Table 1: Ben Stoll vs. Frank Ramirez

Ironically enough, both of our Curve Sentinel mirror matches started out exactly the same. Both players played the exact same ideal drops on turns 1 through 3. They both even had Total Anarchy to completely clear the board at the end of turn 3.This game didn’t really start to diverge until turn 6 when Ben Stoll played Finishing Move to remove his opponent’s Bastion. This is key in the mirror match, and it looked like Stoll would take the match because of this play.

However, despite blowing two Genoshas on turn 7, his deck refused to cough up a Magneto, Master of Magnetism to match that of his opponent. Despite having the Bastion advantage, his opponent’s Magneto was too much, and Stoll fell to Ramirez’s offense.

Table 2: Christian Orellana vs. David Frayer

This was one of the most bizarre matches I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. Christian’s deck refused to give him anything. He failed to play a character until turn 3, when he played a Sentinel Mark II. However, his opponent was not in much better shape. He got a good start with Thing, Ben Grimm and Invisible Woman, The Invisible Girl. However, when Christian resolved Flame Trap and got to KO Invisible Woman, David’s deck didn’t seem to want to play anymore.

Christian’s decks finally started to look like Curve Sentinels on turn 6, when he played Bastion followed by Magneto, Master of Magnetism. David’s deck had truly given up, though, and despite having a nearly 20-point endurance advantage, Christian was able to attack for enough to take the game.

Table 3: Daniella Grijalva vs. David Bauer

This game started exactly the same as table 1, but things quickly went south for David. He had Sentinel Mark II as his lone 4-drop, and, even though Daniella had to settle for Sentinel Mark V on turn 5, he had to go so far as to search his own Mark V out with Boliver Trask and play it unboosted. This left Daniella solidly in control of the match. After she played two 7-drops on turn 7 and turn 8 while David could manage zero, the game was over.

Table 4: Dan Clark vs. Ben Kellner

This match came down to one card—Flame Trap. Kellner used it to clear most of Clark’s little men out of the way and his Brave and the Bold deck quickly became the Brave and the Burnt. His deck refused to give him a way to get back into the game, and Doom and the boys took this one home.

Table 5: Tony Barda vs. Heath Baker

This game was a joy to watch. Barda managed to get his opponent in A Child Named Valeria lock on turn 3, and it didn’t look like he’d look back. However, Baker’s Big Brotherhood deck refused to lay down. Through careful use of Flame Trap and Barda’s inability to find more copies of A Child Named Valeria, he slowly regained control of the game. At the end of turn 7, both players were left with a precarious 1 endurance. However, the previous turn had decimated Barda’s board and he was left with only Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius. When his next turn refused to lend a hand, he offered his to his opponent.