Sammy Gilly took yesterday by storm, finishing in first seed with his Common Enemy, Dr. Doom/Fantastic Four deck. Unlike the other three pure Fantastic Four builds in the Top 8 that aim to hit the perfect curve and dominate the board with multiple Fantasticars, Gilly’s deck is based more around utility and efficiency. He clearly has momentum on his side, but it’ll be interesting to see how he fares against Stoll’s more traditional FF strategy.
Game 1
Gilly opened with Boris, attacking for one. She-Thing came out on turn two, and Stoll still had nothing. The curve continued with a third-turn Darkoth, while Stoll played Thing, Ben Grimm. Turn four let Stoll play Invisible Woman, Sue Storm, and Gilly played Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius, but not before using Signal Flare to get Thing, Heavy Hitter. By the time turn five rolled around, Gilly had four characters to Stoll’s two. Gilly also flipped over Common Enemy, while Stoll tried to fend off the attacks as best he could. Hulk came out on turn six, and Gilly answered back with Signal Flare to get Dr. Doom, Victor von Doom, and put him into play. At this point in the game, Stoll had stabilized enough to put up a fight, although Gilly kept the development going with Boris and a Hulk of his own. Stoll played Thing, The Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing, which shifted things significantly. Now it was Gilly who had to go on the defensive, using Mystical Paralysis to hold back Thing. With the help of It’s Clobberin’ Time, Stoll’s attack stunned Gilly’s Doom and Hulk. At this point, the board was lopsided enough to convince him to concede.
Sammy Gilly 0 – Ben Stoll 1
Game 2
Once again, Gilly had a first-turn Boris. Stoll played She-Thing, and Gilly answered with She-Hulk. Signal Flare helped out Stoll’s curve by searching out Thing, Ben Grimm, which came right into play. Gilly played Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius, and Stoll had Invisible Woman, Sue Storm. Mystical Paralysis and Reign of Terror helped Gilly slow things down for a turn, and he played Darkoth on turn five. Stoll had Mr. Fantastic, Stretch, who took a Fantasticar while Twin Firearms went to She-Hulk. Dr. Doom attacked Invisible Woman, and Boris searched out Savage Beatdowm to help out the attack. Savage Beatdown and Overload helped stun Doom, and Gilly was now on the ropes. A second Overload dealt with Darkoth, and Gilly conceded on Stoll’s attack.
Sammy Gilly 0 – Ben Stoll 2
Sammy Gilly
Characters
1 Hulk
1 Sub-Mariner
1 Thing, The Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing
1 Dr. Doom, Lord of Latveria
1 Dr. Doom, Victor Von Doom
2 Thing, Heavy Hitter
1 Robot Destroyer
4 Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius
1 Wolverine, New Fantastic Four
4 She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters
2 Darkoth
4 She-Thing
4 Boris
1 Ghost Rider
Plot Twists
2 Acrobatic Dodge
3 Savage Beatdown
3 Mystical Paralysis
4 It’s Clobberin’ Time!
4 Common Enemy
1 Faces of Doom
4 Signal Flare
2 Reign of Terror
3 Have A Blast!
1 A Death in the Family
2 Overload
Locations
4 Doomstadt
Ben Stoll
Characters
4 She-Thing, Sharon Ventura
3 Luke Cage, Hero For Hire
3 She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters
4 Thing, Ben Grimm
4 Invisible Woman, Sue Storm
2 Wolverine, New Fantastic Four
4 Mr. Fantastic, Stretch
3 Hulk, New Fantastic Four
1 Ghost Rider, New Fantastic Four
1 Thing, Heavy Hitter
2 Wolverine, Berserker Rage
1 Thing, The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing
Plot Twists
4 It’s Clobberin’ Time
4 Signal Flare
3 Ka-Boom!
3 Tech Upgrade
2 Overload
2 Savage Beatdown
4 Acrobatic Dodge
Equipment
4 Fantasticar
1 Personal Force Field
1 Twin Firearms