Wait. What?

30 people? No Kancolle? Only 2 SAO? wtf 7 waifu decks? Wow. That’s new.

#JustDesunationThings

Yesterday’s tournament featured a decent selection of different decks (and no Kantai, did I mention no Kantai?). I went back to Sinon Waifu after getting rekt pretty hard last week playing Love Live (went 2-3, rip in pepperonis), and hopefully I could get back on top this week.

(spoiler: I did)

On to the decks and Top 4 placing:

Sword Art Online (Blue – Sinon Waifu)

Sword Art Online (Y/B/R – standard build)

Love Live JP (R/G)

Love Live JP (G/Y – 3rd Years build)

Love Live JP (G/Y – Nico Waifu)

Love Live JP (G/Y – Nico Waifu)

Log Horizon (R/B – standard build)

Log Horizon (R/B – standard build)

Log Horizon (R/B – Twins build)

Madoka Rebellion (G/B/R – Devil Homura/Godoka/Kyoko)

Madoka Rebellion (G/R – Homurakagi/Godoka)

Madoka Rebellion (G/B/R)

Da Capo (R/Y – Charles Waifu)

Da Capo (Blue – Suginami infinite Hand Encore)

Fate UBW (R/G – Rin/Archer, tiny bit of Sakura/Rider)

Fate UBW (Yellow – Saber/Shirou)

IM@S (G/B/R – I Want choice)

IM@S (G/B/R)

Nisekoi JP (R/B – Pendant choice)

Nisekoi EN (B/G – Kosaki Waifu)

Little Busters (Y/G/B – Rin +2 Soul)

Little Busters (Y/G/B)

Terraformars (B/R – Michelle Waifu)

Terraformars (Y/R)

Nanoha (Y/R)

Fate Prisma Illya (R/B – Gem)

Disgaea (Y/G/R – Infinity Soul)

Crayon Shin-chan (R/G)

Symphogear (R/G – Chris Waifu)

Bakemonogatari (G/B)

WHEW That’s a lotta decks. And top 4:

Crayon-Shin Chan and SAO Sinon (split) (see above) Disgaea Infinity Soul (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmskz5UlgM) Log Horizon standard

ROUND 1 vs. Love Live (3rd-years)

My first round of the day was against a Love Live deck using the three seniors – Eli, Nozomi, and Nico. His deck featured some of the new cards such as Nico brainstormer, Nozomi clock shooter, and Eli 1/0 Bag CX combo.

The early game went worse than expected. I wasn’t able to get my good early-game cards (so basically the 0/0 Sinon 2500), and was forced to throw weak supports onto my board which ended up just getting killed. At Level 1, I was able to secure a field using 1/0 Clock Encores and 1/1 Hand Encore.

The game started to turn in my favor when my opponent was only able to go back into refresh with 5 climaxes. In my hand I had 2 copies of my 3/2 Sinon, and the perfect amount of stock, but no Book in sight. Going into my refresh, I drew into the book, and despite 3 of the 5 instances of damage getting cancelled, I came out with the win.

ROUND 2 vs. Symphogear (Chris Waifu)

This was a new one for me. I never get to play against Symphogear, and so this was a cardpool with effects that I had no experience playing against. So basically, I had to yolo it. From what I could tell, the deck mainly centered around getting out the 3/2 Chris at Level 2 by using an event card. The deck itself has little to no advantage engine; my opponent was telling me after the game that his deck (and Chris in general?) has no brainstormer (not even a spammable one).

Early game (Lv0-1) was typical. Once my opponent his Lv2, he used his Event card to put the 3/2 Chris on the field, and started using her ability to topdeck my Encore characters so I couldn’t use Encore to maintain the board. I put Check Six Sinon onto the board to address his Level 3, and he 3-stock encored the following turn. On my next turn, I was at 2-4, and I knew I had plenty of climaxes left in my deck, and expected to cancel next turn. Because of this, I felt it would be safe to use my 2/1 Change into 3/2 Sinon, since I might not make it to Level 3 next turn due to my deck’s compression. After triggering a couple climaxes (-__-) I did end up hitting Level 3, but also I drew into a Book and another 3/2 Sinon, and the rest is history.

ROUND 3 vs. Love Live Nico Waifu

This deck centered around building a lot of stock by using Markers for Change costs, and through the new 1/0 Nico (rest 2 characters, target a character; if that character reverses the opponent, you get a blind stock). The main line was using 0/0 Nico which gains a Marker; these Markers can be used instead of paying Stock. His changer was a 1/0 Nico from the first set, with a gigantic Change cost of (3) and send the changer to clock. By putting three Markers onto the field, he could play the change for no stock. The 1/0 changes into a 2/2 Nico with clock encore, which he would keep on the board to continuously hit for 2 damage. Meanwhile, by playing many 0-cost characters, he could build stock turn after turn.

The end game for his deck featured the Nico Clock shooter. The early-mid game strategy of building stock was to use Nico’s ability as much as needed to deal a lot of damage. He could also use the mass of stock to Encore Nico if needed. Going into my Level 3, I played a full set of 3 Sinons, but had no Book, just 2k1s. On his turn, I cancelled a couple attacks, and one of my Sinons also got sent to clock by Nico. On my turn, I played the fourth Sinon which I topdecked, which healed the 3/2 Sinon (the one that just got shot to clock) into Waiting Room. then used the 2/1 Changer to change into that Sinon. Basically, I had all four Sinons on my stage (AND STILL NO BOOK – it’s k I had like 0 stock and hand anyway). That turn I was able to finish the game despite only needing 2 damage, and swinging for FIVE!!!

Also, every single refresh on both sides was a Climax. Worth mentioning.

ROUND 4 vs. Log Horizon

This game I was able to take control during the Level 1 game. My opponent’s Level 0 lineup consisted mainly of 1/0s, such as 1/0 Clock Encore Shiroe, which couldn’t match the power levels of my Level 1 game. He also triggered Climaxes several times throughout the game, which I think might’ve caused him to make sub-optimal plays trying to pay them out. Pretty much every turn he had no more than like 4 stock.

At Level 2, he played an Akatsuki changer into the 3/2, with a Gate combo to burn for an extra damage. This put me at Level 3, so I replied with my 3/2 Sinon. I had the Book combo, looking to burn for damage before he could play any 3/2 Shiroes to negate my burn. There was a chance his Akatsuki could beat my Sinon with a counter, but I committed a 2/1 Anti-backup so I could safely defeat his Akatsuki. This would leave me with less stock for my next turn, but I’d say it was worth it to keep her on the board for sure. On his next turn, he couldn’t finish me off, but I finished him on my turn.

ROUND 5 – no game (Split for 1st)

Very unusual group of decks today. I never see Log Horizon being played here, let alone 3. The new Love Live set was motivating a lot of new players to try their new builds. Typically we see 4+ SAO decks and at least 1 or 2 Kancolle, but this was not the case today.

Today gave me a lot of new experiences against decks that I’ve never played against before. I hope future weeks continue this trend; frankly it’s boring playing against the usual decks week after week.

Hmm… I wonder if people get bored of playing against my Sinon deck week after week.