Its Thursday night again, time for another Gold Rush trials at Titan Hobby Shop. there wasn't too many people(8 to be exact), but still a good place to earn some points and gain some experience. The payout is a few packs and one Gold Rush bye for the winner. Gold Rush by the way is a 64k tournament coming this December. So the goal is nothing less than a 1st place finish. later on in the tourney I heard news that the bye may be waived due to the lack of attendees. Lets just play hard and hope for the best.
The tourney started at around 8pm. 4 rounds. This should be fun...
I wont go into detail with the games since the ambiance was very casual. There were 2 other UB control decks, a RUG Ramp, a Boros Landfall, and a few rogues. These rogues were particularly fun since one of them was a poison deck, the other was a metalcraft concept. Nevertheless, I ran though both of these concepts like a freight train. Poison decks in my opinion is still too young to be a threat(although it did win one game against me). One set is just not enough for it to be formidable. Metalcraft is the same. It may have a bunch of nice components, but that's about it for now. I had the most problems with the mirror match. the games were simply too long and the advantage shifted so many times that we were only able to manage a draw. RUG Ramp as usual was very explosive and needed a 3rd game for me to become victorious.
To sum it all up, I won the tourney with a record of 3-0-1. not bad,since it gave me the confidence to play the deck even more! I'm starting to get the hang of the pace and slowly realizing the strength and synergy of the deck. UB control is really about gaining small advantages at the start and start gaining momentum at the very late game(when I say late game I mean turn 20+).
All successful people say that all successes, no matter how big or small, should be celebrated. This is to strengthen the heart, and nourish the spirit. this may be a small victory for me, but it is mine to enjoy!
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