Table One: Josh Wiitanen vs. Adam Prosak

In a Titans mirror match that saw each player match his opponent on an almost drop-for-drop basis, the deciding factor was turn 4. While Prosak managed to recruit his ideal drop, Terra, Wiitanen had to settle for Red Star. It was a piece of unfortunate luck that would unfortunately dog him to the grave.

“Ugh, it was disgusting!” Wiitanen wasn’t thrilled with how it went, and maligned the slightly bad luck that caused his eventual downfall. Simon Choy agreed from the sidelines.

Prosak capitalized on his slightly better drop throughout the rest of the game, and leaned on Wiitanen on turn six with Koriand’r ◊ Starfire. The game was over shortly after that.

Game Win: Adam Prosak, on turn 7

Table Three: Quang Ngyuen vs. Vidianto Wijaya

Wijaya was more than happy to recount his short game. “I got a crazy hand, with two TNB’s in the first two turns. I curved perfectly, hit Savage Land on turn 3, and on turn 4, I recruited Sabretooth, Feral Rage and flipped another The New Brotherhood. I curved perfectly, had the best draw, and ended the game on turn 4.”

The sick part? Turn 4 was Nguyen’s initiative.

Game Win: Vidianto Wijaya, on turn 4

Table Four: Patrick Yapjoco vs. Zack Rayburn

Yapjoco played Blitz while Rayburn looked to stymie him with Teen Titans. Unfortunately an otherwise even match was disrupted by a mistake on behalf of Rayburn.

“He made a crushing mistake. We repeated turn 4 after he Foiled. He boosted Dawn without dropping a resource, it was legal, and the judge enforced that he skipped his resource step.”

The match continued on from there, but Rayburn never really recovered. “We were nickel and diming each other here and there. But, I had the intitiative on the last turn, and I managed to burn him with Surprise Attack, Quicksilver, and Pyro. If he hadn’t made the mistake he made, it might have been different.”

Game Win: Patrick Yapjoco, on turn 7