In today’s round 2 feature match are two players who aren’t exactly “new” to the pro level experience. Both David Fielder and Eugene Harvey have many Vs. System accomplishments under their belts, and they look to add one more to that list this weekend.
David won the roll and chose to take odd initiatives. Both players looked over their hands, and David chose to mulligan.
David led off play by recruiting Lois Lane, Earth 2 to his front row. David searched his deck for a copy of Power Girl, Earth 2 and placed her in his hand with Lois Lane’s effect. Eugene passed with no recruit, and David attacked in with Lois.
Turn 2 saw Eugene recruit Wesley Dodds ◊ The Sandman in his front row. David countered, recruiting Sasha Bordeaux, Knight in his front row protecting Lois Lane. Eugene attacked with Wesley Dodds into Sasha before play moved on to the next turn.
On turn 3, David equipped Sasha with Laser Watch and then recruited Arthur Kendrick to his hidden area. David passed to Eugene’s build, and Eugene looked over his hand to think of optimal plays for the turn. Eugene decided to recruit Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl, formed with Wesley Dodds protecting Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl, and passed to David’s attack. David attacked with Arthur Kendrick into Wesley Dodds. Eugene played Defend Yourself! targeting his Wesley Dodds, and David responded with Threat Neutralized; the attack resolved with Eugene’s Wesley Dodds stunning. David then announced Sasha into Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl, and both characters stunned. David was ahead 46-40 in endurance.
Eugene played a resource and recruited Sinestro, Villain Reborn into his support row behind Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl. David chose to recruit Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman, Eternal Hero and formed with Sasha protecting Hawkman and Lois adjacent to Hawkman in the support row. Eugene announced an attack of Sinestro, Villain Reborn into Hawkman. David chose to play Deflection from his resource row and exhausted all three of his characters to give Hawkman a total of 9 DEF. Eugene countered with I Still Hate Magic! from his resource row, and both players passed. Both Sinestro and Hawkman became stunned, and Eugene then passed with no more attacks. David also passed with no attacks, and play moved to the recovery phase. During the recovery phase, Eugene played Removed from Continuity from his resource row—exhausting Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl for the additional payment—targeting David’s Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman, Eternal Hero. The effect resolved, and Eugene proceeded to look through David’s hand and deck for additional copies of Hawkman before play went onto turn 5.
David played a resource and recruited Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot. He formed with Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot in the front row protecting Sasha Bordeaux, Knight and placed Lois Lane, Earth 2 adjacent to Sasha. David passed to Eugene’s build phase, and Eugene recruited Michael Holt ◊ Mr. Terrific and Brainiac, Earth 2 to his hidden area. Eugene formed with Brainiac in front of Mr. T, and before he could pass out of his recruit step, Eugene announced the activation of Arthur Kendrick to target Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot with his effect. Eugene passed to David’s attack step, and David announced Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot into Sinestro, Villain Reborn. Eugene flipped Forbidden Loyalties face up to team-up Villains United and JSA, discarding The Phantom Stranger, Wandering Hero to put a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter on Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl. Sinestro stunned, and Eugene took 8 endurance loss from the attack. Sasha Bordeaux attacked into Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl, both characters stunned, and endurance totals stood with David in the lead, 38-24. Eugene announced Mr. T into Lois Lane, and the attack resolved, causing David to lose 4 endurance. The recovery phase came around, and Eugene recovered Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl while David KO’d Lois and recovered Sasha.
On turn 6, Eugene recruited Huntress, Earth 2 in his support row and passed to David’s build. David recruited Power Girl, Earth 2 in his front row and formed with Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot behind Power Girl and Sasha adjacent to Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot. David passed to Eugene’s attack step and Eugene began looking over his board and hand for every possibility. Eugene announced Huntress into Power Girl, and both characters became stunned, with Eugene losing 6 endurance and David losing 7 endurance. Eugene then announced Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl into Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot; Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl was at 8 ATK. David used Forbidden Loyalties to team-up JSA and Checkmate, and he discarded Nightshade, Eve Eden to give Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter. Eugene responded by discarding a card to give Annihilation Protocol ◊ OMAC Robot -1 ATK / -1 DEF with Brainiac, Earth 2’s effect. The attack resolved, and both characters stunned. Eugene passed, David announced Arthur Kendrick in directly, and then both players passed to the recovery phase.
Turn 7 was David’s initiative. He laid a resource and then recruited Superman, Earth 2 with boost, netting Superman two +1 ATK / +1 DEF counters. Eugene laid a resource and exhausted two characters to return The Phantom Stranger, Wandering Hero to his hand. Eugene then recruited The Phantom Stranger, Wandering Hero into his support row. As soon as Eugene passed to David’s attack David announced Superman into Kendra Saunders ◊ Hawkgirl, and Eugene promptly conceded the game to David.
Winner: David Fielder