From the misty depths of the press room came a hoarse, desperate cry . . . “What you mean, Zanzibar can’t spare the midgets?!” That seemed like a good time to leave BDM behind and run to the Feature Match area, where these two were actually rolling a die to decide who wouldn’t have to work with the endurance totals computer.
Milton: “I never win Feature Matches.”
Adam: “I always do well . . . when I’m not getting covered. Just joking.”
Prosak dealt out his hand, asking for the “good ones.” Well, when you open with Roscoe Sweeny; Gin Genie; and Kingpin, Wilson Fisk, you can’t really complain.
Across the table, Figueroa came out with Zodiak and Deathstalker. On turn 3, he flipped Dracula’s Castle to mess up Adam’s attack. “I hate that card,” Prosak lamented.
He had reasons for it. By the end of the turn he was down to Kingpin. Milton hardly slowed down on turn 4, playing Moon Knight. “You sure play a lot of teams,” commented Prosak, before dropping Echo.
Moon Knight drove into Kingpin’s face, and the other two characters team-attacked Echo. “Here’s the champ!” Prosak ironically announced, before dropping Centurious, The Soulless Man on turn 5.
Not stellar, especially when your opponent drops Blade, The Daywalker. Prosak’s duo pounded in, but they could only stun Zodiak. “I’m playing so badly right now!” commented Prosak.
Milton smiled and got ready to head into turn 7, with the initiative and Blade, The Daywalker. He added Luke Cage, Street Enforcer and Gin Genie to the mix. Adam answered with Deathwatch. He was outnumbered 2-to-1.
Still, Figueroa took his time. Just because you are head doesn’t mean you should just rush in. Luke Cage was the first to blink, trading with Centurious. Then Moon Knight and Zodiak aimed a team-attack at Deathwatch.
“That’s like a million, I can’t hide from that,” commented Prosak. Down went Deathwatch. Blade brought down Echo, and the rest of the crew brought the totals down to Prosak 11 – 17 Figueroa. Adam chided his deck, “Winners, now!”
He dropped Bullseye, Master of Murder. Figueroa answered with a similar large body: Nightmare, Dark Lord of Dreams. Prosak swung in dropping Figueroa to 5.
Again, Milton Figueroa had a bomb: Elektra, Agent of the Hand with boost. Adam commented, “I’m sure you’re going to play Forced Allegiance or something,” before dropping Gary Wise . . . sorry, Nuke.
He agonized over his formation step and apologized for the delay. Milton smiled and noted, “Don’t worry, it’s the last turn.” Finally Adam Prosak found his formation. It was Figueroa’s turn to spend a few minutes figuring out his attacks.
His Blade drove right through Steel Wind, and then Nightmare traded with Nuke to bring Prosak into negative endurance, leaving Figueroa at 3. Elektra dove at Bullseye with the help of Vanessa Fisk, Mob Matron.
Prosak stared at the ceiling. Finally, he extended his hand, commenting, “That girl right there (Vanessa Fisk) just messed me up. I think I could have survived if you didn’t have that pump.”
Result: Figueroa wins.