Alex Jebailey nearly Jebaileyed himself in an earlier round, but Vidi Wijaya saved him. Now Vidi has to battle the Dance Dance Revolution world champion. Oh noes!

For those of you unaware, there is a bizarre aura that surrounds Alex Jebailey. Around 80% of the time, he is your average regular gamer, doing his thing, having a good time. In the other 20%, though, something bizarre happens between his brain, his mouth, and the amount of space within range of his voice. Reality distorts, and the most bizarre statements and actions emerge.

When Vidi saved Alex from himself, it was simply a case of pointing out that, in reality, Alex had attacked for enough to win the game rather than losing it. In other circumstances it can mean doing three (three!) laps of the car park to leave the venue, or engaging in a frankly surreal conversation where the Internet writer explains that the Internet exists in England.

For once, I am making nothing up.

Vidi had the initiative, and was a keeper, while Alex had a mental battle with his Mental deck, and was forced to mulligan.

The opener from Vidi was pretty hot: Joystick, Image Inducer, Flying Kick, in for 7. This is exactly the sort of start that Alex didn’t want to see. His only losses thus far in the tournament had been to similarly aggressive Squadron Supreme builds.

He hit back with Postman to Vidi’s Electric Eve on turn 2. Flying Kick allowed Jebailey to hit the back row Joystick, causing a raised eyebrow from Wijaya, who was clearly not expecting aggressive pumps from a Mental deck. He should have realised that around Alex, the highly unlikely happens about one time in five.

For turn 3, Vidi looked in a little trouble. All he had was another Image Inducer, while for Jebailey it was all about Tarot. While Tarot’s ability whiffed at the start of combat, just making characters each turn seemed pretty good for Jebailey in the face of a less-than-stellar offence. In terms of board position, Vidi had failed to capitalise on his good start, and just had to rely on the fact that he had done a lot of early endurance loss for this turn.

Vidi did manage to secure both stuns, at the expense of his own team getting smashed in, too. With plenty of pumps, he took Alex down to 22, and recovered just Joystick, while Jebailey kept Tarot. Answer the Call got Vidi Golden Archer, and it was on to turn 4.

Alex had Professor X, Headmaster for turn 4, while Golden Archer and another Image Inducer was the play from Vidi.

At the start of combat, Tarot hit, netting Alex another Postman.

“I always hit with Tarot,” remarked Alex with a grin.

It was then pointed out that just the last turn, Tarot had missed. Alex just smiled. Jebaileyed. Plain and simple.

Tarot beat up Golden Archer, with some help from a Psionic Storm. Prof attacked Joystick, and, thanks to Shrink, managed to get the stun without Rocket Central spoiling his day. Alex was slowly but surely taking control, but at the same time, his endurance was just 16 to Vidi’s 38, and there was a Golden Archer on the board.

Turn 5 saw Albert Gaines ◊ Nuke for Vidi, thanks to an Answer the Call at the end of turn 4. Alex recruited an alternate art Emma Frost, Friend or Foe.

Nuke had no respect for such moves, attacking straight into the 5-drop, with Other-Earth. There was no Mind Control for Jebailey, and he had to scoop it up.

Vidi Wijaya wins!