of my deck with Mana Tick, so I knew that I couldn't deal with it. I was able to shuffle my deck with Gigahorn Charger, and I held out long enough to draw one of those Root Traps, but it was far too late. He had already taken control of the game by that point.
-Duel 2: I rushed him with bugs. He couldn't deal with it, so I won.
-Duel 3: I started rushing him, but then he played two Aqua Striders when he had one shield left. Apparently, they were in his shields. He followed it up with two Andromedas, but I was able to Root Trap one of them. We waited for a long while, long enough so that there were about six cards left in my deck. But, because ofTsukuyomi Mana Tick and The Hive Queen, I knew the order of those last few cards. I was able to capitalize on that to make a final push before he could go for game. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to win, so I lost. At least I got to use the knowledge of the cards I stacked at the bottom of the deck effectively, so that was cool.
XOX
Round 3: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 1 opponent from last weekend's Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: He opened with the perfect progression of Nix, Herald of Infernus, then Lyra, and I didn't draw any of my outs to Herald, so I lost.
-Duel 2: He opened with the same progression as last time, and I lost in the same manner. Agh, it's these types of matches that make me not want to play Megabugs anymore.
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Well, I may switch decks, depending on what I pull from the two boxes of Shattered Alliances that Aki and I are splitting. Since I'm finished with summer classes and school doesn't start for another two weeks, I'll be able to go to the card shop this Friday to get the boxes.
Anyways, my friend won another Necrose in the raffle, and since I paid for his entry, he gave it to me, so now I have two. We pulled a Gilaflame the Assaulter and a Lord Skycrusher out of our entry packs of The Dojo Edition... Those were the last packs that the shopkeeper had. Well, at least they were good pulls.
After the Kaijudo tournament, Ray and Fwazalaza asked the shopkeeper if he had any extra Magic half-decks from the previous day, and he gave each of us one. Ray got another Blue one, and I got a Blue one. We fixed our decks so that they'd be actual 60-card decks and played for fun.
In fact, we're considering getting some of those Deck Builder's Toolkits so that we can make decks that are actually decent. Ray, the fourth Snogal, and I are going to discuss it later to figure it out. I doubt we'd enter any Magic tournaments, but it's a fun game to play with friends. We'll see what happens, though.
I won the first two rounds against little kids, then played against Ray in the finals. He gave me the win because he had better tiebreakers. We got 1st and 2nd and got a total of 10 packs of the Misaki Set. We pulled nothing good.
That's about how boring Vanguard is now. Anyways, during the tournament, the fourth Snogal showed up. The four of us went to the other card shop for the evening Vanguard tournament. There were only 10 other players there, and Aki didn't really want to play in the tournament, so we decided not to enter. It also doesn't help that the shopkeeper hates our team for always winning the tournament. Whenever we enter, he gives out crummy prizes, but since we decided not to enter, he gave a box of the Misaki Set to the winner.
Instead of playing Vanguard, we participated in that free Magic: The Gathering event that was going on. They gave out free cards and such, so why not? I got a Green half-deck, Aki got a Black half-deck, Ray got a Blue half-deck, and the fourth Snogal got a White half-deck. We all traded cards with each other, since we only needed our respective colors, so we all made mono-color decks. I had to teach Ray and the fourth Snogal how to play, and it was pretty fun.
On the following day (yesterday), Ray and I went to the usual card shop for their Kaijudo tournament. I was using my LFN Megabug deck, since I had no motivation to change the deck at all because Shattered Alliances is coming out in four days. Ray was using his WDFN Dragon Rush deck. There were five other players there.
Round 1: vs LWDF Control
I was playing against Eman of TCGWise.
-Duel 1: This game took most of the time in the match. He was too hesitant to break shields, so we just sat there while I tried to whittle away at his advantage over time. He kept top-decking Armored Dragons to kill my bugs, though, and when he finally broke through my shields, three of them were small Megabugs and the other two weren't Shield Blasts.
-Duel 2: I just straight out rushed him. I don't even remember if he got to play a card or not.
-Duel 3: I was able to get aggressive early with The Hive Queen, and he couldn't deal with it, so I won.
XOO
Round 2: vs LWDN Control
I was playing against Fwazalza, whom had gotten a bye in the previous round.
-Duel 1: I got him down to zero cards, which is an accomplishment against a Control deck. Unfortunately, the first card he top-decked after that was Andromeda, and he had enough mana to play it. I had sent two Root Traps to the bottom of my deck with Mana Tick, so I knew that I couldn't deal with it. I was able to shuffle my deck with Gigahorn Charger, and I held out long enough to draw one of those Root Traps, but it was far too late. He had already taken control of the game by that point.
-Duel 2: I rushed him with bugs. He couldn't deal with it, so I won.
-Duel 3: I started rushing him, but then he played two Aqua Striders when he had one shield left. Apparently, they were in his shields. He followed it up with two Andromedas, but I was able to Root Trap one of them. We waited for a long while, long enough so that there were about six cards left in my deck. But, because of
XOX
Round 3: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 1 opponent from last weekend's Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: He opened with the perfect progression of Nix, Herald of Infernus, then Lyra, and I didn't draw any of my outs to Herald, so I lost.
-Duel 2: He opened with the same progression as last time, and I lost in the same manner. Agh, it's these types of matches that make me not want to play Megabugs anymore.
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Well, I may switch decks, depending on what I pull from the two boxes of Shattered Alliances that Aki and I are splitting. Since I'm finished with summer classes and school doesn't start for another two weeks, I'll be able to go to the card shop this Friday to get the boxes.
Anyways, my friend won another Necrose in the raffle, and since I paid for his entry, he gave it to me, so now I have two. We pulled a Gilaflame the Assaulter and a Lord Skycrusher out of our entry packs of The Dojo Edition... Those were the last packs that the shopkeeper had. Well, at least they were good pulls.
After the Kaijudo tournament, Ray and Fwazalaza asked the shopkeeper if he had any extra Magic half-decks from the previous day, and he gave each of us one. Ray got another Blue one, and I got a Blue one. We fixed our decks so that they'd be actual 60-card decks and played for fun.
In fact, we're considering getting some of those Deck Builder's Toolkits so that we can make decks that are actually decent. Ray, the fourth Snogal, and I are going to discuss it later to figure it out. I doubt we'd enter any Magic tournaments, but it's a fun game to play with friends. We'll see what happens, though.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Tournament Report 8/31/13 & 9/1/13
Aki and I were able to go to locals yesterday. We didn't care about the Kamui and Misaki pack Sneak Preview, so we skipped it. We ended up going to the evening Vanguard tournament with my friend who plays Vanguard, Riku, and the fourth Snogal.
There were only nine other people there for the Vanguard tournament, and Aki didn't feel like playing. So, the fourth Snogal used Aki's Vermillion Narukami deck, Riku used his Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar deck, my friend used my Pale Moon deck, and I used my Rumble Gun/Dungaree Narukami deck. We knew we would win, and the only crossride deck there was Aki's Narukami deck, so I decided to use my fun deck.
Round 1: vs Spike Brothers
This kid didn't really know what he was doing (he was using Especial Intercepts and Devil Summoner, but I guess Spike Brothers don't have much else...), and he had to ride Juggernaut Maximum both games, so I was able to win.
OO
So what happened in the first round was that the four players on our team won their matches, and the fifth undefeated player was my Round 3 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. In the following round, he was paired against Riku, my friend was paired against a little kid with a bad Great Nature deck, and I had to play against the fourth Snogal. We decided to play it out because it didn't matter.
Round 2: vs Narukami (Vermillion)
He was able to crossride in the first game, but he didn't have any rear-guards for most of the game. I was able to retire the few that he did play so that I could win, despite not having very good columns. I even drew five Grade 3's, so that I had to take his Vermillion Catastrophe at 3 damage. He didn't pull any triggers, so I was able to live. In the second game, he was able to crossride again and actually had rear-guard that time, so I lost. He missed the crossride in the third game, so I was able to beat him up with the usual 16k columns. Rumble Gun Dragon retired his only booster, and Dungaree kept killing his attackers (I drew into two Dungarees after drive checking one with Rumble Gun Dragon, so I kept riding Dungaree over Dungaree to use the Limit Break and keep the 11k defense). I was able to win because of that.
OXO
Riku ended up losing to the Megacolony player, who got paired down against the fourth Snogal in the following round.
Round 3: vs Pale Moon
That, of course, meant that I was paired against my friend. He wanted to play it out, since it didn't matter. I lost the first game because whenever I rode Dungaree, I bound two triggers with its effect, which was sad. In the second game, half of my Critical Triggers were lost into the Damage Zone, so I couldn't apply any pressure. Not to mention that I hadn't seen Dragonic Deathscythe all day...
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The fourth Snogal was able to beat the Megacolony player, and they tournament organizer cut to Top 2. That happened to be my friend and I, so we got all of the prizes. We got 12 packs of the new Misaki set. We pulled two Sakuyas and no other holos, so that was garbage. At least my friend got a Battle Sister Fromage mat.
So that's about it for yesterday. Today, my friend and I went to the morning Kaijudo tournament. I was using my LFN Megabug deck, and he was using his WDFN Dragon Rush deck. There were a total of 11 players there.
Round 1: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 1 opponent from last weekend's Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: I opened with a couple of bugs, but he had Herald of Infernus and Lyra, so I lost, since I didn't draw Tornado Flame until turn 8...
-Duel 2: Again, Herald and Lyra. Agh, Herald is too strong against aggressive decks...
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Round 2: vs LWDN Control
I was playing against Fwazalaza
-Duel 1: I drew a bunch of bugs, and he had to charge his Aqua Strider, so I was able to just keep poking him with my bugs. He used Mesmerize on The Hive Queen, but I was able to follow it up with Steamtank Kryon and Humonculon the Blaster to tap his Fullmetal Lemon, break the rest of his shields, and win.
-Duel 2: He used Mesmerize on The Hive Queen, again, but Steamtank Kryon allowed me to keep pushing through his shields. He was left with two shields and an Aqua Strider against my Steamtank Kryon and Keeper of Laws. He summoned Lyra to lock Kryon, then decided to crash his Strider into it so that my Lyra, which he saw with Mesmerize, wouldn't gain Fast Attack. Regardless, I played the Lyra to lock his Lyra, and with Keeper of Laws, I was able to win on the following turn.
OO
Round 3: vs WDFN Dragon Rush
I was paired against my friend, who had won his first match, but lost his second. He had better tie-breakers than me, so I gave him the win.
That ended up being the last round. I think that my Round 1 opponent won, but I'm not sure. My friend ended up winning a Necrose, Nightmare Bloom in the raffle, but since I paid his entry fee, he gave it to me. My goal is to get at least four, so I need three more. The idea is that I wouldn't use three in the same deck, but if Aki and I both want to use it, then we could each use two if we had four.
Well, I kind of want to make a new Kaijudo deck, but the new set, Shattered Alliances, will be released in less than two weeks, so I don't really feel like making one. On the other hand, I need more Necroses, and topping at Kaijudo tournaments is the only way to get them for sure. Since there are only three more weeks where Necrose will be given out, I would need to get one each week to fulfill my goal. So, I might consider making a new Kaijudo deck solely for next week so that I could get a second Necrose. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
There were only nine other people there for the Vanguard tournament, and Aki didn't feel like playing. So, the fourth Snogal used Aki's Vermillion Narukami deck, Riku used his Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar deck, my friend used my Pale Moon deck, and I used my Rumble Gun/Dungaree Narukami deck. We knew we would win, and the only crossride deck there was Aki's Narukami deck, so I decided to use my fun deck.
Round 1: vs Spike Brothers
This kid didn't really know what he was doing (he was using Especial Intercepts and Devil Summoner, but I guess Spike Brothers don't have much else...), and he had to ride Juggernaut Maximum both games, so I was able to win.
OO
So what happened in the first round was that the four players on our team won their matches, and the fifth undefeated player was my Round 3 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. In the following round, he was paired against Riku, my friend was paired against a little kid with a bad Great Nature deck, and I had to play against the fourth Snogal. We decided to play it out because it didn't matter.
Round 2: vs Narukami (Vermillion)
He was able to crossride in the first game, but he didn't have any rear-guards for most of the game. I was able to retire the few that he did play so that I could win, despite not having very good columns. I even drew five Grade 3's, so that I had to take his Vermillion Catastrophe at 3 damage. He didn't pull any triggers, so I was able to live. In the second game, he was able to crossride again and actually had rear-guard that time, so I lost. He missed the crossride in the third game, so I was able to beat him up with the usual 16k columns. Rumble Gun Dragon retired his only booster, and Dungaree kept killing his attackers (I drew into two Dungarees after drive checking one with Rumble Gun Dragon, so I kept riding Dungaree over Dungaree to use the Limit Break and keep the 11k defense). I was able to win because of that.
OXO
Riku ended up losing to the Megacolony player, who got paired down against the fourth Snogal in the following round.
Round 3: vs Pale Moon
That, of course, meant that I was paired against my friend. He wanted to play it out, since it didn't matter. I lost the first game because whenever I rode Dungaree, I bound two triggers with its effect, which was sad. In the second game, half of my Critical Triggers were lost into the Damage Zone, so I couldn't apply any pressure. Not to mention that I hadn't seen Dragonic Deathscythe all day...
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The fourth Snogal was able to beat the Megacolony player, and they tournament organizer cut to Top 2. That happened to be my friend and I, so we got all of the prizes. We got 12 packs of the new Misaki set. We pulled two Sakuyas and no other holos, so that was garbage. At least my friend got a Battle Sister Fromage mat.
So that's about it for yesterday. Today, my friend and I went to the morning Kaijudo tournament. I was using my LFN Megabug deck, and he was using his WDFN Dragon Rush deck. There were a total of 11 players there.
Round 1: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 1 opponent from last weekend's Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: I opened with a couple of bugs, but he had Herald of Infernus and Lyra, so I lost, since I didn't draw Tornado Flame until turn 8...
-Duel 2: Again, Herald and Lyra. Agh, Herald is too strong against aggressive decks...
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Round 2: vs LWDN Control
I was playing against Fwazalaza
-Duel 1: I drew a bunch of bugs, and he had to charge his Aqua Strider, so I was able to just keep poking him with my bugs. He used Mesmerize on The Hive Queen, but I was able to follow it up with Steamtank Kryon and Humonculon the Blaster to tap his Fullmetal Lemon, break the rest of his shields, and win.
-Duel 2: He used Mesmerize on The Hive Queen, again, but Steamtank Kryon allowed me to keep pushing through his shields. He was left with two shields and an Aqua Strider against my Steamtank Kryon and Keeper of Laws. He summoned Lyra to lock Kryon, then decided to crash his Strider into it so that my Lyra, which he saw with Mesmerize, wouldn't gain Fast Attack. Regardless, I played the Lyra to lock his Lyra, and with Keeper of Laws, I was able to win on the following turn.
OO
Round 3: vs WDFN Dragon Rush
I was paired against my friend, who had won his first match, but lost his second. He had better tie-breakers than me, so I gave him the win.
That ended up being the last round. I think that my Round 1 opponent won, but I'm not sure. My friend ended up winning a Necrose, Nightmare Bloom in the raffle, but since I paid his entry fee, he gave it to me. My goal is to get at least four, so I need three more. The idea is that I wouldn't use three in the same deck, but if Aki and I both want to use it, then we could each use two if we had four.
Well, I kind of want to make a new Kaijudo deck, but the new set, Shattered Alliances, will be released in less than two weeks, so I don't really feel like making one. On the other hand, I need more Necroses, and topping at Kaijudo tournaments is the only way to get them for sure. Since there are only three more weeks where Necrose will be given out, I would need to get one each week to fulfill my goal. So, I might consider making a new Kaijudo deck solely for next week so that I could get a second Necrose. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
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