Bjorgaard was by far the hardest matchup to navigate all day. With such a complete mastery of his Rikku machine, had I not opened up with THREE hasties for three damage turn one I would’ve had no chance. My pressure eventually brought the game to a head when I played 4CP Lightning to dull his Fina and represent lethal with my two forwards. With only two cards in his hand, a single backup active, and 5 damage, things are looking grim for the old YRP‘s. I swing in for the 6th point of damage and he flips Thordan EX, searching Diabolos, taps the one backup and discards his had to ready Fina and backups. In Jason’s words: “Thordan was the only thing I could’ve hit.” He played an incredible game and proceeded to eek it back from my clutches. The game ended in a loss with Jason taking it from me 7 damage to 6. The most notable part of this game actually happened to be that it took a whopping 18 minutes! That’s more than the other three games of the day combined! Total play time: 35 minutes.

Record: 3-1