A momentous occasion, as Charlotte Ashley, who was dominating in only her third major event, got her second feature match. She was playing Kim Caton, a solid player who was 55th in the world in Sealed Pack. Playing for FTN, she is teammates with a slew of strong players, including fellow $10K contenders Peter Sundholm and Michael Dalton.
Charlotte won the roll, and chose to go first
Turn 1
Charlotte had no drop, and Kim recruited
G'Nort and swung for one (50-49).
Turn 2
This time it was Kim's turn to miss her drop, while Charlotte played
Hector Hammond, who attacked
G'Nort (48-49).
Turn 3
Charlotte team attacked Guy with Hector and
Major Disaster, with Guy stunning Hammond in return (45-47).
The game was pretty even at this point, with nobody really gaining any board or endurance advantage. This was looking like it would turn into a late-round turkey shoot.
Turn 4
Charlotte recruited Myrwhydden, putting him next to Hector and in the support row and putting
Major Disaster in front of Hector.
Kim sent Guy into Myrwhydden, with
Qwardian Pincer to help out. Charlotte played
Pest Control, causing Guy to stun without stunning back (42-47). Because of
Pest Control, Charlotte had repeatedly gained board advantage on her opponent's initiative throughout the day, and this was no exception. That move had a chance to make the difference, with Guy's heavy ATK.
Kim then sent Kyle into Hector, the totals hitting 42 for Ashley, 38 for Caton.
Myrwhydden remained exhausted after recovery.
Turn 5
Charlotte played
Birthing Chamber and activated it for the draw. She then sent Hector into Kyle for the double stun (38-36).
Charlotte then sent Grundy into Guy (33-31),
Sweeping Up Guy after the stun—a move that gained Charlotte some major board advantage.
Charlotte recovered Grundy, and after removing the threat of Kim's 5-drop, she looked to be in complete control.
Turn 6
Kim played
Sensei next to Kyle, who was in front of G'Nort.
At the start of combat, Kim used
Sensei to gain a resource. She sent
Sensei into Grundy. Charlotte played another
Pest Control, this time on Grundy, with no stun on either side. Kim's luck seemed to be running out, and she'd need a ton of trickage to get through this game—but the endurance totals were still high and fairly close, so it was anyone's game.
In recovery, Kim used a
Chopping Block to take out
Superwoman, discarding
Fiero and
Kilowog—and potentially saving her game. That move removed the biggest threat, and with a tied endurance total, the game had now shifted dramatically.
Charlotte recovered
Major Disaster, and Kim recovered Kyle Rayner and KO'd her extra resource.
Turn 7
Kim also played
Ultraman, putting him in front of Kyle,
Sensei in front next to him.
Combat arrived and Kim took an extra resource.
Charlotte flipped
Hard-Traveling Heroes to again team Emerald Enemies and Anti-Matter—but mostly just to draw a card.
Charlotte sent her
Ultraman into Kim's. Kim's
Ultraman was KO'd as a result, with the totals tied at 21 and the game shifting back into Charlotte's advantage.
Charlotte sent Myrwhydden into
Sensei, using his ability to KO resource and gain +6 ATK/+6 DEF. Charlotte then played
Battle of Wills to stun and KO
Sensei (8-19).
Charlotte recovered
Ultraman, Kim KO'd an extra resource, and it appeared to be in Charlotte's hands.
Turn 8
Charlotte played
Krona in front of Grundy, with
Ultraman in front of Myrwhydden.
Kim then sent Azrael into
Myrwhydden, dropping Charlotte exactly to 0.
Charlotte couldn't attack—she had forgotten to use
Krona to move Azrael to the hidden area, and with Grundy being unaffiliated, she couldn't team attack. She lost 2-0 on the mistake.
Kim Caton wins!