Table One: Jamin Messenger vs. Paul O’Brien

“It was ugly!” exclaimed O’Brien—and indeed it was. Messenger’s Teen Titans mauled O’Brien’s Brave and the Bold deck. “It should have been a hard matchup for me, but I just drew incredibly well.” O’Brien went on to explain: “He hit his 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-drops. Turn 5, he recruited Invisible Girl, and I tried to Betrayal. He teamed up on the chain, I played Betrayal again, and he flipped yet another team-up. A Child Named Valeria protected him for the rest of the game.”

It was yet another game in which the Gotham Knights player didn’t draw a Fizzle, and could’ve been saved by doing so. By the end of the game it was 37 to -24. “Like I said, it was ugly.” O’Brien smiled despite his loss.

Game Win: Jamin Messenger, on turn 6

Table Two: Brian Eugenio vs. William Meng

Eugenio was playing a Dr. Doom/New Gods deck, while Meng was playing a more conventional Curve Sentinels deck. The game was relatively predictable until turn 6. Dr. Doom, Victor von Doom attacked into Bastion with two Savage Beatdowns and a power-up. Surprisingly Bastion did not power up for the stun back, and Meng’s only response was to reinforce.

On turn 7, Meng had a boosted Sentinel Mark V, Bastion, and Magneto on the field . . . and that’s when it all went horribly wrong. Eugenio played Betrayal from his resource row to stun the Mark V. He then recruited Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius to flip the Betrayal back down and use it again. Boris hit the field, scampered into the deck to find another Betrayal, and that was all she wrote for William Meng. Eugenio passed his combat without attacking: he had Meng Pinned down at exactly 0 endurance.

Game Win: Brian Eugenio, on turn 7

Table Three: Adam Prosak vs. Billy Zonos

“He bashed the **** out of me!” confessed Adam Prosak. Zonos was playing TNB Blitz: “He played turns 1-5 on curve, with TNB, and I was just gone. I started every turn with only one character on the board.”

Game Win: Billy Zonos, on turn 6

Table Four: Josh Wiitanen vs. Colin Rodriguez

Wiitanen was playing Teen Titans against Rodriguez’s TNB Blitz. Both players agreed that the match was exceedingly close. “His opening was very good,” explained Rodriguez. “He had a bunch of guys and a TNB. He had the TNB on turn 1. He bashed me really bad for a while, but on turn 6 I Optitron’d for Terra. I used a double Savage Beatdown on Sabretooth to set him up for the Overload on Sabes, Garth grabbed the Overload again and it took out another character. Terra stunned with her effect. I ended up attacking directly. By the end of turn 6 we were both at 3.”

“He really just needed one more direct damage source and he would’ve beaten me,” remarked Wiitanen, who had the initiative on turn 7 and ended the game quickly.

“So, that hurt.” Rodriguez laughed a bit.

“I believe the word luck sack sums up the match well, on both sides,” said Wiitanen with a smile.

Game Win: Josh Wiitanen, on turn 7